"Alright kiddies listen up... after 5 years of tracking him, we've narrowed down his location to this facility." Levi stated pointing to a singular position on the map.

"Yaeger you know this guy best as you infiltrated this cell two years ago, with this in mind Yaeger you get to act as the bait."

"You have got to be screwing with me......Is this because I left a little dust in my room?"

"No it's beacuse you have the best chance of being taken prisoner instead of being killed straight away. You got in, then crushed them from the inside. They aren't gonna let you go for that. They'll want to bring the"justice of god" upon a "sinner" like you. This is the best option availabe if we finally want to rid ourselves of them."

"Fine, I'm sure my brother will be thrilled to see me. Just tell me what I have to do."

A tall muscular blonde haired man with a beard and glasses unraveled his leather pouch to reveal his immaculate torture kit.

"So little brother its been 5 weeks, 4 days and 13 hours. Still without any information from you.... .most impressive. However you'll be in my care now."

"How very charming Eren," Zeke calmly replied, wiping the spit from his face "no wonder that Mikasa girl pick your high school friend over you, yes that's right I know all about your past don't worry I'll pay your sweetheart a visit soon enough and bring heavenly judgment upon her and as well as Armin, then all your other insignificant friends. Then eventually the world"

Eren looked at Zeke in shock and for the first time in 3 years he felt fear.

"What lovely expressions you make Eren. Now I'm going to show you why they call me the beast."

Zeke started wiggling his lips as he ponderd which tool to use and where to start.

"Ah here we go, now Eren your not going to be using your hands anytime soon so I'll start by removing the bones in it one by one. Now let Gods judgement be upon you."

At that Zeke smiled at the reaction he elcited from his brown haired companion. He then walked over to his retro record player and played Chopin's nocturne in C sharp minor (no.20)

"No wait actually I'll loosen you up some before I get onto your hands."

Levi looked over his shoulder to the rest of the squad then to Mike as he watched him crush the life out of one of Zeke's subordinates, watching tje life drain from his eyes.

"Mike!"

The blonde looked up at Levi and took a quick sniff and nodded to the door at the end of the hall.

Levi walked over to the door with his gun ready as Eld opened the door and slipped in a concussion grenade. The team entered the room only to see their target dazed and comrade bloodied and bruised.

Levi went up to Eren to check him over and was shocked when Eren met hus gaze.

"Hey short stack, miss me?"

"Shut it kid, your preety fucked up. Petra tend to Eren. Oluo, Gunther give Zeke the same treatment he gave Eren."

"With pleasure" Oluo and Gunther replied simultaneously.

Eren looked at his comrades... no friend's as relief flooded through him. Petra lay him against the wall as she tended to his wounds. Luckily for him, they all got there before any bones were taken form his left hand, his hand was messed up though and he was missing two entire finger nails, as Zeke decided to would be fun to pull them out with a pair of pliers.

"Holy shit Eren, sorry we should have got here sooner, Zeke is a hard man to track."

"Ahh it's fine Petra but the mission isn't over yet."

"Captain mind if I borrow your gun?"

"If you can stand."

Eren mustered every fiber in his being to stand up as his muscles prayed for him to stop, straining under his weight. He walked over to Levi who handed him his pistol, securing it in his right hand.

He walked over to Zeke who was on the floor coughing up blood and motioned to Gunther to raise his head so he could look him in the eyes, as he raised his right hand at him.

Eren stared cooly straight into Zeke's eyes and right before he pulled the trigger he said, "And you'll know my name is the lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

As the rest of the group left the room Eren stayed behind staring at the corpse of his brother watching a pool of blood flow from his head before leaving.

Levi and Eren stood on the balcony of their hotel room as Eren held his cigarette in between his fingers.

"So Yaeger you still want to retire?"

"Hey your retiring too but yes im retiring."

"Any reason why?"

"I've had my fill, after seeing life stop before my eyes countless times, a simple life seems beautiful."

"Hmmm there is beauty in a simple lufe but for us there are certain things you can't un-see, we will live the rest of our lives buring, telling ourselves what we did was for the greater good. Not knowing if we derservesomething so profoundly beautiful."

"Perhaps."

A faint smile developed on Levis lips as Eren moved the cigarette to his own staring off into the sunset in silence.

"So..... what's next?"

"Think I might try ask Petra out to dinner, yourself?"

This question hung in the air for a long time as Eren and Levi watched the sun set admiring the beautiful colours, before Eren answered.

"Home."