Chapter 1: The Corpse Titan

"Heads up, fifteen meter class Titan straight ahead!" roared Jean as he landed on a roof near the bell tower. "Roger that!" Conny yelled as he leaps into the sky twisting to the left to pick up speed as he approached the bald man eating beast.

The large gender neutral creature turned its head and roared at the Scout and swatted the air in a lame attempt to catch its meal. The large fingers brushed against the tall boot of Conny's as he zipped past, Conny shifted his weight as he fired his hook into the thick tough pink flesh of the Titan.

Conny lifted his blades and in one quick motion struck the vital nape. The Titan screamed before crashing to the ground with smoke thick as fog emitting from the wound.

"Mikasa! To your left is a four meter class!" Mikasa didn't need to be told twice, in fact she already knew of the monster stumbling mindlessly about in search of food. The Titan wasn't a priority at the moment to her though, no not now. Her dark eyes searched the area frantically for the fifteen meter tall muscular Titan which was Eren 'Eren...' she whispered.

"RAAAAAGGHHH!"

The roar echoed and rattled the windows, some shattering for they were unable to withstand the pitch. "Woohoo! Go Eren!" Mikasa spun around just in time to see Titan Eren kick down a female looking Titan, he reached down and grabbed at its throat severing its head from the throat with such force it wouldn't be able to regenerate.

Mikasa smiled, relieved that Eren was safe. "Wooohooo!" Mikasa sighed out of annoyance "Sasha! Silence!" she snapped "You don't want to become Titan fodder, do you?" Mikasa said sternly.

Before Sasha could respond Jean landed next to the girls "Guys there's a problem, I can't find Armin." he said breathlessly.

"What!?" Mikasa said with exasperation, she looked around quickly before addressing Jean "Who was with him?" Jean scratched the back of his head nervously "Uh...Corporal Levi and Axel, but I doubt that either of them knows where he's gotten off to."

Mikasa replaced her swords and was readying to fire off the three-dimensional gear "Where are you going?!" Jean asked, his voice full of concern.

"To find Levi and Axel, those two know where Armin is." she said flatly and in a rather cold tone.

Sasha and Jean were helpless to stop her as they watched her zip away.

Titans were scratching at the other sides of Wall Maria, they climbed over one another groaning as they tried and failed in their attempts at getting to the humans.

"Disgusting, I hate Titans..." mumbled Levi as he narrowed his eyes at the creatures.

Levi, with ease and unnatural speed fired of the three-dimensional gear and zipped past killing the four Titans that were trying to get to them. Back-flipping and landing with ease on the wall, Levi watched the dying Titans, before a howl caught his attention.

He turned and watched as Axel zipped past, using one hand to cut into the nape of a fifteen meter class Titan. Levi frowned, he didn't hate Axel, no, not at all maybe it was because Axel was much like himself but...

"CORNELIUS, GO!"

Levi was nearly plowed down by a blur of tan and dark reddish brown, he dodged the blur and glared, he hated Cornelius.

Cornelius leaps up, his razor sharp fangs and claws tore into the pink flesh and the Lab and Wolf mix tore into the nape, ripping out the vital organ that helped with regeneration. Yup, Levi hated dogs. Dogs were messy and drooled everywhere, Levi shook at the thought of how he would be endlessly cleaning up after the beast if he owned one.

Axel landed beside Levi and smirked "Wasn't much of a challenge...is it me or are the Titans much weaker?" Axel said lifting his left arm and wiped his forehead with his stump of what was once his hand and wrist.

Cornelius walked up with a yawn and collapsed near his masters' feet, which earned a disgusted look from Levi, he was about to say something when Cornelius leaps up and turns toward the town "Arrgh! Arrgh!" the beast barked, its massive tail wagging excitedly.

Axel spun around and he smiled raising his stump in the air he waved to the one who excited his hound. "Hey! Mikasa, what you doing way out here?"

Mikasa landed and quickly petted the animal who ran up to her "Where's Armin?"

"Arlert? Tsk. Don't know..." Levi said coldly "But if I find him, I'll let you know." he added.

Axel and Mikasa watched as Levi leaps off the wall on the side facing town and used his gear to zip off and away.

"Axel..."

Axel turns to Mikasa "Forget about him, he is angry about Cornelius. Anyway, I last saw Armin over there" Axel points with his right hand toward the bell tower "I was helping him take down a eight meter tall Titan."

"Do you think you might know where he could have possibly g-AAAGH!" Mikasa was cut off by a scream from behind, she knew that scream and she spun around quickly.

Right before her was another fifteen meter tall Titan, but unlike the others this one had huge fangs, its body was like a corpse, which with each movement a clump of rotten flesh would fall from its body, but that's not what bothered her, no, what bother her was what was in its grasp.
"Uhn…another fifteen meter class? Dang it…and this one reeks!" complained Axel as he held his nose

From where both recruits stood they could see the figure trapped in its corpse like hand, was shaking and trembling, as the Titan brought the figure closer to its face the figure cried out once more "I-I don't wanna die!"

