I looked around to see where everyone was. We can't be separated again, we just found each other. I looked around and saw a lot of familiar faces. Mikasa seems to have protected most of us from the rubble caving in on our heads. She's holding up everything. It would be impossible for her to move until all of us are out of the way without everything coming down on us. Mostly everyone looked okay, a few of them seemed to be unconscious but they look like they are still breathing. I can't tell if that's just wishful thinking or not. I should feel better about that but there are a few faces missing. Where is Eren?

"Levi, we need to get everyone out of here, a lot of the civilians with us were injured too. We need to get them out of here. I can't heal anyone at the moment my powers are shot and Leroy was in the same boat. Wait Leroy, where is he?" Hanji turned away from me for a moment looking around. He was nowhere to be seen.

"Did he get separated with the others?" I asked.

"The others?" Hanji asked.

"Eren's missing too, so are a few others."

Hanji started looking around the area. It was nothing but rubble and dust surrounding us. If they were here we would most likely see them.

"That explosion was a lot weaker, it seemed to be more focused on bringing the rest of the buildings down on top of us than actually blowing us up," Hanji said, trying to reassure me.

"The bombs were placed quickly they didn't have much time to set bigger blasts they had to just go with a bunch of little ones," I nodded. It still doesn't make me feel better. Mikasa caught a lot of the rubble, but not all of it. What if he- no he's alive. He has to be. I promised to marry him. I can't break another promise.

"I need to find Eren, try and get Erwin to portal everyone back to safety. The rubble works as a cover for us at the moment."

"Erwin's out cold," Hanji said, pointing over to him.

Fuck of course. "Try and get him up," I told Hanji, "Armin, do a roll call, see who's here and who's missing."

"On it."

"Seraphina, check the unconscious, make sure everyone's breathing."

"Already on it."

I felt my legs give out under me. All I could do was tell them how to respond. I can't even help my brain is too scattered and I'm freaking out. Eren has to be okay right?

"Hey," Alastair's voice was quiet as he got my attention. I just turned my head to look at him. I couldn't force myself to my feet to walk over to him.

"We will find them," he said trying to reassure me, "don't give up just yet. Eren's a fighter, he won't go down this easily."

He's right. Eren's a stubborn bastard so if this is what killed him I'm going to be pissed. He better live. He won't make a liar out of me. We will get out of this and we will get married. As much as I tried to tell myself everything will be fine I couldn't help but have doubts and regrets. I should have just proposed to him when I had the chance. He would have said yes. He didn't need anything fancy, he just wanted to be with me. I was the stubborn one. I wanted to give him the world and instead, here I am regretting every choice I ever made.

"Alright we know who's missing," Armin said, coming back to me after a few minutes. He placed a hand on my back knowing I already knew Eren was missing. "Right now Zahra, Connie, Rico, Berthold, Eren, Hitch, Xander, Amalia, Mina, and Leroy are missing. Not to mention several civilians. I think we only have about a third as many as we had before the explosion."

"Can you look for them?" I asked. My eyes met his and I could tell by the look on his face and his thoughts flooding my head. He's never seen me look this desperate before.

"Of course, just give me a minute to fill the others in on the missing and I'll start my search."

"Thank you."

Seraphina was the next one to come up to me and she looked upset. No, I can't do this. I can't deal with losing anyone else today. Just tell me everyone is okay.

"Mostly everyone lived," her voice shook a little. She had to clear her throat before continuing, "We lost one person."

"Who?" I asked despite not wanting to know. I looked over at the several unconscious people. Jean, Marco, Quinn, Erwin, Petra, Marlowe. They were all dangerously still. I can't take losing another person. Just imagining having to let one of them go made me sick.

"Marlowe."

I put my head in my hands and couldn't stop it. I felt my eyes tear up. He was so young. He had so much to live for and they took it away just like that. He was a kid.

I felt her hand on my shoulder. I'm sorry.

"How did he die?" I knew I would regret asking, but I had to know.

