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

Chapter Seventeen

Back to Cia. . .

In the year 850, the colossal Titan again appeared, decimating another barrier between us, and them. Once more, mankind retreated in panic before the advance of their greatest foe.

Brave soul after brave soul perished, eaten alive. Eren himself fell prey to their hunger. And just when things seemed their darkest, out of nowhere came the most unlikeness of allies.

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"There," Armin says as he finishes filling up Mikasa's gas tank, "Got it. The ODM gear is functional and I restocked your blades."

"Just-... Just leave me this one,"

Armin says as he looks down sadly at his reflection in the thin blade, "Okay? It's just, I would rather this be my end than to not be eaten alive."

Cianna grabs the blade straight from his hands and thrusts it over the roof. It shimmers in the sunlight before shattering like thin glass on the cobblestones below.

"What? Why'd yo-,"Armin starts but is cut off by Cianna putting her comforting hand atop his.

"Armin," she says sincerely, "We will not leave you behind."

She grabs his hand, pulling him to his feet. The four jog to the end of the roof as Cia pulls Armin close behind.

"But-I mean," Armin starts in panic, wildly waving his hands about, "Titans are everywhere! You can't jump and carry on your back-"

"Come on," Connie says as he takes Armin from Cianna, "Let's move!"

The three turn, jogging towards the edge of the roof. Cianna is in the lead with eyes full of fire. She won't let her friends die on her watch, not again.

'Please,' Armin says to himself as he is being dragged by Connie, 'No. Don't do this. It's not going to work! Enough people have died on my account!'

He looks behind him as the abnormal roars. Armin's blue eyes study the Titan, then an idea appears.

"No!" He says loudly as he hits Connie's hand away. The three stop, turning around in confusion.

"Wait," Armin says as he puts his hands out in front of him, "I have an idea."

"Well," Connie says in bored tone, "What is it then?"

"Only you three are capable of pulling this off, so this is mostly up to you guys," Armin starts cautiously as Cianna's face goes stoic, "So this is really your choice. This may sound crazy, but I think he might be useful."

"Woah," Connie says in shock as Armin points behind him, at the abnormal Titan, "You mean the Titan?!"

"He attacks his own kind," Armin says as he turns slightly towards the abnormal, "He seems to have no interest in us. If we can some how steer him to HQ, and let him loose on the other Titans-look, we already know that he has already taken one out already- we can use him as a weapon!"

"You have got to be kidding," Cianna says with a straight face, "This is your idea of a joke, right?"

"How in hell do you think we are supposed to steer that thing?!" Connie says doubtfully, as Armin turns back to them.

"Something tells me that he's just fighting on instinct," He says with determination alight in his blue eyes, "I'm almost sure that if you take down the pair he is handling now, he'll go look for others. That would lead him straight to HQ."

"We are not steering him so much as luring him," Armin continues, "I think it will work, I really do!"

"Think?!" Connie yells, "You're asking us to risks our necks on a stupid gut feeling?!"