"Wh-ere's... Er-en... G-..et off..." Levi rasped and tried to shove the intruding person from his side. He was uncoordinated and missed by about 3 inches, his hand simply pushing the air instead.

"H-he's fine Levi, he's just over there..." Natalie lied quietly, biting her lip. She was so completely terrified for Eren right now. What if he'd fallen or gotten lost? No, he wouldn't have gotten lost, he was a smart boy, he must have had a plan. Natalie took a deep breath in and shakily breathed it out. She shivered, her numb hands red and raw from the fearsome cold. She had various sore grates on her fingers and palms which made the stinging pain even worse. Levi was cut and scraped all over, God knew how bad HE felt, a hangover on top of the cold. Plus the depression Eren had said he was enduring and the hunger and thirstiness... Eren said he barely ate as it was, and right now Levi's body needed to mend, but he had no energy to do so. She should have brought the med kit, she just hadn't thought she'd be able to carry it... Plus she had been too scared to think properly at the time. She rubbed her sore hands together and breathed on them in an effort to get warm. They just hurt even more as a result. She readjusted her coat which was still struggling to keep Levi from getting too cold and looked upwards to the rooftops. Please Eren, please be alright... Come back...

20 more painful minutes crawled past. Time felt so slow it could have been going backwards for all Natalie knew. She squatted beside Levi who was propped up against a wall with his closed eyes hidden by his dark and messy hair. He was very pale, paler than normal, with dark bags underneath his tired eyes. Natalie could see that if Levi wasn't in this state he would be a pretty good looking boy, she didn't understand the same as Eren didn't why Levi would have such little self esteem... Hell, he was good looking even WHILE he was in this state. Like damn- _Stop it, he's your patient right now, you need to concentrate and not think about that sort of thi-_

"Levi! Natalie!" Her thoughts were interrupted by an echoing voice yelling her and Levi's names. She looked up with wide eyes.

"Eren...?" She whispered. Footsteps rang and resounded off the distressed walls. Unclean echoes due to the cramped space bombarded her ears and they got louder and lower before a silhouette popped into view high above her, dark, almost black against the brightness of the sky. Hurriedly scrambling to her feet, Natalie felt tears brim her eyelids, the heat stinging her cold skin.

"I know the way out!" He called triumphantly and started to climb onto the scaffolding just below the top. It creaked under his weight but held and he started to scale his way back down, carefully picking his way along the gaps in the wall. Eventually, he dropped to his feet and landed smoothly. His stubbed toe felt a small jolt of pain but it was ok. Natalie rushed towards him and gripped him by the arms. She slapped him sharply on the cheek and Eren clutched it in shock.

"You stupid, reckless, arrogant, brilliant boy." She yanked him into a hug. "Don't you DARE do anything like that again!"

"Well it worked, didn't it?"

"But it was stupid and dangerous! You could have died! Then what would Levi have done?" She questioned Eren, looking up at him pointedly as she brushed a tear from her cold red cheek.

"I-I..." Eren's cheek throbbed painfully, the cold accentuating the pain from Natalie's well aimed slap. "If I hadn't done it, we wouldn't have found a way out and he could have died and then WE would have died! It had to be done!" His eyes flashed seriously. He was a brave and stubborn boy, and Natalie had to admit she didn't know how else they would have found a way if Eren hadn't done what he just did. She rubbed her temples with her fingers with a sigh before looking back up at Eren. Folding her arms across her chest, she looked him in the eye.

"So. You gonna tell me how we're getting out of here, or what?"

(A/N:) Hello! So I actually updated in less than a week for once, you should be proud xD Haha hope you are enjoying the story so far. I only have one more chapter left in stock so I'd better get writing! I have it all planned out though so I know what I'm doing ;) Thanks for reading, byeeeeee!