A/N: This chapter is in Eren's point of view. Enjoy!

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a burst of white light. I began blinking my eyes trying to adjusting them to the light. When the spotty haze began to clear I realized I wasn't in my own bed. The room I was in looked like one of the hospital rooms my dad worked in. "Why would I be in a hospital room?" I asked trying to sit up, but the action didn't turn out the way I intended. My head felt like it was floating down a river. I laid my head back on the pillow and decided to try again when my head felt more stable.

A few minutes passed and I was about to make my move when the door suddenly flew open. "Oh good, you're awake now. I was starting to think you would end up having a coma." A woman with a messy brown ponytail screamed louder than my head could take right now. "You were out cold all night. You even missed breakfast and lunch. How does your head feel?"

"Uh, it doesn't hurt anymore, but I am a bit dizzy." I tried being straightforward about my answer. It didn't hurt but if I moved at a quick pace I was sure some pain would arise.

"Yeah, that's normal. Here take these and you'll feel better in no time." She said handing me two white pills and a glass of water. Not questioning it, I quickly downed the pills and the entire glass in two gulps.

A couple minutes of waiting and the nausea had disappeared. When I told her I felt better she started giving me a check up. Like any other doctor check up it was mainly listening to my heart beat and viewing my blood pressure. "Well, looks like you're good to go. I'll call Armin to come get you. The names Hanji Zoe by the way."

"Eren Jaeger, nice to meet you." That was all I could say before she nodded in return and left the room. I wanted to ask where I was. The room I was in looked like I was at a hospital, but it was too comfortable to be in one. Hanji looked like a doctor, but her personality didn't really fit into that category. So where was I?

While I was finding more questions than answers a familiar face walked into the room. "Hey, I heard you were feeling better." Armin said with a little worry laced in his tone.

"Yeah I'm fine, but ... Where are we?" I really had to know. My parents were to busy to worry about my absence, but I wanted to assure that I was at least still in New York.

"I can't quite answer that for you, but I think Levi can. He wanted to talk to you once you were awake." He answered. Levi, wasn't that the guy from the coffee shop?

"Alright then, please lead the way." I felt nervous for many reasons. One of them was getting to finally meet the mysterious man from last night. The other was finding the answer to my ignored questions.


Armin led me down a flight of stairs and into a room full of offices and cubicles. Everyone looked to occupied in their work to even notice we were even there. Once we made it to the opposite side of the room we were met with a huge dark oak door. Armin knocked a few times and waited for an answer. There was a muffled 'come in' from the other side. At that moment I was more nervous than I've ever felt before.

Armin opened the door and peeked inside. "Sir, Eren is awake now. Should I let him in?"

"Yeah, let him in." The voice was low and it sounded a bit bored. Armin motioned for me to go inside. Once I was inside Armin closed the door behind me. I felt a bit of panic run through me, I thought he was going to be in here with me. It almost felt like being thrown into a cage with a rabid animal. I looked around the office with wide eyes. There was a desk in the center of the back wall. Behind it was a book case staked overflowing with books and folders alike. There were two chairs in front of the desk and one tucked behind it. To the side of the room was a table with a record player on top. When I saw it I realized there had been music playing the whole time. The singing was in French, but I recognized the song. It was La Mer by Charles Trenet.

"It's a good song isn't it?" I almost jumped when I heard the voice next to my ear. I turned around to see Levi holding a glass with and amber liquid swishing inside. That's when I noticed the built in bar behind him.

"Yeah, it is." My voice came out as a breathy whisper. I was surprised I could even answer him. I was caught in a trance by his captivating steel gray eyes. If I had known he looked this beautiful when I saw him in the corner booth, I might have kept my distance. His good looks were intimidating in a strange way.

I was torn away from my hypnotic state when he quickly adverted his eyes and walked towards his desk. "Come, sit down. You have a lot to catch up on." I managed to move my body from it's statue like state, and sat down at one of the chairs by his desk. I kept my eyes fixed on the floor not daring to look up. I was afraid that if I looked up and got a glimpse of the stunning man I wouldn't be able to look away. I can't believe I was thinking this way about another man. Interrupting my inner turmoil he spoke up again. "It's looks like you got your color back. I thought you'd be out for another day, considering how much blood you lost."

My face must have displayed the confusion I was feeling inside. Levi simply looked at me and the side of his mouth turned upwards into a breath taking smirk. My hand instinctively reached for the back of my head and touched a bandage I hadn't noticed before. I quickly glanced up to find Levi observing my every move. "H-how did I get this?"

"You really don't remember?" I shook my head in a negative response, hand still grazing over the bandage. "Well there was a drive by, and you were caught right in the middle of it. When I pushed you out of the way you hit your head on the concrete."

"Oh." It was all I could say as I tried to remember what happened. I vaguely recalled seeing bright headlights and hearing the raging sound of bullets all around me.

"You know your presence at the drive by wasn't a mere coincidence." His statement spiked my curiosity. A lot of innocent people had been caught in shootings before. How wasn't I just another victim?

