Cruel Fate

by Justanotherlife

Tiana and Levi finally found peace. Still plagued by the past but giving eachother the strength to move on, they aim to protect their family no matter what. Now that the walls aren't safe anymore and the world is their enemy, will luck be in their favour or will they fall in despair once more? After all, the world was always more cruel to them than beautiful. Sequel to Cold Hearts.

2. The beginning of the end

July 27th Year 851

Tiana POV

"Diana, make sure that Farlan eats properly. I've kept a bottle of milk in the cupboard. If it gets spoiled, make someone fetch me from the coastline. Don't leave Farlan's side at any cost. Make sure you don't leave the base unless it's absolutely necessary." I instructed Diana as we stood in my makeshift office in the camp we put up near the ocean. Jean was on lookout and he informed that strange man made structures that float on the water are coming this way. From Dr Jaegar's notes, we were able to tell that it was called a ship. A method of transportation used to travel in the sea. There weren't many details about it though. Thus, Levi squad, half of my squad and Hanji's squad decided to deal with the situation. Levi squad and my squad was temporarily shifted to the makeshift campsite to ensure that any foreign invaders are caught. Hanji happened to come over for a visit with her squad and got lucky. She had been very excited about it. "Tiana, we need to move." Levi stated as he entered my office. Since I was promoted to section commander, Hanji's old position before she became the commander, I got my own office even in the makeshift base. Hanji disbanded the special operations squad 2 as she felt that Levi squad was enough for special operations. My squad was still one of the commanding squads. "Yeah, I was instructing Diana on how to take care of Farlan" I answered to Levi as he approached Diana to pat Farlan's head as Farlan was in Diana's arms. "Don't worry, Tiana. I'll take good care of Farlan" Diana smiled at me. "I'm counting on you." I smiled back before getting out with Levi. "How's the situation?" I asked him. "Jean spotted another ship further away. The first ship will be here in 15 minutes and the second in about 45 minutes. I've commanded my squad and Hanji's squad to hide behind the rocks with guns. We will be able to ambush them if they tries anything. You, Hanji and I would try to communicate with them. Eren will be in the water to make sure the ship gets disoriented." Levi briefed me. "I see. How's Hanji doing?" I asked him. "Shitty glasses is going nuts." Levi replied. "Well, let's try to intimidate them when they land. They are potential threats and we need more information. Dr Jaeger's notes are too backdated anyway." I discussed the situation with Levi as we walked towards the shore to a deranged Hanji. "Oh Tiana. You're here. I'm so excited!" Hanji exclaimed. "Yeah. What's the plan with Eren?" I asked Hanji. "Oh, Eren will pick the ship up when it gets near the shore. We will be here trying to act friendly but ofcourse, we will have our guard up." Hanji explained. I haven't been present during the meeting on what to do when the ship comes near the shore. I was busy making sure Farlan and our base was safe. My squad was in charge of defending the base in case if something went wrong.

The plan worked flawlessly. Eren picked the ship up and Hanji shouted enthusiastically, "GREETINGS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF MARLEY! WELCOME TO PARADIS ISLAND! I'M HANJI AND I'M WELCOMING YOU ALL FOR A CUP OF TEA!". They tried to shoot at us after that but that didn't work too well as Levi and I used our 3DMG to get on the ship in an instant and took two hostages, making them drop their weapons. "Hanji, have your squad tie them up and take them to the walls. I'll keep this brat to make sure those shits cooperate." Levi told Hanji and the plan was immediately put into action. There was 10 minutes left for the other ship to come close enough when Hanji squad left with the prisoners and Eren moved the ship away and got back in position. Levi tied the hostage up not too long ago and was pointing a sword at him as we were waiting for the other ship to arrive. "Tiana, let's know our pal here shall we?" Hanji skipped at me. "Yeah sure." I muttered as Hanji went to the man and asked him his name. "I HAVE NO WISH TO TALK TO DEVILS LIKE YOU! I'D RATHER DIE!" the man shouted. "Devils huh? What do you even know of devils? We've been living confined within the walls for a century because you all had the bright idea to turn people into titans. Do you know how many of my comrades died fighting them? Do you have any idea on how many civilians were killed when the titans breached the walls? My parents were killed by titans because you Marleyans decided to create them in the first place. Would you take responsibility for their deaths you scum? Say your name to her or your head will be on the fucking ground in the next few moments" I snapped at him as I glared at him. "N-nicolo" the man stuttered in fear. "I see. I hope we get along, Nicolo! Your friends are nearly here. It's show time!" Hanji said in an excited voice.

