November 8, 1942
Private Eren Jaeger
Eren Jeager was nervous, it wasn't the nervous he got when he first asked his childhood friend Mikasa Ackerman out. Nor was it the type of nervousness he received when he asked her to marry him, or even the idea that once he enlisted the United States would join the war. But the Japanese attacked and everything changed now the world was burning and a mad man was behind it all. The rocking of Landing Craft making him grumpy with the bloody sway of the sea. His unit was made up of Himself his best friend Armin Arlet the Radio Operator, Thomas Wagner, Reiner Braun, Berthold Hoover the Medic, Connie Springer the sharp shooter, Corporal Levi Ackerman and, Lieutenant Erwin Smith. Aside from the Corporal and Lieutenant Smith they were all as green as their uniform. Eren looked up to the clam night sky as it slowly turned to morning. He faintly saw the glimmers of the orange that the morning would bring.
"It's quiet" Amrin commented, trying to keep his nerves under control. His friend was not the bravest of people but he still signed up wanting to make sure Eren made it back alive. Eren tried to convince him he didn't need to join but the lad still joined the military. After all there wouldn't be another war, that's what the whole world thought the war to end them all is what he was told by his father Grisha Jeager. He fought in the First World War for the German side and after the war he moved to the states. Here he met his mother and made a peaceful life as a doctor.
"Yeah…the French forces here should be greeting us with open arms" he commented. Thomas chuckled grinning easily.
"Yeah can't wait to kick Nazi ass though how many you planning on bringing down" Thomas grinned. He was a blond youth with brown eyes. He was from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania like Eren he had a special gal to get back to. Mina Caroline if he remembered the name he carried a letter she sent him with him. Eren himself kept Mikasa's picture inside his helmet, while he also kept one of his father and mother on his breast pocket. The picture tucked in between a journal he was writing under Armin's advice said it would keep help him in the future. Armin himself was keeping a journal as well said it was to tell the stories to his grandfather who fought in the first great war.
"Just one…Hitler" Eren mumbled he died this whole war fell apart. If Eren had a say in it he would get himself to Germany to kill the bastard. He had someone waiting for him however he couldn't die no he had to make it through this war and get home to Mikasa. The corporal who had been smoothing the barrel of his M1911 with a rag leaning against the landing crafts drop bridge sighed. He wanted to reach the beach and just get this over with Levi gripped the edges of the bridge and jumped up to look at the beach. He stared at it for a second until he caught the muzzle flash of the beach guns and he dropped down.
"INCOMING!" he yelled steadying himself Erwin on instinct did the same the unaware green boys buckled and fell. As a loud bag and splash after splash hit the water around the Landing Craft.
"Armin! Call the Fleet! To return fire!" Erwin roared over the explosions and gun fire. A stunned Armin didn't registered the call until Eren shook his shoulder
"Armin snap out of it!" Eren yelled by his ear and Armin shook his head nodding and fumbled for the receiver. Putting it to his ear he remembered his training and spoke.
"Titan one to the Lakehurst, we are being fired on return fire, I repeat return fire!" Armin yelled.
"Titan one were arming now standby" the destroyer Lakehurst responded to them and Armin relayed the information.
"The Fleet is returning fire!" Armin yelled and the loud whistles off the artillery rounds from the beach batteries flew by their heads.
"One minute!" the driver of the Landing Craft yelled everyone checked their gear Reiner did a quick one over and tapped Berthold's shoulder. He nodded and offered an uneasy smile. Erwin pulled back on his Thompson's submachinegun hammer and put on his helmet. Levi followed suit and readied his M1 Grand. "Ten seconds!" yelled the driver and squaked a little before he reached into his shirt and brought out a crucifix and kissed it. Swallowing Eren glared at the drop bridge and a buckle later and they hit the beach. The bridge dropped and soon as the bridge fell a shot whizzed by and grazed Reiner's shoulder.
"Son of a bitch!" a startled Reiner jumped and they charged off the boat Eren having had to clap Armin's shoulder to keep him from freezing in place. The water was knee deep and they slugged through it to reach the large cement blocks dotting the beach along with the metal stars on the beach design to prevent Armor landing on the beach. More shot's whizzed by and finally machine gun fire rained on them.