"What do you mean? They were trying to shoot me on purpose?"

"No, they didn't want to shoot to kill you. They were trying to scare you, maybe even hit your arms or legs for emphasis." What in the world was he saying? What did I ever do to have a New York gang after me?

"Why?... Who?... What do they want with me?" I kept stumbling over the new questions stampeding through my brain.

"Who, is the gang known as the Titans." I've heard of them before on the news radio. "As for why and what they want..." He paused and looked at me before he continued. "They're planning on using you. Do you remember the benefit dinner you and parents are to attend September 10th?"

"Yes I remember, but what does that have to do with anything?" I was a little irritated now. My questions were either answered short and vague or with another question. I wasn't getting anywhere with this guy.

"We are going to discuss that later. Just know that your safe for now." He stood up from his desk and headed towards his office door. For now? What does that mean. I stood up from my current spot and turned to look at him. He opened the door and peered around outside. "Arlert, come in please." Armin came in and Levi closed the door behind him. He then headed back over to stand along side me. "Your going to be with us for a while. In the next three weeks we're going to discuss and strategize a plan for the benefit dinner. During that time you're going to room with Armin." He turned to Armin who smiled and nodded in return. Then he turned back to me. He looked me over, giving my current wardrobe a scan. He made a clicking sound with his tongue.

"What?" I looked down at my own clothes. I was wearing a white button down with small black pinstripes, a blue tie with different blue circles and dots. I had on dark blue pants and a matching dark blue jacket. It was my usual clothing, so I didn't see anything wrong with it.

"You look like little rich brat with that get up. Arlert, let him borrow some clothes and then show him around." I was a little offended by his response, but I kind of knew it was true. It's exactly what I was, but it stung a little coming from him. I followed Armin out of the office, but not before looking back and catching Levi's eyes again. His metallic gaze cut into me like razor blades. It was menacing but alluring at the same time. Why was I so attracted to this man?


Armin led me up the staircase again, but we didn't stop at the floor where I woke up. We went up another floor, he said the upper two floors of the building were the bedrooms. He also said that the building had a total of five floors. So I guess my/our room was on the forth floor. Once we got to our now shared room he gave me a change of clothes and showed me the men's restroom. I got into one of the five showers and tried to think over my current situation. It was easier to sort through my thoughts with the warm water washing over my body.

One, I was being watched over by a gang. Armin had told me they were known as the Survey Corps. I've heard little about them, but they were the biggest and most respected gang in all of New York. Well, next to the Titans. Second, Armin, my best friend, had been a part of this gang the whole time. Third, I was being targeted by the Titans. And yet, the most unnerving problem was that I kept seeing a certain pair of gray eyes every time I closed my own.

If those eyes were the only thing i could really focus on then was done thinking. I turned off the water and changed into my new attire. It was very simple, a pair of brown pants with a white button down. When I was done Armin decided to start the tour of the place.

"Well you know what this floor looks like. It's just the bedrooms and the separate restrooms. The floor above is exactly the same. Lets go downstairs shall we." I obliged and followed after him.

We reached the third floor and we entered into what looked like a living room. "This, as you can see, is the living room. It's where everyone comes to relax when they get some time off. It's also where you'll mainly see the 'Special Ops' guys." He trailed off looking around the room. "I don't see anyone, they must be out on a job. You'll really like them, they're our age." He informed me while we made our way though the room. I gave a thoughtful hum as a reply to show him I was listening.

Walking through a doorway we came into a kitchen and dinning area. "Let me guess the kitchen and dinning room." I said pointing out the obvious.

"Correct. Dinner will be in two hours, so you'll be able to see everyone then." As he said this I saw two figures walk up to us from the corner of my eye. "Oh, hey! Eren, this is Sasha and Connie, they're the cooks here."

"Hi, nice to meet you guys." I greeted while looking them over. They were a weird pair from the moment you lay eyes on them.

Sasha was a tall girl with a messy brown ponytail, almost like Hanji's. She had big brown eyes and she was smiling from ear to ear. The boy Connie, was a bit shorter than her. He had a buzz cut with an equally big grin. They were both wearing aprons covered in flour, and their was a bit of flour smeared on their cheeks as well.

"It's nice to meet you to. It's not often that Levi lets new people come to the Hideout." Sasha said in a cheery voice.

"That's true. It's nice to have another guy to hang out with." Connie said agreeing to Sasha's previous statement.

"Well I have continue with the tour. We'll see you guys later." Armin cut in before any other conversation erupted. I was thankful he did. I had a feeling these two could talk for hours on end. The dizziness from earlier had gone away but I was starting to get a slight headache. I don't think I could have more than a four sentence conversation right now. We said our goodbyes and returned to the tour.

Still on the third floor we went to the opposite side of the kitchen and back across the living room. We came to a hall that looked like the bedrooms upstairs. There was a desk to the side before you could get anywhere near the rooms. Sitting in the desk was a cute blond girl with enormous blue eyes. She heard us coming and looked up with the brightest smile I have ever seen. Seeing that could instantly make anyone smile back.

