AN: Everyone, I am finally back! And I have a new story for you all as promised! Sorry, for being aways for a while, heartbreak is a killer (laughs nervously) anywho! I am currently writing on my other stories as well, so enjoy this new story of Shingeki No Kyojin while I develop carpal tunnel! (runs off).
Pairing(s): Eren/Levi, Krista/Ymir, Bertolt/Reiner, Marco/Jean and other pairings.
Warning(s): Yaoi, lemon in later chapter, sexual content (Duh!), slight nuggets of OOC-ness (bear with me), adult language and drama.
Disclaimer: Shingeki No Kyojin (Attack On Titan) © Hajime Isayama
TO ME, NEVERMORE
Chapter one
Departure-
"—suicide! Are you trying to kill yourself you idiot?!" **** shouted the obvious, I knew what I was doing, but it had to be done.
"There must be another way, just wait a minute E-" ***** pleaded from the more than destroyed control panel, the last thing standing between us and them, once it was closed… it wouldn't open.
"Let me go, the others still need you. You… are needed much more than I am." ****** stated as she floated beside me. Heh, I can't say I'm surprised to hear her make such a statement, she was always putting herself in my place, I know she only did it to protect me, but this time… I would protect everyone else.
"Captain ****, stop him!" Miss ***** called from beside the transport shuttle to the person floating diagonal from me.
"…. Damn kids," He muttered and used the propulsion gear to turn towards me, though as he did his face was blocked out from the generator light, how I wish I could see his face one last time, "Eren…" He called…. No, wait…. It wasn't him… it was…
"Eren, come on sweety wake up." The sweetest voice in the world called out to me, bringing me from that confusing dream, that same reoccurring dream.
"Maybe we should just leave him." Another familiar voice chimed in and that voice made my brow twitch in sibling irritation.
"Mikasa!" Mom scolded and I couldn't help but to smirk at that as I cracked an eye open and was nearly blinded by the morning light shining into my room.
"I was kidding of course… but at least he woke up." Mikasa looked bashful at having gotten scolded before turning the attention to me again.
"Mmn, I wanna sleep mom…" I grumbled and covered my face with my arm.
"You can sleep on the ship, right now we need to get going. The final boarding will begin soon." Mother stated and at that I really started and shot up in my bed.
"What!? Why didn't you wake me up sooner mom?!" I flustered before practically flying from my bed to my dresser…. which was empty, obviously.
"Oh Eren, Mikasa and I have been trying for over an hour now to wake you, you honestly are a heavy sleeper honey." Mom giggled and pointed to a jumpsuit slung over the chair in my room, a jumpsuit… it really was time and I honestly couldn't be more thrilled! But just as I turned to mother and Mikasa to shoo them away so that I could dress, I then saw that Mikasa to had a jumpsuit on… what the…?
"Um, Mikasa, why do you have that on?" I narrowed my eyes at her, just knowing what her answer would be.
"It's obvious Eren, I'm going to the training corps once we get there." Mikasa answered what I already had guessed.
"No you're not, mom, tell her-" I exclaimed and began to plead to mother before she held up her hand, thusly silencing me.
"Just as I had tried with you Eren, Mikasa has made up her mind and I cannot talk her from it." Mom said with a slight but disappointed smile before prodding Mikasa to leave the room, "now, hurry up sweety, we're supposed to be meeting up with Armin and his grandfather soon." She mentioned and closed the door.
"Tsk, Mikasa…" I clicked and quickly changed clothes, all the while noting at how empty my room was. Mother or someone must've already moved my luggage, or better yet, the people from the 'Civil Corps' probably already loaded it onto the ship… the ship, man, I have been looking forward to this day for five years! Ever since dad left to work on the 'Maria station', and now apparently thanks to him, the remainder of humanity could now leave earth… I can't even bring myself to be sad about abandoning this planet… it's already become known as the 'Brown planet' Seeing as how the ocean was practically gone now, and with it, all of the green life. Hopefully, life in these 'Galactic Utopia's' wouldn't be too bad, but from what father mentioned in nearly every hologram call, it was truly a paradise and even from the pictures he sent, I couldn't doubt him, it looked just as earth had at least 2,000 years ago. I just couldn't wait to get there!
"Eren!" Mother and Mikasa called from the front room just as I was giving one final look at my room.
