The Guardian's Tale (AOT fanfiction)

-What now ?-

"Get your gear. NOW !" Captain Levi said, looking up from the letter. "We're leaving. Make it look like we were never here."

We were all confused but we obeyed, knowing that there must be a good reason behind us having to leave. As I suited up, Jean came up to me, asking if I was okay to walk without my crutch. I told him not to worry but to confirm it, he made me walk in front of him. As expected, I still couldn't walk very well but I shrugged it off and decided to get rid of it anyway.

(.........)

We all stood atop of the hill, guns in hand as we watched the Military Police inspect the house we were in a few hours ago.

"That was close...what if they had caught us ?" Connie asked, nervous. "Would they rip OUR nails off ?"

"...Captain." I called out, turning around. "How did Commander Erwin know they were headed here ?"

"The government's passed down some new orders. There's been a freeze on all Scout activity outside the wall." He responded. "We're to hand over Eren, you and Historia. Apparently there's more to you we don't know about."

The woman who had brought the message informed us that some MPs came for the Commander right after she left. They were bringing this fight out into the open...making him look like a god damn criminal. They were going to protect the Wall's secrets at any cost but why...why did they want to ? I mean everyone already saw the Titan's face inside the walls back then. And why are they after Eren, Historia and I ?

"We're moving these 3 to Trost." Levi announced. "Heading towards the interior would be worst. With Trost in a panic, it should be easy to slip in. And if things DO go to hell..." He opened his coat to reveal his ODM gear. "We can use these in the city. We don't know the identity of our enemy yet...but I have an idea of how we can change that."

He then ordered Hange to lend him some of her squad and she agreed, saying that she was going to go after the Commander. Before she could go, Eren handed her a paper, saying that he remembered a conversation between Ymir and Bertholdt. She then headed off with Moblit, leaving us the 2 other members of her squad.

(........)

We quietly walked through the streets of Trost, Jean occasionally holding me up to help me keep my balance. The Captain advised us not to walk clustered together so we separated into smaller groups, leaving me with Jean.

"Eren, Historia, Yuki. Just act normal." Levi added.

Suddenly two Military Police members announced that the king would be handing over the royal family's reserves and I clenched my fists. Royal family my ass. I knew who the real one was and it wasn't the Reiss family either. We started walking again and Jean placed his hand on my shoulder, probably because he saw my hand.

"Behind us." I said, loud enough for everyone to hear.

A carriage raced passed us and in the cloud of dust, I could see they had taken Eren and Historia. Well...more like they'd taken Jean and Armin. The real Eren and Historia had been placed in another carriage.

Levi, Mikasa and I headed off after them and followed them to what looked like a warehouse. When I looked through the window, I immediately regretted it. A creepy old man was groping Armin, thinking he was Historia. I gave Jean a mocking thumbs-up and climbed on top of the roof to join Levi and Mikasa.

"How's everything going inside ?" He asked.

"If we wait much longer they'll see through Armin's disguise." I reported. "Don't ask...I'm not explaining it. How's your leg d-...Captain ?"

"I can move well enough. You doing okay without that crutch ? It looked like you were having some trouble earlier." He asked before I nodded. "Well then...did you notice ? These kidnappers are obviously rank amateurs. Why wouldn't they use professionals for a job like this ? Anyway...Mikasa you can handle this. Yuki, you're coming with me. We're gonna make our way to Eren."

I nodded and gave Mikasa a quick hug before heading off with him. We met up with a Scout named Nifa, on a rooftop where we had a good view of Eren and Historia's journey through the city. She reported that the road was crowded but that she hadn't seen anything unusual.

"Captain...something's wrong." I pointed out. "The Military Police isn't behind this. Think about it. They're always so careful about their reputation so why would they use amateurs ?"

"Nifa..Yuki...have you guys heard of Kenny the Ripper ?" The Captain asked.

"Huh ? Yeah." I replied, keeping my eyes on the carriage. "Remember how often times you guys couldn't take care of us because you had to hide us from the Military Police? Well Kenny had taken a liking to my brother and I so he helped us live peacefully in the Underground until you guys could take care of us again. And...he also slit the throat of over 100 MPs."

"I always thought he was just a legend." Nifa added.

"The stories are all true. He's no legend." Levi retorted. "I lived with him, back when I was a kid."

Nifa brushed both his story and mine off as a joke but I could sense something wasn't right. The Captain's breathing was faster and this operation was going oddly smoothly. Suddenly, I sensed someone behind us and without thinking, I threw both Levi and I down. As I looked back, a bullet came flying, taking off Nifa's head. Levi grabbed my hand and hid me behind the house's chimney as I drew my swords.

"Yooo Levi." The man...no. Kenny spoke up. "Well you two have grown haven't you ?"

Before either of us could react, he shot what seemed to be ODM gear hooks on the chimney and ended up in front of us. Pointing his guns at both of us. I tightly clenched my swords and swore under my breath. Just my luck. My useless self still hadn't recovered fully so I could use the fire but I couldn't heal myself.

"KENNYYYYY !" Levi yelled, drawing his sword and placing himself in front of me.

TO BE CONTINUED !