"Eren this is Krista. She works here with Hanji, this is the hospital wing you were in this morning." Armin said motioning towards the back rooms. I guess being in the gang business having a hospital at the workplace came in handy.

"Hi Eren, how's your head?" Krista asked in a sweet and caring voice.

"It's a lot better, thank you." I replied with a smile. She stood up and walked around the desk. I couldn't believe how short she was, but her stature made her even cuter. Her short size reminded me of Levi. He wasn't as short as Connie or Krista, compared to them he was huge, but he did measure up to my nose.

I was brought back from my height comparisons when Krista spoke up. "Well it was nice to meet you Eren, but I have to check on a patient." She sounded a little worried that she had to leave our meeting.

"That's fine, it was nice meeting you." I said before she turned around and walked into a room. "Well that's this floor. What's next?" I asked Armin with excitement. I was getting a slight headache but I was excited to see the rest of this mysterious building to even care.

"Well the second floor is mainly offices. So we won't have to walk around that long, come on." He looked happy when he heard my apparent excitement. We turned towards the living room and reached the stairs. "I'll get to show you my office. It's small but I like it that way." He said on our way down.

"You never told me what your job is here." I was very curious to know what a nice kid like Armin was doing in a gang.

"Right, I forgot about that. I get the information on other gangs, like their schemes and planned attacks." Well I wasn't really expecting that, but if anyone was right for the job it'd be Armin. We made it to the door leading into the second floor. "You already met Levi and saw where his office was. He's the boss or leader, whatever you want to call him, of this whole organization."

Levi was the leader? It wasn't hard to believe considering his intimidating and straight forward personality. Yet, it kind of made things harder on me. I was attracted to a mob boss. This wasn't going to end well. If anything even starts, that is.

We walked onto the second floor. Which was more like a maze comprised of office cubicles. The people from earlier were all gone and we were the only two there. "Their shifts must have ended already. Let's see if anyone stayed in the break room." He said leading me down another hallway of cubicles. We reached a half-opened door and I could barely hear people inside.

There were six people inside the break room. I instantly recognized one of them. I had seen him at Armin's coffee shop more times than I could count. The man was tall with a muscular build. He had light blond hair parted in the middle, and his eyes were a deep ocean blue. At the coffee shop I had noticed this guy would always watch Armin with a tender kindness. I came to the conclusion that he might have had a thing for my best friend. He was the first to notice our presence and walked over to us. There was a content smile on his face as he looked over at me.

"Hey there Armin, who's your friend?" His voice was low but soothing at the same time. The way he talked was authoritative and straight forward, almost like Levi's.

"Everyone, this is Eren." Armin announced trying to get everyone's attention. "Eren, this is Erwin." The way Armin said his name made me smile. It looked as if my friend had the same feelings for the guy. I wonder if they knew how the other felt.

"Hello." I greeted him while we shook hands. He returned my hello in reply. Then I turned to look at the others. They had finally noticed us and moved towards all the commotion. The only woman in the room was the first to reach us. She was short, about Krista's height. She had reddish-brown hair and light brown eyes to match. She smiled warmly at me and held out her hand.

"Hi, I'm Petra. It's nice to meet you Eren." She said as I accepted her outstretched hand. She had a soft motherly voice that reminded me of my own mother. I smiled wide at her and her own smile grew wider. "These guys over here are Aurou, Mike, Gunther, and Erd." She pointed them out as she said each of their names.

Aurou was the one with his arm wrapped around Petra's waist. He had dirty blond hair in an undercut with hazel eyes. Mike was the tallest of the group, he had blond hair with brownish eyes. He stepped closer to me and sniffed my hair. With a satisfied grunt he returned to his previous spot. The look on my face must have been hilarious because everyone started laughing at my confusion.

Gunther was the man standing next to Mike. He had short dark brown hair styled into a point at the back. On his other side was Erd, who had brown eyes and blond hair pulled into a ponytail. They both smiled and nodded in hello.

"Erwin here is in charge of looking over everyone. He's Levi's second in command." Armin said with adoration lacing his every word. "Petra manages our money, and Aurou keeps our documents in check." He continued as I nodded in response to everyone's positions. "Mike, Gunther, and Erd all work downstairs on the first floor. Mike makes our fine liquor and Gunther is in charge of it's deliveries. Erd works on the cars. If anyone can fix anything it's him."

"Wow, it's really nice to meet all of you." I sounded like someone who just met their favorite celebrity. I was really amazed by the people in front of me. They worked in a gang known for its violence and liquor distribution, but they were all so nice and welcoming.

"Well we should probably get going if we want to finish before dinner starts. " Armin stated as we left them back in the break room. We made our way through the office cubicles and reached the stairs.

"We're almost done with the tour. All that's left now is the first floor." Armin said as we made our way down.