So I had recently watched episode 24 of Attack on Titan for about the 50th time and I laughed at the part where Levi insulted Nile Dok, the commander of the Military Police. (If you don't know what I'm talking about you should watch the episode) Well anyway, that awesome insult from Levi sparked my imagination. So I wrote this story about some bad blood between Levi and Nile in the past. I tried to make it humorous but tell me your thoughts and feelings in a review. So here it goes.
Disclaimer: I don't own Attack on Titan or the characters
It had been a year since Levi joined- well was forced to join the Survey Corps. He was still just a low ranking soldier now, but he was informed by Erwin that he was going to be promoted to squad leader in two weeks. Hange had already been promoted to a squad leader last week and the reason for these promotions was the fact that Erwin was recently made commander of the Survey Corps. And as such, he attended monthly dinner meetings in the Stohess district with all the other commanders and their own squad leaders of each military branch. Levi was told that these meetings were held to discuss strategies and future military plans. But Levi figured that they were just held so they could drink whiskey and gorge themselves like swine. However Levi didn't care what they did since he didn't ever have to go before.
But of course that asshole Erwin just had to drag him along to this one and when he tried to protest, Erwin said. "Now Levi, your going to be a squad leader in two weeks and this is something that squad leaders have to do. So I want you to see what it's like." Erwin thought saying this would help but it only royally pissed off Levi is what it did. He had plenty of better uses of his time than wasting it listening to those pricks in the military police laugh about stupid shit that didn't concern him. But orders were orders, so the next morning, Levi, Mike, Hange and Erwin set off on horseback towards the capital.
The trip was not that far but to Levi, it felt like an eternity. Mostly because a certain brunette kept pestering him about Titans and whatever else popped into her simple little head. By the time they reached the Stohess gate, Levi was already pissed for being dragged along to this stupid meeting and Hange didn't help at all either. Levi felt like a migraine was coming on, and fast. But he took a a deep breath, then slowly exhaled to relieve a little stress that was building up already.
It was a short ride through the town that was lined with large expensive houses on both sides of the cobblestone road. Erwin road in the front and sat proudly as the rich bystanders watched him in awe. However Levi slumped over in the saddle while he was given dirty looks by the same people who adored the commander. These people still remembered how he was once a underground thug and they still viewed him as one.
They finally reached the restaurant…well it was more like a ball room than anything else. They hitched their horses at the stable around back and before they went inside, Erwin stopped to talk to Levi. "Now Levi, I know this is your first dinner meeting, but don't be nervous. Just follow my lead, okay?" Levi just glared at Erwin and replied sarcastically. "What are you talking about Smith, we used to have fancy balls and dinners with all the other rich bastards in the underground all the time." Levi just rolled his eyes, gave his signature "Tsk" and brushed him off as he walked inside.
When Levi first entered, he looked around and was unimpressed by the hard wood flooring and the giant chandelier hanging in the middle of the room. Erwin told the three of them where to sit and then went to join the other commanders at their table. Levi took his seat with Mike sitting across from him and to his displeasure, Hange taking the seat next to him. Levi began to scowl as he looked at the table with disgust, noticing every tiny speck of dust and crumbs. "Uh, disgusting." Levi said quietly to himself. But of course Hange heard him and just had to add her opinion. "God you are such a clean freak, the table looks fine to me."
At this, Levi rolled his eyes and shot back quickly. "Of course you would think that, your new office that you got just last week is completely filthy and cluttered every where with documents." Hange just laughed at Levi's response and dramatically said. "I have no time to clean while there are so many new things to discover and learn about the Titans!" Levi just scoffed at her stupid remark and took a sip from his water that was set at the table in advance before they arrived.
The ball room was only filled with light chatter from the soldiers at each table and the violinist playing soft music in the corner. The quietness calmed Levi and he was relaxed when the waitress came around and served everybody the special for that day. It consisted of a small steak, a bake potato and a small salad. Levi figured everybody got the same meal so the branch that the soldiers were in wouldn't have to pay a lot of money.
Everybody ate dinner in relative quiet and after that, the 'after dinner drinks' were being served. Levi ordered tea and was happy that they served his favorite brand. However, Levi was the odd man out because everybody else ordered alcoholic drinks, and to his misfortune, Hange had ordered red wine. She was alright for the first two cups but after her fifth, that's when Levi was getting pissed. Levi thought Hange was annoying as hell when she was sober but now she became completely intolerable. She just kept rambling on and on about Titans and could hardly form coherent sentences.
Drunk Hange was enough for Levi's head aches to come back with a vengeance. On top of that, the Garrison and Military Police were also drunk and were laughing so snobbishly about some stupid shit, like Levi had predicted before. But the worst of all came when commander Pixis became so drunk he started to sing…and his singing was god awful. Levi started to feel the pressure build and build. All these annoyances just piled up and poured into Levi's ears. But the last straw came when Hange asked him if he would help her capture a Titan during their next expedition, which she had asked him for the 35th time that day. Finally…Levi snapped. He stood up and grabbed Hange's shirt and pulled her face close to his to add to the intimidation.
