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For some reason, Levi followed Eren. He ran with him. He must have been slow because Eren reached back and grabbed his hand, urging him to move faster. There was the sound of pounding footsteps nearby, so loud that Levi wondered what was making it. A machine? The ground almost rumbled with each step.
"What is that?" Levi finally asked, panting. Eren looked back, his gaze questioning.
"What is what?" he asked. Eren had a slight accent, Levi noticed. A strange one, almost Irish sounding.
"That sound." said Levi. He wondered where they were going. He also wondered why he was following some stranger who looked like he was from a bad 80s cartoon.
Eren was silent. "You really are a human, huh?" he asked, slowing for a second.
"Of course I am!" shouted Levi. He heard a rumbling close by, then a roar.
"You really shouldn't have shouted." said Eren, sounding nervous. The pounding restarted and got closer each time. Boom, boom, boom.
"Hurry!" Eren shouted, tugging Levi along. "We're almost there."
Eren seemed panicked. The look in his eye was fearful. Levi decided to run as fast as he could, just in case there really was something to be afraid of.
Soon, they came to a particularly large tree. The inside was hollowed out, just like the way Levi imagined. Eren opened the door.
Inside, there was a fire going. That in itself wasn't smart, since it was the inside of a tree. The floor was covered in bark and wood shavings, along with mice scurrying everywhere. Levi wanted to vomit.
"Eren!" a girl came into view. She had similar features to Eren, th same pointy ears, but her features were darker and more mature. Jesus Christ, what had Levi gotten himself into?
"Mikasa, I'm home." said Eren. He took off the coat he had been wearing.
"Where-" began Mikasa, but she stopped cold. "Eren. That's the human."
"The human?" Eren groaned. "Who knows about him?"
"Just the entire fucking forest." said Mikasa irritably. "What the hell, Eren? You know the consequences of harboring a human."
Levi was confused. Harboring a human? These guys really got into it, that was for sure. Levi just wanted to get the fuck out of there. He considered running away, but he wanted to hear what this was about first.
"Yes, I know." Eren ran a hand through his hair. It was rumpled and messy now, and it looked pretty sexy that way. Snap out of it, Levi thought. He almost smacked himself.
"Tell me exactly what's going on, Mikasa," Eren said, "Please," he added as an afterthought.
"They felt him enter. The council, you know, they can sense when something's not right. They alerted everybody. Everybody knows, Eren. Everyone's looking for him. Turn him in. Get the money. Or are you keeping him so the prize money gets higher and we get more money? That's playing dirty, Eren." Mikasa stopped for a moment, then sighed. "I know that's not what you're doing. You're being stupid again."
"It's not right." Eren said, turning his head to the side. "He didn't do anything but get lost here. As soon as I find out where he came from, I'll send him back."
"That might take weeks." said Mikasa. "We don't have the time. We'll be-"
"Shh." said Eren, holding his finger to his lips and turning to Levi. "Sorry. Are you confused?"
"No." said Levi sarcastically. Eren looked confused for a moment. Did the brat really not understand sarcasm? "Yes, I'm confused. What the hell is going on?"
"You won't believe me." said Eren doubtfully. He looked away, seeming unsure of himself.
"Probably not." said Levi, crossing his arms. "I'll probably run away when you're done, to be honest."
"Your funeral." said Eren before beginning. "Humans, they're amazing. They can make wonderful things. Things you wouldn't even begin to imagine. But they're taking away from nature. They're cutting down trees, ruining the atmosphere, and all that. I'm sure you've heard. Well, the Council doesn't like that. They think that all humans are to blame for ruining our forest and our air, so they've been killing them. They lure humans into this forest and kill them there. By the thousands."
"This forest is connected to every country on Earth." said Mikasa, picking up where Eren left off. "This is where everything that was different was driven into hiding. We're safe here. But people have been finding this place and chopping down trees and killing people here. So they're killed. If you're caught..."
Levi was done. "Fucking lunatics." he said incredulously. "To think that you would be this elaborate-"
He threw open the door and ran, ignoring the protests from Eren. Exactly what the hell kind of story was that? Was this some clever ploy to get him to recycle or some shit? Because it sure as hell wouldn't work on him.
"Where's the way out?"Levi muttered, stopping to catch his breath. He laughed. "What a load of bullshit."
Levi heard the pounding from before. What was that? It was getting closer. His instincts told him to run, but he stayed, curiosity getting the better of him. The trees parted. Levi screamed.
"I knew it." said Mikasa. "It's better this way, Eren." Eren was standing by the door.
"But Mikasa-" Eren stopped. He heard a sound. A pounding.
"Shit!" he cursed, and ran out the door. He hear Mikasa calling to him, telling him to stay and let it eat the human, but Eren ran. He didn't know why. He could be eaten himself. But there was something about that human he liked. He didn't want that human to die, and he didn't know why. He didn't know, and it was killing him not to know. What was it?
He burst through the trees just as a scream filled his ears. It was the human. Eren realized that he hadn't asked his name and decided to call him "Dumbass" for now. He saw the trees break as the titan pushed them out of his way, an eerie smile on his face. It was an expression of complete bliss. Eren saw blood on his feet and looked up. The titan was smiling down at one of them. Which one would it chose?
He saw Dumbass freeze as the titan's hand came down. Which one was it going to be? The new and interesting human, or the tasty and likely blue-raspberry flavored Eren? Time was at a standstill. The titan had made it's choice.
A/N: Wanna help the titan make it's choice?
A giant fist closed over it's victim.