Chapter 5.
Months passed and Farlan stayed close to Levi. Levi never realized but he seemed to have a soft spot for Farlan and to Levi, Farlan was the first ever person in his life that he could call a friend.
Farlan's personality was similar to Levi's in more ways than one. For one, Farlan was very focused on tasks he was asked to complete like Levi. Never did his mind wander off the task. The boy never thought about anything else until the task was complete and done. Levi was very impressed by his thinking skills and how fast he can make up his mind.
Also like Levi, Farlan had a usual calm expression; second best to Levi's poker face. However, when things go out of control (which rarely happen) Levi found Farlan to panic quite a lot. Farlan is often serious just the same as Levi which helped when they went on thieving missions round the town for food or other rare objects though Farlan did know when to have fun. Farlan had only one type of fun; pissing Levi off.
"Aaaww, you're so cute and small." Farlan teased, pinching Levi's cheek and pulling it. Levi had a lot of patience. "Yes you are. Aaawww, teeny tiny. I just want to eat you up."
His voice was one for a baby. He continued to pull at Levi's cheek and kid around with him. Levi hated to be teased about his height and Farlan knew that pretty well. Levi sat there trying to look like he didn't give two shits but Farlan knew it was an act; this was really getting to him.
Farlan dipped into his pocket and brought out a yo-yo and passed it to Levi. Levi squinted his eyes at the toy. Where...no, WHEN the hell did Farlan get this?
Levi stared at the yo-yo curiously trying to get what Farlan was trying to hint at. Farlan smiled mischievously before saying: "How do you piss off a midget?"
Levi stared at the yo-yo. He got it. Yes, Levi did have a lot of patience...for someone his height. Immediately Levi grabbed a knife and put it to Farlan's throat in less that a second before hissing.
"You have 3 seconds to take the yo-yo and shove it up your fuckin' ass." Levi said with his dark eyes; swallowing Farlan up with them.
Farlan would tease, Levi would pretend to not care, he'd snap, Farlan would die. That was their routine.
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Levi crouched down behind the large crates as the gang seemed to start increasing. The leader of the pack had a cigarette stuck into his teeth and blew the smoke into Farlan's face, who they had pinned up against the wall. Levi didn't plan for this to happen. This wasn't suppose to happen.
"Well, look what we've caught ourselves here boys," smirked the ring leader. "A little shit. Doesn't look like he's hit manhood yet."
They all sniggered behind their boss, eyes glued to Farlan. Farlan on the other hand knew he had no chance beating them so didn't bother. He stood against the wall panicking for what to do next. In his hands was the bread he stole from them.
The bread seller had only one loaf of bread left and these guys got it. Levi wouldn't accept that; they needed to eat. Levi created a plan but Farlan made a few alterations for it to work sixty percent to ninety percent. Unfortunately, the last ten percent happened and Farlan was in big trouble.
"Hey, don't go pissing yourself." they mocked. They brought out their pocket knives from their jackets and all crowded Farlan. "We want a little fun first."
"Please...no..." Farlan spoke up.
They laughed and the hyena's closed in on their prey. Levi rose from his hiding spot with two small pistols in his hand and without mercy, shot down the row of people that surrounded Farlan. One by one they dropped. Farlan dropped too; but not because he was shot. Tears sprung from the nine year old's eyes and slid down passed his chattering teeth.
"You okay?" Levi asked. He was out of bullets. There really was no point in keeping the pistols now but he kept them just in case.
Farlan merely shook his head unable to get up. His legs felt like jelly and Levi forgave him. Farlan wasn't weak; he was just adjusting to the life in the underground city of Sina. Levi walked over casually and knelt beside him and stared at the bread in his shaky hands. Mission complete. Levi took it and broke a part off the loaf before putting it next to Farlan's mouth.
"Eat. You'll feel better." Levi instructed.
Farlan followed instructions and ate the bread while sobbing quietly. Levi looked at the dirt up against the wall and on the ground. Without hesitating he sat beside Farlan and leaned his back on the wall and waited for Farlan to finish what he was eating.
