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"Last question." He brought his lips close to my ear. "When exactly do you think he and I switched places?"

The second I understood the meaning of those words, I felt like my heart was going to stop. My eyes widened and my mouth dropped open. My capacity of movement had disappeared. Only my entire body was shaking and goosebumps spread all over my skin. No way. This couldn't be happening. Not now, not here! I felt his breath on my neck when he chuckled.

"Did you miss me?" He whispered before something warm and wet touched my ear.

I whipped around and backed up as far away as I could until I bumped into the desk, completely ignoring the dead corpse. The angel was smirking. That awful smile that didn't belong on that face, that arrogance that showed in his posture... no doubt about it.

"Lucifer..." I whispered almost inaudibly, but I knew he heard me.

"Oh yes, I'm going to enjoy this." He said as if he was talking to himself, and eying me like I was a piece of cake.

He chuckled again and I reached to grab my gun and pointed it at the clone. "Stay back!" I ordered, with that damn shaking voice of mine.

He only kept smiling and simply turned around to close the door. "Go ahead. If you can, love." Lucifer stated, throwing me a daring look... Just before he turned off the light button, plunging the entire room in complete darkness. I, literally and figuratively shot in the dark, more by reflex than anything else. I panted as I listened, but the only sound that reached my ears was more laughter. I was unable to pinpoint anything.

"Hahaha! You're adorable, Petra." He said, from somewhere in the room. I frantically looked for glowing eyes, as it was the only thing I could possibly see in this darkness. "I'm surprised you were able to shoot though. Levi didn't waste his time with you."

"Where is he? And where are Amanda and Alec?" I asked, as I kept looking, panicking more and more.

"If you want to play twenty questions you should answer mine first." He answered. The voice came from behind me so I turned around and backed up slowly.

"What question?"

"I told you : when do you think I took his place? If you answer, I might answer yours."

When did he switch places with Levi? When could he have? I tried to use my brain as well as stay alert for anything glowing. I could think of two possibilities. The first would be when I lost sight of him when he went down the stream alone to see where it led. The second was when he left me to go find me that jacket. I suddenly realized what I was doing. I was entering his game again, just like I had before. Making me talk was his way of getting information. I'd fallen for that once already, and it had cost the lives of nineteen people. It was not happening again!

"I'm not playing your games this time!" I assured, although my voice was still trembling.

"You're no fun." He whispered and I could feel his breath on my ear.

I once more nearly jumped out of my skin and backed up some more, raising my weapon again. But my heel hit something (probably the second corpse) and I fell on my back, dropping my weapon in the process. I tried to quickly get up but a foot stepped in my torso and sent me right back down. I looked up to see the golden eyes shining in the dark.

"That was too easy, Petra. I could've killed you ten times over. Levi would be so disappointed."

"Then why didn't you?" I said, as I tried to get his foot off me. But the angel was too strong.

"Didn't I tell you I wasn't done with you? I haven't grown bored of you yet."

The weight on above my chest suddenly disappeared and after a couple of seconds the lights turned back on. I got back to my feet and looked for my gun, only to find Lucifer in possession of it. "By the way, the answer was when you found me climbing the cliff."

"What have you done with Levi?" I asked.

"He's still alive for now."

"You killed Dok and Woerman, and you said the titans didn't interest you, so why are you still doing this? What do you want?"

"Are you interested?"

"I want my family back, that's all." I snapped, finally starting to get angry. "Where are they?"

"Follow me and you'll see." He said, turning around and opening the door again.

"You think I'm that, stupid, do you?" I said.

"Of course not. I think you don't have a choice. Now that the two bastards are dead, I'm the only one who knows where Levi and your foster parents are. And if you want to see them again, then you'll have to come with me. You could stay here and wait for the soldiers to find you, but nothing says they won't shoot you. You are an intruder after all."

I gulped, never blinking. I was too scared that something bad might happen if I do. I thought of all the soldiers down here. We still didn't know why the military was involved. Marco didn't have time to expose his idea. We still had a lot to find out. But while Hanji and the others were eliminating the titans, Levi and I were stuck down here. And with him of all people. All of this was way too fishy, he was offering me everything on a silver platter. It was too good to be true. He wanted something but I had no idea why. And that terrified me. I must've stayed quiet too long because he spoke again.

"I'm sure your little friends have told you that the castle's Black Ops are here. Do you know why?"

"..."

"Because Henry Aust called them here. And I know why. I know a lot of things Petra, more than anyone else here now that these two are dead." Said the angel, approaching me at a quick pace. He stopped when his face was an inch away from mine. "If you want to know what I know, and if you want to find your family, then you really should follow me."

