It was hot, burning summer.
"132! 133! 134! 135!"
Everyone was busy doing push-ups from the seniors, forcing their scraped hand-palms to lift themselves from the sandy dry dirt, trying to hold on as long as they can.
"136! 137! 138! 139! 140!"
The seniors looks at us like filthy dirt (while it's actually them who is filthy), thinking that we can't survive on the deadly weather, expecting someone to collapse in a minute now.
They think they were the greatest at the school, being able to pass all that shit the academy gives.
All of the second-grade and first-grade of the school was always terrified when they came in, not to mention they were only ten of them.
"141! 142! 143! 144! 145!"
Except me. Levi Smith, second-grade's top ranked scorer.
It was supposed to be a normal night...
The night was cloudy, like it's going to rain any minute.
A nine-year old boy was just getting ready to sleep, when he heard something downstairs. Thinking that would his brother that goes home at night, he walked up back to his room door and slowly walked outside.
The sky began to flash some lightnings, lighting the boy's raven hair and his bright gray-ish slanted eyes. He walked downstairs carefully as he sees the living room TV was still turning on.
"Gas leak from the Shiganshina Street has been getting worse, causing more people to cough and-,"
"Shiganshina Street? That's not far from here..," the boy mumbled as he look to the window.
"Hey, miss! Get out of here, there's something wrong with the sewers!"
"Huh? What—,"
BOOM!
A loud explosion was heard, with a cloud of hot fire following, making the boy startled a bit. He can see the explosion on the said street clearly right from the square-shaped window, making him to worry more about his brother.
'I hope he's okay...,'
Trying to get rid of his anxiousness, he turned to his back, proceeding to go downstairs to find his mother as the wooden stairs of the house squeaked creepily. Slowly he checked all the room, from the centre room to the laundry room. He didn't really find anything, but he haven't checked one room.
The kitchen.
Thinking his mother would probably be there, he quietly went to the place. Hoping with all his might because his heart couldn't take the horror feeling anymore.
"Mom? Are you there?"
He saw a figure in the kitchen. Standing in the middle of the room, the figure did not move, frozen in it's place not doing anything.
"Mom? Is that you?"
The figure didn't budge a bit.
"Mom?"
The boy approached the figure, even though he himself doesn't want to do this. But everyone says follow your heart right?
That was a bad joke, but the boy shrugged it.
He touched the dark figure. Waiting for it to respond.
After a split time, the figure finally gave a reaction.
It was definitely NOT his mom.
"Screeeeeeeeccchh!"
The figure screamed high-pitched, making the boy startled and quickly stepped back from the figure. Due to the low source of light, he couldn't tell what was the figure. But he was sure it wasn't a human, he can tell it from the strange shaped shadow he sees. The shadow was still human-shaped, but with bulgy arms and mushroom-shaped kind of head.
"M-mom? Are— Are you alright?"
"...gackh ... Khaakh...!"
The boy can't understand what the figure was saying, but he's sure that's not English the figure's talking. His hands went to touch the figure again, but before that occurred the figure started to run after him, obviously going to attack him.
He started to ran outside the kitchen, even though he knows the figure is right behind his trail, ready to charge at him. He tried to calm down, but hell, who would calm down at this kind of situation? Panic is the most normal thing right now!
Running into a corner, the boy began to get more panic, afraid of his end is getting near. He can hear the terrifying figure's steps coming closer. The boy began to get shivers, as the figure was just a metre from his standing place. But right as the figure screamed—
BANG!
—A gun-shot was heard.
Blood was pouring out of the figure's now exploded head, staining at the cold, white floor. The figure's screech was silenced as it's rotten body fall down to the floor, dead from the gun shot. The boy stared with a horrified look. He only have heard the sound of gunshots, never have actually seen it. And heck it was from the movies, not right in front of him!
"Levi, get away from it!"
Hearing his name, he turned to his side to see his brother with his blond short hair is pointing a gun to to the figure. Finally seeing someone familiar, the boy ran to him, "Erwin!"
"You, you shot... Mom...," the boy said as his brother carefully get a hold on him, embracing him tightly, "We... We can't kill mom...,"
"That's not mom anymore, Levi," the older boy replied, "Let's get away from here, it's not safe any more,"
"But where are we going? What are we riding?"
