Disclaimer: I do not own Shingeki no Kyojin.
Warning: This story contains spoiler from the manga.
Life is always full of surprises. Good or bad.
Twenty-four hours ago, no man could have predicted the fall of Wall Maria, no one would even conceive the possibility of such tragedy.
But it happened.
Life is also full of decision. Big or small. Every decision leads to a destiny, which the decision maker themselves could never imagine at the very moment the choice was made.
And now was that moment for Audrey Cooper.
In all her life, most of the things she had to decide were trivial and insignificant. Something involved what to cook for dinner, or which dress to wear to her cousins' wedding. The biggest decision she had made was to marry her husband David, but she never gave a second thought and accepted his proposal. Well, it wasn't a hard decision when you truly love someone.
But now, she had to make the most difficult decision she had ever encountered.
Audrey found a blonde woman lying on the ground when she was on her way escaping to Wall Rose, the woman wasn't even able to sit up, it seemed that she had hurt her vertebra. Beside her, there was a baby.
"Please, bring Victoria and go!"
Audrey had to decide whether she should take the injured woman and her baby with her, or just escaped with the little girl. The woman pleaded for the latter, but Audrey couldn't leave her behind. The decision involved a person's life, she never dared to think of giving up a life when the possibility of survival was there. Even it was small.
"I can't just leave yo…"
"Please, go!"
People were screaming, smoke filled the air. The Titans must have gotten closer and closer, so were death.
Audrey knelt down beside the woman, both hands under her arms and started pulling. The woman was much heavier than her, she might be able to pull her horizontally on the ground, but carrying her onto the horse seemed like a mission impossible. After a few attempts, both of them fell straight onto the ground.
"Don't you see? I can't even sit on a horse! If you bring me with you all three of us are going to die!"
The women finished her words without even taking a breath, tears rolling down her checks. Audrey stood up and walked around, frown deepen as her mind racing for an alternative solution.
The sun sank deeper and deeper into the back of the wall, sunlight fading second by second, so was the possibility of survival.
"No, no...Don't give up...maybe we, maybe we c…"
"Ma'am! Plea…"
Heavy footstep covered her voice, a large naked man jumped into their sight.
There came the envoy of death.
Audrey's eyes ran from the titan to the woman, and back to the titan...
"GO! "
When the trembling of the ground was too big for her to hesitate, Audrey knelt down and carried the baby. She quickly turned and jumped onto the horse.
"Her father..." The women shouted. "Is Levi!"
Audrey did not have the chance to give her a reply, she stormed away on the back of the horse. Heart torn into pieces knowing that in any moment, the baby in her arms would lose her mother. And there was nothing she could do.
As she reached where she assumed as a safe distance away from the titan, she turned around from the back of the horse. The place where the woman laid moments ago was empty, replaced by a titan with the height of a three floors building. The lower part of the woman was consumed by the titan, she reached out one hand to Audrey as if she was calling out her baby.
The next second, the titan crushed her into half, her upper body fell onto the ground, Audrey's heart froze and she immediately turned away from the scene, tears rapidly blurring her vision.
Levi.
In the mist of strong wind, shattered heart, and rhythm of the galloping horse, the name repeated itself over and over again in her head. Audrey wondered if the Levi she said was the Levi she knew.
A/N: Hey there! This is Rifuko. I eagerly wanted to write a story that portraits Levi as a father, so here it is! I knew there were a few stories out there with the same theme but I just couldn't help myself. I wish you guys enjoy the story:)
English isn't my first language and I wish I could portray the character well, so suggestions are welcome :D