Attack on Titan: Twin Crimson Rose chapter 14
Chapter rated M for torture, it's not too graphic it's just the principle of it although this is going to get harsh and grim, it's time we had a more mature chapter, also spoilers from beyond the Anime and then probably the greatest AoT scene ever written, ever.
"Alright Quinn, keep at it, I'll be back in an hour" Levi said as he passed by towards the dungeon entrance, Morgan and Hange appeared as well from the main door.
"Hey Morgan, whatcha doing?" Quinn beamed cheerfully while striking the dummy.
"Interrogating" Morgan said as he carried bolt cutters, a hacksaw and a hatchet, Hange carried some chains but didn't pay Quinn any attention. They walked down the steps to the dungeons and disappeared from view.
"Ok, have fun!" Quinn called out "Don't be too mean to Flo though, she's still kinda my friend".
The three walked up to Florence Bellerose as she was chained up to the dungeon wall "Morning" She said spitefully.
"Morning!" Hange grinned then dropped the extra chains, Morgan set the tools down.
"Sorry Florence but it wasn't my idea" Morgan said "But you kinda deserve it" He walked back and leaned against the wall near the door, he wasn't too fond of torture.
"So what do you know about the titans then?" Levi asked simply.
Florence rolled her eyes "I don't actually know anything, I explained this to Wilhelm".
"And did he believe you?" Levi asked.
"Yes".
Levi smashed her in the face with his fist and blood trickled down from her nose, it had healed since yesterday.
"Seeing as you regenerate within 24 hours, we can keep doing this. After all, you're not immune to pain are you?" Hange said in a dark and serious tone "And then I'll dissect you" She added with a gleeful twist.
Florence's eyes widened slightly "I told you, I really don't know anything".
"Then why and how are you a titan?" Levi asked.
"I don't know, I get these instinctive urges when I have a job to do like back in Trost, something compelled me to attack" Florence tried to explain.
"That's not an answer we're looking for" Levi said and picked up the bolt cutters.
Florence yanked on the chains "Do you really think that I'd lie to you given the circumstances?"
"Yes, because you have something to hide" Levi replied and wacked Florence over the head with the tool and blood ran from her temple.
"I-I really don't" Florence gasped.
"A normal human would likely be unconscious from that, so your titan power gives you greater pain tolerance then?" Hange said and noted it down in her book.
"I-I guess" Florence replied.
"So are you a pawn in someone else's game?" Levi asked.
"I might be but my earliest memory is from five years ago when Shiganshina fell" Florence explained.
Levi acknowledged the statement "You're going to get killed either way so you might as well make it worthwhile to us" He lifted the bolt cutters and put her left hand's fingers between the blades.
"S-stop I don't-".
Morgan put his hands over his ears as the resulting scream of agony echoed and reverberated throughout the dungeon. He still observed the torture process despite how grim it was.
"Welcome to the real world, bitch" Levi spat "You don't kill all those people and get away with it, you boiled them alive, do you really think this is half of what my men felt when you consumed them?"
Florence bit back a tear "S-stop". Thick, dark red blood dripped from her hand in globules then splattered against the stone floor.
Hange's complexion turned to that of an evil genius and it unsettled Morgan "Is there anything at all you can tell us then?"
Florence remained silent as blood poured from her lost fingers.
"You know, as a titan you bare the same hatred I hold for all your kind, unfortunately, we don't get sentient ones often" Levi said in a dull voice and picked up the hatchet "We can keep going, I don't care if you regenerate, we'll outlast you before you lose your sanity" He hacked into her leg with a clean swing of the small wood axe.
Once again Morgan covered his ears and turned a blind eye to the horror before him.
"S-since I'm gonna die here... why don't I just transform and kill you all?" Florence whispered and winced.
Levi stopped hacking at her leg and looked her in the eyes "THERE'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW AND I WANT IT" Levi shouted and wacked her with the back of the axe head.
"No, no I do not".
Levi grabbed her by the throat and throttled her to which Florence let out a gasp of pain, he tightened his grip and she choked then he smacked her head against the wall and let her go.
"We can keep doing this" Levi said then unwrapped a set of Hange's scalpels, he then gestured to Morgan's hammer beside him "Which one do you want first? I don't mind but the scalpels will take longer".
Florence was choking on her own blood "Fine, lets take this slowly then" Levi spat then picked up Morgan's war hammer that had been detached from his HTSA, at three kilograms and four feet in length it was a fearsome weapon even without the explosive attached. Levi swung it into the knee of the uninjured leg and smashed it to bits internally.
"Alright now the spiked end" Levi said and raised the hammer to strike Florence's shoulder.
A crossbow bolt zipped across the dingy dungeon and impaled Florence through the forehead, she rocked back then fell forward in a slump, still held up by the chains.
