The mysterious, 15 meter titan walked through the streets of Trost, looking for something, or maybe for someone. As it walked, the ground shook beneath its feet, making loud thuds. As the mysterious titan continued onward, it couldn't help but notice that other titans were throwing themselves at it. Every time a titan tried to attack it, the mysterious titan only killed the titan in return, and left its body to rot. You would think that the other titans would learn not to mess with the mysterious titan, but c'mon, titans are stupid! As a 12 meter charged at the 15 meter titan, the mysterious titan grabbed its attacker, bit into the nape of its neck, and ripped it off. The mysterious titan then tossed the 12 meter titan to the ground and continued on its marry way.
-Eren's POV-
"I will kill them all…every last one…"
"Eren!"
Eren opened his eyes and gasped when he saw Garrison soldiers pointing swords and guns at him and his two friends. What was going on? Why were they pointing swords and guns at him as if he was some kind of criminal? Why did they look like they wanted to kill him? Eren looked up and saw the commander that gave them orders this morning. He honestly looked like a confused bearded walrus, but that wasn't the issue here.
"Eren Jaeger, we have brought you here to ask you an important question! Are you a titan or a human?"
Eren looked at the commander in confusion. What kind of question was that? He was human!
"Sir, I do not understand your question," Eren said, and the commander sighed.
"I said are you a titan, or a human! You better not fool around either, one false move and I will blast you with that cannon!" the commander said, and Eren looked up to see a cannon pointed directly at him.
This whole situation was absurd! What had happened? How did he even get in this situation? Why did the Garrison think he was a titan when he was obviously human? He didn't understand anything at the moment, and wondered why he couldn't remember anything.
"I am human, sir," he replied, and the commander crossed his arms.
"Liar! We all saw you emerge from the nape of a titan! Now, explain to me why you were in the nape of a titan!" the commander said, and Eren squeezed his eyes shut.
"I don't know! I don't know what you're talking about, sir! Eren replied, and then the commander went completely silent.
"I see…" the commander said as he raised his arm.
"FIRE THE CANON!"
"WHAT?!" Eren cried, and Mikasa threw away her swords and began dragging Eren away.
There was no way out, no way to escape. They could try escaping over the wall, but there were probably more Garrison soldiers waiting for them on the other side. Eren knew he had to do one thing, and one thing only. He had to protect his friends from getting hit by that cannon. As he squirmed out of Mikasa's grasp, he grabbed her and pulled her along with him as he grabbed Armin. He then raised his hand to his mouth, bit into it, and then everything went blank. All Eren heard was the sound of the cannon.
-Jean's POV-
"So, what happened to Mikasa, Armin and Eren?" Ymir asked, and Connie looked up at the two girls in front of him.
"I don't know, I wasn't with them! Look, go ask Jean over there, he probably knows!" Connie replied, and Krista and Ymir turned their attention to the two toned haired boy.
"Well, what happened?"
Jean took a sip of water from his water skin and then wiped his mouth on his jacket sleeve.
"I can't tell you what happened, but I'll tell you he's in the hands of the Garrison," Jean replied, and the two girls began to look puzzled.
"I can't do this anymore!" Daz yelled as he drew his sword.
"Hey, hold on Daz!" Marco said and held onto the boy's arms.
"Let me go! I don't want to die like that! I watched all my buddies get ripped apart, and I am not going down like that! I'd rather kill myself right here and now!" Daz screamed and began flailing around.
"Hold on, Daz, don't do that! We are all battling our fears here! I mean look at Sasha, she's been through a lot and she's still a proud soldier!" Marco said, looking over at Sasha who had leaned over and began groaning.
"My stomach hurts, someone put me on the casualty list!" she cried and Daz only struggled more.
Jean sat his water skin on the table in front of him and sighed.
"I guess the Garrison knows what they are doing. If people found out about Eren, they'd-"
"Was that the sound of cannon fire?" a soldier yelled, and everyone looked into the sky.
"Look, there's smoke!"
"It's inside the wall!"
At this, some of the soldiers began to panic, others trembled in fear. Jean turned towards his fellow cadets, and watched as all of the color drain from Reiner's face. He watched as Reiner flew into the air and Annie and Bertolt were right behind him.
"Hey!" Jean called as he went after them, wondering what was going on.
As they came closer and closer to the smoke, Jean had noticed that the smoke was coming from where the Garrison was holding Eren. Once he had landed next to Annie, Jean looked around and gasped when he saw a decaying titan.
"What's going on down there?" Reiner questioned, but Jean and the others stayed silent.
-Eren and Armin's POV-
Everything was dark, and his surroundings felt warm, but what was bothering him the most was the ringing in his ear. What had caused his ear to ring so violently? Then he remembered the cannon fire. Quickly opening his eyes, Eren gasped when he saw that his hand was stuck to what seemed like muscle.
"What the-?!" he yelled and began pulling his hand away from the muscle.
It took a lot of strength to do so, but soon his hand was free and he was to. Once the smoke had cleared just enough for him to see, Eren saw that he was sitting in the nape of a titan.
"Crap…" he mumbled to himself and then began making his way out of the nape of the tian.
