"yeah... No problem... I hope you guys trust me, too," she whispered back after what happened out in the Courtyard. She gave the Levi Squad a hesitant smile before talking again. "friends?" she asked as she turned around. Levi's Squad looked at her with a smile, before nodding their heads

"friends," they all said back, before they all left to get some sleep.

...

"trust us," Petra told Eren as they continued to ride at top speed.

"Eren! Hurry! Decide already!" Levi yelled at him.

"I'll go with you!" Eren yelled as he continued forward, removing his hand from his mouth. Eren then continued to ignore the people who were dying behind him, not wanting to face them with the decision that he has made.

...

"... Sasha is in charge of the squad," Levi ordered, shocking everyone in the squad except for Sasha. "take Eren a suitable distance away from that Titan... And look after my horse!" he said, before swinging away back to where they captured the female Titan.

...

"yes!" Eren yelled confidently. Sasha made her horse go faster to catch up with Levi's horse. She was actually more nervous than before... This was actually going to be the hard part of this mission.


The Levi Squad, Sasha, and Eren continued to ride on the trail they were on until they were a good five to six miles away from the Female titan and everyone else. sadly, the trail they were on only lead deeper into the woods, so Sasha ordered them to switch to their maneuver gear and go up into the trees, just in case something happened.

the Levi squad looked at her questioningly, before doing as told and going up to the treetops, not bothering to ask. honestly, they didn't know why Levi would leave her in charge considering she was a fresh cadet barely out of training.

Once they were high in the trees with the horses safe, they started to talk amongst themselves.

"a spy... Do you really think there's someone like that?" Gunther asked, crouching down to look over the edge of the branch he was sitting on as he talked to Eld.

"the commander thinks so at least. Likely, the only ones who were told of this plan were the soldiers who survived five years," Eld said as he started to imagine all the older members of the survey corps.

"I see... That makes sense," Gunther said in agreement, also seeing the connection.

"that's got to be it... Eren, that's how it is," Oluo said as he looked over at Eren, acting like he was the one that came up with the conclusion.

"in that case, he had no choice," Petra agreed as she looked at Sasha questioningly. "he drew the cut off at 5 years ago on the assumption that the suspect entered when the wall was first destroyed," Petra stated, still looking at Sasha who just stared over at the direction where the female Titan was captured. She didn't even flinch as she heard them talk and share their theories as to why they were not told about the plan.

"Does that mean he's the one who killed Sonny and Bean?" Eld asked the group. Sasha sent him a side glance, but no one noticed.

"after it happened, the commander asked me about it," Petra confessed. She was looking at Sasha, but now with a strong glare.

"so that's why he asked..." Eren thought. He already knew that someone inside of his class was the Colossal, Armored, and Female Titan. Erwin probably asked him that question to see if he knew who the Titan shifters were.

"if I had been able to answer that question, I might have been allowed to join the main operation..." Eld said as he placed a hand under his chin and started to think about who he thinks could be the female Titan. Eren looked over at Sasha, who was trying to get a better feel of her environment and ignoring them. Petra saw that to, but she also saw the look he was giving Sasha.

It was almost like he wanted her to say something... Almost like he expected her to know something about the situation.

Petra quickly elbowed Oluo and pointed at them with her head, making him look at them. He sent them a confused look, but decided not to say anything about it.

"I knew what was going on, but I chose not to answer," Oluo said as he waited for a reaction from Sasha. Sasha quickly broke out of her trance before sending him a glance. She knew that he probably didn't know, but it was like an instinct to look at him and try to confirm that he knew. "do you guys know why?"

"why?" Sasha asked, now paying more attention to the conversation.

"gosh... You don't know?" he said, before shrugging his shoulders, avoiding the question. "I suppose people at your level wouldn't know... You haven't reached my level yet," he stated. Petra looked annoyed at that... Apparently, it was not the first time that they had had a conversation about this before.

"are you pretending to be Captain Levi again?" Petra asked, now turning her full attention to him. "Captain doesn't say such things."

They continue to discuss amongst themselves as Eren continues to be deep in thought. Sasha was looking at him, expecting him to at least know.

