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Chapter 3 – Bones
I didn't miss.
Their screams were music to my ears as I got closer to the two morons now clutching their legs where my knives were deeply sat in each. I analysed them closely, the guy on the right was the larger of the two, but had the more nasal sounding voice, he was not the brains of the two, his brown mud-like hair was stuck to his forehead from sweating and his eyes flicked to me in realisation, blue eyes widened in pure shock that I was still alive and standing.
His counterpart was the moron with the gun and a big ass mouth on him, definitely much smaller and with black hair with grey hairs looked to me as well his eyes were definitely more afraid than the comrade, but he sat with a type of arrogance I didn't respond well to. Slowly and quietly I moved towards them, pulling out more knives from my side, Scouts would be on top of us soon, but I needed this. If anything for the delicious taste of revenge. For Lily.
"I believe gentlemen, who you're looking for is me, am I right?" I asked, when I received no answer but confused looks, I sighed "Well let me help you, but in return I want you to answer a question for me. Can you do that?" I asked sweetly, I must have looked absolutely insane, my hair was falling and in disarray, and I wore a mask with only my darkened eyes looking at them, my clothes ware all black, but my skin didn't help, I was pale enough to pass as a ghost. When they didn't answer again I shoved another blade deeply into the smaller one's side, he screamed, then looked at me again "Your fucking crazy!"
Scratch my prior statement, shorty was the stupid one of the two.
"You bet your sorry ass I'm crazy, now answer me!" I hissed looking between to two "Who fucking sent you?" Looking to the uniform of the smaller male, seeing the obvious unicorn symbol on his inner uniform, I chuckled. So, he was smart enough to not wear his usual cape, but stupid enough to wear his MP uniform? "You idiot." I laughed darkly, the larger man shivered "So," I paused again "I'll ask again." Pulling out the knife I still held between my fingers, holding it just above the smaller man's heart "Who. Fucking. Sent you?" Turning fully to the larger man, I made eye contact, making sure he understood one thing clearly; if one dies, you both die.
"He called himself 'The Son of Artemis'! He never gave his real name! I swear! He was willing to pay a shit-tonne of money to burn the body of Commander Erwin, and said he'd pay even more if we managed to bring you back to him dead or alive!" The larger man cried "I swear that's everything! He gave a description of you just in case, we didn't actually know you would be here, he just said rumours of you being in the area was circulating, that's all!"
I see.
Son of Artemis, huh? Never heard of them "I see." I turned to the smaller one again. "You will help the scouts by giving them all the information you gave to me correct?" I spoke to the larger man, never tearing my eyes from the sadistic fuck who killed Lily, the man nodded silently. But the loud-mouth fuck under me opened his mouth. "Are you kidding? I'm not helping those fuckwits with jack shit, I plan to kill you and take my damn money, dumb cu-"
"Now, now," I stood on his hand which had tried to reach for the gun not far from him. "What language coming from an officer, that won't do at all." Laughing again "Well only one of you needs to give the information I've asked, but don't worry, I've got something else in mind for you little man." I moved the blade from where his heart beat rapidly, instead I stabbed exactly where the sick fuck had shot Lily, he groaned and began to cry. "Poor, poor little man. This would have never happened if you hadn't shot someone who you knew wasn't me." I tutted "Such a shame, well actually;" I laughed again "No it isn't, you piece of shit." I stood back and watched my handy work, I turned to the larger guy again. "Do you remember what I told you to do?" I asked, he nodded, looking incredibly pale. "Good boy. Once this is all over, my people will take care of you."
"Why?" He practically whispered, "Why not kill me?"
"You answered my question. What's your name by the way?"
"Oliver ma'am, Oliver Owens."
"Good man, now when this is all over, go to a pub called the 'Hearts Olde' and tell them Miss Mina sent you, someone there will help you."
