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“That my boy… Is a titan.”
“Commander Smith!” The three said in unison. They saluted the odd salute, then went back to watching the titan.
“Are there more?” Asked Erwin. There was only one giant, no more in sight.
“No sir.” Said the blonde girl.
“Thank you Armin, I could already tell.” Said Erwin, oddly. The girl looked at him in disarray.
“Hey girl…” Sebastian said in his deep voice. “You seem like a smart one.” He was obviously trying to charm her. “Can you tell me more about these so called ‘titans?’”
Mikasa and Eren started to laugh, they laughed harder and harder. Armin looked angry, but Sebastian and Ciel didn’t know why. His face turned bright red, his hands clenched at his sides.
Eren came around to Armin’s side, “I think quick introductions are in order,” he giggled, “This is my best friend Armin, he’s my main man, and the smartest guy in the corp.”
“Yes, get it? I’m a dude!” He said with clenched teeth, his face was beat red.
Ciel stood wide eyed. “My sincerest apologies, sir.” Sebastian apologized.
“And these two…” Eren continued pointing at Ciel and Sebastian, “are Ciel, and Sebastian, from… Uhh, from… Where are you two from again ?”
“London, England… European continent.” Ciel told them.
Suddenly Armin’s face went from anger, to curiosity. “Europe?” His excitement was screaming to come out, but something was holding him back. He cleared his throat, “Um, right, well we need to deal with the matter at hand. Somehow a titan has roamed inside the wall. The question is… How?”
“My theory is their all pissed drunk, whoever is guarding it.” Eren interrupted Armin’s train of thought.
“Are you all just going to sand around baffled by the fact it got in, or are you going to kill it?” A rich deep voice came from behind them, Levi. He walked up to them, pushing past Ciel, not acknowledging his existence. “Come on brat, kill the damn thing!”
Eren glared at the captain and said, “Yes sir!” Two grappling hooks shot from his 3DM gear. He flew with such grace it was hard to tell he was being pulled by two lines. Soon Eren looked like a dot flying around, and suddenly the giant fell. Screaming came from that direction, but soon subsided.
As soon as Eren got back Levi flew toward the gate of the wall. Ciel ordered Sebastian to take him there. And when they got to where Levi was, there was a man kneeling on the ground, Levi standing in front of the man, looking down. Drops of blood fell from the man’s mouth, coughing.
“Please, please! we didn’t mean to!” The man pleaded. Other than wings on his uniform, they were roses.
“You’re pissed drunk over here, with the gate wide open! I could have you executed for this!” Levi said angrily. He then kicked the man that was still on the ground. “And you two!” He pointed to two men in the shadows. “Since he is too busy choking on his own blood, would you care to enlighten us?”
“Hey man… we were juss havin’ a good time, ya know?” Their speech was slurred with drunkenness.
“I’m surprised they weren't the first to get killed.” Eren said walking up from behind Ciel. “Captain, give ‘em a break. It was just one titan.” Levi turned and glared at Eren. He looked back at the drunk men, sneered, and walked away.
“One titan? One Titan! Yes, it was “just” one titan, then it’ll be two, then a whole herd of ‘em will be trampling through eating everyone!” He then walked away angrily, kicking a small rock at the man on the ground still spitting up blood.
A girl with light ginger hair ran up to Levi smiling. “Captain! How are things?” Levi’s expression stayed the same, but his eyes seemed to light up. She was just as tall as Levi, she was cute too.
The captain sighed, “Well... I think Erwin needs to talk to Pixis.”
Erwin walked up to Levi, he was almost two heads taller than him, “So, how did it go?” He snarked. He was smiling down at him.
“Piss off you big ass tree.” He said, “Go talk to Pixis about their punishment, for all I care they should be beheaded.”
The sun was setting, and little pieces of cotton were floating through the air. The sky shone with a beautiful orange, yellow, and red hue. and coming in right behind it was the night sky. The full moon shone with brilliance. Ciel breathed a sigh, and looked at Sebastian who was looking up at the sky. “How did we get here?” Ciel then asked, to no one in particular.
