Hi again! I'm so sorry, it's been ages! I was very ill and then life got HECTIC. But nevertheless, here is my next chapter.

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CHAPTER 3: Stuck in a tree

'CAPTAIN!' I yelled, soaring down to catch him. He wasn't using his ODM gear and he would be dead if he hit the ground. I flew towards him, arms outstretched. As soon as we collided, I seized him by the jacket, throwing an arm around his abdomen. I aimed for a tree, forgetting completely about the titan on our tail. I felt him slipping out of my grasp, 'I advise you hold on.' I called to him. He –somewhat reluctantly- put his arms around my waist. The titan swung a massive hand at us, I dodged but he caught Levi's dangling legs. He was thrown out of my clutch and hurtled into a tree. He went limp and, yet again, fell. I dived, getting closer and closer to him as he got closer and closer to the ground. I caught him under the arms and zipped up to a massive tree branch. My heart was hammering in my chest but I felt as empty and calm as always. I laid him on his back and grabbed his wrist, trying to find a pulse. I was greeted with a thudding. He was alive. Unconscious, but alive. There was blood saturating his hair. Taking off my cloak, I acted on instinct and ripped a strip off of the bottom of it, and wound it around his head. Then I noticed a bloody graze on the back of his hand and dressed that too. As I was tying it off, he stirred. I wiped my brow with the back of my hand, sitting back. He sat up groggily.

'Welcome back Captain.' I said as he propped himself up. 'You took a nasty hit to the back of your head.'

He grimaced and scowled, attempting to stand, but inhaling sharply and grabbing the tree trunk as he leant on his twisted leg. He sighed, 'Shit.' He slid back down, sitting. I peered at his foot.

'Broken d'you reckon?'

He nodded. 'What made you fall?' I asked.

He frowned as if trying to remember, and then looked at me and said, 'my ODM gear broke. It just suddenly stopped working mid-air. But, how did I… I thought you caught me…'

'I did.' I replied. 'But the titan whacked you into a tree.' We simultaneously looked down at the titan fruitlessly clawing at the tree trunk way below us. 'How are we going to get back?' I murmured.

'We're not. You are. Leave me here or we'll both die.' Captain Levi snapped. I stared at him. For a moment I forgot completely that he was my Captain and retorted,

'Absolutely not. No way am I leaving you here to die. I'll find a way.'

'Don't be an idiot, I'm not going anywhere. That's an ORDER.'

I stared at him blankly. 'Order denied. You are coming with me like it or not Captain.'

'Do you want to lose your position here?'

'You need me a whole lot more than I need you.'

'Meaning?'

'The scouts are desperate for soldiers. I am not desperate.' If looks could kill, I'd have been in pieces. He was fuming, but I wasn't intimidated. If we live, he might fire me but he'll survive, if I leave him, humanity will lose its strongest soldier. If we die… Then no one wins.

I watched as the sun glinted through the leaves that cascaded in a dome around us. It was setting.

'We can't travel by night, we have no choice but to sleep in this tree.' I stated. Levi rested his bandaged head against its trunk, scowling.

'We'll fall out.'

He had a point. I furrowed my brow in concentration, trying to think of a way around the issue.

'I know, we can use our harnesses to tie ourselves to the tree.'

The Captain looked at me as I were a lunatic, then frowned, sighed and reluctantly nodded, 'Fine.' He started tugging at his harness. He was struggling with the bandage on his hand. Much to his indignation, I had to help him. I could tell he was angry at himself for getting hurt. Once we were both tied to a branch, we sat in silence.

'Thank you.' He said quietly.

I nodded in reply. 'Don't blame yourself Captain, even humanity's strongest gets injured.' He sighed, and said no more.

He took a while to fall asleep. All through the night I kept a lookout, no titans bothered us apart from the one that'd harassed us earlier and we were about 30 metres high. I didn't sleep, I've always suffered from extreme insomnia and prefer to sleep in the day. I sounds stupid but ever since I was little I was afraid to fall asleep in the dark, when people can sneak up on you. Darkness makes you vulnerable.

So I watched the Captain sleep instead. It was so strange to see him with no frown on his face. He was so peaceful, so INNOCENT. He didn't have that look of coldness and irritation.

I was awoken by the roaring of the same titan as yesterday. Hm, I must've got an hour or so. I untied myself from the tree and stared at it for a while until it drove me mad and I soared down to slaughter it. To somewhat preserve his dignity, I unbuckled the Captain while he slept, watching him closely, just in case he fell. I contemplated about how on Earth we were going to survive the trip back. Luckily we weren't far away from the wall, but it was still a suicide mission. I decided to search for our horses once Captain Levi had woken up as a last resort. He started to loll to one side, so I rushed over to push him upright again. This woke him up, and so we conducted a plan.

I would go out in search of one of our horses in the forest. If I sent up a green flare, it meant I'd found one, and so Levi would fire back a purple one so I could find my way back. If I was lost, I'd fire a red one, and Levi would fire his purple one back. If Levi spotted a horse, he'd fire a green flare and I would fire a green flare back and if he spotted a titan near the tree he'd shoot out a red one and I'd reply with a red one to say I understood. We had every eventuality accounted for, and with that, I set off, spinning head-over-heels through the trees with the wind in my face. ODM gear was the best part about the scouts, it was like flying, it was liberating. I've been told I'm humanity's best ODM gear user, closely followed by Levi.

I spent half an hour searching, keeping an eye on the sky for flares. I scanned the ground, a small brown moving thing catching the corner of my eye. It was Levi's horse. It was a miracle. I zipped to the ground and mounted it, charging through the forest, hoping not to come across any titans. That would be just my luck. Then I remembered, green flare. I loaded my flare gun and pulled the trigger, watching it fly into the sky. I was greeted seconds later by a purple stream of smoke, which I followed back gladly. I zipped back up into the tree.

'Ready?'

'What for?'

I rolled my eyes. 'To get out of here.'

'I'm not moving. Go.' He folded his arms defiantly. But I was at the end of my tether. I grabbed his shirt and pulled him upright, he was quite light actually. He cried out in pain, but that couldn't be helped right now. He tried to fight me, but he was handicapped and I dodged his flails easily. Now lopsidedly standing, I shoved him off the branch. He tumbled backwards, and I caught him as he fell, cascading down the side of the tree. I landed on the horse, kicking it into motion while I let Levi get his bearings and sit up. I was practically dragging him. He yelled at me with a face of thunder.

'YOU IDIOTIC BASTARD! NOW WE'RE BOTH GOING TO DIE! DO YOU REALISE-'

'Do you realise that having you on the back of this horse isn't going to stop me? And whatever threats you throw at me, I am not. Leaving. You. Behind. Now hold on for God's sake.' I spoke sternly to get his attention.

He went silent, refusing to hold on to me. Fine, I thought, have it your way. I leant forwards, making the horse go faster and faster. All of a sudden it jumped over a log and we both jolted. As soon as it had happened, I felt Levi's arms wrap around my waist in desperation not to fall off.

I wondered what boundaries I'd pushed by defying my Captain's orders. Probably a few too many…