Staring at the face of death wasn't what I thought it'd be like. I wasn't surrounded by a bunch of blood-thirsty vampires or laying down in a pool of my own blood. No I was sitting at probably the fanciest (and oldest) dinner table, enjoying a nice cup of black tea. Across from me was a young man, one I knew from
another time.
His Clan of red eyed vampires stood around us, in the dim lighted dinning hall. I couldn't help but cringe. So many killers stood near me and here I was not doing a damn thing to end them.
"As to my understanding, you and the leader of the Maria Clan are an item, yes?" His voice is quiet and weak, its clear that he isn't the leader of this Clan but yet he's still in charge. The real leader must be away. Or watching me from a distance.
"I'm unaware of whom this Maria Clan leader is but I have never been an item with one of your kind." I take a sip of my tea. I came across this Clan when I was looking for the Maria Clan. They were kind enough to allow me to come in and discuss my plans of finding them. How long they will remain unhostile and kind depends on how long I do the same.
"Oh? Forgive me, my Frails aren't the best at getting information and when they do its usually wrong." What the fuck is a Frail? I want to question the Brunet across from me but he begins to laughs like we're pals. If I had anything silver it would be going in his neck. I like to watch them turn to stone slowly. I take a deep breath and try to smile.
"I didn't mean to offend you but I understand what becoming a lover with one of you is like. I would like to grow old and die. Falling in love with an immortal being is very cruel." I set my tea cup down against the oak tree table top.
"What an interesting belief, I used to feel the same until..." The man trails off no longer looking at me anymore. He's more focused on something that used to be, something that is no more.
"An old lover? Is it even possible for vampires to break up?" I laugh despite the look on his face. He doesn't want to hate his old lover but it's impossible to.
"...Well if it was never really something to begin with then there really isn't anything to take away in the end." He speaks slowly, remembering every word they said to him. The pain in his eyes has made them cold and hard.
His green eyes, once so dull and plain, now burn with rage and betrayal. Its terrifying.
"No that's not true, if you even felt like it could have been something for a just a second then it was something. I'm human, my heart breaks and heals. I don't know if yours can too but trust me. You're so much better off without them." The man leans back and looks at me again.
A small smile settles on his lips, he nods at me. "Thank you, your words are kind and help. Is there anything I can do for you?" With a sigh I lean back.
"If only, I need to find the Maria Clan. I don't suppose you could point me in the right direction could you?" He laughs and shakes his head.
"If you tell me the truth then I can help you. But unless you confirm my suspicions then I will be useless."
My heart slows and I feel all the eyes in the room on me. They know. My fingers shake but I hide them under the table. I won't show them weakness.
"And when I tell you, will I still be treated like a guest? Or will you let them attack me?" I growl, not caring too much if I offend them now. Their leader has already become hostile and so will the rest of the pack.
"I can't promise much but if you want to find the Maria Clan I can promise that." A grin settles on his lips. He knows that I won't deny. Well fuck.
"The leader of the Maria Clan and I were together until he found out about me." I whisper, hating to admit it.
"Ah so we were right, well good. Guess they'll be getting what they wanted." The Brunet turns to one of his Frails.
"Tell Marco that we'll be happy to have a meeting with the Maria Clan." As the Frail starts to leave, the Brunet turns in his seat to give him one last look.
"Oh and don't forget to tell him that we have Levi. So Eren will need to come alone if he wants him back."
There it is. I'm bait for Eren and will be a hostage until these fuckers get what they want. Dammit. I'm so sorry Eren.
Two vampires that were behind me grab me by the arms and lift me up, out of my chair.
"Let go of me you shits!" Their grip on me doesn't cease, well fuck there goes intimidating them.
"You may do as you please but remember, the worse you make Levi look, the angrier Eren will be. Don't make this harder for me." He tries to sound like the alpha but his demand comes out like a plead.
The red eyed vampires drag me out of the lighted dinning hall to a completely dark hallway. I try to kick and punch the two but more vampires grab me. Thank god I took a piss before coming here, or else I'd have peed on myself.
How scary can I be smelling like piss?
Just as I'm getting comfortable in the darkness, a door opens and I'm thrown into a bright room. Fluorescent lights shine down revealing blood stained tiles and rusted chains hanging from the ceiling. This is the room where they eat in. This is where humans come in alive and leave dead. This is my resting place.
I push myself up and off the grimy floor, only to be knocked back down. Women and men, all with the same red eyes, crowd around me. Hunger in their eyes shines brighter than the lights. I look around for an exit or well just anything to help me. Nothing can save me from them. Even if I did pull my gun out I wouldn't be able to shoot them.