"but what I really want to know is why Captain Levi would dare leave this... Child... In charge of the squad," Oluo snapped as he sent Sasha a glare. Sasha looked at him shocked, but she didn't answer him. Everyone in the squad looked at her confused, expecting her to answer, but she only turned away.

"Captain Levi told me that the only reason that I am in his Squad is because of my survival skills and because I am a trustworthy source when it comes to getting information," she said, not bothering to look at them.

"yeah, but still... Eld is second-in-command in this squad, why did he leave you in charge?" Petra asked.

"Petra, Oluo, leave it alone," Eld snapped, sending them glares.

"she has a point you know... He could have chosen any one of us to take charge of the squad while he's away, but why did he have to choose her?" Oluo snapped, pointing at Sasha.

"you can ask him when he gets back," Gunther snapped back.

Out of everyone in the Levi Squad, the closest to Sasha would have to be Eld and Gunther, and of course Levi himself. They have been stuck on Babysitting Duty since she got there. They were the ones in charge of watching her window and door the first night she was with them, and throughout the last couple of weeks of knowing her, they had grown to like her a lot, whether it was because of her childish personality, or by how she can take charge of a situation, maybe it was even both things, they honestly didn't know.

"Why are you defending her?" Oluo asked, "she could be a traitor for all we know," he snapped, rolling his eyes before sending her a glare.

"there's no way she can be a traitor," Eren jumped in, " I've known her since we started training."

"but did you know her before that?" Oluo snapped back, "you don't know if-"

"Oluo back down... I understand that you are not comfortable with the new arrangements, but we will take this up with Levi when this is all over. Levi is trusting her and placing her in charge of the Squad, and that means that we have to trust her just as much as he does," Eld snapped, using his second-in-command's voice. "all you have to do is follow her orders... even though you might think that she is not making the right call, don't complain. Captain Levi left her in charge for a reason, and I will not be the one that disobeys orders. so quit acting like a child just because you didn't get chosen."

"Yeah, whatever," Oluo said, dropping the conversation. It was now a tense atmosphere... Sasha knew that they would not be happy with the new arrangement, but she hoped that they could follow her command in case the Female Titan got out and came to search for them.


It was silent for a couple of minutes, close to an hour, before they started talking among themselves again. Sasha tried her best to stay out of their conversations, but laughed now and then whenever they talked about something funny. She was very nervous and everyone could see how she move from one leg to the other. They honestly thought that she was just nervous about taking charge of such an advanced Squad, but in reality, she was actually nervous in case the Female Titan got loose and she could not protect everyone.

Out of nowhere, there was a roar that sounded from the direction that the Female Titan was captured. Sasha paled and faced the direction that they came from, instantly getting her maneuver gear ready.

"go higher up in the trees, now," Sasha ordered, getting everyone's attention back on her. Everyone was confused, but instantly did what she said. "make sure you're secure on a higher branch and that none of the Titans see you," she snapped at Eren.

Eren just nodded and went higher than everyone else before settling down on one of the highest branches.

"what the hell was that?" Oluo snapped at her before gigantic footsteps were heard. Everyone in the Levi Squad looked down to see at least 20 Titans running towards the direction that they came from. They all looked to be abnormal, shocking the Levi Squad. They have never seen so many abnormal Titans together.

"Should we take them out?" Gunther asked.

" no... Stay high up in the trees," Sasha ordered with a serious but panicked expression.

Once all the Titans passed and they didn't hear anything for several minutes, they saw a blue flare that shot into the sky.

"looks like it's over," Gunther said, before turning to face them once again.

"get to your horses and prepare to withdraw," Sasha ordered.

"you heard the lady," Oluo said, rolling his eyes, getting up from the place he was sitting. "let's go see what that turd inside looks like."

Sasha looked around them nervously. She would have to tell them that they would not be going back and that they would be going towards the edge of the forest where everyone else was.

"do you think we'll find out who she really is?" Eren Jaeger asked as he prepared his things to get off the tree.

"It's thanks to you, Eren," Petra smiled kindly at him.

