The Pain Made Me Strong ~ Levi x Reader

Chapter 36

Y/n’s POV-

     That night after we all left I went straight to my room, it had been a long day and all I wanted was some rest. I took a quick shower in the upstairs’ shower and changed into my night clothes. I walked down to the kitchen to get a glass of water before I retired to my bedroom. Levi was also down there at the moment.

     I got my glass of water and flashed Levi a tired smile. He gave me a light smile back and we said our goodnights. Quickly after this I was fast asleep.

***

     I was accustomed to waking up to the early morning sunrise, but this morning was different. Much different. There were sounds of hurried running down the halls and shouting that I couldn’t quite make out. A knock sounded at my door and I proceeded to get up and open the door.

     “Y/n, get dressed. Quick,” was all Levi said before turning to leave.

     I grabbed onto his wrist and spun him back around, “Levi. What’s going on?” 

     “Hanji...remember those two titans she caught to experiment on?”

     “Sawney and Beane?” I asked. During the few days after the trial that Levi’s squad had been preparing to leave, Hanji had told me about her exciting news. She was so happy that they had caught two test subjects, as she began to do her experiments she made sure to tell me all about her findings, findings I’m sure she told Eren all about last night. 

     What could have happened to them? “They were killed last night,” and with that, Levi left me to get changed.

     I hurried into my uniform and gear and ran downstairs. I quickly grabbed a piece of bread from the kitchen and ran to the stables. Everyone was saddling their horses and I joined them. In a matter of no time we began our ride back to headquarters. 

     It was a horrid sight once we arrived. Soldiers were gathered everywhere around the skeletons of the two titans. Hanji screamed out in horror when she saw, she truly cared so much for these creatures who just wanted to eat her.

     Eren had his hood up, as he always did when we were out around more people than just the squad, he looked over to me, confusion and wonder displayed through his furrowed eyebrows. Levi was beside the two of us, we all were perplexed.

     “How did this happen…?” Eren asked. 
 
     Levi ignored his wonder and said, “Let’s go. The rest is the Military Police’s job,” and he walked away.

     “I’m going to go try to calm her down, I heard people saying earlier that it was a soldier who did this, she must feel so betrayed,” I said.

     “But, Captain Levi said to-” Eren began, but he was cut off by Erwin walking up behind the two of us.

     “What do you see here? What do you think the enemy is?” Erwin asked, it was a question posed more towards Eren, not me, but his odd question got me wondering.

     Who was the enemy here...if they said it was another soldier then who in the world would do this...it could be anyone? Or...maybe this is related to the recent attack on Trost. Questions on what the Colossal Titan was and how they got away so fast, as if they just disappeared, has plagued the minds of people for years now.

     But, if the Colossal Titan has shown up with purpose and intent, then they have intelligence the same as Eren...they could be working from the inside...they could be anyone here. I shuddered with the dark thoughts that I’m sure Erwin had already thought of prior to this.