"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY!", Eren yelled at the Titan as it walked onward. Little did he know, another Titan was hiding and it leaped into the air and the next thing he knew, pain shot through his entire body as tumbled and crashed onto roofs. Armin saw Eren wounded with his left leg just above the knee biten off and his comrades screaming for their lives. He fell to his knees as he thought, 'N-no. This wasn't supposed to happen. My comrades are being eaten and I can't do anything' Hearing the thumps of a Titan walking, all that Armin could do was not move, but with all his might he just couldn't move. He soon found himself inside the Titan's mouth, sliding down the throat until a hand grabbed his wrist and he was thrown out of the mouth and onto a roof; Armin saw Eren and called out to him when Eren said, "I'm not going to die here" Armin stared at the young man as he continued, "Hey, Armin...we're going...to the outside world...I promise you" Armin felt tears fall from his face as he reached out for Eren's extended left arm, but the Titan chomped down on and severed Eren's arm and swallowed Eren down its throat, causing Armin to scream and cry out loudly.
Nero ran as fast as he could when he heard a scream in the direction he was running to. He hurried to see a teenaged boy with short blonde hair and blue eyes in tears and screaming with a Titan standing in front of him and from the looks of it, if the boy didn't move and stop his screaming, he'd be next on its menu. Nero ran as fast as he could to get to the boy and luckily he made it in time as he grabbed the boy and used his Devil Bringer to move from one building to another and they both landed in an abandoned warehouse. The boy stopped screaming and looked to see the young half-devil as the tears and screams came to a stop, signaling Nero he was in shock. "Who", the boy stuttered with a shakey breath, "who are you? C-civilians should be evacuated to the wall" "I'm no civilian here", was Nero's answer and the look on the boy's face was in surprise. "What?", the boy asked, "How is it that you're here in Trost with the Titans running loose?" 'Titans, huh?', Nero thought, but a sudden thought crossed his mind, his eyes widened, thinking that Dante was-no.
There was no way in hell that Dante was eaten by a Titan, he was too strong for the Savior, which was practically the size of those Titans if not a bit bigger then them when the boy screamed out, "TITANS!" Nero smirked and stood up and said to the boy, "Just stay back. I got this" He reveed up Red Queen and in one bound, he charged straight at the three Titans and shouted at them, "LET'S ROCK!"
Armin couldn't believe his eyes, this white haired, if it was possible at a young age, strange clothed teenaged boy, almost an adult, fight the Titans without the use of 3-D Manuver Gear, but what stood out most of this teen was his right arm. It was something Armin had never seen before. His palm was a light blue as were the fingers but they were extened a bit into claws, while the rest was covered in a red, leathery skin. The weapons he wielded were another thing Armin noticed, the sword was on his back and not his side, which he figured was the size of the sword. Armin's eyes widened with fear seeing the teen knocked back by a Titan and hitting a wall when he then thrusted his right arm out to the Titans and it created a larger form of the arm and with one crush, the Titans were killed and the skin disintegrated into bones. The teen looked to Armin and began to walk forward, and Armin saw the sword made some sort of noise, like it was revving up for something; the teen ran and jumped into the air and slashed at a Titan that was behind Armin.