"but I haven't done anything," he said, before turning to look at her.

"you trusted us, didn't you?" she smiled, "your choice of trusting us back there brought about this result. It's pretty difficult to make the right choice."

"hey, don't coddle him too much, Petra," Oluo said, waving his hand at them, "what did this guy do? All he did was whine and make a disgraceful scene... Well, I suppose he did pretty good, to make it back alive from his first mission. But we can't give him credit for that until this operation is over. Just so you know brat... Until you're back at home, this is still an expedition outside the walls.

"okay, I get it already," Eren said, before making a face as Oluo walked away.

They all decided to use their maneuver gear to travel back to their horses, considering that they had traveled a little bit of distance to try to get up higher into the trees.

"Oluo, Petra... For two people who wet their pants during their first battle, you've done well for yourselves," Eld yelled as he faced them as he swung with his maneuver gear. Petra let out a scream, in shock at having been exposed like that.

"WHAT?!" Eren yelled, shocked.

"Don't say that!" Petra yelled, "don't take away our dignity, Eld!"

"whoa... so it's true?!" Eren asked.

Sasha was in front of them trying her best to not laugh or giggle.

"that's a fact, right?" Eld asked Petra. "just so you know, I didn't wet mine, Eren," Eld laughed.

"BOZO!" Oluo yelled, "I have more kills than you! I'm better than you, bozo!

"You can't judge who's a better soldier just by kills!" Eld yelled back.

"Shut up, bozo!" Oluo snapped back as Sasha broke out laughing.

"Petra! Does that mean you sprayed everyone in midair?" Eren asked Petra as Sasha continued to laugh even harder than before.

"that's enough, you're not here on a picnic!" Gunther snapped at Eren and Sasha. "this is outside the wall! And for the record, I didn't leak either, Eren." Sasha smiled at that, before continuing to lead them back to the horses.

Just then a green flare was shot into the sky. Gunther was the first one to notice it and pointed it out to everyone.

"Okay, that must be Captain Levi's signal!" Gunther yelled, "we're rendezvousing with the captain-"

"NO, FALL BACK NOW!" Sasha yelled, making herself turn her maneuver gear so they could head in the other direction.

"What the hell are you doing?" Oluo snapped at her as Levi's Squad paused on a branch. Sasha turned around to see them stop and quickly turned back around to land in the same tree as them.

"we'll meet them outside the tree line, it is no longer safe here! we have to get out of here now!" she yelled at them.

"what are you talking about, that's Captain Levi's-"

"it's not Captain Levi, before he left, he told me that he will be sending up a black flare so we can go to his location. That was a green flare, that is most likely someone imitating to be Captain Levi to get to us."

"and why the hell would someone do that?" Eld asked, confused.

"I don't have time to explain, we have to get out of here now," she snapped.

"We have to give them a response," Petra jumped in, "if it is Captain Levi, he is going to be mad at us if we don't reveal our location to him."

"trust me, that's not Captain Levi," Sasha snapped back, "that's an order, Captain Levi will know that we are not heading back to him. He will pick up the horses for us! come on, let's go" she snapped as she started to use her maneuver gear to head back in the direction she was headed. Gunther and Eld nodded their heads before they followed after her. Eren did so too, but Oluo and Petra stayed behind.

Petra looked at Oluo, who looked at her with an angry expression. He honestly did not want to follow Sasha's orders, but he ended up following anyways.

And that is when everything went wrong

"Captain Levi might have left you in charge, but I still have to follow protocol," Petra said as she took out her flare gun and fired a green shot.

Sasha turned around, shocked that Petra did that. Everyone in Levi's Squad looked at Petra confused, before looking at Sasha, who was more panicked than before. Sasha quickly went back and landed next to Petra, before taking the flare gun from her and throwing it off the tree.

"do you have any idea what you just did?" Sasha yelled. She was angry, but she was more scared than anything else. She started to pace around for half a second before turning to face everyone in the Levi Squad, who was now surrounding her. They were all waiting for her instruction and waiting to see what she would do in this situation. "we're f****** doomed," she whispered to herself, before facing everyone else. "this is an order, we have to get out of the forest. NOW!" she snapped, "I don't care what you have against me, but right now we need to get Eren and everybody else to safety."

