i would highly suggest re reading this whole story from the beginning due to the fact that ive changed somethings. TatsuyaAngel17 thank you for the comment and read whenever you are able to its greatly appreciated and kidzion thank you for the comment im glad you like the story i hope you like the revised version better :D As always reviews are loved!
Levi
Flashback 2 weeks ago
I was waiting on the couch for Isabel and Farlan to get home, they were late by an hour. I made tea to avoid fidgeting, its taking everything in me not to storm out and find them but they'd only get angry and say I'm being too over protective again. But being who I am, I have more than enough valid reasons to be worried about them. Fuck this I don't care anymore I'm going to go after them. I grab my leather jacket and tug on my shoes ready to head out the door when my cell phone vibrates in my pocket. I quickly snatch it and watch as a video appears from a restricted number.
I press play and feel the air being ripped from my lungs, Farlan and Isabel are in a dark room tied to metal chairs. "Hello Lance Corporal Rivaille Ackerman, We are the Titans and we have quite the surprise for you. You see you have been killing off many of our kind and its really starting to piss us off, so you can imagine how ecstatic we were when we found these two beautiful creatures wandering about without you." I blink staring at the screen as Grisha Jaeger smirks at the camera before turning it towards my siblings. They look at the camera with fierce determined glare, I watch as their throats are slit before my eyes. That wasn't enough for them, they kept cutting until their heads fell to the floor.
I let out a strangled gasp as I sink to my knees against the door. It's not real it can't be! they aren't dead, this is all my fault, I shouldn't have let them go. I lifted my phone barely looking at it as I dialed Hanji's number. "HEY SHORT STACK, WHAT'S UP!?" Her loud voice travels through the phone making me wince.
"H-Hanji, I-Isabel and F-Farlan, they…I…Help…me…" I whispered as the tears ran down my cheeks.
"DON'T WORRY BOSS IM ON MY WAY!" she cries as the line goes dead and I just lie there staring at the floor trying not to think about what I just saw. After a while Hanji is in my house gently shaking me trying to understand what happened, I hand her my phone letting her watch the video. She covers her mouth as tears roll down her cheeks, she lifts me off the floor leading me to my couch.
"Find them, help me destroy them." I begged catching Hanji's wrist as I try to make her understand how I feel.
"We will kill them all. I promise you Levi, they won't get away with this." I nodded as she took my leather jacket and my shoes and led me to my room to sleep.
Present
I sat in my chair with one leg crossed over the other my eyes scanning the sunset outside before me as I take a drag from my cigarette tasting the menthol on my tongue making it feel dry.
"Sir! We received another video from the Titans. Isabel and Farlan have been confirmed as dead, their bodies were found by local police this morning." I lean my head on the back of my chair taking another deeper drag before slowly exhaling the smoke.
"Get out!" I hissed hearing the shuffling of their steps as they ran to do as I asked.
"Levi…" Hanji murmurs as she comes to stand next to me.
"What is it Hanji?" I question tapping my cigarette on the ash tray on my desk.
"We found out where the Titans who murdered Isa and Farlan are hiding." I take a deep breath standing up from my chair and smashing my cigarette in the ash tray as I grab my leather jacket from the back of my chair and raise take a deep breath before looking at Hanji.
"Take me to them, bring all of your tools. I want them to suffer, the worst things we can think of. I want to put them through it Hanji." I whisper closing my eyes trying not to picture Isabel and Farlan's bodies missing their heads. She grins like a manic causing a small smile to sprout on my lips. I watch as she loads our tools into the trunk of our car and gets in the driver's seat while I get in the passenger. Hanji speeds through the streets of stohess and I sit and watch the world pass me by. After about thirty minutes we parked in someone's driveway making me raise an eyebrow at Hanji who only grinned.
We stepped out of the car and I walked up to the door, I leaned against the house as Hanji pounded on the door. "Who could it possibly be at this hour!" A voice hissed from inside the house before it angrily threw the door open revealing a pissed off Grisha Jaeger. I let my eyes scan him noticing his knuckles are torn and bloody.
"h-how did you find this place?" he stutters the blood draining from his face. He shook his head about to slam the door in our faces. I tsked at him my hand catching the door before it could slam in my face.
"Now, now Grisha. You should know that blood is paid with blood. You killed my family, now you will watch as I take your life before your very eyes." I say as Hanji cheers jumping up and down behind me as I push the door open. Grisha stumbles back away from the door, I nod my head to Hanji who tackles Grisha. I feel myself grin as she knocks him unconscious putting handcuffs on him and dragging him outside to the car.
Just as I'm about to go back to the car I hear a small whimper coming from behind me, I turn walking in the house listening as the whimpers get louder. I'm met with a small trembling body huddled into a corner, I step closer kneeling next to it watching the little boy flinch and whimper louder.
