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Chapter VII: Settling in
The next morning, Angor awoke and looked over at Eren's and Levi's beds. He saw Eren was making his bed, but Levi wasnt near his neatly madr one, so he figured he was in the bathroom. He sat on the bed and looked ovet at Eren.
"Morning kid, you ready for the day? It's gonna be a long one." Angor said.
"Oh, morning Angor. I guess I'm ready." Eren replied as he made his bed. Angor sees the nervousness he has and thinks of something.
"Hey kid, I'll tell you what." Angor gets his attention
"What is it?" Eren questions
"If Levi tells me you did well today, perhaps I'll reward you with something." Angor tells him
"Really? Like what?" Eren asks
"I'm still thinking about it." Angor says as he makes his bed.
"Great, I can't wait!" Eren beams with a smile.
"What's going on in here?" Levi exits the bathroom and sees them.
"Just striking a deal with the kid. You tell me he did good, I give him a reward." Angor explains as he finished making his bed.
"Oh, we'll be keeping an eye on him all day." Levi says as he glances at Eren who makes a nervous gulp.
"Well, I'm heading out, I'll see you at the castle." Angor tells them as he heads to the door.
"W-Wait, where are you going?" Eren asks
"Getting my ship. I'm not leaving her out in Titan territory." Angor tells him as he leaves.
"We should be getting ready too. We're leaving soon." Levi says as he gets ready, and Eren follows suite, but looks out the window when he hears the loud whirring of Angor's engine and sees him speed off.
A few minutes after Angor left, Erwin checked in on them.
"Everything alright in here?" Erwin asks
"We're fine." Levi responded.
"Where's Angor?" He asked
"Went to get his ship, he'll meetmeet us at the headquarters." Levi informed him.
"Very well, be ready soon, we're leaving in 15 minutes." Erwin warned before stepping out.
"Yes, Sir!" Eren salutes as he gets ready. When the 15 minutes is up, Erwin, Hanji, and the rest of Levi's squad are on their horses waiting for them outside. Everyone mounted their horses and proceeded to leave. Erwin takes point on the path as the rest of the squad chats amongst themselves. As they ride to the Castle, Angor was outside the wall on his Speeder, heading to his ships crash site, weaving passed titans, watching them fall on their face when they try to grab him but lose balance.
"Captain Levi" Eren said turning back to look at him.
"What is it?" Levi responded concentrating on the path for the castle.
"Where about is the Headquarters?" He asked him looking up at the mountains
"It's very deep in the forest and the trees are high so no-one is able to see us. Or worry about harming anyone with testing." Levi said with not expression on his face
"Oh, Alright." Eren looked ahead as they rode on
"The Old Scout Regiment Headquarters. Just as you'd expect from an old renovated Castle. It looks fancy and all that sort of thing." Oluo explains "Being so far from the wall and river, it ended up being totally useless for the Scouts. That was way back in the early days when everyone had high hopes. Still, to think that this oversized decoration would end up as the perfect holding place for you now." He says, referring to Eren. He'd get closer to try a different scare him with tough talk, but his horse trips and he ends up biting his tongue. After about an hour of riding, they arrive at the new Headquarters, Oluo nursing his tongue as Petra talked to him.
"Talking while riding a horse is a guaranteed way to bite your tongue." Petra Scolded.
"First impressions are important. I had that rookie scared stiff." Oluo reassured
"Actually, I think he was shocked at how dumb you are." was her retort.
"Whatever the case, it went exactly as I planned." He once again reassured.
"Hey. You didn't use to talk like that you know?" informed Petra. "If, by some chance you're trying to imitate Captain Levi... could you stop? You're nothing like him at all actually." Petra told him.
"Are you trying to nag me Petra? If you want to act like you're my wife, there's more you need to do first." said Oluo with a smirk.
"I wish you bit off your tongue and died." huffed Petra. "Bragging all about how many Titans you killed."
"Don't worry, I bragged about you too while I was at it." Oluo remarked. Eren was tending to his horse and looked over at the two.
"They're members of the Scout Regiments Special Operations Squad. Also known as the 'Levi Squad."Eren thought go himself.
"Sheesh you're disgraceful." Petra scolded Oluo. Eld and Gunther came over and grabbed Eren's attention.
"They're as elite as they come. Each is an accomplished Scout and handpicked by Captain Levi. And They're the people who'll end up killing me if I go out of control." Eren continued his thinking.
"There are weeds everywhere...this place has really gone to hell." Gunther commented.
"This place hasn't been used in a long time, I bet its dusty on the inside too." said Eld
"That's a serious problem..." Eld and Gunther looked behind them and saw Captain Levi. "Lets get to work at once.." Levi ordered, and so everyone started cleaning out the castle, getting to work to bring it upto Levi's standards. The day grew late as The Scouts continued cleaning the castle, but something caught their attention as a high pitched screan like noise filled the air and they looked for the source.
"What the hell is that noise?" Levi looked out the window and blocked his eyes from the sun. Suddenly a shadow passed over them as the noise blared. Everyone looked up and saw the underbelly of 'The Dark Star'. Most of the Scouts gasped and looked in awe at the sight, others grabbed their weapons. The Ship then began to set down, dust blowing as it neared the ground and the landing gear extended. The sounds of the engine died as it touched down. Levi came out and threw a rock thst thunked off the hull. "Oi! You're getting dust and dirt everywhere! We just cleaned!" He yelled as the boarding ramp extended and Angor came out. Levi looked at him with crossed arms and Angor looked back. "Took you long enough to get here." Levi said.
