In Another Life | Levi x Reader/OC

Recruitment

The thought of being obedient to this man made you want to puke. You followed every single one of his orders - if he told you to stay put, you stayed put. Frankly, that was all he made you do. Everyone else did all the work - even if they were doing a horrible job at it - while you were forced to continue riding Petra's horse like an inexperienced little girl who didn't know what she was doing. All Levi really ordered you to do was to call out for any titans incoming. The situation felt humiliating to you.

You had the strongest urge to jump into action at times - to show the other clumsy soldiers the correct way to approach titans - but Levi watched you very closely. If any of the scouts screwed up, Levi or the others from his squad would take care of it instead. It was like you didn't even exist. It took everything in you to hold back your tongue despite how infuriating it was.

Petra was well aware of your fury and tension. In between fighting titans and retreating back to her horse, she'd momentarily check to see if you were okay to which you would always respond with, "I'm fine."

She could tell from your tone and tight-lipped expression that you were more than just pissed, so she decided not to forge further.

Since I'm clearly unimportant and useless, I might as well start brainstorming a plan on how to get rid of the one everyone seems to admire so greatly to kill time.

If he wasn't so strong and agile, you would have probably pushed him off the roof into a titan's mouth by now.

But in truth, your nerves skyrocketed the closer you approached the wall. The situation was growing incredibly dire - more titans appeared the further your horses galloped, and there was simply no reason for you to sit around and do nothing anymore.

In other words, the captain was going to have to overlook the stubbornness he held against you.

From afar, you watched him give orders to his team and other scouts. They nodded in confirmation and left their horses behind to  commence their attack on the titans; however, there were still several other titans that needed to be taken care of immediately.

The only one left on your horse was you, and Levi wouldn't even do as much as spare a glance in your direction. The thought of it made you huff. How ironic that he was calling you out for your lack of teamwork when he didn't even have the guts to admit he needed your help.

A few more seconds passed, and you heard a resigned exhale fall past Levi's lips before he twisted his head around to face you.

"Eden," he called while he rode his horse.

"Yes, Captain," you responded, focusing straight ahead.

"I need you to assist in killing the smaller titans - only those that are about 7 meters."

You almost laughed. He was really trying to give you the easy work. Did he really think of you as incapable?

"Might as well put me back in training if that's how you plan to use me."

"It's an order. Do it."

Your obstinate mind couldn't help but think of all the snarky ways you could have responded to that comment, but you couldn't really say anything back, could you? He was your superior, and you had to accept that.

A sigh escaped your mouth before you took off from your horse. You launched yourself into the air and positioned yourself to where you could see the titans perfectly lined up in front of you. This appeared to be fairly easy; they lined themselves up so perfectly.

With formidable speed and momentum, you used your swords to slice through the nape of one of the titans with ease, and then quickly repeated the same process with the two others. You tried not to make it obvious, but you were pretty damn proud of how smooth the results came out. Landing on the roof, you acknowledged the intrigued stares of the other soldiers down below, but your eyes searched for the validation of one person in particular.