A/N – My apologies for updating so late again! I recently came back from a trip to Poland to feed my inner history geek, so I hadn't had the time until now to get another chapter up. I hope to start updating more regularly from now on, thanks for sticking to this story and enjoy!

Erwin had been waiting impatiently on the arrival of commander Pixis. He knew the man didn't like being called up like that, but he didn't have another choice. Levi was still recovering in the infirmary and he wasn't eager to disturb the captain, he'll know soon enough what the man had tried to say. Sunken in his thoughts he didn't notice the movement in his office until a low cough gave away its presence.
"Why did I have to come all the way here, commander." An authoritative voice demanded.
Erwin spun around and spotted commander Pixis seated in the chair in front of his desk.
"Commander," he spoke, "I have an urgent enquiry that I couldn't ask you through messenger."
"What is so important that you couldn't even bother to come to me?"
"I sincerely apologize for that, but captain Levi is currently in the infirmary and I need to know when he's good to speak."
"You don't look so good yourself, commander." Pixis observed as he leaned in a little closer and burned his eyes into Erwin's. "What is this enquiry."
Erwin stared back, not sure whether the commander would want to acknowledge his question, let alone answer it. "It's about a fire several years ago."
Pixis leaned back again and shook his head, "A fire?"
"With all due respect, I think you know something about that." Erwin replied as he approached Pixis. "There is little to no documentation about it. Back then I kept quiet just like everyone else, but some events led up to me believing there is something wrong. Why would some nobles want to cover up a fire near the Underground in one of the outer districts?"
"Look," Pixis began as he stood up, "If you can't find anything about it, there must be a reason as to why you can't. Let it rest."
"I can't just-"
"Let it go!" Pixis shouted as he made way towards the door. As he grabbed the handle he looked back once more and gritted his teeth, "If I wanted to know something about a fire, I would check out the old archives." With that he slammed the door behind him shut and left the Recon Corps' headquarters.
Erwin was stunned at the commander's reaction, but he'd let on that there must be something more going on. The old archives had been locked down several years ago due to unknown reasons and was now a restricted area – locked down around the same time of the fire …
"Commander." A strained voice called from the doorway. For the second time that day Erwin hadn't heard the door open. He turned around and saw Levi leaning heavily against the doorpost.
"Captain!" he said as he went over and grabbed a chair for the swaying man to sit on. "Why are you out of the infirmary?!"
"I don't have time to be fussed over."
"Were you cleared to go out?" He demanded.
"All the doc needed was a slight incentive, I'm fine."
Erwin raised his hands, "Alright." He wouldn't fully get through to the man anyway. "You don't have a choice here though, Levi. You are to tell me what you wanted to say earlier and then return to the infirmary immediately."
"Erwin-"
"Or do you want me to get the medics to carry you back?"
"Fine. I'll go back AFTER we finish this."
"You'll go back when I tell you to, no discussion."
Levi grunted but wisely decided not to pursue the argument. Erwin sat down himself in front of his captain and leaned on his elbows, sighing he grabbed some half burned up documents he had managed to save from the conference room and absently started going through them. "So, what were you about to say earlier?"
Levi shifted in his chair, trying to find a comfortable position – in vain. "I remembered something. Just after you had invited me to join the Corps I ran into some young brat and his father. They asked for my help, but I refused because there was no time. I remember the name of the old man being Oscar and that his legs were failing on him thanks to the lovely atmosphere around there. I think that the kid might have been Dan."
"Yes, it could certainly be .. but then how does that tie you or me directly to that fire? We knew about it to some degree, but as far as I remember they told us it was a technical malfunction."
Levi shrugged, too tired to be thinking straight he actually wanted to go to bed for once. "That's the same thing they told us and the other officers, I still have no idea what those shitty nobles went on about."
"Right now we'll have a hard time figuring that out, since our friend Adelbert took some important files, some of which were classified. He must've known exactly what he was looking for, and he waited for the right moment to get it."
Levi just nodded and leaned his head back, he was of no use. He reasoned he'd probably get a clearer perspective on everything in the morning. "I think I'm going to my quarters for the night." He said as he slowly pulled himself upright.
"And I think you're going back to the infirmary." Erwin quickly intervened, knowing exactly what his captain was trying to do.
Tsk. Levi didn't argue any further and let Erwin escort him back to the infirmary.

