Attack On Titan: Fire Away || Eren Jaegar X OC

Chapter Fifteen

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Eren lands roughly on the roof, with a growing pool of blood around him. His eyes are unfocused as all of his friends die before his very own eyes.

Mina gets smashed into a brick wall, crushing her skull in the process. Everyone else is devoured except Armin and Cianna.

Armin just looks in shock at Eren's bloody form, lying there. He just stares, not moving.

Cianna swings for the Titan that killed Mina, cutting though the nape effortlessly. Then she turns to Armin, looking scared.

"I am not losing you too, Armin!" She screams. Armin is still in shock, looking at Eren. She either bravely-- or stupidly-- leaps to get to Armin.

Before she can touch the roof, a giant hand closes around her delicate frame. Her bright blue orbs are wide with fear.

The monster lifts its large fist over its head, aiming to throw her to her death. As the arm decends, she wiggles one of her arms free, reach out towards Armin with a look of terror on her face.

"Run!" She screams as she is about to be thrown, "Save yourself!"

Eren recognizes those words. 'Run,' he thought, 'save yourself, those were my mothers words.'

He watches with dull eyes as she is launched into a brick building. She goes sailing through the air, aiming for the brick structure across from Eren's position. She smashes through a stained glass window, causing cracks in the bricks. He watches while the brick wall collapsed on top of his best friend.

"Cianna," he breathes out, as his mind wonders, "no."

"My--my friends are being ripped apart," Armin says in shock, "And all I can do is watch. What's wrong with me?" He is dangling from the large Titans hand, about to be eaten

The Titan drops Armin into his mouth as Armin awakes from his daze. He screams as he slides down the throat of the 15 meter Titan.

"A-Armin," Eren whispers hoarsely, "No."

Eren lies there with his eyes open, motionless. He is barely alive, clutching onto the last string of life he has left. His mind wanders from his friends deaths, to the past, when life was okay.

{flash back 5 years ago}
"Eren," Armin yells, running over to him, "Eren!"

Eren is lying peacefully on the ground, looking up into the sunny sky. His head is tilted up, a small smile on his face.

"Ugh," Eren starts as he opens his eyes, turning his head towards an excited Armin, "Why are you shouting?"

"Sorry," Armin apologizes, "But I found a book that my grandfather keeps hidden away! Believe it or not, it's about life on the outside!"

Eren looks at him in disbelief, sitting up straighter, "I really hope that this is your idea of a joke. Stuff about the outside world is illegal. Seriously, you could go to jail for that!"

Armin crouches down to be at the same height as Eren. Armins bright blue eyes are wide with excitement and he hugs the book to his chest.

"Trust me, you would change your mind if you knew what was out there," Armin says quickly.

"For example," he lays down the book, opening it to a certain page, "according to this book most of the world is covered in salty water so deep that you can't reach the bottom! There's a name for it too, it's called the sea."

"Like salty, for real?" Eren asks in shock, but becomes wary, "Come on-- you're making it up-- if something as valuable as salt was just floating around under water, merchants would have scooped it out ages ago."

"That's the thing," Armin says as he makes himself comfortable, "The sea never runs out, it's that big!"

"Yeah, whatever," Eren says in disbelief while leaning back.

"Just bare with me," Armin says quickly as he tries to get Eren to read the book, "There's a lot more than salt! Water that glows like fire, fields of ice, giant rocks that take days to climb! Imagine how huge the outside world must be!"

"It does sound really neat," Eren says as he bends down to see the leather bound book.

"Okay, you have to promise on your life not to tell anyone," Armin says as he looks up, "but my parents are--well-- are going to sneak outside the walls to see for themselves."

"They will know what it's like, first hand," Eren speaks, looking at the book in awe.

"Look at me," Armin says as Eren looks up, "We should do it ourselves one day. We can have adventures like the guy who wrote this book!"

{flashback over}

Eren looks up, opening his furious teal eyes fully. He pushes up his torn and bloodied body into a kneeling position.

A white fire of pain spreads all throughout his body as he moves it. He has his nonexistent leg resting on the roof, while the other is bent. He tries to stand, by moving his foot and using his arms to push off. He closes his eyes tightly as he tries as blind in pain courses through his bloodstream.

Eren attaches the wires of his ODM gear to the still open mouth of the Titan. Armin screams as he slithers down the Titans throat.

Eren zips in quickly, grabbing Armin by the hand before he can fall to his death. He holds on tightly as Armin looks in shock at the bloodied body before him.

Eren is using his other arm to hold open the Titans mouth. He grits his teeth as he tries to pull Armin up with one hand. He roughly pushes Armin out of the mouth, making him land on the roof of the house that Cianna is crushed under.

The shingles on the roof break from the force of Armins body hitting them. Armin quickly turns around to see Eren holding up the Titans mouth.

"Eren!" Armin yells panicked. Eren's body is twitching from pain and exhaustion. His breathes grow labored as he looks towards the bottom layer of teeth.

Eren has one hand on the top layer of teeth, while his knees and other hand push against the bottom.

"I refuse to die like this," Eren says shakily, his teeth gritted as Armin looks up helplessly, "understand?"

"A-Armin, listen," He says as he shakily reaches out his left arm, "We are still going to the outside world."

He slowly lifts his head, gasping in pain and loss of breath. His teal eyes wide with terror, fear, and desperation. Tears spring into Eren's helpless eyes as he thinks of his fate. Terror, panic and horror encase his senses as he speaks again.

"The-- the things you told me about," he whispers hoarsely as he gasps in pain, squinting his eyes from the pressure of the jaw, "I-I have to see them."

"I have to," he whispers a final time as tears finally his teal orbs. Eren Jaëger has not cried since the death of his mother five years ago. He shakes his brown hair as he grows desperate.

"Eren,"Armin yells as tears stream form his eyes, he rushes towards Eren, "No!"

Eren can't hold of the jaws anymore and they clamp shut sharply, taking off his left arm in the process.

A gush of air propells Armin back as he stares in horror. Immediately, tears cascade messily down his pale face.

Eren's bloodied left arm slowly falls to the havoc-wrecked street below, as Armin stares. He starts screaming.

His shrill scream of pain and agony of losing your best friend. It reverberates along the destroyed wall, as bells ring across the chaotic city of Trost.