Brianne and Levi sit around the dinner table and eat their breakfast.
Levi: So what time is the funeral today?
Brianne: The afternoon.
Levi: How are you coping?
Brianne: I'm fine.
Levi: Kid, don't pretend.
Brianne: (pauses) It's...a little difficult.
Levi: It should be. A lot of your friends died yesterday. What about you and the Boy Scout?
Brianne: (pauses) We're fine.
Levi: Back together again?
Brianne: Yeah.
Levi and Brianne eat quietly for a while.
Brianne: I didn't think being an MP was gonna be this hard.
Levi looks up at Brianne, and she's looking down at her food.
Brianne: You'd think I'd get used to losing people that I love.
Levi: Yeah, you'd think.
Brianne looks up at Levi, and he has a faint smirk. Brianne scoffs and finishes her breakfast in silence with a million thoughts running in her head. After dressing up for the funeral to honor all the soldiers who died to help retrieve the nerve gases yesterday, Brianne heads over to the MP cemetery with Levi. All 3 branches of the Military are there, and the generalissimo conducts the funeral.
All the soldiers are walking in a line to put down roses on the gravestones. Brianne walks up to Missy's gravestone, and she lays down a rose in front of her picture. She then walks up to Edgar's gravestone, and she lays down a rose in front of his picture. Brianne stares at Edgar's picture, and she remembers the first encounter she ever had with him. It was when Alfred commanded all the new rookies to run 20 laps, and Brianne was by Edgar's side the whole time cheering him on and not leaving him behind.
I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, Edgar. Please, forgive me. You always stood up for me even when no one else would, and I couldn't do the same for you. But I promise you, I'm going to find the last 2 remaining nerve gases. I'm going to find them, and I'll avenge your name. I'm sorry I can't do much else for you, Edgar. Goodbye.
Tears start forming in Brianne's eyes, and she quickly moves on to Tony's gravestone. She lays down another rose in front of his picture, and she walks out of the cemetery with Levi and Erwin following her from behind. The 3 walk up the grassy hill looking over the entire cemetery. They all sit down around the lonesome willow tree, and Brianne takes out her father's letter. She reads it quietly while Erwin and Levi sit beside her quietly. After reading the letter a couple of times, Brianne sighs and puts the letter away into her breast pocket. Erwin holds Brianne's hand, and she looks at him. He gives her a reassuring smile, and Brianne nods.
Brianne holds Erwin's hand in her right and Levi's hand in her left. Erwin, Brianne, and Levi sit there side-by-side with one another looking down at the people in the cemetery...
It's been 6 long months since the nerve gas incident. Every day since then, Brianne has worked endlessly to try to find the remaining 2 nerve gases. But every lead she had came to a dead-end. She doesn't know where the 2 nerve gases are nor where Tony is. Brianne has given up trying to look for Tony, but she can't give up looking for the nerve gases because of her promise to Edgar.
Her first instinct was to question Captain Logan and Rummings. She would stay in the room while they were being tortured by the MP, and it was shocking to Brianne that they didn't crack after all the torture they had been put through. Even when Brianne interrogated them harshly, the two never cracked. They kept their mouths shut, and Brianne could tell they were extremely afraid of making any kind of reference to their boss. After 4 months of incarceration and torture, Captain Logan and Rummings had "committed suicide". The doctors claimed that all physical evidence points to suicide by hanging, but Brianne has a gut feeling that it was murder from within the organization.
Brianne walks through the Capital streets, her hand over her 8-month-pregnant belly. Whenever she comes across young MP soldiers, they salute her with their utmost respect. They've all heard the stories of Brianne thwarting the terrorists' plans with her wisdom and gut intuition. Brianne is highly respected within the Military Police branch, even among her superiors.
In the beginning of Brianne's Military Police career, everything seemed to be too easy. Her career went off on a great start. Right away she was proving to everyone why she is Number One, and that she is a very special Number One. No one cared anymore that she had an affiliation with Kenny the Ripper and that she was an Ackerman. Her superiors, especially her direct-in-command superior Philip Stauer, picked out Brianne to be the once-in-a-lifetime MP soldier because of her superior display of leadership and wisdom for someone so young.
Even with all the praise and respect surrounding Brianne, nightfall left her feeling so alone and empty. Brianne hasn't been able to go about the night as Nightman due to her pregnant belly, and it doesn't feel right for her to be staying inside Levi's home at night while criminals are on the loose terrorizing innocent citizens. Brianne is sitting on a chair next to the window, and she listens to the rain pouring cats and dogs outside. It was as if the rain was telling Brianne that now she is on her own. But she snaps out of her lonesome feelings when Levi sets dinner down at the table. She smiles at Levi, and the two dig in.
Levi: Anything new today?
Brianne: No. (sighs heavily) I'm starting to think I won't get anywhere.
Levi looks at Brianne as she looks down at her food.
