My Dirty Little Secret

Secret Fifty-Eight: The Basement

Eren woke up in a dark cell, unsure of how he had gotten here. His arms were chained to the walls and he was lying on a bed. Eren's eyes adjusted to the lighting as he thought long and hard, how did he get here? The last thing he remembered was a guy, walking up to him and grabbing his necklace. The stranger stared at his key, the one he had gotten from Levi, and asked him why he had it. Eren didn't answer, or at least he didn't remember answering. After that, did the guy take him here?

"Hello," a voice said. Eren struggled to move, his body felt so heavy, was he drugged? He managed to lift his neck just a bit, to see the male standing there behind the cell bars. It was the same stranger that he had run into before. A girl was with him, red hair? Eren couldn't quite tell. The two seemed furious with him for some reason, unknown to him.

"You must be Eren Jaeger, I've looked you up," the male threw a pile of files on the ground, "I'd like to ask you some questions, about that key."

Eren tried to say something but words wouldn't come to him, sentences wouldn't form. His mouth wouldn't move, just like the heaviness of his body. Something was really wrong.

"Firstly, do you know of a male named Levi Ackerman?" the boy pulled up a chair and crossed his legs. The female sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. Were they a couple? Perhaps...

Because Eren couldn't talk, he just nodded. If he lied now, his situation would only get worse so he decided to tell the truth.

"What is your relationship with said man?" the stranger asked.

Eren opened his mouth, unsure of what to say. The male just continued to stare, waiting for the answer to his question. Realizing that the drugs were still active, the male decided to change the question, make it a yes or no.

"Is Levi dead?" 

Eren shook his head 'no'. The girl and guy both breathed a sigh of relief, is that what this was about? Did they have some connection to him that Eren didn't know? Eren could barely keep his eyes open any longer, the room began to blur, he felt himself drift off. Is this a drug induced sleep? He had thought these people had questions...but he was too sleepy to hear what they were saying.

Eren woke up again, in a different place, he was chained to a chair this time, his hands behind his back. His feet chained to the ground. These people loved chains, didn't they? The two stood there, arms wrapped around each other, Levi kicked the door open and saw Eren. His eyes filled with relief, however, this wasn't the end to the problem at hand.

"Levi!" the male smiled, acting like an old friend, "it has been so long!"

Levi clenched his teeth, trying not to cause a scene. He wanted to grab Eren and run. This place wasn't his home anymore, it wasn't anyone's. The male walked over to him, leaving the girl behind, and placed a kiss on both of his cheeks, before kissing his lips. Eren bit his bottom lip, trying not to be jealous. This was a life or death situation, he couldn't be angry.

"Care to explain what you are doing with him?" Levi pointed to his chained boyfriend. He wasn't sure if these two knew about their relationship. He wasn't sure if it would benefit him or make things worse if they found out.

"He had your key," the male pointed to Eren's necklace, "you fell off the face of the earth, when I saw it I got worried. I didn't realize that it would take capturing him before we got to see each other again."

"You're so rude, you know," the girl spoke for the first time, "leaving us behind like that. Do you know what they turned us into? Do you know what the Titans forced us to become? We aren't the same people anymore, Levi," the girl frowned, "is that why you never tried to talk to us? Because you knew we were monsters?! Because you made us monsters?" she punched the wall, angry at him. Levi looked at the ground, he didn't have anything to say. Everything she said was true. He left this gang, secretly, without them, leaving them to become like the monsters.

"Bella is still a bit angry with you, but I forgive you, I've never hated you," the male brought Levi close, hugging him tightly, "I would have done the same thing. People live to save themselves. I'm glad you were set free from the prison known as The Basement."

Levi separated himself from the guy, not sure if he was genuinely happy to see him, "I'm sorry," he clenched his fists, "I wanted to take you too but...I didn't have enough time...there wasn't enough space...these are just excuses, I know, I know they are but..." the male put a finger to Levi's lips, forcing him to look up and into his eyes.

"The past is in the past, all you can do is look to the future, with no regrets," he smiled.

"However, I will not allow this new-guy to corrupt you, my Levi," he pointed to Eren, who only stared in shock. There was a gag in his mouth, to keep him from speaking, even though before he was asked to talk.

"What are you talking about?" Levi didn't understand his line of thinking. He had hoped that this man didn't change as much as Bella had hinted at but that wasn't the case. The two did have some resentment towards Levi and they wanted him to go back and join them in The Basement, that gang they couldn't escape from. The two had reached a point of no return, nothing could save their tortured souls any longer.

"I'm going to give you a choice," he smiled, "you can beat him to near death or you can let me kill him," the male pulled out a gun from his pocket and pointed it at Eren. He was giving Levi the choice, a choice Levi didn't want to make. Levi again, didn't understand the logic behind this. 

"I don't understand," he said.

"I want you to beat the shit out of him, Levi. I want you to hurt the person you love the most, because that is only a fraction of the pain Bella and I went through after you left us here," the male raised his voice, only slightly, but it was enough to send chills down Levi's spine. This wasn't the same person, clearly not.

"Farlan, you can't be serious."

"Do I look like I'm making a fucking joke?" a shadow cast itself over Farlan's eyes, all light was gone.

Levi stood silently, he would have to make a choice, either that, or he would have to come up with a damn good way to run out of here and save Eren.