You're Not Alone

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I see Mikasa come up and take care of the one on my right. She kills it and then stands to look around the area. By the looks of her face, I assume we're being surrounded by Titans. But why? They shouldn't be attracted to us, there aren't a lot of people...

"Mikasa!" Armin jumps onto Erens back and looks up at her on the roof. "Why'd the plan go belly-up? Why on earth are they just slumped here like this? What happened to them?"

"Get away!" Mikasa yells at him. "It's dangerous! Something went wrong and he lost control. Sophie tried to stop him and he attacked her too. Then he wound up like that. I tried to snap him out of it, but he didn't respond. Sophie hasn't been able to get through to him either. He's been out like this for the past few minutes!"

"But the plan?" Armin yells up at Mikasa.

"We've had to shift the plan. Right now all we can do is protect them. Both are defenseless right now. And there- there's just so many. I don't know how much longer we can keep this up!"

Armin looks at me, sorrow in his eyes. He feels responsible since this was his plan. I watch him stare at Erens nape.

"...one meter high and ten centimeters across..." Armin mutters, almost inaudible. I watch him take his blades out.

"Armin!" Mikasa screams down at him.

"I'm pulling him out of here!" Armin states. "You just hold off the other Titans as long as you can! When Eren and Sophie first emerged from this form, it was from the weak spot. I dunno. But something tells me that's a big part of the picture. How these damn things work. It'll be alright. As long as I don't his the center."

I stare at Armin as he mutters to himself. His hands raise above his head as he holds the blade. "This won't kill him... but, well, it's going to hurt."

"No!" Mikasa screams.

The blade enters Erens skin and all of a sudden he thrash's around and screams in agony. Armin is being thrown around on his back, but luckily his ODM gear is hooked into Eren.

"Stop it! You'll get yourself killed," Mikasa orders.

"I'm fine! Just do what you can to keep the rest at bay! Sophie is still here, she can help me! Trust me, there's tons of other people you should be worried about! Now leave Eren to me and do what you do best!"

Mikasa listens and takes off. I lay my palms on the ground next to me and get ready to defend myself or Armin, is Eren loses it again.

I glance around, seeing if there's any Titans in the area that I need to be worried about. So far I think we're okay. If my legs keep healing at this pace, I'll be able to walk in a few moments.

"Eren! Can you hear me?" Armin shouts next to his nape, the blade still inside. "You've got to pull it together! If you stay like this, we're all going to die! Whatever this body is doing to you, fight it! You're Eren Jeager, dammit! What's the steaming lump of flesh have on you, huh?"

Erens body stays slumped, not moving at all. I focus all my energy on my legs and see if that helps heal them faster.

"Come on. Damn it!" Armins yells. "Wake up! Get out of there! We need you! Eren!"