A/N – I'm sorry for the late update yet again Dx buut here's the next chapter after my not so failed cliffhanger (I hope xD), thanks for the reviews I've gotten so far! They really speed up the writing *hint hint*. Enjoy!

A metallic taste of blood. Dust everywhere making it harder to breathe. Loud noises over the even louder constant beep. Levi was slowly regaining his senses as the blackness began fading away. It took a while for him to remember what had happened … the bomb quickly came to his mind. He tried to open his eyes, but there wasn't much to see. Dark shadows filled the small area he was sitting in. Shards of the events from the past half hour came back to him as he remembered that they had gotten into the closet right before the blast. Erwin! He looked around and saw a still form lying just a few inches further than his hand could reach. His ears were still recovering so he couldn't hear any breathing, and as the adrenaline began to wear off the overall pain increased. As much as Levi wanted to deny it … everything hurt.
He tried to sit upright but his head softly collided with the back of the closet that had fallen on top of them, along with several uniforms and documents. He knew he wouldn't be able to get it off of them on his own, and they would probably barely manage with the two of them. Though he was relieved that it had fallen forwards instead of backwards to the blast, it would have been a lot uglier if they hadn't been shielded at all.
"Erwin!" He tried.
Soft groaning came from the other side and Levi softly sighed in relief. "Are you okay?" He asked.
The commander rolled over on his back and blinked a few times experiencing the almost same routine as Levi had done a few minutes prior. "Yes, I think so. Just a bit shaken up. How about you?"
"Could be better." Levi coughed. "Do you hear those noises outside?"
Erwin nodded, but then realizing his captain probably wouldn't be able to see that, he added, "Yes. They're trying to get us out, but I presume that's going to take a while. Can you manage lifting up the closet?"
"Yeah. Tell me when you're ready."
Both men repositioned themselves so they could more easily put force on the back plate of the wooden closet.
"On three." Erwin said, "One … Two … Three!" When they pushed the back immediately fell off and cracked in two, bringing along debris and dust on its way down.
Levi coughed again and squinted his eyes at the sudden light that came pouring through the now open 'roof'.
They helped each other up without a word and looked around the destroyed office. There was nothing left of the outer wall and the whole room was filled with smoke and dust. Two support beams had fallen in front of the door, which meant they couldn't get out of there unless there was a way of them getting out through the hole in the wall. The banging on the door still hadn't stopped so Erwin reckoned it was useless to try and shout over it. He approached the door, carefully stepping over unstable parts of the floorboards, and banged on the door himself. Soon after the voices and banging stopped. It made place for a worried woman's voice asking who he was.
"We're fine!" Erwin yelled back, "You cannot enter through the door, try going through the courtyard!"
Levi stumbled towards the cracked walls and looked outside. Several soldiers and recruits were looking up with varying expressions. He scanned the ground, but there were no ladders they could use. They were on the third floor of the building so someone would have to gear up to come and get them. Deciding it wasn't worth the time to keep straining himself over something without a nearby solution, he walked a bit further away and slid down against the wall. Going over his injuries he gruffly noted the broken ribs and probable concussion from earlier. He'd wanted to get back on his feet properly to get to the bottom of what the hell was going on, but a bomb exploding next to him wasn't quite the help in his recovery. He subconsciously closed his eyes and leaned his head back. His hands were slowly progressing downwards, carefully looking for any possible injuries. His breath hitched when he touched a tender part just above his hip. Looking down at his fingers he noticed blood.

