Underground District - year 841
12-year-old Sierra lay curled in a despondent ball on a lumpy mattress hands clutching her violated womb where not several hours ago her unborn son had been growing strong and healthy. Her tear tracks had long dried leaving light silver eyes-one of the reasons she was in high demand-a leaden grey. Completely devoid of life.
The brothel's basement was full of worn, broken down junk. A rime of dust coated everything. Half-open boxes were stacked haphazardly in random places around the room full of God knows what. The wooden clapboard floor was covered in that ever-present layer of dust.
Choking.
Filthy.
Abandoned.
She didn't want to move.
I wonder if the madam will let me stay here, to let me recover-
Another voice hissed into her ear. One designed to cripple her with fear and despair.
Recover? What's the point? You've got nothing to live for. So why make things harder on yourself?
Unbidden the image of a green cloak with two-toned wings flashed through her mind.
I want to become a Scout. They soar above everything.
Yeah.
Why the hell should I waste my life being prey?
She felt her trembling stop. Slowly, the young girl uncurled from her very weak position.
I'm a Wolf. The thought was accompanied by a sudden surge of anger that burned away her fear. Wolves don't cower. She lowered her abused body to the filthy floor, lying flat on her back, knees bent at an angle.
We don't back down. We're PREDATORS for God's sake!
Slowly, ever so slowly, Sierra crossed both arms over her chest and performed her very first sit up in three years. As a slave, she wasn't allowed to practice her martial arts in the building. The johns didn't like it when their prey could fight back. Baby steps. She couldn't afford to tear her stitches anytime soon. That meant she'd be forced to degrade her body and spirit further. And eventually, she'd die.
No more.
She'd figure out how to get back to the surface and join the military. But killing a certain pedophilic bastard of an MP came first. Sierra vowed as she shakily forced her aching body to perform another rep, he'd pay for the forced abortion of her child.
But first she'd have to cook up an excuse to visit her room. There was a leather purse hidden under a loose plank under the bed with several thousand dollars in it. She needed to get her hands on some ODM gear...
Stohess District - present day
Sierra threw back her head, a wild, gleeful cackle ripping out of her damaged throat that was drowned out by titan Eren sending Annie crashing through the church where the Wall Cult worshipped the walls as if they were alive.
YEAH! KILL HER. Make her pay!
As if he'd read her thoughts the muscular titan charged. His bloodlust was palpable and she sniggered at the sight of Annie fleeing toward the wall.
"Yeah, you better haul ass." Her grin was slightly manic as she soared through the air in hot pursuit. Cherry blond strands blew back from her face, having lost her hair tie when she was dodging debris. "Yer bill's come due and Eren's about to collect."
Up ahead and slightly off to her right three figures in green cloaks alighted on a flat roof. She peered at them as she zipped by.
One was Hange Zoe. Heh, I'd know that crazy four eyed maniac anywhere. The other two were that blond daffodil and French kid from earlier.
She kept going whizzing along at breakneck speed. Both titan shifters were fast. Eren stayed right on Annie's heels, enraged roars pouring out of his gigantic throat. Faster brat! How long d'ya plan to play tag with this loser? Get her already!
"She's making a break for open ground!" someone shouted close by.
"So much for our gear. Now what?!"
"Split into two teams and go around!" She heard Hange order.
"Understood!"
Heh. Already ahead of ya.
Annie must've realized she wasn't getting away from Eren and swung a sinewy arm into the side of a colosseum style building, dislodging several soldiers. Sierra heard them scream but it was too late. They were already dead.
Both shifters glared each other down. Eren's death glare burned green fire as he bored holes into his former friend's heartless icy blues. Show no mercy Eren. Sierra thought from her perch two blocks from the main action. She didn't. She'll only kill more if you let her get away.
As if the young man overheard her thoughts he let loose a bone-chilling howl, far wilder than when he was chasing Annie through the streets and lunged forward.
She watched, mesmerized, as Eren seized Annie by the leg and hurled her over the nearby roof of an apartment complex. Felt nothing but pure satisfaction as he bulldozed through the building. Howling at the top of his voice.
It was too dangerous to shift around at the moment. A quick glance around confirmed her thoughts. Everyone wearing ODM gear was staying put.
Stohess trembled under the force of the two titanic monsters. The longer the battle dragged on, Sierra knew hundreds of people would die as collateral damage. All because of some cold-blooded shifter's mysterious agenda against the human race and Eren himself.
...
Levi Ackerman was a man who preferred violence over diplomacy. So when Nile Dok and his men raised their rifles to Erwin, demanding explanations as to why two titans were hashing it out in the streets he barely stifled an eye roll.
Because yer a bunch of cowards, retard.
Erwin managed to talk Nile down but instead of deploying all troops to aid in the Female's capture, he ordered one of his men to place the Scout Commander under arrest. But before he could open the carriage door, Erwin stopped him.