"She doesn't know, Levi. That's enough" Wilhelm said from the entrance as he lowered Morgan's crossbow.
"What the fuck did you just do?" Levi spun around in fury "She was..."
"She didn't know a thing" Wilhelm calmly replied "I put her out of her misery".
Hange stared at Florence's body and readjusted her glasses "Well, on to dissection I guess" She said cheerfully then picked up her scalpels.
Levi remembered Wilhelm's ability to simply know things by reading people's eyes "Tch" He spat and dropped the hammer, crossed the dungeon and barged past Wilhelm.
Morgan turned to Wilhelm "Thanks, I think that was getting out of hand".
"I don't agree with torture" Wilhelm replied then handed the crossbow back to Morgan.
"We won't learn anything now though" Morgan said with slight irritation "This was almost pointless and now we've lost our prime source of information".
"It's unfortunate, but we will have other chances no doubt" Wilhelm replied.
Morgan nodded "I suppose, but what about those six soldiers we lost just trying to retrieve her?"
"I'm just glad we kept one alive".
"I suppose, I'll send a message to Dot Pixis to see if he can transfer Cecilia Mathias to the Survey Corps for a while, I want as many people who have witnessed titan shifting to be present during the 57th expedition in case things take a turn for the worse" Morgan said.
"NO!" Hange screamed and Wilhelm and Morgan turned to her to see Florence's body rapidly steam and decay like a titan's.
"Now I won't get to perform the dissection!" Hange whined and kicked the bolt cutters then instantly regretted it as pain shot through her foot.
Florence's body generated so much heat that the cast iron chains that held her began to glow orange and melt. She fell to the floor and burst into flames.
"Whoa, titans don't normally do that" Wilhelm remarked.
The right arm of Florence rose up from the flames and reached out "Crap, she can animate her body before it's destroyed remember" Wilhelm swore then stamped on it.
"That was a bit of an overreaction" Morgan said "She can't do..."
Florence's remains exploded from the intense heat and blew everyone backwards into the wall. The smoke and steam cleared then the flames died down to nothing. Hange coughed and Morgan rubbed his head from where it had been whacked against the wall.
Hange staggered up "Even in death she tries to kill us" She joked half heartedly.
Wilhelm and Morgan both got up, fortunately none of them were actually hurt.
"I didn't see that one coming" Wilhelm remarked and rubbed his arm.
"I AM NOT DONE YET" A vicious voice echoed throughout the dungeon and everyone turned to face where Florence had been. A blood red mist gathered and the façade of the Crimson Steam Titan glowered out from it with pulsating luminous eyes and wicked grin, it then dissipated into the air and the room fell silent once more.
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"Hey, how'd it go?" Quinn asked cheerfully as she sat cross-legged beside the training dummy, she was exhausted now "Levi didn't look too happy".
"That was about as weird as it gets" Morgan exclaimed as he carried the equipment back to the castle, the three were too engrossed in their conversation to notice Quinn.
"I've never known a titan to do that before, yet alone explode" Hange said.
"She animated her titan's body once before but that was it" Wilhelm explained "What now?"
"We move on to investigating our friendly titan more thoroughly, we need to make up for the loss of Florence, Sonny and Bean" Hange said.
Quinn stood up suddenly Florence is dead?
Annie Leonheart walked by with Reiner Braun and Bertolt Hoover, Annie picked up the conversation as they passed "She's dead?" She whispered.
"Who is?" Reiner asked.
"The girl I told you about, Florence the Crimson Steam Titan, it looks like they got to her first" Annie said in a hushed tone then changed course away from the dungeon entrance and out of the courtyard to avoid suspicion.
"You thought we could recruit her?" Reiner asked, Bertolt was quiet as usual.
"Yes, but she's dead now" Annie scowled slightly.
"I heard of another one here within the castle, not Jaeger but a girl" Bertolt spoke up.
"Without a name there's no point in trying to recruit her, it will only cause trouble that we can't afford" Annie explained.
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"So this is what the officer's lounge looks like" Quinn said and looked around the room "It's kinda dull".
Levi, Erwin, Eren, Wilhelm, Morgan, Mike and Hange looked at her blankly.
"Oh did I say something wrong?" Quinn asked innocently.
"No it's fine, Quinn" Erwin said "This is Eren Jaeger, a recruit from the 104th Trainee Corps and he is a titan shifter like you, we want to discuss the power and see if we can come to any conclusions".
Quinn looked Eren up and down, she had only seen him from afar or as a titan before "Ok".
"Take a seat please" Erwin gestured to the large table that they had brought in especially for the meeting, everyone present took a chair.