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Levi and Farlan were on another mission to get food. Their plan succeeded without any trouble. The two nine year olds headed to their doorway to find someone already there. They lay sound asleep without a care in a world. It was the young girl in the potato sack and red hair. Levi and Farlan both noticed the girl seemed to be getting skinnier and skinnier. She was literally bones now.
However, neither of them could help her. In the underground, it's one for all and all for one. Levi was able to protect Farlan but if he added another to protect in the list, there was too many and probably impossible to protect.
"Hey!" Farlan started pelting pebbles at the sleeping girl. Her long red hair draped over the steps and Levi gave it a yank. The girl woke up and with the force Levi pulled of her hair, tumbled down the steps.
Both Levi and Farlan moved out of her way and let her tumble all the way down. They watched as she helplessly struggled to pick herself up from the ground.
"Get going." Levi muttered to her, sitting himself down on the step with Farlan beside him. They both dug into the pears they stole.
The girl lay in the dirt, staring up at them. Her green eyes were to be pitied. The helpless creature was to be put down. It seemed the girl had seen better days - that much was clear.
The two boys watched the weakling at the bottom of the steps. Blood as bright red as her hair trickled from her nose and lip, bruises formed on her body and wounds formed, cutting open her skin and exposing her insides to the dirt world around her. Levi knew they'd get infected immediately. She didn't say anything but reached her hands up to the boys as if to say, "Help me," or "Can you give me a pear?"
Farlan took a bite into the pear, the sweet juice filled his mouth and some spluttered out. The girl watched every last drop of the liquid and licked her lips. She forced herself to go on all fours and looked up at the boys ready to pounce; they too were ready for her pounce. It was then a voice echoed through the streets;
"Hey! I found da bitch!" one yelled. "Brilliant!" the other laughed. "We told her she couldn't hide from us for long."
"Tch." Levi looked down at the kid. "What bullshit do you keep putting yourself into."
The girl looked to her right and saw the boys running her way. The green emeralds expanded and her eyes nearly popped out of her skull. With no thoughts, the girl sprinted off on all fours like a wild cat.
"Levi, do you know her?" Farlan turned and asked his friend beside him.
"I know of her. She stole apples from me once. That's all."
"Stole from you? A little girl like that? That's not possible." Farlan threw an arm around Levi's shoulders and smirked. "You've got a soft spot for her, huh?"
"Tch." Levi rolled his eyes at Farlan's accusations. "I was fighting at the time. My stuff were left open for her."
Farlan howled. "Unlikely. You got a soft spot for her, admit it." he poked his elbow into the other's ribs, winking.
"Farlan, stop coming up with bullshit." Levi simply said eating a pear and Farlan went back laughing.
Little did they know that around the corner of the building, the girl listened into their conversation only to scamper off again before the others found her. When she ran round the corner, she buried herself in through trash so the boys ran over and passed her without noticing. Once it was safe, she went back to Levi and Farlan and listened to what they were talking about.
It was hard being a girl underground.
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The little girl crawled back to her own hideout away from the group of boys. They've been after her for Hod knows now. She knew what they wanted. The little girl with red hair didn't know very much but she knew some facts about life. Being in the underground since birth; you pick up a few things most people her age would start questioning their parents about before understanding later on in life but the girl knew most of it already.
She crawled in through the hole in the fence and clawed at the dirt till she was in on the otherside. Two houses stood and inbetween them was a small gap with a pointless wall cutting off the rest of the gap and a fence hiding the gap. Rats scurried around the place and trash filled it up. The girl buried her head in the rotten food before drifting off to sleep.
Through the years the child got use to the smell of rotting fruit and vegetables. This is her home for her whole life. The girl was seven.
Her mother was a whore in the underground as most girls are. However, one of her costumers was her father but he did not take her for granted. Instead, he took the time to getting to know her and treating her to gifts and foods he stole around the joint. They both fell in love and soon, she became pregnant. The young girl- age fourteen and him sixteen- gave birth to a baby boy.
