They Lead Me Here

Chapter 43

Scott pov

"I just can't get the hang of this. Do I have to use it?"

"Unless you can jump at least 20 meters high, you're gonna need it." Hange replied sarcasticly.

"Damn it."

"Scott, it's really not that hard. I mean, look at me!" Selena said zipping around while slicing dummies.

"Then give me some pointers or something! This is freakin impossible. Help me out Hange."

"Tighten your straps. It's too loose. That should help a bit."

"You kidding me? If I tighten them any more, I'll cut off the circulation to my legs."

Hange comes over and tightens my belts herself.

"Hange! You trying to amputate my legs? They're gonna fall off!"

"You'll get used to it. Now stop being so dramatic. Now try."

I roll my eyes at her and try using the gear again. It's a bit easier now, but not perfect.

"Told you. Now you just have to practice some more. You'll get the hang of it."

We practice for hours and I slowly get better at it. Meanwhile, Selena is showing off and doing tricks. It's like she's been doing this for years. So annoying. Why am I always so inferior to her?

"Hey shorty glasses!" I hear Levi say.

"Stop calling her that, will you? Her glasses are-"

"Dont tell me what to do brat. Remember. I won't hesitate to kill you. I still hate your guts."

"What can I'd do to get you to not hate me?"

"Well, there are a couple things. First, stop acting like we're on the same level. I'm your superior. You should treat me with respect. That goes for Hange too. She's also your superior."

"Right. Sorry captain. What else can I do?"

"Well, you can die. That would please m-"

"Levi. Stop acting like that. I know you don't particularly like them, but please just try to tolerate them. For me." Y/N says stepping out from behind him.

"But they p-"

"Look at me. I'm still hear. Alive. Thanks to him. Shouldn't you show a little bit of gratitude? Without him, if be dead right now."

"I guess. I'll tolerate them, but just because you told me to. I still hate them. Anyways. It's dinner time and I'm hungry. Let's go eat."

We all go walk to the mess hall. We walk to the table that we sat at earlier. I guess they always sit here. It's kind of odd. Nobody else sits with them even though there's plenty of space. I wonder why.

"Why are they sitting here?" Levi asks. I would assume he's referring to me and my sister.

"I'm watching over them. Mostly so you don't kill them while I'm not looking." Hange responds.

"Fine. Whatever."

"My gosh Levi. People have the right to sit where they want. I mean, there's plenty of room back here. I don't see a problem." Y/N says.

Levi opens his mouth to say something, but quickly shuts it.

"So how was training?" Sasha asks as she sits down at the table.

"It was nice. Selena has it down and Scott is getting pretty good at it too. I'm sure they'll be able to go with us Saturday." Hange said.

"That's good! Since we don't have Levi, we'll need more people to take his place. I'm sure you guys will do great!"

I nod my head a bit. I'm not too confident in my skills. I've never been outside. Never even seen a titan. I'll probably die. At least I'll die doing something good.

"You're not gonna die Scott." Hange said.

"What?"

"That's what you were thinking about, right? You won't die though. I'm sure of it."

I say there confused. How did she know? "How did you -"

"I'm pretty observant. You can ask Y/N. I saw their relationship coming from miles away. I even picked up pin the fact that the two of them were long lost buddies before they told me."

"That's why you're so protective isn't it. You lost her and now she's back. You don't want to loose her again. That's it, isn't it?" I said to Levi.

Levi glared at me for a minute and then went back to eating. Hot the nail on the head.

"So who all is going on the thingy Saturday?"

"Everyone but the shorties. Since she's sick and your ex boss hasn't been located yet, it's to dangerous for her to come with us and it's too dangerous for her to be alone so Levi is staying here too."

"Everyone?"

"Yep. Everyone you see here."

"That's a lot of people."

"Its dangerous outside as it is. You can't just send a couple people out for themselves. It wouldn't turn out very well. The rate of survival would shoot way down. And if nobody comes back alive, it's completely pointless. They'd die for nothing and that's a terrible thing."

"I suppose you're right. So everyone. Wow."

We finish eating our food and Selena and I follow Hange. It is night time. Guess it's back to the cells. We reach the door for the cells, but Hange walks right past it.

"Umm, Hange we passed the cells."

"Yeah. I know."

"Shouldn't we turn around?"

"No."

"But it's curfew now, isn't it? We're supposed to go to bed."

"We are going to bed."

?

We walk further down the corridors and go into an office. It fairly large and has two connecting rooms. There are sketches all over the walls of what I can only assume are titans and the desk in the middle of the room is covered with paper and books. Hange takes a right in to one of the connecting rooms. It appears to be a bedroom. Inside is a large bed, nightstands, a couch, a dresser, and another connecting room. Perhaps a bathroom?

"Ok. So this is where you'll be staying for a while. I hope you two are ok sharing a bed." Hange says.

"That's fine. By the way, if we need you for something, where do we go to find you?"

"I'll be in here. I'll sleep on the couch and if I'm not there, I'm probably in the office or the lab. That's the other room connected to this one. The bathroom is right there."

"You're sleeping on the couch?"

"Yep."

"No way. I can't let you give up your bed for us. How about you sleep in the bed with Selena and I'll sleep on the couch."

"Nah. I'm good on the couch. I used to sleep on the couch all the time. I Habe some fresh clothes for you guys in the dresser. You both have uniforms, night clothes, and other stuff. I'm gonna go work in the lab for a bit. You guys can go ahead and go to sleep. You're welcome to take a shower before you go to bed if you want. I've got some fresh toothbrushes and deodorant and stuff in there too."

"Thank you Hange." Selena and I say simultaneously.

I take a quick shower, put on the night clothes that Hange gave me, brush my teeth, brush my hair, and go lay down on the couch. I won't let her sleep here. No way. I'm used to the floor anyways, so it's not uncomfortable for me to sleep here. In fact, it's quite nice. Better than the beds downstairs even.