Helloooo! Thank you so much, cyrilalbar06 for the review! As always, love the reviews and follows! Oh, and people may have noticed I re-rated this to M. This wasn't the original plan, but I realize that this is going to get really dark, so yeah. Warning: heavy topics and language! Final quick thing before the fic: Go check out my teaser for my Wattpad story: To Set Things Right! It has to with Levi and this fic slightly! I don't own AOT! Anyway, let's get into chapter 2!

Levi: you're going to do something to me, aren't you?

Me: umm, maybe...? And why should you assume that?!

Levi: look what you did to Eren, idiot.

Me: we both know that was important to the plot, Levi.

Levi: I thought this fic was about me!

Me: *evil smile* oh ho, that ties into it...just you wait...

Levi: *faceplams* crap...FRICK YOU LONELYYYYYY!

Chapter 2: A BABY?!

It was Shelly Thompson (A/N: So sorry if that's your name or someone you know's name!), girlfriend of Erwin! She'd insisted on accompanying the Scouts and Erwin had said yes, despite Levi's protests. Now, it seemed that Erwin should've listened to Levi when he said that he had a bad feeling about her. Shelly laughed at the look of shock and betrayal on Erwin's face. "Oh, Erwin. Why do you think I asked to come with you in the first place?," she asked, and that was about the time Mikasa tripped up Briar, flew at Shelly, and started to beat her up. No one attempted to stop her. The b**ch deserved it and much more anyhow.

A few hours later...

Armin was attempting to get what had happened out of Eren along with Mikasa, Hange was speaking with Erwin in his office, Briar was telling the cadets and soldiers who'd been woken up by the commotion what had occurred, and Levi was interrogating Shelly.

"They found blood all over the sheets."

"Blood can come out during an affair." Levi felt like unlocking the cell she was in, going inside and showing her more pain than she had ever experienced in her life, but kept his temper in check. Barely, that is.

"Tch. Yes, blood comes out during an affair or a rape, but it wasn't Eren's. Well, most of it was, but some was yours. I better be wrong when I ask you if you were and still are having your period, in which case you would most likely be pregnant and the only reason you would do this on your period was if you were hired and paid?" Shelly smiled slyly.

"You got it all figured out don't you, Ackerman?" Shoot. So she's pregnant with a titan/human baby?! SH*T! Eren's just a kid! He can't be a father yet! To add, has this slut had sex with other men?! That could get Eren sick! Moreover, Erwin can't have a scandal going around the Survey Corps!, Levi thought with slight panic, a new/old feeling to him. He didn't let the panic show though.

"I've just got one last question for you tonight, you a-hole. Have you had sex before, because I know, at the very least, what that could spell out for Eren." Shelly seemed to seriously consider this question. "Yes...," was her answer and Levi snapped. The stress of the week, added to the nightmare he had that night, plus Eren's rape, what would happen to the baby, what would happen to Eren, the feelings he held for Briar, Erwin's reputation, and Shelly's smartass answers made him finally lose his temper.

He threw the door to the cell open, marched in, and punched the woman in the face

Briar went down to Shelly's cell and smirked when she saw what was going on in there. Levi had beaten Shelly to a pulp, and while Briar would've dearly loved to watch him beat up the whore even more, she knew any more of this and Levi would end up killing her.

"Leaves! Eye brows wants to see us, Hange, and Eren. Let's go!," she said. Levi felt an almost uncontrollable urge to strangle Briar for calling him 'Leaves', a nickname she'd given him, and it annoyed him to no end. "Fine," he said, and let go of Shelly, letting her drop to the floor, barely conscious.

As Briar and Levi walked up the stairs, he told her; "By the way, don't call me 'Leaves'. I hate it." Briar merely smiled. "I know that. That's why I do it." Levi rolled his eyes.

"Do you strive to make me annoyed?," he asked, running a hand through her light brown hair. Briar's heart leapt at Levi touching her hair, but didn't allow the light headiness she suddenly felt to show. "Meh! Like I've always said; don't care!," she laughed. Levi's mouth twitched in an almost smile, but then it was gone and he was back to his regular demeanor. The 2 walked in silence for about 3 more seconds before Briar's smile disappeared uncharacteristically, and when Levi looked at her, he saw a tired young woman who was worn out and tired. "What?," he asked. She glanced at Levi.

