I'm cleaning the upper floor by myself as the others clean somewhere else. Who would've thought Captian Levi would be such a clean freak. But I will admit this place is disgusting. I will not be able to sleep tonight.
The team seems to have the best intention, and I can't blame them for not trusting me and Eren right away. Oluo is a clumsy full. He may have the most kills, but his self-important attitude and boasting will get on my nerves quick. I haven't really gotten a feel for Eld as he is quiet. He seems very serious and hard working. Gunther also seems serious and trust us the least out of everyone. On the ride here I notice him watching our movements meticulously. Petra being the only girl is the exact opposite of what I expected. She is very kind and caring. I notice her getting on to Oluo not only for trying to scare us, but for trying to emulate the Captain.
"Cadet Kennedy" I shallow a gasp. The damn ninja sneaking up on me.
"Sir" I turn to the small man.
"I want you to write a report about what you know about titan shifting, and anything else you think is important. I expect it on my desk in the morning."
"Yes sir"
As he turns to leave Eren walks into the room.
"Hey," He pauses for a moment like he is trying to remember something. I feel my temper begin to rise. "Umm, what's your name again?"
Next I know there is a blur and I have my forearm to Eren's throat, trapping him against the wall. A growl escapes my throat. There Is a fear in those sea-green eyes as he stares into my now black eyes. I would lie if I say I didn't like it.
"How do you not know my name? We lived near each other for ten years, worked in fields for two, trained for three, and I was on Goddamn trial with you. Yet you don't know my name. Have I master blending in so well that after fifteen years you still don't know my name?" I press harder on his windpipe making a choking sound come from him. I feel a hand on my shoulder. Turning I punch blindly at who is behind me. Captian Levi catches my fist and blocks the kick to his head that follows. Steam is coming off my body heating the room we are in.
"Kennedy calm yourself or face the punishment." The older man says bringing me back to my senses. I take a deep breath 'tch'. I turn to walk out to get some fresh air.
After a few minutes of laying in the grass I see the Captain standing above my head. "Have you calmed down now?"
"Yes sir." I say blankly and he takes a seat beside me.
"So what was that? I thought you had control of your power?" He raises a eyebrow at me.
"I do, but sometimes my anger will cause a lasbs in my control" I sit up. "This is only the second time in nine years this has happened. The first time was when I was six, and that's when I decided it was best to distance myself."
"Tch, make sure you include that in you report." He stands up to leave, but his cold graze falls upon me. "You have fifty laps for leaving during cleaning duty and attacking a comrade." I look at him. He can't be serious, but there is no sign of him joking 'tch'. I get up to start. "One more thing, why were your eye black?"
"My eyes are black when I'm in my titan form, and in away it's like the titan taking away all rational thought in my head." He nods then walks away leaving me to my running.
I finish my running just in time for dinner. I go and grab some paper and pen to start my report. I work on it through dinner and until morning while Haji talks to Eren about her experiments. Eren apologized when I can to dinner. I accepted his apology. I have been thinking about what Commander Pixis said for a while now. That since me and him are both shifter than we should stick together. Maybe I can open up to him.
"Captain Hanji." A soldier yells as he busts into the room. "It's the test subjects, their dead." A wail escapes the woman as she runs out the door. Eren and I share a look before we follow the deranged woman. We make it out to the yard to see the corpse and Hanji crying hysterically. The Garrison has gathered around murmuring to each other. I look at Eren seeing him looking wide-eyed at the woman.
"I never thought I won't be happy to see a dead titan." I say quietly for only him to hear.
His green eyes turn towards me. "What do you mean?"
"Well these two were going to help us understand titans better. With the dead they are no use to us." I state the obvious.
"This is for the military police to worry about." Levi says in a cold voice on the other side of Eren then walks away.
Then Erwin has a hand on both of our shoulders "What do you see? What do you think the enemy is?" He pauses and my mind is going a mile a minute. "Sorry, that was a strange question to ask."
Watching them walk away I try to sort through my thoughts. There is no way he means. I grab Eren's hand as I chase after the two of them. "What are you doing, Alexa?"
"I'll explain later right now I need to talk to the Captain." We catch up as they get on their horses. "Captain," He pauses and looks down at us. "Can me and Eren work on hand to hand combat while I show him how to control himself?"
He stares down at us. I notice his eyes linger on our joined hands and I let go. "I don't see why not. Now get your horses we're leaving."
We turn to leave,but I pause when I see Erwin smirking at me. He seems prideful that I figured it out. I hate this man. I turn my head with a 'tch' and follow Eren to get the horses. I'm so preoccupied by my thoughts that it surprises me when Eren puts a hand on my shoulder.
