"Mother! No! Stop! Please, stop! I need to save her! Mother!"
"Eren! We can't stay! There's too many of them!"

"Eren, we have to go..."

"No!"

"No!" Eren screamed as he shot upwards. His breathe was heavy as his heart raced.
"Eren! Are you okay?" Mikasa asked, as she ran over to him.

"Wha-" Eren sighed. He looked around the room, which was completely unfamiliar to him. "I – I'm fine... Where are we?" he questioned.
"We're in the infirmary...You were hurt pretty bad... What happened to you?" Mikasa asked, already knowing Levi was the assailant.

"Levi saved my life." Eren said with a cold tone in his voice. "If he didn't show up, I'd be dead rather than here right now." Her eyes widened at his words. Tears dripped from her chin.

"I'm sorry." Mikasa said as she held Eren. He put his arm around her.

"Don't be. If anything, I should be sorry to you, and everyone else, for putting you all through that." Eren said, in a comforting tone. Suddenly, the door cracked open, revealing a shaking Armin.

"Hey, Armin." Eren said, giving a meek smile. Armin's face immediately lit up.

"Eren! You're okay! I just heard from Jean that you were here." Armin said as he ran up to Eren. "I'm so glad you're okay!" He jumped up and wrapped his arms around Eren, clinging onto his head.

"Thanks, Armin! Ow! Careful!" Eren yelled playfully as he laughed.

"Sounds like we're all having fun in here." said a deep voice. It was Levi. He walked slowly in, his eyes widening slightly as he saw the long term damage he had done to Eren.

"Hi, Corporal." Eren said solemnly. He couldn't bear to make eye contact with Levi after what had transpired the night before. Levi had noticed the moment he walked into the room.
"I guess I'll be leaving then. Make sure to get some more rest before you head out, Eren." Levi had said, with genuine care in his heart.

"Levi, wait." Eren spoke up at the last moment. "I don't mind if you stay." Eren glanced at Mikasa and Armin, signaling them to leave. Mikasa gave a worried look before pulling Armin out the door. Levi turned towards Eren, expecting him to say something, but Eren stared emptily at his hands.

"Did you want to say something?" Levi questioned, intrigued by Eren's silence. Eren looked up at Levi, teary eyed.
"Thank you." Eren said with relief in his voice. "Thank you, so much. Thank you for saving me..." Eren gave a weak smile. He gestured Levi over and lightly held his hand. "I cannot repay you for what you've done... everything you've done for me." He pulled Levi in and hug him tightly around his neck.

"What did you expect me to do?" Levi asked lightly. He stroked the back of Eren's head. Eren pulled away.

"I stopped expecting things a long time ago." Eren said solemnly. "It's okay though." Levi gazed at Eren, not quite sure how to respond. Eren lay his head back onto the pillow, closing his eyes.

"It's okay because I have you." Eren whispered.

"Corporal Levi! There's an emergency!" screamed a voice from the hall. Levi turned to the door, only to see Connie standing in the doorway, panting.

"What's going on?" Levi asked.

"Titans have been spotted outside Wall Maria! There... there has to be at least 30 of them. They came out of nowhere!" Connie shouted. Levi's eyes widened.

"What?!" Levi shouted, obvious agitation in his voice. Eren stood up next to Levi.

"Let's go." Eren said, walking towards the door, throwing his shirt on. Levi grabbed his collar.

"What the hell do you think you're doing. You're in no condition to fight. Don't be a moron." Levi hissed. Eren ripped away from Levi. "You get back here, now." Levi demanded. Eren stopped in his tracks and swiveled around.

"What do you expect me to do? Sit like a duck and watch my friends die? The titans were supposed to be gone!" Eren punched the wall. "I'm going." Levi gave him an angry stare.

"You are not. I'll have the nurses lock the door and make sure you can't leave." Levi pushed Eren towards the bed, before slamming the door and walking down the hall.

"There's too many!"

"Jean, look out!"

"Damn! There's a variant... Watch out!"

Soldiers poured from the top of Wall Maria, clinging onto titans. Levi swept from titan to titan, slicing their napes. Their heavy bodies fell to the ground and created dense clouds of steam. Levi had spotted three titans. They were off in the distance, about 200 meters away. Quickly, he rode his horse over and clung onto one of the titans' necks. Quickly, the titan turned around, pulling Levi with it. It swooped down on for legs and whipped his arms and legs around.
"Shit." Levi thought. "It's a variant." Suddenly, the other two titans flung themselves over towards Levi, their heads and limbs thrashing around. Levi, still attached to the nape of the first variant, swung his blades full force. Levi detached and fell hard onto the ground, in which a loud crack came from his ankle.
"Son of a bitch." Levi screamed in his head. His ankle throbbed with pain. Stuck in a flat field with a broken ankle, Levi used what was left of the gas in his 3DMG to push himself away from the variants.

"No... no... I wasn't supposed to die like this. How could I..." Levi's mind spun with the horrors of what may be soon to come. "No." His mind snapped out of what he thought were selfish thoughts. He knew he'd be better of putting up a fight than giving up. Giving up was not in his nature.

Levi's tank soon ran out of gas. He pulled out two new blades, facing the titans running his way.

"Come get me, you ugly bastards."

However, before Levi could attach to one of the variants, a sleek shadow swept by, slicing one of the titan's necks. As the titan body fell, the shadow jumped over to the next, their blades digging into the nape.

"You alright, Corporal?" a meek voice asked.

"E – Eren? What the hell are you doing here? Are you trying to get yourself killed? You were supposed to stay in the infirmary!" Levi shouted.

"Well. I figured I'd repay you. You did save me first after all." Eren said, walking towards Levi.

"Ugh. You could have gotten killed, you know. I can handle myself." Levi spat, his angry gaze softening the more he looked at Eren.

"Not with the ankle you can't. Let's get you to the infirmary." Eren laughed as he wrapped Levi's arm around his shoulder.

"Tch. Not funny, brat." Levi sighed.

They walked back towards Wall Maria, as Eren carried Levi. Not a word was said, but Levi couldn't help to ponder on Eren's loyalty.

"You're such a brat, but I guess you come in handy every once in a while."