"I'm not that beast you call a father." I whisper watching as the boy lowered his arms from his head to look up at me.
"It wouldn't be the first time that he allows his friends to hurt me." The boy mumbles softly and suddenly my anger is raising higher and higher. That disgusting fucking monster hurts his own son, he hurt Isabel and Farlan and now we will make him pay. The beautiful little boy sits up and finally deems that I'm not a threat, he looks at me almost as if he's analyzing me and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't doing the same. I look at his messy mop of chocolate hair framing his beautifully tanned skin before meeting those gorgeous sea foam orbs. My mouth feels so dry as I look into those eyes, I feel a flurry emotions as the boy crawls over to me and settles onto my lap.
From the looks of it he's about six or seven years old, he's bruised and battered but he still has a fire of determination in his eyes. "I'm Eren, thank you for saving me." He whispers placing a small hand on my cheek almost as if it's his way of thanking me. I feel my heart break feeling how cold his hand feels, he's obviously malnourished. I lock eyes with his large innocent ones as I place my hand over his cold hand, I want to keep him and take care of him. It's a contradiction since I hate kids but I don't hate this child I want to help him because he too is a victim of Grisha Jaeger.
"I'm Levi." I answer offering him my hand to shake, he looks up at me and his face twitches into a large smile as he wraps his whole hand around one of my fingers.
"it's nice to meet you Mr. Levi. " I smile ruffling his hair this little brat is surprisingly well mannered.
"Call me Levi, do you want to come with me, Do you want to live with me Eren?" I question softly loving how the name sounds so normal on my tongue. I stare at him hoping the little boy will come with me willingly. I'm so intrigued by those gorgeous green eyes, that nothing else matters but keeping the child by my side.
"y-yes sir." he rasps shivering slightly, I take off my leather jacket placing it around his slender shoulders before lifting him up into my arms and walking outside to Hanji.
"Is that Grisha's boy?" Hanji questioned sternly as she eyed the boy who clung to my neck hiding his face. "Yes, I'm going to keep him." Her eyes widened and it looked like they would fall out of her head at any second.
"boss…? are you… are you sure?" I simply nodded going to the back seat of the car to buckle Eren in.
"Levi? Will you stay back here with me?" He asks softly playing with the hem of his bloody shirt.
"Tch… brat, fine ill stay back here with you." Eren looked up at me his sea foam eyes glittering happily in the moonlight.
"Hanji go to the brats room and pack his things." I call out as I slide in next to the small child who immediately lays his head on my lap. My hands hover over his head for a moment before I settle with lay my hand over his midsection while my other hand cards through his beautiful chocolate hair. Despite being a bit bloody from the beating he took, his hair is still surprisingly soft and pleasing to the touch. I watched as he slowly fell into rhythmic breaths finally falling asleep from exhaustion.
"boss were ready." Hanji says getting in the driver's seat of the car.
"Let's go home now, when we get there tie Grisha up. He is a problem for tomorrow, Eren and I need some rest." I say as she nods pulling out of the driveway. I stare out the window until I feel a little hand close around my finger clinging to it tightly I lean down placing a gentle kiss on the boys chocolate hair. I pulled my leather jacket over his small body covering tucking it around him to keep him warm. I looked up meeting Hanji's russet eyes in the rearview mirror.
"Levi, are you sure you want to do this? I thought you hated kids." I nodded agreeing with both statements.
"I do but this child is different, I want to take care of him. There's something about those large innocent eyes, I can't walk away from him Hanji." I whisper as the car comes to a halt and the little boy groaned softly finally waking from his short nap.
"Eren, were here come on." I murmur unbuckling his seat belt. I watch him slide to the edge of the seat and reach out for me staring at me with those wide sea foam eyes.
"Tch" I click my tongue before reaching down to lift the child into my arms holding him tightly to my side.
"Hanji over there is going to clean up your wounds then were going to get some rest." the beautiful boy nods his head gripping my clothes tightly as we walk inside. Petra, Oluo, Erd, Gunther, Mike and Erwin were all standing in front of the door bowing slightly as I entered. I could hear gasps from around the room as they laid eyes on Eren who cowered into my hiding beneath my leather jacket.
"Grisha is in the trunk, get him set up in the interrogation room. Hanji lets go." I say making everyone scatter as Hanji and I walk to the infirmary inside the castle. The room was renovated a few years after I took over the Survey corps fighting off another gang that called themselves the titans. They were mentally unstable human beings that allowed a crack doctor to experiment on them allowing their personalities to snap. They become violent and blood thirsty, it takes a lot just to bring them down, but my group has done an amazing job so far.
