Ackerman's Steppes / Levi x Reader

Chapter 9: All the Things You Said

"Wait, what," you utter, but he is already gone out of your sight. You have no idea why these men were shooting at you. Why would military police try to kill humanities strongest soldier? You can't grasp on anything that is going on right now. The second he left you on the wall alone, your whole body is shaking from fear. You are scared of moving an inch.

You hear shots again; some men screaming in agony. You can't help but want to look at what is happening. You are scared for his life. You slowly crawl to edge of the wall and press against the floor. You call out all of your courage and finally lift your head. The second you do it, you see one of the military police men get his stomach slashed with Levi's sword. Everything is so slow. For a moment, you think you saw that man's insides fall out with other gory fluids.

Your dress is slowly hovering to your side from the wind. It's nice. Sun's rays are tickling your nose. It is a bit cold, but it's almost summer, therefore it is a pleasant kind of cold. It makes your whole body drown in pleasurable shivers. Your body leisurely relaxes. It's way higher than where you are used to be, so oxygen feels way thicker. It is harder to breathe, but summer's welcoming warmth snuggles you up in nostalgic ecstasy, so you feel lively. All the times you have gone to that forest with your dear mother. All the times you have waited for your father with the most hopeful smile on your face. All of the sunny days you have experienced... It feels like all of those days are hushing you now to your soul's serenity.

Then, he slices another one. That man screams out in pain. Levi is silent, albeit all of them are cornering him like a lost wolf. Ludicrously, it looks like they feel cornered themselves. They fly around shooting for a few seconds and avoiding Levi. They look at you. Their eyes looked like they finally caught a glimpse of success. After that, few of them fired their hooks into top of the wall near you. Instantly, Levi fires his too and slashes them two at the time. One's head flew off, others both legs. You know that the beheaded one died immediately. Other one cried out in pain and started to fall to the ground. He was panicking because he couldn't control his gear anymore. You knew that his life was flashing through his eyes at that moment. He looked so calm after realizing that it is his last moment alive. After a few moments you see him touch the ground. His body was crushed from the impact. He dropped from over fifty meters height.

You squeeze a part of cottoned colored brick wall with your hand. You aren't scared of the height anymore. You can feel summer's wind hovering your dress stronger now. Your hair starts to float. The air settles again to a peaceful breeze just like before. It lays everything down tangled, few hair strokes land on your face and tickle your nose. You put your hair behind your ears. Being so high gives you a thrill you really needed. All of the physical tensity you felt before this has gone.

Next, Levi swiftly bounces off the wall and the ones following him crashed into it. You blinked, and there he was, firing a grapple hook into a man's chest. It went through and got stuck to the wall. That man was gagging and coughing out blood whilst Levi flew up following the last person, that looked like a woman. Man attached to his grapple hook's wire tried to scream something out, but he was just another thing, just a trash attached to his gear, interfering with his work.

All the blood you see reminds you of summer's rain. Only that it would be the rain of blood. You have seen many gruesome things in your life, but this is just too much. Man slaughtering mankind. You let go of the wall and feel your dress' pocket. You can feel the flowers Levi gave you in it. You sit up looking unhinged. You wanted to look at something beautiful instead of this merciless killing. You pulled them out and held it in front your face. You tried to make out every detail you can see on its blossoms.

That woman poppet out right in front of you, but, instantaneously, Levi slashed him using his new sword with a move similar to an upper cut, only it was done with a sword. It was too gruesome; blood spurt out into your face. You have never seen so much anger and real physical pain in someone's eyes. Right after that, that woman just started to fall down. Your and Levi's eyes met for a second. He looked terrifying, like he could kill you too, right there at any moment. Following this, his eyes softened a bit, but his whole body looked stiff. He was breathing heavily. He swiped the blood of his face and it spattered on the floor by you.