Pressing On
Morning revealed the storm had passed. Miles away, the convey still moved on. The glaring sun beat down on them all. In the center of the convey, the two orphan children that Kosa had helped were walking exhaustedly. The smaller of the two suddenly collapsed! Their sibling started crying out frantically for someone to help. King Vegeta only glanced back for a second before huffing and moving on. No one stopped and the still standing sibling cried out even more as the convey kept moving. They tried desperately to get their sibling up. And just when it seemed hopeless...
Armin: "It's going to be ok, little ones."
They looked up and saw Armin standing over them with a gentle smile. He more than anyone understood what it was like to be weaker than everyone else.
Armin: "If I can do it, so can you."
The standing sibling smiled as the blonde teen moved around back and helped the fallen child up. A little encouragement was all that was needed and the two orphans followed the teen back to the convey, holding his hand and each others as they did. At the same time, Goku was helping yet another saiyan that had fallen to their feet with hopeful encouragement. The King was completely unaware of what was going on in the back and no saiyan revealed it to him. The saiyan race felt a sense of hope in the Earth visitors as the number of deaths had decreased since they began encouraging anyone who collapsed to not give up. Nearly all of our heroes were helping someone in some way or another at some point. Ichigo and Rukia carried two other, and even younger, children while they rested their tired little legs. Reiner, Bertolt, Mike and Erwin assisted some tired adults for a while. Kosa looked up towards the front. Even he could see how meaningless this all was. His grandfather was like his father, cold and heartless. The only family members that were warm were his two uncles. Tarble and...
Kosa gasped softly. He then looked back in the direction they had come from. He hoped that his uncle Vegeta and the rest of their friends would suddenly appear in the distance. But sadly they didn't. The young saiyan whimpered with sadness just as a shadow loomed over him and he looked up.
Kosa: "... ... I miss Uncle Vegeta and the others."
Levi: "I know, Kosa. I miss them too."
Kosa: "Do you think they're ok, Mr. Levi?"
Levi: "I'm sure they are. You're uncle's the toughest person I know and he won't let anything bad happen to anyone under his watch."
Kosa looked back one more time.
Levi: "C'mon."
Slowly the two went to rejoin the others. But Levi stopped and looked back himself. He hoped that he was right.