ONE ʙʏ ONE

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A bullet went flying towards Levi and tore through his right shoulder. The raven yelped, holding the wound to stop the bleeding. Eren panicked as he saw Levi try to stand and fired again, this time for a warning shot.

"S-Stay the h-hell down!" Eren ordered, reaching for his shirt. He carefully put it back on, making sure to keep a close eye on Levi.

Levi winced with pain, gritting through his teeth, "Eren..." His tone was beastly. "Put the gun down...now!"

Eren felt his fingers loosen on the trigger instinctively, but he didn't dare let it go. Levi's patience had run thin, and he had enough of their playful scuffle. Now he was going to fight.

Ignoring the pain, Levi jumped from the floor, dodging another bullet that fired at him. He sent a fist into Eren's stomach, knocking the wind out of the teen's lungs. Eren hit the wall, dropping the gun on impact, and slid to the floor.

Eren gasped for air and held his throbbed torso. Levi grabbed Eren's collar and yanked him up.

"I'm done horseplaying now, Eren." Levi sang wickedly, suppressing his urge to snap. "I've been gentle, so don't make me actually hurt you. I'll feel bad."

Levi pecked Eren's forehead before suddenly driving a knee into Eren's skull. The teen dropped like a ragdoll at Levi's feet, half unconscious.

"Now, be good and stay here while I deal with the trouble you've caused." Levi sighed, retrieving his weapons and shirt.

Eren's ears were ringing and his vision was lagging a few seconds behind. Levi pulled everything on and left to fight.

'Get up...I've gotta get up..."

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Marco sliced through the face of one of Kenny's goons, clearly ripping it clean through to his teeth. The man went down but another one soon followed as if they were all in line to attack.

"Where's Eren?" Marco hollered to Hange, who was still neck and neck with Erwin.

She shoved Erwin across the bar before managing to answer, "I don't know!"

Kenny was fighting over his gun with Zeke. They bickering as if they knew eachother in the past, and Carla couldn't get out of shock sitting in the corner. Looking at her face it was clear she learned something that seemed impossible.

"You work with that dirtbag, and then you turn my mother into a psychopath?" Zeke struggled, holding Kenny in a stiff chokehold.

Kenny had a hand reaching out for his gun, his fingers barely scraping the trigger. Hange had Erwin staggering, and Marco was holding off Kenny's crew while Zeke brawled with the older man. Connie was wrestling Armin for a knife. The bar was filled with blood, guts, and fury.

Jean had been shot by Kenny and was trying to regain his strength. So much for taking them out quietly. Once that gunshot went off, the Fox Hole boomed with yells and breaking bones.

Jean was worried sick that Eren hadn't come back, and that concern was able to stand him straight, despite the bullet wound bleeding out of his stomach. A moment before he turned to corner I to the hallway, a pistol fired, missing Zeke by a hair.

Everyone froze, wondering which side had the gun. Jean's heart dropped as Levi's cold gaze came into view.

"Put my uncle down, mongrel." Levi commanded, acid spitting off his tongue. "And all of you ignorant escapees, weapons down and hands up."

Zeke hesitantly release his death grab on Kenny, allowing him to breathe and grab is gun. Connie and Marco backed away from their opponents, leaving them vulnerable. Erwin restrained Hange immediately when she lost focus, not willing to take chances.

Levi noticed Carla teary-eyed and trembling. The sight of his future mother-in-law so upset made his blood boil, and everyone was gonna know it; however, as a gentleman, he went to calm her down first. Levi helped Carla to her feet, being as delicate as he could.

"Ma'am, I'm so sorry that this happened to you." Levi apologized sincerely.

Kenny sarcastically scoffed, "I'm good too, thanks for your concern."

Erwin, Armin, and what was left of Kenny's crew shared a look of annoyance. Each of them were battered and bruised. Some had serious lacerations while others were dead on the floor, but Levi went to help the one uninjured person in the room.

"Shut it, bastard. You had a gun! Not my fault you don't know how to use it." Levi spat.

Carla chastized him, "Levi, do not use that language around me."

"Ah, yes ma'am! I'm so sorry, ma'am. Let's get you somewhere safe."

It was almost comical how quickly Levi bent over backwards for Carla. The teen would kill, torture, and stab in front of her; however, it was wrong for him to curse. Levi's course personality went loving around Carla so easily.

"Hey, Connie?" Marco whispered to his ally.

Connie replied, "What?"

"Where'd Jean go?"

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This one is a bit shorter, but I love cliffhangers😜😜. So, where did Jean go? And what shocked Carla so much?? And is Eren ok???

Toodles~