“A crack in dimensions.” He said casually. Ciel looked at him with his eyebrows drawn in.
“What?” He said startled. “That’s impossible Sebastian, and you know it.” He said with an awkward smile.
“It’s true, and I know I’m right. We demons use them all the time to jump from dimension, to dimension. It is much easier than traveling long distances.”
“Have you ever traveled to this one?” Ciel asked. Ceil then took his eyepatch off, it had gotten dirty, and some dirt was getting into his eye. He cleaned it as Sebastian talked.
“No, I haven’t ever gone to this one, and I don’t think any of us would, it’s a mess, and I doubt any people here have very good souls, they have all been tormented with fear. Which i personally like, especially that short captain.” He said with a smile. “But other demons don’t like tormented souls.” Ciel rolled his eyes as he finished cleaning his eyepatch, and put it back on.
Eren walked up to the two with a tired look, he yawned, “Alright, I’ll show you where you two will be sleeping.” He motioned to them with a wave of his hand to follow him, and the two followed behind him.
Sebastian whispered to Ciel as they walked, “The town’s architecture looks very familiar.” He looked around with squinted eyes in thought, then he smiled and said, “Ah, I remember, it looks like some towns in Germany.”
Ciel looked up at him, “So maybe we are in Europe.” He whispered back. They were tall buildings, and they all looked about the same, except for a few tall bell towers. They were filled with nicks and holes from 3DM gear grappling hooks. And it looked as if most of the houses were deserted. “Eren, why are some of the houses around here deserted?” Ciel asked.
Eren didn’t look back, and still kept walking. “Well, about a year before you came, inside these walls, it was overrun by titans.” They then passed a dark spot that spattered across a wall. “Many people died, and a lot of them escaped.” He motioned to the dark spatter. Ciel stared at it as the passed. “It was an awful time, but we took it back, and that’s what really matters.” He stopped at a row of smaller houses. “That is where you will be sleeping, you will be with Reiner and Bertholdt. They are pretty nice guys.” Eren then handed them a blankets.
They opened to the door to the bunker, two men were sitting at the table in the middle of the room, whispering to each other. “Hey Reiner, hey Bertholdt.” Eren greeted them with a smile. “These are your new bunk mates. The tall one is Sebastian, and the one with the eyepatch is Ciel.” He introduced.
Sebastian smiled, but Ciel just stared at them. Reiner stood, then held out his hand to greet them. Ciel stared at his hand, but did not take it. Reiner smiled, “Ah, not the shaking hands type are yah. Well alright, hello I’m Reiner.” He pointed to Bertholdt, “and that nervous wreck is Bertholdt.” He said cheerfully. Bertholdt chuckled nervously, and half smiled.
“Well,” Eren started, “I’ll leave you to it then. Have a good night.” then he left. The four of them stared at each other awkwardly for a few seconds. Ciel went over to one of the beds and put his blanket on it.
“It’s nice to meet you.” Sebastien finally said.
“So,” Reiner said, “What brings you two, to the Survey Corps?”
Ciel then spoke, “We are trying to get home.” Ciel took off the uniform jacket and hung it up next to his bed.
Reiner chuckled, “Home? heh, sorry to break it to yah, but outside these walls is a living hell. The earth is covered in titans.” Reiner sat back down in the chair at the table.
“We’re not worried about that.” Ciel said, looking at Sebastian.
“Not worried? You aren’t worried about titans?” He snorted a laugh, “you couldn’t last a day outside the walls. Even for us it’s difficult. Trust me, there is more to us then the eye can see.”
“Than the normal eye?” Sebastian said, “Well trust me when I say, I don’t have normal eyes.” He smirked. Bertholdt seemed more nervous than before, and he kept silent.
Reiner smiled, “Really… Then what can you tell about us?” He asked.
“Well…” Sebastien started, “ You both are very strong, very brave, and…” He paused.
“And what?” Reiner asked eagerly.
“I know that you have the ability to turn into one of those Titan creatures.” He closed his eyes and gave a devilish smile.