Chapter 4.

Levi never really saw the odd red haired girl again properly. He saw her around the joint trying to get food and failing miserably. He didn't care. She was no-one to him; just another poor child trying to fight for survival. Day time he'd just walk about and pickpocket here and there to help him get through the day. At night however, Levi sneaked out from the underground to up top.

The stars would greet him with the moon hanging above too, the soft gentle breeze howled against his ear and caressed his cheek. The smell of fresh air never smelled better after breathing in all the horrible literal shit down in the underground city. It was nice to taste an apple on the top. Levi didn't know why, but it always seemed to taste better eating an apple up top instead of down below.

Levi also enjoyed bathing himself in the clean river and taking some of the spring water down below for him to slurp on during the day. Drinking sewage water was just asking for your life on a silver plater.

Escaping to the top was dangerous. The Military Police made rounds and tried to make sure thugs from the underground stayed in the underground. They did not hesitate in shooting if it came to it. For the good of humanity indeed. Somehow Levi seemed to make it by. Then again, Levi did wash his clothes out every once a week. While they dried over the trees, Levi would sit and bathe himself.

It was embarrassing and shameful for Levi, hurting his pride a great deal. When people or soldiers passed, Levi ducked under the water for privacy. The clothes looked clean at night but at day, it was very obvious where he was from. He tried going up top for a day but that ended with him being dragged back to where scum like him belonged.

When out in the river again, naked as the day Sofia gave birth to him, Levi noticed something. There was a boy running about. He wasn't from the underground, that much is clear. His clean clothes and groomed appearance proved otherwise. His very light brunette hair was unforgettable. Levi had seen this boy before inside Wall Rose. What was he doing in Wall Sina?

The boy, who Levi could not remember the name off, ran towards the river where Levi was bathing. This was embarrassing. Levi hurried out from the river and jumped up to the low branch where his clothes hung. He quickly yanked on his trousers, not caring if they weren't dry, and turned to face the approaching boy.

He looked back and even Levi could see the bright blazing light that grew larger as it turned the corner the young boy just came. The young boy panted before turning round and facing Levi. The boy recognised him. No one could ever forget those evil slits for eyes; dark grey pits of death. He tried to say something but the yells behind him stopped him. They were getting closer.

Levi didn't care for the boy. Technically speaking, he didn't even know the boy. They just met while Levi was buying from his family's bakery but that was it. He really didn't know the person. Levi couldn't even remember his name. Yet here they were, both in danger. Whatever shit the boy got himself into had led the Military Police to him. This wasn't going to be good.

"Please!" he began to beg for his life. "Can you help me?"

Levi said nothing. The answer was clear. Levi grabbed his shirt and pulled it over his head before jumping onto the tree and pulling himself up. Never had the young boy seen so much strength inside a child. Not many children had food to give them strength to do such things. Levi looked undernourished yet here he is pulling himself up on a tree branch like a gymnast. Levi grabbed the rest of his stuff without thinking and pulled his way on up the tree to hide with the leaves and peer down like a cat stalking its prey.

The boy who witnessed all this tried to do the same. He was bigger and looked more stronger but was weaker. Immediately after grabbing the branch, he fell. Levi sighed. So weak.

The boy turned and saw the adult men with green capes of unicorns come their way. The boy turned to the river, ready to jump in. Levi didn't know if he could swim or not. This better not be a suicide mission.

On the verge of jumping, the only soldier with his 3DMG on, used the hooks to grab hold of the tree Levi was on and arrive faster than he would on foot. Before the baker's boy could jump, the Military Police soldier grabbed him and hurled him up against the tree.

At this point, an adult would begin their lecture with, "What were you thinking," "Are you nuts?" or "You're a stupid piece of shit!" However, it seemed they skipped the lecture and went straight to beating him. A slap here and there or a whack with the wooden spoon was normal, but the soldier did none of that. The soldier used brute violence to beat the poor boy up. Fists in the eye and a foot absorbed by the stomach was what the poor boy suffered.