"Fifty! Take cover!" Erwin yelled and dived for the ground and crawled to a cement block Levi right behind him. Armin and Eren found their cover and so did Berhtold and Reiner. Connie found cover and Thomas was next to Connie hugging his rifle eyes closed shaking slightly.
"Connie! Take out that fifty!" ordered Erwin. Connie fumbled with his Springfield M1903 A4 before putting his face to the scope and followed the muzzle flashes. He couldn't see anything it was too dark even with the lighting muzzle fire. A shot whizzed and hit the concrete block by his face the dust on his face making Connie do a spit take.
"Shit! Sniper! I can't see anything sir too dark!" Erwin cursed machinegun fire and sniper fire tore into them and more men landed on the beach and where hit while scrambling for cover. A loud blaring siren was finally heard over the commotion and the Allied destroyers finally opened fire and artillery started raining down on the beach.
"There's our support! Gentleman! Push up go, go, go!" yelled Ewrin and his men all roared running as fast as their legs would take them. They moved up before being bogged down by snipers and machine gun fire and have to find cover.
"Connie!" yelled Levi from cover.
"I'm looking, I'm looking okay!" Connie had his Springfield up and was scanning the trenches at the hill of the beach. In-hailing he let out his breath slowly and pulled the trigger. And he caught his first sniper and kill of the war. "Got one!" he yelled grinning pulling back on the slide another round sliding into the chamber. Pushing it back and then downward he secured it and searched again. "Come on, Come on where are you" muttered Connie Thomas by his side popped out of cover and scanned the tranches before pulling back as gun fire rained on the cement the block. With blind frustration Connie aimed above the machine gun muzzle fire and pulled the trigger the fire instantly stopped.
"Hah! Got the machine gun!" Yelled a triumphant Connie.
"Move up! go, go!" Erwin yelled reloading his Thompson they ran up with the rest of his men finally making it to the Trenches the French defenders about to pop their heads out to fire looked in surprise as Erwin and his men stood over the trenches. Erwin pulled the trigger and soon his men followed clearing the trench as they men cried out being shot point blank. Hopping down the trench they set hugged the ground as the Ship fire hit nearby. "Christ Armin tell the fleet to shift fire!" Erwin yelled.
Arming picked up the receiver adrenaline making him a lot braver than usual. "Titan one to Lakehurst danger close! Shift fire I repeat danger close shift fire!" Armin yelled.
"Understood shifting hold for effect" the Lakeshift said. The shelling stopped and it got further away. The French defenders still posing a great threat.
"Levi take Eren, Armin and Reiner and take the bunker on the left me and the rest got the right. Meet up with me at the right when you're done" ordered Erwin.
"Understood Arlet, Jeager, and Braun come on!" near the ground they moved along the left side of the trench reaching the end Levi poked his head around the side and saw the door to the bunker. Luck on their side for now no small opening for a machine gun post. "Move come on!" Levi said and they sprinted to the door guns trained on it. All but Reiner looking behind them bringing up the rear, against the cement wall on the right of the door. The battery gun was loud as hell on their ears whenever it fired its massive cannon. Grabbing the door Levi looked at Eren and Armin expectedly. Rolling his eyes he said.
"Grenades you rookies!" he cursed and the two quickly scrambled for them. Eren removed the pin of his and so did Armin. Silently Levi counted with his mouth one, two, and three. Opening the door the two young men tossed the grenades in. the soldiers inside cursed in French and after another three seconds two consecutive loud bangs went off. The cries died out now replaced by moaning. Opening the door gun's trained on it Levi entered first the soldiers laid dead or bleeding on the ground. Armin walked in after Levi with Eren following behind Reiner bringing the rear making sure no one was after them. Slinging his rfile Levi looked on the beach as more allied troops poured into the beach. The sound of gunfire around them men yelling and dying. Closing his eyes and sighing Levi secured the area turning around to see Arming staring at a French soldier saying something in French crying. Rolling his eyes Levi brought his M1911 out and shot him in the head. He proceeded to do the same to the remaining surviviors. The privates looked on in silence.