"Now that Florence Bellerose is dead, we must rely on you two as our sources of information regarding the titans. While I know that you do not know much, in time our examinations and tests shall shed some light on our foes" Erwin explained "In thirteen days time we shall depart for our latest expedition into titan held Wall Maria, in the meantime we wish to find out as much as possible from you".
"Yes sir" Eren said and Quinn nodded.
"Alright, let's begin" Erwin said and took out some papers.
Quinn put her hand up "Sir, why... why is Florence dead?" She asked sadly despite Florence being the Crimson Steam Titan, after all despite what she had done, she had saved her life previously.
Erwin cleared his throat "That's one of the things we shall discuss".
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The next day
Levi awoke to the sound of nails being hammered into wood from within the courtyard and people shouting to and fro, he had neglected to shut the window and today was his day off. He cursed under his breath and got out of bed to see what was causing the racket.
"Oops! I didn't mean to pull that".
"Hey just hold on, I'll get you down!"
"Tch, bloody four eyes" Levi cursed as he observed what Hange Zoe was doing atop a wooden pillar that had rope, chains and an array of things sticking out of it "What the hell are you..."
Levi looked to his left and saw Morgan St Clare dangling by his ankle, upside down and swinging side to side on rope leading from the crane like device, he had his arms folded and remained calm despite his predicament. Hange stepped cautiously along the boom and made her way towards Morgan while twenty meters up in the air, unfortunately he wasn't wearing his armor so escape was going to be tricky.
"For god's sake, what the hell are you doing?" Levi asked irritably from his window. Hange and Morgan both looked up suddenly to see who had spoken, or rather Morgan looked down as his perspective was reversed.
"Oh, hi Levi!" Hange beamed.
"Morgan, what the fuck are you doing?" Levi swore and face-palmed.
"Hange's idea" Morgan replied and swung gently but remained calm.
"You didn't answer my question" Levi said irritably.
"Riding a horse, what does it look like?" Morgan replied sarcastically.
Hange sniggered then lost her footing and fell off the beam, then the safety rope that was tied to her ankle pulled taut and she joined Morgan upside down below their giant contraption "Fuck".
Morgan looked at Hange and Hange looked at Morgan "Well it works" Hange spoke up and Morgan nodded. Levi just stared then they both looked his way "Can we help you?"
"You two are a joke" Levi said and shook his head "What is this?"
"A titan trap, the Titan Noose 3000" Morgan answered and looked proudly at their joint effort.
"No, I thought we agreed that it was 2.0 not 3000" Hange argued.
"3000 sounds better" Morgan replied.
"But this is version two?" Hange reasoned and scratched her head.
"The 3000 doesn't mean anything though" Morgan said.
"Exactly so it must be 2.0".
"3000 makes it sound more impressive".
Levi turned his head every time one of them spoke, like a pointless ping pong argument.
"Uh, so how does it work?" Levi interjected, he was actually curious.
"Like a noose, we use someone as bait and wrap a chain around the titan's neck to hold it so we can study it, we then activate the foot clamps to make sure it doesn't try and pull it down" Morgan explained.
"We're still working on the hand restraints though" Hange added.
Levi gave the wooden contraption one more look then slammed the window to his room "Hey, Levi, come back we can't get down!" Hange called after him but it was useless, he was gone.
"It just occurred to me, how will we move this out of the courtyard?" Morgan asked after looking away from where Levi had been.
"Oh, good question" Hange replied.
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Quinn sat on her bed within the castle, the other members of her dorm had gone to train but since it was Levi's day off, she would go and train by herself later in the day.
Florence is dead.
She brought her knees up to her chest and rested her tired head on them then sighed, three years of brutal training with the girl and she was dead, she didn't know why or how she died and she sure as hell didn't think Levi and Hange were actually going to torture her, but then Levi never joked so she wasn't sure what to think of it.
Despite killing her fellow soldiers, lying about her identity and attacking her estate five years ago, Quinn still felt sympathy towards her only friend in the 101st Trainee Corps, she was too confused and so tried to cast it from her mind instead.
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Levi walked beside Petra as they crossed the courtyard; they were going to tend to their horses. He heard a creak and the rattle of a chain then looked to his right to see Hange and Morgan still hanging upside down below the beam of their contraption.
"The hell you still doing up there?" Levi scorned and Petra's cheeks went red then she burst into a giggly fit.
"No one will help us down" Morgan replied, he was still hanging with his arms folded calmly.
"H-hey Levi, I think my head's going fuzzy now" Hange said half asleep, she had dozed off.
"It's been two hours already" Levi said and stopped walking, Petra stopped as well.
"Wilhelm just laughed at us" Morgan said.
"We asked Eren if he would transform into a titan to help us but he said it would be irresponsible of him to use his power" Hange said sadly as she yawned.
"He can still help you down though?" Petra said "As a human".
"No, he said that he wanted breakfast first and then he'd be back but that was an hour ago" Morgan replied.
