As Luna was about to fall asleep, they stopped. "We're here." Levi muttered. Luna peeked from behind him. For a long, sweeping four acres, where small white tombstones. They stood about a foot high each, each one of them had one of three different insignias on them, for each branch of the military. Doubtlessly, the most where from the Survey Corps. "It's strange really, that even though we have such a small amount of bodies coming back after an expedition, we still have far more service men and women buried here. With the other branches, the military police especially, you are guaranteed a body. They don't die at their post, they die in their beds old and grey. We... We're lucky to fight another day." Levi's face held a dark expression. Levi jumped off the horse, and helped Luna down. Lunas wound was obviously still painful, so Levi was extra careful. He tired King to a post, and led Luna through the winding path of graves. It was haunting. Though the sun was at its peak in the orange sky, there was a thin, wet blanket of fog settling over the graveyard. Levi led her through them all. He never brought others to this point, he'd only ever come here on his own. But this was the closure Luna needed.

After several minutes, they found the spot. Levi had taken a year to pay for it, but there was a small monument in the place of the two small stones. It was an engraved picture of a boy and girl holding hands, their back facing the sun. "In Loving Memory of Isabel and Farlan. Brave and loyal until the end." Luna traced a finger over the words. Her eyes filled with tears. She couldn't quite believe it; Isabel who had been so kind to her, Farlan who had embraced her like a sister. Both of them, now rotting beneath her. She dropped to her knees, remembering a few sweet memories.

Luna sobbed as Farlan applied the disinfectant to her leg. A man had attacked her when she had went out looking for Levi. He was late for dinner. She had been in an alleyway when the man had pulled the knife on her. She had felt the knife sink into her thigh, and she had jolted away. As Levi had taught her, she had disarmed him, broken his arm, and sank the knife into his chest. Self preservation, Levi would remind her. She limped home, leaving the man to bleed.

"Levi is going to kill you." Farlan said gravely. "He's told you about following him."

"He was late... I was worried. I always worry."

"Can you imagine how angry he would be if you had been attacked? Or killed? Imagine that Luna. Think of him, who has done so much for all of us, for you. Don't gamble so recklessly with your life he worked so hard to save." Farlan scolded her. Luna held her chin defiantly, her lip no longer quivering.

"He wouldn't care. He doesn't care about me." she looked away.

"Of course he does, idiot. He wouldn't keep you here if he didn't. PLease Luna, next time, be a bit more careful. Don't do this to him." he put his arm around her, holding her as he would a little sister.

It was cold. Luna and Isabel lay in bed in absolute silence. Levi and Farlan had locked them in the house while they were out negotiating. They knew what that meant.

"Isabel... I'm scared." Luna muttered. "What happens if they don't come back?"

"I used to think like that. Then you came along. They'll come back... Levi wouldn't leave you behind. He could be beaten to a pulp and he'd drag himself back to look after you." she smiled.

"Isabel... You're the best." she smiled back at her friend. Luna had been with them three short months, but she and Isabel had clocked straight away. Isabel thought at first she was going to dislike her, to think she was a whiny, pathetic girl. But she proved to be tough, scared and young as she was.

"They'll be back before you know it Luna. Try to get some sleep."

The tears fell down her face, one by one. She felt Levi kneel next to her on the ground, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. He leant the side of his head against her head. Putting the other arm around her , he pulled her into his chest as she wept. "Shhhhh." But the tears kept falling. Guttural sobs rolled from her chest, and her head throbbed. But none of that would stop the ache in her heart. For years, she had prayed they were alive. Prayed they had lived and they would be there to greet her as she came above ground to join them. The years alone in the underground had turned her heart to ice, stopped her feeling the remorse she had felt when she had joined the group. After she had escaped the room she'd been left alone in, the group of thugs she had stayed with were less than impressed with such a scrawny girl hanging around them. However, through months of work and ruthless killing on her part and those under her, she rose to the top in the undergrounds organised crime family. But she had worked this hard for a reason; to bring Levi, Farlan and Isabel back home. She had it figured out; she would go above ground , then, upon her returning with the relevant and needed information, they would raid where ever they would be keeping them and bring them back below ground. However, Levi wasn't being held against his will anymore. He could have left, came back to her. But he stayed. And he left her in the underground to rot. She stood up, and shook her head. "Can we leave, please? This is harder than I thought." She wiped the last tear from her cheek.

"Do you want to leave?"

"Yes." she started to walk towards the gates. She walked rather fast.

What is wrong with her? Levi questioned himself. Getting up, he followed her.

The ride home was silent. Levi couldn't understand why she was so silent. His main concern was getting her back to the barracks before night fall; this part of the district was rather rough at night. Just because they were out of the Underground didn't mean they were not still exposed to high levels of crime. The sky was darkening, and they still had a good ten minutes. "Hold on." he said quietly. He felt her squeeze his sides gingerly. He dug his heels into King's flank, and he immediately started to gallop. He was an obedient horse. Looking around, he took in as much of his surroundings as possible. Thieves were about at this time, and while he knew he would be fine, he wouldn't expose Luna to it after an operation.

After an uneventful ride back, they returned unscathed. Sasha Brouse found him straight away, and saluted. "Captain Levi sir! Commander Erwin requests your presence immediately." she said, staring straight ahead. Levi, with his cool, expressionless face, dismissed her, asking her to fetch Hanji to show Luna where she needed to stay. Sasha nodded curtly, and set off running down the hall.

"Captain?" Luna asked.

"Yes, Captain. I have my own squadron for when we go on expeditions." he informed her. Hanji shot round the corner. "

"Luna come with meeeee." she sung, taking her by the arm and pulling her along.

"Look after her shitty glasses." Levi muttered darkly.

"Yes, yes short stuff. Whatever you say." she laughed, dragging Luna along with her. The left side of Levi's mouth quirked slightly as he saw what was one of his closest friends drag away his oldest. Losing his smile, he walked towards his office, the feeling of dread that settled in the pit of his stomach was hidden in his face very well.