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"So they're here?" A voice asked solemnly. A man, one known as Erwin Smith, looked up from the crisp white sheet of paper he was reading over, eyes focusing on a short man with a raven colored undercut. Apparently, he had seen himself into Erwin's office without so much as a knock.
"Yes, Levi." He answered in a low voice. Of course, it wasn't as if the other man needed the clarification, everyone working on the British base of the Scouts knew. It was evident by the dark and heavy atmosphere that was being carried around the building. Now, Erwin wasn't sure if the other parts of the agency knew yet, but quite frankly it wasn't his concern. He was the head of the Scouting Branch and nothing else. T.I.T.A.N members had arrived in Britain... The news was received very differently today than it would've been awhile back. You see, the Scouts were always a very confident and glorified branch of the agency. But everybody knew that to be in it, you had to be extremely brave, skilled and determined. For Scouting Branch members are the ones who stop The T.I.T.A.N plans before they could be put into action, that means finding a base, stealing documents, kidnapping a member, even hunting down members and killing them. Of course, they've had many achievements, such as completely eradicating all the T.I.T.A.N bases from Britain, destroying blueprints for underground tunnels throughout major cities and even whipping out 12% percent of T.I.T.A.N members. And those were just the British base's glories. But of course, they also had many failures.
More than once they had been incidents were Scouts were killed, even innocent civilians. Documents had escaped into different countries, weapons had been smuggled in and used before the Scouts could react. In fact, being a Scout was so dangerous that you had a 50% chance of survival, if even that.The agency had been formed around the same time as T.I.T.A.N, but it was low budget, and only on three different Countries, but as time passed and T.I.T.A.N rose into power, the agency grew, more funding was given and need for recruits was becoming a bigger and bigger issue. Now, news had arrived that T.I.T.A.N members had entered Britain and they had vital documents with them. It was known that the Scouts would be expected to get them back, but the fact was. Almost everybody was scared or in the very least nervous. The last time they had interacted with the T.I.T.A.N'S, more than 20% of their people had been wiped out, and they were still recovering.
"So what do expect to do?" Levi asked curtly, his voice flat with that ever present sense of boredom. Erwin, who had already given it some thought, sighed and looked back at the paper he held. "This is big, it's said over 300 of them are here. With more coming, that means the documents are extremely important, and it's not just the documents, they could be planning more, maybe even a major attack. So I've decided that this is too much for us to take on alone." He stopped, waiting for Levi's reaction. The only reply the blond man received was a stare. "I've been through the records of Scouting Agents from all over the globe, and I've picked out some who I feel have what we need." We don't need anybody's help." Levi cut in with a monotonous voice. Erwin raised an eyebrow. "No? I understand you are one of the most, maybe even best agent we've ever had, no... The world's ever had. But still we do need help. And I've made my decision." As if to finalize that, he pressed a button on the intercom. "Hange? Yes, come to my office for a moment please." Erwin ignored Levi's glare as he waited silently for Hange to arrive.
Soon enough, the brunette poked her head into the room, her glasses reflected the light momentarily before she changed the angle of her head and her eyes came into view. "Erwin, what is it?" She asked, curiosity tinting her tone. Erwin held out the paper, which she took as a indication to walk forward and take. "On here is a list of our best agents from around the world." Erwin stated, "Please contact the head commanders from the bases required and ask that they all be brought here for a considerably urgent mission." Hange nodded in understanding. "Yes sir~" She sang, grasping the paper tightly, before hurrying out purposefully. Levi merely rolled his eyes, gave a 'Tch' of disapproval and left too. Leaving Erwin alone. The man sighed, sometimes being in charge of so many lives was extremely stressful. But he thought of how much he was helping humanity by doing it, and that somehow, made it at least a little better.
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Eren Yeager. A member of the German base. Said to have extreme determination and a drive to eradicate the T.I.T.A.N's. He arrived at the Agency headquarters when he was nine, begging that they take him into recruit training early. After a long discussion, he had been accepted and used that extra time as an advantage to train to his very limit. Becoming one of the strongest in his ranks. His history is unknown and he's never willingly brought it up in conversation. It's well known that he may put himself into situations that he unable to handle and needs assitance, but to make up for that he's saved his team countless times from death. His team consisted of his fellow training graduates, Reiner Braun, Connie Springer, Bertolt Hoover, Marco Bott, Krista Lenz, Sasha Blouse and Armin Arlert. The German base was known for having well brought up agents due to their high standards in training. That being the reason why most of the Scouts being requested in Britain were German. Although, every single one was fluent in English, that was one of the things you had to have being a Scout. Fluency in at least five different languages. For Eren, that had been the hardest part, but he managed.
"Eren Yeager, Armin Arlet, Krista Lenz, Sasha Blouse, Bertolt Hoover, Connie Springer, Krista Lenz, and Reiner Braun. You are requested in your Commander's office." A voice called out through the lounge, where Eren and his team were relaxing after a fairly challenging mission. Eren blinked lazily, rubbing his eyes with his forearm before standing up and stretching out. "Yes Sir." He replied vaguely, a his mind a big foggy due to fatigue. "I hope to god we aren't in trouble." Connie murmured as the group started off towards their Commander's office. "Why would we be? We did amazing." Eren scoffed. Reiner only shrugged, "I guess we'll find out." He reached out and opened the door, they all walked in and formed a line in front of the aging man's desk.
"Sir?" Armin addressed, speaking for the team as per usual. Their Commander looked at them and sighed, before giving a lengthy explanation on what exactly they were going to be doing in Britain and how important this was. Afterwords, he looked around and gave a small nod. "Are you all up for it?"
"Yes Sir!" The chorus of replies rang out in determined unison, the loudest voice belonging to Eren. Who was no longer groggy and tired, but sharp and focused. His brows furrowed and a tight expression on his face. This was it. This was his chance to take down a major T.I.T.A.N operation. He would succeed, he was sure of it. Even if it meant dying in the process, the German boy was determined to accomplish this mission.
At that time in different parts of the world, different agents were being told their new mission located in Britain also. Jean Kirstein, a strong yet hot headed young man from the French base. Ymir a tough and mysterious girl from the Iceland base. Annie Leonhart, a rather isolated girl, yet extremely strong and valued from the Netherlands. And lastly, Mikasa Ackerman. The girl from the Japanese base. The one who's comrades admired, yet feared her and aspired to be. The one who's strength was almost unmatchable. The one who would keep her distance from most other people. The one who could change somebody's life in the blink of an eye.