"Are you okay?" His eyes are full of concern."
"Yeah" Sighing.
"Do you mind explaining now?"
"We are up against other shifters." I say it with no emotions, but my hands tighten on the reigns.
"You can't be serious? But why?"
"I have no idea. All I did was interpret his words."
"Even then they will not win. I will take on every last one." He has a determined look in his eyes.A smile plays on my lips for the first time in a long time. This is why they cling to him and not me. That determination, hope, and fire that burns in him. A light blush takes his checks as a bashful expression takes his features.
"What's wrong Erem?" I take a step closer, just a foot away, and his blush gets darker.
"That's the first time I've seen you smile."
"Well as I said at the trial it was best to not bring attention to myself. I cut myself off, hid my emotions. Since we are the same I thought I didn't have to do it so much around you."
He gives me a wide smile. "Of course Alexa."
I turn my back to him and face my horse. "You can call me Lex. That's what my parents use to call me. I kinda miss hearing it."
A light chuckle comes from him. "Lex," He says as seeing how it taste on his tongue. "It fits you." We leave on the sentiment.
The next morning I wake up early as usually. The sun is just coming over the horizon. I quietly walk out my door, afraid of waking Levi. Where Eren has to sleep in the basement, I have to be in the room next to the Captain. Since I have proven that I can control myself I don't have to be detained, but they want to keep an eye on me. Since the castel is so big it's only me and Levi on the floor. It's annoying.
I close my door slowly to make sure I don't make any noise. Tiptoeing I make my way to the stairs. Once I'm outside I go on my morning run and do my other exercises. Then I head to breakfast. Sitting by myself as always I read a book on 3D-gear. When I hear someone sit in front of me. Captian Levi sits in differently eating his food. We sit in silence for a few moments until Levi's nose twitches.
"Why do you smell, brat?"
"I just got done with my morning exercises." I say going back to my book.
"Well take a shower before you come to breakfast. I don't want to smell you while I eat."
I look at him and I just can't resist to raffle those oh so perfect feathers. "Captain, you know the only reason it bothered you is that you are not the one to get me hot and bothered."
"No, that's what you want, brat." There is a spark in his eye as he nurses his coffee. Then his eyes flick down towards my revealed cleavage in my undershirt.
"I'm not the one looking at my subordinate's breast, sir."
"I was looking at your necklace." He states like it's the most obvious thing.
"Yeah sure."
He opens his mouth to say something, but a voice stops him. "You two are up early." Say Hanji as she takes the seat beside the Captain.
"If I remember correctly Lex always was the first to breakfast and ate alone." Eren states as he sits beside me. I simply nod and return to my book. It feels weird eating with people. The last time I did that was when my parents were still alive, five years ago.
"What are you reading?" Eren asks making me look back to him.
"It's a book on 3D-gear."
"Why would you want to read that?" He scrunches up his nose, and I have to admit it's cute.
"Well after Trost I realised there is a huge flaw with the gear." The boys give me questioning glances but Hanji has a glare on her glances. "The need for gas lost us a lot of soldiers. Without the gear we are useless. I thought maybe there is another power source we could use. That doesn't run out as easy, then maybe the gas can be a back up."
"Ohhh, I knew I liked you." Hanji says as she stands and grabs my hand. Next thing I know Levi grabs the back of Hanji's head, and makes her sit back down.
"It's too early for this four eyes you can talk about this at dinner. For now they have hand to hand combat training with me and Petra."
"Stop being so uptight old man. This is something that can save lives." He sends me an evil glare at me, but does not say a word. We continue to stare at each other as I hear someone pull a chair to the head of the table by me and Levi.
"What's up with the staring competition?" I hear come from the annoying voice of Erwin, but I refuse to break eye contact with Levi.
"Alexa wants to improve the 3D-gear and old Levi here won't let us talk about it until dinner." Hanji pouts. "Then she called Levi an old man." She says cheerily.
Erwin chuckles. "Improving the gear would help survival rates. What is her schedule look like, Levi?"
Levi looks away first and I have some satisfaction in that. "She and Eren are working on hand to hand combat until lunch, then they will be working on their titan form."
I look at Eren to see him shift in his seat. He must be nervous. Can't blame him. Last time he became a titan he tried to kill Mikasa. His hand is trembling as I take it in mine and squeeze. He gives me a small smile in return.
"I guess you are just gonna have to wait Hanji." hanji seems crushed, but nods her head to the blonde anyway.