It sounded like a proposal but it was definitely an order. He didn't wait for me to reply and walked out of the room. I threw one last glance at at the two corpses before following the angel. I turned on the flashlight he'd given me and followed him, making sure I was a full four meters behind. I could tell he was smiling. And my instincts kept screaming at me to run away.

'Levi, please be okay.'

At the same time, I took out my SpyBug in my hand and sent a message to Marco.

W. A-N-D. D. A-R-E. D-E-A-D.

The answer didn't take long to come. A-R-E. Y-O-U. S-U-R-E.

Y-E-S. I quickly signaled.


Royal Castle

Jean tapped his foot nervously on the ground, a he tried to lay low at the corner of a corridor of the second floor. This was where most of ministers offices were, and only a few people other than the ministers themselves or their guards were aloud to circulate in. The only reason he'd been aloud there was because Krista had told everyone that he was her bodyguard. But the young man didn't feel at ease here. Petra and Ymir were fighting with the Scouts against the freaks and were in direct mortal danger. Marco was directing the entire operation, not only the Scout's but also their's. And all he could do was play spy with Krista.

"Damn it. Can I get anymore useless." He muttered to himself.

Quick footsteps made him look up. Krista was running back towards him from the end of the empty hallway.

"Jean! The Black Ops have gathered at the entrance of the garage. They'll be heading down there any minute. Someone's coming!"

The short blondie grabbed Jean by the arm and they entered an empty room, as numerous and heavy footsteps were getting louder. Both teens pressed their ears against the wooden door and listened attentively as someone was giving orders.

"I want two men outside under the window!" Ordered the voice. "Cut off every exit way there is for him. Let's hurry, Mr Aust is waiting for us. Don't let any of them escape."

Jean's eyes widened. "That's my old man." He muttered.

Krista put a finger in front of her mouth, to tell him to quiet down and focused on the Colonel's voice. "Until further notice, General Pixis and Supervisor Darius Zackley are under suspicions of high treason. Do not let them out of your sight!"

When they moved out, Jean turned to Krista again. "Marco was right! Darius Zackley is the one behind this!"

"We're running out of time." Exclaimed Krista, before reaching for her radio. "Marco, Commander, can you hear me?"

"Yes. What's up Kris?" Replied the voice of their friend.

"The Black Ops are about to storm the Garage, Sherlock. And they're on their way to arrest Zackley and General Pixis. They've also disarmed all the members of the Castle's protective force. They're already suspecting something, if Zackley talks, they'll find the sub levels and the Scouts!"

"Hanji and the other Squads aren't done dealing with the Titans yet and they're overwhelmed. Commander Erwin, what do we do?"

It was quiet for a long moment before the ex-army commander answered. "If we don't do anything, we'll loose too many..."

"Are you suggesting we lead the Black Ops to us so that they can help get rid of the titans?" Asked Marco. "That would reveal the Scout's existence to the army."

Some more silence went by. "Krista?"

"Yes, Sir."

"I need you to get a message to your father."


Garage, unknown sub level

"You're quiet back there." Said Lucifer without stopping or turning around.

"Did you expect me to have a pleasant conversation with the guy who thinks I'm his meal?" I snapped.

"Careful Petra." He warned. "It's not really a good idea to diss the guy who holds everything you want."

"I don't get you." I said, finding this guy more a mystery than Levi. "What do you want, Lucifer? You won't gain anything from holding my family hostage. Or Levi for that matter. So what the hell is your game this time?"

He suddenly stopped in his tracks and I did the same, getting on guard, like I was expecting him to attack me. He did turn around this time and looked at me with almost angry eyes. "You have no idea how this will benefit me. I'm about to be completed and that's all that matters."

"Completed? What does that mean?" I asked, taking a step back.

"You'll see. We're almost there."

I let him lead the way through many hallways, never coming across anyone. That was strange. We were going up many staircases but … we never came across any soldiers, and I couldn't hear titans. I was sure Hanji had told everyone that the doctor she'd threatened had said something about them being kept right under the garage on the first clandestine floor. So why was it so quiet here? Maybe I couldn't hear because the walls were too thick or they somehow found a way to keep the titans quiet, but I doubted both of these hypothesis. There was no organization left now that Dok and Woerman were dead. And the clone had made it clear that he didn't care at all about the titans. No. He was interested in one thing only : Levi and me too for some reason. I couldn't understand him. We finally reached a dead hallway that led to a single metallic door. The angel inserted a key and pulled it open before turning to me.

"After you."

