The trio were trying to find Levi as they walked carefully among dead bodies all over.
Dead bodies of Armored Colossal Pack members.
Armin silently pointed at the other side of the main house, where Levi and Carla should be located. As he led the way and turned right, he bumped onto a body that went the other way, making all of them took a step back and got into their stance, ready to fight. Turned out it was Isabel in her anthro form, along with Farlan in his wolf form.
'Oh my moon! I thought I collide with enemies! Fuck, it's so, so nice to see you guys,' Isabel mind-linked them, looking reliefed.
'Are you okay, Isabel, Farlan?' Eren asked.
'I am fine. We're fine,' Isabel answered.
'I don't know how many of them are left, but I can say that we are winning this attack,' Farlan retorted.
Armin shook his head, 'Not yet. I haven't heard anything about the Alpha of Armored Colossal Pack. Do you think he's alive and hiding somewhere or escaped already?'
'Yeah, we need to make sure the Alpha's whereabouts. But I need to find Levi first. My mind-communication with him suddenly being cut off earlier,' Eren added.
'Should we come, too?' Isabel looked at Eren.
'No, you two stick together and make sure that no enemies are left, so we could go back home with our gold and take back this territory, the territory that belonged to the Wild Titan Pack,' Eren commanded.
Isabel nodded, 'Alright, Alpha. Be safe.'
'Ugh, just call me Eren,' He rolled his eyes.
Thus, they parted ways, and eventually, the trio found Levi and an unconscious Carla in the middle of the storage room among with dead bodies all around. The bodies were unfamiliar to Eren, so he assumed those were belonged to Armored Colossal members.
Eren rushed to Carla and Levi. He caressed his mother cheek softly, looking at his mate in worry as he rambled, 'What happened? Is my mom okay? Are you okay?'
'Their so-called-fighter hit your mother on the head. I took him down, though,' Levi nudged his head to the right, where the fighter who harmed Carla lying dead on the floor.
Eren nuzzled his nose against Levi's, 'Our connection suddenly cut off. I was afraid something bad happen to you. I am glad you okay… and at least my mom not in a dangerous state, right? She just went unconscious, right?'
'Yeah, but let's bring her to Petra to make sure she's alright,' Levi looked down at Carla.
'We will bring her and find Petra. She's at the outside territory, right?' Armin asked to clarify.
'Yes. She supposed to stand by in there, in case some of us get injured and needs treatment,' Levi nodded and handed Carla to Armin.
'Levi, have you heard about their Alpha? Is he dead? Is he still alive?' Eren asked.
'Let's ask Ymir, she's keeping her eyes on Historia. She should have known about Rod Reiss whereabouts. After all, he is Historia's father. I believe she must have known where her father is,' Levi said to Eren.
'Eren, come on,' Mikasa suddenly spoke.
'Come on, where, Mikasa?' Emerald eyes looked at her in confusion.
'We'll get mom to Petra,' She explained.
Eren scoffed, 'What are you talking about? Mom is in a good hand with you and Armin. Besides, there are almost no enemies left, and our members are like, wandering everywhere around here. You'll be fine. I'm going with Levi.'
'Eren, I think you should—'
'I'm coming with you, Levi. I won't take no as an answer. Now, if you would, go mind-link Ymir and asked about Rod Reiss,' Eren said to Levi, crossing his arms as if dared Levi to say no to him.
Levi shook his head in defeat and turned to Armin and Mikasa, 'Just go, guys. And be careful, don't let your guards down.'
'But we promised to stick together,' Mikasa protested at Eren.
'Mikasa, please understand the situation. I can't let Levi go alone…' Eren pleaded.
She seemed to be in a deep thought and reluctantly nodded, 'Fine. Just, please be careful.'
Levi raised his right hand to Mikasa, 'Don't worry about Eren and I; if you even care about me. We will protect each other.'
'You do that, Alpha. If my baby brother got any scratch on his body, I will kill you,' Mikasa said menacingly.
'Alright, enough, guys. Now let's get moving. We can't stay here too long,' Eren piped in and added, 'Be careful, Armin, Mikasa. Let's meet unscratched after this, okay?'
The two nodded, and after that, they finally separated ways.
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Walking away from storage room, Levi tried to mind-link Ymir while Eren watched their surroundings carefully.
Levi stopped in his track when he finally able to reached Ymir and put the mind-link between the three of them as Eren stood still next to him, 'Ymir. Where are you? I need to know about Rod Reiss, whether he's alive or dead.'
'Well, lucky you, Alpha. Right now I am keeping my eyes on him. Well, I am keeping my eyes on Historia, but she is with her father and their Betas and… three fighters. So, yeah, the seven of them are here on the second floor, at the end of right hall,' Ymir reported.
'Eren and I are on my way. I will also call a few of our men for back-ups. Hang in there, Ymir,' Levi confirmed and started moving with Eren to where Rod Reiss was hiding.