Levi blinked at them blankly then turned and carried on his way towards the stables, Petra glanced back but followed after him.
Morgan and Hange both looked at each other "So I was thinking about the anatomy of a titan and..." Hange began one of their average talks about titans despite their situation, there was nothing better to do.
"Wait, it just occurred to me..." Hange said "You must have joined the military at ten years old if you spent four years in the Garrison before we lost Wall Maria".
Morgan turned to her "Yes, my dad was a captain in the Wall Garrison and took me to the Officer Commissioning Academy in the capital, I was left there when my dad was pronounce MIA during a wall maintenance operation. The first year and a half was just classroom based training, I didn't pick up a sword until I was twelve and I joined the Garrison at thirteen, I then spent four years there until I was given permission by Commander Pixis to leave to become a private security officer as I was not really able to do much due to the lack of titans to fight but our agreement was that I would return if I was ever needed. Then six months later Wall Maria fell and a few months after that I turned eighteen, now five years on I'm twenty two yet still look like a teenager".
"So you got the special treatment because of your dad?"
"I wouldn't call it special, I just started early and have good contacts, what about you?"
"Oh well first I..." Hange began her story, unknown to Morgan it would take many hours to tell.
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Titan occupied Wall Maria, far to the east of Karanese district.
The crimson wisp floated gently through the air towards Wall Maria, the district beyond that had long since been evacuated many years before when the wall fell. A crack was all the small cloud of red needed to enter inside the giant wall, it found what it was looking for, a new host to occupy for the girl Florence Bellerose had served her purpose, the malevolent wisp had inhabited her body for long enough and while the form of the Crimson Steam Titan was formidable and dangerous, it had past its usefulness as the humans had defeated it on numerous occasions now and it had not succeeded in crippling humanity.
The wisp disappeared and the wall shuddered violently, a deep rumbling groan echoed throughout the endless grassy planes around the wall and larger cracks began to appear. A red, skinless hand reached out and broke away the stone that imprisoned it. The face was then revealed and red steam began to seep out, the teeth grew immensely and malformed the jaw line, it's eyes glowed white and it rose up and out of the crumbing section of wall. Bedrock and rubble cascaded off its immense form as two giant shoulders pivoted upwards as it rose higher and higher into the sky until it stood up to a height of fifty meters, the same as the wall itself. The Wall Titan shook off the rest of the wall around it and stepped out, leaving a huge breach, fortunately for humanity, this breach was of no consequence since it was made in an already breached wall, the wisp regretted not being able to take control of one of the Wall Titans inhabiting Wall Rose.
It thundered out of the crushed masonry and looked around, it's huge pillar like legs crushed a nearby house by accident but it did not pay any attention, its new form was intriguing; it raised its disproportionate arm, not unlike that of the Colossal Titan who was just ten meters taller than itself and examined it before turning back to the wall and grasping the left side of the breach, it pulled with all its gargantuan strength; a flat slab, perhaps thirty meters across broke away and thundered down then exploded into the earth and threw up a storm of dust.
Another Wall Titan was revealed and as the sunlight touched its face for the fist time in over one hundred years, it slowly turned its eyes to look at the one who had freed it with a blank, skinless expression but instead of freeing it further, the titan grabbed it and ripped its head from its shoulders then cast it aside and began to tear great chunks from the decapitated body and consume them furiously.
A while later, only a third of the dead Wall Titan remained and the wisp controlled titan had eaten its fill. Crimson steam began spurting from the gaps in its muscles and a great cloud began to generate from the flesh it had consumed. Soon a hurricane enveloped the colossus and only its lower arms and façade could be seen from the whirling storm, it stepped forward, west in the direction of Karanese then righted itself to travel south west towards Trost, it would be a long walk but it would return eventually. Another massive step forward and the wisp had learned how to walk with such an immense body, the storm grew faster and as it was so large; thunder started to rumble along side it, something that the Crimson Steam Titan could not accomplish due to its relatively small size. Huge bolts of electricity began sparking off; multiplied in numbers and frequency by a factor of ten, it was a walking tornado of boiling blood vapor and destruction. Trees and flammable substances burst into flame from the incredible heat, even a brass bell atop a tower began to glow and weaken although it did not melt; it had warped and deformed. The power of the storm even turned the sky blood red around it. It opened its huge jaws and bellowed a bloodcurdling roar throughout the world, even in Trost they would hear it.
The Crimson Storm Titan had awoken.
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8pm, Survey Corps HQ
"Morgan?" Hange mumbled.
"Yeah?" Morgan replied.
"I'm starting to feel sick".
"Me too" Morgan slowly turned his head to Hange, he had long since abandoned his calm complexion and folded arms so just hung there "Do you think anyone's going to help?"