"It's war get used to it or die your choice get outsie I'm shutting this place down. Taking out a stick grenade from one of the dead soldiers. Levi plopped it into the barrel of the battery and walked out of the bunker calmly. The grenade exploded destroying the barrel rendering the gun useless. Outside the soldiers had their rifles trained on the trench looking for French.
"Corporal! I got word air support is on the way" Armin with the radio reciver to his ear told the corporal.
"Alright come on let's meet up with Erwin, let's go!" Levi ordered and they traveled the trench to the rest of the unit.
Erwin trained his gun on the bunker's door propping himself against the side wall he grabbed the door.
"Thomas, Berthold grenades" he said. On the other side they could hear the soldiers curse in French nodding both soldiers produced grenades and took the pins out. Erwin opened the door the two young soldiers threw the grenades in. closing the door putting his weight against it Erwin felt the French soldiers try to bang against it. The grenades went off the screams replaced with moaning, Erwin nodded and Thomas trained his rifle on the door. Opening the door Thomas went in slowly the smoke hazy the soldiers where bloodied one dead body the others on the ground moaning. Thomas made a disgusted face turning to his fellow soldiers he announced.
"Clea-agh" a bullet pierced his neck. One of the wounded soldiers had taken out his side arm and shot him. He cursed something in French. Erwin entered quickly and with cold dead eyes took aim and fired a burst on the soldier. Pursing his lips he held the trigger down and unloaded the clip on the dead body closing his eyes he saw Connie get in quickly slinging his rifle he grabbed Thomas who was gurgling and choking on his own blood now.
"Shit medic!" Connie yelled Berthold quickly went in dropped on his knees grabbing Thoma's hands moving them the blood stained hands grabbed at Berthold dirtying his uniform. The young man's eyes where wild Berthold saw the open wound clean through the trekia was severed but the young medic still held the wound putting pressure on it! Connie looked on.
"Jesus Christ he's fucked up!" Connie lamented eyes wild with despair of not being able to do anything Thomas gurgled once more before he went limp his eyes staring into the bunker's ceiling. It was suddenly quiet Levi walked into the door and looked to see Thomas dead. He looked towards Erwin and sighed he knew his old friend and commanding officer would take this death and put it on his shoulders. Eren and Reiner walked in next Armin bringing up the rear training his gun on the exit.
"Jesus…Thomas" mumbled Eren.
"He's dead nothing to it let it be a lesson these wounded fuckers won't think twice about killing you. You kill them or, they kill you are we clear?" Erwin said his voice back to its neutral cool that instantly soothed his men as the Lieutenant took hold of the situation.
"Armin call it in" Erwin said. Sighing Armin entered Reiner replacing the rear the young blond man looked at the body of Thomas and cringed. Nodding Armin manned the radio and sent out the call.
"This is Titan one we got a KIA Thomas Wagner, I say again we have…a…a KIA Thomas Wagner" Armin only faltered a little. After some static the transmission came back from the Lakehurst.
"Roger that leave him there will pick him up later" Arming relayed the information and Erwin nodded.
"Roger Lakehurst Titan one will continue with mission" Armin finished and looked to his comrades. They all nodded and moved on. Trenches taken they made for the port to take it and the fighting continued as they moved through the beach and trenches they encountered more French soldiers. Squatting on the trench the soldiers fired on the incoming French soldiers. Eren gritted his teeth as he pulled on the trigger of his M1 Grand. Shot, shot, shot two soldiers aimed. Taking aim again he shoot his last five rounds and three more soldiers fell. The clip popped up with a click. Taking cover Eren reloaded.
"Reloading!" he yelled.