"Coming!" I answered and ran out of the room with my pajama bottoms in hand, to which mother took from me and put in my travel bag, and with that, we were off, not even bothering to close the front door seeing as how we would never return. As we made our way down the main city streets, it was almost claustrophobic at how packed it was the further we walked! Ugh, just a little farther though until we meet up with Armin and his gramps, only then would it clear up a bit, seeing as how there were, from what I was told, ten different shuttles that were taking us to the main living stations, the biggest one was the utopia 'Maria', the next was a slightly smaller utopia 'Rose' and lastly the smallest, but by far not small, was the headquarters utopia 'Sina', which from what father said it home to most nobles, commanding officers and of course the king and the royal family. You would think that since my father was one of the leading scientists making living much easier and possible that we would be allowed to live within the Sina station, but no, the layout and rules on earth apparently wouldn't change in space.
"Eren, Mikasa, Miss Carla!" I heard Armin's voice sound out above the crowd, however once my eyes focused in on where he was, I wanted nothing more but to fly over to him and tackle him… and not a friendly tackle, because as we walked over to him, I glared harshly at him and the tan jumpsuit that he was wearing.
"Oh gracious, you as well Armin…" Mother sighed as we came within conversational distance of him and old man Albert Arlert, who didn't look too pleased himself.
"Damn kids have lost their minds if ya ask me." Armin's grandfather grumbled and turned to lead us down the street that would take us to a shuttle that would surely be going to the Maria station.
"Granddad! It's not so bad, I could be a scientist for all we know." Armin pouted from aside him, he had a point, but…
"For all we know, exactly boy! They could decide otherwise and put you on the suicide corps!" Old man Arlert thundered.
"It's not a suicide squad old man." I mumbled more to myself than anything, though he still heard me and gripped the top of my head tightly and looked me square in the eye.
"Your brain's smaller than Armin's, so I'm not surprised to hear you say that." He smirked and mussed my hair.
"Hey! I'm just as smart as him!" I exclaimed and knocked his hand away.
"No you're not." Mikasa joined in from aside me… the nerve.
"Well if I'm dumb, then that makes you just as dumb! Miss 'I wanna wear a jumpsuit to'!" I narrowed my eyes at her before sticking my tongue at her, which didn't sit too well with her seeing as how she lunged at me, but I quickly hid behind mother, only to have Mikasa chase me.
"Hey, hey! Calm down you two!" Mother chided us with a light swat across our heads, which brought out light laughter in our little group, and with that we continued on to the docking station. Even from where we were, we could easily see the massive shuttles that would ultimately take us to our new home… humanities new home… for now at least. As we finally made our way to the docking area, we were lined up alphabetically for easier check in to make sure everyone was accounted for, I saw no problem with this, however, from the griping that was coming from the person behind me, he thought it was a pain… just from the sound of his voice, I already knew who he was without looking, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to look.
"H, I, J, K, L… why must I always get stuck next to Jäger…." The guy next to me grumbled, at which I only smirked.
"Still jealous of Jäger, huh, Jean?" Another familiar voice chuckled from a few people ahead of me, and at that comment I rolled my eyes so hard that it actually hurt.
"Hey, Bertolt, you wanna shut up from up there in the nosebleed section?" Jean clipped at Bertolt, who only laughed, but even so, at that comment I had to fight hard on not bursting out laughing, seeing as how Bertolt was hands down the tallest of all our friends.
"Heh, that's not nice Jean, he's actually right you know." A smaller lighter voice chimed in from a bit further down the line.
"Oi, Krista, is that you all the way down there with the ants?" Jean looked over at her and squinted with a sly smirk, but it quickly faded as he looked at someone behind Krista, and as soon as I saw who he was looking at, I knew at some point in the future he would regret jibbing at how short she was or better yet, for winking at her.
"Yo, horse face, you wanna be down there with the ants?" Ymir mentioned with a stale yet menacing glare at Jean.
"Heh, oh I'm a horse alright and there's always a part of me that's down there with the ants, you wanna find out what part that is?" Jean mentioned with a mocking smirk and wink at Ymir, who looked as though she were either seconds from throwing up or killing him.
"Mr. Kirschtein!" My mother's voice exclaimed at his statement, and that was it, I couldn't help but to burst out laughing and I wasn't alone, Bertolt and Krista joined me in laughing at the embarrassed look on Jean's face.
"Idiot…" Mikasa sighed and moved forward with the line.
"Jäger…" Jean growled at me, to which I only turned back around and mouthed 'what?' all the while fighting a face splitting grin. It was funny at how he saw me as some sort of obstacle to Mikasa, it's not like we're dating, she's practically my sister, but who knows what goes on inside a horse's mind after all. But that would have to be an inquiry for another day, seeing as how we were now the next people up for check-in, finally, we had been slowly inching forward for over thirty minutes now and the sun was now at its peak, which meant that it was now extremely hot, the ozone seemed like a thing of the past this day in age.
