World at War

Hopeless Situation

"Armin!" Eren cried out as he watched his best friend slowly get positioned above the Titan's mouth, cursing himself for not moving as his thoughts think back to a certain memory

Flashback
"Eren"

"What is it Armin?" Eren asked sitting as he looked lazily at the clouds

"My grandpa was hiding this book. It's a book about the outside world!" Armin exclaimed holding out a brown book

"A book about the outside world? Isn't it illegal to have those? What if the Military Police finds out?"

"Who cares about that now? According to this book, most of the world is covered in water called an 'ocean!' And this 'ocean' is entirely saltwater!" exclaimed a very excited Armin

Eren looked at him in complete disbelief "Salt?! Y-you're lying! Salt is a treasure trove! I'm sure merchants would've snatched it all up!"

"You can't though! The ocean is that big!"

"Yeah, right" Eren said, still not believing it

"There's a lot more than mountains of salt too! Fiery water! Lands of ice! Sandy snowfields! The outside world must be

By now Eren was looking in awe "The outside world..."

"And this is still a secret, but my mom and dad are planning to venture into the outside world" the blonde whispered to his friend

"The outside world huh" Eren repeats

"Hey Eren, I hope we can explore the outside world too someday"
End of flashback

'No! We still have to see the outside world together! Especially the ocean!'

It happened so fast. One minute Armin is about to be dropped, the next thing he knows is two blurs making there way towards the Titan. One killing it and the other saving Armin as the duo were revealed to be Tim and-

"Jason?!" Eren said in a shocked tone. Wasn't he assigned somewhere else?

"Don't look so surprised Eren, I've been known to break the rules. Besides couldn't let baby bird here die... would never hear the end of it from Dick or the old man" he said turning to Tim who was helping Armin get over his shock

"Hey!" a voice called out as it was revealed to be none other than Connie with both Christa and Ymir close behind

Noticing Jason (who was part of their squad) among them, Christa put two and two together "Oh you ran of because you were worried for Tim! That's so sweet"

"Me worried about baby bird? Please. I know he can take care of himself just fine. I was more worried about having to listen to Dick wine on and on about how I didn't take care of my younger brother and how I could let him die" Jason said with an eye roll as Tim sent him a glare

"Wait you and Tim are brothers?" Christa questioned

"Never mind that! Armin, Eren, Tim, where's the rest of your squad?" Connie asked as the trio flinched at the reminder of there fallen squad members. Jason glanced at Tim and noticed his clenching fists, making him narrow his eyes

"It's all my fault! Everyone's dead because of me! If Tim hadn't reacted in time, I'd might as well have joined them! All that talk back there and I couldn't even kill one single Titan!" Eren screamed out as the group is shocked by his outburst. He couldn't believe how stupid he was, rushing in blinded by his emotions, leaving his teammates behind... 

"I just stood their watching it all instead of fighting back as well. I-I wanted to move, wanted to do something, but couldn't move" Armin admitted as well