Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 95 - Crashing Down

Of all the shit I had seen in my life, I could safely say that the Rumbling was the most terrifying of them all, and by a long shot. One Colossal Titan had been a big enough issue for us. For there to be thousands of them? It was something I could do without. I could hardly find it in myself to be grateful that I wasn't one of their targets.

It was as loud as it was terrifying, or incredibly more so, but unfortunately the released brutes were slow and heavy, and it would take a while for them to clear out completely. The thing was, once they did clear out, it would only mean that they were that much closer to flattening entire continents under their feet.

This was exactly what I didn't want to happen. This was what we'd fought to prevent - those of us that weren't Yeagerists, that is. I'd never really thought that I'd fight against my homeland, but I couldn't sit idly by while the entire rest of the world was crushed by our hand. Only... I hadn't sat idly by, but here I sat, watching the result of our failure.

I adored my homeland, but I thought that we might've been able to reach a compromise with the world. It'd be hard, but... Was it really that naïve, thinking that we could all come to a compromise, one where this didn't have to happen?

I knew that the world couldn't easily forgive what our ancestors did but how long would they really maintain that grudge? Did the sins of my ancestors really bleed into my own? I had enough weighing down on my conscience as it was, I didn't need more - especially if it was shit I hadn't done personally.

If we'd only gone along with the plan and put out a warning, a small slice of the Rumbling, harming only enough to prove a point, that would be one thing. For Eren and Zeke to do this... This was the worst outcome that could have happened today. By a long shot.

...But it was over. It was done. The Rumbling had begun. Everyone that didn't share our blood would die under the feet of Paradis' Titans. It was out of our hands now.

Only... no, it wasn't. Could we still stop Eren? If we could stop it, and bring Eren, Zeke, and the Yeagerists to justice... would that be enough? Theoretically, if we could stop it, that would serve as an effective warning, right? The people would know the power of the titans but would they leave us alone?

No, probably not. No matter what we did now, we Paradisians were not out of the clear. I doubted we ever would be. No matter what we did here, whether we stayed put or went to war, the world was always going to retaliate. It was always going to fight us.

Was Eren thinking he was just taking care of things before they could get that far? That was a terrifying thought, to take the world's fate onto your own shoulders, and to think that he felt he had to.

Either way... I'd dreamed that one day, Emi could see the world. More of it, more than just this island and Marley. She couldn't do that unless there was a world left to be seen.

This is all so wrong. All of it. I don't even know what's right anymore. All I know is that this isn't over yet. Far from it. Even if Eren completes the Rumbling and everyone beyond our shores dies, we'll have a hell of a lot to do. Cleaning up here, serving justice, rebuilding the military, reinstating the monarchy, everything.

And then there's what will happen if Eren doesn't complete the Rumbling. We'll have to face what he's done. The world will bring us to justice. They'll finish the job Marley started and take care of us, once and for all.

Goodness, my head is spinning just thinking of it all.

My entire body could feel the impact of tens of thousands of feet passing by. There was a constant tremor running through the city, the entire island. With my body resting on this rooftop, I could feel the impacts of each footfall, resounding through my body and ringing through my ears. It was deafening, the pounding seemingly echoing inside my head. It was an awful cacophony of noise, especially as the fallen stone of the walls resettled.