Sorry for the long wait! School and writer's bloc got caught up with me xD anyway... yeah, Allen's basically a one man army. So talented~ As always, this was beta'd by KappasRule, please review~

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Year 849, Survey Corps HQ

If there was something that Allen was passionate about, it wasn't his titan killing skills, neither was it his shifting ability. It was his ability to play poker. He always carried a deck of cards around with him.

So, it was when he was with Squad Levi drinking tea, that he came up with a brilliant idea. "Poker." He said.

Petra raised an eyebrow, Oluo scowled, and Eld looked intrigued. Gunther was the one who raised the question. "Poker? What about it?"

Allen pulled out his stack of cards. "I'm sure you all know how to play. How about a round or two?"

"Hm… I guess I could try a round." Petra said. "You'll have to go easy on me though."

An evil grin appeared on Allen's face. "We'll see about that."

Everyone cringed at his expression, which was when Levi came up. "What's going on here?" He demanded.

"Oh, we were going to play a round of poker. Want to join?" Allen asked.

Levi remembered playing poker against the Garrison with a kid on the streets. "All right, I'll join."

"Just like the old days." The albino commented quietly, which went unnoticed by the others. "I'll deal." He said.

After the cards were dealt, A good half-hour passed.

Allen grinned like Cheshire the cat. "Royal straight flush."

Gunther's eyes widened. Petra sighed. Oluo remarked, "Again?!" Eld grumbled, and Levi just shook his head.

They played four rounds. Allen came first, Levi second, Petra surprisingly was third, Eld was fourth, Gunther was fifth, and finally Oluo came last. "You must've cheated." Oluo grumbled and slammed his cards on the table. "I've had enough of this game."

"It is getting late…" Allen said, gathering up his cards. "That was fun though."

"Yeah, it was." Petra agreed.

Year 850, 57th expedition, forest of big trees

"You aren't getting away from me!" Allen cried, gaining more speed.

The titan noticed this and narrowed her eyes at him. She put her hand over her nape before Allen could lay a good slice. "Of course…" Allen muttered, and changed his arm to broad-sword mode. "We'll do this the hard way then!"

She swung a backhand at him, but Allen ducked under and sliced at her leg muscles.

His cuts were deep enough, so after a couple of slices her knees buckled under. Great, next are your shoulders.

He spun towards his next target, and sliced the shoulder muscles as quick as he could so she wouldn't get a chance to strike back.

She didn't have a chance to defend herself because one hand was covering her nape, and the other was currently being sliced. To Allen's satisfaction, the arm he was slicing fell limp to her side. Allen repeated this action to her other arm, and it also fell limp.

Steam began to rise from her body, Allen felt steam rise from his as well. Some of her blood had gotten onto his face and into his hair. He switched his arm back to claw form, and sliced at her mouth.

The titan couldn't do anything against him; she had Eren in her mouth. When her mouth had finally dropped open, he saw that Eren was wrapped in her saliva. Ignoring this, he quickly reached down and heaved him out of her mouth.

Allen could tell that Eren wasn't conscious. "If I see you again…" Allen began as he prepared to jump. "You will pay for what you've done."

He quickly jumped out, avoiding a bite from her.

He hauled Eren over his shoulder as he maneuvered away.

"Allen?"

Allen blinked at the familiar voice, and saw up ahead the very girl with the red scarf that he had taught during their trainee days. "What…. what…" She stuttered, and her eyes widened when she saw Eren.

"Eren's fine." Allen said.

She looked stunned. "Where have you been? How could you just… disappear like that?"

"Nice to see you again." He commented.

Close behind Mikasa, Levi approached them, and with a silent exchange, they decided to land on a tree branch to catch up.

"What happened Allen?" Mikasa asked.

"The female titan reached squad Levi…." Allen faltered for a moment. "Eren transformed, but he lost his battle, and was momentarily captured. I retrieved him myself." He still felt steam coming from his body. He felt that his bones were still healing. It was probably worse, since they almost broke and he overworked them.

He silently hoped that they wouldn't notice.

"At least Eren's safe." Mikasa said. "Thank you."

"Right. Now that we have caught up," Levi said. "Let's go."

Allen pursed his lips, but nodded grimly. "Levi-"

"I know." He said, before jumping off the tree. Allen quickly followed. I'm sorry…

Eventually they made it back to the group, Allen was able to meet back up with Lavi. Lavi, being the bookman he is, immediately realized something was wrong. "I don't want to talk about it." Allen told him. "But, I can set up the gate so we can go back to the MP."

Lavi brightened. "Oh, well that's good news then."

Allen gave one last look at the Survey Corps.

He already gave them Eren. "What are we going to do about her though?" Lavi wondered. Allen tightened his fists at the thought of her. He ignored him, and proceeded to open the gate.

They made it back to Stohess just in time for dinner. However, Annie was nowhere to be seen.

Disregarding Annie, there was bound to be more trouble. Since this mission failed, Eren would have to be handed over to them, the Military Police. He wondered what Erwin had planned.

Allen never really interacted much with Erwin, so he has no idea what he is like.

The next morning, he had trouble waking up. He made it just in time for line-up, shrugging on his jacket last-minute. When he finally found the line, he saw that Lavi was already on the far end.

He picked the spot closest to him, which was next to Annie. He shot her a glare, and reluctantly stood next to her. "Oh, what happened? A fight?" Hitch teased.

Technically there was a full out brawl. Allen answered in his head, but instead just looked straight ahead. "Ah, so cold already!"

Before there was any more conversation, the MP Captain came to give orders.