CHAPTER 17

When my phone started vibrating in my pocket, I didn't hesitate to take it.

"Hey, this is Eren!" I chirped, glad that my voice wasn't suffering from the aftereffects of crying anymore.

"Eren, this is Chief Pixis. Has something happened to you? You were supposed to be here 10 minutes ago,"

My heart skipped a beat, when hearing that.

"I am so sorry, sir. I'll be there right away!"

I hung after that, and ran the rest of the way, hoping and praying that I wouldn't get scolded too badly for being late. I still didn't know what kind of guy Chief Pixis was, as he could send very mixed signals from time to time.

Arriving at the police station like a stammering mess wasn't as bad as I thought. Chief Pixis had just come over to clap me on my back, telling me to breathe regurlarly and "Don't make this a habit", before telling me to follow him. I did as I was told, no questions asked, though I felt reather intrigued about what I should be doing today. Which bad guys I could help get settled in jail. I smiled by the thought, ready to get working.

"Reiner only knew more personal traits about Leonhardt than any of the other two gang leaders and their zones. But he was only a small fry – Leonhardt on the other hand is someone entirely different. She is very intelligent, and very dangerous. I'll try my best to push her buttons, but I'm afraid that she's the kind that doesn't show emotions very easily,"

Just like Levi, I thought to myself, though not saying it out loud.

"I'll manage, Chief," I nodded, giving him a thumbs up and a smile. He just shook his head, grinning, before turning around and walked into the interrogation room. I went into the other room that was just next to it – the one with the one-sided mirror that would let me look at the criminals, but they couldn't see me.

I felt pretty badass right now – I couldn't wait to get in, and – what?

I blinked a couple of times, too shocked to react properly. In front of me sat a beautiful young woman, probably only one or two years older than me, with her arms crossed. She had a large nose, and her stoic face showed no expressions at all, but I still couldn't shake the feeling that there was something special about her.

Was this girl really a criminal? I almost couldn't believe it.

Pixis started firing questions at her, most of which she didn't answer, but she did the mistake of thinking them though, and I took advantage of that immediately. I had gotten the great of bringing a notebook with me, so I could get all of the details with me. Her thoughts lacked most of these, however, yet I still got a lot of good material that the cops could work with.

That Levi could work with, I thought to myself, before shaking my head excessively. I needed to stop thinking about him – it didn't help me in any way.

Yet, it still made me wonder where he were. He was usually around whenever I was here as well, but today it was different.

I decided to ask Pixis after we were done, and then I focused on the Leonhardt girl once more.

I could feel the nervousness grow larger inside of me as I walked inside the police station. Had I done something wrong? In my head I tried to go over all the things that I had done that could have resulted in being called to the station by the Chief himself, but none of them seemed quite right.

What else was left? My ability?

To my surprise, I could feel a strange feeling of dissappointment. I had somehow always imagined that FBI guys in black suits would come to get me in the middle of the night, if it would ever come out what I could do.

No, this was way too normal for that.

"Excuse me," I said, and the pretty, blond secretary looks up and smiles automatically. She probably does that a thousand times a day – it must be quite exhausting, I could imagine. "My name is Eren Jaeger. I was calling about an hour ago. I was told to just tell you that I had arrived?" I said, but the secretary does nothing but smile – it's in her eyes that I can see the confusion. She has clearly no idea what I was talking about …

Perhaps it had been a joke of some sort?

"Eren," A familiar voice suddenly says, and my neck snaps so hard when I turn my head to see the person that the voice belongs to. I recognised him immediately, yet I was still going through feelings such as astonishment, surprise, confusion and horror.

What the hell was he doing here? Of all people, I had to run into him?

"L-Levi … " I stuttered, taking a step back, overwhelmed by the fact that I was actually talking to him again. "What are you doing here?"

I almost couldn't believe it. I never thought I would see this man again, and now that I had, I didn't know how to feel. Should I be crueler to him? Nicer? How should I act? I fiddled with my jacket's buttons, to keep my hands busy.

I was afraid that if I wasn't doing anything with them, they would act on their own and hit him. I imagined how that would be, hitting him in the face. Would I feel satisfied?

Would it remove the empty feeling in my stomach?

"I work here temporarily," He said, before suddenly yelling something about a shirt. I was taken aback by this, honestly a bit scared. I suddenly remembered how terrifying he could be …. Yeah, I should definitely not try to be cruel in any way. That wouldn't end very well, even if I had every right to treat him whatever I liked.
"Why do you look like that?" I asked, letting my eyes study him for a second. His abs were so clear through the shirt, that I couldn't help but notice.

"I was undercover. It doesn't really matter. I'm sorry to drag you down here, but – "

"You made me come here?" I said, surprised. I didn't see that coming at all. Why would he … ? I thought he hated me.

