I tried to catch a few more minutes of sleep, but the thought of having those nightmares, any nightmares, were keeping me awake. I just stared out the window, not really seeing anything, just looking. I was lost in thoughts, but all I was seeing was a blank space, nothing.
The nightmares were getting worse and worse, that fact alone, was scaring me. I wasn't sure if I should tell someone or not. If I tell someone would it ease the nightmares? Maybe not, no. If I didn't tell someone, nothing would happen, they would just keep getting worse and worse.
If I told someone, I could be removed from the scouts and sent back to the Underground or worse, end up in the MP hands. What good could come from a soldier who was going crazy from haunted nightmares? Nothing. We weren't good at all, they could rule us as 'un-fit for duty' and removed from service, but as for me I would be sentenced to death for my past crimes or sent back to the Underground.
But, If no one found out, then I was safe, but then again were they, my comrades, were they safe from me if I wasn't able to distinguish between friend or foe. No they weren't safe, but what was I thinking? I shook my head so hard and fast that I thought my head was going to role off.
I blinked and rubbed my eyes. I shouldn't be thinking like that, I'm not crazy and I won't be going crazy, at least not for a while. For now, I'll just keep doing what I'm doing. I nodded my head and stood up, letting the blankets fall around my feet.
I walked over to my dresser and pulled out my undergarments and grabbed a clean uniform from my little closet. I got dressed and looked at the new straps that were hanging off the bedroom door hook. I stood up and walked over to the door, opened it and walked out, closing it behind me, I don't need to wear the straps, at least not till my shoulder heals.
I walked into the dinning hall and saw where everyone was sitting, I waved to them and got in line to get food. I nodded to the man who pushed me my try of food and walked over to squad.
"Hey Cray, how you feelin'?" Erin asked while chewing his food.
"I'm good, thanks", and took a bite out of my potato stew.
"Did you get more sleep after I left?", I looked up and saw him take another bite of his stew.
"No, not really, I just laid there till it was time to get up", I took another bite of my food and looked round the table.
I didn't see Levi anywhere. I didn't see him in line for breakfast, I didn't see him sitting at another table, I didn't see him anywhere.
"He hasn't came down yet", I looked across the table and saw Mikasa looking at me.
"Oh, ok" I said and went back eating.
I wonder why Levi hasn't come done yet?
'BANG'
I jumped, Mikasa just turned her head, Erin and Armin both jumped and dropped their spoons in their soup bowl. We all looked to see what has happened. And there stood Levi, With his hand on the door and giving a murderess glare that petrified all of in the dinning hall. Something happened, and it was bad.
"All of you get geared up now, meet out front with your horses in 10 minutes! Titans are breaching the wall" and he marched away.
We all had a silent second, then the hall was filled with talking and screeches of benches being moved roughly against the floor. Scouts were running or walking fast to get ready to meet. Amin was up and so was Mikasa, Erin stood and looked at me.
"You shouldn't come, you can't fight with that shoulder of yours"
"Erin's right, you'll only hurt yourself more if you come with us" Armin piped in.
"Yeah, you should stay" Mikasa gave her two cents.
"Fine. But you all better make it back here, safe, you understand?" I looked at all of them and stood.
"We'll be safe, promise" Erin gave a thumbs up and Armin gave me a reassuring smile and a nod, Mikasa just blinked and nodded her head "Bye", and they all walked out the dinning hall doors.
I followed behind them as they left, they said I couldn't come, not that I couldn't watch them leave, and besides, I still had to find someone to say goodbye to.
I looked in his room and didn't see him, I checked outside next and didn't see him the last place to look was the stalls, I walked over there and saw every horse was gone, but Levi was standing there just finishing saddling up his black beauty. I walked over to him and stood beside him, just waiting for him to finish.
"You're not coming, so don't even ask" Levi said as he pulled the last strap.
"I wasn't, I'm just here to say be careful, and comeback" I said and he turned to look at me.
"Good, and I will, don't do anything stupid while I'm gone" he said and wrapped his hand around my neck and pulled me into him for a deep kiss.
I brought one hand up and buried my fingers in his hair, while the other one wrapped itself around his shoulder. He pulled back and rested his forehead on mine.
"I'll be back, We'll all be back" he said and stepped away from me and got on his horse.
He looked down at me and we met eyes for a few seconds, I took a step back and he kicked his horse and raced out of the stables. I walked to the stable doors and saw him ride up to the group, he spoke with his squad and then he rode off and they all fallowed after him. I stayed there watching as they all disappeared into the distance, once they all were out off sight, I took a deep breath and walked back inside HQ.
~SOMEWHERE ELSE-NO ONE'S P.O.V~
A small figure was hiding behind a building, not making any noise and trying not to be seen. The figure was watching the seen in front of their eyes. Titans, different shapes and sizes were walking everywhere. Titans were inside the walls.
No one saw how they got there, they were just walking around destroying everything they could get their hands on. Buildings were nocked down and destroyed, people were stepped on, swatted or eaten. It was a blood bath here, where were the wall guards, the Garrison? Better yet, where were the Scouts? They should be here, they should be protecting us.
"Erin, Mikasa, you two take the left side. Armin, you and Sasha take the right, Jean you go search for survivors, I'll go straight and take out those Titans. Go!" I male voice said, I looked up and saw wires shoot out from above and soon after, multiple green cloaks were flying by and attacking the Titans.
The Titans were falling one by one. The person I was watching the most was a man, he had short black hair and looked bored. He was killing the Titans like it was a sport, like he was doing this as a game. The way he moved, the way he handled the swords and flew through the air was like watching someone dance. He was flying and flipping through the are like a bird and swinging his swords in a way that reminded me of a leaf floating through the air. It was a sight to see.