"Ah! Carla, good afternoon, you and your family are doing well I hope?" A familiar voice spoke to mother and ultimately jarred me from my thoughts, he was one of the Civil Corps officers.
"Afternoon Hannes, yes, we're all doing fine. Though I must say, I'm surprised to see that you're here." Mother pulled her long brunette hair over her shoulder and smiled knowingly at him, seeing as how he always made up some excuse as to not travel through space and make it so that he always stayed on one of the metropolises.
"Hahah, indeed so, couldn't talk my way out of traveling this time, it was Captain Levi and Commander Erwin who lead the dispatch this time around." Hannes laughed as he scanned our tags into the system.
'Carla Jäger: Age- 41, wife of Dr. Grisha Jäger... Welcome.
Eren Jäger: Age- 15, son of Carla Jäger and Dr. Grisha Jäger… Welcome.
Mikasa Ackerman: Age- 15, daughter of the deceased Mikoto and Samuel Ackerman: Under the care of the Jäger household… Welcome.'
Once the computer finished with our check-in, loudly stating part of Mikasa's history, we stepped onto the escalator that took us up to the entrance of the massive shuttle, but during the exaggerated ride up, I couldn't help but to bristle as I thought back to what Hannes had said… Captain Levi… I wonder if he would be on this vessel, I hoped so, it's been five years since I've seen him to, and to add insult to injury he was all that father talked about whenever he mentioned anyone in the Corps, he was now the best of the best… even in looks of course. However, I would've continued to think about him had it not been for something wet going across my hand, at which I snatched my hand back faster than what should've been possible, however, upon seeing what it was I tried to calm down… key word, tried.
'Mruuwn *click click click*' A creature no higher than my knee tilted its head sideways with a moan of sorts followed by a few clicks, so… this was what my father created, a CueVas. It was even odder in person, it looked like something crossed between a human and a lizard or something, father never really went into detail about them for some reason, so even I didn't know much on its anatomy.
"Heheh, welcome Jäger family, I see you finally met one of Dr. Grisha's inventions. This is a #1, Cute isn't it?" A female Civil Corps greeted us and kneeled down to pet the little thing, which then slid out a whip like tongue from a mouth-less hole and licked her hand… man, this thing was weird.
"I don't know about cute but it is… different." Mikasa looked at the thing with a quizzical look, obviously trying to piece together what it was just like me.
"Oh Mikasa, that isn't nice!" Mother giggled, "Give it a chance." She mentioned with a side glance to the creature, as it was now looking up at her with expectant eyes.
"Then why don't you pet it mom?" I smirked and pointed at the thing while slyly wiping my hand off where it had licked me.
"…. I-in due time Eren." Mother flustered with a blush, at which both Mikasa and I laughed at, as well as the Corps woman who righted herself, and just from her laugh, which was the equivalent of someone whom was taught to laugh to keep up with appearances, I could tell that she was an android.
"Well, this way please, I'll show you to your room." She mentioned and began to lead us down the surprisingly large hall, and even with the hundreds of people walking around it still seemed empty… I could only imagine what the Maria station would look like. After having walked for a good while we finally slowed to a stop in front of a pair of double doors, "Here we are, this will be your stay until we arrive at Maria. Ah, also, the Arlert family is already inside it seems, do enjoy yourselves and please remain in your quarters until we announce that you may walk about the station." The woman mentioned before giving a salute, which consisted of her right arm fisted over her heart and her left arm behind her, and with that she quickly disappeared down back down the hall. Once mother scanned her tag in front of the control pad on the door, they opened to a sterile looking room that was roughly the size of our previous home, with halls on each side, that obviously lead to our bedrooms, this shuttle was seriously huge.
"Eren! You guys are finally here, what took you so long?" Armin met us halfway into the room.
"Seriously Armin? Did you forget that all of humanity is boarding these ships, and worse yet they went in alphabetical order, Mr. Arlert." I mentioned with a sarcastic look and placed my duffle bag against the wall, only to see a CueVas appear out of nowhere, dart over to it and lift it onto its back with its long tail, then hurry off down one of the halls…. man, those things were going to take some getting used to.
"Uh, does everyone have one of those in their rooms?" Mikasa questioned as the CueVas skittered up to her and craned its tail with the same odd clicks from before… was it asking for her bag?
"Apparently not," Mothers voice answered from the other side of the room where she was holding an envelope, "it seems as though only certain families will have them, or so this letter says." She continued and sat down at the dining table with Armin's gramps.