"Is that you name, Miss Mina?" He asked
"No, it's code, no one knows my name, and I plan to keep it that way." I scoffed "Besides, this conversation is over, the Scouts have us surrounded." And like that, they appeared, blades, once again, out. This time however, having recovered from our little meet and greet, was Captain Levi, glaring fiercely at me, most likely because of earlier. His eyes flicked from the now dead asshole on the floor and then towards Oliver, who now seemed to be less frightened and more concerned about how the hell he was going to live though this.
"He'll give you any information to you willingly, no need to resort to violence, he didn't kill anyone, the dead prat on the floor did." I pointed to said dead 'prat' on the floor.
"So, who killed him then?" Levi hissed, clearly pissed off by the entire situation.
"I did." I mused "And I don't regret a damn second of it."
A flash of recognition flew in those eyes of his, he knew why I killed him, he'd overhead just as much of these two idiots' conversation as I did.
He sighed "Well neither of you are going anywhere soon, we have a lot of questions for the two of you." Then completely directed his attention fully to me "especially you, I don't know what or how you did it, but the Commander is alive." Many Cadets gasped, mumbling things like 'impossible' and 'how' to each other. I looked towards the man still sitting and watching the events unfolding around him, his shock evident as this news. I decided then and there, this man was completely oblivious to anything other than what he had told be, sadly, unlike his MP counterpart who seemed to now more, but I hadn't given a chance to tell me anything. However, I thought him relaying information to others like Vice Commander Beth seemed better than him being possibly beaten half to death for information he didn't know.
"Okay, I'll go with you willingly, on one condition." I mused, Levi's eyes locked with mine, he was trying to figure me out, he huffed after a few long seconds, must have not found what he was looking for.
"Do you really think you're in a position to bargain right now?"
"Damned right I do." I mused, his eyes seemed to get smaller becoming a tighter glare than normal "He goes free, I'll give you the answers you want, let him leave."
The Captain scoffed "Are you stupid? He's a criminal."
"So am I technically, yet here you are, wondering why I helped the Scout Regiment at all." I giggled "Must be hard to not be able to see what I'm thinking, huh?"
"Keep talking like that, and I'll put you down like the piece of shit you are." He hissed
I scoffed "I'd like to see you try." He raised an eyebrow at that. "Alright then Captain, let's make a bet. If you win, we both go with you willingly and will answer all of your questions." Locking eyes with him again I mused "But if I win, I go with you, he gets his freedom, no questions, your people escort him home with no hard feelings."
"Why are you fighting for his freedom of all things, surely in this scenario you should be trying to escape yourself?"
I laughed loudly, setting a lot of Scout members on edge "Where's the fun in that, besides I highly doubt he could win against you." I mocked
"And you can?" He scoffed
"We'll see won't we." I waited on what he would do, but his body language gave him away, he was twitching for a fight, I would sate his hunger for that, and securing me this way was much easier than chasing me down all night.
"All right, what are the rules?"
"How about a game of Yield or Die? To keep things simple." His eyes shined for a second, but simply nodded, handing his cape to a Scout on the side, I turned and helped Oliver up to limp out of the way so he wouldn't get hurt any further than what I had inflicted "I'll get you out of this Oliver, just sit back." Ripping my black shirt into strips I wrapped each of his legs with the ripped cloth, making sure not to cause any more pain or blood loss.
"Why are you doing this for me?" He asked, his pale skin indicated he was losing a lot more blood than I thought, the knives in his legs probably didn't help though, but I wasn't going to pull them out, I'll leave that to the professionals.
"I told you, why." I replied finishing wrapping his legs as well as I could "You answered my questions, now let me return the favour by getting you out of this Oliver, remember what I told you? About the pub?"
"You said 'go and tell them Miss Mina sent me'."
"That's right, what's the pub called? Whisper it to me."
"Hearts Olde." He whispered slowly
"Good man, remember that."
"Okay." He sighed, I pat his shoulder, he wasn't going to get through this if I didn't end this quick. Making my way back over to the Captain, he handed me a small knife.