"No" Hange sulked "They're a bunch of pricks, all of 'em".
"Wait, did you hear that?" Morgan asked.
"Hear what?"
"Nothing, it sounded like a roar though" Morgan sighed then looked at Hange's waist "Uh, Hange?"
"Yes?"
"What's that attached to your waist?"
Hange looked down "Oh, that's just my 3DMG" She said obliviously. Morgan swore violently under his breath despite rarely swearing and being well spoken.
A window opened up beside them and Levi popped his head out "About fucking time you idiots realized, god, no wonder no one let you down" he scorned "You're supposed to be the smart ones".
Hange swung sideways gently and looked at Levi's upside down face "Oh".
"Hange... how?" Morgan whispered and face-palmed "You have your bloody 3DMG and you didn't think to use it to get down?"
Hange thought for a moment "Why didn't you notice then?"
"Shut up and get us down" Morgan said dismissively, although he knew that he was as bad as Hange in this situation for not noticing the obvious escape route.
"Ok, ok. I'll get us down" Hange said and clicked the triggers but nothing happened "N-no..."
"What? What happened?" Morgan asked desperately.
"No gas" Hange whispered in despair.
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Hours had passed and Levi was in bed after an easy day of doing jack all plus a bit of cleaning but woke suddenly to an explosion followed by his room shuddering. Seconds later a creaking sound like a falling tree filled his ears and then a colossal crash followed which shook the room even more, Levi rubbed his eyes then opened the window again to the cool night air.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TWO IDIOTS PLAYING AT? IT'S TWO IN THE FUCKING MORNING!" Levi roared.
"We're down!" Hange sung and danced around the gloomy courtyard. Morgan staggered up then looked up at the utterly furious Levi, no doubt others had heard the catastrophic noise as well.
"Oh, sorry Levi" Morgan said and stepped out from the splintered wood but then tripped over the safety rope that he had neglected to untie from his ankle, he fell forward with a crash and Hange burst into laughter.
Morgan had decided that the last option had to be taken and that meant destroying their prized creation, he took a blasting cap from his belt pouch and dropped it towards the base of the pillar, to no one's surprise it blew the base to bits and then the rest was straight forward.
Levi's complexion was like a demon's, he slammed the window and left his room behind while grabbing his hooded cloak.
"Oh shit, run!" Hange half panicked, half giggled and Morgan hastily untied the rope and got up. Hange and Morgan both turned to hear Levi opening the great main door to the castle and he sprinted out towards them, Hange yanked Morgan by the arm and the troublesome pair ran away from the furious captain.
"GET THE FUCK BACK HERE!" Levi roared and pursued them while Hange giggled uncontrollably as she and Morgan ran like hell.
Lights went on in the castle and windows opened to find Levi chasing Hange and Morgan around the courtyard in circles, Hange yelped as Levi leaped on her, they rolled around on the courtyard as the captain throttled her, Morgan took one of the nets that was part of the ruined construct and threw it over Levi, much to his fury. Hange scampered up and took Morgan's hand then the pair ran out of the courtyard and back into the castle.
"WHAT DO WE DO?" Hange panicked.
"I DON'T KNOW, I'M GETTING MY ARMOR, GET YOUR SWORDS, GET YOUR HORSE, GET FRIGGIN JAEGER EVEN!" Morgan panicked as well and the two ran away through the dim hallways.
"AHAHAHAHAH!" Hange laughed uncontrollably at the once-in-a-lifetime event that was occurring "It's like lethal hide-and-seek!"
Morgan grinned and they turned off to his room, they entered then barricaded the door behind them and Morgan hastily put his armor on while Hange giggled with her back to the door.
"WHERE ARE THEY?" Levi could be heard as he closed the distance in a fit of rage.
Morgan lowered the visor of his helmet then went to hold the door shut, Hange hid under the bed. Levi almost tore the door off its hinges before Morgan reached it and swung a backbreaking punch straight at him without taking heed of his surroundings.
The punch connected.
Levi's eyes widened in realization, he had been too furious to even think clearly, it was perhaps his first mistake in years.
"Oh dear..." Morgan said from beneath his helmet.
Levi slowly removed his hand from where he had blindly struck out, he had punched Morgan in his steel chest plate, a seriously bad move.
Hange crawled out from under the bed and grabbed Morgan then left the simmering Levi behind, his rage made him blind to the searing pain in his fist from where he punched steel.
"We're so dead" Hange giggled "Thank god he hasn't got his 3DMG".
"I'm gonna sit in the corner and curl up like a tortoise, he can't kill me in armor" Morgan said as they ran, he clunked with every footstep.
"What about me?" Hange gasped.
"I think we're beyond redemption now..."