"Gunter is waiting for us outside, he's bringing a car. Let's go now before that thing awakens!"
Nodding, the younger boy holds his brother's hand, making their way to the front yard quickly where their cousin is waiting. A black Jeep was waiting for them to get in. Erwin quickly opened the back door so his brother can get in. After he was in and nicely shut, he took the front door and sat beside the driver.
"Where's auntie?" The driver said as he starts the car, "Is she alright?"
Erwin shook his head, replying with a hint of anger, "No good, she was... Infected. Had to kill her before she infects Levi,"
The driver pats his shoulder as he drives out of the residence, "It's alright, you shot her for good reason, and it's much better that you she's dead know. I don't even know where's my parents!"
"Didn't they have work? I mean, your dad's an businessman, right? He's probably still at work...,"
The dark-haired driver shook his head, "This already past his work time. He should be home by now, but I can't reach his phone, neither mom's. She was supposed to buy some groceries at the town, but she didn't pick up her phone after the explosion. I think they're gone," the driver sighed, "I don't like having my hopes high,"
"Gunter," the raven-haired boy sitting in the back leans forward, "Are you driving without a license?"
"Err... Yes? But it's not like it matters now,"
"What if there's a police?"
"Levi, I think everyone is too busy saving their selves...," Erwin patted his brother's head, "We just need to get out of the town now,"
Nodding, the boy leans back at the seat, seeing the cold sky from the window, feeling the atmosphere gets more tense.
They come pass a familiar house that was slowly growing fire from inside it. The boy puts up a grim expression, "Is- Is that Erd's house?!"
"Erd?! No, not him too...," Erwin's words trailed off. The family has become very close to their own family, due their house is not that far.
"We should get going."
They finally arrived at the highway, trying to cross out of town. Seeing a fully packed traffic in front of them, the older boys sighed.
"God, their moms has the same idea...," the driver bangs his head against the steer, "How can we get out from the town?!"
"Let's take a detour, Gunter. I don't think it's safe to wait here," Erwin flashed his eyes everywhere, worrying something would come out and attack them, "Let's take the south side highway,"
A person came out of the car in front of them. He angrily comments the traffic, "Hey, what is this all about?!"
Just as he said that, someone with blood all over his body approached the guy, bashing him at the car and biting his neck, wildly eating his flesh. The person screamed as loud as he can, every car can almost hear him.
"Close your eyes, Levi, don't look at it!" Erwin shouted, "Get us out of here now, Gunter!"
"They're behind us too, Erwin, we can't get out of the place!"
"J-Just smash them!"
Gunter finally stepped on the gas pad and turned the car, driving back to the south highways. The town was now in chaos, people started running for their lives, fire everywhere, cars flipped upside down, the town looked like a monster has just stepped on it.
"Erwin, are we going to be alright?" the boy stared at his brother, a grim expression was shown on his face.
"Of course we'll be alright, trust me, I'm gonna keep you safe, Levi," Erwin flashed a comforting smile to the younger boy, "I'm your brother, right?"
The boy nodded. The car proceeded to drive out of the town, until one of the infected bumps harshly into them, making the car crashed, flipping to it's side.
"Levi?"
"Levi, wake up!"
The boy carefully opened his eyes, wandering where are they. The older boy in front of him smiled thankfully and hugs him tight, "Thank goodness you're alive! Are you okay? Feeling hurt anywhere?"
"I can't move my right foot...,"
Gunter came close to him, "Is he alright?"
"I think his right foot is broken," Erwin hurriedly took the younger in his hands and carried him on his back, "We need get out of here!"
"I'll protect you guys and hopefully we reach a safe shelter. Come on!"
The crowd was insane, everybody running while having some crazy-infected peoples catching up at them.
There was no where to go.
"This way!" Gunter ran into a small alleyway, with Erwin following him. The dark-haired boy shoots the infected as they keep coming to attack them. It wasn't a pleasant situation, with blood spluttering all over the ground and sick infected flesh were tossed and thrown all over the place, the youngest boy of the group began to panic.
The infected began to crowd against the group, making it hard to get through, "Erwin, go further without me! I'll take care of this things first!"
