[SPOILER ALERT] some spoilers included, do not read if you haven't finished the anime/manga (unless you like spoilers).

Before I start I just wanted to mention that this is a Rivetra fanfiction if you didn't understand it until now (Rivetra – Levi x Petra). I'm still new to this website, so sorry if I made some technical mistakes . enjoy!

Chapter name: 58th expedition beyond the walls (1) – Yes, there are going to be 2 parts -

Setting: 6 months after the female titan incident

Rating: K+

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58th Expedition Beyond The Walls (1) [Chapter 1]

"So" "so what?" "What's the plan" I asked Erwin crossing my arms on my chest. "Same plan we worked with in the 57th expedition, except for entering the forest. We'll make our way around it" I sighed. Tomorrow we're going to another expedition beyond the walls. The 58th expedition outside the walls.

This is our second attempt to get to Shigashina. If we fail tomorrow, I'm not sure if we could continue with the next expedition any time soon. It took us nearly half a year to regain our power, and gathering more soldiers and explaining the plan to them.

Erwin pushed his chair backwards. He stood up and started walking towards the exit. "I'm going to share the last details of information with the soldiers" Erwin said before turning around and walking towards the heavy big wooden door. I nodded even though I knew he couldn't see me.

Right before he exited, Hanji ran inside, but stopped in front of Erwin, just to nod to each other as a greeting. She looked at me and continued walking towards me, while Erwin exited the room and walked outside, to share the last details of the plan with the soldiers.

I cocked one eyebrow, looking at Hanji. She threw some papers on the table. "More report pages you and me need to fill, about the 57th expedition and the female titan incident" she said and sat down next to me, grabbing her pile.

I sighed and grabbed mine, and a pen that was already on the desk. I grabbed one paper and read it.

"Reports on deceased people"

This is going to be fun. I sarcastically thought to myself. I never really cared about the people who died, but it doesn't mean I don't care about people dying.

I continued reading, "if a deceased person isn't included in the following list, please make sure to write down the person's full name" I continued reading the deceased people's names. I knew many people from this list, but I didn't felt sorrow whatsoever.

Until my eyes spotted a familiar name.

Name: Petra Ral. Death: crashed by the female titan. Body: not returned

I sighed, and continued reading. Marking wrong death causes and changing them, fixing grammar mistakes in the names, etcetera. We couldn't find all the bodies. We sent a few people outside to search for them, but many of them died so we thought it was too risky to do all of that just to return bodies.

I looked at the giant clock on the wall. It was 11pm. Erwin was probably done talking to the soldiers about the plan by now.

I grabbed the next pile of pages. Hanji started humming songs out of boredom, doing her paperwork.

"You know" she started, I looked up, annoyed. "It's pretty weird" I looked at her, squinted my eyes. "What is" I spitted. "The fact that you're 34 and you don't have a family… or a wife" She took another paper and started reading. I looked down.

"I have bigger concerns than that, if you haven't noticed" that is not a lie, actually. I never thought about having family, I was more into my job. The only person I felt some sort of feelings towards was Petra. I clenched my fists, which were resting on my thighs.

Now that she's gone, I can go back to focusing on work only. Not that she was a bad thing, it was just a small distraction. I placed all the papers in an organized pile and stood up, walking towards the door. "I'm going to sleep" I said and heard Hanji humming 'okay'. I opened the door and looked back. "Good night" I said and closed it, walking towards my room.