"And I'm guessing we're obviously one of those families…" I noted as Mikasa finally released her bag to the CueVas and watched it zip back down the same hall.
"As well as the Arlert's." Mother added and giggled at the groan that came from old man Arlert. With that we all fell into separate conversations and activities while waiting for the boarding to finish, mother and grandpa Arlert were, what it seemed like, reading and discussing the specifics about the Maria station, while Mikasa, Armin and me watched TV and played various video games stocked in the entertainment stand. Even the little CueVas was jumping and clicking whenever one of us beat the other in a game, we had at one point even taken to chasing the little critter around the 'house' and were completely floored once we corned it and it ran right up the wall like a spider, but we couldn't even be shocked for long due to the shriek that mother let out and the curse that came from old man Arlert, at which we burst out laughing at their reactions and the CueVas purred and clicked from the center of the ceiling.
'Attention civilians, Attention: The boarding process is now complete.
Please make sure all animals and hazardous objects are contained.
Further instructions for takeoff are now being displayed via the control panels.
We will be departing in 10 minutes, departure is in 10 minutes.
Thank you and enjoy the ride home.'
"Animals, so this thing goes in a cage?" I spoke aloud and looked back up at the CueVas that was now squatting on the ceiling, but imagine my surprise when it shook its head and pointed with its tail at the control panel, which was projecting instructions on what was once a large vacant wall, considering all things, I wouldn't be surprised if this wall could display almost anything.
"So, it says that these things will stick themselves to floors, walls or ceilings for takeoff… well, lucky them." Armin read the instructions, "as for us, it says we are to enter our sleep pods until we break through earths' gravitational pull and hyper-travel." He finished reading and turned to us with a shrug.
"Geez, this is going to be one hell of a trip." Old man Albert grumbled and lifted himself from the dining chair and made his way down the hall opposite of where the CueVas had taken my bag, and leisurely followed by mother. Though, as Mikasa, Armin and I made our way to our room, which held three pods, I didn't miss how the CueVas clicked after us to our room, and once there we quickly settled into our pods they automatically began to close around us and lock just as the automated voice came back over the PA.
'Attention civilians, Attention: Please ensure all loose objects are confined.
Please do not move from your resting pods.
Departure will begin in 5 minutes.
Thank you and enjoy the ride home.'
No sooner after the PA shutoff, did we hear the shuttle come to life. It was a low hum, but audible none the less, and the hum was followed by the clicking of the CueVas, it bothered me a bit that when I looked up at it, it was staring me straight in my eyes… seriously, what is that thing? Its eyes are human, but everything else is like a two legged lizard.
"Are you guys excited?" Mothers' voice sounded and just then a hologram of her face appeared on the pod glass above me, which successfully broke me from the staring contest I was having with the CueVas.
"Totally!" Armin exclaimed, as his face came in beside hers, with bright eyes which were almost hidden behind his blonde bangs… hmm, time for a haircut maybe?
"I can't wait to see it." Mikasa said with a small smile as she and old man Arlert's faces popped up, making it a four square visual of them above me.
"It would be nice if they had beer waiting for us." Old man Albert chuckled and I'm fairly positive that mother would've swatted him over the head had she been able to reach.
"I swear," Mother giggled and then focused her eyes towards me, "and you Eren?" She pressed.
"Of course I am! I can't wait to see father and… hopefully see Captain Levi again…" I said and pictured the Captain just as the PA began the countdown.
'Attention, departure will begin in T-minus 10.
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And with that the shuttle shook slightly followed by the pressure of moving at hundreds of miles an hour, one would think that being in such a huge vessel we wouldn't feel it, but on the contrary if someone were not buckled down, they would surely be sent flying into a wall. Though, as we continued the CueVas purred and clicked from it same position on the ceiling, and even though I wasn't looking up at it… I could feel it looking at me.
"Eren, its staring at you…" Mikasa said in low whisper, having turned her panel towards the CueVas.
"Yeah, I know…" I looked at her screen and then reluctantly looked past it and up at the CueVas, and once I did it clicked again, sticking its tongue out… so, I stuck my tongue out back at it which must've excited it past the point of reasoning, as it began a string of clicking and purring, while whipping its tail around wildly. 'What the hell is that thing man…' I thought as a separate control panel in my pod showed us passing through the stratosphere... in just a few more minutes, like its' oceans, earth will be nevermore.
A/N: Sooo... How's did you all like the first chapter? Are you ready for more? Ne? Well, lets see what the reviews say! (peace).
- Anna Uzumaki