"you are not the captain," Oluo snapped.

"But I am the one in charge right now," Sasha snapped back at him. "Captain Levi trusted me to keep everyone safe, and you go and deliberately disobey my orders... We have to get out of this forest as fast as we f****** can... right now!" she snapped, before taking off. Everyone looked at her confused, but Eren trusted her and followed her anyways, causing everyone to follow after him.

"Sasha what's wrong?" Eren asked her. the rest of the Levi Squad was right behind them, listening in to what she was going to say to him.

"hurry up Eren, our position has been breached and the Female Titan is on our tail," she snapped at him.

"what are you talking about, they caught the Female Titan."

"..." Sasha didn't say anything and continued. "no we didn't... We captured her, but she got out with the help of the abnormal Titans that ran past us!" she snapped back.

"and how do you know this?" Gunther asked, speeding up.

"I just do! can't you be happy with that and get moving?" she snapped. she didn't mean to sound rude, but she was really stressed out. This situation just went from bad to worse.

They continue to fly around the woods for a couple of minutes, before a figure came up from the side. No one really noticed other than Gunther.

"Captain Levi?" he asked confused. "NO. It's not him! Who's there?!" he called, but just as he did the figure turned around and went to strike him, only to have Sasha kick Gunther from behind, allowing him to get away from the direct hit that could have killed him. Sadly, because he was pushed down while his maneuver gear wires were still attached to the tree, the person who attacked him ended up cutting one of his wires, causing him to fall on top of a tree and knock himself out as he hung there.

"Gunther!" Eren yelled. "Wait, why are you...?! Gunther!" he yelled as he got closer, but before he could see if he was alright, Sasha pulled him forward.

"get your head in the game, Eren," she snapped as she pulled him away from Gunther and continued going forward.

"KEEP MOVING!" Oluo yelled at Eren, who finally straightened up.

"but Mr. Gunther is..." he started to yell, but the person who was chasing them quickly got in front of him as he looked back.

"who's that?"

"protect Eren!" Sasha ordered as she saw the person get behind Eren.

"Damn! what now?! which way do we go, Sasha, Eld?" Oluo asked.

"there's no time to get our horses," Eld responded back.

"head for HQ at full speed!" Sasha ordered them.

"is it the Female Titan operator, or is there more than one?!" Oluo asked.

"we don't have time to talk about that now, get moving!" Sasha yelled back at him.

"Damn you! You'll pay for this!" Petra yelled, before turning her entire body around. "you're going down, even if I have to die, too!" she yelled.

Everyone was facing the person who was chasing them, waiting to see what they would do next.

"Face forward!" Sasha yelled. "she's going to transform!" she snapped, making everyone face forward as lightning struck behind them and the Female Titan appeared.

"I knew it," Oluo snapped.

"it's coming," Eld yelled, "the Female Titan!"

"damn it all," Sasha snapped, her eyes were wide as she continued to fly to the trees, but now she was going even faster than before. "move, don't stop, don't even look back, just keep moving!" she cried. "try to go higher into the trees if you can," she ordered, but sadly her orders fell on deaf ears.

"dammit. This time I'll kill her myself!" Eren yelled, turning his body around and going to bite his hand.

"NO!" Eld and Sasha yelled.

"The three of us will take her down you and Sasha get out of here as fast as you can!" Eld yelled back.

"don't be an idiot, Levi left me in charge!" Sasha yelled back.

"I'll fight too!" Eren yelled.

"No!" Eld yelled back.

"This is the best course of action, and we can't lose risking your ability," Eld yelled at Eren. "Sasha, take him!" he yelled at her.

"what the hell man, do you doubt our skills or something?" Oluo asked.

"is that it Eren, Sasha?" Petra asked, "do you really have that little faith in us?!" Eren took the hint and instantly put away his swords before going forward.

"incapacitate her and then join us, do not engage her in battle! do you understand me?" Sasha yelled at them before hurrying forward after Eren, making sure that nothing hit him in the back.

