One Of A Kind (Levi X Reader) AU

10. Changes in Plans

Levi's POV

"What do you mean that the venue and date has been changed?" I shouted at Furlan who was typing something on his computer.

"'A' has notified us that our target won't be at the place that we were told before, the new cafe is called Cafeel and it's in Colorado. And it's on Saturday instead so we have to get there quicker."

"WHY?!" I yelled, now angry.

"How should I know?"

I took a deep breath, Furlan was right, he didn't know and it wasn't his fault that we would barely make it there.

"Anything else?" I asked him.

"Our target seems to be bringing along The Idol's Eye with her. If we manage to capture her then we can also recover it."

"Alright, I'll inform Erwin," I told him, exiting his office and going to Erwin's.

"Yes?" He asked me upon entering so I filled him in with the details, "That's okay," he said, not very worried, "The higher ups aren't concerned with the date or location, they're concerned with the results. With the flight times that we previously had, it would be difficult to make it there so we just need to get better flight times," he stated calmly.

"But can we say that 'A' really is reliable after changing the information?"

"I think it's better this way, 'A' updated the information so that must mean that there was a problem with what they gave us before. If the new information is wrong then you can always go to the earlier given information the other day."

Right, what is happening to me? Why am I not thinking straight? Is it because it's almost that day?

"I understand why you are stressed," Erwin told me, "I trust you, you can do it. You should go and inform your squad of the new information and I'll get the tickets for you. I'll get tickets for tonight in case 'A' changes the date again and you have to get there earlier, it's just a precaution. You'll need the energy to capture our target later so you shouldn't put much pressure on yourself for now," he advised.

I just nodded and left for my office. Upon entering, I just slumped into my chair. Two messages from 'A' in a day, I don't even know if we should trust them. I sighed and called for my squad in my office and it took an entire minute for all of them to get here.

"I called you here to give you updates on our mission," I stated, looking at my squad which consisted of my second in-command Furlan and the squad members according to seniority, Isabel, Eld, Petra, Oluo and Gunther. I motioned to Furlan to explain the information that he got and after that, I would explain what Erwin told me.

"We have new information from 'A'," he started as everyone except me gasped, "It's a different location and we have to go there exactly one day earlier."

"But why?" Eld asked.

"We're unaware as to why," Furlan explained.

"There is an update on the plan," I began as everyone including Furlan listened.

"We're going earlier than we would be before and it happens that that 'earlier' is tonight. Erwin said that it would be a good precaution to get there early in case the date changes again so get packing," I finished as my phone beeped signaling that I had a text.

'I booked the tickets, the flight is in four hours.' was the text from Erwin and an attachment file. Oh, so he didn't forget his phone at home.

"The flight is in four hours," I continued without looking up from my phone, "Go home now and meet me at Paris airport in two hours," I ordered. Everyone except Furlan and Isabel saluted and left while they both stayed behind.

"Should we really do this?" Isabel questioned.

"Yes," Furlan interjected, "We are not going to leave her just because you think that she's 'cool'."

"But she is cool," Isabel tried to convince us, "She escaped every time she was caught. She even managed to get away from Big Bro! I think that if she gets caught again then she will be sent to a higher security prison!"

"We're just doing our job," I told Isabel, "Your so-called idol will just escape from prison again and you can fangirl all you want."

"Why are we troubling her in the first place?"

"Because she is a criminal and we catch criminals."

"Awwwww," Isabel whined.

"Start packing Isabel," Furlan dragged her out of my office, "We're not missing this flight because of you like we did the other time."

Now, I was left in my office alone. I grabbed my phone, my laptop and other essentials and left my office and headed to my car. I got in and started driving. Am I not able to do things properly because the anniversary of that day is near? Am I going to fail this mission because of my carelessness? I have to let the past be the past, I'm sure Mother would hate it if she saw me moping around forever.

I accelerated the speed to get home quicker. I quickly parked the car and rushed toward the building when I didn't know why I was hurrying. I got into my apartment, and stuffed my clothes into my suitcase without folding them and I picked it up by the handle to forget that I didn't zip it close and the clothes fell out. I sat on my bed attempting to calm myself down.

Why was I panicking?

Why did I do this every year?

Why did I hate even the mention of the U.S.?

Oh right, It's because it's my father's death anniversary tomorrow. I hate the U.S. because that's where he died, on a mission. And that it's my mother's death anniversary 63 days after the day my father died, she died of a broken heart.

That's why I hate overseas missions, especially those in the States. I saw how my friends tried not to mention how serious this mission is because of how stressed I already am. I regret accepting this mission so much but what can I do? If anyone can do this, it's the special operations squad.

I took a deep breath and succeeded in calming myself down and then picked up my clothes and neatly folded them into my suitcase along with other important things. I took a bag to carry with me and set my laptop and files in there. I took a quick shower and put on a fresh set of clothes before I checked that I had everything and left. I checked my apartment lock multiple times because I knew I wouldn't be back for a little while and left in my car.

Spongebob voice: 1 hour later

I'm at the airport and I book a one week parking before grabbing all my stuff and heading inside. While getting inside, I group text the squad to ask who had gotten there yet. Surprisingly, only Petra had. She hadn't checked in yet since I told everyone to wait and I just went toward her and sat beside her. She greeted me and I just nodded in response.

In a few minutes, everyone else got there in this order, Eld, Furlan, Gunther, Oluo and then Isabel who was five minutes late. When everyone was there, I texted everyone the flight tickets that Erwin sent me and we started checking in. It was 8:00 p.m. so my whole squad looked tired, not that I could blame them.

This mission was going to be a hard one. Both because of my target and my fear.

A/N = I wanted to say that just because the part where Levi's thinking isn't in italics, it doesn't mean that he's thinking in English, he's thinking in French.

September 15, 2022

- Heliaxa