Levi gets up and starts walking away. He gets to the door and turns around. "I don't have all day, idiots." Quickly Eren gets out of his seat to catch up, and I laugh as he almost trip over his own feet. After a moment I notice Petra falling into step with the Captain. She has a kind smile despite the glare of the Captain and everything she has been through.
The four of us make it to the yard to see a few rings set up. "Cadet Kennedy you are going to go up against Petra first. We are going to see where you stand then go from there."
I watch Petra as she walks into the ring. She seems a little nervous. We circle each other and after a moment I realize that she will not make the first move. I jab with my left hand. She blocks it down with ease. My kick to her head gets my leg caught. I kick off the ground with my other leg to bring it down on her head. She grabs it to. She smirks but I place my hands on the ground pulling my legs over me with her in tow. A gasp comes from her as she hits the ground.
Jumping away I wait for her to get up. She gets back into her stance and this time she makes the first move, going for my stomach. Blocking I go for my own attack. We go back and forth for a few minutes until she almost has me, but she stops an inch from my face. My anger bubbles as I see the fear in her eyes. Some steam comes off my body but I close my eyes and take a deep breath. Once I feel my anger is in control I open my eyes to see the Captain standing between me and Petra.
"I'm in control" He nods and relaxes his stance.
"What happened?" He says just watching me
"She froze. She was scared to hit me. I wouldn't have asked to do this if I thought there was any possibility me or Eren would hurt someone."
Levi just nods and Petra has a blush on her face out of embarrassment.
"Of course she is scared. We don't want you to turn titan on us. " Gunter calls out behind me. Turning I see Eld and Oluo have joined us to.
I glare at the idiots. "You don't just turn titan. As I said in my report, we have to inflict self harm. Than have a goal in mind. Nothing any of you do can turn Eren and I into a titan. I can't believe you have such little faith in us, after what we did in trost. I could have let things played out and not revealed my titan form."
They all seem embarrassed as I stare them down. I turn back to see Levi's stoic face. He seemed to be waiting to see if I was done, then turns to Eren.
"Get over her brat. It's your turn."
I walk out of the ring and past the guys to hear Oluo whisper. "I can't believe we go scolded by a kid."
"Ignoring him as I watch my fellow shifter fight the strawberry blonde. He does okay but definitely needs more work than me. Eren continues to work against Petra and Levi decides I should work against Eld, to practice on a bigger opponent. I don't understand how I'm so short. Even Levi is taller than me.
It's difficult fighting someone so much taller. I have to rely on my speed more and focus on weak points. Slowly I start to get the hang of it. After two hours it's obvious me and Eren have more stamina than the average person. So Levi paires Eren up with Gunter and Oluo with me. It is going fine until Oluo somehow ends up behind me. His arms circle around me and he grabs my boobs, squeezing them. I pause for a moment. There is no way he is really doing this. Then he squeezes again.
My anger takes control as his slimy breath hits my neck. Elbowing him in the stomach he lets go then I stomp on his foot. Turning I kick him hard in the balls. He let's out a painful groan falling to his knees, hands between his legs. I punch him as hard as I can in the face. Right as I'm going to jump on top on his unconscious body strong arms are around my waist. I fight against them as something I can't understand is yelled. Next thing I know my body is slammed against the ground silver eyes looking into my black.
"Lex, Lex" I hear Eren scream and look off to the side to see him. Slowly I get control of my body as I look back into those pools of silver.
"What happened, brat?" I try to push him off me, but he just growls pushing his body closer, painful even. A small whimper leaves my lips but he does not let up.
"He grabbed my tits." I ground out.
"It could have been an accident, idiot."
"I guess when he squeezed twice and breathed his nasty breath on my neck was an accident to."
He loosens his hold on my body and I push him off me. I notice everyone, but Levi, Is blushing especially Eren. Looking at Petra she gives me a shy glance. "Petra has he ever done this before."
She shakes her head. "No, all he has every done is hit on girls."
I stand up my body protesting. Did Levi have to be so rough? I go to leave but the raven haired man steping in front of me makes me stop.
"Where do you think your going? We need to do something about this."
"I'm going to take a shower. I feel disgusting. As for him," I point at the still unconscious Oluo. "he is a good fighter. As long as he understands not to do that I don't care it we're on the same team." With that I head off to the shower.
Author note : Okay guys I'm not normally this fast with updating my stories. JUst thought I would warn you. I had most of this already written up to this point. So my updates with start to slow down. I have school, work, and not to mention other stories on another website. I will still try to update as quick as possible. I hope to hear comments from you guys even if it's criticism. Love ya.