"Yes," He nodded. "We caught this guy, and it's really important that he gives us the information we need … But he refuses to tell us,"

Oh. I could already see where this was going. He wanted me to help him. My hands clenched into fists for a second, as I felt the anger fill up my body.

"I was hoping that you would help us out. I'm so sorry to have to do this to you Eren, but I had to try,"

I looked at him, shocked, all the previous anger dissappearing from my body. I knew that Levi had a hard time asking people for help, but the way that he had said that … I couldn't concentrate when he was sweet talking me like this.

"I thought you were a lawyer?" I ended up blurting out, not knowing what else to say.

"That's not relevant,"

I raised an eyebrow, trying to suppress a chuckle. That was so typical of him, to avoid shit like that. Well, this time I wasn't going to let him.

"It is if you want me to help you,"

"I was a cop before becoming a lawyer,"

"You were?" I asked surprised, coughing distreectly actually noticing that my voice had turned so high-pitched. How embarrassing.

"Uh-huh. So will you help me or not?"

I wasn't sure what to say. I really wanted to just get out of here os quickly as possible, forgetting that this ever happened, but then again … I couldn't help but feel intrigued. With or without Levi, it did actually sound interesting. And if I could be to any help at all … Then it couldn't be so bad, right?

"Please,"

"Okay, but then you owe me a favor," I finally said, crossing my arms. I was very certain on the fact, that I wasn't doing this because of Levi, but it couldn't hurt to have him owe me a favor.

The truth was, though, that I was doing this for myself. I wanted to see if I could actually do something good. I had always believed that I was useless and freaky because of this ability of mine … But what if it was the total opposite?

What if my future wasn't as hopeless as I thought it would be?

Pixis and I didn't really have any way of communicating when he was in there and I was in here, he ended up being in there, shooting questions at her for a longer period of time than he actually had to. I had gotten a lot of material, and Annie's thoughts just kept thinking about the same things in the end, so in the end I was just waiting for him to finish. Relieved when he finally left the interrogation room and entered into the other room, I just to my feet, ready to give him whatever I would be able to. Levi wasn't here to help me today, so apparently I had to lie all on my own.

"Um … Well, you see – " I started out, a bit nervous, as I clutched the notebook to my chest, biting my lip while trying to figure out how much details to give him. I didn't get far though, as Chief Pixis placed a hand on my shoulder that told me to relax.

"Jaeger, you are a very special young man. Officially, you are a consultant here at the police station, and that can mean many things. In the end, I don't really care about how you find out what you do, as long as I get good results," He said, looking at me intensively. "I'm saying, Jaeger, that you don't have to shorten the material of information that you got, just to hold up a silly facade … You'll just be wasting manpower, ressources and the tax payers money. Do you understand?"

I nodded slowly, trying to comprehend what he had said.

"So … You knew?" I asked in astonishment, raising both eyebrows.

"Do you really think I was that stupid? Body language? Oh sweet lord Jesus," He said, chuckling for himself. "I suggest that you have a little more faith in me next time, Jaeger,"

I nod, holding out the notebook so that he can take it. He opens it up on page one, reading through it quicker than I would have expected. There are two more pages like that, but he doesn't look at them though.

"Good job, Jaeger. I'll be taking this back to my office, if you don't mind,"

I shake my head, to afraid to do anything else. For some reason, I feel rather terrified by him right now, since he seemed to be in that kind of mood where you either can turn very sweet or very mean.

"Come back with me," He says, and without waiting for an answer, he starts walking. I follow like a lost puppy, and it is first when we arrive at his office that I remember what I was supposed to be asking him.

"Hey, Chief Pixis?" I ask, and he raises an eyebrow as a sign to let me continue. "Where is Levi?"

"Ah," He created a pop sound when he smacked his lips together, and I get a slight shock. "He was hospitalized after trying to catch Leonhardt and shut down their zone,"

I don't really know what to say, or what to feel, so I just keep looking at him.
"What happened to him?"

"He was shot two times in the chest and in the arm. He'll survive … " Pixis looks up in the ceiling, as if he tries to remember something that he has forgot. " … I think,"

Then he turns around and leaves me standing to myself, a hint that I'm done for the day. However, I feel like I can't even move anymore, as if my feet has turned to cement. When I finally force myself to turn around, the door behind me is opened once more.

"If you want to visit him, he is hospitalized at – "

"No!" I interrupted him, just in time. I didn't want the opportunity to do so. "No thank you, sir. I don't want to see him," I add, before starting to walk away.

And it was true. I really didn't want to. He could die in that hospital, and I wouldn't give two farts in space about it.

Sentence of the Day: "I wouldn't give two farts in space,"

So that's the end of Eren's POV ... for now. The middle part of this chapter his just a flashback of chapter 13, but through Eren's eyes.