Brianne: What if I never find the nerve gases? I'd be letting everyone down. They all expect me to find it. What if I don't deliver? What would people say about me then?
Levi: Let them say whatever they want to say.
Brianne: It's just been so long. It's wearing me down. I mean, it'd be a dream come true if I find the nerve gases.
Levi: Hey, dreaming is how the strong survive.
Brianne: (looks at Levi) What?
Levi: Just look at the Boy Scout. You know what's fueling him to do what he does every day? His dream of finding life outside the Walls, his dream of finding your daughter and bringing her back to you. So keep your dreams alive, kid, and you won't be worn down by anything.
Brianne: (smiles) You're right. Thanks Levi.
After finishing her dinner, Brianne walks to the sink to put her dirty plates in. She feels a sudden pang in her stomach, and she drops the plates on the ground. The plates shatter, and Levi runs to Brianne's side.
Levi: What's wrong?!
Brianne: (groans) The baby...I think it's coming...
Levi and Brianne rush to the hospital, and Brianne is immediately taken to the maternity unit while Levi rushes out to tell Erwin the news. Erwin and Levi arrive at the hospital, and they sit at the waiting room in front of the maternity unit.
Levi: I guess this is it, huh?
Erwin looks at Levi.
Levi: You'll find out if it's yours.
Erwin nods.
Levi: What will you do if it's not yours?
Erwin: ...I suppose I'll have to help Brianne take care of the baby.
Levi: (scoffs) Are you serious?
Erwin: Yes. (looks at Levi) What would you do?
Levi: I'd forget the bastard baby. If it's not mine, then I don't give a crap about it.
Erwin: It's easy for you to say.
Levi: You don't think I'm serious?
Erwin: You'll never know until you're in the situation yourself.
Levi: I'll tell you what though. You're pretty damned crazy to be open about caring for a kid that's not yours. Maybe even on the verge of bravery, but more so on the crazy side.
Erwin gives a little laugh, and Levi leans his back on the wall. A nurse comes walking out and calls for the party with Brianne. Erwin and Levi immediately hop onto their feet and run to the nurse.
Erwin and Levi: How is she?
Nurse: (smiles) Just fine. (looks at Levi) Congratulations, it's a boy.
Levi: Why are you looking at me?
Nurse: Oh, aren't you the father? The boy has black hair, just like yours.
The nurse can see Levi and Erwin's stomachs sink.
Levi: (looks at Erwin) Sorry, Captain.
Erwin: (brushes it off) It's alright. May we see Brianne?
Nurse: Yes, follow me...
Brianne faintly watches the nurse walk out with her newborn baby, and she knows the father must be Niles. Her son's hair is black as night, just like his father's. Brianne closes her eyes to rest, and she hears her door open. Brianne is too tired to open her eyes, so she continues to close them. The footsteps sound like a man's because it's heavy unlike a nurse's. Brianne hears a switch-blade open, and she quickly opens her eyes to see a man holding a switch-blade above her.
The man brings down the knife, but Brianne kicks it away from his hand. Brianne is too weak after just giving birth, and the man has strength advantage. He punches Brianne in the face, and she rolls off the bed on the opposite side the man is standing. She kicks the bed, and it causes the man to lose his balance. He topples on top of the bed, and Brianne immediately runs and grabs the man's switch-blade on the ground. The man gets on his feet, and Brianne immediately chucks the switch-blade. It stabs the man right in the heart, and he is caught off guard having been nearly beaten. Brianne lunges forward at the man, and she makes him fall on his back while she's on top of him.
Brianne shoves the switch-blade deeper into the man's heart, and the man screams in pain.
Brianne: Who sent you?!
The man doesn't respond, so Brianne starts twirling the knife to cause a larger gash in the man's chest. The man screams even louder, and Erwin and Levi hear this scream from the hallway. They dash to Brianne's room, and they don't allow the nurse inside. They both see Brianne holding a knife to a man's chest on the ground with her on top. Levi immediately puts the chair to the door to prevent anyone else from entering the room. The man is terrified seeing that he is outnumbered.
Brianne: I'm sure you know what's going to happen next. I'll torture you until you give me the information I want.
The man bites his lips, and Brianne is impatient.
Brianne: Levi, get me a chair to strap him down on.
Man: (immediately) She sent me! She sent me to kill you!
Brianne: Who is she?
Brianne looks into the man's eyes and sees that he is horrified for giving up any kind of information about his boss. She can see that the man is terrified for his life for squealing even the gender of his boss.
Man: (hopeless) She...she'll kill me...she'll know...she always does...
Brianne: Who is she?!
The doctors kick the door open, and it catches Brianne off guard. She looks at the door, and the man immediately pushes Brianne off of him. Before anyone can react, the man goes crashing through the window and falls with a loud thump. Screams are heard from down below, and Levi, Erwin, and Brianne run to the window and look down. They can see that the man purposely fell head first, and a large pool of blood is seeping out from the man's head.