(I couldn't resist writing this scene, all a bit of fun and I needed good filler material, I hope you enjoyed the ridiculousness, Levi certainly didn't but don't take it too seriously, the 57th expedition comes next so we'll return to being serious, well except the torture scene and the new enemy was pretty serious but you get what I mean)
Character Profile: Crimson Storm Titan
Height: 50m
Stats:
Power: 10/10
Speed: 2/10
Threat: 9/10
Toughness: 10/10
Hotness: 11/10
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Character Profile: Quinn Mason
Height: 158cm
Weight: 52kg
Age: 17 (At the fall of Wall Maria, year 845) 22 (At the fall of Wall Maria)
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Grade: Lance Corporal
Affiliation: Wall Garrison
Race: Human
Birthday: 31st December
Friends: Morgan St Clare, Wilhelm Adler, Petra Ral, Florence Bellerose (Formerly)
Enemies: Titans, Hange Zoe.
Stats:
Combat: 2/10
Initiative: 7/10
Wits: 8/10
Teamwork: 10/10
Intelligence: 8/10
Determination: 11/10
Air-headedness: 10/10
Humanities Strongest Soldiers Rank: Ahahahahahah! Oh Quinn, you are funny (In all seriousness though she is 49,992/50,000+ soldiers).
Character Pros: Compassionate, determined, loyal, hard working and helpful.
Character Cons: Air-headed, weak willed, easy to scare, jealous.
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Hi Hillie, I checked out your Instagram. I'm also working on a light novel of my own although you're much better at drawing than I am. Also check out my new spinoff AoT fanfiction Attack on Titan: Bird of the Stone Cage.
Attack on Titan: Twin Crimson Rose chapter 14.5 Attack on Shenanigans
Just when you thought it was over... Hey look, a bonus chapter!
12 Days until the 57th Expedition.
On that day Levi remembered; just how much he fucking hated Hange and Morgan's antics. Welcome to the Special Chapter! Attack on Titan: Twin Crimson Trouble Makers!
"Hange?" Erwin asked as he walked into the officer's lounge.
"Yes?"
"Why are you wearing Morgan's HTSA?"
"Levi".
"What do you mean?" Erwin asked and went to the sink.
"And I call it the Anti Levi Armor now" Hange replied and sat motionless in her chair while staring dead ahead.
"What are you on about?" Erwin asked with a calm complexion.
The door opened and Levi strode in with a scowl on his face then glared at Hange.
"Eep!" Hange squeaked and closed the visor of the sallet helm then held her head, bracing for the impending shit-storm.
"How is your hand, Levi?" Erwin asked.
"Tch, it's fine" Levi spat and took a broom from the corner and left as suddenly as he had arrived.
Hange let out a sigh of relief "Thank god" She took the helmet off and placed it on the table then returned to eating her breakfast.
"He seemed pissed" Erwin remarked and leaned on the counter.
"You don't know the half of it" Hange said and finished her toast, she then got up awkwardly and took the plate to the sink "How the hell does he walk in this thing?"
"He's used to it" Erwin replied.
Hange walked stiffly to the door and stumbled but righted herself "Seeing as we're all set to go on the mission, Morgan and I are going to be doing titan research and building things".
"You're prepared twelve days in advance?" Erwin asked, clearly impressed.
"Yep, we want as much time as possible to piss off Levi".
"What?"
"I, uh... meant conduct important research!" Hange said and hurried out of the door.
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Outside castle grounds, near training forest
"Hey, Levi what's that sound?" Petra asked as she walked close by to her captain, they were going on a brisk morning walk together although only one of them knew it was kind of romantic.
"It better not be... fuck" Levi swore as they walked around the bend of the path to find the source of the hammer strikes.
"Get that lever there and pull the rope, I'll get the bracers!"
"Got it!" Ok, on three!"
Levi observed what Hange and Morgan were constructing now, then walked up behind them. It seemed to be a giant crossbow on wheels.
"Woop woop!" Hange celebrated "It's complete!"
"What is?" Levi said suddenly from behind the pair.
Hange panicked and grabbed her swords and Morgan closed the visor of his helmet and drew his hammer alongside a tower shield that he didn't have before "Enact the Anti Levi Defense Protocol!" Morgan announced and crouched behind his shield alongside Hange.
Levi glanced around then turned his attention back to the two people before him "Calm the fuck down" He snapped.
Morgan raised his visor then nodded to Hange, they both sheathed their weapons and Morgan propped up his tower shield on a nearby tree "Target not hostile".
"What the hell are you two doing now?" Levi asked forcefully, he was still pissed off from the night before. He walked up and examined the new device.
"This is the Anti Titan Mobile Ballista 1.4" Morgan announced with pride.
"No, we said it would be Anti Titan Mobile Ballista 2500" Hange argued.
Levi face palmed "What does it do?" He asked before they bickered even further.
