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"Kenny!" Levi yelled as I threw a blade at Levi's so-called ex guardian.

'Kenny. That's the man who asked me who my parents were back then. I could never forget that encounter because of the strange way he acted.' I thought.

Kenny easily deflected it with his gun. Levi on the other hand dragged me close to him as he used his raincoat to cover us from Kenny's bullet that he had shot.

I gave one last glance at Nifa's dead body as we move down the roof and zip through the houses trying our best not to get shot.

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'There they are' Y/N thought as the two shorties saw Eren and Historia unconscious on the wagon. Someone else was leading the wagon.

Y/N and Levi tried to come up close to the wagon but they were stopped by three men with special ODM gear with guns on their hands.

Before the men shoot their guns, Levi made eye contact with Y/N as he looked down at the floor suggesting what to do. Y/N nodded as she understood what the Lance Corporal had suggested.

The two hooked their lines on the grounds successfully avoiding the bullets that had shot at them. The two kept moving forward avoiding as much as they can while the men chase and shoot them.

'These men... Predicted what we planned. What a drag' Y/N mentally tsked as she kept dodging doing different kinds of flips and tricks that she had learned in her life.

Suddenly Kenny the Reaper appeared right behind them as he shot a bullet for each one of them. Though the two shorties victoriously avoided it by going to another pathway.

'That man... Was Levi's guardian. If he's Levi's guardian then why the hell is he on the Military Police's side?' Y/N asked herself trying to not get distracted by the questions and kept avoiding them.

More gunshots were heard. Levi and Y/N moved faster avoiding more of the upcoming bullets. Though Y/N's arm got wounded due to trying to escape while Levi's forehead got a wound on his forehead above his left eye as blood fell on his left face.

Levi kicked down the door of a bar as the two enter landing on the counter of the bar store just beside the owner of the shop.

"Are you okay?" Levi asked Y/N who gripped her wounded and bleeding arm as she nodded in reply. The girl felt a sting on her wounded arm but it didn't bother her.

"It's Levi and Y/N... Of the scouts!" The bar owner fanboyed excitedly ignoring the fact that the two were bloodied and injured. "W-welcome to our establishment!

"You okay?" Y/N also asked as the Lance Corporal nodded putting some part of his bangs aside.

'They're outside of this store waiting like cats waiting for the mouse to exit out. Hehe... They think they can catch us.' Y/N thought.

"Ain't that the most damn thing! I smell filthy rats coming from this bar..." The two heard Kenny from outside as Levi dragged Y/N under the counter.

Y/N took off her cloak as she ripped some of It and used it to cover her injured arm.

"Come out, you little rodents." Kenny was now inside of the bar as he pointed out his guns looking childish from Y/N's point of view. "Found ya! The law has come to exterminate the vermins! Bang! Bang!"

'Is this... A man or a child?' Y/N thought as the shop owner yelped in surprised.

"The hell?! Ain't you guys here?!" Kenny exclaimed.

"Right here, Kenny. It's been a while." Levi answered. "Never thought you'd still be alive. What happened to slaughter the Military Police? Now you're one of them?"

Y/N noticed beside her that there was a shotgun and immediately took it.

"Adults do plenty of things that kids like you don't understand. Oops, my bad. You're just so tiny, it's hard to believe you've grown up." Kenny said as Y/N ready the shotgun on her hands waiting for the right time. "I've been looking forward to seeing you and your girlfriend in action. Never thought all of those tricks I taught you would be helping you out like this. Don't I ever tell you what happens to a concerned rat? No matter which way you try to run, you'll get blasted from above."

'Now that statement confirms that there are men right above and around us waiting.' Y/N guessed.

"Hey, Levi..." Kenny spoke out as a chair was thrown at the bottle of wines and beer making it crackdown on the floor as Levi protected Y/N from any of the shattered glass bottles. "There's gotta be a reason you became a scout and I think I know why. We have no choice but to survive in that garbage dump. It took all we had each day to keep us living and we found out how big the real world was, you bet it hurt like hell."

Levi glanced at Y/N nodding at her to be ready at standby mode waiting for his signal.

