Chapter Rating: K+
58th Expedition Beyond The Walls (2) [Chapter 2]
I entered the main room, Hanji and Erwin were already there, going through the plans again. "Ah, Levi, good morning" Hanji said looking up, Erwin looked up as well only to nod. I nodded back and walked towards the table.
I sat down. "What time is it" I said drinking tea from the cup Hanji handed me. "8am, we'll get going soon" Erwin said, writing something on a piece of paper. I nodded.
I waited for them to finish the last pieces of work. A few moments later they both stood up. "Let's go" Erwin said and I nodded. We walked outside, the place was full of soldiers, preparing their horses and gears.
I picked up my gear and attached it to my uniform. I walked towards the stables, getting my horse.
Several moments later
The front gate slowly opened. Erwin shouted some last words and… we exited the wall. I looked around, I barely knew anyone here except for the veterans, but the thought of a bit less than half of these people being dead at the end of this expedition sent slight chills down my arms.
I squeezed my horse's stomach area, making it go faster. The wind brushing my face, the nice air outside. I sort of missed these things.
Every time we went on an expedition I felt so free, until I remembered why we're here, and what is our plan.
We started dividing into the groups. I stayed in the middle, with Erwin, Eren and a few other soldiers. I looked straight, having my normal blank expression on my face.
I heard a loud bang, I looked to my right and saw 5 red signal flares. "Eren, shoot the flare" Erwin told him not looking back. "Yes sir" he said and quickly shot the green flare.
We changed direction and kept going.
A few minutes later we arrived to a familiar place, it was the field we were in last time. I looked to my left, and saw the forest, a few miles away from us. I mentally sighed, and looked back towards the location we were heading to.
A few more red flares were shot from the right flank. Eren shot the green flare again and we changed direction.
"Um, commander Erwin?" One of the soldiers spoke. "What is it?" Erwin said. "There's a person walking on the ground to our left, shouldn't we go check what's wrong?" The soldier said, I looked to my left. There was a person walking there.
"Something about this doesn't make sense, if he was in trouble he would've shot the purple flare" I said, feeling slightly concerned. Why didn't that person shoot a purple flare? If he's not in an emergency, then why isn't he on a horseback?
"Are you sure it's one of our soldiers?" I asked the same soldier who pointed out the person walking near us. The soldier nodded. "My vision is pretty good, I can see his cloak from here, or at least I think it's a Survey Corps cloak" I sighed. "Tsch" I spitted out, we need to stick to the plan, and not deviate from it.
"Levi, bring that person over here, take another horse with you" Erwin said, not looking back. "Yes sir" I murmured. The soldier to my right, who was the one who held the extra horse handed me the lead.
I changed location, and quickly rode towards the person. "Ugh, this should end fast" I quietly said to myself.
As I came closer, I could see the person more clearly, the right side of his body was red. Blood. This doesn't make sense, there weren't titans near that place. Did that person came out of the forest? What the hell did he do there.
I reached closer.
And closer.
And closer.
I squinted my eyes. I came close enough to see who the person is and… I froze. I couldn't move. The person limped towards me, getting closer and closer.
My lips were shaking, I wanted to talk, shout, but I couldn't. I could feel the chills running down my entire body, my head getting warmer, and my heart beat getting faster and louder.
"Pet…ra…" I finally made a sound. I jumped off the horse, and just left both of the horses there. I ran towards her in full speed. Am I dreaming? Is this just an illusion? I could see a faint smile on her face. She looked like she was struggling to run, her left hand holding her right, soaked in blood, hip.
Tears were running down her eyes. I'm on my way! I thought to myself. My heart was pounding, it was so loud and fast I felt like it was going to explode.
I finally reached close to her. She collapsed onto my open arms, powerless. "I'm… sorry…" she mumbled. My eyes widened. I gulped. It's not a dream. I was still shocked, very shocked. She didn't make a sound, nor cried. "Petra!" I shouted. She passed out, I guess she used all the powers she had to run here. I quickly grabbed her and ran towards the horses.
"Just… stay alive…" I mumbled between ragged breaths.
