They had been training all day and Eren was exhausted. Levi had made them go through basic training all morning and then spent the rest of the day practice maneuvering 3DMG gear. Of course Eren had been a little too eager to train and gotten himself tangled in the wires, afterwards getting a scolding. The sun was now setting, and he had gone to the mess hall to eat. He sat down with his friends and began to stuff his face while listening to their conversations.
"Yeah, but I heard Hanji was really excited today, something about capturing another titan." Jean spoke up.
"No, you must have heard wrong. I think she's just excited about a discovery she made on Erens titan form." Armin interjected, all eyes turning to Eren.
"Huh?" He said dumbly. "I haven't heard of any discovery."
"See I told you, she caught another one." Jean said again with a mouth full of food. Everyone began bickering over the topic for awhile before Mikasa spoke up.
"Why don't you just ask her, that would seem to be the easiest way to figure this out." Armin nodded. "She's right, but none of us are allowed in her lab, and that's most likely where she is."
"Eren's allowed, considering he's one of her little test subjects." Jean snorted. Eren glared at him.
"I'm not a test subject!" He called back, Christa looked over at him now.
"Well, either way Jean does have a point. You could probably get into her lab Eren." She said quietly. After some thought he sighed and nodded. "Fine, I'll go after I'm done eating." Everyone seemed satisfied with that answer, continuing to eat and make small talk the rest of the time. Soon after Eren had finished dinner, cleaning up and making his way to Hanjis lab. He went to knock on the door before it swung open, startling both him and the other person.
"Oh! Sorry Eren, I didn't know you were there." Petra smiled softly.
"That's okay. Sorry Petra-san." Eren apologized. Petra smiled and moved out of his way.
"Was there something you need? Hanji is in the back, you can go talk to her if you like." Eren nodded. "Thanks, I just need to ask her something quickly." He said, walking into the room. Petra waved and walked out the door, closing it behind her. He walked passed a few tables cluttered with books and papers, odd tubes and flasks filled with the unknown. Hanji seemed to notice him and smiled. "Eeeren! What brings you here?" She yelled, putting down whatever it was that she was working on and bounding over to him.
"No need to shout, shitty glasses." He heard a deep voice call out from around the corner. He looked over to see Levi standing behind Hanji, leaning against a wall. Why was he here? Eren thought maybe he should ask Hanji about this another time, he didn't want Levi to get mad at him for snooping.
"Actually, I just came to ask a quick question but-" He was cut off by Hanji grabbing his arm.
"No time for that, I have something I need to check. I was actually just about to send Levi to get you so this is perfect!" She said, walking back over to where she was originally, and shoving Eren down into a chair excitedly. He wanted to question what was going on but Levis glare kept him from doing so. He glanced at Levi though, unable to tell what he was thinking but something seemed off about him. It was like he seemed almost, sad really.
Was it just his imagination? He forgot about Hanji for a second and really looked at Levi now. He had huge bags under his eyes, more than normal.
"Are you sleeping okay, Heichou?" He blurted out, somewhat regretting his words. Levi looked a little caught off gaurd but answered anyways.
"Yes, but that is none of your concern. Focus on the task at hand." Eren looked away shly, staring at his arm that was now flipped over and being prepped for an injection.
"U-um, Hanji-san, what are you doing exactly?" Eren questioned nervously. She smiled brightly at him. "Don't you worry one bit, this won't hurt!" She said, quickly jabbing a needle in his arm and making him flinch at the sudden movement. Eren was getting a little anxious, he had just been injected with an unknown fluid, and it was most likely not going to go over well.
He went to stand up and move away from Hanji before she could do anything else but she grabbed his shoulders, shoving him back in the seat.
"Whoa there, take it easy now. What I gave you just now was a trail injection, I'm unsure of the effects but I don't need you hurting yourself." Eren looked at her in disbelief. She just gave him some random injection, not even sure of what it's going to do? He looked over at Levi, why had he allowed it. Levi seemed to understand Erens look and just shrugged. Hanji saw the worry written all over Erens face and laughed.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I didn't give you any crazy drug or something. What I did give you though was in a low enough dosage that it won't harm you in anyway." She let go of his shoulders. "I think it's okay for you to stand up now." Eren nodded and slowly got up. He didn't feel any different, which was a slight relief.
"How do you feel, Eren?" Hanji asked. "I feel fine, there's really no change." He replied, taking a step back to create some space between him and Hanji before his legs gave out and he collapsed. Everything suddenly felt very hot. Shit, was it another fever? Or was it whatever Hanji had given him? He couldn't think straight, his vision was blurring and he heard muffled yelling before everything went black.
"Fucking hell Hanji what did you just give the kid!" Levi yelled, crouching down over Eren. His body was convulsing and he was trying to desperately scratch at his neck again. Levi grabbed his wrists to make sure he didn't harm himself, glaring over at Hanji. Hanji was frantically going through things on her desk, making sure she hadn't given him something else by mistake.
The fluid she had given him was supposed to be just a small sedative to make him relax. So was he just experiencing another fever? She found a flask, looking at the label, before looking over some more papers.
"Oh shit, someone moved my stuff around. I think I just gave him a small dose of titan blood." She called, grabbing a needle and running over to Eren. Levi was trying to hold the kid down, knowing what she was doing now. She quickly got the needle in after two attempts, and Erens body stopped moving around, as he fell unconcious.
"There, this sedative should help. Honestly, nobody has permission to touch my stuff yet some of it had been messed with." She ranted, before ordering Levi to pick Eren up. "Bring him to your room, there isn't anything we can do at the moment, so just keep an eye on him." Levi nodded before leaving.
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Levi had laid Eren on his bed, sitting on the chair at his desk as he looked at the boy. Erens eyebrows were furrowed, he seemed to be in pain. So just a little bit of titan blood could induce an attack? He thought about what him and Hanji had talked about a couple days ago.
"It seems Erens will and the titans will within him are clashing." Hanji stated.
"What's that supposed to mean, they can no longer live as one?" Levi asked, glaring at the woman.
"Well, no, they never really were living as one. It's as if there are two rooms inside of Eren, one is the main control room, while the other is the back up I suppose. the main room is occupied by Eren himself, while the other is occupied by the titan. If they were to both go into the main room, there would be conflict because they can't both control Erens body. So it's like the titan is doing just that, trying to take control of the main room while Eren is still in it. Its causing Erens body to go into a kind of shock, and... it could ultimately kill him" Hanji finished, Levi just staring at her as if soaking in all the information.
Eren could die? Why was the titan so suddenly acting up now? He got up from his desk and started pacing. "Well, isn't there anything we can do to help?" He demanded more than asked. Hanji frowned and shook her head. "I'm still looking into that, but the most I could do as of now would be to give him a sedative when he has an attack, making it more bearable"
He shook his head. It frustrated Levi that he couldn't help. Their job alone was a big enough risk to their lives, on top of that Eren being a titan shifter was even more risk. Now the risk itself was becoming a whole other risk, what the hell. They had only planned to give Eren a sedative in the beginning, to relax his body. Hanji had explained that putting him into a state of hypnosis might help him uncover why his titan form is acting up. But that clearly wasn't what had happened. He looked over at Eren, worry in his eyes.
"Tch, shitty brat. Don't you dare die on me."
Sorry for the late update. I have had writers block for this story, like I know where the story is going, I just have no idea how to go about it. I know excuses though, right? Haha hope you enjoyed. I will try to update soon but no promises, but I do promise to make it a longer chapter to make it up to you cuties. Thanks for reading and thank you for all the kind reviews, you guys are too sweet. ahaha, untill next time!
