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Year 850, Stohess District
"A titan inside the wall? How?!"
People were beginning to notice the face of a colossal titan within the crack which was created by Annie. Everyone was momentarily shocked.
Allen, however, was less shocked and more enraged.
Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned and saw a pastor from one of the churches. "That titan… don't let sunlight hit it! It doesn't matter what! Something that will block the light… cover it! Hurry!" He cried.
Allen narrowed his eyes dangerously at him, and slapped the man's hand off. "Hange…" He said.
Hange fixed her glasses. "Right. I'm onto it."
"Good. We're going to go back to HQ." He said, nodding off to Lavi and Kanda.
"That's fine; I'll deal with Pastor Nick here." Hange said. "See you, shorty."
Allen's eye twitched at that comment, but just made his way to Kanda and Lavi. "I can't believe it." Lavi said. "They were in there the whole time."
"You know, it makes a whole lot of sense now." Allen said. "How else could they have built the walls while fighting the titans?"
"Now that you mention it, it makes sense now." Lavi said.
"Che." Kanda grunted. "We have to make it back to HQ. Unfortunately, the closest passage to the underground has been demolished."
"Guess we're making a trip to the stables." Allen shrugged.
After a few hours of riding in between towns and wandering around the underground, they made it back to HQ and into Cross's office. Lenalee had already made it there, and she greeted everyone with a huge smile of relief. "I was starting to get worried!" She said. "How was it, though? Did she get captured?"
"Yes." Lavi answered, searching the room for Cross himself. He sat in a chair behind a desk of paperwork and empty bottles. "So, the female titan has been captured, but she sealed herself in a crystal. She's going to be taken underground."
"That's good." Cross said. "That's one titan-shifter down."
"One? You mean, there are others like her?" Lenalee asked timidly. Cross nodded.
"The Colossal and the Armored are just like her, in fact, they likely teamed up together." He said. Allen remained silent. "There's also the matter of the titan lord."
"Titan lord?" Kanda asked.
Allen's head whipped up at the mention of 'titan lord' and gave Cross a warning look. "Apparently, he's in charge of the titans." He sighed. "But that is a subject for another time. For now, I have a new mission for all of you. The four of you are all going to assist the Scouting Legion from here on, until I say another word." This took them by surprise. Normally, they didn't choose any specific Corps to be in; they normally spread in each of the three branches.
In this moment of surprise, before anyone could speak up, a man burst into the room panting and out of breath. Everyone turned to the newcomer. He was never seen before, yet somehow he made it to Black Order HQ. "Wall Rose…." He panted, and took a deep breath. "Wall Rose has been breached!"
The Black Order HQ was right underneath Trost. Originally, they were under Shiganshina, so they relocated after that terrible day. If Wall Rose has been breached, then that means they would have to relocate again, unless they did something.
"About ten titans have been spotted in the south, and they are coming this way." He added.
The group of teenagers looked to Cross. "Well, idiot apprentice. Do your thing." Allen's eyes twitched, but he knew what thing he was talking about.
Without further ado, he closed his eyes and put out a hand. Everyone backed away as he hummed to himself. Soon a glowing gate appeared before them. Lenalee and Kanda looked shocked, but Lavi looked excited. "Follow me." Allen said, walking through the gate. Lenalee, Kanda, and Lavi followed suit.
It was lucky they had four extra horses for them; it was always required to be prepared in case any Black Order members arrive.
When they arrived, everyone was momentarily surprised by the glowing gate. They were also surprised by the sight of Allen, since it has been a couple years they last saw him.
After they took off in their horses, Mike explained their plan again, and they dispersed into four groups. Allen went with the South Team, which had Mike himself, Connie, Reiner, Bertoldt, Gelgar, and a couple other soldiers. Lenalee left with the North Team, Lavi left with the East team, and finally Kanda left with the West team.
They quickly dispersed as planned, and they quickly formed a distance with each other. Allen's team noticed that the titans have started running, and they were incredibly fast. "Why did they start running?!" Allen asked. "They're going to catch up!" However, everyone on the team seemed to be shocked.
"Gelgar! Take command of the South team!" Mike called.
Allen turned to see that he had veered away from the group. "A decoy? No, I should go!" He gritted his teeth, and pulled the reins on his horse.
"No!" Gelgar snapped. "We need everyone here! Trust Mike! He's the second toughest in the Survey Corps, next to Captain Levi. He'll get through this alive, I know he will!" Allen frowned. He had a terrible feeling deep in his gut.
Before long, the South team arrived at Connie's village. Allen felt uneasy when nobody was found, and when Connie found a giant footprint, he became even more frantic. "Isn't there anyone here?! It's me, Connie! I've come back!"
He was going pretty quickly, it was getting harder to catch up with him. Suddenly, though, he stopped in front of a house that probably belonged to him. The house was collapsed inward, and inside a titan with a large head and body lay there still. It couldn't move because of the undeveloped limbs it had. Reiner pulled Connie back, and all the while everyone wondered how it got there in the first place.
Everyone that is, except for Allen. He knew, because he's done it before; he's created titans out of living people. Just thinking about what he used to do made his grip tighten around his reins.
Even the soldiers thought it was strange that there were no bodies littered on the ground, and no blood splattered against the walls. Connie thought he heard something from the titan that was lying on his home. Something along the lines of "Welcome home". Allen was near the front of the line, however, as he was trying to avoid Reiner and Bertoldt as discreetly as he could.
They made sure to grab torches before they left, as it was getting darker and darker by the minute.
Night expeditions were terrifying, since it would seem to be impossible to see an approaching titan before it was too late. Everyone felt the tension of the night, and silently hoped that it would soon come to an end.
They met up with the West team, which temporarily shocked the South team. "Did you follow the wall here, too?" Gelgar asked the West team.
"Yeah, so… where's the hole?"
"Huh?"
"We took a detour, and followed alongside the wall starting from the west, but we didn't find anything strange. If we didn't find it, then surely, you must have?"
"No, we haven't seen a hole either." Gelgar said.
It was starting to get a little brighter, and they saw a castle on the horizon. They decided that instead of making another round to check out the breach, they would instead rest because both them and their horses were exhausted.
You know, I think I'm going to start doing the notes at the end of the chapters. GAH sorry it took so long! Don't worry guys, Allen's reveal will come in a few chapters, most certainly before chapter 30, probably. Anyways, please review!