The blonde-haired boy grits his teeth as he replies, "Promise me you'll catch up with us!"
Having a nod as an answer, Erwin ran as fast as he can from the place. They eventually back on the town streets. The older boy quickly turned to the highway and see if they can get a car there.
"Hey, you! Stop there!"
A soldier appeared before them, pointing a rifle at them. Erwin was tired and drenched, he can't have more things get in his way, "Please sir, we're not infected. My brother's hurt, he needs to go to a hospital—,"
"Shut your mouths up!" The soldier shouts, as he took out his transmitter, "Sir, we got two civilians here, both looks like they're hurt,"
Silence. The soldier listens carefully to his transmitter as his commander talks to him. The siblings look at him with hope, scared that their life was probably on the edge.
"But sir, they got a child—,"
Another silence.
"...Yes sir,"
The soldier turns off his transmitter and started reloading his rifle, already pointing at them. Erwin gasps, taking a step back horrifiedly, "No, no, no—,"
BANG!
A loud shot was heard as the older boy dropped down to the ground and his brother was thrown out of his hands. The soldier gets close to the older boy as he was getting ready to shot another bullet to Erwin's body, until someone hits his head out of nowhere.
The soldier drops as he faints from the hit, revealing that the sibling's cousin has come to the rescue. "Erwin, Levi! Are you guys alright?!"
"Erwin, you're bleeding...,"
Erwin stared at his brother's eye as his right torso bleeds from the shot, "L-levi, li-listen to me—I can't get up anymore, I don't know if I'll live,"
The older boy coughs some blood, his brother looked at him worriedly, "Erwin, don't leave me!"
"No, listen to me first!"
"I don't want you to die!"
"Levi—,"
"I don't want to be alone!"
"Levi Smith, listen to me first!"
The boy has calmed down and finally tried to listen to his brother. Erwin breaths heavily as blood started to fill his throat.
"I don't know if I'll live, so after this, you follow Gunter to somewhere save," coughing more blood, the older boy exhales, "Don't you dare die, I wouldn't like to meet you in the after life, got it?"
The boy gritted his teeth, he wasn't the one to cry easily but yet those tears were already pouring out from his Gray-ish orbs, splattering on his brother's stained shirt, "But— but I don't want to be alone! I don't want you to die!"
"Now go! Before that damned soldier wakes up!"
"Erwin, no!"
"Come on, Levi, we gotta go—,"
"Erwin!"
The dark-haired boy began to pull the smaller boy to run, while he reaches out his hand to his brother, not wanting to go.
"Erwin!"
"...Levi,"
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"Levi!"
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"LEVI SMITH, WAKE UP!"
I forced my eyes to open as shot up from my bed, gasping for some air. I didn't realize I was sweating while I was asleep that my pillow was now drenched.
"Whoa, dude, are you alright? Another... Nightmare?"
I stared at the boy in front of me. With hazel eyes staring at my own eyes, I know who he is, Mike Zakarius.
"More like a fucking flashback but still counts as a nightmare," I said as I get out of my bed, "Is breakfast still up?"
"Yup, probably gonna end any minute. Come on, we gotta be hurry,"
I took my green army jacket and tidied up my hair a bit, "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go."
As I get out of the barracks and hurriedly went to the main building, everyone was already up, crowding up the academy's corridor. Everyone's going straightly to the big hall.
The academy, Scouting Legion Academy, is an academy for soon-to-be soldiers, the graduates are straightly sent to the nation's military force. It's a quite huge place, a U shaped school when you see from the sky with a huge circle on the middle of it. It has a big yard, with training arenas.
The academy is separated into three-grades, from first to third. Age requirements are 16 to 20, so when first accepted in the academy, they would go straight to first-grade, no matter how old they are.
We finally reached the big hall after we finally get our breakfast. A big screen was shown at the wall and everyone was patiently waiting for something to show on it.
"There it goes, the weekly rankings," Mike said as he chewed his sandwich, "Still positive this time?"
"Of course," I said as I bite the last of my toast, "I'm always positive."
The screen began to flash as it shows a word in white, a robotic voice was heard. Everyone in the room began to pay attention to the screen.