"No need." I pushed the blade away. "I have my own." Pulling a black handled blade no longer than my hand from the tip of my finger to the bottom of my palm, it was smooth, and was the perfect blade for me. Levi huffed, but turned away nonetheless getting into position.
I began to analyse him head to toe, sizing him up, he did the same. His posture was confident; tall (no pun intended) stiff but he would definitely be quick when attacking and moving, how his front leg was slightly lifted meant that he would try to use it to kick and incapacitate me quickly, it gave off a flighty feel which meant he would be able to quickly evade any of my attacks if I wasn't prepared.
But I was prepared for him. My posture, much like his was rigid, but I stood straight towards him, the blade in my hand facing down toward the ground next to my side, the handle was getting warm within my grip, my face impassive my heart rate slow, I closed my eyes and breathed out. Mumbling or sneering came from the crowd surrounding us, they thought me an amateur, that was to be expected. Silence wrapped around us finally, and then I heard him move.
He was faster than I had expected, but I was still prepared for him when he came at me. Opening my eyes, I saw surprise flit over the Captain's face for a spit second, knew what he saw then and there. Under my black mask, were pupils dilated, no colour around them, just black circles. Moving his blade away with mine, I pulled him forward, catching him off guard yet again, and brought my knee up to his chest, the crack of ribs indicated to me that I did it hard. Moving him under me and slapping his blade from his hand I was on-top of him, my blade touching his neck lightly.
Gasps were the first thing I could hear properly, bringing myself back to earth I pushed down on him harder "Yield or Die Captain." He growled at that, a mixture of emotion flickered in those eyes of his; fury was one very obvious emotion, I had got him so easily under me, confusion as to how I had done it so quickly, other emotions linked to those specifically, but an emotion I couldn't quite place was there too, I couldn't describe it but it did make me very aware of the fact that I had the very attractive Captain Levi under me gazing directly into my eyes something I couldn't forget. My entire body felt warm, and I cursed myself, pressing the blade down harder on his neck, making him hiss "Answer me Captain, Yield or Die."
He huffed, still resisting me, my lower half and legs kept his lower half pinned to the floor, while I held both his hands above him tightly, he continued to hold my gaze and slowly he stopped struggling and sighed "I yield, now get off me dammit." Relief flooded me and a got off him fast, separating myself from him, I looked up at the Scouts watching me, they looked horrified, not that I blamed them, I just kicked their Captain to the floor in less than a minute. I sighed and turned from them, walking over to Oliver I tapped his face and his eyes fluttered open again. "Mr. Owen, can you hear me?"
"Yes." He rasped, his eyes focusing on me, his pale face was becoming clammy, sweating profusely.
"Can you remember what I told you earlier?" he nodded "Tell me Oliver, remind me."
His eyes fluttered open again, wider and more aware than before. "You told me to go to the pub called 'Hearts Olde' and tell them Miss Mina sent me."
"That's right Oliver." Standing up quickly, I turned back towards The Captain, his impassive face was turned away from me. "Captain, how far away are we from Scout HQ?"
He paused, looking directly at me again, his left eyebrow raised "Less than a mile away, why do you need to know brat?"