"We'll show you" Hange said and pulled a handle then loaded a huge spear like projectile with a head designed to stick into a target and not come out again, a thick rope was attached to the end and was coiled in a pile. The device was almost twice as large as a cannon, had four wheels and resembled a giant crossbow.
"Morgan get that lever and crank the string" Hange said and Morgan spun the lever to wind the bowstring back.
Levi walked a bit closer and unknowingly stepped into the coil of rope "So I assume you shoot it into a titan and tie up the other end to capture it?"
"Exactly!" Hange beamed "Ok prepare to fire!"
"Wait Hange, we didn't tie it to the tree yet" Morgan reached out but Hange pulled the trigger.
The giant bolt whistled through the air into the forest and the rope began uncoiling with it.
"Was that it? I'm..." Levi was cut short as the rope pulled taught around his ankle and he shot off with the projectile, Petra gasped as the bolt embedded itself in a tree with Levi hanging upside down by his ankle, the rope had coiled around his foot when he had stepped closer.
"HANGE!"
Morgan dropped the wrench and nail hammer he was holding then ran off towards the castle with Hange close behind him "Weeheehee!" Hange whooped in delight.
"I told you, the rope wasn't tied around the tree!" Morgan said as they ran.
"Oops!"
"Are you trying to kill us?"
"No, but I am" Levi said coolly as he sailed through the air close behind them on his 3DMG.
"Oh crap!" Hange swore then combat rolled to dodge a lightning fast swing from a big stick Levi had found.
"Evasive actions!" Morgan announced then lowered the visor of his helmet and the two carried on running. Hange shot away on her 3DMG towards the castle rooftop and Morgan fired his wrist mounted grappling cable at a tree to his left to catch Levi as he flew by.
Levi danced around the cable like a ballerina in mid air and descended on Morgan with the stick raised. Morgan retracted the cable after his failed attempt at slowing down his enemy and drew his hammer, he turned around just in time to parry the stick but he stumbled backwards at his sudden change in momentum and hit a tree.
Petra ran after them on foot to see Morgan get whacked in the head by the stick, he stumbled forward but it glanced off of his helmet. Hange turned back from the castle on her 3DMG but now had a mop in hand and charged at Levi from the air but Levi deflected it off his stick. Morgan smashed the stick in half with his hammer but got kicked in the chest and forced back against the tree, he sheathed his hammer then punched back which Levi darted away from.
The three dueled furiously and backed into a grove of trees, Hange swung the mop handle but Levi caught it and yanked it off her then whacked her over the head which sent her stumbling backwards "No, he has the mop!" Hange cried and Morgan spun around then lashed out with a metal clad round house kick, Levi dropped his knees low then lowered his back to the ground like he was dodging a bullet then clicked the trigger of his 3DMG to propel himself back upwards as the kick swung away from his face, he then took the mop in hand and jammed the end into the back of Morgan's knee where the armor didn't cover. Morgan fell over from the sudden dead-leg but Hange dived on Levi with a snarl and they rolled on the ground but Levi shook her off then snatched her glasses off of her head "Damnit that's cheating!"
Petra watched helplessly as three of Humanities mightiest heroes dueled for the mop. Hange's vision went blurry so failed to dodge the mop handle to the head. Morgan backhanded Levi's arm as he held up the glasses and they skidded away back to Hange.
"Tch" Levi spat then dived to the side to dodge a fist, he then spun around low to the ground and kicked the back of Morgan's other knee and he fell forward with a metallic crash. Hange staggered up and put her glasses back on then fired her 3DMG cables either side of Levi into two different trees then Morgan propped himself up and fired his wrist mounted cable to intersect the two other cables which trapped Levi in a close knit triangle of steel wire; Levi was impressed at the fact that they didn't even need to communicate to pull off such a move.
"Clever" Levi said slyly then dropped low and hooked his arms around Hange's cables and yanked them which pulled Hange off her feet and tangled the wires with Morgan's. She fell forward just as Levi combat rolled out of the mess of wire. Morgan stood up but dragged Hange with him as he retracted his cable "Untangle it first!" Hange yelled.
Morgan hastily pulled the wires apart as Hange retracted them, the mop struck Hange in the back as Levi attacked, Hange fell head over heels in a combat roll formed from the momentum of the strike and picked up a fallen stick and parried the next strike from Levi. Morgan removed his helmet then raised it up behind Levi and stuck the corporal's head in it.
"Oi, fuck you!" Levi's voice was muffled underneath the steel of the helmet. Hange whacked Levi over the head with her stick and Morgan grabbed the mop and smacked him in the head as well, Levi was not accustomed to looked through the narrow vision slit of a helmet and so couldn't dodge the strikes, he stumbled from the blunt force.
