Chapter Two:
Reunion
Eren did not hold back his shock the soft blanket ensnaring him he can't look at her. Can't see it he had to be saved by her again. If Mikasa could become a titian she would have saved them! All of them! He couldn't believe it that Levi entire team had been wiped out.
He had decided to trust in them his team mates but at too great a cost. All his friends, his comrades dead! Bleeding in their own graves at least they had managed to get most of the bodies back. But still it did little to help.
After all of that what had they even accomplished? He's not the only one thinking that. Biting his lip he could see people looking at him with anger in their eyes. Looking over his shoulder he can feel Mikasa pushing on his back holding onto his hand. His eyes opened and she's their over top of him looking down at him.
His child hood friend and annoyance she stuck to him like glue. But now he could see the way she looked at him. Pain and sadness in her eyes, you are my family the only one that's left. Other then Armin of course. But still he stared at her lips studying her face he had never been so close to her before.
But still she's almost too devoted to him and it made him snort she helped him up. He's glade for the warmth to weak to protest his eyes looking past them. People are making a mad dash after them no one is looking behind. "Mikasa look!" Eren cried out people are trying to catch up.
Theirs a scream they've managed to take down a titan at the edge of the forest the horses pull a waggon behind them. Their racing after them creating a cloud of dust some men are staying behind to fight them off. A wild stamped of horses fly past their still close enough to the forest to fight if they get near enough.
He can see Levi has looked back behind them hes standing on the back of his horse, "Come with me," his men follow out behind him. Theirs a horse that screams rearing on the back as a giant titan foot nearly crushes him.
The sound of the 3D Manoeuvre gear makes him struggle but Mikasa holds him in place. "Eren you can't help them just rest please," she told him firmly the rest of the party carried on. The horses managed to pull the cart further down the road gaining a ten foot led.
The titian crashes falling onto the ground nearly squishing him and his rider. Still he has to look he struggles, "I just can't." He protested trying to get away from her, "If I had transformed earlier we could have saved them," he protested loudly staring into her eyes.
Levi hasn't looked back he's too busy charging racing to the fight. More titans push their way out of the forest. He jumps through the air its completely reckless! What dose he think he's doing? Their a choir of his men calling his name. But Levi has already send himself spiralling through the air.
Using a lot of gas he whirls slashing at the titans hand blood rains down like a scarlet waterfall. His men leap into action slashing at the titans massive legs aiming to bring the bastard down. Two people are holding onto him now. The waggon is pulling up their are people bandaged and blooded approaching them.
"Give her some more morphine," she heard a man say loudly. Her? Who is it? What Eren sees takes all the words out of his lips. He can't help but stare his hands shake he looks mortified as they roll up. Petra eye is wide but it's unseeing the other side of her face is bandaged up. He can see fear flickering in them.
She had been alive! He had abandoned her, his grip tightens as he stops struggling, "Petra?" he says her name half stunned. A look of shock and happiness growing on his face. "She's alive," he said dumbly looking to stare at Mikasa. "She's alive," fresh wave of tears fall down his face.
Mikasa looks into him looking at him gently she touches his face. "And so are you and I'd like you to stay that way so lay down!" But even as he says it then he notices her legs. Her legs are gone, his smile disappears. Her hand is completely ugly red stained in blood they had started wiping it off of her.
Petra struggled jerking her head back her fingers moved obviously some of them are broken. She lets out a cry of agony and their back trying to hold him in place. "Petra," he calls out she grunts groans trying to get away from them.
"It hurts," she screams her voice horse they hold her down, "Give her more," the man repeated but the bandage guy is shaking his head.
"We don't have anymore dammit!" He shrieks yelling at the man, "I even gave her my share," his shoulder and arm is wrapped up. Tears are dripping down his face he looks away, "You should have finished her off," he yelled at the man.
Petra is groaning shaking the man on top of her is gawking at him with disbelief. Eren mouth is open the look of shock on his face. "She'll suffer for hours now, if you don't." he's taken a knife out of his pocket her screaming has become worse.
They've managed to catch up now Levi has rushed straight to their side staring with a long look on his face. His dark eyes staring at Petra who dose not seem to see him her hair is a mess without warning he jumps into the back of it landing besides her. Her fingers are shaking he kneels grabbing a hold of her hand.
Her hand he can't take his eyes off it. A angry cherry red the way it looked made Eren feel sick to his stomach. "I'll kill that bastard Titan," still he himself his words feel weak. Mikasa holds tighter onto him but he's no longer fighting. He slumps back and is staring at them with blank dead eyes.
He says nothing for a while she just stares right at him looking at him her screaming stops her mouth is open. It dies in her throat, "Captain?" she says between the agony, "Captain...their all dead...were all gone." it made his heart wench he bends gently brushing the hair out of her face touching the wound.
