It was completely silence during the drive to the Military base. Levi couldn't blame Mikasa for being silent and had even let her drive. His gaze flickered over to the driver's seat every once and a while. He couldn't help but notice how tense the young woman was at the wheel. He noted how her arms were practically locked at a ninety degree and how tight of a grip she had on the wheel. He watched her for a long while before he stared out the window...
Levi whipped his head around, ripping his gaze from his sniper rifle. His eyes went wide in shock over what Erwin just told him.
"H-How?" He asked, trying to hide the shakiness in his voice.
"A sniper from Titan shot their driver... They died in the crash..." Erwin replied in a mournful tone, "I'm so sorry Levi..."
Levi's grip tightened around his weapon. His eyes closed as he tried to compose himself. How could he? His beloved partner and daughter were dead...
"Levi?"
Levi snapped from his thoughts and saw that they were pulling into the military base. He watched as Mikasa parked the car and went to open the door, which was when he leaned over and reached across Mikasa to close the car door before she slipped out.
"It'd be best if you stayed here. I don't want you doing something rash or something you'll regret later on." He said, locking his narrow, ice cold glare on her.
"I'll be fine." She replied simply as she slipped on a pair of gloves.
"That wasn't a request Agent Ackerman." Levi said, the words dripped like venom off his tongue as he slipped on his own black leather gloves and stepped out of the vehicle.
He could see that the T.C.I.S van and Jean's car was parked a bit closer to the crime scene. He raised an eyebrow when he was stopped just as he reached the yellow tape and flashed his badge at the soldier.
"Special Agent Levi." He muttered just before he stepped under the tape, shoving his badge back in his pocket.
He walked right into the crime scene and spotted Jean and Armin already snapping pictures of the scene. The body remained right where it was found, completely untouched.
"Oh hey boss." Jean said, glancing over at Levi before he returned to his camera.
"What we got?" Levi asked as he loomed over the corpse.
"Lieutenant Carla Jaeger. She was 45-"
"Where's Moblit?" The shorter man asked, cutting Jean off.
"He's... Uh..."
Armin paused for a minute to gather his thoughts, only to have the sound of wheels enter the dorm.
"He's right here!" He finished as he looked at the man who had just walked in with a stretcher and a body bag.
Levi watched as the light brunet came rolling in with his equipment. He wore his usual gear as he started pre-examining the body.
"What do we got he-"
Levi's eyes narrowed at Jean, cutting him off when he noticed that he wasn't wearing any gloves. His eyebrow twitched in slight annoyance at him before he turned around to face Moblit.
"Permission granted Arlert." Levi said out of the blue. A small smirk crossed his lips when he heard a faint 'smack' from behind him.
"This poor woman..." Moblit muttered as he looked over the body, "Killed in her sleep..."
"Nobody had access to her besides her, yet the door isn't broken down." Levi added.
Moblit opened his mouth to speak, only to be stopped when Jean spoke up.
"Hey boss... Better have a look at this..." Jean called Levi over.
Levi walked over to look at what Jean was calling him over for. He blinked in surprise when he saw shattered glass scattered all across the floor on the other side of the bed. He pushed back the curtain to see a large gaping hole from where the criminal entered and escaped through.
"Looks like they weren't that careful with tracking mud." Armin added as he snapped a picture of the boot print.
Levi kneeled down before the window and inspected some the small pieces, seeing little specks of blood on a few. He picked a few pieces up before zipping them up in an evidence bag.
"If you're going commit a crime... Do it right for crying out loud." He muttered, "We'll have Hanji analyze this. Let's pack it up and head on o-"
"Wait!"
The team's gaze all flickered over to the doorway when they heard the shouting of some officers coming from outside. It was then that a man suddenly appeared, completely out of breath in the doorway. He looked to be no older than 21 years old with his military uniform on. His tannish completion and short, dark brown hair matched that of the dead woman's.
"Oi! This is a restricted area. Who gave you permission to enter?" Levi asked in a ice cold, stern tone of voice as his gaze narrowed on the man.
The man's large sea-green eyes grew even wider when he made eye-contact with the shorter male. He shot up, standing up straight as he saluted the other.
"My apologies. Cadet Eren Jaeger of the 104th cadet corps, sir." The man replied in a loud voice that made Levi cringe a bit.
"At ease, cadet." Levi replied as he stood up straight, "So... I assume you're Lieutenant Jaeger's son."
"Yes sir. I just received word of what had happened and came to see if it was true." Eren replied, putting his hand down at his side.
"Yes it is but it's nothing we can handle." Levi replied while the rest of the team was packing up around him, "We'll contact you soon for further investigation. Now if you excuse us Cadet..."
His ice cold gaze locked onto the man's for a second before he pulled away as he walked right passed him. The man's gaze looked all too familiar to him and it made his stomach twist into knots as his deceased daughter came to mind.
