Rivals (OC X Levi Ackerman)

Chapter 12

LEVI POV

I watch as the quadraped titan snatches him away, and my heart sinks.

What...

How did I have him, and lose him so quickly?

Come back. I need to kill you. For Erwin. Freyja. All of them.

I turn to look at the group of titans running towards me. Ugh. I make quick work of them, and look around the battlefield. Absolutely littered with dead bodies, horses. I don't see a single possible survivor. Where is she?

I look around, and I do see one survivor. Distinct pale fur with black spots peppered around. Sigyn. She trots towards me, and I pat her nose, and calmly talk to her. She seems distressed. Well. No shit, I guess.

"I bet she protected you to the end, huh?" I say, and sigh. "She'd be glad to know you made it. Should we ride back to the kids?"

Sigyn is inconsolable. I try and pat her nose to calm her again, and she pulls the cuff of my jacket.
"Easy. It's ok."

By chance, I see two survivors heading for the wall. Looks like Floch's stupid hair. Carrying a wounded soldier. Ok, that's something.

I mount Sigyn, and pat her neck.
"When you're ready." I say, guiding her towards the wall with her reigns.

She furiously gallops through the field of bodies, and I groan. Rogue horse. Dammit, not now. She comes to a sudden halt, and I see what the problem is. I see her body slumped on the floor, face unrecognisable, covered in blood. She's distinguishable only by her long, light blonde hair.

"Dammit, Sigyn. I don't want to see this." I hiss at her.

I kneel beside Freyja. Carefully, I pull aside her scout cloak, and smile faintly at the military police badge underneath.
I get my sword out, and begin to cut out the badge. I'm not exactly sentimental, but this one was tough, and I'd like something to never forget.

"Fucking vulture." She hisses, suddenly, spluttering up some blood as she speaks.

.....what?

I grab her shoulders and shake her, and her eyes flutter open.

"Jesus. Get off me, weirdo."

I can't help but smile.
"You're alive."

"Well duh."

I think about helping her to her feet, but I'm not sure. We need to get back.

"Freyja, can you stand?" I ask her, and she nods. I lift her to her feet and fix an arm tightly around her waist to hold her up.

"What time is it? I need to get back to my squad. Alexia will kill me." She says, and I raise an eyebrow.

"What? Shut up. Focus." I say, and mount Sigyn. I lean down, grab under her arms and pick her up, sitting her on the horse in front of me, holding the reigns with my arms around her so she doesn't fall from the horse. She's in bad shape.

"I've got you. Pass out if you need to."

She's limp, and leans back, resting her whole body against my chest. Shit. I don't know if she'll survive this. The head injury is bad.

We make it to the rest of Squad Levi, and I lay her down on a rooftop. I look over at Bertholdt, and sigh.

"Good work. What about Reiner?"

"The beast titan rescued him."

"Shit."

I look at Eren and Mikasa, and at the burned body beside them. Shit, is that Armin?

I get the titan serum from my jacket, and kneel beside him.

"Do we have a pulse?"

Eren nods, with tears in his eyes.

I get ready to inject him, but Floch interjects.
"Erwin's alive!" He yells. "But I couldn't stop the bleeding.

He places Erwin down on the rooftop.

3 soldiers. That I'm sure are near death.

This isn't fair.

I look at Mikasa and Eren, and sigh.
"You know what has to be done."