"Oh sorry, had trouble finding the place. Couldnt figure out what turns to take." Angor joked in response which earned a scoff from Levi.
"Well now that you're here, you can help us clean." Levi said.
"Oh I would, but I got more important stuff to do." Angor retorted.
"Oh yeah? Like what?" Levi narrowed his eyes slightly. As if in response, one of the Hull Panels fell off the ship. Levi scoffed and rolled his eyes, "Fine.." He then went back to the castle, leaving Angor to his own devices.
Eren looked down from the upperstory window and at 'The Dark Star' in awe, seeing the vehicle that brought Angor to their world. Admiring it as he cleaned. He looked and saw Angor wearing a strange mask and an object in his hand, he saw him kneel down and press it against the ship and sparks come from the object. It reminded him of the welder that workers used in Industrial areas. When Eren was finished he went down to see Angor, but mostly to get a better look at the Ship.
"Hey, Angor!" Eren called to get his attention. Angor stopped working and looked over at Eren.
"Oh hey kid, what's up?" Angor lifted the mask and was wiping his hands.
"Is this what brought you here?" Eren looked at the ship in admiration.
"Yup, this is 'The Dark Star' " Angor stood up and took off the mask.
"Wow, anyway, you said something this morning about a surprise?" Eren asked
"That I did, but I gotta check if youve earned it." Angor looked to an open window, "Yo, Levi!" Angor called
"What?!" Levi poked out the window
"How was the kid?!" Angor asked
"The brat? He was fine I guess. Wait there!" Levi told him as he went back in the window, and came down shortly after. "Now what is this about?" Levi wanted to know.
"Seeing if Eren deserves the surprise I told him about this morning." Angor informed and gesturee for them to follow as he went aboard his ship. A wide grin appeared on Erens face as he went aboard, looking around in awe.
"Man, I wish Armin was here to see this." He was in awe at the futuristic look of his surroundings. Levi said nothing as he saw it all before.
"Take a seat." Angor instructs as he sits on the booth by the large table in the main room, Eren and Levi do so. Angor types something into a keyboard that appeared and suddenly, a transparent blue image appeared with few shades of colors, The image showing thousands, if not millions of dots, some bright and others dim, showing the galaxy they lay beyond their world. The imagery astounded Eren as he looked upon it, and Levi's look had softened with impression as he looked upon it.
"Alright kid, pick something, I'll tell you what I know about it." Angor tells him. Eren looked at him with a look of disbelief, his expression saying 'Really?' to which Angor nodded. Eren looked over the Galactic Map in excitement until something caught his attention, it looked like a colorful Cloud with abunch of dots.
"What's this? It looks like a cloud, but all red." Eren asked
"Thats a Nebula, a Nebula is a congregation of gasses and materials, abd after millions of years, after enough are gathered in that area, a Star is made." Angor explains.
"Woah, so you're saying that this Nebula thing makes stars?" Eren asked in amazement to which Angor nodded.
Eren continued to look over the Galactic Map, he was more entranced then looking into Armins book.
"You have alot to learn about the Galaxy beyond your world kid." Angor chuckles and ruffles his hair, "You should get going now kid, it's getting late, we can do this again another time." Angor tells him
"Alright." Eren looks at him and nods before heading out, Angor gives him a two finger mock salute as Eren exits.
"I'll join you later in the Mess Hall brat!" Levi calls out as he looks to Angor. "I've noticed that look on your face, what're you planning?" Levi inquires.
"The boy's got fire in his spirit, and great potential, but he's sloppy, unorganized, and undisciplined. I want to train him." Angor says, looking in the direction Eren went.
"Hmm... I can't just outright allow that. If I did, it might be seen as aggression, and the MP's might try and take you and Eren." Levi explains, and to his surprise Angor laughs.
"The Military Police are a joke, they'd just as soon flee from a fight then get involved, to call them Soldiers is an overstatement." Angor told him.
"I'll make you a deal, if we find out anything new from Eren's Titan testing tomorrow, I'll let you train the brat." Levi proposes.
"And if you don't?" Angor asks with a raised eyebrow.
"You take a break from your ship help with cleaning the rest of the HQ." Levi states and extends his hand
"Deal." Angor shakes Levi's hand. After the deal is struck, Angor gets up and heads to the ships galley to make something to eat, "Can I get ya something?"
"Do you have any Tea?" Levi asks
"I dont know about Tea, if not I can make something else." Angor replies as he begins cooking. and after a few minutes sat down next to him with a plate of food, and sets a cup infront a Levi. He looks at the contents of the cup and sees its brown like Tea, but it smelled different, it was sweeter than tea. "Becareful, it's hot." Angor warns. Levi picks up the cup in his usual unique style and brings it to his lips, he takes a sip and the taste attacks his tastebuds with the heat and sweet taste.
"It's new." Levi told him as he sipped again.
"Didn't have Tea, so I made Hot Chocolate." Angor told him as he ate from his plate.
"I see." Levi says as he continues to drink. "So, what're your thoughts on cleaning?" Levi asked
"Take care of your equipment, and it takes care of you." Was Angors response as he continued to eat.
"Interesting." Levi sipped his drink and started think that maybe this offworlder wasn't so bad.