"Levi, you stay here. A pointless death wouldn't suit you."
The image of Petra's blood-spattered face, broken body and the fact she'd never be his wife came into sharp focus. His face however, remained impassive along with his reply.
"No, I doubt it would. Any more than it suits anyone else."
...
Sierra threw up her arms-hands still gripping her blades-to protect herself from the shockwave generated by Annie's sweeping leg kick to Eren. Amazed at the kid's endurance and strength as he hurled a massive punch to the Female's face despite missing his left leg. The kid was truly living up to his nickname of 'suicidal maniac' as he caught her next kick-which was harder than the first and sent a bigger shockwave through the city-in his mouth. Even from this distance, she could sense he'd probably broke all his teeth doing that but he was past the point caring about himself.
Like me. And Levi.
Passion surged hot and wild through her veins as she strained her eyes for Eren who was no longer standing upright. She burned with anger as Annie whaled the tar out of him with a diamond-hard fist.
Screaming with rage.
Then satisfied she'd put her enemy out of commission she turned and began jogging toward the outer wall.
Sierra formed a visor with her left arm to cut down the glare coming from the setting sun, biting her lip. C'mon Jaeger. Git yer ass up!
A tremendous boom put an explosive end to her mental shout.
Eren reared up. Masonry, wood and glass shot everywhere, his howls sounding far more wild and violent than before. Fueled by dark rage he charged Annie in a berserk fury, who failed to outrun the enraged shifter as he tackled her from behind, shrieking like a banshee.
Sierra wasted no time firing her ODM hooks into the side of a nearby house and propelling herself towards the clashing titans. She had a feeling this battle would be over soon and she needed to be in a good position while everyone was distracted.
...
Sitting in the relative quiet of the carriage him and Erwin had ridden into town, Levi shrugged into his tan jacket not bothering to fix the wrinkles that had formed. No matter. His cloak would cover everything up.
The Jaeger brat's noise had reached his sensitive ears. He needed to hurry. Leonhart would be captured today.
I refuse to let my squad's deaths become unnecessary. But most important of all, he refused to allow Petra's death to go unpunished.
He pushed the door open, blades drawn.
Time to settle the score.
...
Sierra landed on a flat roof that gave her a front-row seat to the action. Staying on the ground was suicidal given the Titan demolition derby going down right in front of her eyes. She glanced over to see Scouts stood perched in a semi-circle at the edge of a roof with nothing but a sheer drop to the street below.
She took perverse pleasure when she saw Eren crush Annie's eyeballs and skull sending heavy streamers of thick blood flying everywhere. This crazy fool was making the traitor suffer before he dealt the killing blow.
Don't stop kid. Keep on her!
Leonhart was getting desperate. She barely managed to kick free of Eren's merciless grasp face smoking as she hardened her fingers with that frustrating hardening ability.
Then she made a frantic beeline for the wall and much to Sierra's chagrin, she jumped, burying her crystallized appendages into the unmarred grey surface. Clearly terrified of her opponent's sudden spike in power.
Dammit...she's tryin' to get away-!
Dimly she heard the French kid's obnoxious yelling.
"She's headed up the wall!"
Way ta state the obvious stein. I already called that.
And then Hange chimed in with her obvious two cents.
"She's trying to escape!"
Sierra snorted and rolled her eyes. Gee, REALLY goggles? Never woulda guessed.
Then a flash of twin silver lines caught her attention, followed by a familiar black head of hair.
No way. The Asian's back?
"I won't let her!"
With a deft slash, she cut off the Female's fingers then landed on her forehead. She was too high for Sierra to make out words but she saw the girl nudge Leonhart with a slight push of her boots sending her plummeting to the street below.
Where a vengeful Eren wasted no time pouncing on his prey and punched the traitor's head and arm clean off.
Then he moved in for the nape. Teeth elongated into lethal points. Everything about him seemed to be bigger. Thin, piercing veins of fire covered his body like hellish fissures. Without stopping he clamped down into the soft skin and ripped it clean off revealing the human within. Sierra breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the Scouts would get some much-needed answers.
Ok Eren. Back off. Ya did yer job man, now let Hange take control of-
Without warning a flash of blinding bluish white light the same color of Annie's hardening ability erupted from her mutilated titan form. Eren screamed in pain as his skin started to bubble and crawl over the Female's headless body.
Her eyes widened and she was just about to swing to his aid, then stopped herself just in time as the Asian girl lowered herself to the ground.
"Stop it Eren!"
Both women ground to a halt when the figure of a man fell like lightning from the sky and with one swift slice, cut the boy's true body out of his titan's nape.
"It's not a good idea to eat our key evidence, you idiot."
Sierra raised an eyebrow at the man's dark baritone voice.
Yer late Levi.
TBC...
A/N: Sierra will meet Levi in the next chapter so stay tuned. I'm truly blown away by all the likes and faves you guys! Keep the support coming by reviewing as well. :)
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