Once all of his limbs were free from the muscle, he climbed down the tians back and began looking for Mikasa and Armin which he found sitting inside the titans ribcage like two birds in a cage.
"Are you guys alright?" he asked, and they nodded.
"Yea, but I think Armin wet himself," Mikasa replied, and Armin looked over at her.
"No, I didn't! I was just startled," Armin replied and then stood up.
The three walked out from under the ginormous ribcage of the titan and watched as it decayed. They could barely hear the screams of the startled soldiers.
"While I was in there, I remembered something," he admitted and then looked at the key that was around his neck.
"This key…the key that my father gave me, I remember he said it was the key to the basement back at my home in Wall Maria. He said that the answer to defeating the tians was in there," he said and then began thinking.
Two ideas popped into his head.
"I have two plans, ok. I highly doubt the Garrison is just going to let me go, so I'll escape over the wall, turn into a titan, and flee," Eren said, and Mikasa and Armin looked at him.
"Are you sure that's going to work?" Armin asked, and Eren shrugged.
"If I get out of here, I'll go home and look what's inside the basement. With this power…I can become stronger and defeat the titans!" he said, and fell silent when he felt a line of blood fall from his nose.
"You have a nose bleed," Mikasa said, and Armin bit his lip.
"Eren, it's clearly messing with your body, and that's not a good thing," Armin said, and Eren glared at him.
"I don't care about my condition! All I care about if defeating the titans!" he snapped and then sighed.
"If you guys don't try to defend me, then they won't try to kill you. So, I think I should go alone."
"Eren, I'm coming with you!" Mikasa said, and he shook his head.
"You can't, then you'll be at risk to!"
"I don't care, I'm going with you no matter what!"
"Look, I don't need your help, I'm not your kid brother!" he yelled.
As the two of them argued about Eren's plan, Armin sat in front of them, trying to figure out a way to help Eren. Was this it? Was this how he was going to lose his friends? He couldn't bear the thought of losing them. Why was he so weak when it came to strength? Why was he so useless?
"Wait, Mikasa, I said I had two plans," Eren said and then turned to Armin.
"Armin."
Armin looked at Eren and chocked back a sob.
"Yes, Eren?"
"I need you to convince the Garrison I am not threat. With your brain, I'm sure you can do it," Eren said, and Armin bit his lip.
"But, Eren, I don't think I can-."
"Armin, I know you can do this! That brain has saved me and Mikasa more than once," Eren said, and the blonde looked over at him.
"But, when did I ever save you?"
"Back when the titans entered Wall Maria, if you hadn't told Hanse that me and Mikasa where still inside the wall, that titan would have killed us to," Eren said, and Armin looked down at his knees.
"It's ok if you can't Armin, no pressure," Eren said, and then everything fell silent for about a minute.
Making his decision, Armin stood up and looked at his friends.
"I'll do it."
At that, Armin turned away and began making his way through the smoke, unstrapping his 3d maneuvering gear so it wouldn't look as if he was trying to escape. Once he heard his gear drop to the ground, he ran out of the smoke, stood in front of the Garrison soldiers, and held up his arms to show that he was unarmed.
"Stay right here, you monster! I'll give the signal, I'll do it!" The Garrison commander yelled.
"Eren is not a threat! He is willing to share all the information he has!" Armin yelled, and the commander shook his head.
"I don't believe a word of it! You want us to beg for our lives like dogs?! We have seen what he is!" the commander yelled in terror.
"I understand that most of you saw him fight as a titan, but didn't any of you notice how the titans attacked him as if he were prey? That means that the titans see him as a human just like us! No matter how you see it, you can't change the fact that it's true!" Armin said, and let his words sink in.
"He has a point…" the Garrison soldiers said to one another.
"A titan on our side? That's absurd…but could be useful."
At that, Garrison soldiers began lowering their weapons and the commander gasped.
"No, don't fall for their plan! They may seem harmless, but they are waiting for their chance to attack us!" the commander yelled, and at that the other soldiers raised their weapons once more.
'It's no use, he's too frightened to think! Eren! Mikasa!' Armin thought and turned his head to look at his friends.
Eren and Mikasa looked at the blonde headed boy and nodded, telling him that he could do this. Regaining his confidence, Armin turned back to the Garrison soldiers and saluted to them.
"I am a soldier who dedicated their life to help humanity defeat the titans! Our troops are falling, and with the strength of his tian power, I believe we can even take back this fallen town! For the glory of human kind and for the time I have left on this earth, I argue for his value as a fighting asset!" Armin screamed, and the Garrison soldiers fell silent.
"Commander, maybe we should-."
"SILENCE! THEY ARE TRAITORS AGAINST HUMANITY!" the commander yelled, and raised his arm to fire the cannon.
Armin watched in horror, thinking that this was the end for him and his friend, but someone grabbed the commander's arm.
"Stop, that's enough!" the voice of an old man said, and everyone looked at the man.
"General Pyxis!"
"Look at that magnificent salute he's giving you! Anyways, I just got here, Commander, why don't you go and take care of the reinforcements, I think I should listen to what these people have to say," General Pyxis said looking at the three teens in front of him.
Armin dropped to his knees, tears in his eyes. He had done it, he had saved his friends.