"I'm going to call my horse for Mr. Owens, he can hardly walk on his own." Without waiting for a reply, putting my fingers to my lips, a loud, high pitched whistle came from my lips, blowing 4 times, I waited to hear horse hooves trotting quickly. A large dark brown horse appeared, it didn't take long until a hear a distant whinny from Kiva, trotting towards me, ignoring the dumbfounded Scouts, I chuckled quietly and petted my loyal companion, he had looked after me for so long. Now I was giving him a new mission. "Kiva." Clicking my tongue, his head bumped my hand, asking for my attention, I stroked his nose, and reached out for his reigns, pulling him closer to Oliver and myself. "I'm afraid your job isn't over yet." He blew no my face. "I need you to take Oliver to the pub, my friend." He whinnied again, seemingly annoyed by having to take a stranger on his back, I chuckled. "C'mon Kiva, look at him," pushing his face towards Oliver to push my point home, Oliver looked slightly better, colour had come back to his face, but he was still sweaty, the blades still sticking out of his legs. "Take him to them, nicely." I petted him again, running my hand though his dark mane. Kiva went quiet and nuzzled me gently, he would take him. "Thank you." Clicking my tongue again, Kiva kneeled while I helped Oliver up onto his feet and up onto Kiva, the horse stood back up, I pulled his reigns again, facing him so I stood beside Kiva. "Mr. Owens, Kiva will take you to safety, can you stay awake until then?" I asked
He nodded "I can, thank you." He turned to the Scouts again, and flinched then turned back to me. "I can't thank you enough for doing this." Then his eyes locked with mine, as he sat up straight. "I promise to pay you back in any way possible."
I laughed gently "I'll hold you to that, Oliver." He blushed slightly, and nodded. Standing away from Kiva, I smacked the horses' backside, and Kiva began to trot away quickly, Oliver turned back once, then pushed the horse onto a sprint away, leaving me to deal with the repercussions of what my kindness had put me in.
Why am I so adamant to get myself into trouble, dammit?
I sighed and turned towards the Scouts, The Captain moving towards me with two Cadets behind him, one was holding handcuffs and the other had his 3DM Gear blades out, sighing again, I held out my wrists, the three paused, confusion passed over two of behind the Captain, who looked bored out of his mind, again. "What?" I mused "I did say that I would hand myself over quietly, that hasn't changed."
"Why?" Levi hissed, looking at him directly, my heart fluttered.
Standing shorter than his comrades, Levi stood straight with an air of confidence I hadn't expected, his black hair framed his face beautifully, it shined slightly where the moonlight had been able to get though the canopy of leaves. Grey-blue eyes almost seemed to sparkle when my eyes locked with his. I blushed, closing my eyes, I turned away, this needs to stop I think I haven't even been in this guy's presence for an hour and he's already making me feel flustered sighing I calmed my heart and turned back you him, this time not meeting his eyes "I gave my word, didn't I? for Mr. Owens freedom, I would go with you."
"You also suggested we escort him back to wherever the fuck he crawled out from, or did you forget that part of the bet?" He smirked coldly
"No, I didn't. But it didn't seem necessary. After all," I smirked "No point wasting your Cadets in such an unnecessary way." Nice try though smartass.
"Whatever, brat." He turned away from me, passing in between the two Cadets behind him, he motioned the girl holding the cuffs, slowly she came forward, she was hesitant, not surprisingly, I held out my wrists further toward her so she didn't have to get as close to me, she quickly accepted the invitation and placed the cuffs firmly on. "Kirstein, weapons away, the brat isn't going to try anything, she not stupid to do so." Levi spoke calmly, looking at the much taller cadet that had been standing behind The Captain moments before. The Cadet in question was a looker, his face was longer than the Captain's with light brown hair and eyes. Nodding to Levi, he sheathed his blades and turned towards me, grabbed my shoulder and lightly pushed me forward, a signal to move quickly, turning to the male Cadet, I smiled and nodded at his gentleness, in previous cases with Military – mostly MP's – they were rough and forceful, it surprised me how one moment these two stand either side of me were moments away from attacking me if ordered. I chuckled inwardly, Kirstein seemed to notice and raised an eyebrow, I smiled again "Don't worry Cadet." I mused, my voice was low, but I attempted to make it sound gentle. "I was just thinking on how well adjusted you are at taking orders and not be a dick about it." I chuckled quietly.
He seemed to find it funny at well "Yeah I get what you mean, don't worry, not all of the Military are assholes."
I grinned at that. "I'm realising that now Cadet Kirstein."
"Jean is fine, I think formalities aren't necessary." He smirked, I liked him even more, chuckling again I looked up to where the other Cadets that were using the 3DM Gear, it would take a while for us to get back to base at this pace, but I doubt they would approve of me running again.