"GREETINGS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF MARLEY! WELCOME TO PARADIS ISLAND! I AM HANJI! I HAVE COME TO WELCOME YOU, PASSENGERS WHO CAME FROM FAR ACROSS THE SEA TO VISIT OUR ISLAND! YOU MUST BE TIRED FROM YOUR LONG JOURNEY! PLEASE COME IN AND HAVE SOME TEA!" Hanji shouted excitedly at the passengers on the ship that was currently on titan Eren's back. Hanji then moved back to where Levi and I stood with Nicolo and grabbed him saying, "WE'VE ALREADY MADE GOOD FRIENDS WITH NICOLO! ANOTHER VISITOR WHO CAME OVER NOT TOO LONG BEFORE YOU DID! ISN'T THAT RIGHT NICOLO?" To that, Nicolo shouted to a man on the ship who happened to be their captain, "CAPTAIN! DO NOT HOLD BACK FOR MY SAKE, PLEASE SHOOT THESE DEVILS BACK TO HELL!" Hanji acted all surprised to that and asked "WHAT?! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING NICOLO?!" "He's saying he doesn't feel like participating in your little act" Levi told Hanji in a deadpan expression. Their captain then shouted to us, "LISTEN UP YOU DEVILS! MARLEY WILL NOT NEGOCIATE WITH YOU FILTHY BLOODED CREATURES! AND WE WON'T BE DRINKING THAT PIG PISS YOU CALL TEA WITH YOU DEVILS EITHER!" "Really? You sure you want to talk to us like that? Did you not notice that titan standing behind you? You really think you can get away from here?" I asked their captain calmly but loud enough for him to hear. "WE WILL NOT YIELD TO YOU MONSTERS! THIS IS OUR MARLEYAN GREETING" the captain pointed his gun at me. I knew that Levi squad had their guns pointed at them too. However, surprising all of us, there was a gunshot within the ship. I jumped infront of Levi instinctively while Hanji ducked behind a rock. It seemed that a woman in the ship shot their captain dead. Following her, some other crew members made the others drop their weapons as the woman turned to Hanji and said, "Hanji, thank you for your kind invitation. Let's have some tea.". Then she turned to Eren and said, "I've wanted to meet you for quiet some time, Eren.". "Now, now, let's talk further about it in our base. I don't think I can allow you to talk to Eren just yet. As you've noticed, he's an important asset to the military." Hanji told her. Levi motioned me to make sure I order Levi squad to change position as he followed Hanji and the group of Marleyans with Nicolo. I went behind the rock where Levi squad was hiding. "Guys, you need to change position. Get on the cliff next to the base with your guns and shoot is something seems off. Armin, you're in command." I commanded them as Eren approached us. "Good that you're here, Eren. Stick with them for now. Hanji mentioned that you aren't allowed to talk to any of the Marleyans." I let Eren know before looking at everyone else and saying, "I'll have to go make sure Farlan is safe. Levi can only manage so much...". "I still can't believe you're section commander. Its only been about a year since we graduated from the trainee Corps..." Armin smiled at me. "Heichou's face was worth watching when you got chosen to be the next commander instead of him." Mikasa muttered with a satisfied look. She still didn't like him. "Well, atleast he still got that raise he wanted for years" I smiled nostalgically as I remembered that day.

