It was a hot summer Friday, Eren and Mikasa walked to school together like always since she was adopted into the Jeagar household. They went to Maria High School, along with the rest of their friends. Arriving through the front doors of the school, Eren received a call from his father Grisha.
"Yeah dad?" Eren asked. Mikasa listened to the call.
"Son, I need you to head home right now and stay with your mother until further notice" Grisha said. Eren noticed Grisha was breathing heavily and was panting. "Dad what's wrong? Did something happen at the office?" Eren asked. Grisha was a doctor and recently came across difficulties with certain patients. "Go home, skip school, tell others if you want I don't care. Go home and lock the door and stay quiet until I tell you further" Grisha hurried saying, ending the call as the words ended.
Mikasa looked concerned and grabbed Eren's wrist to get his attention. "He sounded serious, let's go home just in case" she said to him. Eren put his phone in his pocket and nodded in agreement. They walked their way out the front doors and back to their home.
Inside the school sat Jean, Marco and Armin. Jean was the cocky kid of the group, every so often saying he banged Mikasa that weekend before. They never believed him, people decided to believe he was gay and in a relationship with Marco. Armin always laughed about it, Jean hated it. "So have you guys heard about the recent incident at the hospital?" Armin asked the boys. "What incident?" Marco questioned the blonde. "Apparently something happened at the hospital, something broke out and got out of control" Armin told them. "Is it dangerous?" the freckled boy asked. "No one knows, hospital won't release anything about it. Dr. Grisha Jeagar says it's a minor outbreak but not too dangerous" Armin told them. The bell rang, signaling to report to their first class.
Eren and Mikasa arrived home, locking the door behind them. Mikasa began locking the windows while Eren looked for his mother, Carla. "What are you kids doing back here?" Carla came out of the bedroom, her hair undone and laid back. "Dad told us to come home and lock the doors and remain this way until further notice" Eren tells her, putting his backpack down by his bedroom door. Mikasa finishes locking the windows and sets her backpack down and agrees with Eren.
"Why would your father tell you to come home? He never lets you kids stay home" Carla asks. "We don't really know anything, but if he tells us to go home something is wrong" Mikasa adds. "Ok then, we'll go to my bedroom and stay there until he calls back" Carla says, taking the kids into her bedroom and locking the door.
Classes are interrupted by the principal of the school, telling all students to report back home due to an emergency state. Armin thinks about the breakout at the hospital, but has bigger things on his mind. He lives the farthest away from his school, and if an emergency is happening he needs to hurry home. Armin attempts making it through the crowds of people, some worrying and others glad school was called off.
Armin makes it out the door and begins walking the long walk home. Marco lives sort of near Armin and catches up with him, bidding goodbye to Jean. "Do you think this has to do with the outbreak at the hospital?" asked the freckled boy. "I think so, and if it actually does I want to hurry home" said the blonde, basically jogging home.
Marco bid farewell to Armin and entered his house, leaving Armin a fair distance to his own home. Armin sighed, now panting and slow walking to his home. He sees an alleyway that could shorten the time to home. "I'm going to regret this someday" Armin said, walking down the alleyway. Armin heard groans while walking, causing him to walk faster. Armin began sweating as the moans became louder as he neared the end of the alleyway. Armin took a step out of the alley and was knocked down by an odd looking creature. Armin tried knocking him off, the inhuman thing only getting stronger.
A gun was fired, the creature falling down on Armin. Armin squealed, crawling away from the creature and looking at where the bullet came from. A man in military uniform stood above him, a short black haired man. "Give me your hand, it's not safe here. The gunshot will draw them here" said the man, reaching his hand towards Armin's. Armin grabbed his hand, accepting the help standing up and running after the man. "What was that thing sir?" asked Armin. Moans could be heard nearing their area. "I'll tell you when we get out of here alive" said the man, shooting another creature.
Making it to a house, the man knocked on the door. Connie opened the door, the soldier barging through and Armin following. Connie noticed the blood on their clothes. "Excuse me, what are you doing?" asked Connie. Armin shut the door and locked it tight. "My name is Levi Ackerman and I'm a member of the U.S Military. You've probably heard about the breakout of something at the hospital, that's what happened to those exposed. It's only contagious if the creature bites you" said Levi.
"For now we stay here, we'll move to Maria High later in the day. It has been made into a safe zone for those not infected" Levi told them. Armin agreed, Connie confused about the situation. "At least take me with you, because if what you say is true I'm not staying here alone" said the bald boy. Levi nodded in agreement, finding Connie's backpack from school and finding Connie's fridge. He began dumping food and drinks into the bag and gave it to Connie.
"We move at noon" commanded Levi.