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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Major_Character_Death, Rape/Non-Con,
      Underage
  Category:
      F/M, F/F
  Fandom:
      Shingeki_no_Kyojin_|_Attack_on_Titan, Berserk
  Relationship:
      Mikasa_Ackerman/Eren_Yeager, Armin_Arlert/Annie_Leonhart
  Character:
      Eren_Yeager, Mikasa_Ackerman, Armin_Arlert, Jean_Kirstein, Reiner_Braun,
      Bertolt_Hoover, Sasha_Blouse, Connie_Springer, Annie_Leonhart, Marco
      Bott, Krista_Lenz_|_Historia_Reiss, Ymir_(Shingeki_no_Kyojin), Erwin
      Smith, Levi_(Shingeki_no_Kyojin), Kenny_Ackerman, Traute_Carven
  Additional Tags:
      Canon_Universe
  Stats:
      Published: 2016-04-25 Chapters: 1/10 Words: 1510
****** Eclipse on Titan ******
by J93
Summary
     After rescuing Armin from Wall Cultists, Eren's day is about to get
     far worse...
It started with a regular patrol out in the Forest of Giant Trees. Just a
regular Titan sweeping on an normal expedition out beyond the walls. It was
thought out and planned like the others before. We were given the order to
clean out the location from Titans. Just a simple, normal day in the Survey
Corp.
Then we got ambushed.
Military Police with Anti-3DM Gear jumped down from above and attacked us when
we were vulnerable. A large number of Titans were on the ground and were
growing with the unknown amount of food sources in the trees. I looked up to
get my bearings. Instead I found Kenny Ackerman swinging towards me with his
shit-eating grin. I lifted my swords just in time to stop him from cutting my
head off. His grin turned into anger. We both landed on the same branch. I held
my blades out in front as I backed against the tree.
“Boy, I was looking forward to that all day...” he growled at me through his
teeth. “...AND YOU JUST HAD TO RUIN IT!”
I walked a few steps forward. “What are you talking about?! WHY ARE YOU DOING
THIS?!!” I demanded.
His grin returned. “I'm not obliged to give away my evil mater plan.” he
sarcastically gave to me, sharpening his swords against one another.
I leaped forward to hit him but he glided to his left and swung away from me,
disappearing into the chaos that surrounded me. I looked around and saw my
squad fighting the soldiers that called themselves the ‘Military Police’. It
was solider vs. soldier. This was not meant to be. We're on the same side,
aren't we? Why is this happening? This shouldn’t be happening! I wanted to
believe that these were bandits that stole uniforms and wanted to ambush us.
But Kenny was on their side and he said he had been planning this.
There was no time to think. I joined the fight and tried to take out as many of
them as possible. It was fruitless. I would slash them, cut their wires and
shove them into the jaws of a Titan but they still kept coming from the trees.
Their equipment was vastly more improved than ours, making them much more
faster and slick in their attacks. These were top 10 graduates after all. It
was a hopeless fight.
“EREN!” I heard a familiar voice cry out to me. I turn to my right to find my
childhood friend, Armin Arlert, in the clutches of Kenny's second-in-command,
Craven and a couple of soldiers. They were standing on a higher branch on the
tree next to mine.
“Armin…”
Two soldiers walked up behind him and removed his gear and unsheathed his
swords. His weapons were thrown down to the ground below him as Titans stomped
on it, flattening them beyond repair. My eyes met Armin. He gave the impression
on his face that he was calm about his situation, but his body was trembling as
Craven held her sword at his throat. Kenny soon joined her by her side, giving
her a nod of approval. He placed his left hand on Armin' shoulder while still
arming himself with his sword in the other. I looked around me to find Kenny's
subordinates surround us with so many in higher in the trees wearing the
unicorn badges and having swords drawn. Behind me were my squad; Jean, Sasha,
Connie, Reiner and Bertolt. My comrades were all alive without a scratch. Then
I turned back to Armin, his face now an expression of worry.
“LET HIM GO!”