'I'm calling for back-ups,' Eren added and began mind-link the members.
'Be careful, Alphas,' Ymir said before she ended the link between them.
Later, they met with Ymir in front of a suspicious closed door. They also met with Oluo, Erd, and Gunther who were already there to help as backups. Ymir pointed at the door. She then raised her three fingers and wiggled them in the air.
Three.
Two.
One.
As Ymir put down her fingers, she opened the locked door with such a force, revealing a shocked Rod Reiss who was hiding behind his Betas and the three fighters. Next to Rod Reiss was Historia who attempted to make another shocked face just like her father.
Still standing securely behind his men, Rod Reiss spoke, "What do you want? Money? Gold? I— I have gold, many of them! I will split half and half for us to share!" He tried to negotiate.
Eren shifted back into his human form and let out a sickening smirk, "Share the gold? Share? Oh no, mister. We are here to stop your madness and take back what's not yours; the gold."
"What?" Rod Reiss were taken aback.
Eren walked passed Ymir and snarled, "Greetings from the survivors of Wild Titan Pack!" He then shifted back into his anthro form and lunged forward, aiming for the coward Alpha that hidden behind his men.
Unfortunately, one of the Betas able to blocked the attack, it gave Reiss a chance to escape. His daughter and his underlings were following behind to the secret door that led to another exit.
Upon succeeded on escaping, Rod Reiss extended his rather short arm at his daughter; his only family that had left since his mate, the Luna, had long gone because of pack war, "Historia, hurry, grab my hand! We need to run faster!" He called for his daughter.
"Father!" Historia grabbed her father's hand, looking slightly panicked and out of breath.
"Hurry! Run faster!" He ushered.
"I— I can't run any faster than this, father," Historia said in between pants. Of course, that was a lie. What a nice act.
Rod Reiss turned to one of the fighter and shoved his daughter to him, "Reiner, carry Historia with you!" He then motioned another two fighters, "Bert! Annie! Make a good use of yourselves and protect my daughter and I!"
"Alpha, where are we going?" The male Beta who ran in front of Rod Reiss asked.
"We'll go to Nile's territory. Gotta ask the so-called-Alpha a little favour, he owes me anyway," He ordered, still running through the secret path since their temporary territory was now surrounded by werewolves that are not from his pack.
"That's not quite far, Alpha. Let's just hope those mutts don't catch up to us," The female Beta, who soon joined them after she blocked Eren's attack, retorted.
In no time, they exited the main house, and ran further away from the territory using another secret path. At this moment, Rod Reiss was glad that he thought of making secret path. Years of being nomadic taught him that this kind of thing was useful when needed, just like now.
They shifted into their wolf form except for Rod Reiss and Historia that was still in human form, riding on Bertold and Reiner's back.
'Do you know what pack that attacks us?' He said through mind-link.
'It's Shadow Corps Pack,' The male Beta answered.
"How do you know?" Historia asked in wonder.
'One of the werewolves that stood in front of us earlier is the Alpha of Shadow Corps Pack. The Alpha and his pack, uh, they are pretty well-known for being strong and things like that,' The female Beta said awkwardly.
"That's nonsense. They just get lucky because we let our guard down. I am the well-known Alpha! I feared by many, I took down many packs, I provide my own pack with money and everything that we needs," Rod Reiss barked.
At that, the Betas went silent and focus on the road instead.
"Still—" Rod Reiss continued, "—they are able to kill almost all of us. Are we the only one that survives?"
'It seems so, Alpha,' The male Beta replied.
"Ah, but, no worries. We still got Reiner and Bertold, and Annie too. That's a good thing. They can protect us. Then we'll attack back once I get a hold on Nile. Those fucking mutt!" He spat in disgust.
Suddenly, Historia pointed toward their back "Hey, father? Looks like they find us," She couldn't help but smile upon seeing the wolves that quickly caught up to them. She even saw Ymir among them.
The good-for-nothing-Alpha was about to ordered them to run faster, but in a swift motion, they were being caught up. He grabbed Historia from Reiner's hold. He pushed Reiner, Bertolt, and Annie to fight their chasers while the Betas were looking for any escape routes.
Eren, Armin, and Mikasa, who got reunited and joining the chase, readied themselves to fight against the fighter trio. But, instead of fighting, the three fighters made ways for the chasers to move past them.
The face on Rod Reiss upon seeing that was priceless.
Levi, still in his anthro form, suddenly jumped from the tree and landed in front of Rod Reiss. He made a motion for the coward Alpha to fight him. Panicked, Rod Reiss stared at Levi for a mere second before he shouted at his Betas, "Fight him!"
The Betas shifted into their anthro form and started to attack Levi. Those two were strong, Levi admitted that, but their move was reckless. The Betas kept repeating their sloppy attack until they suddenly stopped. Rod Reiss could only watched in shock when Levi ripped their heart out in a blink of an eye.
