(Levi's POV)

Everyone gathered around the truck, and a few even sat in the back. It was not completely dark out yet. Reiner didn't have anything useful for where Armin could be; making Eren get a little 'upset'. In other words he tried to start a fight with him. Thankfully I got him to stop before he got his ass kicked. Annie had gotten a fire started in the middle of the road for light and heat.

"Oh my god! A dog!" Someone shouted just outside of the light of the fire. A familiar group of people came into view a few moments after; with Ash nudging Sasha. She must have food on her.

"What are you doing here?" Eren asked cheerfully.

"Well after an hour of debating we decided it would be best if we join groups. I mean you all seem to know what you are doing, so it would be better to be with you." Sasha responded. That's right, Ymir went back to her group while the rest of us made our way here.

"I don't know how much room we have." Jean said skeptical of the idea.

"Even if we don't there is something I should give you." Hanji said cheerfully. "I can't believe I forgot to tell you about this before. We have a vaccine for the zombie virus." Hanji said; taking out a few syringes.

"Maybe Marco should give them the shots. If they want it that is." I said. Knowing that Hanji would go all out and stab a few of them.

"You're lying." Ymir stated.

"No we're not." Jean added in. Why does he feel the need to join in on every conversation?

"Have you even tried it to see if it works?" Connie asked.

"Yeah, Levi was actually cured by it even." Eren said happily and grabbed my hand. A few more grumbles came from the new recruits. Before they all lined up to get shots. This group is really getting big. "Hey Levi, do you think we are going to find Armin?" Eren asked me sadly.

"Giving up on him that easy?" I teased. "Of course we will find him. Don't worry about it." I nudged him with my shoulder.

(Eren's POV)

Everyone curled up around the fire. I curled up next to Levi, of course. It was finally getting bright out. That means we will be able to search for Armin soon. I just hope that whoever it is that took him haven't gotten away. Why would they even want to kidnap someone when they have to deal with zombies being everywhere? I guess I will be able to ask them once we find them.

A panting sound startled me, and I sat up to find Ash. She was running back to the road from the forest. Where had she gone while we were asleep? She ran right to me and nudged me a few times. I stood up and she started running for the forest again. I'm guessing that means she wants me to follow her. Should I get Levi? It would be better if I had someone with me, but Ash was already running into the forest. I wouldn't have enough time to wake him up. I'll just be sure to make it back before anyone wakes up and finds me missing.

I chased after Ash. She was making a lot better time than me and had to stop and wait for me a few times. One time I even lost her and she kept barking until she saw me again. Was she trained to do this? Where was she even taking me? We had already gone deeper into the forest than we had last night. Finally I saw Ash stop running. Once I made it to her side I took in the sight in front of me. There were tents made out of various materials and smoke for a recently died out fire. This is a settlement of people. There are people here!

"Don't move." A voice came from behind me. I felt a cold blade press against my throat. I should have brought Levi. "Who are you?" The person threatening me asked.

"I'm Eren. I just followed the dog here." I explained.

"What dog?" They asked. Ash! That fucking bitch! She brought me here and left me to die. Last time I trust a dog. I kept searching for Ash, but she was nowhere to be seen. She left me.

"What's going on?" A person exited one of the tents in front of me to see what was happening.

"I found this kid trying to steal our stuff."

"I was not trying to steal your stuff!" I nearly shouted. This is not a situation I want to be in right now.

"I can assure you he wasn't trying to steal any of your filthy supplies." It sounded like Levi, but it couldn't be. The blade was almost instantly removed from my neck and I turned to find Levi holding a gun to the back of the man's head. "Eren take this." Levi said and handed me another gun. I looked at him confused. Why would I need that? Then I turned back to the camp to find a group of people with knives staring at us. Though I didn't plan to shoot any of them I still pointed at them; to keep anyone from attacking.

"What do you want?" The only girl in the group asked.

"Well if you don't mind we need some help finding a friend of ours. He's about his height" Levi used his head to motion towards me. "with long blonde hair." He explained.

"What if we have seen your friend around?" The woman responded.

"Then I suggest you start speaking or we start shooting." Levi responded coldly. He wasn't serious, was he? I couldn't tell; he was completely expressionless.

"You're bluffing." She responded. Then Levi did something I never thought I would see him do. He shot someone. Thankfully he didn't aim for his head, but he still got the man in the arm.

"Does it look like I am bluffing?" Everyone looked at us with shock, and I was even in shock. The woman who seemed to be the leader mumbled a few things to the boy next to her and then ran off.

"Fine, how about we make a trade then?" She asked as the boy returned with Armin. He was covered in bruises and his hands were tied behind his back. How did Levi know they were the ones that had Amrin? I glanced toward him. Still no expression found on his face. What could he be thinking? "You give us the guns and we will give you your friend. It's fair enough."

"I have a better offer. How about you give us our friend and we let you live?" Levi aimed for the woman's head this time. My heart was racing. This situation can only go two ways, and I don't know if I could handle it if it went bad. The seconds seemed to turn into minutes as I waited for her response.

"Fine, but don't come around here again." She said as she cut the ropes off of Armin and let him run to us.

"Fair enough." Levi said and lowered his gun, but was prepared to use it in case they were planning on attacking. "Let's go." He told me and Armin.

"Eren, what the hell happened to 'the buddy system'?" Levi asked the once we were a safe distance from the camp site.

"I'm sorry Levi. I didn't want to wake you. But how did you know I was here?"

"I woke up when you got up." He told me. "At least I was smart enough to grab a couple guns before leaving."

"Did you see what happened to Ash?" I asked. She still hasn't returned and I don't know if that is a good thing or bad thing. She did lead me into a situation where I could have died.

"Not at all. How are you doing Armin?" Levi turned his attention to my beaten friend.

"I'll be fine."

"Why did they take you and Reiner anyways?" I asked.

"They wanted to take our stuff and force us to open the back of the truck, but we fought them instead. Did you find Riener?" Armin responded.

"Yeah, we did. That's when I found the dog, Ash." I explained to Armin who had missed that event.

"The group did have a dog following them before. Maybe it was the same dog and that's why it lead you there." Armin explained.

"Levi" I waited for him to look at me before continuing. "Why did you shoot that man? And how did you know they had Armin?"

"Well they were the only group of people we had seen so chances where it was them, and they had all the signs of a pack of thieves. That's why I didn't hesitate to shoot. Though you can rest easy because I made sure to shoot him in a spot where it would go all the way through and they don't have to worry about removing a bullet. Probably none of them have an education higher than high school." Levi scuffed.

"I still can't believe you shot him." I mumbled to myself. The only thing that gave me comfort was knowing Levi didn't kill him, and didn't plan to.

"Well we need to get back to the truck and leave as soon as possible. I doubt those people will give us much time before they come after us." Levi said and Armin nodded.