Not One Of Us

"Well, where else could the fuckers be?!" Said some military official that Levi couldn't be bothered to remember the name of. He drummed out the sound of men arguing and sank into his memories. The memory of chasing the shifters through the gate and out to the wide open ground of the outside world dancing in the back of his head, dancing to a song of failure for not keeping them locked up and of betrayal at seeing Eren ride with them. How could he leave with them so freely?

"Corporal Levi, agree with me that it wasn't right for your men to stop chasing the shifters and return to the wall! They should have continued to chase and capture them!" Levi couldn't help but groan at the idiot.

"No."

"WHAT!" The scout rolled his eyes.

"It was wise for them to stop the chase and return to the walls. Think about it." He watched the officials eyes burn with anger, wasn't his fault that the official was idiot. "My men had no supplies to carry on. The shifters on the other hand, were said to have their horses loaded with what my men said could be supplies to keep them going for a long time. So they had the advantage." Irritation replaced anger. "We should at least gather supplies before we blindly run in their direction hoping that we come across them." Before the official could replie with more shouting towards the Corporal, Nile stopped him with a raised hand.

"Thank you Corporal." Silver eyes met with the MP's before nodding in acknowledgement, he didn't miss Nile send the official a side eye glare. There was more bickering while Levi returned to his thoughts. Hange was here as well, she could explain everything to him later. Eren running away with them returned to his mind. How shocked he, everyone was, to see him ride with them, flee with them, help them. He thought of Mikasa and Armin, how they reacted. They were both- "Now, lets focus on where they could have possible went." The commander of the Military Police stole him from the depths of his mind, he was kind of glad. He didn't want to think about everyone's reactions to Eren.

Everyone in the room watched as a map was played out on the table in the middle of the crowd. Levi stared at the map, it was of the area surrounding the walls. "I'll take suggestions but, I think that they are making their way towards Titan City." Murmurs of agreement met the man.

"I don't think that they are, it's too obvious." Hange spoke out. "Why would they go to Titan City? We have men from all three branches stationed there and it is the first place that we thought off. They have the advantage over us right now, why waste it on going there." Nobody said anything after that for what the woman had said was true, it was too easy. Suddenly, a hand shot out to the map, a finger-pointing to a forest area not too far away from the Shiganshina district.

"They were heading in this direction." A young man, from the Garrison, looked around the table to make sure that they were listening to him. "They could use the forest to rest an-.."

"Yeah but by the time we get there, they'll be gone." The Garrison soldier had to stop himself from growling at being interrupted.

"...they could use the forest to rest and then have followed the river." He now pointed at the river that flowed through the forest, following it with his finger until it met the end to the map. "Seems like a better choice than to go to Titan City." Most nodded at the soldiers idea, whispering to each other about their opinions, mostly positive. Levi just shook his head, it was the middle of the night and he was beyond tired. Hange could fill him in. Silently, he left the room. If he was spotted leaving then no one said anything about it.

Reiner sat on watch. He was the only one still awake. He watched the fire sway and dance in the wind, listening to it crackle and to the chirping of crickets around them. They were really lucky. If they weren't as fast as they were then they would have been caught. The blonde thought about today's events, now yesterdays. It seemed that the soldiers chasing them had fallen back to the walls, they would have caught up with them ages ago is they hadn't.

Stars twinkled bright above the shifters, creating beautiful patterns and designs on the ink black background. Such beauty was almost completely blocked out from his eyes by the thick cluster of leaves and branches above them. He couldn't wait for this to be over, to be able to relax. Though, he was worried. Shaking his head, he waited for his watch to be over so that he could wake up Ymir and finally go to sleep.

What is this! A chapter update! It cannot be! I'm soooooo sorry for not updating in so long, I had neither the motivation or any ideas to help continue this story. Finally, I have gave myself a kick up the arse and wrote this. Is no where near my longest chapter, I'm actually really sorry that it isn't longer, those who have waited for this chapter deserve everything the world can give them but my thought process and motivation doesn't want to give my readers shit. I'm open to ideas from those that want more and would really like for you all to review and give me your opinions. Again, sorry for this update being shit and very, very late. Hope you enjoy anyway.