World at War

Aggressive Negotiations

Inside the Titan, Eren slowly started to open his eyes. He gasped in shock as he struggled to break free. He tried to rip his left arm out after hanging and soon he was able to disconnect himself from the body. His eyes slowly traveled up and noticed what was before him

"What is this?" he asked, looking in utter shock at the back of the giant head

"I-I remember hearing the cannon go off. After that came a tremendous crash, shock and heat! Now we're inside a giant skeleton-" Armin says before being interrupted

"Eren protected us. That's all we need to understand for now" Mikasa calmly said after interrupting the blonde

Jason and Tim on the other hand both locked eyes as they communicated silently like only people trained by Batman could

Were you expecting that?

No. But the fact that Eren was able to do something like this on his own must mean he has some level of control

I doubt that. You saw his whole demeaner when it was revealed he appeared out of a Titan's body...

True, but how do you explain the fact that he was able to produce half a Titan body?

By now both Mikasa and Armin were looking at the duo with confusion as they kept shrugging or rolling their eyes. Armin almost thought it looked as if they were actually communicating

"Did you two know he was able to do this?" Tim suddenly asked out of nowhere. This shocked the two slightly as they noticed Tim beside the Titan skeleton, his hands stopping before slowly grasping the steaming bone, letting go right after due to the burning sensation he'd felt

"He never once displayed something like this growing up... whatever caused this has to be recently" Armin said after a moment to think about it and soon noticed the flowers near Mikasa's feet. Seems Jason also did as Armin's eyes met the raven-haired teens eyes before looking at something else

"Hey. You guys ok?" Eren exclaimed as he came up to his friends. Mikasa turned to look at him, her mind still not able to grasp the whole situation

"Eren, what is this?" Armin questioned

Stepping out of the steam, Eren said "I don't know! But it's already starting to vaporize, just like a Titan's corpse! Let's get away from it! Whether they're watching and waiting or if they're in a daze, the Garrisons aren't showing any signs of activity for now" at this, he turned his attention to the cannons mounted on the wall

Mikasa stood up as Eren turned to her "But I'm sure they'll start attacking again soon enough"

"I doubt there's any chance of reasoning with them now, after seeing this. But there is one thing I remember now. The basement. The basement of my house." Eren said as he grabbed the key around his neck as Armin and Mikasa stood there listening, while Tim and Jason wondered what could be so important in that basement

"My dad said it'd all make sense if I go there!" Eren said, clutched the key and staring at it "He's also the reason this has happened to me. If I go to the basement, I might figure out what the Titans are too!" at this a few images of his father injecting him came to him

Eren punched a bone of the Titan skeleton in frustration, making Jason wonder if the Titan was hot to touch or not for the teen... he remembered the steam was hot for him during the battle with the Colossal when he appeared with Eren "Damn it! Why did he keep it a secret?! Thousands of Scouts have died trying to get that information! It's the only hope humanity has!"

"And he just kept it tucked away in our basement all this time?! What the hell was he thinking?!" Eren exclaimed "And where the hell has he been these last five years?"