Lost in the Cruel World (Mikasa's Second Chance) (AOT)

19. Female Titan

The soldiers had reached the outskirts of the city.

Erwin threw out his left arm. "Go into long-range scouting formation!"

Groups of soldiers began to split off from the main host.

"See ya, Armin." Reiner said and moved away.

"Be safe, Armin." Marco said, falling back on Armin's left.

"You too!" Armin replied.
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The formation was made up of five parts. The vanguard, row 1, in the front. The center, row 5, the safest place, with communication on either side, rows 2 and 3.

Between communication and the center were the supply carts, row 4. Each of the rows was further split up into sections.
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"Position yourselves at fixed intervals." Erwin commanded. "The vanguard is to spread out in a semi-circle. But stay within visual range of one another. Extend the recon and communication range as far as possible."
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Armin was riding through a lone place. There was a building and a few trees. He looked around, breathing audible.

There was a second horse tied to his.

Then two birds took off to the skies and his head snapped up.

'It's fine.' Armin assured himself. 'Calm down!'

A shot rang through the air.

He looked up to see a red flare.
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A nearby soldier noticed the approaching Titan and shot a red flare.

Noticing the red smoke, another Scout shot a flare of his own.

Multiple trails of red smoke were drifting up to the sky.
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Noticing that, Erwin shot up a green flare, signaling a change in direction.
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Sasha was looking at her surroundings nervously.

Suddenly, a Titan scurried between the wreckage, appearing before her.

She yanked the reins and her horse took off. "Red flare! Red flare!" She fumbled with the capsule and ended up dropping it. "I'm going to die!"

The capsule exploded in red smoke under the Titan's hand.

"Sasha, this way!" A soilder shouted.

Sasha looked over and saw two soldiers. One of them shot a red flare.

"Damn it! One got through! We gotta draw it away!"

"Blaus, get over here!"

The Titan chomped down, barely missing the Sasha.

The two soldiers raced by and the titan followed them.

"I'll handle it! Split off!" One soilder shouted.

"Yes, sir!" His comrade replied and moved away.

The Titan was only chasing after his superior now.

The soldier cried out and pulled away at the last second, causing the Titan to ran into a tree face first.

Sasha slowed down her horse, breathing loudly.

"Sir!"

"Back into position! It ran out of gas."

The two soilders hurried away.
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'Something's wrong.' Armin had a solid grip on his flare gun. 'It's been a while since we saw the red smoke round, but the formation is still off.' He stared in the distance, noting the clear skies. 'It can't be...'
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