ɴᴏ ᴍᴇʀᴄʏ {ʟᴇᴠɪ ᴀᴄᴋᴇʀᴍᴀɴ}

Ed Houser

{Levi's POV}

   I made my way to the Underground. I weaved through the passerby on my horse the best I could, but it was the evening and everyone was bustling around causing me to have to slow down. I felt restless. I just wanted to push my horse to the limits to get to her.

    I still couldn't figure out why Hange had let me go willingly to save Mercy, and without backup. They had made me shy away from her for the past several months, to keep a low profile and to not go near her, but suddenly Hange was all for me going after her. I couldn't understand it. Something had changed and I needed to know what.
    I also couldn't shake Mercy's sickness from my mind. What could it be?
    I was trotting through the streets, avoiding the civilians who got in my way, when I saw a familiar face coming toward me.
    It was Shannon.
   "Where are you going?" Shannon chuckled as he stopped his horse in front of mine. I didn't have time for small talk, I had to get to Mercy. I glared at him for a moment and moved past him, catching the slight smell of mildew on his clothes.

    A smell I knew all too well.
    I stopped my horse and turned her around to face Shannon.
   "I'm more curious about where you've been," I said lowly, but loud enough for him to hear.
   "Visiting Ronnie's parents," he said defensively but I knew he was lying. That smell gave him away.
    Why was he in the Underground? Did he go after Mercy and see that he was outnumbered? If that was the case he would have been more panicked, and I was for sure he would have told me.