Attack On Titan - Within The Walls

Forest of Giant Trees - Within The Walls (14)

Armin Arlert

Outside Wall Sina, 28-02-2021

We've been walking for hours now. My legs are slowly getting tired and I'm getting slower with every minute that passes.

We're walking in one big group, with Eren up front and Levi in the back. They're both there to protect us when Titans come. Weirdly enough we haven't seen any Titans yet. Would they know that we're looking for the way out?

"Here it is!" Eren yells. "We've found the basement!"

I walk closer, following the rest of the group. Eren is holding the key that THCO gave to Mikasa.

The wooden basement is the way out, but it seems off.

Why haven't we seen any Titans on our way to here? Does THCO want us to escape?

I stare at the key in Eren's hand while he carefully puts it in the keyhole.

He turns it around and... to my surprise the basement opens.

"Okay, come on!" Eren yells. "Get in there, we need to get away before the Titans get to us!"

We form a line, I'm the seventh to go inside. I've never been so happy and scared at the same time. I have no idea what's waiting for us.

I'm just climbing down the stairs when I hear a loud shriek.

"Titans!" I hear someone yelling.

Two people squeeze themselves past me and I fall of the stairs. I fall off the stairs and I'm able look outside. I shriek when I see an ugly monster from at least five meters tall grabbing one of the boys that were still outside. The Titan squeezes Marlo in his hand and brings him towards his mouth.

"No, Marlo!" Franz yells, before he gets grabbed by a Titan as well.

I close my eyes when I hear someone shrieking. When I open them again I see that the people that still were outside are covered in blood. One of the Titans – the one that was holding Franz – is only holding the upper half of Franz's copse.

I shriek and fold my hand in front of my mouth.

People are screaming and while they're trying to get inside of the basement, Levi and Eren are trying to fight off the Titans. Boys run past me and I decide to start to count to know if we have everyone.

Mikasa, Reiner, Bertholdt, Jean, Eld, Gunter and Oruo got inside before me. Franz, Daz and Marlo are gone and Floch is still in Wall Sina.

I look behind me and stand next to the stairs, remembering everyone who gets inside safely.

Connie gets in, followed by Eren. Levi gets in after Eren.

We're missing someone! But who is it?

I look outside, but Eren stops me. "The people that were outside are dead, Armin," he says.

I still look. He's right, they're dead.

I feel a tear running over my cheek and turn away. Just when Eren wants to close the basement's door, I hear someone screaming.

"Help!"

I look up and see Marco lying on the ground. The Titans are feasting on the bodies of the boys who died, so somehow they don't notice him.

"Marco still is out there!" I say and I hear Jean gasping. "He's still alive!"

I get pushed aside and Jean runs up the stairs and outside. One of the Titans looks up and growls. He's noticed Jean and Marco are still in his reach.

Jean crutches down by Marco and lifts him from the ground. He starts running, but the Titan is starting to get up. The Titan takes two big steps and almost is able to grab Jean and Marco.

Just in time Jean brings Marco into the basement.

Marco doesn't look good, but what can you expect. He's covered in blood and he has a big wound covering half of his face and his arm. But he's alive and he survived a Titan's attack.

Almost all of us survived a Titan's attack!