"Commander! Captain! You shouldn't be out of bed!" The older medic immediately shouted when he saw the two officers entering his building.
"There were things that needed to be taken care of."
"Can't you handle things like that from here? I really don't need you walking around yet, sir. You've been in an explosion and had surgery just a few hours ago." The medic turned his attention the Erwin and let his stern eyes scan the younger man, "As well for you, commander. You'll both need the rest for the upcoming days."
"I agree." Erwin nodded, "I will leave to my quarters as soon as I'm done handling the chaos outside. I will leave the captain under your care." And with that he turned on his heels and marched out of the infirmary, leaving Levi with a rather disgruntled medical officer.
Levi sighed and leaned on the table next to him, "So where will I be staying?"

Erwin really hated going against the orders of a medic, but he really couldn't let the case rest. He'd already prepared for a few sleepless nights. The chaos on the courtyard had been sorted out and most of the debris was gone. Sadly a lot of the files that were stored in the conference room were destroyed along with the blast, so he didn't have much to go on. He sat in front of his desk in his quarters and was absently looking through death certificates hoping to find anything that might have to do with a fire. He'd had no luck so far, much to his rapidly growing annoyance. He rubbed the back of his palms in his eyes and let them go through his hair. An Oscar had died in the fire a few days after allegedly asking Levi for help, a fire that had been covered up by some nobles.
He slammed his fist down on his desk, hardly anything made sense and he felt like he was overseeing some crucial parts to solving this idiocy.

The following morning Levi slowly awakened in his private room in the infirmary, it took him a moment to remember where he was. Sighing out loud he threw back the covers and slid out of his bed, he swayed for a moment as he got up but he definitely felt a lot less crappier than he felt the day before. The medical officer had given him his permission to go over things with Erwin today. Like I need permission for that. - he thought. Dressing up as fast as he could he made himself ready to go out. As soon as he opened his door he felt two hands roughly pushing him back in.
"Now, now, captain. Why the rush?" A voice said lightly.
Levi's eyes widened as he stared at the man looking out the window, his body tensed as he cursed under his breath, "How the fuck did you get in here?"
The man turned around and stared in his eyes, "Let's just say I have my ways of getting what I want."
Levi couldn't help but helplessly stare at the man's right side of his face, which was covered in burns. He'd seen his face before, but never in the light.
"Looks awful, doesn't it? THIS is what was brought upon me thanks to your military." He whispered in a harsh tone. "I know you must be wondering why I took the trouble of coming here, but my leader's orders are everything to me … as they should be to you. It seems you chose to ignore the small deal you made?"
Levi stared suspiciously at the man, he'd honestly believed the man standing in front of him was his own leader, "What deal?"
"Now, now, you see … We rarely get any fun in our, let's call it, 'company', my boss requested that you made your little slip-up abduction public so we could all have a laugh."
"Your guy has those files, there is no benefit to him in that request."
The man's eyes hardened as he stepped closer, "You have no right to question his requests!" He spat. "I never thought the military could be so incompetent." He shook his head and resumed his usual demeanor. "Anyway, to make up for this little … bump in the road we've decided to get our pleasure from somewhere else. Have fun trying to figure it out before it's too late!" He said as he waved, but right as he wanted to close the door he turned around again and threw some documents on the floor. "He wanted you to have these … to speed up the process. Remember, it's a game.~" With that Levi was left alone in his room. He'd wanted to stop the guy from going anywhere, but he had no idea of his capabilities at that moment. He moved to pick up the documents on the floor and went to open his door. Precariously enough, nothing was out of the ordinary. The older medic looked up and looked sternly at the bundle his patient was carrying. The man made his way to Levi and just barely managed to keep himself from waggling his finger, "How did you get that paperwork in here?"
Levi stared down at the bundle he was carrying, completely ignoring the question he spotted a small colored paper taped to the corner. The paper read:

YOU'RE TOO LATE. KABOOM.
- A.

Then out of nowhere a loud shock came blasting through that shook the buildings and let the doors rattle in their hinges. What the hell was that?

A/N – Thanks for reading. :) Please review and let me know what you think about it!