My head falls in defeat. I will endure what they push onto me. That's what I've always done and will always do. I'm human, I'm made to be broken and hurt and pushed past my breaking point. Oh Eren, he made me forget these things. I learned what it was like to feel hope and love and happiness. I was healed when by his side but alone and apart has left me cracked.
Are we humans just glass? We can be broken, cracked, and shattered. But we can become something so much more. Vampires must be the fire that shapes us and tempers us. Making us become something different. Something better.
Maybe but I won't know until-
I look up as one of them charges at me. His fist is ready to strike me in the face.
I barely register the fact that he hit me, until my the whole other side of my face is on fucking fire.
I touch my cheek but only for a second before another one attacks me.
Again and again. The pain does not cease nor will it until.
-Until I endure.
Hours Later
The cold tiled ground feels amazing on my burns. Oh yes, these fuckers decided to not only beat me but burn me until my skin felt raw and started to bleed. "This is for everyone you've ever killed" they would say after each hit, each burn, each whipping.
That Brunet bastard allowed his soldiers to beat me until I was almost dead. Then and only then did he come into that room and tell his soldiers to stop.
The look in their eyes was horrifying, they were still hungry. I've fought vampires before, I've been beaten by them and almost taken to my grave but never before have I been tortured.
If these fuckers think I won't kill them then they're wrong. Just they wait. When Eren gets here, I'm going to tear them apart. Limb by limb. Making them into stone for lawn decorations. I could use some more for Halloween.
A sticky liquid pours from most of my wounds, the same that used to stain my clothes. I don't try to move to bandage them up. What could I use? My clothes are ripped to shreds and at this point, they have most of my blood on it anyways.
I let my eyelids close, it hurts in the way that you know, you should have done this awhile ago. Sleep takes me away, lets me rest in this broken body and for some reason I'm discontent that it does.
Everything burns from my head to my toes. I can't move and I wouldn't want to. My body lays on the cold rough ground. Each breath feels painful. My ribs might be broken. Shit, about ten years ago a vampire had broken two of them but I could still breath, barely. I'm pretty sure more than two of them are broken now.
"-no one knows that, of course we shouldn't-" A voice echoes through the hallway.
"-I didn't say we had to go and ask him. You're powerful enough, just read his mind. Find out if the Maria Clan leader is as power as everyone says he is." Vampire #1 encourages the other.
No they will not get that information from me.
"W-well I guess I can try." Vampire #2 is a pussy apparently.
Oh man I bet my fingers are all burnt up. I can't move them, my toes feel the same. Who the fuck decides to burn toes? What did my toes ever do to you assholes? Well maybe if I move my fingers then- HOLY SHIT ouch oh fuck that hurt.
"Um I can't get past his complaining." Vampire #2 says in dismay. I laugh at the sound, which causes my ribs to fucking burn like my whole goddamn body is on fire.
"Oh well good try, humans never cease to disappoint do they?" Vampire #1 groans.
Their footsteps fade away as they leave. That's weird, why would they leave after one attempt? Something smells fishy and its not my room.
My head begins to ache so I drift back into sleep with the feeling of confusion as to why those two vampires weren't able to just read my mind like Eren could.
When I wake up again, my body feels slightly less on fire. Only because every part of me is numb.
A knock on the door makes me jump, how I can even do something like that right now surprises me in a painful way. Fuck you.
"Levi Ackerman, are you decent?" A female voice calls out from behind the closed doors. I squeeze my eyes close not wanting to interact with those assholes.
"As decent as a fucking broken lamp." I growl with all the energy I have left. She walks into the room, I'm completely sure how far because I refuse to open my eyes.
Her footsteps come closer until they stop at my head. I'm tempted to open my eyes but honestly what good would it do?
Cold hands grab my sides and lift me into the air. I'm thrown over a shoulder, probably hers, and carried out of the brightly lit room. I know I'm in the dark hallway because the light no longer shines into my eyes. At least I'm not blind anymore.
She takes me somewhere through the hallways for awhile. Time seems to continue forever I'm not sure how long she walks. I only know we've come to our stopping place when she sets me down. Her footsteps disappear back from the way we came.
I finally give in and open my eyes after the darkness becomes bright. From one fluorescent lit room to another, I sit on the ground which happen to be clean white tiles. Not stained ones. How lovely.
The room has a shaded window in front of me, a one-way view. Great.
"If someone doesn't bring me a fucking glass of water soon, you can all except me to die on these clean tiles."
Then it hits me, they've placed me somewhere were Eren will be able to see me but won't be able to save me. These assholes will get whatever they want from him and I won't be able to do shit.
I stammer up to my feet and limp over to the glass window.
"You will never break him! You can torture me, kill me, do anything you want to me but you will never fucking break him." Its as if my words rise up to the lights and shut them off.
Darkness fills the silence, leaving me hopelessly broken. Body and mind.