"But something saved us... We've found something we wanted to do. It's that simple. It's simple but the truth is... The only thing that made our lives fulfilling was finding hobbies." Kenny confessed.

"Hobbies? So is blowing the heads off my team another hobby of yours?" Levi asked. he flipped the wine bottle showing the reflection of Kenny pointing out his gun while holding a chair.

"Yup... To achieve the grand goals I have to kill as much as I have to. You two are no different. You kill when it benefits you too." Kenny answered. Levi held out his hand.

"Yeah," Levi answered. It was the signal as Y/N shoot Kenny with the shotgun making him fall back since he had used the chair to block the bullet.

"I'll give this back to you after all of this chaos, okay old man?" Y/N asked as the store owner nodded letting Y/N keep the shotgun for now.

Levi used a chair as a diversion as he tossed it out of the window as one of the men thought it was neither Levi nor Y/N as he shot it.

"A chair?!" A man exclaimed confused. Levi immediately went out and hooked his line right inside the man's head killing him instantly as Y/N followed from behind. The two landed on a roof as two men fire guns at them.

Levi used the man's dead body as a dead human shield as the two came up to the two men who were shooting at them. Y/N used the shotgun as Levi used his blades to kill the men.

The two were headed to Eren and Historia's wagon. Y/N threw the shotgun since it didn't have any more bullets because she shot the men instantly.

A man was now chasing them with the same ODM gear right behind the shorties. The man shot a bullet at Y/N but she instantly avoided it as she hooked her lines up to the man and exterminated him into half mercilessly with a mental smile.

Meanwhile, the others right behind them looked a bit horrified by Y/N's first ruthless human kill.

The two stopped as they saw the others right behind them catching up.

"Chase the wagon!" Levi ordered making them snap out of their horrified looks into serious ones.

"Yes, sir!" Mikasa answered as all of them were now chasing the wagon.

"Listen up! They're used to fighting other people. They already got three of ours." Levi said as the others were surprised. "If we're gonna get those two back, you can't hesitate! If you get the chance, then kill. Got it?"

"Roger" Mikasa answered with no hesitation though the others weren't exactly in those terms. The others were somewhat in hesitation in killing their kind.

Levi used to line his hooks in a man's chest who was on the wagon making him fall off it.

"Tsk. Armin, Jean. Secure the wagon we'll cover you!" Levi ordered as the two nodded and did the order with a bit of hesitation.

Y/N spotted Jean trying to somehow kill the girl who was striving to kidnap Eren and Historia. Jean's hands were shaking. He couldn't bring himself to kill as the girl stood up and punched Jean with her gun guns, making his blades fall out of the wagon.

"Jean!" Mikasa shouted as she struggled to come up to the wagon as fast as she can to save Jean from getting shot by the girl.

Before the girl shot Jean. The girl got killed first by Armin who also had a gun in his hand.

Y/N eyes' widened at what she saw. She wasn't surprised about a dead human body was being killed but the fact that Armin was the one who killed the girl. Y/N certainly predicts that Armin would be traumatised by this.

"Shit Armin! Jean!" Levi exclaimed.

Three more men arrived behind trying to kill Armin and Jean.

Y/N quickly took Armin while Sasha took Jean away as they didn't get shot by the men. Though it ended up as the men took Historia And Eren with the wagon away.

"Don't do it! Fall back!" Levi said.

Mikasa wanted to chase the wagon but got stopped by Levi. Y/N helped Levi stop Mikasa from going further.

"Eren!" Mikasa exclaimed wanting Eren back.

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There we were. Back in the warehouse that the roque kidnappers kidnapped Armin and Jean who were faking Historia and Eren. Armin had a traumatised look.

"What's wrong? Does this grimy place kill your appetite?" Levi asked as I had thanked Sasha for bandaging my wound properly.

"No... Jean, there's something I don't understand." Armin confessed.

"What's that?" Jean asked.

"When I shot that gun to save you... I honestly thought I wouldn't make it in time. Sorry but... Why was I the one who shot first?" Armin raised a question.