"You first." I said, suspicious.

"Whatever pleases you." He responded before stepping into the room. I hesitated to follow him until I heard his next sentence. "I'm back, Mr Kiler."

My eyes widened and without hesitation, I dashed forward and entered the room. It wasn't very big but at the end of it, sitting on the edge of some sort of military bed, was Tim. And sitting up on it was a woman with red hair, holding something in her arms. The man looked up and stood up immediately when they saw me.

"Petra!"

I dropped my torchlight and ran into my foster father's arms. I hugged him as hard as I could. It felt like forever since I'd seen him. And he didn't look like he was hurt. Thank goodness.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?" I asked.

"I should ask you that." Responded Timothy. "What happened to you? Your hair is wet... and you're shaking like a leaf."

Yeah, and not because of the cold. I searched for a way to avoid the subject when my eyes fell on the woman. "Amanda!" I exclaimed throwing my arms around her as well. "I'm so sorry." I said, as my eyes started to water. "If I'd gotten home sooner..."

"Don't you dare." She interrupted, hugging me so tight I thought I was gonna choke. Her voice was shaking and I realized I wasn't the only one on the verge of tears. "I'm so glad you're alright." She added.

I let go and looked at Alec, who wasn't moving in her arms. A wave of emotions pinched my heart as Toby's face came to mind. "Is he... is he alright?"

"He's fine. The sedatives should wear off soon." Replied Tim. "But we don't know where Myra is..." He confessed with a worried look on his face.

"I found her." I quickly said. "She safe." I suddenly noticed that all three of them were wearing strange thick black bracelets that kind of resembled my chocker.

"Alright. That's enough." Said Lucifer as he grabbed me by the back of the shirt and pulled me against him, wrapping an arm around my neck. "I'll let you have your mushy reunion later. Besides, I could still change my mind based on how things are going."

Amanda immediately snapped. "If you so much as make a hair on her head fall, I will murder you, monster!"

Stupid move, it could piss off the angel even more. But Lucifer only laughed and didn't even bother to respond to the threat.

"I'll bring her back to you soon to complete our deal, Mr Kiler. But for now, I still have business with her. Until then, please don't do anything stupid, unless you want your heads blown up." My heart skipped a beat. Those things were signal bombs, of course. I should've known he'd want insurance. "You too love, try to behave. I can end your family with a push of a button."

"Where are you taking me?" I said, trying to get out of his hold.

"You want to see him, don't you?"

I stopped struggling. He let go off my neck and dragged me down a staircase that I hadn't seen. When we reached the bottom of the stairs, he took a tiny remote out of his pocket and pushed a button. Some sort of trap door sealed the way behind us. Great, now I was trapped with him in a cave. Those scenarios are never good in movies, why should they be in real life? The room we stepped in looked like some sort of storage room, similar to the weapon and ammo room the scouts had in their HQ before it was blown to bits. There piled up cases probably filled with weapons or maybe even reserves for their labs. It reminded me of the C-zones in ports. The angel dragged me to the very far end of the room, where I spotted an immobile figure sitting in a chair.

It was Levi. His jacket had been taken (by Lucifer obviously since he was wearing it), leaving him in only in a black tank top, torn by claw marks. The sight was frightening. His entire body was covered in claw and bite marks. He wasn't moving and his arms seemed to be chained to the armrests. My heart tightened in my chest and for a moment, I thought he was dead. But when we got closer and Lucifer finally let go off my arm, I rushed to his side and shook him by the shoulders.

"Levi? Levi! Wake up! Tell me you're alright!"

I kept shaking until a growl like grunt finally came out and his eyes slowly opened. It took a moment for them to find my face.

"Petra?" He said, as he blinked a couple of times, like a person waking up from a hangover and doubting his senses. "Where are we? What the hell happened?"

I hesitated a second before saying. "Lucifer got us."

That first word made him straightened a bit too fast for his condition because he tensed up in pain too. He quickly scanned the room until his eyes landed on the clone. That bastard was still smiling at them.

"For your information, we are on the first clandestine floor. And since we're on a roll for good news, you'll be happy to learn that Dok and Woerman are officially pushing up daisies, courtesy of yours truly."

For the first time ever, I saw the angel captain's eyes widen in shock. Only briefly though, as he quickly regained his serious glare. No matter how beat up he seemed, it didn't seem to affect his mental state. "Bullshit." He let out.

"He's telling the truth." I said. "I saw them."

"See?" Continued Lucifer. "How does that make you feel, Captain? That I'm the one who stole the revenge you've been trying to fulfill for thirteen years now?"