"I trust you... Good luck!"

"good luck, all of you!" Sasha yelled after them, before going ahead with Eren. The rest of the Levi Squad smiled at them for trusting them before quickly turning around to face the Female Titan.

The Female Titan went to grab Eld, but he was too fast for her face and quickly backed away, throwing gas in front of her so she wouldn't be able to see. just as Eld backed off, both Petra and Oluo charged forward, attaching their lines to the Female Titan's face and slashing her eyes out. The Female Titan stop running and leaned against the tree, covering the nape of her neck with both her hands.

Sasha was thinking quickly about the situation and instantly notice how the Female Titan was still on high alert. She knew from experience that Annie would never let her guard down, no matter how blinded she was. She also knew that if a Titan shifter focused most of their energy on one specific injury, they could heal faster.

Eld made a motion to take out her arms to the other two remaining members of the Levi Squad. Instantly, both of the other members nodded their heads and went to attack the Titan's arms that were blocking the nape. they did that until finally both of her arms came down.

"next is the neck!" Oluo yelled.

Suddenly, Sasha got the feeling that something was going to go wrong.

"no, don't go for the nape!" she yelled as she turned her entire body around. Eld heard her and decided to back off. Oluo also heard her, but decided to go for the kill.

"Say goodbye to your nape!" Oluo yelled, before suddenly, one of the Female Titan's eyes opened and she chomped down on Oluo. Everyone stared in shock as Oluo was torn in half.

"OLUO!" Petra yelled as the Female Titan spit out her friend. Petra was trying to escape from the Female Titan by flying close to the ground, while Eld stayed higher up in the trees. She didn't realize that the Titan was now looking at her through its only functional eye, which scared her once she made eye contact.

"Petra, put yourself together!" Eld yelled.

"get out of there, Petra!" Sasha screamed as she shot forward again.

"Petra! HURRY!" Eld yelled at his friend, as the Female Titan finally caught up to her and stomped on her, killing her instantly.

"EREN!" Sasha yelled as she watched him pass her as she went back for Eld. She turned her attention back to the Female Titan and watched as Eld made a move to get past her head to Sasha and Eren. "ELD WATCH OUT!" she yelled. "EREN, TRANSFORM, PLEASE!" Sasha yelled as she tried to get as close as possible, but sadly, she knew that she would never make it on time.

Just as Eld was passing the female Titan's shoulder, she lifted up her arm and hand, but Eld saw this beforehand and tried to maneuver his way around it. sadly, his foot touched the female's finger, causing him to lose balance and hit a tree. He was now unconscious.

Sasha could only stare in shock at what just happened.

Eren then broke the tree line to their location, and just stared in shock at his fallen comrades.

"Eren, transform now!" Sasha yelled as she followed behind him.

"I'm going to... I'm going to..."

"snap out of it, Eren, we need you!" Sasha yelled at him.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Eren yelled, before biting down on his hand, crying. Sasha watched as lightning struck Eren and the wind around her changed. Sadly, that would be the only thing that she remembered before falling unconscious after the strong wind pushed her maneuver gear hooks away from the tree that she was aiming for, not allowing her to get a good grip and making her hit a thick tree branch.

"damn it all," she whispered to herself, before closing her eyes.


Questions for this chapter

Question 1 how pissed are you from 1 to 10 about the cliffhanger?

Question 2: how did you feel when Oluo confronting Sasha.

Question 3: during the confrontation with Oluo and Sahsa do you believe that everyone in the Levi's Squad started to question Levi's motives

Question 4: honestly this isn't really a question but if you guys have a question for me please let me know. I will answer all of your questions at the end of the next chapter

Question 5: did you like the interaction that Sasha had with Levi Squad.

Question 6: when do you think Sasha should awaken after being knocked out. (such as during the middle of the female versus Eren battle, Mikasa vs female Titan, or after the female Titan fight)

Question 7: (you do not have to answer this question if you don't want to) do you have any other suggestions for the summary/description of the story.

Edited by QueenOfAces