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Levi had asked Violet to follow him.
After they had to retreat at Erwin's orders, Levi guided Violet away from where they were with their 3DMG. She had no idea where they were going, didn't ask where, as she trialled off behind him keeping an eye out for any incoming threat. They passed tree by tree, to the point that they all looked the same, and she still had no idea where they were going. She trusted Levi Ackerman, she did, so there was no point in asking him.
But as they passed tree by tree, they got to a place that the scenery was not the same as the rest. And this specific place made Violet's heart sink to a deep void that made her feel ill. She felt her body go stiff as she accessed the scene, watched everything with haunting detail to make sure this was not just a trick of her mind. But it was all so very real as she looked down at the heart-shattering sight. They both passed through the lifeless bodies of what the world knew as Squad Levi. But Violet knew them as friends, as people she had learned to love with her heart of wildfire. All their bodies were scattered across the ground as if they meant nothing, all of them detailing just how brutal and painful their deaths were with just the way they had landed on the ground. The smell of fear and pain filtered her nostrils that there was no escaping it, no way to hide the fact that her friends had suffered. And even when she saw all of this, when she saw their broken bodies and dimming souls, she could not believe they were dead. That her friends were long gone from her.
She had built precious memories with them, had learned valuable lessons with them, had opened her heart to them in a time where she felt like she could not trust anyone after the cruelty that she had faced. They had welcomed her with open arms, had not once treated her differently because of who she had been before; had not seen her differently due to the heavyweight of blood that she carried in her calloused hands. They had been family, were family to her. And now here she was, looking at their broken vessels and dimming eyes.
For once, she did know what to feel. And that aching, familiar feeling of grief, of agony, hit her without warning that it threatened to break that tiny little string that somehow kept her together. She did not understand. Did not understand how the world could be so cruel. How it allowed for such things to happen, for such pain to exist. Why over and over again it was one tragedy after another, why innocent lives were taken with just a flick of a wrist. It was awful, gods-be-damned awful. All these lives, all these souls, taken so mercilessly; and she was not there to save them, to help them. To try something to spare them at least a mere few seconds more. They were dead. Her friends were dead. And that horrible, vicious cycle of death repeated itself. First, she had lost her family, then Leah and Seth, she almost lost Julian, and now them. When would this end? She had lost enough, she had endured enough. 

But this world did everything to bring her down. To kill the light inside of her that already did not shine. What else did they want? What else did she need to lose or sacrifice? It was not fair.
And it was not fair on Levi Ackerman. Not one bit. This was his family, his team. These were his cadets that he trained and lived with for many long years. He had brought them under his wing, had taught them everything he knew, everything he learned. And just like that, they were gone. They were taken away from him as if they meant nothing. Like they were nothing. The brutal deaths they met, they were not deserving of it. No one was; and Levi Ackerman had to see their shattered bodies, had to see the lifeless faces and not shed a tear. Had to continue being strong for the sake of humanity, because he carried an even bigger burden than anyone could imagine. He did not deserve this. Not him, not his cadets. And yet here the two were, holding back their tears and putting on their facade as a shield. Neither of them cried, neither of them said a thing. They both just stared silently at their friends' corpses and continued with what they needed to do. 

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They both spotted Mikasa Ackerman at the same time.
The teen was ahead of them, fighting the very same titan that had claimed all of friends lives. Maybe it was not the right time to get levelled-headed, but Violet saw red when she spotted that gods damned titan running away. She had this urge to fly over its way and help Mikasa Ackerman slice away its flesh. But that would be awfully foolish from her. She was not thinking right, was letting this boiling anger dominate her brain. So she continued following Levi.
And as soon as they got near the girl, who was hanging against the tree, Levi managed to hold her back as she was going to resume the fight that hadn't been over yet. "Fall back for now," Levi told the girl.
He grabbed her by her torso and carried her away, Violet following beside. They made some distance between the titan and themselves but turned around to follow it from behind. They would resume that battle that Mikasa started, but with a plan. Levi let go of the girl and turned to Violet, both nodding their heads as they understood what they had to do. "Maintain this distance." He told them.