May 12 Year 851

I was in Levi's office, on his table, with half my clothes off before I even realised it. Levi has always been fast while undressing me, or maybe it seemed that way because whenever he kissed me, I lost all track of time. "How do you always manage to look so goddamned beautiful?" Levi muttered breaking the kiss only for a moment only to kiss me even more passionately. However, that single moment was enough to break the trance I've been in ever since I entered his office and ever since he pulled me into a kiss. I had to tell him. However, without any warning my panties were off and he slid in me without any difficulty. I always got wet whenever he touched me. That man managed to turn me on so much... Wait.. I gotta tell him... "Shitty glasses making me wait to take what's mine whenever the fuck I want... God I hate her so much sometimes..." Levi grunted as he rammed into me over and over agaim. I was a moaning mess, sprawled across his table, trying to control myself enough to talk to him. However, office sex always turned me on more than anything else. That man looked divine in his uniform. "Le-leviiiii" I managed to moan his name somehow but he took it as an invitation and started moving even faster, making me go more over the edge. "N-need to t-alk.." I moaned to him, making him slow down a bit. "Go on?" he stated, his face flushed from the activity. "I-I got a p-promo-tion.." I managed to moan out thanks to his slower pace. However, at that, he immediately stopped. "What?" he asked me, confused and visibly pissed. Now that he stopped, I had all my senses handed back to me so I explained, "Hanji made me section commander. I'm supposed to be the next in the chain of command. Hanji thinks uncle Erwin would've wanted that and I apparently am capable enough... ". " I'll need to talk to her about this. She can promote you out of nowhere and I didn't even get the fucking raise I wanted for years! You aren't even experienced enough! What was she thinking? She's gonna get you killed at this rate!" He muttered angrily as he wore his pant back. "Levi, you don't have to worry about me you know..." I tried to interject only to have him snap at me. "Who the fuck am I supposed to worry about then? Are you crazy, Tiana? We have a fucking kid okay? We can't be risking our fucking lives now for fuck's sake! I'm gonna talk to Hanji about this bullshit. You aren't stopping me. You are not gonna be a part of that shitty chain of command until as your mentor, I decide you're ready to be there." With that, he slammed the door on me. I quickly wore my clothes and went toward's Hanji's office only to find Jean, Sasha, Connie, Mikasa and Armin standing outside, listening to Levi's angry tone bickering with Hanji about my promotion. "SHE FUCKING GRADUATED LAST YEAR! SHE ISN'T READY FOR THAT RESPONSIBILITY! I SWEAR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T GET RID OF YOUR SHITTY IDEA!" I heard Levi shout at Hanji. "ARE YOU JEALOUS THAT SHE IS OUTRANKING YOU LEVI?" Hanji teased him. "YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING ME AREN'T YOU SHITTY GLASSES? I DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF SHE ENDS UP BECOMING THE SUPREME FUCKING COMMANDER BUT THIS WILL GET HER KILLED IF YOU KICK THE FUCKING BUCKET SOMEHOW!" Levi answered angrily. I passed my peers and got in the room and shouted, "SHUT UP YOU TWO!". After that, I convinced Levi to let me be in that position, promising him that I'd not risk my life even if Paradis is to be doomed. I was later told by Mikasa that beforr entering Hanji's office, Levi looked as if someone threw a bucket of rotten eggs on his head.