Mikasa narrowed her eyes she knew that voice, the tone was one she had heard many times in her life, the terrified trembling voice laced with tears "Armin!" she jumped off the wall firing the hook into the bell tower and then fired it once more wall which lead to neighboring safety zone and second wall she zipped toward the Titan, anger filled her as she wished nothing more than the Titan dead.

"Cornelius, we can't let her have all the fun!" Axel said, Cornelius barked as he leaps onto his masters back and Axel chased after Mikasa.

Mikasa lands on the roof of a house which had been somehow managed to survive the multiple attacks but, the area where she stood was a spot of horrors for her. This house in particular stood near the remains of their childhood home. The sight made he feel sick, she couldn't think straight and the entire world around her seemed to have darken. Armin's cries faded, the shouts and roars from Eren disappeared. It was as nothing ever matter…. As if fighting was, was well pointless. She was going to die anyway, but why accelerate it?

"Mikasa! You save Armin, me and Cornelius will cut its neck!" Axel said as he swung around toward the back of the Titan, Mikasa is jolted back to reality, the sounds seemed to increase, yet hearing Armin freak out she nods and fires the gear once more this time she lands directly in front of the monster on a much taller builder "Armin! It's going to be alright! I'll get you out of here."

Armin turns and his face and expression breaks Mikasa's heart, his cheeks and eyes are red, while fat tears rolled down his face, he sniffled for his nose was running, all the while his expression was that of back when he was a child and Eren and herself wound find him cowering against a group of bullies, thinking he was never going to be rescued.

"M-Mikasa! Mikasa, I'm scared! I don't want to die!"

"Don't cry, Armin. Axel is killing this thing as we speak!"

The second she said that the Titans head explodes in a plume of smoke its grip on Armin tightens causing him to gasp, yet the monster Corpse Titan didn't fall, but Armin, Axel, and Mikasa didn't think anything of it.

Axel and Cornelius leaps off the Titan and landed beside Mikasa "Man that thing smells even worse up close" Axel moaned fanning his face. Armin wiggled trying to get free "Hold on buddy, I'll get you out." Axel said making his way to Armin.

Mikasa took out her blade and began to hack at the hand of the Titan.

As this happen Cornelius sat up suddenly and growled "AAARRHH! AAARRHHH!" the wolf and lab mix barked viciously, Axel looked over at his partner and blinked confused "What is it boy?"

"AARRRGGHHH!"

All three of them felt the unease of being watched. Armin turns nervously and he goes rigid "G-Guys!" Mikasa and Axel turn at the sound of his voice, and both stare wide-eyed in horror, the Corpse Titan's head regrew and before anyone could move the Titan bent over and snapped down onto Armin's small frame and swallows him!

Blood sprays and covers Mikasa, Axel, and Cornelius.

"A-Armin!?" Mikasa stutters, the Corpse Titan's decaying lips turn upwards in a sick smile and it licks its teeth.

Axel drops to his knees, eyes wide. Mikasa shook and watched as the Corpse Titan unleashed a horrific howl like laugh as it tosses what little remains of Armin and suddenly vanishing. Mikasa blinked still in shock. Cornelius leaps of the roof and lands in the rubble that remained from Eren's house he sniffed around before picking up the item he was searching for. The beast leaps back up onto the roof and dropped the item it found in front of Mikasa, she looked down and noticed that the animal had brought her Armin's boot, and to her horror it still held his severed foot inside. Mikasa then fully registering that Armin was dead!

Armin...dead!

She shook and dropped to her knees with her palms flat on the tile, in a defeated pose, her eyes fill with tears as she throws her head back "EREN!"

She cries out half sobbing.

Titan Eren freezes when he hears the cry, his eyes search the area 'Mikasa? What happen is she alright?' he thinks frantically.

"ARMIN'S GONE!"

'Gone? Where did he go?'

"ARMIN'S DEAD!"

'Armin!? Dead!?'

The news filled Eren with rage, he looked around, in his current form the town was a his whim, he could take out his anger on this town and they could do nothing. But as soon as the thought of rampaging the town entered his mind, it melt into sorrow.

He couldn't protect Armin, he couldn't protect anyone he cared about, even with this Titan Power 'Funny, I hated the name Titan Power when Armin named it that…but now that Armin is gone…I find it to be perfect…." Eren thought.

Eren lifted his head and howled out in sorrow, the cry was much like a howl of a wolf, soft and sad but all at the same time it was eerie.

Cornelius joined in with Eren, as the once blue sky darkened with rumbling storm clouds and seconds later rain pours down.

As it too weeps for the loss of Armin Arlert.

Alright, Chapter 1 is all done. I hope you liked it.