Kenny turned his head from Armin to me, shaking his head. “I don't think so,
Yeager.” He squeezed Armin' shoulder in an uncomfortable way. I could see
Armin' blue eyes wince in discomfort. Armin had muscle, but he was small and
brittle. He certainly isn’t weak but I and Mikasa are always called upon to
defend him if he ever was in trouble. My knuckles went white with my grip on
the handle. “You see, I'll be kind for once and let you all on a little detail
of the plan.” He turned back to Armin and started stroking his blond hair.
Armin closed his eyes, powerless to stop him. I wanted to save him so badly
from his torturer.
“Our objective today was to capture a certain male of small build and muscle.
Alive, of course.”
Silence fell in my ears as I tried to comprehend why someone would want to take
Armin away. He was only just a normal soldier from Shiganshina, nothing unusual
about him. What would they want with him? Or actually, what did they want to DO
to him?
“You came for… Armin?” I heard Connie' voice inquire.
“BINGO!” he pointed to Connie in praise. Armin looked up at Kenny and then back
down me, in confusion and desperation. Seeing that made me more determined to
get Armin out their hands, out of this forest. “Now, it looks like we got what
we wanted and we have a schedule to-”
“You’re not leaving with him!” I heard Jean protested. He rushed forward, about
to pounce, until Kenny raised his palm to stop him.
“Yes we are, Kirstein. Whether you like it or not, Mr. Arlert is coming with
us.”
I could hear in the distant gas cannisters sizzling, followed by trees
rustling. Kenny looked to see his men leaving and turned to give a nod to
Craven who, in one hit, had Armin unconscious. I rushed forward but Kenny
pointed his swords at me. There was nothing I could do in that moment to stop
them. I tried to get through to him.
“Armin!”
His eyes flickered half open, looking at me half-awake. I felt helpless as I
saw Craven put a bag over his head and throw him over her shoulder. She turned
around and swung away leaving her superior, Kenny on the branch alone with us.
“One word of advice kids. Don't try and follow us. It's useless and a waste of
your gas. Trust me.” He turned around facing his exit. “See ya' next time!”
Like that he jumped and swung away from us. Giving a ‘YEEEHAA’. Then it was
suddenly gone silent, like they were never there. I turned around to find
everyone else standing there not doing anything. I was in disbelieve that they
hadn't even barged in front of me to go after Kenny. If only Mikasa was here.
“What are you all waiting for?! Let’s go! We have to rescue him!”
“Dammit Eren, you heard him!” Jean barked at me as he walked to my side.
“I won't give up on him! He's my best friend!” I unloaded my swords and was
about to leave until I felt my shoulder being grabbed by the horse-faced prick.
“Their faster than us! Think it though, Eren! They will be far gone before you
know it! WE CAN'T GET TO THEM!”
Connie also tried to stop me by grabbing my arm. “Eren, wait! There is nothing-
” I nudge him out the way and push Jean aside to make my way through the forest
tree line.
My head jerked back and forth in a crazed, manic desperation. I could never
find anything other than trees and the Titans below. Dark thoughts were running
miles ahead of me and I couldn't give up. I had to stop them before it was too
late. I find the end of the forest coming towards me. The flat open land can
help me pinpoint their distance better. No one can hide in the open, they will
be sitting ducks. I reached the end of the forest and landed on a branch that
stretched outward. I put my bearings together and looked around for Kenny and
his crew on horseback.
But there was nothing.
Not a single thing. No horses, no tracks, nothing. Just the long, silent open
green field back to Trost. They were gone. I don't know how, but they were
gone. Armin was gone. I couldn't save him. I dropped to my knees with such for
I let out a pathetic whimper. I bent forward, resting my head on the wood. I
clenched my fists and started pounding into the bark in frustration. I was
angry at myself for failing him. When my hands became numb, I raised my head
towards the direction I faced. I was going to make an oath to him. Another
promise to Armin.
“ARMIN!”
His name echoed in the empty valley.
“I WILL FIND YOU!”
I kept crying his name until my throat bled. I wanted him to hear me. I wanted
him to know that I will not give up. That I will take him to see the ocean once
all of this was over. When I could no longer talk, I turned to thought. My mind
went to what Kenny said about him being ordered to take Armin in. My questions
from earlier returned; what did they want from him that was worth all this
trouble?
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