"Got your back! Oh shit!" Reiner said before he cursed shooting three and then four and five as some men jumped the trenchces charging for them. Reiner nailed three of them and then hit the deck before he got shot. Erwin popped up and unloaded his submachine gun on the chargers killing the last of them. Eren looked at Reiner and grinned Eren returned it chuckling shaking his head. Their Lieutenant was a hell of a fighter. Connie was in his trench cursing under his breath he aimed fired another one down he slid another round in the chamber. Aimed again and another man fell to his rather impressive skills. Halfway through the fighting they were joined by another unit. As six men jumped into the trench a grey haired young man Eren knew him as Jean Kirstein some rich kid of a Boston businessman. He was manning the 50. Cal machine gun and his partner Marco Bott the tripod and ammo belts around his neck. Marco quickly put the tripod down and Jean set up the turret. Eren crawled through the trenches and got himself next to Jean popping from the trench he took three shots taking out another French soldier. Before ducking back and taking a breath he looked to Jean.
"Thomas is dead!" he said Jean paused in his task of hooking up the water hose to the casing around the barrel. The casing worked as a water cooling system to fire longer.
"No shit really?" he yelled over the gun fire.
"Yeah…fucking French bastard shot him through the neck he got fucked up" Eren said shaking his head. The poor lad really wanted to fight Germans but a French ended up killing him. Gun set up Jean with new found hatred fired onto the advancing French trying to retake their trenches. Levi was by Erwin killing left and right as the French slowly but surely where pushed back. The Sargeant of the squad went up to Levi and Ewrin. Keith Shadis a man tougher than a god damn Tiger tank and knew Ewrin from their days in the first war.
"How's the situation Ewrin!" barked Shadis.
"Lost a man clearing the bunkers and we got bogged down here a little-Eren bring up the left side!-other than that were making good progress to the docks!" Erwin said. Nodding Shadis looked out at the trench and noticed the space on the right side.
"There's a gap at the right give me some covering fire and I can take it!" Shadis turned to his men. "Marlo, Farlan! Get your ass here! Were taking the right side of the trench tell Gunther he's coming here"
"Aye Sarge!" Farlan said and ducked popping from cover to drop some shots moving as he did so before going down and crawling to Gunther by Marco's side. Marlo just nodded and fired on the enemy. Men gathered Erwin yelled to his men.
"We need to give covering fire! On my mark" the soldiers reloaded after emptying their clips looking at his men Erwin yelled.
"Covering fire!" Jean pressed the trigger and sprayed the line. Shadis, Farlan, Marlo, and Gunther ran like the devil was on their hills and reached the trench firing as they did killing the men there. With submachine gun. Shardis stood fired on the trench's right side the French soldiers scrambling to aim their rifles. They screamed Gunther stood when Shardis emptied his clip and crouched Gunther stepped over firing his M1 Grand until the click was heard. A whizz sounded and a round found it's way into Gunther's right leg.
"Gah! Shit! I'm hit!" Gunther cursed dropping to his knee Shardis grabbed Gunther and pulled him down with one hand hosing the trench killing the last soldiers there. Farlan cursed and moved up looking at Gunther.
"Fucking sniper….it went clean through medic!" he yelled to the other trench. Berthold crawled up and then did a ducking sprint and jumped into the trench.
"Where's he hit!" yelled Berthold.
"Leg!" cursed Gunther through grit teeth. "Shit that hurts" he grumbled. Berthold saw the wound and ripped open the pant leg and getting a disinfecting powder pack. He ripped the pack open with his mouth and sprinkled the powder and then he produced a bandage from his medical bag and began tying it. Mumbling to himself the steps to tying a truncate. Gunther chuckled saying with a grimacing grin.
"Shit doc that mumbling the steps just makes me nervous" Gunther chuckled Berhtold apologized blushing in embarrassment.
"S-sorry my real first time doing…this" he said Thomas was dead before he had even gotten to him. But Gunther he could help. Berhtold was determined of that.
"Relax doc just a joke. A few minutes later the rest of the Erwin unit Shardis squad joined them on the trench.
"How's it looking?" Erwin said to Shardis. Shardis addressed Gunther.
"Can you walk son?" he ased. Gunther tried moving his leg pain exploding through it. he gritted his teeth before gasping breaths shaking his head.
"Nah I'm fucked up here" Gunther said. Shardis nodded.
"We can hold this position you keep moving take Jean and Marco with you we won't need them here" Sharids said.
"Sounds good Jean Marco you're with us now! We're moving up" the soldiers got ready to move on to the port that was in the distance flames off the distance gun fire from both sides lighting up the fresh morning the sun had risen on. Berthold addressed Guther and his friend before they left.