Whatever taunt he was throwing, it would never work on Levi. As expected, the captain just stared blankly and said. "Good riddance."

In a way, I was glad that it wasn't Levi who'd killed them. It was one less stain on his conscience.

"Did you expect me to thank you?" Continued Levi, his eyes throwing daggers now. "You killed nineteen of my brats, you sick psycho. Do you think killing those bastards was worth anything?"

The clone laughed out loud, making me cringe. Everything was wrong with what he was. Nothing matched to that face. "If you're going to blame someone for them, shouldn't it be our dear Petra, here?"

He looked at me with a triumphant glare, and I couldn't help but look away, thinking of all the Scouts that had died because of me. Levi didn't reply but kept his angry eyes on his doppelgänger.

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue, Levi? Or maybe you've already decided that I was now at the top of your hit list."

"From the moment you kidnapped my tracker, you were at the top of the list, you son of a bitch."

"Right. Just before Timothy Kiler then. Isn't that right Levi?"

I looked up again at the angel captain, who kept his eyes on the clone a murderous aura surrounding him. I knew that it was a possibility that Levi would still want to kill Tim. But that's the whole reason why our betrayal was planned. And Lucifer was ruining all of it.

"Not even denying it? And right in front of her none the less. I guess both of us are cold-hearted bastards in the end, aren't we? But I shouldn't be surprised. You and I are the same."

"THAT'S A LIE!" I shouted at the clone, unintentionally. "You're nothing like him."

"Aren't we? No one would ever be able to tell us apart. Same hair, same face, same eye color, identical DNA and same corrupted dark heart..."

I really don't know what came over me, but I felt the anger rise from the bottom of my stomach to my head in half a second, and before I knew it I was back on my feet, throwing a well deserved punch in the clone's nose. He barely moved throw and when he turned back to face me, that annoying smirk stretched across his face again.

"That almost hurt." He mocked. "Think about it, love. Does it really matter when you're bitten by me or by him? You couldn't even tell the difference between me and him."

My cheeks flamed up because of the shame. Lucifer was a great actor, I hadn't even suspected he could have switched places with Levi, when it was the most obvious trick he had up his sleeves.

"That's just because I'm stupid." I spat out. "You'll never be able to fool Hanji or Erwin."

"I beg to differ."

I blinked and a second later, Lucifer grabbed me by the throat and threw me against the wall, right next to Levi's chair. The impact was so strong, I thought my back had shattered for a moment. But most of the pain was focused on my throat. I had to stand on my tip toes to keep myself in contact with the ground, and I was panting, catching every bit of oxygen I could, which was barely enough to keep me from passing out.

"She's got nothing to do with this, bastard!" Ordered Levi, pulling on his chains.

"On the contrary, she has everything to do with this Levi." With his free hand, he pulled my jacket and uncovered my shoulder. "This is where you bit her isn't it?"

Before I could even try to struggle, a pair of sharp fangs sank in my flesh and I cried out in pain. It was so much more painful than before, because he was purposely tearing the flesh more and I felt the warm and thick liquid drip on my skin. It was so painful, a stream of tears escaped my eyes. I looked at Levi, wanting to call out for help. But he was chained. There was nothing he could do. Somehow though, the look in his eyes was comforting there was clear rage and visible murder intent. My vision suddenly got blurry and I felt my muscles slowly give in. Lucifer finally pulled away and let go of me. I slid down the wall and fell on my side when I reached the ground, my head weighing a ton.

'No! I can't pass out! Not now!' I thought, biting my lower lip, hoping the pain would keep me conscious.

"Your expressions are amazing. Although, I gotta say that with the morphochlorine infesting your blood stream, it kind of looses it's taste. But hey, it'll wear off soon. Now stay down and be a good girl."

Moving my head was even more painful than I thought, and my vision was blurry so I couldn't discern them very well. Lucifer placed himself in front of Levi, and from what I could discern, he wasn't smiling for once.

"What the hell do you want, copy-cat?" Snapped Levi, his murderous glance as intense as ever. "You're clearly obsessed with getting a face off with me. Why?"

"Are you serious?" Replied the clone, and there was clear animosity in his voice. "What do you think when you look at my face Levi? I can tell you exactly what you think. It's repulsive, disgusting, unbearable to watch. It makes you want to rip it right off of me doesn't it? "

Levi frowned some more, betraying the fact that his doppelgänger had hit the bullseyes. But truthfully, it was not surprising. Because Levi thought of himself as a monster tainted with blood. So it was like the clone was reading his mind.

"Do you know how I know this?" Continued Lucifer, grabbing a handful of his hair and approaching his face closer to his.