Present day

I sat with Levi, Hanji, this woman named Yelena and a man with a really dark skin as Yelena told us about how strong the Marleyan army is. "Marley is also concentrating on developing new weapons and strengthening their air force." she said after showing us the gun they used and describing the power of the army and the navy. We assumed the navy as ships. "Air force?" Hanji exclaimed with enthusiasm as Levi only tched. Hanji looked at us and Levi clearly meant "Don't get excited" while I meant "They are obviously pulling our leg" by our expressions. Hanji's expression told us that she knew that. The dark skinned man described what an air force meant making Hanji even more excited about the idea of flying. Levi muttered a "Calm down" at that. "The Marleyans... are that powerful... It's been atleast a year... Why haven't they attacked us head-on yet?" Hanji asked them. "There are two main reasons..." Yelena continued. She explained that the titans outside the walls were a nuisance for Marley too. They protected us from a bigger threat while we thought they were the worst thing that has happened to humanity. "Looks like it. That would've made him laugh." Levi muttered. I knew he was talking about Uncle Erwin. Yes indeed, that would've made him laugh. With that, Yelena questioned if we have killed all the titans or not. "And if that were the case? You're going to try to relay that information to Marley?" Levi asked in a deadpan tone, clearly suspicious. "Not at all. I just think it's incredible. It's beyond what I expected." Yelena answered, voicing her surprise. "And what's the second reason?" Hanji asked her. Yelena then proceeded to explain the fact that Marley was at war with other countries and implying that we would have allies worldwide. While Hanji was asking Yelena about her purpose for betraying Marley, I thought about how Uncle Erwin would've felt about everything. A world full of people. People who even look different from us. An enemy as powerful as Marley, no, Marley must have allies too. It is impossible for Paradis to take on something that powerful even with Eren and Armin. Not to mention the fact that Marley had their own titan shifters too. The sound of having allies around the world may sound hopeful but I highly doubted that notion. Why would anyone go out of their way to shake hands with a country so technologically backward compared to them? Even with the power of titans, it seemed as if everyone was stronger than us. "We shot down our superiors under orders from Zeke Jaegar. We are military volunteers from the anti-marley faction..." he went on but my mind stopped working at Zeke Jaegar. Jaegar? Eren's half brother? Both Levi and Hanji were shocked by the name. "Wait, hold on. Zeke Jaegar? Eren's half brother, you mentioned that he's a titan shifter. Exactly which one is he?" I stopped Yelena. "Oh, he's the beast titan." she simply answered. While I froze in shock, Levi stood up, his face filled with hate as he said, "We are not going to work with that piece of shit. He's an enemy to Paradis.". "Levi, calm down. Let's hear them out." Hanji tried to reason with him. "Hear them out? Hanji, he killed most of the survey Corps. He transformed those people in Ragako. Most importantly, he killed Erwin. How can you ask Levi to calm down? I'll be clear with you, Hanji, if you shake hands with the devil I'd not hesitate to cut your hands up..." I continued before Yelena interrupted me. "Devil huh? You sound just like the people you hate so much don't you? In that case, what exactly makes them the devil and you the angel?" she said. Before I replied to that, Hanji stopped me and said, "Yelena, I'm sorry about their behaviour. Our old commander, Erwin Smith was killed by Zeke Jaegar. Erwin Smith was Tiana's uncle and a very close colleague of both Levi and I. Levi was the one who was forced to make the decision to let him die and thus, their hatred for Zeke is justified. However, it's not time to act based on emotions so please forgive their insubordination.". "It's alright. I understand why they hate Zeke. I hate the Marleyans for the same reason. I won't hold any grudge against them. Let's discuss it more shall we?" Yelena replied with a smile. "Yes. Let's do that." Hanji answered to her before turning towards Levi and I. "You two go out and calm down. Send someone from Levi squad along the way." "Okay" I replied while Levi merely got out.

