𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑵𝑫 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑩𝑬 𝑰𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑪 - Levi Ackerman [1]

twenty three

23|TORTURE

"Sorry, I'm late! You're still going at it?" Hanje announced as they walked into the basement of their new safe house, Molbit and Lillian following close behind.

"Yeah, I'm pretty new to this." Levi moved away from the tied up Military Police officer and fixed his glove.

"Sannes! You should know I'm also a novice at human torture, so please bear with me." The Section Commander stated as she walked up to the man, grabbing a torture tool.

"Wait! What do you even want?" Sannes begged, scared of the woman. "Who the hell tortures without asking questions?"

"Oh, right. We do have some questions for you." The short man said as Hanje put down her device. "Where are Eren and Historia? Why are you after Historia? What's the Reiss Family?"

"Too slow! Can't you see that we're in a hurry." Hanje screeched impatiently and pulled off his fingernail.

"What are you wearing?" Lillian tried to muffle her laughter as her blue eyes trailed over her husbands body.

"Tch, I didn't want to get blood on my clothes." Levi clicked his tongue and glared at the crying woman.

"I'm dieing, this is too hilarious." She cried, wiping away the tears of joy.

"Come on, you're going back upstairs with the others." He grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the door, watching as she sighed and listened to him for once.

"I love you." She hummed before shutting the door and making her way to the group of teenagers.

"Here, sit down." Mikasa offered her chair and stood against the wall as Sannes screams echoed around the house. Lillian smiled at the girl and sat down, resting her head in her hand.

"It starts again." Connie stated grimly, flinching as the screams got louder.

"I feel like the screams are louder than when the captain did it." Sasha added, her head down and mirroring the rest of the group.

"Even though I know it's to save those two, it makes me sick." The boy continued there back and forth chatter.

"Let's face it, we're criminals now." Armin sighed, watching the doctor who seemed calm and collected. "The enemies that we're fighting, we're not killing them because they're trying to eat us. It's because their views are different. No, just the group they belong to. And for that, their lives. All of us, we're not good people anymore."

"Armin." Lillian placed a hand on the boys head and stroked his long blond hair. "You're still a good person. I'm a doctor and I've killed many people. Whether it be some who are on the verge of death and I give them the easy way out or people who tried to kidnap me and rape me. We are all good people no matter the circumstances. You saved your comrades life, that's more important than some woman who I know has killed innocent people before. So shut up, stop self loathing and try to think of the fact that you saved someones life."

"Lilly." He trailed off, staring at the smiling woman. "I'm sorry."

"Come here." She opened her arms and pulled the boy in. "I know my words won't help as this is a mental battle you are going through but don't overthink it, its not a good thing to do."

The group of torturers walked back up to the main room, the cadets all rising in a line and saluting, waiting for what they had to say. They all listened carefully to what their superiors informed them, the news making them all fill with questions.

"The true royal successor is Historia?" Armin asked, repeating what Hanje had just stated.

"In other words, both Eren and Historia are likely wherever Rod Reiss is." Hanje continued to explain to them all. Molbit placed a sketch against the wall and held it down for them all to see.

"That's him."

"I've had enough of all this important shit, I need either alcohol or sleep." Lillian stood up and waved off the worried cadets. "Don't worry, I'm not drinking."

"Come on, we all need sleep." Levi followed his wife to a small room and watched her remove her dress with difficulty. "Need help?"

"Yes please." She sighed, wiping away tears. "When did life start sucking? When did it go down a shit hole? Why can't we go back to those days when we had tea parties and bakery trips."

"I know." He wrapped his arms around her body and kissed her forehead lovingly. "But we have to live in this new life. And you need to stay strong and bring this child into our lives."

"I love you Levi, I know you don't say it often but I know you love me too." Lillian kissed him and dragged him back to the bed, collapsing on it as her hands unbuttoned his shirt.