A/N – I don't have much to say this time (woah :o) but I do want to thank ghosteyes444 for the tip in her review. I will now write dialogues with "" quotation marks instead of these ''. I also changed them in all the previous chapters T.T Enjoy!


Levi had felt the presence of the titans long before the scream had sounded over the plains. He jumped up, ignoring the pain, and climbed outside next to the driver of his transport.
"Where's Erwin?" He asked pressingly, the driver didn't answer soon enough for him so he didn't wait. He grabbed one of the horses who were tied up to the carriage and galloped towards the middle, hoping to find Erwin before it was too late. He didn't have his 3D maneuver gear and he was fairly sure he couldn't handle a titan, that he had finally realized. Riding the horse was draining all of his remaining energy, but he had to get to Erwin, if not someone else.
He just knew there were titans, all these years of training and the time he had spent in the Underground had helped him develop these insane instincts.
Just as he spotted Erwin's horse he heard a deafening scream coming west from him. He weighed out his options for a moment, he could go to Erwin even though he'd probably heard about it already, or he could turn around to try and see what he could do. It was a fast decision. Levi turned his horse around and galloped towards the sounds of screaming. He then quickly swerved to the side to avoid a titan that ran past him, he had been so focused on staying in the saddle that he hadn't even noticed the thing. His instincts were dulled by the pain, and that really got on his nerves.
Just as the titan passed he saw Eld and a few other soldiers a few feet behind it. Petra wasn't with him, nor was Auruo or Gunther. An uneasy feeling settled in his stomach as he yelled to Eld, "Where's everyone else?"
Eld pointed his hand in the direction where Levi was headed. Levi kicked his horse and took off, the cautioning words of Eld never reaching his ears.
Levi wasn't someone that allowed people to come close to him, yet … Somehow Petra had managed to reach him. He hadn't been this close to anyone since Isabel and Farlan had died. Petra was his friend, as were the others. He shook his head to clear his mind and pushed through.
The first thing he saw were the broken carriages and the dead horses lying across the grass, which was now stained red with their blood. He trotted between them as he called out, "Hey!"

Petra's head shot up as she heard a familiar voice calling from not too far away. She wiped her eyes, grabbed her blades and slowly stood up. She'd been right. Levi wasn't dead, how could he be? She laughed and thought about how stupid she must have looked.
"Captain!" she called, tears welling up in her eyes yet again, but this time from happiness.

Levi suddenly heard his name, he recognized Petra's voice. He got off his horse and walked between the debris towards her, trying not to stumble.
"What the hell are you still doing here?" He exclaimed. This fell to deaf ears as Petra ran towards him and threw her arms around his neck. She sobbed in his shoulder, for one time she was glad he was so stubborn.
Levi stood there for a second, baffled, but then he pushed her away. He didn't appreciate such uninvited affectionate behavior. The brute movement from her 'hug' hadn't improved his pain, she'd just barely missed his ribs. "Are you stupid?" he said, hardly containing his anger. "You're not supposed to stray off and leave your teammates alone. What the hell were you thinking!"
Petra backed off and looked at her feet, "I just .. I thought yo-"
"Never mind." Levi interrupted, "We need to get out of here, where's your horse?" It was already noon and titans' attacks became more frequent during this time of day. They couldn't waste any time.
Petra looked around, but didn't see her horse anywhere. It must've run along with Eld – she thought. It would be futile to try and call it back. "She doesn't seem to be here." She admitted.
Levi rolled his eyes as he mounted his horse, "Come on, and please be careful this time."
Petra nodded as she carefully climbed behind Levi, she then just noticed the heat radiating from his body and how labored his breathing was. Petra had briefly forgotten how injured and sick Levi was, he shouldn't even be able to stand let alone ride a horse. She didn't make a comment, but reminded herself to keep an eye on him, she didn't want the events from the day before to repeat itself.

Levi had trouble keeping his mind on riding the horse, so he was relieved when he spotted the convoy in the distance. He sighed, this expedition hadn't gone as he had planned. This was the second time they needed to catch up to the convoy and danger lurked everywhere. He tried to get his horse to go faster but the extra weight of Petra slowed it down significantly.
"Keep an eye out for titans." He breathed to Petra.

The soldiers were desperately trying to fight off several titans that had breached the outer defenses. The convoy was scattered and needed to regroup as fast as it could. Erwin was shouting orders at several soldiers while he tried to keep the convoy together. He had sent out Hange and her squad in the other direction to try and keep the titans out from that side. The Special Operations Squad, apart from Levi and Petra, were fighting not too far from him. Auruo and Gunther had joined up a few minutes after the storm, they'd been lucky to hear the sound flare that Erwin had shot in the sky.
At the back of his mind there were lingering thoughts about Levi, but he didn't get the chance to think about anything other than fending off the titans and protecting their cargo.

Levi felt like he was about to pass out, the strain he had put on his body the past day was enormous. But he pushed on, it was only a few more miles until they would reach the convoy. As they galloped through several broken carriages and torn off limbs he heard a stifled cry from Petra. "Faster, sir!" she yelled in his ear.
Levi's head shot up just as a titan doomed up in front of them. It tilted its head and stared at the approaching horse. Levi tried to avoid the titan by making a sharp turn, but he knew that wasn't going to help them a single bit. As he had predicted the titan moved along and easily blocked their path again.

"Stay put, sir." Petra said calmly as she raised herself from the back of the horse and jumped off, firing her 3D maneuver gear at the titan in mid-air.
Levi's eyes widened as he saw Petra going straight for the nape of the neck, "Wait!" he yelled, but a coughing fit took over as he doubled over in the saddle. It seemed like a déja vu from the other day, but this time the roles were reversed. He saw the titan lifting his arm and grabbing Petra's line before she could reach the neck.

For a second she dangled in the air but quickly regained herself as she shot out her second line, but that one was intercepted by the titan's other hand. She tried to break loose but her gear wouldn't give in.
"Levi!" she yelled, trying to turn around, "Run!"

Levi watched helplessly as the titan caught Petra between his fingers. He regretted his decision to leave his gear behind as he watched the titan lifting Petra up and gazing at her before it slowly brought her up to its mouth.


A/N – Eeeh, I know it's a short chapter! Sorryy … It was very hard to write, I had no idea what to do with it at first, but I hope it's satisfactory enough.
This is the penultimate chapter, so I thought this moment was the best to end it. The last one is almost written out so it will probably be posted soon. Thanks for reading and please review if you're able to! ^_^