Deciding against using my 3DMG to get up to the third level, I chose to go the safe flight of stairs and began manually climbing. Honestly, the school building was as creepy as it already was. With Titans, there was no way you could miss them. You knew where they were and you knew when they were coming.

But with ghosts and with my wild imagination?

Dark and spooky figures plagued my sight, with random noises echoing through the hallways. The drops of water from leaky taps, the slow creak of a door swinging closed and the faint sound of Wall Sina's nightlife filtering through the gaps. My grip involuntarily tightened on my blade and I soon made it to the third floor.

Get a grip, Hazura. Get a grip.

Gluing my back to the wall, I began stalking down the dark hallway, the only light being from the sliver of moon out. My heart jumped to my throat involuntarily and I paused to calm myself down.

Give me a Titan over a haunted abandoned school any day. Preferably day time.

I began to quietly chant to myself.

"Ghost do not exist, ghosts do not exist, ghosts do not-"

The sudden creak of a floorboard behind me made me shriek and I spun around. Just in time too.
Something metal clashed with my unsheathed blades, tipping me back into reality.

Metal. Weapon. Danger!

I flexed my grips on my swords and swung out at the intruder. My strike whistled through air and I faltered at the miss. Then a shadow tackled into my torso, sending both of us flying over a railing and down the stairs. We bounced uncomfortably down, thankfully taking turns hitting the hard corners. By the time we finished rolling, a string of curses and groans leaked out of both of us. I immediately recovered, unwilling to be tackled again and pounced on to the stranger. A bit of wrestling, I straddled the torso, pinning their thighs down by my feet and pressed my blade against the unknown neck. Once the cold metal touched the skin, my opponent instantly relaxed.

"Enough. I found you." I hissed. "Levi."

The familiar sigh came out of him.

"Indeed. Now get off me."

"Not until you swear you're going back to the Corps." I snapped back, annoyance clearly evident.

"Not until you swear you're coming back with me."

"What? You need an escort now?"

"Now is not the time to be an idiot. You know that's not what I mean."

I hesitated and eventually rolled off, sitting next to him.

"Yes, I know that's not what you meant. However, I'm not done yet."

Silence followed but it wasn't scary anymore. Not when I knew Levi was by my side.

"Then I expect you to report to me first thing in the morning when you are done."

I scoffed, shaking my head.

"Yes sir. Now will you go back across Wall Sina? Or do you need me to boot your ass back over myself?"

"I do have two working legs, Hazura. No ass kicking required. Although Erwin surely asked you to do it for him. I went against his orders again."

I stood up, sheathing my blades. "I wouldn't be surprised if Erwin locked your butt onto the Corps HQ grounds. Why would you go into Wall Sina? I thought I told you to stay out of my case, Levi."

He scoffed in the darkness and shifted away from me, moving into the dim light.

"You were tortured, Rina. I'm not going to stand back and let that bastard get away with it just because he's a self-pompous asshole with higher authority contacts."

"I was never planning to let him get away with it. Just the opposite." I crossed my arms, frowning. "Although, my plans got side-tracked because I had to find you to make sure you weren't making any rash decisions again."

We locked eyes, a brief look of judgement passing between us.

"I'll give you three days. If he hasn't undergone judgement by then, either by yourself or by the court, then I'll come over and finish the job." he threatened.

I smirked. "There won't be a job to finish off by then."

The next morning...

"Knock knock." I called, rapping on the open door. Fuji looked up at me before his jaw dropped open. I laughed and let myself in, closing the door behind me.

"And here I was thinking you had given up on me." I glanced down at the papers littering his desk. Blueprints of the entire Wall Sina, contacts of his, a list of people who had last seen me. Fuji coughed in embarrassment and quickly swiped the entire desk off and onto the floor. My eyes widened as pencils and papers went flying. I stepped back as a loose sheet of paper came dangerously close to giving me a paper cut.

"Uhhh…"

"I'm glad you're back. I knew I'd find you."

Fuji's bashful expression met with my confused face before we both cracked up laughing.

"I guess I was more worried about you than I should have been, considering you made it back here alive." Fuji scratched his head sheepishly before kneeling to scoop up the loose papers from the floor.

"Alive and kicking. I have a bone to pick with a certain fellow investigator Benjamin." I placed my hands on my hips and I automatically narrowed my eyes at the mention of that goddamn corrupt bastard.

Fuji froze and turned his head to slowly look at me. I sent him a knowing glance and he understood me instantly.

"No way…"

A longer study of Fuji's face told me that he was hiding something from me. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Spit it out."

"Ben's been the main officer helping me to look for you this entire time."

I cocked my head to the side and my hatred for that officer grew. "Oh, has he now?"

"He must have been leading me in the wrong direction this whole time! Wait until I get my hands on him…"

My hands clenched into fists. "You're not the only one. Get in line."

Then our conversation was halted by three raps on the door.

"Nick? It's Ben, can I come in?"

My partner and I swapped glances before I moved to the blind side of the door. Fuji cleared his throat.

"Yeah Ben, come on in."

The door swung open and Officer Ben-fucking-jamin waltzed in.

"Are you okay? I know you must be exhausted with all this searching for Officer Hazura but don't worry, we'll find her."

"Will we now?" I asked, stepping forward. Benjamin whirled around, suddenly in a defensive mode.

And rightly so.

I reached out and slowly pushed the door closed. It automatically locked with a click. However, Benjamin's eyes remained steadfast on me, a brief look of shock and anger crossing over his features.

I smiled sweetly. "It looks like she found you first."