Give Up

Her Last Words

"Eren, she isn't in her bedroom, she isn't in ours, and no one has seen her since the gym, and that was four hours ago. Oh my god, Eren, we didn't check the bathroom." Levi said, panic growing as he spoke. When Levi finished, panic washed over Eren's tanned face as the two scared men both headed for the bathroom. They tried to open the door, but it was locked. "Levi, i'm calling Hanji." Eren said. Levi nodded as he tried to kick the door down. One kick. two kicks, three, and still no luck. Hanji was on her way, and so was Erwin. Levi finally managed to kick the very sturdy door down, and what they laid their eyes on next, would never leave their minds, no matter what.

When Levi and Eren discovered the pale body of Petra-Jager-Ackerman, they both collapsed to the floor. They beautiful red head that they had raised, was hanging there, right in front of them. Her body was pale and she showed no signs of life. The two men couldn't speak. If they tried to scream, or shout, barely a whisper escaped their throats. They were too shocked to say or do anything. Before they knew it, Hanji and Erwin were busting down the front door of Levi and Erens' house. Finally, they managed to say something. All that they could say though, was one word. The name of their now deceased daughter, whom they would sell the world for. The little red head clean freak was Eren and Levis' pride and joy, the one thing that kept them going every day, other than each other. But now, that little girl is gone. Hanji and Erwin had clambered up the stairs, and were trying to process that their best friends' daughter is hanging there, like an ornament on a Christmas tree. Petra looked beautiful, yet peaceful. She would have looked like this was all someone else's fault, that someone murdered her, if it was for all the scars and cuts that buried deep within her wrists, and the tear stains on her beautiful pale cheeks. This wasn't a murder, it never could have been though. This was suicide. This was the worlds' fault. It pushed her over the line, way over the line, and the girl couldn't take it any more. This was her only option. And it had to be death. No human could have ever put her mind right. This was settled a long time ago, when the little rumors, some true, some not, started up. It was like an over load of hate. And she couldn't take another word, nor another rumour, or life, at the very least. This girl was done for. So the only thing that the four people standing in the doorway of the bathroom could do, was cry. And cry. Because nothing was bringing this little girl back to life.

"I'll go make us all some tea." Levi said. The others nodded and Levi made his way downstairs. Hanji looked up at Petra, and started crying again. Eren just sat there, until he realised that she was still hanging there, and they hadn't removed her body from the rope. He got up and gently pulled Petra's head out from the rope and carried her in his arms. By this time, Lev had gotten up the stairs and had handed everyone their tea, and then realised that Eren wasn't sat down. He looked up and saw his husband carrying their daughter, and the look in Levi's eyes was enough to make anyone feel sympathy. He headed towards Eren's direction and put both of their mugs on the sink. Levi walked over to Eren and gave the two a hug. They all collapsed to the floor and just sat there, hugging and crying for about five minutes, until Hanji and Erwin joined them. They hadn't realised how long they had been sat there until they all heard the loud doorbell ringing throughout the house. Erwin got up and said, "I'll go get it. I'll call you down though if you two are needed." The others nodded and carrid on cradling the girl in silence. All of their tears had left their eyes, and they could cry no more.

"Levi, Eren, it's for you." Erwin yelled. The two got up and left the depressing bathroom and went downstairs. Hanji also carried Petra down the stairs, following the mens' lead. They saw who was at the door, and they almost had a heart- attack. It was Petra's real parents. "We just wanted to see how she-" Petra's mother said, but was cut off by the tear stained faces of Levi, Eren and Hanji, who was carrying Petra. "Oh my god! Petra!" She finished, but with a different ending. She ran over to Hanji and the reluctant brunette handed the red head to her mother. "I need to take my daughter." Th mother repeated. Levi walked over to the blonde woman and punched her. "No. She will never go home with you. Dead or alive, she will never see your house, you disgusting bitch! You left her on the streets, in a cardboard box with a blanket and a note! What mother does that?" Levi yelled at the shocked woman. "Also, when have you ever tried to see her before? Is it because you're too preoccupied with men to even think about her? Just looking at you makes me want to be sick." Levi added, with more anger. His face scared the blonde woman, and the man who was stood next to her. "I think it would be best to put her down, Annie. You can see Levi is upset and we don't want him throwing pottery around." Eren said. Anne put Petra on the sofa, because she was still holding the red head. Eren nodded and looked in the mans eyes. "Also if I ever catch you around here I will kill you. I recognise you from the school. You're one of the parents of one of those idiotic brats, aren't you?" Eren carried on. Erwin's facial expression changed as he suddenly recognised the man who accompanied Annie. "Conny and Sasha's father, aren't you?" Erwin carried on. The man bowed his head and nodded. The blonde whipped around to face him. "You have kids? You lied to me you asshole! Jandro, you said you had none! You said you had never been married!" She screamed in his face.