To this day, I don't know.
As soon as he hears Eren's howl, he knows something went wrong.
He speeds up, the wires barely finding purchase in the bark before it is yanked away in search of new wood. He doesn't allow himself to think about anything but moving forward towards the titans screams.
To this day, I do not know, whether to trust my own capabilities…
He spots Gunther's body among the trees a few feet to his right, fuelling him to work the 3DMG to its limit.
He finds Erd's upper half lying raggedly in the moss, torn legs up on separate branches where it must have flung them.
Auruo's body lies outstretched on the forest floor a few feet away. the white fabric around his neck bloodied, one arm outstretched and reaching towards a tree.
And that's when he sees her.
…or to believe in the power of my squad mates.
He finds himself stopping, wires crying to a halt.
Even in death, she was ethereal. There's blood on her face, but he pays no notice, she's still as beautiful as always, still the Petra who peed in her pants on her first mission. Levi blinks at the still body and finally he realizes what had just happened.
What he just lost.
They say that before you die, your life flashes past before you. What they don't say is when you see the people you love die, you try desperately to hold on all the memories you've had of them because a flimsy shadow of the past is not enough, it is never enough to keep someone alive; not in the heart, never in the mind. As much as you can remember someone, it's never the same.
All of us, we were suppose to survive this together. We were suppose to grow old together.
Even when he can feel the bindings that encased his heart weakening and threatening to crumble, the corporal refuses to let his feelings show. Because he had to be strong for them. For Gunther, for Erd. For Auruo and for Petra.
He is going to capture the female titan.
He will not let his squad die in vain.
He will lead humanity towards victory.
Because this is what he sacrificed everything for.
I'm sorry.
A/N: it was late when i wrote this and i was crying and omg it's been years since i actually published a story for this account hi guys lol