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The young soldiers had all finally gotten to Head Quarters and were now being given orders by a garrison soldier, Kitz Woermann, on what to do. The man had a dark look in his tired eyes, and even though it was common for him to look like that, Cal could see the fear he was trying to hide. The soldiers, who stood behind him, all kept their gazes to the ground, all of them having the same dazed looks in their eyes.
"Just follow your training! Split into groups!" The man ordered over the crowd as they all stood in lines. "Under the Garrison's orders, you will resupply combatants, relay orders, and kill Titans!"
"Garrison intercept forced will form the vanguard! Trainees, led by the supply team will comprise the middle guard! The Garrison's elite forces will form the rearguard. Also, messengers report that the advance team had been neutralized."
Cal's eyes widened as he clenched his jaw, wondering how the entire advance team had been wiped out. He knew that it must mean the titans were slowly getting closer and that they would have to be careful if they managed to take out a fully trained guard.
"The outer gate has been compromised, and Titans have entered the city," Kitz yelled as the soldier's behind him looked down in almost defeat. "In other words, the Armored Titan may appear at any time, to destroy the inner gate!"
Whispers and murmurs could be heard throughout the crowd as looks of worry and fear crossed their faces. Cal looked at Eren beside him just as the latter looked at him as well. The four friends all had a similar look of fear on their faces, although Mikasa's was less obvious, Cal could see in her eyes and the way her eyebrows twitched, ever so slightly, that she was worried on the inside.
"Silence!" Kits yelled, again, over the crowd of shaken trainees and the whispers immediately silenced. "As we speak, the vanguard is engaging them. We have but one objective in this fight: to defend Wall Rose with our lives until the evacuation is complete!"
"Also, as you are all surely aware, desertion in the face of the enemy is punishable by death." Everyone gritted their teeth as pure fear coursed through their vines. The mere thought of not dying to a titan but to your people instead was a completely foreign concept to them and would lead to the utter demise of not only your own but your family's reputation. "Mark this well, and fight to your last dying breath! Dismissed!"
