The impact and dizziness that followed when the stick came into contact with the back of my head. I fell to the ground in what it felt like slow motion. When I saw the ground on my face I saw Flegel's foot in my eye. The hit was big and the pain was stinging. But the fists and kicks didn't hurt as much as I was so dizzy from the first hit. I amused this to myself about the counter-productive of it all, before I felt them turning me on my back, readying me for next barrage of torture.

I looked up from my blurred vision and saw Flegel knelt before me with his bloody nose dripping on my forehead. 'I bet your mama told you that one. The 'don't hit girls' thing. Maybe that's why she's dead. She didn't know any better. Like you.'

The old dead parents joke. How original of Flegel. I gave him a cold stare, as he was rolling up his sleeves. He held me by my shirt as he punched my nose, cheeks and eyes. Then his two goons pinned me down as their Flegel hit me in the sides. I felt a rib or two break.

Minutes went by and I don't know what was happening, because my face was covered in blood and my eye was swollen shut from the kick earlier. I didn't know if it was going to end. But the I heard what sounded like feet running towards me. Then I heard the voice that has cried my name many times.

'ARMIN!' I heard Eren scream. I did notice the three of them stop what they were doing to my body and run towards him. He put up a good fight until I heard another pair of feet run towards my direction.

'It's the girl! Run away!' Flegel screamed in horror. From the sounds of it they never had chance to escape. They were dealt with the best way Mikasa fond fitting. Beating them within an inch of their lives and having them run away with their tail between their legs.

The next thing I heard was sobbing and pleas, but not from the bullies. It was Eren trying to talk to me. The damage done to me, had me falling in and out of sleep. It was hard to concentrate, and I couldn't hardly respond.

'Armin, can you hear me? ARMIN!' He cried to me, choking back his tears. Eren can be very emotional sometimes but seeing me this time in this state must have been too much, even for him.

'Eren, we have to get him to your dad.' I heard Mikasa comfort him. Eren' house was not far from here and his father was a great doctor. I was going to be in good hands.

I felt them picking me up and carry me out of that alleyway, taking me to the streets. There I saw a few familiar faces looking in my direction. I could make out some; Jean, Marco, Krista, Ymir and Connie. But there was only one person I was searching for. I turned my head to Eren and tried to get the remaining energy I had left to speak.

'Sasha...'

I could make out Eren' joy in hearing me speak. So he didn't hesitate to respond.

'Don't worry Armin. Sasha's safe.'

'Sasha...safe?' I croaked out.

'Yes! She was the one that got us here. She said you saved her Armin!'

'She...she-' It was at this moment I began to pass out with my head becoming very heavy. The last thing I saw was Jean and Marco running over towards me. Then blackness had taken over me with the sound of my name ringing in my ear before it becoming a mere echo.