New Chapter! Battle Royale is coming soon. Sorry for the long wait. I promise, Eren will be introduced in the next chapter.
From a rocky mountain cliff on the East side of Utopia, Captain Levi looked down at the crumbling and charcoal blackened city. He was hidden from sight by pillaring boulders and unusual naturalistic rock structures, glaring at what he considered scum of the world.
For the past few days, the navy had rallied their troupes. Instead of withdrawing their troupes, it had doubled and increased their surveys. At least seven of his men had been taken, beaten brutally in front of the townsfolk and were marched to the gallows to be hung. Their bodies were strung against the Trost Wall, lifeless husks, reeking of foul and decay. Crows and buzzards had long pecked his dead comrades eyes from their sockets and their faces had rotten to the point they no longer looked human.
He emitted an animalistic snarl from the back of his throat, turning his attention to his feet. It was then he noticed a beautiful dandelion at his left foot. The vibrant sun yellow aggravated him even further. He stood on dry barren wasteland, yet that flower still managed to blossom in such harsh climate. That weed… such a horrible a horrible sunshine yellow. Not only that, the dandelion was the national flower of Utopia. Those peasants were just like the dandelion at his feet, fighting against any obstacle that came before them with pride and strength.
Captain Levi looked back to the burning city and over the Wall Trost at the docked reassembled naval ships, feeling the fury burn deep within him, black bile forming within his stomach. For the last time, he looked at the growing dandelion.
Violently he crushed the flower with the heel of his boot.
"I will destroy you all… Even if it's the last thing I do!"
"You sent for me Captain Levi?"
In the darkened shadows of his personal cabin, Petra stood quietly in the shadows. The only source of light emitted was from a small white wax candle. Its warm orange red cast soft shadows across Levi's face. His enraged expression that had been plastered across his face hours earlier had been replaced with the familiar smile of ambition and satisfaction. He had thought of an idea to confront this situation. Nevertheless, the steely look of ambition was more intense then ever before. This time, Petra felt afraid of him. Whatever plan he had thought, would probably kill them all.
"Yes. It's concerning the Navy's disobedience. I've always thought they were pesky little simpletons, easy to manipulate… but I've underestimated them"
"Captain?"
"Going against my orders was one thing… but hunting, beating then hanging my own men at the gallows at the dead of the night was another. They dare to challenge me when I let my guard down. They are nothing but cowards the whole fucking lot of them!"
Petra was silent yet she feared the worst. Even though Captain Levi was a pirate, he held a fierce belief of comradeship and loyalty. She admitted it was one of his admirable traits but she secretly hated the way he went about avenging his colleagues. Without any mercy for the innocent, he would kill out of cold blood.
"I'll play their little game. The plan is quite simple Petra. They kill my subordinates so I will kill theirs"
"How will you achieve this? Their numbers have rallied… they survey the Hestoss trading route and Wall Trost daily" Petra replies stoically.
"I am aware of this Petra"
"Then what will you do? Hijacking one of their frigates will only send us to the gallows"
"I am also aware of this fact"
"Then-"
Captain Levi raised a white, gloved hand, cutting her off. His gaze hardened his silvery grey pupils steely and ruthless.
"Listen carefully. This is what I want you, Oludo Bazado, Eld Jinn and Gunther Schuitz to do. I need only a few of my most trusted men to carry out this task"
In the dimly lit cabin, Petra took in her Captain's orders. Alone in that eerily silent room, the only sound that penetrated it was the low and dangerous voice of her Captain. Her spine tingled with horror at the monstrosity of this order… but what could she do? She was merely one of his subordinates, pledged to follow her superior no matter the consequence.
"Is that understood Miss Petra? I want this done tonight and swiftly"
Petra nodded, swallowing an uncomfortable lump that stuck in the back of her throat.
"Yes sir. I will inform the others at once.
"Very well. See to it. You can go"
Petra clenched her eyes tightly wishing with all her might that the order she was ordered to do, a horrendous nightmare. However, when she reopened them, there it was held tightly in his right fist. A silver knife drenched in fresh red blood, glinting in the bright white light of the full moon. Her clothes were drenched in bright red stains of blood from the navy officers and privates she had assassinated earlier. How many had she killed? It had to be at least ten.
In the cover of the darkness, Petra and her comrades were ordered to assassinate as many navy officers and privates as she could, especially those who were not on duty or surveyed the back streets and sewers of the city. Captain Levi was hoping this massacre would cause uproar in the Navy. Not only did he want to play their cowardly game to serve as a backlash, he wanted to avenge his comrades by battling the navy himself. No… he wanted to fight with Commodore Erwin Smith one on one. That was his true goal. It was all pride and honour with those two men. Two complete opposites yet so similar in ideals and the code of honour.
Darting softly and swiftly in the shadows of burnt down houses, Petra closed in on another prey, a private in the navy. Before the young man noticed her presence and alerted the others, she quickly grabbed him from behind, covered his mouth with her free palm and slit his throat feeling the warm blood briefly coat her hand. Once the man fell limp in her arms, she let his body fall to the dust and debris ridden ground.
She looked at that pitiful being that lay before her feet, feeling her stomach churn from nausea. She had killed before… but that was in combat. She fought fairly with her enemies, with the sword. This assassination mission was only the work of the lowest of the low. Pirates such as herself, wouldn't commit this deed.
Hearing footsteps trudging through the detritus, she turned around to find her comrades covered in blood wearing the same emotionless expressions on their faces, yet their hearts wrenching with pain inside of them.
"How many did you kill?" Bazado asked Petra.
"About ten… this was my last"
"Twelve for me" He stated.
"Ten" Gunther Shuitz interjected.
"Thirteen" Eld Jinn replied.
"That should be more than enough people in the navy. Our work is done. Let us head back to the Maria. I we shouldn't question Captain Levi's orders but I really don't like the way he's achieving revenge" Gunther admitted out loud.
"The Captain said he wants to play their game. Since the Utopia navy took our own in a very similar fashion, it's only natural for the Captain to want do the same thing to the navy's own men. He wants to give them a taste of their own medicine" Petra replied defensively.
Gunther looked like he was ready to argue with her but Eld Jinn stopped him.
"Don't fight. Now's not the place. We need to get back to the Maria and report to the Captain"
Nodding their approval, they walked together back into the confines of the shadow, disappearing into the darkness of the night.
And that's all folks. Sorry it it was short but… I can't think of anything else to write for this chapter.