Armin saw the weapon did some damage but the teen saw the wound regenerating, causing the teen to curse. "Hey", Armin said to the teen, who looked behind him, "Aim for the nape of their neck, it'll kill it" The teen saw the Titan slowly get up but not before the teen could move so fast that the Titan didn't even know what hit it and it was dead. Satisfied, the teen placed the sword back on his back and Armin said in amazement and in fright, "H-how did you do that? And without 3-D Manuver Gear?" The teen could tell Armin was frightened and hid his right arm as he said, "If I tell, you, your mental state is already on the fritz with that Titan that almost ate you before" Armin suddenly remembered the Titan that swallowed Eren and his comrades then tears fell from his face as he said, "Its all my fault. They're all dead because I was too weak" The teen looked at Armin and said as he placed his normal hand on Armin's shoulder, "What is your mission?" "My mission is to hold off the Titans until all civilians are evacuated before the Armored Titan shows up"
The teen let out a heavy sigh and said, "You'd best focus on your mission for now, the time to mourn is later" Armin nodded his head at the teen and said, "I need to get to the others and find Mikasa" The teen nodded his head when Armin said, "You would be better off coming with me. My name is Armin Arlert" The teen smiled and said, "Name's Nero"
The trainees sat on a roof some were on their knees waiting for the Titans to come and eat them. Jean sat with a distant look in his eyes as Connie tried to convince him to get up and get rid of the Titans swarming HQ and get the gas they need, but they didn't have the man-power to stop the Titans. "Hey look", a solider said, "It's Armin and there's someone with him" Jean and Connie looked to see Armin being carried on the back of a teenaged boy with white hair and sapphire eyes, wearing a dark blue trench coat, a red hooded vest, a black shirt, blue pants, and brown boots. "Armin", Connie yelled, "Are you alright? Where's Eren and who is this guy?" "His name is Nero", Armin said as he climbed off of Nero's back careful to avoid getting cut by Red Queen, "He saved from the Titans" Murmmurs began to circle when Jean said, "Bullshit! It's impossible to kill a Titan without 3-D Manuver Gear!" "Nero can", Armin said, "Go ahead show them" Nero sighed and said, "Alright, be prepared" He revealed his right arm and as Nero guessed some of the trainees were frightened, some just stared in awe and some didn't even know how to react.
Nero heard the sound of someone coming in their direction and looked to see a young woman with short black hair and black eyes but the look in her eyes told him she was ready to kill and she was heading towards Nero. Armin saw the woman and before the woman could attack, he said, "Mikasa, it's alright! Nero saved me from the Titans!" Mikasa stopped at looked at Nero before turning to Armin and asked, "Where's Eren?" Armin looked to Nero who said, "Don't keep her in the dark, she has to know" Mikasa looked at Armin who had tears in his eyes and said, "The members of squad 34: Thomas Wagner...Nack Tias...Milius Zermusky...Mina Karolina...and Eren Jeager...these five laid down their lives and died valiantly"
Everyone knew Eren was in the top ten of their class and if he was dead, then the others wouldn't stand a chance. "He was the only survivor?", Nero heard a soldier say. "The same will happen to us if we go against them" "I'm so sorry, Mikasa", Armin said tearfully, "It should've been me the one to die in Eren's place as I did nothing" Mikasa said nothing as she lowered herself and touched Armin's hand. "Armin", Mikasa said, causing the young blonde to look at her, "Pull yourself together. This isn't the time to get emotional" They both stood as Nero watched her, knowing that deep in her eyes there was anger and shock and she wanted revenge on the Titans. "Marco", Mikasa said walking away from Armin, "If we get rid of the Titans swarming HQ we can refill out gear and scale the wall, correct" "Well, yeah", Marco said, "But even with you here, we don't stand a chance against the Titans"
Mikasa stopped and said, "I'm strong, stronger then all of you" She turned to the trainees and continued, "I can defeat them all. You are all cowards in my eyes" "Mikasa", Nero said, "you're letting your emotions get in the way. Going after those things by yourself will get you killed" Mikasa turned to the half-devil and said, "They are afraid and the only way to survive is to fight" She jumped off the roof and headed towards HQ. Jean gritted his teeth and muttered something under his breath when Nero heard a distant roaring but dismissed it as he said, "She's blinded by her anger. We need to help her" Nero jumped to the roof in one bound and followed Mikasa, causing Jean to lift his blade into the air and yell, "Albino's right! We weren't trained to let our comrades fight alone! Let's go!" Jean, followed by Connie and Armin followed Nero when suddenly people began to follow. Mikasa sped onward cutting down any Titans in her way. "Mikasa's a natural and so is that Nero person. How is she moving so fast?" Armin thought,'Nero's right, she's blinded by her anger and is going to fast. At any second she could-'
As if on cue, Mikasa's 3-D Manuver Gear ran out of gas and collided into a roof, making Armin hurry after her. "Jean", Connie yelled, "Lead the others to HQ I'll get Mikasa" "I'll help-!", Jean said but was cut off by Nero, "We need to lead the others, he got this" Jean gritted his teeth but kept going following Nero as he thought, 'Where the hell are you, Dante?'
Author's note:
It's a new story I've started because of a picture I found on deviantart.
Please R&R