Below ground. Wall Rose

Levi

It was dark, the room only lit by candles. Levi sat at the head of one end of the table, Erwin at the other. This meeting was for the very select and trusted few. Only Levi's hand picked soldiers and the most trusted scouts were given a seat. Erwin nodded to Levi, giving him the floor. Levi leant forward. "Eren jäger." He paused as the room went ice cold. "That is what we are here to discuss. You all may know that we have been given access to his powers for one expedition. For those of you that do not know, he could be the key to humanities survival, or it's destruction." He allowed that to sink in. "I don't know whether or not to lay my life down for jäger, but that is my job. However, it isn't any of yours yet." He sighed. "Are you willing to give your lives for eren jäger? If it is a choice between his or your lives, who would you choose?" He left it at that, and looked up and down the table.

Bachus

He rubbed his knuckles, but was the first to speak. "So much death, in everything. What is wrong with everyone surviving for a change?..." He paused. "Corporal, we arrived in the aftermath of the battle for trost. I don't know if I could give myself for this cause, without seeing him become a titan with my own eyes. Once that fact is apparent, I would choose his life." He leant back in his chair, and was silent.

Angelo was lucky enough to be one of the people that captain levi picked to go through with this expedition and he wasnted to know if they should really put their trust on Eren jager (don't know how to do that double period over the a). In all honesty Angelo didn't really care about his own life in a matter of speaking. He came so he could lead the way to his own utopia and build it himself, a place where everyone could be happy and still be safe unlike the wall which boxed everyone in. Angelo then turned to Bauchus and he shook his head "as much as it seem unlikely he is still a huge asset to us titan form or no. Honestly ill put my life on the line for this guy, a huge gamble is just what we need to turn the tide and if he doesn't then we just kill him ourselves and continue on as we have" Angelo said putting his two cents in...

Cassabdra listened to the talk, leaning back, eyes closed, and for a moment,it might look like she was asleep. Instead, she was just thinking. She sighed softly, and opened her eyes. The red haired woman watchdd with eyes that seemed to sparkle with the light, "If we are charged with protecting Jäger, then that's what we will do." she said simply, "what other Hope do we have for our race, after all?"

She stretched, and looked ahead

Bachus

"You guys are really quick to believe in this Jager." He sighed. "This is humanity we are talking about. We would have to be sure that Eren wouldn't destroy us from within. Right?" He looked to Levi. "Lance corporal?" He asked with a questioning look.

Levi

"Bachus. You needn't worry. True, Eren Jager might be seen as a monster. He might be capable of ripping every single one of your spines out." He looked around the table. "But, Special precautions will be made, to ensure Jager doesn't ever jeopardise humanity. The moment that changes, it will be my responsibility to kill Eren along side you soldiers." He straightened his neck piece. "We can kill Jager, no question... Now that is out of the way, what say you Bachus?" He raised his voice slightly, as to question his allegiance. Bachus slammed his fists into the table and nodded. "Good. Let it be known. If any information you learn within these walls is released, you will be fed to the test subject titans we captured." He was stone cold, leaving the floor open for anyone else who wished to say anything.

Honestly sir you seriously scare me sometimes" Angelo said to him with a nervous laugh trying to lighten the mood but as expected not even a crack of a smile so Angelo gave a nervous cough "to be perfectly truthful I trust Eren about as I can throw him and while I don't have a lot of faith in him I know that an extra body on the front lines is still help regardless. The one thing im worried about is if this guy is going to crack or not, we all know that when we saw our first titans that it scared us, got us mad, made us depressed you name it. What im worried about is how this guy will react under pressure their isn't meant to be any hesitation when fighting a titan otherwise it will eat us. Lance Corporal is their anything we can do to help this kid so we don't have to hold his hand the entire time?" Angelo asked not wanting to sound disrespectful in any way because he was sincerely concerned that if Eren gets cold feet that it will cause someone else to die because of it...

