"Jaeger, wake up.", A voice pierced through my state of unconsciousness. The command was followed by a rigid knocking on my door.
"Understood!", I croaked, stretching. Opening my eyes, my vision was flooded with the sun's red-orange rays, causing me to wince. Standing up from my bed, I felt tired; I must have stayed up to around 1 A.M. helping Heichou with his work.
After making myself presentable, I walked out of my room into the main 'lodge' area so-to-say. The 'lodge' was just a casual resting room with a large wooden table, usually filled with files and plans of some sort, and a long couch on one side of it and two chairs on the opposite side; We mostly used it to either relax in the evening or for a quick meeting.
"Erreeeeennnn~!", I heard a high-pitched squeal. "How's my little titan slayer?!", before I could identify the speaker, I was hit by a tight hug around my neck, face being met by huge circular framed glasses and two large, brown orbs.
"H-hey there, Hanji", I replied, wavering; struggling to regain my balance. "I-I'm well, how about you?"
"I'm great! Can't wait for our experimentation tonight!", she replied almost instantly, keeping herself uncomfortably close and expression almost maniac-like.
Crap, that's today?!, I thought, I totally forgot about that...
"Yup, totally can't wait for tonight!..", I sighed.
"Alright, if we're done spreading germs here, I would most like to go over today's plans", a new voice sharply interrupted. Of course, it belonged to no other than Levi, who took a seat on the couch and crossed his legs, while also slamming a file folder onto the table.
"Of course, Mr. 160 cm~!", Hanji exclaimed, releasing be from my bond. I noticed Levi's eye twich and I saw him tense up, which only made Hanji giggle; Was she a sadist?
Disorientated, I was quickly pushed to the couch by Hanji, as I stumbled, she purposely sat me down next to Levi so she could avoid getting slapped; Yup, a total sadist.
Levi sighed once again, causing me to flinch; Please don't hit me.
Luckily, he let Hanji's daring remark pass and moved on to opening up his folder, which contained maps of the outside land near the forest, and the defense/attack prints.
"Alright,", he pulled out the defense map. "I've discussed this with the others while Eren was taking his lovely time sleeping", he eyed me, "And while you were toying with yet another titan.", he finished, shifting his gaze to Hanji.
"His name is Jeff!", Hanji corrected, pouting and crossing her arms as if she was offended, "And it's for advancement of our knowledge , thank you very much!"
"Anyways. . .", Levi continued, "We need to gather some cargo that is being delivered from the west side of the region, we've received word that they've shot a green flare in the forest as a signal that they've survived and are ready for us to gather the cargo.", he looked at both of us in order to make sure we were following; We nodded. "So, Hanji, I'll need you on the lower left of the squad next to Samuel; I'm placing you there because I'll need you on the lookout for the back of the squad, seeming as if your shitty glasses are worth something. If you notice anything suspicious, alert us right away, and you have full permission to attack at any given moment.", he explained; Hanji nodded in agreement.
"Eren, you will be to my right so I can keep an eye on your mistakes and punish you for them later.", he said as he finished pointing to a point on the defense map.
"WHAT?!", I blurted out. I saw Levi fight a grin from appearing. Great, two sadists, one Eren, just what I needed.
"No, but really, if the worst happens and we suddenly get ambushed, I'll need you to transform A.S.A.P., and I promised to keep constant watch on you anyways.", he finished explaining. I reluctantly nodded, unsure if he truly meant what he said about monitoring my mistakes.
"We'll also have 2 other 'squads' on the outside of the forest, which consists of 3 people on each squad, one lead by Reiner, and one by Erwin; They're going to keep watch on the outskirts of the forest and launch a red flare if anything goes wrong." We nodded once again.
"We initiate in T minus 30, get yourselves together." He announced, gathering the papers and walking towards the door. Stopping right in front of the said door, he said "Oh, and tardiness will result in termination."; I feel as if he purposely emphasized that for me; Great, I've always wanted to be slain by Napoleon Bonaparte's reincarnation.
"Ms. Braus, quit swinging around like a fucking schoolgirl, and stay on course!", Levi yelled as our defense group was swinging through the forest, initiating the formerly stated plan from about an hour ago. It had taken us about half an hour to simply reach the forest, but now we have to actually reach the flare which seems to be on the other side of the huge forest.
"Don't you think it's a bit odd that we've not spotted a single titan near the forest yet?", Petra, who was to the left of Levi, questioned nervously.