September 13 Year 851

This is how it all started. The beginning of the end. After the fated meeting with Yelena, we gave a false alarm to ships in Marley. When they arrived at Paradis, we ambushed them and gained radio communication. This afternoon, we stood with Onyankopon and Yelena, as we looked at plans to make a harbour. Ofcourse Levi squad was goofing around imagining what a harbour is. Onyankopon made it easier by explaining exactly what it is. We already had a board meeting immediately after they arrived and it was reluctantly decided that we would take their help. Paradis was changing and it brought an uneasy feeling within me. Levi felt the same. The office hours were over and we were returning to our home. Levi was quiet the entire time as we rode our horses. We finally hired a baby sitter to look after Farlan as he grew up a bit. It took an hour for us to reach Trost from the base in Shiganshina. As we were tying our horses to the makeshift stable in our yard, I called Levi out. "Levi? Are you okay?" I asked him. "Yeah... I'm just worried about how all these will affect us. There's no denying the fact that this can't be solved by a civil discussion. The Marleyan prisoners are proof to that. They see us as devils. Ultimately, there would be another war, this time against Marley... Marley surely has allies and we don't have any yet. Our technology is backdated too. When it comes to that, I can't imagine losing Farlan or you. I've got back up from hiding my emotions and made myself vulnerable to you two and if something goes wrong... I can't imagine a life without either of you." Levi muttered softly. "Levi... I'll be okay. We will be okay. We will protect Farlan together. Don't worry about anything. We are strong. You take on enough worry already." I tried to comfort him. "I know but shaking hands with Zeke Jaegar? I don't trust that bastard for one second." Levi answered, his voice sounding angry. "I agree with you there." I answered as I opened the door. "I don't trust Zeke Jaegar either. We need to keep our guard up against him. I personally want to tear every limb of his for Uncle Erwin..." I answered, anger present in my voice as I locked the door behind me. The baby sitter came downstairs at that moment and saw us. "Good evening Mr Ackerman, Mrs Ackerman. Farlan is sleeping right now. I fed him a while back so he would be hungry when he wakes up. I'll take my leave now." she told us cheerfully as I nodded towards her with a small smile. "Stay safe!" I called out after her as she got out. "I wanna kill that bastard too." Levi replied to what I said earlier. "Mhhm? We can do that together." I told him with a smile. "Yeah. You know what else I want to do together?" he replied, his voice lustful as he pinned me against the closed door. "I'm getting a fair idea" I smirked at him before he pressed his lips against mine. He pecked at my lips before looking back at me, using a hand to cup my right cheek before saying, "My wife has been busy hasn't she? I really wanted to beat the crap out of shitty glasses for keeping you in her office with her shitty harbour plans when you were supposed to be sprawled out on my table." With that he attacked my neck, sucking on the right spots, making my feet wobble. "Levi... Bed..." I managed to blurt out as he moved to my lips, engulfing me with a passionate kiss. I felt him pick me up effortlessly as he moved up to our bedroom. I was thrown onto our bed and it didn't take long for the clothes to be discarded and folded neatly on a corner of the bed as Levi couldn't stand the idea of leaving the clothes messed up. Without wasting a moment, Levi pulled me into a passionate kiss, two of his fingers abruptly entering my vagina. I moaned slightly into his mouth, surprised and turned on by the sudden intrusion. His fingers curled up and massaged my insides at the right spots making my breathe ragged as I held onto Levi's biceps for dear life. I didn't realise how wet I got until Levi took out his drenched fingers and made me suck on them. "Look at you. You like sucking onto your heichou's fingers don't you brat?" Levi asked with a mischievous smirk. "Yes heichou" I said as I pouted at him after he took the fingers from my mouth and lazily rubbed my clit. "You're such a naughty little brat.. You need to be punished you know? Leaving me waiting at my office with a boner.." Levi continue as he spanked me loudly making me yelp. "I need to make sure that you ask Hanji to get her own damn work done by herself when you clearly are supposed to be at my office, don't I?" saying that, he spanked me again. "Y-yes heichou!" I yelped. "Now now, how do I punish my little brat? Maybe I shouldn't let you cum. How does that sound?" Levi told me with a dark look in his eyes. "N-no... Please heichou... I need you..." I moaned out as he rubbed my clit vigorously. "You're so wet for me... I'll let it slide this time. Next time I won't let you cum" Levi said before entering me without any warning making me moan loudly in pleasure. He picked up a rigorous pace as I turned into a moaning mess occasionally moaning out his name or just Heichou as I approached my release. "Leviii... Heichouu.. Please!" I moaned to him as he rammed into me bringing me closer to an orgasm with every thrust. One of his hands was on my neck choking me while the other on my right thigh keeping me in position as my right leg was on his shoulder. With my hands gripping the bed sheet, I looked at him, my face showing urgency. "Please what brat?" Levi grunted in a feral tone. "Make me cum... Please.." I moaned to him and he removed his hand from my thigh and rubbed my clit vigorously all while he rammed into me. The combination made me cum around his cock in mere seconds as I arched my back with loud moan. However, Levi wasn't done yet. He continued to overstimulate me, making a second orgasm coming closer by the second. Even after a toe curling second orgasm, he didn't stop. I was a moaning mess, unable to form any coherent words as his thrusts began to get disoriented. We were both sweaty, after a long day of work and what seemed like hours of sex. As I went through a third orgasm, I was drooling, my eyes tearing up in pleasure and only then Levi found his release as he pulled out at the right moment, his semen washing onto my stomach. He stood infront of me and eyed me with a satisfied look on his face. He then went to the bathroom and I could hear him drawing a bath. I laid on the bed, unable to move. Levi always found a way to wear me down every time we had sex. I wasn't complaining though. He took me to heaven and back every time we had sex. I knew that he didn't mind the fact that I spent the lunch break working with Hanji instead of getting to his office. He just used it as an excuse to fuck me senseless. He would've done it anyway. Levi came back in a while and picked me up to place me into the bathtub. He joined me in there in a moment. Levi's warm body pressed into mine as he washed me with the cold water felt like the most relaxing thing I've ever experienced. Only, I got to experience this everyday. Every time, I always felt like the luckiest woman alive.