"That's..." Jean said as my eyebrows burrow while I remembered the hesitant look the girl gave to Jean when she was about to shoot him.

"It's because the other hesitated," I answered feeling the cold and rough hand slithered to mine. Though I didn't mind Levi's hand. With the mixture of my warm hand, it became a good feeling. Good thing no one was looking at us.

"Armin, I'm sorry..." Jean realized as he apologised. "I should've done what I had to do."

"I know what it is... The person that I killed... I bet they were a nice person. Someone that was much human than I am. I pulled the trigger so easily..." Armin said those words with blank eyes. "I'm..."

I had the urge to give Armin my motherly side to him and make him happy. A blank and empty look doesn't fit Armin at all.

Levi out of all the people around us sensed that I was in worry and squeezed my hand that was under the cloak that I was wearing in reassurance. He looked at me saying that he'll be the one to give Armin a statement. I nodded as I tried to calm myself down.

"Armin, you've got blood on your hands now. You can't go back the way you were." Levi spoke as I looked so disappointed by what he said.

'What??? What if you're son or daughter dirtied their hands with blood? Are you gonna say those words to them?' I thought.

"Levi!" I whisperingly exclaimed at him as my face says to go softer on Armin.

"Embrace the new you," Levi said as he glanced at me saying that he wasn't done with his statement and looked back at them. "Just think if you're hands were still clean... Jean wouldn't be here right now."

I sighed in relief from what he had said as I nod in agreement trying to make the atmosphere lighter.

"Armin, You pulled the trigger because you're comrade was about to die. With your now bloodied hands, no one in our squad ended up dead. Thank you for that Armin" I said in the most bubbly attitude I could do and gave a smile.

"Captain Levi... I... I thought it is wrong to be fighting other humans... And wrong for you to order us to do it. I was afraid to be hurting other people. But... I'm the wrong one. Next time I'll shoot." Jean replied while looking down on the floor.

"I never said anything about who's right and wrong," Levi spoke as Jean looked at him. I felt his hand grip tighter to mine. "I don't even know myself. Are you truly the one who's wrong here?"

"Well then." I let go of Heichou's hand as I stood up looking at the roque kidnapper ago was tied and silenced by a tape. "It's time we hear his part of the story."

'That man... I certainly do recognise him. Such a bastard.' I thought coming close up to him giving him a baleful look. I took off the tape the sealed his mouth as he began to talk.

"Wait! I'm just an old man used for moving wagons around the--" The old man said as tears formed in his eyes.

"Remember him, Mikasa?" I asked the raven-haired girl beside me, cutting off the old man's testimony.

"Yeah. We've met this man before." Mikasa answered. "In the city, people were calling him boss"

"Yeah, I know. Dimo Reeves, right?" Levi asked.

"Tsk! We were just following orders from the Military Police and failed big time... They'll plunder the Reeves Company for all that it's worth. They won't stop me and my dumb son. They'll make sure all my employees will die in so-called accidents." The old man explained as I look behind me and saw Dimo Reeves' son tied up as well.

"So you'll die without a fight? Trost should have collapsed by now but it's preserved. That's because the Reeves Company brings and works people together. But if the company is gone for good, just how few will survive the winter?" Levi asked.

"Are you suggesting I team up with you?" Dimo asked.

"We just need to know where Eren and Historia are. If you're supplying the Military Police, we can figure something out." Levi suggested.

"But can you stop my city and employees from starvation?" Dimo asked.

'Tsk! I can't answer back since Levi himself told me a few minutes ago and if I did answer back ill be the one to clean his office once everything is over.' I whined to myself.

Flashback...

"Y/N I want your mouth shut when we talk to the man." Levi came up to me after I had witnessed Armin vomiting just a while ago.

"What's the problem with my mouth when I talk?" I genuinely asked.

"Your mouth stinks." He replied. I was annoyed and started to punch his arm wanting to give me a proper explanation.

"I won't stop if you tell me," I said as I kept punching. He sighed out of annoyance and held my arm to stop me from punching.

"Just seal your mouth for a while. I have a plan." Levi answered as he released my arm out of his grip continuing his way inside the warehouse.

