Attack on titan Fanfiction – I do not own any of the characters. But the story is mine..

Tsk.. The rancid smell of the dark cell was pushing his spirit over the edge. It had been almost three days since his little chat with Roses, if he'd been counting correctly that is, or had it been five? He curled up under the thin sheet that was a sorry excuse for a blanket. A small shiver ran up his spine, not so much from the cold as from the soft scurries and rustles of insects going about their business, disgusting, "at this point, I'd happily die.." he could not help but say aloud. A sigh left him, was Pixis just toying with me? Maybe this was a mistake, "..Erwin you damn idiot.. charming of you to put me in a fix and die."

Erwin. Dead. He had tried to make sense of it all, but he could not. It did not fit well together, at least not at this point in time. The man whom he had come to trust so blindly, his every decision, his every move, calculated or not, Levi followed, because in the end, he knew that Erwin would stand as the victor. Erwin's relentless pursuit of justice and his reckless drive of supporting the truth, was what had saved Levi from the hell that he had once built for himself, or what the world had built for him. Under Erwin's command Levi had felt his bonds breaking. Erwin had always fought for a reason, and now, he had died, but for what reason? Erwin. Dead. They did not fit well together.

"His fever won't break!"

The sheets were soaked in his sweat, bits of steam still rising from his body, his eyes were wide open and they danced about in his sockets like he was possessed. His skin was beginning to blister from the intense heat his body was emitting. The sound of his raspy breaths filled their ears as they frantically tried to stabilize his condition. Erwin and Levi held the boy down as he tried to fight out of their grip, arching his back, and thrashing his legs trying to throw their weight off him. Somewhere behind them the doctor was shouting orders to his subordinates. Fuck this… Levi gritted his teeth as his own hands revolted against the high temperatures they were being subjected to.

"Hey! You.." Erwin looked at the soldier who was weakly trying to hold Eren's legs in place, ".. have some ice brought into the room, we need to get his temperature down."

"Hold his arm in place," the doctor said pulling some greenish liquid into a syringe. Levi grabbed the boys arm and the doctor quickly pushed the needle into his body, "that should start its work in a couple of minutes."

The door opened and large slabs of ice ware brought into the room, the temperature dropped almost instantly. Levi wiped the sweat on his forehead with one hand, still holding the boy in place with the other, "this is getting out of hand Erwin," he looked at his commander, "he won't be able to fight this forever."

The medicine was clearly working as Eren relaxed a bit under their hold.

"Yes I know."

"We should use the serum,"

"The court has refused to let me. The stuff is still unstable and we don't know how Eren will react to it."

"and you are really buying this horseshit? The 'stuff' seemed to work just fine on the rest of them, none of them went psycho on us."

"the others were pretty stable to begin with. The court is afraid that Eren had used his ability far too many times and the serum may react differently to him."

"So what? They'd rather have the boy cook alive?" Levi's searching gaze bore into Erwin, "They are stalling," he finally said, "they are stalling, and you know it. Eren is meagerly a shield for them and they want to hide behind him. Those bastrads don't care if the boy lives."

Erwin broke the gaze that Levi had held him in, "I'm going to make another appeal in the next session.."

"Really? You are going to make an appeal? Erwin, he is losing control. I have to cut the boy out of the titan form every time! And then this.." Levi stood up and ran his hand through his hair, ".. Give it to me. I'll do it.."

"Levi! We cannot be rash about this.."

"Hey.. we owe the kid that much.. 'we' all of humanity.."

"I know Levi, but we need to think this through. The next court date is at the end of the week. I'll make sure the appeal goes through."

"and if they decline.. again? Then what?"

"then.."

The small metallic clicks on his cell door pulled him from his flitting memory. The door swung open, and someone stepped in. It was dark, both inside as well as outside.

"Captain Levi?" The form whispered in his young voice. "Sir-?" the soldier walked right into the wooden chair and knocked it over, "Shit!"

"Why the hell are you whispering?"

"Shh… Sir! please keep it down!"

"Oh, I see," Levi sat up in his far from comfortable bed, ".. you are the detergent then?"

"The what, sir?"

"The deterge- uh, forget it. Pixis sent you, yes?"

"Yes sir," the soldier said fumbling to get the right keys for the shackles on Levis wrists, the noise of the metal making another tiny racket.

"Why don't you just start chanting some hymns while you are at it? Were you even taught the meaning of the word 'covert'?" Levi watched as the soldier undid his restraints.

"S-sorry sir.." his hands trembled slightly. CLICK. The soldier stepped back and watched as the captain rose from the bed rubbing his wrists. He handed him a fresh uniform, "Sir please put this on and meet me outside in five minutes."

Outside was quiet. They pulled their hoods over their heads and kept to the shadows of the unnaturally silent hallways. The occasional soldiers passing by took no notice of the two dark figures lurking in the dark. The youngster guided the captain weaving in and out of long and short paths of the headquarters. They reached the corner of a tall wall, "please step aside, sir" the soldier checked the floor, tapping it here and there, listening for a change in sound. There it was, he pressed down hard with one foot and there was a distinct click of a door opening somewhere in front of them, "follow me.."

The soldier held the trapdoor on the ground open for Levi, "Captain, Commander Pixis asked me to had this over to you." It was a sealed envelope with his name scrawled on it, "and this," Levi looked up and at what the soldier was holding, "he said, commander Erwin would have wanted you to have it."

"His Cloak?" he raised an eyebrow,

"Commander Pixis sai-"

"Commander Pixis is a drunken loon," Levi said but took the cloak any way.

"uh-" the boy seemed rattled at the rash remark about his commanding officer, "so- you just have to follow the tunnel, that envelope contains a map, it's a long walk but there is a party waiting for you on the other end."

"Right"

The young soldier stiffened and abruptly saluted the captain, "there are those of us who are on your side captain," he said looking straight into Levi's eyes, "also you will need these."

"It's much appreciated," Levi said accepting the mini flares the soldier held out, "give my thanks to Pixis." With that he climbed down the dark hole in the floor and heard the door shut above him cutting him away from the dim moonlight.

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