Titans Rule, a Levi Ackerman x Fem OC story.

(26) An unlikely alliance.

~Levi~

A wire shot out from a distance, dragging Levi into view. He gracefully let himself be pulled towards the wagon, blood dripping down his face from the encounter with his former guardian. A person approached him from behind, pulling out a gun and aiming it at him. They fired, missing him, thankfully.

"What the hell!" Jean exclaimed, a look of horror gracing his features.

Levi acted quickly, aiming his manoeuvre gear onto his assailant, one of the wires gripped into the person's waist. It hurtled the two towards each other, and Levi readied his swords, slicing the assailant as they passed one another.

Every scout apart from Levi appeared horrified, never having seen people killing other people so brutally before. Levi landed on the side of a building, turning back to face his squad.

"Chase the wagon!" Levi ordered, launching off the building and speeding off in front of them.

An array of green soon followed closely behind him. They were close enough now that the people in the wagon urged the horses to speed up.

Levi grabbed their attention away from the wagon, "Listen up! These people are used to killing others. They've already got three of ours."

There was a round of shocked gasps.

"If we're going to get those two back, don't hesitate! If you get the chance, kill. Do you understand?"

No one responded, but the heavy silence was answer enough.

Levi was the first to leap toward the wagon. He dramatically dropped onto a nearby market stall, using the fabric covering it to propel himself onto the wagon. Levi employed the same trick as before, hooking one of his wires into one of the individuals and yanking them off. However, another person quickly replaced the man he had removed, and Levi soon found himself being pursued once again.

"Armin, Jean!" Levi called for backup. "Secure the wagon! We'll cover you!"

"Yes, sir!" Armin responded without hesitation, eager to do his job, while Jean took the opposite approach.

"Another one dead..." Jean trailed off, clearly absolutely horrified at what was going on.

"Jean!" Armin barked at him, breaking him away from his terror.

Landing successfully on the wagon, Armin and Jean watched Mikasa knock down the person manning the horses.

Jean hesitantly aimed one of his swords at them. "Don't move!"

The person scoffed at him, taking advantage of his indecisiveness. Pulling out their gun, a bullet was let off. Yet it wasn't from their gun but another's, Armin's. The person's body went slack, tumbling to the ground in front of Jean.

There was a slight pause. Armin was aghast while Jean was having an inner turmoil of his own. This pause was long enough for three more of Kenny's comrades to approach from behind.

"Shit! Jean! Armin!" Levi yelled at them.

Levi and Sasha dove down to the wagon, grabbing Jean, Sasha, and Armin. Kenny's comrades landed successfully on the wagon, which was now only a few metres away from the exit to the Trost District- meaning their plan had turned out to be another failure to be added to the list.

"Fall back!" Levi grabbed Mikasa, who was desperately trying to go over to Eren. Mikasa's struggles subsided, and she went limp against him. This gave Levi a moment to process what had just happened.

Eren and Historia, the two individuals crucial to humanity's future, had been kidnapped. Under normal circumstances, this would have filled him with resentment, but instead, his stomach dropped with worry as he imagined Amelia unconscious and being taken away along with them.