Chapter 11: History of the Owl
-Thirty minutes ago-
"Levi? Levi? Leviiiii are you there?"
"Hange, I swear to everything holy if you don't shut your mouth I'm going to wack you on the head with my broom!"
"Ahhh you won't, you're too scared that it will make me even crazier than I already am!"
"...Shit" as Levi walked through the empty corridors looking for any bikers that managed to get in before the barricades were put into place, he sensed something off about the entire hallway. Levi could hear breathing coming from on the lockers in the hallway. The same locker's he dedicated a year of his life to keep them free of scum. Scum like the biker the randomly jumped out of locker where the breathing came from.
"YOU MINE YOU MID-", the biker didn't get to finish that sentence before Levi slammed his broomstick right into their throat. As the biker tried to recover Levi stepped onto their chest, Disgust was visible on his face.
"Get your filthy ass out of my school you little shit." the biker didn't hesitate as they ran towards a nearby window, jumping right through it not caring about broken glass or the fact that they were nearly 3 stories off the ground. "Tch, what an idiot".
"Deadly tornado this is Mad Dog, come in! Over."
"Oluo what did I tell you about nicknames,"
"Who's Oluo? I'm Mad dog-,"
"Give me that you douche. Sorry about that Levi, we just wanted to let you know that we found nothing in the woods southwest of the school. Find anything on your end?"
"Eh it's alright petra, so far all I found was some fat lardo hiding in one of the lockers. What about you Gunther?
"Nothing, the third building is completely abandoned, what about you Eld?" after a few seconds of radio silence Gunther responded, telling Levi that they hadn't found anyone, causing the short janitor to feel uneasy.
"Erwin, you sure that the intel you got from the student council was accurate?"
"Honestly? No," the blonde history teacher said, much to Levi's surprise before he continued. "But when those kids looked at me with desperation in their eyes, I knew we had to take a gamble, for what are we if we aren't willing to take any risks? We'd be sitting ducks that's what-" before Erwin could finish his sentence Levi cut him off
"Yeah, that nice Erwin but I don't remember asking for your monologue."
"Fuck you, Levi,"
Suddenly Levi's phone lets out a notification, after checking to make sure no one would jump him, Levi checked his messages only to find that it was a really vague single word message, simply reading "Protect him"
"What the hell does that monkey boy's father mean by that?"
-Meanwhile, in a van not too far from here-
"LET GO OF ME YOU FUCKS!" Eren screamed as the van drove away from where he had saved Armin. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS YOU MONSTERS!? WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO YOU!"
"This kid's driving me crazy, can't we just dump this can of paint on him and be done with it?" one of the bikers said, clearly not wanting to be here at the monument.
"No, I wanna make his dunking extra special, so either you keep him down or I'll kick you out of this van got that!?" the driver yelled, shutting up the impatient biker and leaving Eren more confused.
"W-What? Why so extra? What the hell did I do?" the teenager asked with a mix of curiosity and a desire to buy himself more time by getting the driver of the van to monologue.
"Why? WHY? Oh, I have all the reason to humiliate you after what you did to me...EREN YEAGGGGGAAA!" As the biker began to pull over, Eren began to plot a way to escape from his captors before being pulled out of his thoughts by the biker, "I lost everything because of you...my friends, my inheritance, my girlfriend, and even...even my dignity! The biker now stood in front of a teen with anger issues, staring at him from behind his helmet with eyes that could kill an elephant from over a mile away. "Tell me..." The biker said as he removed his helmet. "...do you remember me!?" As the biker revealed himself to the boy, he expected him to be shocked at the sight of his arch-nemesis, or to begin crying and begging him to spare his life, however, despite years of rehearsals and fantasies on what he would do to the boy, it all came crumbling down as soon as Eren asked one simple question.
"Who are you again?"
"W-What?"
"I feel like this should have been some sort of dramatic reveal or something, but I honestly don't remember you, like at all..."
"I'M JACKSON ROBBINS! YOU KNOW, SON OF THE INFAMOUS LANDLORD!? DOES THAT NOT RING A BELL AT ALL?" Eren stared at the man in front of him, still not understanding who or what this weirdo wanted.
"Nope, nothing at all." Jackson slapped his hand on his face, already tired of Eren's bs, he couldn't believe that he spent five years of his life, planning just for this moment to be ruined by his lack of memory of the great Jackson!
"I was the teenager that ruined that little bitches stuffed rabbit you dumbass!" Surprise crept onto Erens face as he remembered who Jackson was, 'Wait, he's that a-hole!? I'm gonna kick his ass!'
"I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS YOU DIRTBAG!" Eren screamed as he struggled in the other biker's arms, forgetting his elaborate plot to escape from their clutches in the first place.
"Ah, how ironic, for today fate has allowed me to kick your ass Eren," Jackson said as he reached into his pockets and pulled out a red ascot.
"Um, what's that?" a now confused Eren asked as Jackson put on said ascot before proceeding to punch Eren in the gut.
"FUCK YOU EREN, THIS MAH CHILD BEATING ASCOT! I GOT IT FOR BEATING FIFTY CHILDREN IN A ROW! THAT'S RIGHT EREN, YOU'RE FUCKED!" As Jackson continued his rant while punching Eren, he was too distracted to notice an old car heading right for him.
"Um...Jackson? I think we should move before-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP CHARLIE! I LOVE BEATING CHILDREN! AND LOOKING GOOD IN THIS ASCOT!"
"I'm not even a child you dong!" Eren replied before Jackson continued to beat him in the gut."
