Here is yet another chapter! I had a little trouble with this one, so I got a bunch of help from KappasRule. She beta'd and provided the ending! I hope you enjoy~ Please review, reviews make me happy!

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"Allen, you're going to Scouting Legion." Cross announced, tossing him a black hood, which had the rose cross symbol on the back.

"Am I going with anyone?" Allen asked after fumbling with the cape.

"No." He stopped at his desk, and leaned on it. "I spoke to the leader of the squad you are going to. I told him about your… condition." Cross was about to leave, with the huge, golden golem on his shoulder.

"Why did you give me this cape, sir?" Allen asked, stopping Cross in his tracks.

"It's to represent who we are. Isn't that obvious?"

Year 849, Survey Corps Expedition

A formation of horses dashed across an empty terrain. The sun was high in the sky not a cloud to be seen, a great day for an expedition. Allen was alone in this mission, the only one from the Black Order to be there.

He never went on these kinds of missions with the others, and he understood why. If things were to get out of hand, and he had to use his ability…Allen shook his head. He shouldn't expose it to anyone.

"Hey, brat."

Except maybe him. "Yes, Captain Levi?" Allen asked. Cross had told Levi about his condition already.

"There are a few titans coming. Stay alert." Levi warned. "I don't care how good you are." It had been a quiet ride, for most of the day. Allen was a little glad for some excitement.

"Roger." He said, and he felt the tremors from the titan's footsteps intensify.

For this expedition, Allen had been told to refrain from using his innocence. He did not understand why, but he'd let that slip by. The feel of the 3dmg was nostalgic, and he remembered when he was an undercover trainee in the 104th division.

Allen used his gear to cling onto a nearby titan, and he flew off of his horse. He swung around, and easily reached the nape. Some of the hot, titan blood stained his pure-white hair. The albino landed back on his horse.

"Captain Levi, there are more titans coming! Some are abnormal." Hange warned.

"Everyone keep moving. Allen and I will handle them." Levi commanded. At this Hange raised an eyebrow.

"Just be careful."

Levi nodded, and turned his horse away from the group. "Come on, brat!"

"Roger!" Allen quickly followed.

He knew Levi's intentions. The others thought of this expedition to regain their headquarters. However, it was really to test Allen's titan ability. Allen glanced back, and saw the squad's retreating figures on the horizon. They were far enough away, hopefully.

Levi watched as Allen took off one of his gloves, which he had worn all the time. Ahead, there were three abnormal titans approaching. Then he heard a sickening crunch of bone, and a large crack of thunder threw him off of his horse.

Where Allen had been, a titan knelt on the ground. The steam surrounding Allen evaporated. The titan had the same grey eyes, and the same white hair as Allen. Levi briefly wondered if Allen could still think and operate as himself in this form.

The lean, titan body was mostly covered with tough muscle. The only skin it had was on its face, and even that was torn across the mouth. As Levi stood up from being tossed off of his horse, the titan glanced at him for a moment, before finally charging at the three abnormal titans. Allen roared in blood lust.

Allen cracked heads and smashed their bodies, and when he was done, he looked to Levi as if saying, 'I'm done. Cut me out.'

Allen walked toward Levi, and exposed his neck to Levi. Levi maneuvered up to Allen's neck, and deftly cut Allen out without harming him. "Thanks." Allen said as he jumped out of the titan body.

"So, that's your condition." Levi stated as they landed on the ground. Both of their horses had come back, after their shock of the sudden lighting.

"We better get back." Allen gestured toward the horizon, where the rest of the group had gone. Some dots were reappearing, and Allen assumed it was them. "If we stay here, then they'll know something is up." Allen put the hood back over his head.

"Are you still conscious when you are in there?" Levi asked as they whipped the horses reins and darted off.

"Yes." Allen nodded. "Cross helped me control it." He shivered, and Levi raised an eyebrow.

Before long, the titan body had disappeared behind them, and they reached the squad.

Everyone stopped their horses to report.

"Hey, did you hear that explosion?" Gunther asked Allen and Levi. "It came from you're guys' direction."

Levi pondered for a moment. "No I didn't. Did you hear it, Allen?"

"No I didn't either. Maybe we were just too far from the sound to hear it?" Allen shrugged, while Levi nodded at this suggestion. Meanwhile, everyone was going hysterics over it.

"No, no, you heard it." Petra frantically explained. "All the roaring and rumbling. What a weird explosion! There is no way you couldn't have heard it!" Allen's expression shifted to concern.

"Are you ok Petra? Maybe you have a fever?" Allen removed a glove and placed his hand on Petra's forehead, then on his own. "Hmm… You're not running a fever… I wonder what's wrong." Allen slipped his glove back on.

Petra threw her arms up in the air in anger. "Whatever! Hey, can we get going, please?"

"Yeah. We are done with our expedition anyway." Levi nodded. "Let's go!"

After kicking off, Levi and Allen could hardly contain their laughter any more.

"That was a good prank, Levi," Allen managed to wheeze while regaining his breath.

"This wouldn't have worked so well if you weren't such a good liar with that damn poker face of yours." Levi shot back. "Why are you such a good liar anyway?"

"Well, you know Cross, my… higher up. He is sort of a… how should I put this… He gains lots of debts. And all those debts were pushed onto me, so I had to find a way to gain money to pay back debt collectors. I ended up going around trying to find odd jobs since you don't get paid well in the military. One day, I stumbled upon an abandoned warehouse while trying to find my way back to headquarters. Some people were playing poker there, and I ended up joining their game. I found out I was good at poker and it got me enough money to pay back the debts. So I practiced until I became unbeatable at it. I am known as the "demon king" for my poker skills!" Allen boasted; a sinister grin on his face, along with horns and fire. Levi sweat-dropped.

"I… see…" Levi stared at the sight of Allen laughing to himself.

By then they had finally reached the wall, and they walked through the crowds in silence. Nobody had died, that's a first.

After putting his horse at the stables, Allen met up with Levi again. "Well, Levi, it was nice meeting you." Allen reached to shake his hand. Levi's eyes widened a fraction at the feeling of a metal object being pressed into his hand. He opened his mouth to ask, but Allen quickly raised a finger to his lips to keep him quiet. "Here's my report, Levi. Maybe you should read it before you submit it." With this, Allen left, leaving Levi struggling to understand why Allen was being secretive about something. But he decided to respect Allen's wishes, and, without glancing down to look at the two things he now carried, he stuffed them into a pocket and walked to his office.