Rewind

Chapter 7

Eren ran out of the building when he heard the sound of horses. When he got out there, all he saw was the horses that he had heard. He looked around, hoping to find that one person.

Erwin and Levi relaxed as they saw the little boy they were looking for. Eren turned around, dissapointed. He looked to the ground, walking a few steps. he looked back up and he saw Levi.

"Daddy!" Eren yelled as tears sprang to his eyes. "You found us!" Eren ran up to Levi and jumped into his arms, holding onto him tightly. Levi hugged Eren back just as tightly and let out a sigh of relief.

"Where's Armin?" Levi asked, sounding concerned. "And are you okay?" He wondered why Armin wasn't out with Eren.

Eren squirmed in Levi's arms until he set him down. "Ar-chan needs help!" Eren said urgently, running back inside. Levi and Erwin quickly followed Eren inside. Armin was on the ground unconscious. His blood making a pool around him.

"Eren, can you tell us what happened?" Erwin asked, going to Armin to inspect his wounds.

"These mean guys broke into our home and they had a gun! They said something about wanting me, and tried to take me! Ar-chan was able to get the gun from him though," Eren said. "But he was shot in the arm. He's been bleeding a lot!"

"Okay, here's what we're going to do," Erwin said. "You're going to go home with Levi. I'm going to take Armin to Hanji. She'll be able to make him better."

"Is Ar-chan going to be okay?" Eren asked scared. He had gotten closer to Levi and was now clinging to his leg.

"We hope so," Erwin said, attempting to reassure the child. Erwin looked at Levi and they both nodded. Levi picked up Eren and brought him outside. He placed him on the horse, and inspected him for any wounds. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that Eren was unharmed. He turned his attention away from Eren and watched as Erwin placed Armin on his horse.

"Let me know," Levi said, his eyes piercing Erwin's. He then climbed into his horse behind Eren and headed back to headquarters as fast as his horse would carry them.

"Eren!" Sasha shouted as soon as she saw him and Levi return The others turned and looked as Sasha's words pierced their ears. They too, had all returned just moments ago.

"Where Erwin? And what about Armin?" Mikasa asked, looking behind Levi , seeing if she could see them.

Levi got off his horse and pulled Eren off. He went to set Eren on the ground, but Eren clung onto Levi's neck. Levi didn't try again to set the fiver year old down, he just held onto Eren.

"Erwin is taking Armin to Hanji," Levi said, slowly and calmly. "When we found them, Armin was unconscious. He had suffered a bullet wound to the shoulder and had lost a lot of blood."

"Do you know if he is going to be okay?" Connie asked worried.

Levi looked at all of them carefully. He knew that he could tell the harsh truth to them, but he didn't want Eren to hear and become even more worried. Finally he sighed. "He lost a lot of blood," he said. He knew that, that would express the situation, without alerting Eren.

Mikasa's eyes widened. Sasha's hand flew to her mouth. Connie and Jean's mouths opened slightly.

"Come inside," Levi said. "It's getting late."

Silently everyone went inside without argument. Even after Levi sat down, Eren's arms remained wrapped around his neck, and face hidden in his shoulder. Levi could feel the hot wetness of tears coming from Eren. He knew that Eren was scared, and there was nothing he could do right now except hold him.

Erwin brought his horse to a stop. "Hanji!" Erwin called out. He was outside of the headquarters that belonged to Hanji and her squad. He quickly jumped off his horse and picked Armin up. He walked to the door, ready to kick it. Hanji opened it a smile on her face. Her smile quickly faded and she stared at Erwin in shock.

"Bring him back," she instructed. She was, by all means, not a doctor. But there was some things that she could do just as well as a doctor maybe even better. Removing a bullet and patching up a wound just happened to be one of those things. She looked up at Erwin after examining Armin closely. "He has a very small chance. And with the amount of blood he lost, I don't know." She shook her head, her normally bright eyes, filled with uncertainty.

"So he could die?" Erwin asked, rubbing his jaw.

"Very likely," Hanji said. "I don't know if I can fix the blood loss." Erwin nodded in understanding. But they both knew that Hanji would try her hardest to make it to where the blondie would live.

Erwin stayed with Hanji as she tried to fix Armin.

Eren never moved from Levi's lap. Even when Levi tried to put him down, Eren would tighten his hold. Hours passed and everyone waited for news on Armin. Finally, after the sun had been down for many hours, Erwin came back.

Levi stood up and walked outside to meet Erwin, still holding Eren. The rest of his squad waited inside.

"How long have you been holding him?" Erwin asked, sounding tired.

"Since we got back. He wont let me put him down," Levi said. Levi positioned his head to where he could see Eren's face. Eren's forehead was pressed against Levi's throat, and he eyes were closed. "Huh."

"What?" Erwin asked.

"He's asleep," Levi said. "I wonder how long he's been like this."

"You didn't realize when he got quiet?" Erwin asked. The little one was usally the one who kept the conversations going.

"No, he hasn't talked since we got back," Levi said. "Anyways, what's four-eyes have to say about Armin?" Levi was prepared to hear the worst. He had even planned out how to tell the others. He figured that with as much blood that Armin had on the floor of the small house, it would be a minimal chance that he would pull through.

"He's alive," Erwin said. "He's still unconscious, but alive. He will be staying with Hanji until he is better."

"Okay," Levi said, his eyebrow raising. He was actually surprised to hear that Armin was alive. "Thanks Eyebrows."

Erwin nodded, his hand coming up to rest on Lev's shoulder. "Get some rest. It's late." Erwin let his hand drop down back to his side.

Levi nodded and headed back inside. The others looked up at them. They all had a varying degree of fear in their eyes.

"The Blondie will be okay," Levi said. Throughout the room there were sighs of relief. "Now go to bed. It's late, and we all need our rest."

Levi left everyone and headed towards his room. When he got there he tried to pull Eren's arms off of his neck. He moved slowly so that way he wouldn't wake Eren up. He got himself free and laid Eren down on the bed.

"Titans," Eren mumbled. Levi froze, still bent over the bed, and looked at Eren. "I'm a Titan." The sentence was a breathy whisper, but still audible.

'How does he know that? Is he remembering?' Levi wondered to himself, shock present on his face.

Eren's eyes shot open and he looked around. "Daddy?" Eren asked, rubbing his eye, the previous moment of panic gone.

"What were just dreaming about Eren?" Levi asked. He wanted to see how much Eren remembered.

"I don't remember," Eren said confused. He tried to remember, but he couldn't.

Levi laid down on the bed and Eren curled up next to him. "Okay, go back to sleep." Levi wasn't going to push the issue, knowing that it wouldn't get very far.

Eren nodded and closed his eyes again. "Goodnight daddy," the little boy sighed.

"Goodnight, Shitty Brat," Levi said. He stared at the boy. He wondered if he would slowly gain his memories back. He wondered if there was a key to getting him back to his normal self. Maybe his memories were the key.

A/N Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. But here's the next Chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. ^~^