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-" Jacksons yell was cut short as the old car rammed right into him, knocking him right into a tree, fortunately, Eren and the other biker managed to dodge in time and avoid the fate of Jackson the ascot man.
"Phew... that was a close one, maybe I should cut my losses and go home or-" the biker didn't get to finish his sentence before being hit on the side of his head with brass knuckles.
"W-What the?" Eren could only stare in silent awe as he saw a biker standing before him. 'What the hell? Why did they do that? Why would they...why do they have dad's car?'
"Eren, are you alright?" the boy's eyes widened as he heard the voice of his father.
"D-Dad? W-Why are you w-wearing that? A-Are you with them?" Despite his father knocking out two of the bikers, he was still afraid his father was responsible for the incident on Monday, with Grisha responding with a small chuckle.
"Don't worry Eren, I'm not with them," Eren let out a sigh of relief before noticing Grisha heading back for his car.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
"I can't stay here Eren, my time as the owl ran out a long time ago, I'll be lucky if I don't get arrested for this..." Eren couldn't believe it, his school had a fighting chance against the bikers in his father and he wanted nothing to do with it? No, this just wouldn't do, Eren was going to get answers whether his father wanted to answer or not.
"B-But you can't just leave us to fight these jerks on our own! You got to help us!" Eren said running toward his father.
"I'm sorry my son, but I can't. It wouldn't be right. Please...forgive me." Eren was starting to get angry, what could be so important that his father didn't want to help out?
"So you're just going to abandon us!? Fine! I don't need you! I don't need you at all! "I'll stop those bikers by any means necessary!" "I'LL SAVE MIKASA AND ARMIN BY MYSELF! BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!" At this, Grisha stops. Turning his head towards his son, Grisha sighed as he took off his helmet, and whispered something under his breath,
"I found one Kruger..." Looking at his son in the eyes, Grisha spoke. "I can't help you fight the bikers, but...if you truly desire, I can give you the owl outfit." Eren was now confused but willing to listen to his father now. "I can no longer be the owl for...reasons that I cannot tell you at the moment. But...you can!"
"Well then what are you waiting for! Give it!" the now excited boy said, cutting Grisha off.
"Eren let me finish damn it!" Grisha said after slapping his hand on his face and letting out a sigh. "Being the owl...it can be years worth of pain and suffering... you may lose part of yourself...the responsibility you will carry will be heavy." Grisha looked at Eren, his eyes carrying what little hope he had to spare his son. "Are you willing to carry that Burden?" Eren looked up at his father, a determined look on his face.
"If it saves my friends, over and over again." Grisha sighed in resignation as he handed Eren his helmet, along with his jacket and a pair of steel toe boots he had in his trunk.
"Okay, since you kinda just got your shit rocked you may or may not be tired, am I right?" Grisha said as he pulled out a mysterious can.
"Um...yeah, why?"
"I'm going to give you a mixture of Coffee and two different energy drinks and yes before you ask, it tastes absolutely terrible."
"Um...I think I'll pass dad."
"You wanna give pass out in front of everyone?"
"...give me the drink"
It only took two minutes for Eren to feel a buzz in his chest as he began to put on his gear.
"Okay, this stuff may make you go crazy so feel free to scream your head off, the helmet has a voice-altering device in it to mask your identity-" Grisha was interrupted by Eren starting the van he was kidnapped in and ramming it into every biker he saw. "and he ran off...great..." Deciding that his work was done here, Grisha got into his car, leaving Eren to demolish the Bikers.
'I'll beat them, I'll beat them until they cry for their mothers.' the boy drove the van towards a group of bikers surrounding a familiar raven-haired girl, eyes twitching as he jumped out of the van to dropkick of the bikers who tried to escape.
'They will know pain, they will feel what we felt on Monday...' Eren, no. The Owl began to stomp a biker's hands as they reached for an egg, Knocking them out with a swift kick to their head.
'I...' Eren stood there, looking around at the people he knocked out. 'I will...' the boy turned his head towards the sky, letting out a mighty screech, "I will rock. their. shit
"...I...will...rock...their...shit..." waking up after a splash of cold water hit his face, Eren looked up to see Levi staring daggers at him, his hands gripping onto his trusty water sprayer, his finger on his trigger.
"Where the hell did you get those clothes?"
"Um...what do you mean?" Eren said before being sprayed with icy water.
"ANSWER THE QUESTION YEAGER!" Levi yelled, not in the mood to toy around with the boy.
"Okay Okay! I was uh...in a van...then suddenly dad came and beat the shit out some bikers or something...then I told him to give me the things then...that's all I got." Eren then looked up at the janitor's darkened face. "Um...you doing alright there Levi?"
"So you chose this,?"
"Um...yeah? Why?
'He really did it, didn't he...'
"Wait! Where are Mikasa and Armin!? Are they okay? Did they make it into the school!?
"Chill out Yeager, they're fine. There actually outside of this van as we speak. I swear Mikasa can be such a fucking hassle sometimes, she actually tried to dropkick me when I dragged you in here you know? And Armin, holy crap that guy can yell..." Eren paid no mind to Levi's rant. The thought of actually saving his friend's dignity being enough to stomp out any worries he had at the moment.
"...so we better get going."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Didn't you hear what I said? You are being held on suspension trial due to you looking like a fucking Biker dumbass."
"...what?"
Author's note:
Hey guys! Sorry about this chapter taking so long to write! Works been rough these last couple of weeks. So just to make sure I don't burn out, most of the next chapters are gonna be shorter at the monument. Hoped you enjoyed this part!