"Levi, I'm tired. Really super, duper, fricking tired. And it's not just how much stress this night's brought. It's just...I wish for once, the world would stop moving. Just for a moment. Just to calm my worries and...fears." Suddenly, she felt realized she was walking alone. Levi had stopped behind her and was just staring at her, a look between shock and confusion on his face. Then, before Briar's knew what happened, Levi had her pinned to the wall. "Um, what just-?," she started to ask, but Levi cut her off.

"Talk to me, brat," he said, his beautiful eyes staring straight into her's. Behind those grey eyes, Briar could see pain, un-cried tears, agony, and a mind that was hardly holding up. A man who didn't cry on the outside anymore. The boy she'd known since childhood, the teenager who beat up people who dared try to mess with her, and the young man who'd sobbed tears of anguish when Isabel and Farlan died. And finally, the seemingly emotionless captain who cared enough about her to ask what was really wrong.

"I'll tell you once the meeting's done. But for now.."

Suddenly, Briar did something unexpected. She hugged Levi. Said captain was tense and awkward at first, not remembering how it felt to embraced. It'd been so long since anyone had hugged him, he'd forgotten the feeling of someone actually caring enough to hug him.

And yet...

And yet, her embrace was... familiar. Like he'd felt before. Not to say Briar hadn't embraced him before, but this time felt different and familiar at the same time. Slowly, Levi returned the hug, holding her tightly to his body. And for that one moment, Levi felt whole, like the missing part of his heart was filled. He looked down... and his eyes widened. A little girl stood there, clutching to Briar's leg. She had big grey eyes, pale skin, slim frame, and light brown hair. She smiled, Levi blinked, and she was gone, like a ghost. Levi resisted the urge to yell in shock. I've got to be losing it, he thought, then pulled away from Briar. She smiled. The same smile as the little girl! A smile of youth, happiness, and radiance. Stop it Levi! You're probably just tired, he thought as he and Briar headed upstairs to the meeting.

"YOU'RE DOING WHAT NOW?!," screeched Briar!

"Erwin, don't you think that's a little unfair on everyone?," Mike asked.

"It doesn't matter quite so much to us. We're all higher ranks than them and we don't need to worry about that kind of thing without Levi or Briar or Hange finding out (Levi tched in annoyance at this and Briar muttered something like; he makes me sound a blood hound who reports to her master). As for the cadets... they're all so young, so the rule really applies to them," Erwin explained. He seemed back to normal, having gotten over the trauma of his now ex-girlfriend raping their best chance to retake Wall Maria. Eren, on the other hand, was sitting next to Briar, and looked terrified and traumatized out of his mind, though whether of the rape or Levi, nobody knew.

"Why don't we get the opinion of a cadet? Eren, do you think relationships should be banned for all the cadets," Hange asked, looking at Eren from where she was seated next to Levi. Said teen, who was visibly shaking (again, under the intense glare of Levi or what had happened earlier, no one knew), tried to say he didn't care, but ended up stuttering so much he just gave up.

"Does this apply to squads?," Levi asked, to which he earned whispers of 'ohh Petra!' and 'does he like Petra?', from Hange, Briar, and Mike. They all seemed to shrink as Levi gave them, as Briar would call it later, his ultimate death look.

"No... if they can behave themselves. Anyway, moving on from that topic, Levi, what did you find out from Shelly?," Erwin asked.

"She's one stubborn whore, I'll give her that. But... the thing I did find out is this. She's pregnant, most likely. Remember the blood wasn't just Eren's, it was her's too. She also said she'd had sex before. And now, there's the question of what happens to both Eren and the child," Levi stated grimly.

No one spoke for a long time.

Finally, Eren had the courage to ask; "What the options?"

All the adults exchanged looks.

Finally, Hange spoke up.

"1: Let her give birth and put the kid up for adoption. 2: Let her give birth and take care of the baby yourself with help. Or 3: Abortion," Hange said with a grimace. Eren's eyes widened.

"Is-isn't that were you k-kill a baby?," he asked, clearly already knowing the answer.

Hange nodded.

Levi: WHY WOULD YOU EVEN OFFER THAT TO A TEENAGE KID?!

Me: Levi, it's Eren's future they're talking about. Don't you think he should have some say in it?

Levi: Yes, but that?! Tell me you aren't going to make him choose that!

Me: *sighs* I guess you'll just have to wait till next chapter, Levi.