"You're fine just keep the leg still and you'l be fine heck you might get sent home" smiled Berthold. Gunther snorted.
"Hah I just started this shit I ain't going home until the jobs done" Gunther said. Berthold only nodded not sure how to respond to that taking his rifle he joined his unit. Gunther nodding his way as he left. The Erwin unit moved swiftly and fough their way to the port solid ground at their feet they ran on the docks to find themselves with another unit by shipping crates. This unit being led by Lieutenant Niel Dork who the dock had all but been secured he had some wounded men and the others were firing on the French resistance.
"What's the situation Niel!" yelled Erwin over the gun fire.
"Shit's hit the fan I got wounded and I can't move! That fucking office building has two MG's spraying anyone who gets in the open" Niel threw a thumb over his shoulder to designate where his men were firing on. Ewrin nodded looking at the shipping crates and nodded to himself, before speaking to Niel again.
"I'm going through around the back of these containers I think they should lead to the right side of the office" Erwin said.
"I sent two men to see about that they ain't back see what happened to them for me" Niel said. Erwin nodded and he moved with his men. Rounding the left side of the containers while Niel had the right side where he was making his stance. Going through the back ran into gun fire and saw a man pinned by some crates a body next to him. Running out Erwin drew fire enough for the man to counter and hear as he killed two other French the others taking cover. Erwins unit quickly poured through and kept the enemy at bay limiting their fire.
"You from Dok's?" asked Erwin.
"Yeah! Corporal Eld Jinn! You?" he asked popping from cover with his springfield and fired a shot right through a French soldier's head. Grinning he returned to cover sliding a new round in the chamber. Connie whistled impressed.
"Who's that?" asked Erwin. To the dead body with a bullet through one eye.
"That's Nac Tius, he was sent with me to support me but…well" Eld said sighing at the loss of life. Nodding Erwin motioned for them to move up. Popping from cover he kept the French at bay with his sub machine gun. Eren soon joined supporting fire and Levi ran getting closer before tossing a grenade into the window above. A few men yelled and one even attempted to jump out the window. But the grenade went off blasting him away along with a shot to the head by Eld midair. The group moved up on Levi who was aiming at the door. Eld flipped the body open with his boot and saw it was the soldier that had killed Nac.
"Got the bastard" he said before he looked to the door. Erwin took the lead and opened it slowly before going in. as they all went in guns trained they walked to the stairs. Eren was by Erwin looking up when the door to the upper office was closed it opened and two sticks were thrown out.
"Grenades!" yelled Eren and they scattered hitting the deck and cover. Two loud explosions later left Eren's ears ringing. Erwin spoke up from his cover.
"Hows everyone!" he yelled. Everyone sounded off Eren last.
"God damn ears rining but I'm alright!" eren yelled. Poking his head out Eren aimed at the stairs. The doors opened and Eren noticed a pair of boots step on down the stairs slowly. On the crate next to him Eld frowned taking aim and fired. The shot hit the back of the man's calf. He yelled and fell screaming in pain. Before another shot by Eld killed him the door shut after that.
"Move up come on!" Erwin said he took the staris pass the dead body and fired onto the door with his submachine gun the soldier on the other side who had been against the door fell back dead. The machine gun fire stopped and it was quiet. The door opened slowly with a man saying something in French two hands stuck out. The door opened slowly and a frenchs oldier unarmed appeared. He said something in French Eld shrugged looking at the other soldiers.
"Shit anyone speak French?" Eld asked no one answered. The soldier spoke again in bad English.
"Surrender peace, peace" he repeated doing the universal sign for peace a v with his two fingers.
"Tell the others to come out hands up anyone moves light em up" Erwin said the soldier nodded and he said something in French and they came out hands up. Securing the prisoners stripping them of weapons and ammo Dok came in through the front door of the office his men not far behind. Erwin sighed and sat on a crate taking off his helmet passing a hand over his disheveled hair. His men secured the office and the wounded were brought in Berthold instantly went to help the other unit's medic tend to them. Looking out Eren noticed the battle had dragged into the afternoon. Armin was on the radio and his eyes widen smiling before telling his comrades.
