Special (Levi x Reader)

Chapter 25: The End of An Era

"Erwin are you insane? You would let the population of Orvud die?!"

The Captain of the Northern Garrison was upset. Rhodes Reiss' titan was on its way but Erwin did not allow the evacuation of the civilians.

"The titan is a deviant. If we evacuate the district, it will directly breach Wall Sina. This would be the end of Humanity." Erwin calmly responded.

We were in an emergency meeting. The army present in the Orvud District and us, the Survey Corps, had to get ready. We only had the night to figure out a plan to kill the titan.

We arrived an hour ago. I barely had the time to change, that we were already called in for the meeting. While I was getting in my fresh clothes, Levi announced to Historia that she would become the queen of the walls. She had no choice, no say in it. She accepted nonetheless.

The future queen entered the room. She wanted to deal with her father, despite being told to stay behind. They could not stop her from dealing with her own fate, she said.

"Deviants are attracted to a concentrated amount of people. Which is why we have to keep the population here. We tried using Eren and Y/N's abilities, in vain." Hange explained.

I lowered my gaze. Eren did not manage to recreate the "cry" he used before. I could not do anything, as the titan's eyes were literally in the ground.

I felt a light caress on the back of my hand. It was Levi, who discreetly touched my hand with his fingers. His gesture was telling me that it was alright, that I shouldn't feel guilty for any of it.

"Protecting civilians is our first duty as soldiers. We will organise an evacuation exercise. If our operation fails, we will make sure that there will be no casualties."

"If you say so, Erwin."

"This specimen is big, therefore slow. It should be easy to aim for the nape with the cannons. However, if they are inefficient, we will use the Scout Regiment's core assets." the commander continued while looking at both me and Eren.

The atmosphere was tense. Everyone in the room were staring at us. It appeared that we were still strange beings in their eyes. Erwin made a quick sign for us to join him.

"If the cannons can't kill him, here is the plan." he started. "We will have to explode its nape from the inside."

"You want us to feed it some powder? With the heat coming from it, we would not need a detonator. But the thing is, it should be wandering with its mouth wide open for it to work." Levi said.

Erwin nodded.

"The target is very slow and is dragging its face on the ground. It may not even have a functional mouth anymore. In the case it is still there, Y/N would control its mind and order it to open its mouth. Eren in his titan form would then throw the powder barrels in it."

"Let's rest for a bit. Let's meet on the top of the wall at sunrise." Hange instructed

This was the end of the meeting. We had a few hours left before dawn. We all walked to the rooms we were given. Mine was next to Levi's. I had my hand on the doorknob, but I did not open it.

I looked at the man I loved. He was standing still in front of his closed door. He looked back at me, his gaze was full of emotions whereas is face remained neutral. I did not want to be away from him. I had missed him so much the last few days. I truly thought I would not get the chance of seeing him again. I needed to be with him.

I did not say a thing and walked to him. I took his hand, opened the door and got inside his room. There was a desk and a single bed. The light of the moon was passing through a small window.