The small family tried to escape where her mother worked. You see, as a whore, she had a boss. He and his gang kept her in the house, fed her and clothed her only for her to give all her money to them that she would make per costumer. When they heard she was trying to leave, they were not impressed. They tried many things to keep her with them. Locking her up, threatening to kill her baby boy and even raping her, but in the end, the girl escaped with him and their baby.
For years they tried to locate them and for years they failed. They lived in the small gap between the walls. Ten years later, when the girl was twenty-four, she became pregnant a second time. However, things didn't go as smoothly. Being in the gap between the walls among the dirt; it was only a matter of time. She caught a bacterial disease whilst in labour; killing her and the young girl with red hair was born.
The dad protected his son and daughter for two years until the gang from the brothel that his late love worked at caught the three walking around. They vowed revenge on him for taking their best worker by trying to rape their daughter and take her into the whore house. The dad fought while the twelve year old brother took his two year old sister and ran for it. They never saw their dad again.
Food became harder and harder to find. Three years later and the fifteen year old lost his hand from being caught stealing, but that didn't stop him. All the food he stole, he gave to his little sister until he eventually starved to death.
Two years later, here she is now. She loved her big brother; she still grieved for him. It was only two years ago did she lose him and it seemed very soon she'll see him again.
"Big brother..." she muttered before sobbing herself to sleep.
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"Again?" Farlan yelled seeing the red haired at the door step again. "Come on! You've got to be kidding me!"
"Oi, brat!" Levi pushed the girl over with his foot. "Why do you keep coming here?"
"I need...help." she muttered, looking up into Levi's silver eyes with her emerald pools. "I beg you, please."
"Sorry. No can do. It's hard enough looking after him." Levi pointed at Farlan.
"Hey!"
Levi ignored his objection and kept his eyes on the girl. "Plus, he's helpful. What could you do for me?"
"Please...please..." tears filled her eyes threatening to spill.
Levi turned his back and the tears rolled down her face as she knew it was pointless begging. People in the underground are more monstrous than the titans; they had no hearts at all. No sympathy, love and not a care in the world other than themselves.
The little girl stood up on all twos. The twigs shook before giving away on her sending her straight to the ground. Levi turned away while Farlan watched helplessly as she tried to get up again. Unlike other children, she didn't develop to learn to walk on both two legs. The youngest child found it was hard to leave without keeping her dignity so crawled down the steps.
"Don't come back here, kid, or I will kill you." Levi said coldly. "By looking at you I can see killing you would be the most merciless thing I could do."
The girl crawled away. In the distance, a boy watched with smiles. As the girl crawled all the way home, he followed. Levi saw him but didn't bother doing anything. He recognised him as one of those in the group that chased the red head around but she always seemed to avoid.
Levi sat back with Farlan and began a casual conversation.
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The young girl once again crawled in through the hole under the fence and got comfy in the filthy decomposed foods. She looked up to the top and stared at the dirt ceiling that covered the whole city. She was born here, and she was going to die here.
"My, so this is where you've been hiding all these years." a voice caught her attention.
She shot her head up to the boy standing and smirking down at her. The girl froze staring at the monster.
"My father made...sort of a deal with your dad, no? Before he slaughtered him? What are children for other than to carry on the deal when our father's can no longer. Boys," after saying the last word, a gang of the boys crawled in under the fence and climbs over the top.
The girls with the red hair backed off till she was in the back corner of the two walls.
"Shall we begin?" he smiled and sniggers followed behind him.
The green eyes widened like saucers.
Here. Another chapter. I feel bad no one really likes this fanfiction and though I tell myself to stop writing, I can't. I just need to write this story or it will piss me off in my mind. So here's another chapter for those out there who bother to read this crappy fanfiction. Things are about to get interesting now for Levi.
~ChibiNagisaSakura