"As much as I would love to believe in our non-existent luck, I agree with your suspicion.", Levi answered, slinging himself downward to avoid receiving a mouthful of 'tree-branch-souffle'; us following.
After a while of swinging and more of Sasha's giggling and Levi's threats, we could see the flare not too far from in between the trees; Thank Freckled Jesus.
Easing inward towards the flare, we were greeted by another large squad, whose uniform was embraced by a logo I was unfamiliar with. Levi landed swiftly in front of a man anterior to the rest of the squad, us following behind him.
"Glad you could make it all in one piece, Levi-kun", the man announced.
"Nice to see you could make yourself useful and lead a group to something other than failure", Levi replied, monotone as usual. The tension between these two was unavoidable, and awkwardness flooded between both our squad and the unidentified man's squad.
The other man scowled, yet did not retort. He waved his hand at his squad, still keeping eye contact with Levi, and his squad parted , the back revealing 3 huge sacks, which were currently being struggled to move forward; Whatever was in those bags must have been heavy.
As if on cue, our other 2 defense squads rushed in from the right and left of us, hopefully prepared to help us carry these clandestine sacks.
"We've spotted a few titans towards the East, about 10 miles down the plain. We weren't spotted, but we better haul ass before they decide to throw us a surprise party.", Reiner, whose squad came from the right, quickly explained. Levi muttered something under his breath, yet it sounded foreign; must've been French.
"Alright, get your asses moving! 2 to 3 people to a sack, don't underestimate its weight, and don't over-justify your strength.", Levi ordered. We did as we were told, which included myself helping Armin and Mikasa carry one of the three sacks.
"Since we have a few guests expecting our arrival, we'll travel 20 degrees westward from our current location. And stick together, we can't manage to split up with the extra burden on our hands." Levi explained. "I want my top members in the front with me, the cargo-holders in the middle, and the rest of the defense, and Hanji, in the rear." he ordered the formation as he prepared his maneuver gear. Hanji elicited a whine, yet set up as ordered.
We took our ordered formation and swung through the forest. Mikasa, Armin and I struggled to maintain balance and to stay in sync with with the added 1,000 pounds, along with dodging the huge-ass trees.
Luckily, we managed to return to the wall with our whole team, avoiding any damage; Well, except for Connie who swung left instead of right like the rest of his cargo-holders, so he received a lovely mouthful of bark.
Unloading the cargo, each sack consisted of its own contents. Our sack consisted of many canisters of fuel, Connie's of medical supplies and equipment; and, ironically enough, Sasha & her teammates' consisted of bread and a few other foods. Once she was informed of the sack's contents, she stuffed as much as she could in and under her clothing, which was unsuccessful and caused her to be sentenced to 100 laps with Sergeant Keith Shardis hurling insults at her every few seconds.
After we finished delivering everything to their required area of the district, it was already dark; Yet the days were getting shorter so I couldn't just assume that it was late in time just by inferring from the sky. I felt exhausted, I honestly did not have the energy to deal with Hanji's experimentation later on tonight.
"Well, good job for not making too many mistakes, Jaeger.", Levi slammed a hand on my back, knocking the wind out of me; How could someone of his stature be so strong?! "Th-thanks, Corporal.", I managed to choke out.
"EERRREEEEENNNN~!", Hanji's piercing scream called.
"Oh no...", I thought out loud. Again, she tackled me with a tight-bound hug, almost knocking me into Levi.
"So, ready for our experiment~?", asking was just a kind gesture, I knew she wouldn't allow me to deny. Levi sighed and turned to walk away and leave me alone to deal with my demise; Sadist.
"Haha...actually I..", while regaining my balance, I felt a bit light headed. Ignoring it, I pried Hanji off of me. She pouted and crossed her arms, a similar notion to this morning,"You promised!", she whined.
"I-I know but I-", suddenly, I felt light-headed again and I took a step back to keep my balance and placed a hand on my forehead.
"E-eren, are you okay?", Hanji asked, concerned.
"Y-yeah, I just strangely felt a bit light-headed there, no biggy!", I nervously answered. Levi stopped walking and began to turn back around. "A-anyways, would you mind if we do this ano-", I was interrupted with another wave of light-headedness, except this time, everything went black. I felt myself lose balance, and I couldn't register anything in my surroundings.
The last thing I recognized was my name being yelled.