Cassandra looked over at Bachus, and said, mild annoyance in her voice "yes, it's humanity we are talking about, and does not humanity have hope in one another? Jäger may be able to transform into a titan, but that doesn't make him less human then us. And probably more human then some people" she said, shrugging and then falling silent as she sighed to herself

She was shocked when someone else spoke up, who looked to be a young girl, but surely wasn't if she was going to be apart of this team. "The simple answer is to actually trust him, which of course for some people is quite hard to do. But trust can go a long way to doing a lot of good" she looked about at the others, and seemed to blush at having spoken up like she had.

Bachus

He thought for a moment. "I never said we shouldn't trust jäger. I just said I wanted to see it with my own eyes before putting my life on the line for him. That's all. I'm sure we, the levi squad, could manage him." He said proudly.

Levi

Levi looked down the table to Angelo, a member of the scouts, but not the levi squad. "It isn't as though jäger hasn't been trained. He is a fully fledged soldier, that finished in the top 10 of his
Class. We cannot ignore that. It is also reported that in his titan form he took down large numbers of titans single handly. Jäger was eaten. According to his squad anyway. This makes him more prepared for any task than any of us Angelo."

Angelo nodded as the lance Corporal explained it and in all retrospect it did make sense that he was more prepared then any of them well even more so then Angelo was anyway considering in his whole career in the scouts he only took down 5 while this Jager guy was able to take down 10 like it was nothing and still be alive after being eaten by one. "understood sir, I have no more questions" Angelo said simply nodding at the Lance Corporal letting him know that with that question answered Angelo was ready to go into the fight with the kid and really see what he could do...

Cassie sighed softly, "Can we get on with it now? you chat more then girls" She said, ooking about at all those gathered. "And that's percisiely the wrong attitude, Bachus, 'Manage' how would you like it if someone said they had to 'Manage' you?" Cassandra said, shaking her head, "Although you definitely need to be managed" she said with a laugh

Niesha watched what was going on. Had she made a mistake, joining this group? It didn't seem like a terrible deal, but the group seemed to be at odds. She wondered if it was normally like this, or if this was something odd for them. She supposed she would find out.

Bachus

He listened to Cassandra. "You are right. And the rest of the scout corps are free to believe that." He looked to Levi to support him. "We are the Levi squad. Our duty to humanity comes before all else!" He shouted a little, trembling with sweat.

Levi

Bachus clearly had looked to him to back him up. He simply shook his head. "Bachus..." He hesitated, before coldly speaking. "What kind of a man, allows himself to be caged by orders and formalities?" He sternly looked him in the eye. "The scout corps was founded on that basis. We live for our own freedom and are the spearhead for humanity's. He looked at the two girls. "Yes. Action. That is what is needed. But can you scared little kittens make decisions in the field without hesitation?" He asked them, before waiting for it to look like one of them was going to respond. "No. You cannot. You were all chosen for your natural ability. Some of your records are truly excellent. But that means nothing when you have to decide who lives.... and who dies." He glared at all off them. He pushed his chair out and stood up. "Get out of here, and go to...." He was cut off by a rumble in the ground above their heads, and a clatter from the door being forced open.

"Lance Corporal Levi!" He looked out of breath, and was covered in blood. Levi looked him up and down, his eyes losing hope. "The colossal titan made another appearance... There is another hole. The titan's are inside Trost again!" The youngster panted. Levi tied the string together holding his green cloak on. "Jager is still recovering. And there would be nothing for him to block the hole with. He can't help us now. Humanity had it's first victory 3 days ago. Why can we not win again?!" He posed the question to the soldier sitting around the table. "Blade versus Skin. Human versus titan. There are no tricks here. We must make a stand here, without Jager..." he paused. "And we must win!!" He rushed up the stairs, to get his gas and blades, leaving the room in shock.

