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Forget About It
They were a short distance from the thicket when Artemis yanked her horse to a stop. "I forgot my damn jacket!"
"Wel, go and get it then." Rivaille scoffed, taking Finnie's reins from Artemis' hands.
Artemis trudged towards the trees, shooting a cable the moment she was in range. Stupid jacket stupid jacket stupid jacket... "Why the hell do we have to wear you everywhere we go anyways?" She grumbled, landing on the branch that her jacket lay messily folded on. She curled her lip at the debris that had fallen on it, picking it up, she picked a pine cone looking thing off it.
"Aw, gross!" She commented flinging it away when she felt its sticky wetness. "Will this day just end already?"
Artemis shook the jacket, holding it out before her, the late afternoon light catching the wings of freedom in a calm lighting. She gave a small sigh, "Now that's not so bad..."
Lowering it she froze. A 20 meter class titan was looking her straight in the face, it's face portraying a really pissed looking scowl. Another small detail was the sticky pine cone thing that Artemis had flung was clinging to the titan's hair.
It's hand came flying at her at some what fast speed, that still scared her shitless. Artemis gasped, throwing the jacket at the oncoming hand and jumped back, twisting as she plummeted so she faced the opposite way. Fuck the jacket fuck the jacket fuck the jacket!
"How do you tolerate that woman?" Levi questioned Wilde's horse, wondering how long it took to pick up a single jacket.
The answer never came, but Artemis did come flying out of the trees, her cable swinging into place behind her as she stumbled onto the ground. What the hell is she doing?
She came running at full sped, her arms waving wildly in the direction of Wall Rose. "What are you doing, and where is the jacket?" Levi shouted at her, a deep frown spreading across his otherwise blank features.
She shout a cable at the tree he and the horses were around, propelling herself straight for her horse's saddle. "Fuck the jacket, and move!" She snapped the reins, jolting her stallion forward.
Levi looked back towards the thicket, his eyes widening. "What the hell did you do?!" He yelled urging his horse to follow her's.
"I didn't do anything!"
"Then how do explain them!?"
Wilde looked back in shock. "Them?!"
Levi flicked his reins harder, catching up to Wilde. "Are you completely suicidal?"
"I told you, this isn't my fault! I didn't create this damn situation for shits and giggles." She responded, snapping the reins again, sending a look back. Sure enough there wasn't just one titan anymore.
"Then how-"
"Just shut up, Captain! Stop wasting your breathe and get ready. We can engage them when we reach the village outside the gate. I take it you're capable of taking out the 10 meter to the right?"
Levi gritted his teeth, nodding. Do I look like your subordinate?
"Good, I'll take the 8 meter, and we can gang up on the 20 meter. The last thing we need to do is underestimate them."
"No shit." Levi muttered, taking out his cable triggers as they neared the town.
"Go now!" Wilde ordered, shooting her own cables. Levi didn't hesitate, shooting the cable and maneuvering his body to flip up and swing around, the three on coming titans still running straight, completely oblivious to the fact that their prey had disappeared around a corner. Shooting his other cable into the back of 10 meter titan's neck, he spun towards the area, slicing out a chunk with ease.
Levi caught sight of Wilde making the same movement, yet some how it looked more natural when she did it. Ignoring this, he shot a cable into the nape of the 20 meter class, another cable embedding itself allign with his.
Levi and Wilde both swung forwards, their movements completely in sync when they pulled back their arms to spin towards the target spot.
Artemis let herself fall down and swing around at the last second, her captain finishing off the titan by himself. Landing the ground a short distance away she slid her blades back into their campartement that hung on her hips. "Amazing job, Captain."
The male looked over at her from where he stood. "Feel free to stop doing that whenever."
Artemis blinked. "Doing what?"
He took out a cloth, wiping his blades off as he spoke. "Calling me captain while you take complete control over a situation."
A blush rose in her cheeks as she realized that she'd been doing that all day. "I hadn't even noticed I'd been doing that... I guess I need to work on being an underdog again... And it'll be no problem with the whole captain thing anyways." She admitted, giving a wave in the direction of the nearby wall, where a few garrison stood on guard.
He nodded, wrangling up the horses that hadn't gone very far. Walking towards her, Levi dropped her stallion's reins in her hands. "I'm sure you'll have no problems." He guided his horse in the direction of the wall, then paused, speaking over his shoulder at the younger woman. "Oh, but the part where you call me captain really wasn't an issue though."
I don't know how much more of this day I can take... Artemis fell back on her bed, sprawling out with her eyes closed. Her mood was slightly heightened from being free of her gear's added weight.
"Welcome back!"
Artemis opened one eye to see Hanji sitting at a desk that was located adjacent to her dresser. "What do you want, Hanji?"
"Oh, rough day?" Hanji asked, making a pouty face.
Artemis groaned, rolling her face into the pillows. "Every day is a rough day around that King of Shits."
Hanji giggled. "You've got to have the strangest vocabulary ever."
Artemis rolled her eyes. "Can you just get to the point of your being here?"
Artemis felt the corner of her mattress sink under the weight of her friend. "First of all, thanks for getting back alive." She began slowly.
"And...?"
"Try not to kill your new captain is basically all I wanted to say." Hanji finished.
Artemis huffed, slamming her face deeper into the fabric of her pillow. "I make no promises." She mumbled into the pillow.
"I'll assume you promised not to, and I will now help you pack!"
Artemis twisted around, sitting up straight. "Pack? Where am I going?"
Hanji looked down into her dresser drawers. "To where the rest of squad is. You didn't really think Levi would keep his squad couped up around HQ, did you?"
Artemis hadn't really let it sink in that he actually had an entire squad. Particularly one large enough that they could get their own place. "Well..." She began, then switched her topic. "How far away is it?"
Hanji, who was currently stuffing the all of Artemis' neatly folded clothes back into a bag answered, "About a day away from here I think... Wow, would you look at this boulder holder!" Hanji cried out, flinging one of Artemis' bra into the air.
"Hanji! Exactly how old are you!?" Artemis shouted, jumping off the bed to catch the piece of clothing, but failing since the taller woman only had to hold up a hand to catch it.
"Old enough to be mature, but young enough not to care!" Hanji laughed dancing around Artemis.
"We'll be immature all you want, just don't fling that thing around, you might take out an eye!" Artemis yelled, jumping up to snatch the article of clothing from her.
Hanji flicked her wrist, releasing it as it went spiralling through the air towards the door. Artemis gasped as the door opened just in time for the person on the other side to be hit in the face with it.
"What in the hell...?"
Hanji tried her best to conceal her laughter at the sight of Erwin Smith.
"Oh my god!" Artemis cried, crumpling onto the floor in embarrassment.
Erwin dusted the material off his face, smoothing out his jacket. "Artemis Wilde, you will be heading out with Captain Levi in half an our. Please pack quickly." He stated clearly and calmly.
Hanji lost it after that, falling to the floor in laughter.
A/N: So this chapter was finished sooner then expected, and it turns out that chapter ten will actually be the complicated one to write. I hope to update soon, but I make no promises. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it!
Also, I am sorry if any characters seem a little OOC...