If that wasn't enough, the poor boy went through more when the rest arrived with their guns. They didn't shoot, though there was no doubt in Levi's mind that the bastards would hesitate if it came to it. Instead, the men used the other end of the gun to continue beating the poor lad up.

The sight pissed Levi off more and more. Humans are despicable creatures. Levi has never seen a titan before. In fact, he probably wouldn't have even know they existed if it wasn't for the educational books Kenny forced him to read. Gigantic humanoid creatures who eat people for no reason whatsoever. Creatures that had forced humanity on the brink of extinction that they had to cower behind three walls; Maria, Rose and Sina to hide behind, trapped like a herd of cattle. How mortifying.

However, the enemy on the outside of the walls maybe titans, but the enemy on the inside is humans themselves. Yes, humans are their own enemy. Levi witnessed as Kenny killed his mother and the boy he can't remember the name off with freckles. In fact, he can't remember his mother's name or her face. He witnessed Kenny kill so many. Levi witnessed Military Police being the assholes they are and the underground city was the worse place of all.

Seeing grown men, no, soldiers beat a poor and defenceless kid burned in the inside of Levi. That's when he snapped. Originally, Levi didn't plan to get involved but that didn't go to plan. Levi jumped off the branch he was on. On the way to the bottom, he grabbed a knife and began to throw in a pattern, sending three of the six down to the ground.

Seeing their comrades go, the remaining three looked up to see Levi and raised their guns. Before they could pull the triggers however, Levi had his two small guns in hand and fired away without hesitation. Three bullets and the men were down.L evi grabbed hold of a branch to soften his landing.

Levi felt disgusted with himself. Once again, he took down human-beings; his own kind. Disgusting. Blood everywhere. Disgusting. Their blank eyes and expression. Disgusting. Their lifeless bodies just lying there. Disgusting. It was all disgusting. The only thing to do to makes things less disgusting is to wash it clean. That's what Levi did. He headed towards the river and began to scrub his hands clean once again.

The young boy lay injured, gurgling his own blood that leaked from his nose. Levi looked back on the boy.

"Tch."

"T-Thank...t-thanks..." the boy struggled to say in pain. "I owe...you one..."

"Yes. Yes you do." Levi responded, lifting the boy up and helping him to the river to clean up.

"It's none of my business nor would I care on normal circumstances, but I've just taken away six lives. Six human lives. Those six may have had a family. Brother, mother, father, sister, wife, son, daughter, niece, nephew, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle or cousin. They must of had a few friends too. So I have the right to know why they were after you. Did I make the right choice in ending their lives? The reason better be good."

The boy gulped. What could he say to that? Levi might think his reasons were stupid.

"I know you. You came into my family's bakery in Wall Rose. My name's Farlan Church."

Somehow Farlan got out of that beating without breaking something. Maybe it was the meat on his body that protected? Or maybe Levi's just making shit up that make no sense whatsoever. It might be true, might be very logical, but Levi would never know. He kept his mouth shut and continued listening.

"The Military Police were one day inside Wall Rose. I-I don't know why they left Wall Sina, but it happened. They came to the bakery and demanded food from my family...for free. Of course we did not listen, it doesn't matter who you are, even if you were the King himself, you pay. It's how we get by. They didn't like that.

That night, I got up to get a glass of water. I was soo thirsty and it was the only thing I could think about. Just a plain normal thought: I'm thirsty, I need water. I heard a noise though when I was downstairs. I looked out the window and saw a person with a green cape; unicorn on it. They threw something into our windows, smashing the glass. I was scared. Completely petrified. It turned out to be some sort of bomb. It exploded and a fire arose. I ran out as fast as I could. My parents..."

Farlan stopped looking back on it. Levi could see the pain and shock in his eyes as if he was reliving the experience again. The burning flames and the squeals of his parents are they wailed for life. Levi took a handkerchief from his pocket and began to dab at Farlan's face, bringing him back to the now.