"First-grade rankings,"
A table was shown on the screen, a number from 1 to 181 was shown. All of the students was getting their heart beats a little faster, as if they got the lowest rank, they will have a special punishment, a night inside the abandoned tree house in the deep forest of the academy, being said there were many Infected swarming the place.
"Number 1. Kirschtein, Jean. Number 2. Bodt, Marco. Number 3...,"
A loud crowd was heard as the robotic voice says a name. A bunch of first-grades began to hurl between the first-ranked guy, the word congratulations shouted all over the place.
"Jean Kirschtein, eh? He's quite a catch, I heard he placed number one in the entrance test. Gonna be a trouble if he advanced to second-grade, I mean, the grade test is near, right?" Mike said to me. I just rolled my eyes.
"When he's in the second-grade we're gonna be in the third-grade,"
He stared at me and then turned back to the screen, "Yeah, you're right."
"...Number 181. Dazz."
The said boy dropped to his knees, with his black-haired friend comforts him, saying things, "It's okay, Dazz, you're going to be alright,"
"Poor bastard," Mike mumbled. I just nodded.
"Second-grade rankings."
Here it goes.
"Number 1. Smith, Levi."
I smirked. Mike gave me pat at the shoulder, "Never cease to amaze me, huh, Levi,"
"Congrats for being the top scorer again, Levi." A person came up behind me, "I got a feeling you're going to top score at the grade test like last year,"
"Thanks, Reiner." I smiled thinly at the big guy, "You did great too on the last test,"
He laughed, "Not as great as you,"
"Looks like I'm out from the top 5," Mike said as he look at his rank, 6, "I'm really sure I really beat that training session!"
"It's alright dude, 6's a good number. I'm still down at 12...," Reiner said as his words trailed off. Mike patted his back, "You'll get to the top ten next time."
I scanned my eyes through the table, seeing that this week's last place, 162, is Auruo Bossard. He always says that he's not much of a fighter. I wonder how he got accepted in the first place.
"Levi."
A soft voice came from my back as I recognize the voice quickly, "Petra."
"Still on the top I see. Aren't you tired?"
I scoffed, "Why would I be?"
Huh? I recognizes a name that I'm not familiar with.
Eren Jaeger?
"Who's that on the third rank?" I pierced my eyes to the unknown name, feeling a rival coming through.
Reiner turned to the screen, "Eren Jaeger? I think he's the 'prodigy' guy that was said in the rumors,"
"Prodigy?" I asked.
"It was said he just got accepted last week, and went straight into second-grade! Heck, I heard he's only 15!"
"Hold on there! I thought our age minimum is 16?" Mike cutted through the conversation, but me as well wanted to know.
The blond muscular boy raised his shoulders, "That's why I said, 'prodigy',"
"He's gonna be a trouble, that's what." I said as pierced through the screen once more.
Number 3. Eren Jaeger.
I'll keep that name in mind.
"By the way, we should be get going to class. Tomorrow's the team placement test, and you're heading for the S-Platinum team, right, Levi?" The blonde-haired guy swinged his arm around my shoulder, "How about a training session this night? I'll ask a permission from Sir Shadis!"
Petra looked at me intently. I know that stare.
Looks like I'm going out again this night.
"I don't think I can, I had some work to do."
Hello there! This is my first time writing a SnK fanfic in English!
As you can see this was inspired by The Last Of Us game. It doesn't really follows the story, but it might have some scenes according to the game. I think it's much better to put it M-rated because I will be writing some graphical violence-gore, some language and maybe some implicit smut in later chapter (I was meant to just make some awkward small kisses but hell it's riren let's put up something much more for them)
(and you can understand why I put Smith as Levi's last name, right?)
This chapter is just an intro, but I promise things will build up in the next chapter!
And hell writing Levi in character is so hard why is he so stoic but whatever I still love him (I mean, who doesn't?)
Mind that English is not my first language and I don't have a beta-reader, so please point out or give a shout if there's something wrong with my grammar or if there are any typos that you see! Also, critiques will be more then welcome!
EDIT: I realized that sometimes I mixed up Erd's and Gunter's name ;;;;
Shingeki no Kyojin belongs to Isayama Hajime, and The Last of Us belongs to Naughty Dog.