'Why was this happening?' He thought bitterly. He should be the Alpha of the most feared pack with ruthless members. They used to send his men attacking the other packs; killed everyone and then took what was theirs to become his. They had been doing it for years. So, why in just less than 24 hours everything fell apart upon him?
Just then, Rod Reiss saw Levi approaching him. In an attempt to protect himself, since no one able to protect him anymore, he grabbed Historia rather harshly and put her as a human shield, and slowly he walked backwards, trying to walk away. He was starting to lose his mind in fear of death.
Everyone stared at him in disbelief. It was clearly impossible to try and ran away in his situation. Why he still tried so hard to get away?
The coward Alpha, who was focusing his eyes on Levi, didn't realise Eren's sneaky presence behind him. When Eren made sure he was close enough, he ripped the fatty fingers away from Historia. He took a good hold on her and secured her in his furry arms.
Eren ushered Historia to go to Ymir. He then shifted back into his human form, with a deep scowl plastered on his face, "You are such a coward and a disgrace. Really, all you can do is hiding behind bodies and you call yourself an Alpha?"
Once again, Levi took a few steps and stood in front of Rod Reiss, while Eren and the rest of them stayed behind him. Again, the Raven Alpha let out a challenging growl.
Eren peered from behind Levi and smiled triumphantly at Rod Reiss, showing a toothy grin, "The Alpha, protects them all."
Rod reiss let out a wicked smile, "Yeah? Let me see how your Alpha tries to protect them all, even the territory that I bet is in a vulnerable state since almost all of you are here, killing my men, ruining what was mine. You think you can get away with this?" Out of nowhere, he flashed an old cell phone as he screamed through it, "SHADOW CORPS PACK TERRITORY IS OPEN FOR A RAIIIIID!"
He laughed at everyone's startled expression, including the terror face on his own daughter. He stomped on his cell phone to the ground and scoffed at Levi, "There, if you able to protect them all, go back to your territory and protect your—"
Without letting him finished, Levi killed him by slashing his sharp claws toward Rod Reiss' head. He was about to fight the three fighters when Ymir stopped him with a shout through mind-link, 'They're with us!'
'I don't think so,' Levi snarled. Eyes focused on the three fighters who only stood in their place, unmoving.
Seeming to understand the situation, Historia stepped forward as she pleaded, "Please! They agree to help me. They also helped Ymir in finding me earlier! Besides, they haven't done anything that indicating to fight you guys, right? Alpha, please…"
Levi stared at Historia for a second before he shifted back into his human form, looking up and down at the trio, "You are pretty disloyal to your Alpha."
"He is not an Alpha, he might have an alpha bloodline in him, but he never act like one. Reiss treated everyone as if we are his fucking slave," The girl, Annie, replied.
Reiner nodded in agreement. He then turned to look at Historia and gave her a small smile, "Only Historia treats everyone like how pack members should be. Reiss? He would never do that."
"Yet everyone seemed to take a liking on him. Maybe because he still share all his wealth to us, although not equally, but wealth is still wealth. Unfortunately, for us three, wealth is not what we want," Bertolt added.
"What you want then?" Levi asked cautiously.
"A pack. A real pack that will treat us like we are a part of them. I heard many packs that live in harmony, how they respect their Alpha instead of fearing them, and things like that," Annie answered.
Levi stared at them boringly, "Well then. Do you know who did Reiss called earlier?"
"I know!" Historia answered eagerly, "It's Nile Dok, the Alpha of Red Bolo Pack. Their territory located not too far from here, so I think we could still catch up to them. Please take us with you, Alpha. We have nowhere to go," She said with face full of determination. It somehow reminded Levi of his mate.
Ignoring Historia's plea, Levi turned to his pack members, "We need to get back to our territory."
The members nodded in agreement.
Levi pointed at Oluo, Erd, and Gunther, "I want you to inform Erwin to get his men and take care of everything in here, including the gold. I trust him. Also, make sure the Armored Colossal Pack members had been defeated, but leave these four out of it," Levi pointed at Historia and the three fighters.
"After that—" Levi added, "—I want you find our Betas. Tell Farlan and Isabel to lead the rest of the members to catch up to us, back to our territory."
"Would it be better if we ask help from Erwin members too?" Eren asked.
Levi nodded, "Do that. I need as many back up as possible. Who knows what will happen after Reiss called that Nile dude."
"With them too, right? They helped us and wanted to come with us, we can't just abandon them," Eren eyed the trio, and then at Historia, who didn't even shed a tears at the loss of her father.
"Just don't make any suspicious movement behind our back," Levi stated.
"We won't," Historia said immediately. Meanwhile, the trio nodded in unison, agreeing with her.
Thus, they were moving to get back to their territory.
Eren and the others were following Levi in silent.
He only wanted this to end fast.
'This is almost over,' Eren thought to himself, 'Please just let everyone in the territory to be safe.'
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Chapter End Notes:
So… I hope they're not too late.
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