Title: Regrets
Summary: Levi was humanity's strongest in more ways than one.
Pairing: Eren/Mikasa, Levi/Petra
Warning: May contain adult themes.
Author's note: AU. It stopped just after Chapter 65 or an assumption of what happened after that.
Disclaimer: the manga, characters, etc. are not mine.
CHAPTER 1
Levi felt something in him snap.
It was a feeling similar to the one when he was seven, when he had witnessed drunken men attack his mother in their living space on the attic above the brothel she worked in. They had pushed their way in and she initially screamed so much, it was almost deafening when they had slit her throat open to silence her. Blood had spattered everywhere and he can still remember the predatory grin the man had on his face as he pushed her down and raised her skirts while she choked in her blood. Levi had gone utterly still, eyes wide, as his mother uttered her last word: "Levi…"
That was the moment that feeling emerged, awakened, and it empowered every fiber of his being like currents of electricity were beating along with his blood.
It was defining clarity.
And with that defining clarity came the distant sound of hooves.
"Wha—what just happened?"
Levi turned his head to see Eren clutching his head and valiantly trying to swallow back the bile that rose in his throat. Next to him, Armin's eyes were closed and his head bowed to stop the spinning. Jean, Historia and Sasha were trying to stand while Connie had lost the battle and vomited behind a tree. Mikasa had only met his eyes. She had felt the same thing he did.
"Why are we wearing black?" Armin asked to no one in particular when he opened his eyes.
"I don't know but the better question is, where the hell are we?" Jean said as he frowned, looking around.
"It looks like any patch of trees we've seen." Sasha quipped, helping Connie up as he groaned.
Mikasa turned to Levi after making sure Eren was okay.
"We should get going. There's a battalion coming this way. We can flag them down as they pass." she said.
Levi took in his surroundings before speaking He noticed that everyone had their complete set of gear and that microscopically relieved him. They were not entirely defenseless nor helpless if ever they would need to make a hasty retreat. He recognized this certain patch of trees and the open field not far from where they had— from the looks of it— landed.
They were inside the forest just outside Wall Maria. He remembered it from where he had seen his first titan.
THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD.
Levi had only two seconds to snap, "Move!" and the grapple hooks of 3DMGs pierced the air before a titan had run out of the forest and barreled its way towards the open field where the Survey Corps were passing through.
"What the hell was that?!" Connie yelled. Levi surveyed his troop. Thankfully, they were all accounted for.
"That titan is heading towards those group of Survey Corps!" Historia gasped.
"We have to help them!" Eren barked and flew passed them to reach the titan, being his annoying heroic self.
"EREN!" Mikasa called after him and shot out after him, followed by Armin and then the rest of the little shits.
Levi rolled his eyes. Fucking typical of those brats.