"Hey kid, you need to leave", I looked up and saw a guy with two toned hair talking to me.
"Yeah, and where should I go? All the ships are gone and Titans are roaming everywhere", the kid said.
"Come on, I'll get you far enough, then you can take yourself the rest of the way", the guy bent down and picked me up.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" The kid started flailing around.
"Picking you up, how do you think I was going to take you?" The guy looked down at me, not letting go.
"I guess", the kid mumbled.
"Let's go, hold on tight" he shot the cables and we went flying through the air.
I gripped his shoulders tighter and hung on to him for dear life. Crushed buildings and dead bodies laid all over the ground, blood painted the streets and walls like someone wanted to paint the town red. The scene was getting to be too much for my eyes, I closed them and rested my head on the mans shoulders.
"We're here", I opened my eyes and we were standing a few blocks away from the inner walls, buildings have yet to be destroyed and were still standing tall, the people were still alive and running to the last boat, they haven't met the hands of a Titan yet.
"I have to get back, you should be fine to make it the rest of the way", he let go of me, took a few steps back and turned away from me, getting ready to shoot the cables out.
"Hey, hold on, what's your name?", I looked at him and he turned around to look at me.
"Jean, Jean Kirstein" he said and flew away.
I watched him fly away and around a building, after he was gone I turned to look at the wall ahead of me, well, time for a new life.
~Levi's POV~
What a mess. Buildings destroyed, hundreds dead, even more injured. No holes were found in the walls. No reports or sightings of anything out of place. What a shitty situation. There was something we were missing, something big. A few thoughts were floating through my mind as to how this happened.
One: They climbed over the walls, but that is unlikely, someone would have saw something.
Two: Yeager and Annie aren't the only ones inside these walls.
"Tch", I need to find Erwin.
I started walking on top of the wall in hopes to find Erwin somewhere in this shitty chaos. Erwin and I was right, there are more Titans like Eren and Annie trying to destroy the walls, but what do they want and what are they trying to accomplish? I shook my head, now is not the time for thinking of useless things.
I was walking on the wall when I heard a BANG! I ran to the edge of the wall and looked down and saw Armin was about to get hit from a Titan from behind. I flew off the wall and used some gas to get to him in time before a 10 meter Titan could squish him like a bug.
"Watch your back Arlert! We're not here for the fucking scenery. ", I took off back towards the wall.
I landed on the wall and looked back down over the city, "What a mess", I watched as the squad took care of the remaining Titans.
~Craven P.O.V~
The sun was setting and I was tired of helping the others clean. I couldn't do much, so I was stuck whipping down tables and other surfaces, after all that was clean then I was to help out with paper work. It has been hours and all the paper work was done.
I slid boxes of paper work against the wall when I was done and stood up to put the cleaning supplies away and head to my room, being crouched over for hours made my shoulder hurt and now my back. I laid on my back and looked up at the ceiling. What was happening out there?
So many questions were running through my head. Were they safe? Were they hurt? Where they alive? So many questions and they were all hurting my head. I rubbed my head in hopes of it easing the pain, but I should have known it wouldn't help. I blew out a breath and decided to try and relax, why not try to rest for when they get back?
I could help with some of the not so injured and bring the doctors and nurses some supplies if they need them, yeah rest sounds good. I shut my eyes and started counting back from one hundred, hoping that would calm my mind from the unknown that was happening to them.
I'm not sure how long I was out, but when I woke it was already dark out. How long was I asleep for? I got out of bed and looked out the window. The moon was high in the sky and then I saw a Scout walk into view. They're back! I went down stairs and waited outside at the corner of the building.
I kept watching for any signs of my Squad, but I couldn't see them anywhere. Where were they? Scout after Scout was walking by me and to the doctors, some were carrying others, some where holding onto each other for support, but where was my team? I looked to the back and saw Armin walk into view, then it was Sasha, followed by Jean. Mikasa, Erin and Levi were the last ones through the gate.
"Hey guys!" I waved at them, They just looked at me and changed corse to head in my direction.
"What happened out there?" They were only a few feet away when I asked.
"Titans were all over the city, but we couldn't find a breach anywhere on the walls, that was until Captain Levi saw-"
"-maybe we should discus this in a more private place Arlert" Levi shot him a pissed off look "Unless you want to tell everyone here what we figured out and ruin everything?" Amin looked at Levi.
"I'm sorry, Sir!" He had a panicked look on his face.
Eren was looking at the ground with a pissed and angry look on his face, fists shaking and knuckles turning white. Something happened. I glanced at Mikasa and saw she was fine, just standing there by Eren. Levi nodded to Erwin and walked away and followed him inside HQ.
Something was up, and I need to find out.
"Admin, let's take a walk" I said and walked away from them, I knew he was going to follow me.
Where Eren and Mikasa went after we left I have no idea, but I can catch up with them later, right now I have to find out what they discovered.
We were standing on the roof and all the doors were locked.
"OK, what happened, what did you discover?" I sat down on the ledge and watched him as he explained everything to me.
"Ok, so let me get this straight.
1: No holes were in any of the walls.
2: There was a bigger hole where the stair case is leading to the Underground city.
3: You four think that someone let Titans lose down there and led them up here through the stairs?
Then I wonder if there is someone from down there who is involved with smuggling Titans inside our walls?" I started to think and my brain was going to over load.
"That is what I told Captain Levi and he agreed", Armin nodded his head.
"Alright, well let's go back inside. You get cleaned up and I'll meet with Levi and Erwin".
Life just had to go get more interesting didn't it?
