Thanatophobia |Levi Ackerman|

Chapter 26

We loaded up on air tanks and weapons and brought it all back to that apartment we had stayed in last night. Things were quiet, but I heard Jean, Conny, and Sasha chatting it up in the kitchen when food started to be made. They didn't sound as lively as they normally did but they were much better off than us.

Sasha was able to collect rations from the town center after the events of today so we had at least something to eat. It was her idea and frankly, no one was going to stop her. No one else really had the stomach for eating so if she was able to cook a meal for everyone else then she was more than welcome to.

Mikasa immediately went to a bedroom and shut the door. She was clearly upset with herself for letting Eren go and I'm sure even more upset at Levi for stopping her. As much as I wanted to get them back we would have just run completely empty before we could get them. Not to mention having to actually leave with them.

Armin was quick to distance himself once we got inside. He said he wanted to sit and guard the entrance while it was still light out. It wasn't necessary, but no one argued with him. Levi told me I'd be staying in a bedroom tonight so I got changed in there. My clothes were blood-spattered and scuffed up.

As I was taking off my clothes I remembered the dart being used. I had taken it and completely forgotten about it. I pulled on a pair of pants and a black shirt I had found. I grabbed the dart and as I left the room to go find Levi the door nearly opened in my face.

"I was just coming to give you this." I said as he looked at me.

He looked at my outstretched hand. His eyes filled with confusion as he looked at the item in my hand. He took it and flipped it over in his hand a few times. He looked at me before closing the door behind him and setting the dart on a table.

"That's an MP grade sedative." He said with a sigh. "Is this what they used on Historia and Eren?"

I nodded my head and he looked over the small dart which had been placed next to him. He looked almost angry with it but frankly, he might have been. Eren and Historia could have fought back, but because I'd this they were rendered useless.

"Are you surprised?" I asked crossing my arms.

"About that, no." He said shaking his head as he sat on the edge of the bed.

"You said you knew that guy, Kenny." I said coldly leaning against the wall. "How?"

"He raised me." Levi said looking at the ground.

"Yeah well he just took Eren and Historia so I'm going to need a little bit more explanation than that." I said angrily. I saw the hesitation in his eyes but he looked away before he spoke.

"He found me as an orphan in the underground cities. We were poor and my mother died of starvation when I was hardly 10 or 11. I sat in that room with her scared to leave for almost a whole week. She had left a singular loaf of bread for me before she died so that I could live. Kenny busted in expecting to rob us and found me curled up in the corner. I thought he would have killed me, but he took me in like I was his own.

I was malnourished and mute for years, but he fed me well and trained me to assist him in his crimes so I didn't question it for a long while. He thought I was 6 when he found me because of how small I was. My mom never had enough to provide for me but she did care about me, a lot more than what it looked like.

It may sound crazy when I say this but he was a father for all intensive purposes, but as you can imagine it wasn't a normal childhood. It was fucked up, to say the least, but I was cared for even if by an evil man." He said and I was shocked to hear what he had said.

Not that Levi and I knew everything or really much about each other but that was a lot more than I was expecting. I hadn't thought much about his parents or who raised him but he hadn't given off an impression to make me think otherwise.