Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 06 - Defining Moments

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became.

Ever since El had planted it in my brain as a possibility, I had wanted to learn how to fly. It had just been so difficult to coordinate a time and a place to do it because even if El could get away with sneaking his gear out of the armory, he didn't have any of the training equipment that young trainees would work with to prepare their bodies to use it.

The closest I'd gotten and the only time El had managed to find time to slip away for even a few minutes from one of his patrols was my... goodness, it must have been my ninth or tenth birthday. I'd been with Reyes, who had been babysitting me for the day while he was confined to his office doing paperwork. At that age I was a very sweet girl, and an avid reader at that so I never got into too much trouble, and that's exactly what I had been doing when it all happened.

But all of a sudden, El had burst into the room with a wide grin and had scooped me up into my arms. I had no choice at that moment but to giggle and ask what he was doing, because it was not like him to run in like this during the day because he was supposed to be working, of course. He'd dashed out of the headquarters with me in his arms and all too soon, I'd been whisked away into the air!

It had started off simple. El would run several paces as fast as he could go then leap into the air and release a burst of gas, giving the illusion of us taking off. It had caused a funny sensation in my stomach and I'd laughed the whole time. And then he found a quiet spot on a street and hooked into two buildings, but before we could go any further one of the lieutenants had caught up to us and we were ordered to go back to the base.

It was a shame, and El had frowned like a kicked, sad puppy until I looked up at him, still smiling so widely because I'd never had such fun before and...

It was a good memory.

But I was getting ahead of myself. Besides the fact that I have always wanted to fly, I was very excited to bite back at the Military police. Aside from being a thorn in my side for my current work, they were the very reason I'd needed to turn to it in the first place. If Reyes hadn't seen me that day while I was doing the only thing that I could to make money, he wouldn't have kicked me out and I wouldn't have needed to turn completely to a life of crime.

So to have a way to get back at them at the same time...

"I don't know if I like that smile," Farlan said, effectively pulling me from my thoughts.

"Maybe you should," Levi said smoothly. "It looks like she's got a plan."

"She looks like a devil," Farlan said to him with a laugh. He then turned back to me. "Alright, spill it. What's going on in that mind of yours?"

"My father was a Military Policeman," I said, and the simple phrase alone seemed to catch the interest of both men. "I would spend my days in their base and sometimes, when I was a little older and got bored, they'd let me walk around. So I've got some knowledge of its ins and outs." A question occurred to me then, and so I looked at Farlan who was more likely to actually answer. "When you got your gear, how did you get it?"

"A delivery," Levi said, surprising me. "We'd gotten word that a few of their sets had gone to the surface for maintenance."

"And we'd also caught wind of when they were coming back," Farlan said proudly.

"So you've got a close contact," I mused. "They keep the details of their deliveries closely guarded. It's too important."

Farlan smiled and shared a look with Levi. "The reason you've been such a thorn in our side." He dropped down onto the loveseat adjacent to the couch, crossing his legs casually as Levi stood in the center of the room with his arms crossed.