Frazzled isn't a word to describe Levi but it's their he looks more intense and its only slight. Only someone who knew Levi would notice. He looks down seeing the wound on her stomach turning to look down at her legs. The expression is one of shock or at least for Levi it is, his eyes cannot steer away from her legs.
Her lips are swollen the man sits at the back he's head to toe covered in her blood. For a while Levi and him are looking eye to eye. Petra has stopped trying to move letting Levi pale fingers brush the hair out of her face. He seems at a loss for words or almost confused for a few seconds.
They had been comrades in arm the cold calculating mathematical leader stopped his hand in hers for a while. "This man he's going to take care of you," Levi told her motioning to the man sitting on the wooden box. "If he thinks your in too much pain he will let me know, and we will end it for you."
No, this can' t be happening. Not when he had thought she's dead now shes alive right? She can't die now. Petra had been kind to him had been a friend had looked out for him. At first she had been distant of him but... But... He wanted to scream his frustration.
But he can't move the words are stuck in his throat. Levi? Did he love her? He seemed to care a great deal for her. He had been their too he must have because he and Mikasa had helped to rescue him. Perhaps if they had helped her at that time. Her legs, her legs had been sacrificed for man kind but even thinking those words felt wrong.
No they had been sacrificed to save him. As well as the lives of his comrades, he doubted that the female titian would have killed him. She seemed determined to take him with her, so they could have just let her. They could have fresh tears drip down his face but Mikasa is holding him around the stomach now.
"Eren please," she whispered her lips grazing his shirt he can feel her hot breath tickling him. Her words are enough to make him take pause at the site. If Levi did love her it must have been so hard for him to do what he did.
Eren's gut wrenched it felt like he had been stabbed it seemed to take a lot for Levi to say those words. he seemed reluctant turning he looked at the man in the back, "You," he turned to stare at him hard in the eyes. "You are responsible for her," he growled at her before turning he stands up walking back to his horse who is keeping pace.
Jumping off he lands skilfully on the back of his horse and rides past not even glancing once at Eren he takes up the lead position. Both men are staring at each other and the man Levi had first addressed to sat besides Petra holding on to her hand with his only good one.
"If she screams like she did before." The man told him, the man in the back said nothing but picked up his canteen handing it off to him.
It took hours to say the least before they made it home. To safety to sanctuary he had passed out some time, staring blankly at Mikasa. She refused to let him go smothering her with her warmth he had never thought anything of it. But what if she...
No even if she did they had chosen a different life. No he had, she had agreed to follow him into battle. Beating him at anything he did. Yes if she had been the titian she would have been able to save everyone he felt his teeth grind together. Envy found its way in his gut yes it had to be that. Theirs no way that he could have feelings for her.
She is indeed beautiful and he can feel himself getting aroused by her. Her breasts are touching his chest burrowing deep into him. Mikasa is laying on top of him gently touching his dead face. Yes he's the one that should be dead but he still has a human body right? He wouldn't want Mikasa to be stained because of him.
Mikasa would kill him if she knew right? She'd be very angry at him. It still made him feel a bit weird he had never even thought once before now. But now seeing Petra like that made him wonder. She seemed to have a great devotion for Levi.
Like Petra she had followed the bloodied path anyways he gently touched her lightly on the forehead. She's fast asleep his fingers are hesitant, he feels a lump grow in his throat he tries to shrink it back down. But she's ticking his neck with her lips making him shiver a bit.
A normal guy would just enjoy it. But he's more important for that he tries to rouse her from her sleep but his fingers play with her hair a bit. She always had nice hair he thought sniffing her a bit. His eyes glaze over he brings his head closer. "Thanks for coming back alive," he whispered to her hoping no ones awake.
It would be embarrassing if anyone heard that. It would also probably piss off Mikasa even more so. And making her mad he had learned his lesson a few times is a very bad idea. Did he mention bad idea? Still he hopes she dose not notice his errection.
"Mikasa," he calls her gently trying to wake her from her sleep. All the same her eyes don't move and he gives in then. Deciding to let her use him as a pillow he still feels weak but he hopes that she's alive. But she might not thank anyone for it.
She had lost no one but both of her legs...She might hate them for saving her. Armin has traded places sometime during the night. Theirs so many faces they had lost more then half of their forces in this little trip. It made him want to punch someone but Mikasa soft breathing called his inner beast for now.
The truth is every time he became a titan he feared that he's loosing his humanity. He also hated using it because he had always dreamed of slaying a titan using his 3D Manoeuvre gear. It's late when he hears the soft murmur increase. They must be even closer to home to safety, but then again how can it be safe with human titans inside the walls?
