Humanities villain {and hero}

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⚠︎︎Pursuit⚠︎︎

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Mikasa had calmed enough to where you could put her down, the three of you following the female titan from a distance.

"Maintain current distance. She's slowed down a bit, that fight wore her out too." Levi commands. You don't say anything, it's more for Mikasa than it is you. Levi knows you won't do anything until he gives the okay, the encounter where they were outrunning the female titan was more than enough proof. "It looked like she may have bitten the entire nape off. It's unlikely Eren survived."

"He's still alive in there," Mikasa insist "This titan is different; it acts with purpose. If she wanted Eren dead she would have simply crushed him. No, she needs him for something. But she also needs her hands to fight, so she's holding him on her tongue."

"It is possible she just wanted to savor her quarry. In which case it's likely he's already been swallowed. If so, he's dead." Levi responds blankly.

"He's alive!"

Levi looks to you who only shrugs before he looks at Mikasa "Someone's optimistic."

"If had just done your damn jobs and protected him like you were supposed to, we wouldn't be having this conversation!"

You growl in annoyance "You have no clue what happened before we got in this situation, what the hell makes you think--!" Levi raises a hand and you quiet, still glaring holes into Mikasa's head. It's then that she sees the blood staining your clothes.

Levi fully turns in the air as he regards Mikasa "Oh, I see now. The "childhood friend", right? Suddenly it's all making sense." Almost as soon as Levi says it, he dismisses it and turns back around "Right. For the sake of argument, let's narrow our goals. First, let's forget about taking her down."

"No way. She's killed too many of our people for that. She's dead." Mikasa stubbornly interjects.

"You saw what happened when you tried to cut her nape, your blades broke." You turn to look at Mikasa "She's got defenses none of us are trained to deal with. It's a lost cause."

"Y/N's right. So instead we'll be acting on Mikasa's assumption that Eren is still alive, and focus only on freeing him before she exits the forest." Levi positions his blades, one in front, one behind "I'll handle all the cutting. You to find a way to distract her.

"Right." Both you and Mikasa say together.

With that the three of you disperse, you and Mikasa going by the female titan's legs as Levi stays behind her from above. Levi knew what he was talking about when he said he'd handle all the cutting. He was way too fast for the female titan to handle. He attacked over and over again, each time going just as fast as the last time if not increasing his speed. Levi wasn't giving her anytime to even think about hardening her skin.

The female titan's body had gone limp, her slumping forward, completely unguarded. You regarded her with skepticism, it was an obvious trap. An obvious trap Mikasa fell for. Your eyes widen as Mikasa begins her decent to go after the female titan's nape.

"Shit, Mikasa, stop!" You try and stop her but Levi is faster and manages to push Mikasa out of the way and cut through the titan's jaw. Grabbing an Eren cocooned in spit.

As you land on a tree so does Levi and Mikasa "I got him!" Levi calls out

Relief is evident in Mikasa's tone "Eren."

"He's alright. Disgusting, but alright." Levi eyes Mikasa, his tone changing "What'd I tell you about trying to take her down? Now come on." He turns his attention from Mikasa to the female titan a few meters away, "We've got Eren. That means our work here is done. Don't screw this up by making it personal, you understand? We all get you love him, but try not to act crazy." With that Levi takes off.

You watch Mikasa's stunned form for a second, her trying to come up with something to say "I-- I was just--" You follow Levi's lead calling back to Mikasa.

"You were just nothing, now let's go!"

You take a glance back at the fallen titan only to clench your jaw seeing the tears falling down her cheeks. You turn forward, she made her choice and now she has to live with it.

***

"Captain." Captain Levi grunts as he takes off another patch that displays the wings of freedom. "Are you--" You gulp seeing the bite mark on the hand "Are you okay?"

"You closed their eyes."

You blink at Levi's figure. "Huh?"

"It was you who closed their eyes, was it not?"

"Yes, sir."

"Then you closed their eyes."

"Yes, sir."

Levi is silent for a while thumbing through the wings of freedom. "In the underground," you go rigid at the mention of where you grew up "Closing someones' eyes is a sign of respect. There, most people die like pigs. Stabbed or beat to death, eyes wide open on the side of the road. Very few's eyes are closed." Levi pockets the wings of freedom and stands up. "Let's go." He mutters walking past you.

It takes you a second to get it together. Only the people from the underground knew the way it worked... how did Levi-- Oh, You look at the short captains back.

FLASHBACK

"Captain."

"Yes?"

"May I say something, sir."

Levi takes a sip of his tea as he signs something "Go ahead."

"When I was smaller. I used to always see some people flying through the sky on ODM gear. Often times a big group of 'em but without fail there would be three people in the front. Two guys and a girl. But... one day it just stopped. Someone says they had a job that gained them above ground citizenship, some say the military police grabbed them, but others say they saw them get caught by the scouts so i just wanted to--"

"You're dismissed."

You look up from your lap where you were fiddling with your fingers. "S-sir?"

"You are dismissed." Levi repeats. "I have no use for questions of childhood. Now go." Levi flips to another page on his paper work and you can only stare at the man. After a few seconds you regain your bearings and leave, still quite puzzled.

FLASHBACK END

Captain Levi is from the underground. That means what they said about the scouts was true. He was one of them, so... where are the other two..?

Your eyes turn back to the bodies, are they--

"Y/N!" You jump at Levi's voice and turn away from the bodies, finally heading after your captain.

"Coming!"

A/N:
Idk if that's how the underground works but i took some creative liberties (This is fanfiction after all).