Angelo heard the rumbling from above and when the young man came in saying that titans have started to come through the city Corporal levi asked why couldn't they win again and Angelo was all to eager to prove he could be a great scout like the others. He quickly grabbed his cloak from behind his chair and he ran behind Corporal Levi making sure to grab his gas and his blades as he followed him but Angelo made sure to stop and grab his tools on the way out, he was the only scout certified to fix any and all of their equipment so despite Angelo having a low titan count he made up for it by being useful on the field when their was a malfunction in their equipment...

Cassie started up right away, already wearing her blades, and gas, having typically done so, just for such occassions when the titan's attacked. Seeing the Young Scout that had spoken up tripping over herselfs, Cassie wondered just how the girl had got this far.

She sighed heavily, and helped the girl quickly to buckle on her gear, "What the heck do you think you're doing?" Cassie demanded, perhaps a bit harshly, staring at the girl in shock.

Niesha winced and shrugged, looking awway, "I just...I was sitting on my legs, and they got numb. Don't worry, don't worry, I'll be fine!" She asaid, already heading off.

Cassie stared, and sighed "Canon fodder. Well, as long as she doen't get us killed" She shook her head and headed off.

Arthur was racing against the clock as he was still in the shower when he heard other soldiers screaming something about Colossal Titan appeared once again. But he wasted no time preparing himself, Arthur put on his scout legion uniform, set his maneuvering gear and put both of his blade into each scabbard on both left and right side of his hip. This was the first time in a few month that titans has appeared, so Arthur was more then ready to kill all of them to revenge for his friends and family.

Arthur walk passed the barracks and there were already a few casualties. Just as Arthur was about to take off to find the titans, he saw a group of soldiers coming out from the meeting hall. That is Corporal Levi, and his squad... There was two other people that behind Levi and his squad Arthur recognized as they were in the Scout Regiment Squad too. Follow them would be a good choice since they were always up to something. Levi and his squad were famous for completing insane or suicidal missions. This would be a good opportunity for Arthur to boost both his mental and physical skills.

Without hesitation, Arthur ran in front of the walking group. Arthur stood still and put his right hand on his the left side of chest. "Arthur Faehlmann reporting for duties, Corporal Levi. Requesting to fight along side with you, sir!"

Bachus

The swiping of metal against metal sounded as he slid blades into the sheaths on his hips. He picked up his gas containers on the way out too. He didn't know why he was so nervous. They had killed many titan's outside of the walls. He guessed it was because it was the first time he himself had seen titan's break into the walls since... that day. He entire family but one had been killed that day. He would do his best today to ensure it didn't happen to many other people. He followed Levi out of the door and up into the main building. You could see the carnage taking place outside through the windows. They made their way outside as a unit, before they stopped, levi turning towards them.

Levi

He glared at the Scout who had approached them, getting in their way. "Where is your squad, boy?.." He uttered coldly. He sighed. "We dont have time for this." He thought for a moment. They had lost Murphy Carbonwood in the last expedition, so the Levi squad was a man down. "Slow down this operation, and you will be left as titan bait." He turned to the rest of his squad. "Pair up! Engage every titan you see! Cassandra, on me!" Levi zipped away, gas trailing behind him. They had already devised a pairing system for events like this. The pairs were made from the original Levi squad, but seeing how they were down numbers, places would be made up by the scout members they had with them. The pairings would follow as such. Levi and Cassandra. Neisha and Angelo. Bachus and Murphy.

Bachus

He watched Levi fire off at max speed. "Boy." He was talking to Arthur. "You probably have no idea what is going on." He sighed. "This is Levi's minimal casualty plan. I would normally be paired with Murphy, but he is busy inside a titan's belly right now." He glared. "You will be with me. This is not the normal Scouts. We do not avoid titans. We kill them, because we are capable of doing so. You got that?!" He shouted. The situation was stressful, but he had to make sure that Arthur wasn't going to get him killed. The plan only worked if both partners were fearless.

Arthur do not dare to look into Levi's cold eyes as Levi told Arthur that if he hesitate for a moment duing a battle, he might get everyone killed. But Arthur was not afraid of titans and he did not planned to avoid any either. To protect his family, to reclaim Quinta District back from those big flesh-eating titans, he had no choice but to fight.