The infirmary was completely sterile and spotless, I set Eren down on a plush bed stepping away from him so Hanji could get to work. I bit my lip staring at him now that I could finally see him in the light, he was beyond beautiful his looks are almost inhuman. "Hey there darling, what's your name? I'm Hanji and this is Moblit my assistant." She says looking up at the quiet man who only gave a smile. Eren's eyes trailed to me silently questioning if it was okay to tell Hanji. I nodded once making Eren smile up at the woman whose eyes trailed to me, noticing that he had asked for permission to speak.
"I'm Eren." He whispered shrugging off my leather jacket but keeping his small hand tangled in it almost as if he was using it for comfort.
"Could you take your clothes off so I can see the damage?" She questions and Eren blinks up at here before looking down at himself.
"It's not necessary." The boy insists, I place a gentle hand on his shoulder nodding for him to do what she asked.
"I'll be right here, please do as she says." I whisper crouching so I'm eye level with Eren. Eren sighs nodding as I stand turning around, Hanji mutters a quick thanks before I hear the fabric of Eren's shirt hitting the bed next to him with a small thump. After a few moments of checking Hanji stands.
"Levi."She murmurs grabbing my wrist and pulling me to the side making me narrow my eyes at her, she knows I hate physical contact with everyone.
"He's healed completely not a scratch on him." She whispers both of our eyes trailing back to the boy who is clutching my jacket as Moblit cleans the blood off of his face. My mouth went dry.
"He turned his own son into a titan." I confirmed as the green eyed titan met my gaze.
"Eren, are you ready to go, you need a bath?" He nods hopping off the bed clutching my jacket to his chest as he scampers over to me reaching up for me again. I sigh shaking my head as I pick him up again and head off towards my room. I set him down and glare at him harshly making his body go rigid.
"you do not make a mess in here, it stays spotless, if I find a mess ill make you clean it with your toothbrush." I say plucking the bag with his things off of the floor near the door.
"Yes sir!" the boy said saluting me in the same way the members of the survey corps salute each other.
"Eren where did you learn how to do that?" The boy looks down at his stance and blinks up at me.
"I-I don't know, it just felt right." he confides as he lowers his little hands to his sides. I shake my head deciding not to dwell on it, he probably saw one of the others doing it.
"The bathroom is through that door to the right. Take a shower so we can get some rest." I say rifling through his clothing coming across a pair of dark green pajamas with strange human like creatures on it. I also grab his tooth brush and hand him the clothing.
"Go on I'm going to take a bath." I say as I grab my own clothes and walk to the adjourning door inside the bathroom where my bathtub lies. I close the door and run the water so its scalding before sliding into the tub and washing the grim off of my body. I lay there for a few moments before I hear a small knock on the door.
"Yes?" I call out running the shampoo through my hair.
"Levi can I come in?" Eren's young voice calls out strongly through the door.
"Fine." I say listening as the door clicks open revealing a beautiful little boy in green pajamas. He looks a lot cuter when he's not covered in blood.
"Can…can I sit in here, I don't want to be alone." he mumbles his eyes glued to the floor.
"Yeah." I respond as I continue washing my hair and scrubbing my body down with my lavender scented shampoo.
"Eren, your father? Did he hurt you often?" I question my eyes trailing to the brunette who had sat down on the toilet in the room.
"Yes, Ever since mom died when I was about three or four. Dad lost his mind and started hurting me and allowed his friends to come over and do the same. He never helped me only laughed with a sickening grin on his face as he watched it happen. No one ever found out because I heal so damn quickly." I chuckled as he cursed quietly.
"Aren't you a little young to be cursing brat?" I question making him look up at me with a faraway look in those beautiful sea foam eyes.
"You ever feel like mentally your older than what you look like on the outside?" he asks as he stares at me seriously.
"Actually all the time, sometimes I feel like I belong to a different era itself." Eren runs up to the tub making me narrow my eyes at him curiously as he takes my hand in his.
"You feel it too?" He whispers making me nod as he clings to my arm like it's a lifeline.
"I have such awful nightmares every night, they are so vivid it scares me." I sigh pulling my arm from his grip and quickly getting dressed.
"i'll be here to fight off your nightmares from here on out." I say lifting up and carrying him back to the bedroom.
"Say…Eren?" I hesitate before tucking him into the blankets and laying my hand over his stomach gently patting it.
"Would you care if I murdered your father?" I questioned making the boy look up at me curiously.
"That man stopped being my father the day he laid a hand on me… do what you want with him." Eren murmurs his eyes drooping a bit as he curls into me searching for warmth he never had. I let him because I needed to feel the warmth just as much as he did.
"Goodnight Eren." I whisper kissing his forehead.
"Night Levi." he mumbles as we both close our eyes curling into each other as we fall asleep.