He continued.

"I was dragged into Wall Sina. It's been my dream to live in Wall Sina, but not like this. I was forced into an orphanage were they gave out little food and kept the rest for themselves. That pissed me off. How could they let us starve like that? We needed the food more than their fat lazy asses! The food we did get was taken by the older children. Some of the young died from starvation or other poor conditions. I bet people in Wall Maria don't have it that bad!

So I ran away. I was fed up with it all. The orphanage contacted the same people who killed my parents and sent me to a place worse than hell to catch me. Then you...you got rid of them."

Levi stayed mute but gave a, "tch," to assure Farlan he was listening. He left Farlan to wash the rest of himself while he took the ammo from the Military Police guns, stacked up on some money, and to take, clean and keep his three knives he threw at their throats.

Levi next helped Farlan to the underground of the city. Immediately, Farlan turned up his nose at the place. Rats and cockroaches were visible and running around like the people on the street at day up top. These despicable creatures were more lively than the actual people there.

Levi went to his clean (or as clean as he could get it) doorway where he let Farlan take an apple. Why Levi was helping him, he'll never know.

"I can't say I like taking human lives away but I don't think we had much of a choice. What would of happened if I didn't kill them, we'll never know, but at least I can say those pigs didn't kill you."

"Again, thank-you." Farlan smiled. "Oh hey, what's your name? I already told you my name's Farlan."

"Levi."

"Nice to meet you Levi. Thank-you for helping me."

"Tch."

The young girl with the red hair came crawling back that night. She didn't say anything to Levi but merely looked at the two boys. She was exhausted. Levi noticed that during the day she tried getting food, but at night she was running for her life as a gang chased after her. What she's done or kept doing to make her run for her life each night in unknown. Levi guessed she was stealing food again.

The young girl looked up into the cold, dark grey eyes and confused, scared hazel eyes with her begging emeralds. The shouts of the boys came round the corner and once again, the dirty girl in a potato sack with red hair and green eyes ran off on all fours. The gang chased not far behind. Levi sighed.

"This is the underground city of Sina. Don't trust anyone, stay out of shit, leave getting the food to me, don't piss off anyone, leave the fighting to me, don't help anyone and try to ignore the shit that happens."

As if on queue, screams filled the air. It wasn't the girl with the red hair if that's what you were thinking. It was someone else. Farlan cringed listening to the gasps that followed and groaning of the same girl. Levi looked over at his red face. This was life.

"You better get use to it now. This is the underground. Everything sinful happens here."

He wasn't lying. In the underground, theft, murder, abuse, rape, fires and what not became the norm. It wasn't nice but it's what they were forced to deal with.

Farlan didn't like hearing the girl. He knew exactly what was happening. Farlan once by accident walked into his parents, thinking his mother was in pain. Back in the good old days when Farlan had parents who worked in the bakery and they lived in Wall Rose.

Levi sighed and got comfy ready to sleep. He had daggers close. Farlan hesitated to sleep. Hearing the rampaging going on around him kept him up most of the night but somehow, he managed to dose off eventually.

Levi didn't understand. Why did he help the guy and why is he letting him stay with him? Once again, Levi will never know.


I can't even remember when I last updated this. Well I just have to say this because I just love my hair but I finally got my hair dyed a pastel pink. Unfortunately, I can't keep it because of the stupid bleach and my hair's natural colour is brunette- sucks. At the end of the month I think I might go dark magenta to see how that turns out. Um...oh yes, my birthday just passed, YAY! I'm officially 17 here in the UK. My big sister and her fiance are home so I'm spending as much time as I can with them because I won't see them again for the rest of the year. My big sister is going to Australia to spend Christmas with her fiance's family since her fiance spent Christmas with us last year. Fair is fair but it's still sad. I don't know when I'll see her again.

Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter

~ChibiNagisaSakura