"That's it! If you say one more thing to me about Titans shit glasses, I swear, I will feed you to one and dance around as your very blood rains down on me while having an honest to god smile on my face!" Levi hollered his very dark threat at the top of his lungs. Hange just looked at him in complete bewilderment as she tried to figure out what brought this sudden outburst from Levi.
Mike quickly yelled "Levi stop, now!" But before Mike could say anything further, Levi let go of Hange, making her fall back in her seat, and then shot back. "No, shut it! I swear, all you guys are complete freaks! Shit glasses loves Titans and you…you smell people for fuck sake, seriously, who does that shit!" After Levi got it out of his system, he sat back down while still seething with rage.
Erwin noticed Levi's outburst and so did Pixis but neither reacted because frankly, this was definitely not the first time Levi had yelled at Hange for her antics and it definitely wouldn't be the last time, so they thought nothing of it. Everybody carried on drinking and laughing. But one man couldn't let the outburst go however and that man was Nile Dok. Being the prick that he was, he just had to speak up.
"Say Erwin, why don't you keep that mutt of yours on a leash!" The insult was short but had the power to make everything go quiet. The laughing stopped. The singing stopped. The music stopped. Everything just…stopped. If there was a time for the sound of a record player to scratch, this would have surely been it. There was a silence throughout the room that was almost defining, the type of silence that comes before the first shot is sounded on a battlefield. The type of silence that only comes when all hell is about to break loose!
Levi took in the insult as his blood started to boil again, and a thumping sound began to fill his ears that made Levi feel as if he was about to either have an aneurism or a mental breakdown, he couldn't tell which. He began to lose all comprehension of where he was or what he was doing…he just saw red. Everybody in the room looked to Levi in complete horror of what they feared would come next, except for Nile. Who just stared at Levi with a mocking smirk while remaining confident that no repercussions would come to him for his insult. He was far too stupid for his own good.
The last thought Levi had, came when he looked at the table and saw a silver butter knife sitting in front of him and it reminded him of his knife collection he used to have in the underground. He mentally said to himself. "Oh well, it'll have to do." Everything after that was a blur.
"Oh god you've done it now." Erwin mumbled to Nile which made him snap his head nervously in his direction. But his attention was quickly reverted back to Levi, who abruptly stood up, grabbed the butter knife and yelled. "Oh no the fuck you didn't, you motherfucker!" Levi then charged for Nile.
"Bring it on you son of a- oh shit!" Nile was so taken off guard he didn't even have time to stand up. Levi collided with him like a freight train, knocking Nile and his chair to the ground with him and pinning them both down. The speed to which Levi attacked, left no room for Nile to even begin to try and protect himself. Erwin stood up and yelled "Levi stop!" But it was futile.
Before anything could be done to stop it, Levi raised his arm back and sank the dull butter knife into Nile's shoulder. It was surprising that Levi was capable of doing this, since the knife had no edge what so ever. But since Levi was in such a total rage, the force needed was easily achieved without a second thought. The whole room gasped except for Nile, who made a blood curling scream that was so loud and high pitched that it surprised Erwin that such a sound could even come from a man.
Everybody just looked on in horror at the blood spurting out around the handle of the knife that was still buried deep in Nile's shoulder as Levi began to repeatedly punch Nile in the face. Erwin was completely appalled at the curses being shouted by Levi that he would never dare to repeat in his life. After knocking Nile unconscious, Levi didn't remember knocking out three of the Military Police captains or giving the other two a bloody nose when they finally stepped in to fight. Nor did he remember being knocked unconscious himself by Erwin and Mike in order to subdue him before the situation got completely out of hand.
He was told of the events the next day when he awoke back at their base by Erwin, who was not at all pleased with him, especially when Levi said he was not sorry for what he had done to Nile in the slightest. But after a few long ass speeches from Erwin on how a proper soldier should act, and a few strings being pulled. Levi was still able to be promoted to squad leader two weeks later and the incident was reported as a provoked assault. And to Levi's pleasure, he was forever banned from attending the monthly military dinner meetings ever again and now Nile was piss scared of him after he had to learn a lesson the hard way. That know matter what…you never mess with Levi.
ENDNOTE- Well there it is, hope you enjoyed. I tried to make Levi's character the same as the original story, which of course involves him being a total badass. However I did change his calm demeanor into a more aggressive and rebellious one due to the fact that he is younger in this story and not yet hardened/unshakable from years of battle like in the manga or anime. But either way he still doesn't take shit from anybody! Thanks for reading and I would appreciate it if you would leave a review so I can get feedback and improve on future stories.