Arthur was glad that he was able to work with Levi's squad, so he wanted to thank Levi for accepting him. Right before Arthur was about to open his mouth, Levi zipped away using his manuevering gear followed by the girl called Cassandra. Arthur was pumped up as he can finally kill some titans after a long time, but he have to think more carefully before taking any actions now as he has a partner, sort of.

"Yes Sir!" As Arthur once again straightened his legs and put his hand on his left chest. Arthur was to follow and take orders from one of the guy in Levi's Squad, which was Bachus.

"Time to send them back from hell." Arthur muttered.

Cassandra nodded. While she had expected the pairing, it always made her wonder if it was just about balance. Did Levi pair himself with her simply because she sucked? Or was it about skill? She didn't know. She followed after Levi, but with enough room for them both to move, and to do so skillfully. She scanned the area, aware of any movement, of any titan nearby, ready to attack and take them
Down, but she also watched the other pairs to make sure they were all okay too.

She was so tired of losing people.

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Niesha nodded, and composed now, she managed to keep herself in action, nodding to Angelo bit saying nothing as she took off, going a small distance away, waiting for Angelo to do the same

Angelo looked at niesha and nodded to her, Angelo took a few deep breaths mentally preparing himself for what's to come. remember the more you kill the closer you are to that utopia Angelo remind himself constantly then Angelo opened his eyes and he was ready. Angelo quickly used his gas and caught up to her ready to follow and kill...

Levi

Zipping past countless dead bodies, whilst others ran, screaming, completely ignoring the orders of the town guard. He 'tsked'. "Take a good look Cassandra, this is what had been defending the walls for the last 100 years." He dipped through the hole in the bell tower, getting back on course. "Human's are weak. That is fact. But..." They approached two 10 meter class titans. "...There are the few, that can lead humanity into the future!" He shot past, attaching to the neck nape of one of them, reeled in, and tore out the vital point, releasing and watching the titan drop, before continuing, expecting his trained squad member to be able to handle herself.

Bachus

"Talk like that is going to get you killed." He said coldly, before taking off. The young man wasn't making the best impression with him so far, but this wasn't a popularity contest. "We are going to use a style devised by the lance corporal himself. You will not have seen it in your regular training." he paused, still in the air, assuming his partner was beside him. "You can take the first. You will know when to strike." He used his gas to get ahead of Arthur. Upon approaching a 6 meter class, he went straight for the face, which would seem crazy. He was about to turn on the brakes, and use his gas to propel him backwards. However, a flailing arm, grasped his leg, and yanked him towards to titan's mouth. It was an abnormal. He remained incredibly calm, and brought his blade downwards, through the titan's fingers. He was released, and he grappled to a building behind him, moving backwards, but spraying the titan with a face full of gas. "There!" He yelled out.

"Yeah, yeah. City guard are lazy, we all know that" Cassandrs replied, moving easily, so that her lines wouldn't get tangled up with Levi's and moving smoothly, she aimed to attack the second Titan, but this one, maybe aware that Levi was taking down the other titan, was ready for her.

She sighed wearily, and changed direction, going low, before swinging around, attaching to the nape of the Titans neck, slashing quickly, and deeply, swinging away as it fell.

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Niesha glanced to Angelo, gave him a nod, and moved parallel to him, swishing through the air, and scanning the area for any titan. She hadn't made many solo kills, so she didn't move away from Angelo, figuring that they could take one down together

after a few more moments of zipping around Angelo called out "12 meter class 11 o clock!" Angelo called out to her as he quickly made the adjustments to go towards the titan. Angelo gave Niesha a signal that Angelo would be going for the heels in the titan rendering it crippled from movement so she could make the final cut on the immobile titan. As soon as Angelo got in range he quickly zipped downward from the titan seeing it was trying to catch him so when he missed Angelo got down and cut both of his Achilles tendons making it drop to the floor and keeping it still so that Niesha could make the kill...