"The French forces surrendered! We did it they surrendered!" Armin said. The men all cheered all except the more veteran ones who merely slacked and showed just how weary they really were. Midafternoon on November 8 1942 Eren Jeager had won his first battle. Grinning the young soldier sighed and thought of what to write to Mikasa and his parents.
November 10 1942
Mikasa Jaeger
Mikasa sat by the wire on the table in her home she was sitting on the desk as she listened to the report as it said of the First Allied Victory in North Africa. Calling it the first victory in many taking the fight to Rommel and his Afica core. She looked at the sheet of paper before her. In her pretty pememship she had written on the paper Dear Eren I hope this letter finds you well, after that it was blank she kept fingering her wedding band on her hand looking at the letter. She had wanted to tell Eren earlier she really did! But he was called to fight after Peral Harbor by luck she avoided the Internment camps with her last name being official in records as Jaeger and only half Japanese she was left alone. Eren's mother however had been with her and she was ecstatic when Mikasa told her the news. Kaular Jaeger was a kindly woman born in Louisiana. She and Mikasa had both gotten work in the ammunitions factory in their town. Eren and Mikasa had set up their home where they would start their family in North Richland Hills, Texas. They bought a home with the help of Eren's father Grisha, thinking of him she remembered he volunteered to be a doctor overseas. Last Mikasa heard he was in England taking care of the wounded soldiers sent there.
Mikasa herself had volunteered to be a nurse, before she got her job in the factory but she didn't pass the medical test because. Well the reason she was as of right now she didn't know how to tell Eren as she looked on the letter. Finally Mikasa put a hand on her flat belly and smiled as she thought of the new life brewing inside her. Her child, Eren's child and just as quickly her heart ached as his father would probably not be there to see it be born. Closing her eyes Mikasa wrote about her work and told him of his mother and sent all her love to him and Armin their best friend from childhood. No word of the baby she put a picture of her and Eren's mother in it they took when they visited Dallas a few days ago. She sealed the letter and dropped it off at the mail box. Outside she saw a car pull up to the house in front of her. Stepping out was a young girl her eyes red and puffy she was crying as her neighbor Mister Caroline a kind man from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania who had moved here after retirement. Noticing her the older man motioned for Mikasa to join him.
"Mikasa, this is my daughter Mina she…she just received word her fiancé Thomas was killed" Mister Carolina said. Mikasa opened her mouth slightly with surprise before nodding and speaking to Mina.
"I'm sorry to hear that my husband is off fighting in Africa, if theres anything I can do please just tell me" Mikasa tried smiling a little. She was a bit awkward in the social aspect of life but she still tried to comfort the girl she was afraid herself of ever getting word of Eren's demise. Mina smiled and wiped her eyes and nodded.
"Some…some of the girls I know from the factory would like to meet you if you'd like to join me at the house" Mikasa offered. Mina looked a bit taken aback at the invitation.
"A lot of us are army wives so…you know it helps having people you can talk to that know this type of struggle. So if you wish to join us your welcome to" Mina liked that she smiled and thanked Mikasa. Mister Carolina thanked her as well and took Mina inside the house Mikasa herself returned to hers to help Kaular with supper. She hoped Eren and Armin would come back okay.
So my crossover story was a dud here in the Attack on Titan place. So I'm going to be taking it down and instead decided to do a WWII one. I've been reading this one story that just uses the war as a background it's about Annie and Armin actually! It's pretty sweet you can find it in my favorites if you'd like to read it. I will write this story once I'm done with my ASOIAF story which I'm not too far off. It's going to be separated into three parts so after I finished part one I can write this story.
So please read and review and enjoy :D.
Also tell me if you want Reiner to be with Krista! Idk I found I kind of like that pairing if only because of Reiner and his weirdness. Also if you'd like Levi to be with Petra or Hanji! I love Hanji she's so god damn crazy xD.
REVIEW MY PEEPS TELL ME WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND. I want to hear your feedback though I would reviews just to stroke my ego. I mainly just want to know your thoughts and if this is something you like reading so I can continue it :).