But this time, the face he was making was familiar. It was the same face Levi made when I'd told him I'd found out about the real objective of the scouts.

"Because I am you!" Shouted the angry angel. "That's all anyone I've ever met searched for in me : you. I was created to look like you, to think like you, to fight like you … to be you! That's all I ever was to everyone. I exist only through you, Levi Ackerman! Do you have any idea how that feels?! I could vomit just thinking about it!"

From what I could discern, Levi had regained his usual pokerface. He seemed completely unaffected by what Lucifer was saying anymore. It was Lucifer's turn to get irritated. "Stop looking at me like that!"

Slashing his claws through the air, the clone hit the Scout captain in the face. I gasped in shock, as blood splashed close to were I was. But not a single cry escaped Levi's lips. He faced Lucifer again, the claw marks on his cheek dripping with blood.

"You done whining, you crybaby? If you don't want to be me, then do something about it."

'What are you doing, Levi?' I thought, panicking. 'Provoking him won't help anyone! Damn it, I can't move at all.'

"That's the problem Captain." Continued the clone. "I can't be anyone but you. I come from a test tube. Now that Dok and Woerman are dead, I have no relationships whatsoever left. I can't be anyone but you."

"You got only yourself to blame. You killed them, you cretin. Ugh!"

Lucifer had sent his clawed hand into Levi's stomach. His shirt started to get stained with a lot of blood as well. The angel Captain tensed up in pain and bit his teeth together, trying to contain the pain as Lucifer seemed to be sink his claws deeper inside his flesh.

"I've always wondered how much I could take under torture." Said the clone smirking again. "It should be about the same if I test it out on you, right?"

"Don't fucking joke." Replied the angel captain despite the pain. "You'd be whining like a little bitch."

"Oh? Should we see what happens if I break a bone?"

My heart almost stopped when I finally realized. He wanted to take Levi's place. Because he'd understood that the Captain wasn't alone. That's what was driving him insane. And to do that, he needed to make him disappear. The anxiety started choking me. I needed to move. I needed to help Levi! I needed to save my family! And to do that, I had to move, dammit! The only thing that came to mind that I could do, was ask for help from the smartest person I knew. Just getting my hand to my pockets to grab my SpyBug demanded tremendous effort from my exhausted body. But I managed to get it.

M-A-R-C-O. H-E-L-P. D-R-A-I-N-E-D. N-E-E-D. T-O. M-O-V-E. N-O-W.

Marco wasn't only an amazingly talented at deduction. He was a pit of infinite trivial knowledge. I someone had a trick to help me, it was him. I begged God at the same time, so that my friend would understand my message. A few awfully long seconds went by, when I could only watch Lucifer torture the scout captain some more, before finally, the bug vibrated again.

H-A-N-J-I-S. S-H-O-T-S. A-D-R-E-N-A-L-I-N-E.

Never have I been so thankful for being this big brain's friend. I moved my arm to my leg, where I'd strapped the leather pouch Hanji had given to me and the rest of the normals. Thank heaven it hadn't been damaged when we fell in the stream. I opened it and took out one of the syringes. I didn't waste anytime and pierced my leg through my pants with the needle and injected myself the disinfectant.

'Come on work!'


Navigators

Marco was good at multitasking, so it didn't take him much effort to give directions to all the Squads while being lost in his own thoughts. No matter how much he'd turn it over and over in his mind, there was no other solution.

'Petra wants to save everyone and she's right.' Thought the pseudo detective. 'But no matter how I look at this it won't work. Not if things keep going as they are.'

If they did manage to get rid of all the titans before the Black Ops arrived, they'd be arrested and possibly executed on the spot before they had a chance to clear things. If the Black Ops saw the titans on the other hand, they'd probably help finish them which could not only save the lives of many Scouts but at the same time it would give them a favorable situation to talk things out.

But for that happen, they needed the Black Ops to find the sub levels now, and have the King and all the higher officials that know about the Heaven project down there as well. And there was no way Erwin was agreeing to that if he didn't know the status of Dok and Woerman. And if Marco revealed it to the Commander, he'd ask for how in the world he knew that.

The modern day Sherlock took a deep breath. 'I'm sorry Petra. But for our betrayal to work, I need to betray you too. It's the only way this can work.'

"Commander." He called out, earning himself the older man's attention.

Even for someone as smart as him, it was impossible to always be 100% right about everything. And for the first time, Marco was ready to give everything to be.

"There's something I have to tell you."


Things are getting edgy for our favorite Scouts! What in the world are they going to do?

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