"Well in that case, call me Vera, both of you." Looking towards the girl on my left side, she seemed surprised, but smiled and nodded her thanks.
"I'm Chloe, sorry I seemed off before, I thought you would try something back there." Chloe was much taller than me, with dark brown hair tied up in a ponytail and light blue eyes, she seemed rather sweet.
"Don't worry, I completely understand, I would have been confused if you thought me harmless." I smiled at her, she seemed surprised, but returned the gesture.
"Oi brat, don't try anything funny with the Cadets, or I'll beat you down." Levi's rough voice vibrated in my ear, he hadn't turned back, but I could only imagine what kind of facial expression he was wearing, I rolled my eyes, but Chloe and Jean seemed to pale and go silent, refusing to look at me. Not that a blamed them, they were now more frightened of him than me, his own mistake really, I hadn't intended to do anything shifty.
The walk back to the Scout HQ took less time than I thought, I could hear the commotion just a few metres ahead, we had only just cleared the trees when I saw Commander Erwin standing tall just ahead, with both of his arms intact. My eyes widened, my researchers mentioned the possibility of his limb growing back, but for it to have grown back that fast, it seemed almost too good to be true.
When he saw us coming, he turned fully towards Levi, and they quietly exchanged a few words, unfortunately for them, I heard their conversation as if they were standing next to me.
"Glad to see you alive in once piece Commander." Levi whispered, sincerity was apparent in his voice. "How do you feel?"
"It's odd," a much deeper voice replied. "It's my body, but I feel somewhat detached from it, but I suppose if I felt normal, that would be even stranger."
"Don't know about that Erwin, none of this is normal." Erwin's deep chuckle had me looking up towards the two comrades, Erwin briefly looked towards me only to turn back to Levi.
"I heard a gunshot earlier, what happened? Did she shoot at you?" I scoffed, as if I'd be so stupid.
"No, the gunshot was a sleazy MP trying to earn a quick buck by killing her, she's one of the group members that snuck into your room and brought you back from hell." Levi's voice held the sound of contempt, but I got the impression that it wasn't directed at me, more at the fucker that shot a child down, even the thought of the fuck-knuckle shooting Lily down made my blood boil all over again.
"I see, is she injured?"
"No." Captain Levi paused "One of her group members were killed though, by the MP trying to play assassin."
"I thought they split up?"
"They did, but they shot the kid down anyway, fucker knew it wasn't her as well and still shot the child out of the sky." Levi hissed
"Ah, so how did you get her then?"
"She turned herself in Erwin, for the freedom of one of the 'innocent' bastards that helped kill the brat." Erwin raised one of his fabulous eyebrows at that.
"What?"
"She fought me Erwin, and won, all in exchange for the guy's freedom, gave him her horse and sent him with blades in his legs off somewhere."
"… I see…" Erwin paused "What are you thinking Levi?"
"She's a freak." He answered almost immediately, making me laugh quietly, Jean looked down at me, one of his eyebrows raised. "But… Somehow, she's honest, she gave her word that she would come quietly, and without any hesitation she did so, even gone as far to calm Kirstein and Brown who escorted her."
"Are you sure that it's not a ploy to lull them into a false sense of security?" Erwin questioned
"No. She seemed more concerned I'm calming them, I don't know why." Levi paused "I can't get a read on her."
I smirked at that, Erwin seemed to notice this time, and addressed Jean and Chloe. "Cadets, please escort our guest to the underground cells." The cadets in question saluted him, and began to gently push me in the direction I gathered was towards the cells. Not really paying attention, I met the Commanders eyes, they were so bright, and held no malice, he seemed almost regretful of putting me in a cell, not that I minded, I hadn't expected anything less, I looked the Commander up and down, looking once again towards the limb that wasn't there beforehand when dead.
There, on his right side, his arm had fully re-grown.
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