"Tch" I complained puffing my cheeks as I followed the Ackerman inside.

Flashback over...

"I can't guarantee it," Levi answered to the old man crouching down. "However, you can't trust that we'll move towards that end"

'But... Even though Levi would not tell me. I still trust whatever plan he can think off.' I thought.

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Everyone was in their hoods as Y/N held the shotgun in my hands. The wagon has now arrived. Y/N pointed the shotgun at the Military Police officer that peeked outside of the cloth.

The officer tried to warn his other companion but he was too late as Y/N had used the bottom end of the shotgun to knock out the officer.

"Reeves, you bastard!-" the other officer cussed as Mikasa knocked him out with her shotgun as well.

"Sorry about that, pals," Dimo answered who was on the front of the wagon.

Levi nodded at the others as they began to carry the two unconscious officers inside the house leaving Dimo and his son outside the house with the wagon.

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Before Hange and Moblit barged into the basement they heard familiar giggles inside. They looked at each other first and barged in.

"Sorry, I'm late! You two still going at it?" Hange asked as they went inside the basement. Y/N and Levi wore an apron and gloves that were already stained with blood. Y/N had the most blood on her as she showed a smile holding a plier in her hand.

Sannes was in the middle of the room tied on an armchair. Injuries we're already on his face from torture.

"Yeah. I'm pretty new to this." Levi answered as Y/N nod happily.

"Me too" Y/N joyfully exclaimed.

"Sannes! You should know I'm a novice in human torture, so please bear with me!" Hange said as she came close to Sannes holding a plier in their hands.

"Wait! What do you even want?!" Sannes asked? "Who the hell tortures without questions!?"

Y/N almost raised her hand but got stopped by Levi who glanced at her as she placed her hand down.

"Oh right... We do have questions for you." Levi replied. "Where are Eren and Historia? Why are you after Historia? What's the big deal about the Reiss family?"

"Oops too slow, Sannes! We're in a hurry" Y/N smiled as she took a nail out of Sannes' hand. Cannes screamed from the pain. it was heard in the whole house.

Meanwhile, upstairs the Levi squad heard the scream.

"It starts again... I bet Y/N was the one who did it. The scream is louder this time." Jean spoke.

"I feel like the screams were louder than Captain Levi doing it," Armin confessed.

"Even though I know it's to save those two, it makes me sick." Connie also confessed.

"Let's all admit it... We're all criminals now." Armin said making the others look at him. "The enemies that we're fighting... We're not killing them because they're trying to eat us. It's because their views are different... No just the group that they belong to. And for that... Their lives."

"Armin," Mikasa spoke as Armin placed his head on the table.

"All of us... Are not good people anymore." Armin confessed.

Meanwhile downstairs in the basement, Sannes' hands don't have any nails left.

"Sorry I can't peel nails as good as you. Just how many did you peel to get so good at it?" Hange asked.

"Too many to count," Sannes answered. "Within these cramped walls, do you know why the war was never broken out? It's because the first interior squad dirtied our hands to protect that peace."

Y/N's eyebrows burrow furthermore preparing herself for the crucial data.

"A teacher too smart for their own good... A whore from some ranch of sticks... A stupid couple who tried to fly!" Sannes answered as a memory triggered Y/N.

Flashback...

"Hey, dad?" A young Y/N peeked into the room that her dad was there preparing for another business trip.

"Come in. What is it, Y/N?" Grisha asked as Y/N went inside.

"I... Do you know what happened to Armin's parents before... They died? What's the real cause for them to die?" Y/N asked curiously. Grisha knew Y/N was a curious and question full person.

"Sweetie..." Grisha sighed and fixed his posture holding Y/N's hand. "Promise me don't tell anyone about this, okay? I trust you very much to let you know this."

"Yes, dad. I promise. I just want to know... Since Armin is my friend." Y/N confessed as Grisha nodded.

"Before his parents died..." Grisha stopped for a second and hugged her daughter. "They tried to fly."

Flashback over...

"Humanity had reached this far because we had erased them!" Sannes exclaimed.