"Guys, how long are you gonna keep fighting?" Petra asked with a worried look on her face.
The trio ignored her. Levi turned then head butted Morgan with the helmet, he pulled it off and held it by the plume then swung it like a flail at Hange as she attempted to attack, the helmet smashed through her stick and splintered it. Levi dropped the helmet on her foot then spun to catch a sundering gauntlet clad fist from Morgan then, using all of his strength; flipped all 120 kilograms of man and armor over his shoulder right on top of Hange.
"Tch" Levi breathed heavier than usual but hid it behind a stern complexion, the fight had taken its toll on him as prolonged combat was not his thing. Morgan was lying face first on top of Hange and they were both exhausted, they formed an X shape on the ground as they lay in a heap.
Levi walked up to the troublesome pair to gloat but Morgan stuck his foot out.
"What's this, a victory hand shake?" Levi asked with a scowl.
"You don't handshake with a foot" Morgan mumbled.
"Tch".
"I'm not done yet" Morgan clicked the trigger on his hammer and a blast of gas was propelled from the jump assist at his ankles and catapulted Levi backwards. Morgan staggered up and Hange followed too, they had been faking defeat to draw Levi closer in a false sense of security.
Levi stood up and picked the fallen mop up off the ground and spun it thrice then crouched low in a fighting stance.
Morgan picked up his helmet and put it back on, Hange readjusted her glasses menacingly.
"What are you guys doing?" Erwin asked as he walked up beside Petra.
Levi, Hange and Morgan all turned to face him.
"Save it for the titans" Erwin said "Levi, what did they do this time?"
Levi glowered at the duo then stalked off silently back to the castle. Hange and Morgan both fell over in relief, not even both of them together could fight humanities strongest soldier, even if it was a play fight.
"Next time, I'm using my hammer" Morgan panted.
"I want an army before I try that again" Hange gasped for breath.
"I second the thought" Morgan replied "That gives me an idea".
"What?"
"We should design an Anti Levi Device" Morgan suggested.
"That sounds great, we'll need a volunteer to test it though".
"Just build a giant mouse trap and put a new feather duster in it for him" Morgan chuckled and regained his breath then sat upright.
"Perhaps we should spend the rest of the day researching, I'm done with our contraptions for the time being" Hange said as she stretched in a starfish shape on the ground and rubbed her head.
"Yeah, let's plan our trap for another day".
[#]
"Hange?" Morgan said as they sat at the table in Hange's office.
"Yeah?"
"I'm bored".
"Me too" Hange replied and put her book down.
"How long are we going to be locked in here?" Morgan asked.
"Well it's 2PM now and Levi said we can't come out until dinner" Hange explained.
Morgan was out of his armor for the time being, these days he spent more time in I than out of it, mostly because it was a hassle to put it on "We should do something".
"There's nothing to do in my office, except read".
Morgan glanced over at the desk "Can I have a look at Ilse Langnar's notebook?"
Hange nodded slowly and Morgan took it off of the desk to read. It was dangerous to leave such unchecked creative people alone together, one of them being a high functioning genius. They could probably create a bomb out of paper, candle wax and toothpaste.
"I wish there was more to this" Morgan said and turned the frail page.
"She died getting that much, we couldn't ask for more" Hange said, her hyperactive energy levels were dangerously low.
"Do you want me to blow up the door?" Morgan asked, they were at their limit of boredom.
"You don't have your armor though?"
"I keep my blasting caps in the pouch on my belt even when I'm not in armor" Morgan explained and turned another page.
"We're gonna die in here" Hange whined and put her feet up.
[#]
Dinner time
"Wilhelm?" Quinn asked and tugged his sleeve. Wilhelm looked to his left, they were sitting in the officer's mess hall while eating dinner with Petra, Gunther and another soldier.
"Yeah?" Wilhelm replied then took another mouthful of food.
"Why do Hange and Morgan always seem to be together?" Quinn asked sadly.
"Because they enjoy each other's company" Wilhelm answered then took a sip of water "Hange has no friends that share the same interests as her except him".
"But they're always together, do you think that..."
"I know what you're getting at and no, they do not love each other, in fact it's more of a soulmate relationship, although initially it was different" Wilhelm explained.
"They told you that?" Quinn asked with a glint of hope.
"No, but I can tell that that's what it is".
Quinn looked at her food and prodded it "Did they ever... you know..."
"I'll leave that to your imagination" Wilhelm chuckled and got up from the table for seconds.
"They kissed?" Quinn asked with a hint of annoyance as Wilhelm walked away.
"I thought you meant the other thing".
"Oh god" Quinn gasped.
"Oops" Wilhelm exclaimed but carried on chuckling as he walked towards the kitchen.
This bonus chapter is not meant to be taken seriously, but I hope you enjoyed it.