Erwin had been communicating their current state and all the information he had to the other side of the wall as best as he could. He felt tired and particularly annoyed at himself and this recruit Adelbert. The kid had outsmarted them by miles. He slowly massaged his temples and knocked two times on the door signaling the end of the conversation, if you could even call it one. He looked around for his captain who had been rather silent, not that that was any different from … always. Levi was sitting against the back wall looking slightly pale, but he wouldn't have expected otherwise. The guy had just been through a rough abduction and now he almost got blown to pieces, it was a miracle they both hadn't sustained any major injuries. He himself had a deep cut on his forearm that had been bleeding quite a bit, but it had nearly stopped already thanks to the improvised bandage. A concussion was very probable as well and Erwin briefly thought about the complications for the Recon Corps to having both the Commander and senior Captain compromised.
"Captain," he began, "How are you doing?"
Levi looked up and managed a grunted reply, "I'm fine."
Erwin nodded warily. Levi wouldn't just acknowledge his injuries, especially not when there were more important things in his mind. They would be checked over by the medics soon anyway, so he accepted his captain's response and sat down next to him. "Hange said they could be here within ten minutes. It seems there are some problems with the equipment." Erwin said.
"That brat was prepared for everything, and we missed it." Levi grumbled.
"Yes, and next time we will be. The thing I'm most worried about is what information we've got. We know about the fire that killed the father of your abductor and how some nobles ordered the military to clear it out, but that's as far as our knowledge currently goes … Why are we being targeted for something that happened so long ago and had nothing to do with us?" He pondered.
"I think-" Levi started, but he was cut off by Hange who, not so graciously, came flying through the gap and landed two feet away from where both the captain and commander were sitting. Levi saw Hange was carrying a rope ladder. He slowly pulled himself upright and waited for Hange to tie the ropes so they could finally get down.
"Hi there, captain Levi and commander." She smiled joyously while securing the last knots.
"You go first, captain." Erwin said.
Levi nodded and made way to climb down. His side and head heavily protested against the strain, but he pushed through it and slowly descended.
Erwin turned to Hange, "I trust there are medics stand-by."
She nodded, "I thought you would need them, sir."
"Good." He said as he also made his way towards the rope ladder.

The first thing Levi registered when he set foot in the courtyard were the two medics that came running towards him. As much has he wanted to ignore the fact that he was not okay, he also realized he couldn't do any work if he kept delaying his visit. Accepting the medics' help he walked with them towards the infirmary. Erwin had followed once he had set foot on the ground and was also being escorted by two medics.
After being sat on a bed, as he refused to lay down, he slowly felt the fatigue creeping up at him. Resisting the urge to close his eyes, he waited on one of the medics to return with some supplies.
"Right, captain. Can you tell me where it hurts?" The youngest of the two asked. He knew the kid was just following protocol, but that single question really annoyed him out of his wits.
"Have a guess." He snapped as he lifted his bloody hand from his side.
The kid's eyes widened but his look remained steady as he carefully examined the wound. "You'll need stitches, sir." He concluded and then proceeded to slowly push the captain down on the bed.
It took all of Levi's remaining strength to bite back a snarky reply, but he got the hint and laid down. The second medic soon returned and took over the examination, but Levi didn't register much more as his eyes slid close and his body embraced the comforting unconsciousness it had longed for.

Erwin had been discharged from the infirmary fairly quick, so he made his way to where his captain was being treated. His wounds had been pretty minor, except for the deep cut and a confirmed concussion, but he was mostly worried about Levi. He knew the man had been hurting more than he had let on.
"How is he?" Erwin asked as he neared the private room. A young medic turned around and briefly saluted the commander before commencing his explanation. "He had some glass deeply lodged in his side but we were able to remove it, sir. He also has a few broken ribs and a concussion, as for the rest there are just minor cuts and bruises. The captain has been out for quite some time now, so I'm afraid he won't be waking anytime soon, sir."
"Alright, keep me updated." Erwin stalked out of the infirmary, glancing back over his shoulder. Levi had been about to say something when Hange came flying in. For the past hour he'd been wondering what that could have been, because he had looked like he knew something.
He stopped just outside the door and looked around. Spotting a lot of debris and several soldiers already cleaning it up under the window where the conference room had used to be he sighed. He'd lost a lot of important documents and quite possibly also the answer to this mess.
He saw Hange giving orders to some recruits. Something suddenly came to his mind as he called her over. "Get commander Pixis for me. Tell him to meet me in my office, no questions."

A/N – Sorry for the length, please review! Thanks for reading. ^-^