"He hit his head when we all were thrown back. It was quick. He didn't suffer," she said almost knowing that was what I was looking for

"Good, at least it was fast," I said with broken words. What I wouldn't give to trade places with him right now. He didn't deserve to die like that. He had a life ahead of him. I desperately tried to clear my throat and push the tears away, but it didn't work. "Everyone else? Do we have anyone about to die?"

"No, everyone seems mostly stable, but if we don't hurry they won't stay that way. We have a few people bleeding pretty badly."

"Alright, we need to get everyone out and fast," I refuse to lose another person.

"Alright I'm going to start looking," Armin said running past me. "I'll be back when I have something," he said before disappearing through the rubble.

Alright, I have to find a way to help. I can't just sit here and be useless. There has to be something I can do. I forced myself to my feet and walked over to Mikasa and Annie. "How can I help?"

"You've already been doing it," Mikasa said. "Just keep instructing people on what to do. I have the rubble, it's not going anywhere for now, but I can't hold it this steady forever."

"I know, do you need me to lift any?"

"No, it will probably crush you if you even tried to use your powers on it," she said. "Don't worry about the rubble, just take care of everyone else.

"Alright, I'll go see if I can help wake Erwin up." It was the only thing I could think of to make myself useful at the moment.

"I found them!" Armin came back screaming. He nearly tackled me as I was walking over towards Erwin and Hanji.

"You found them? How are they? Are they alive? Where are they?" So many questions tried to leave my mouth at the same time I don't even know if they came out as complete sentences or just a jumbled mess.

"I think they are alive, they are just through this wall of rubble, we just have to move it. We should probably hurry, Eren looks like he's really struggling."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean it looks like he's lifting as much as Mikasa, he's protecting the other's but he's struggling to hold it up," Armin said, pulling me towards where Eren was.

"Wait, we can't move that," Mikasa yelled. "If we do, we could bring everything I'm holding down."

"I can't just wait here and let him die. You heard Armin he's holding too much. His power could give out any second!"

"I know, we have to get everyone out. I'll help you move it, we just have to be very careful."

We don't have time for this. Eren could die and I'm just standing here waiting for Erwin to wake up.

"I'll find another way around, one of the ways that won't collapse everything. It should only take me a few minutes."

"We don't have a few minutes."

"You're underestimating Eren," Mikasa yelled at me. "When he puts his mind to something he'll stick to it. He's not going to let that rubble fall while he's protecting everyone."

"What if it's not up to him?" I asked knowing damn well his power isn't always under his control.

"Have faith in him, I know this is hard, but we have to do it this way, or would you rather everyone dies, Eren included, because you were impatient?"

I turned around to tell Armin he better hurry but he was already gone. He must have started looking while Mikasa and I were arguing. I can't let him die, but she's right if I move some of this rubble there's a big chance it will kill all of us.

"There's a way out this way," Armin said, coming back near the other side of the rubble. There was a small enough hole that you could still see the surface. I would just have to move a few rocks that aren't connected to the ones Mikasa's holding. "Once you get you there you just have to run the long way around and there's a way under the rubble Eren's holding if you move a few more rocks.

I ran over and started moving the rocks. Normally I would need help moving these, but I think the amount of adrenaline pumping through my body made up for it. I'll definitely pay for it later but right now I could care less. My only concern right now is to make it over to Eren in time and help him.

I ran around the unstable rubble as fast as I could. I tripped a few times and cut my knees up on the glass and rocks, but I didn't care, I just picked myself up and kept moving. Armin was trying to lead me despite him being ten steps behind me at all times. "The other way," Armin yelled when I started going the wrong way. I instantly turned and continued running. The rubble shifted under my feet making me lose my balance again causing me to slip back to my knees. God damn it this feels like it's taking too long.

"Stop running, you're going to pass it," he yelled and I stopped in my tracks and waited for him to catch up. He pointed out the weak spot and this wasn't going to be easy. The rocks were all double the side of me, but he was right there seemed to be a little hole already in between them.

"Eren, I'm coming just keep holding on," I yelled through the hole hoping he could hear me.

"Thank god!" I heard him yell back, "I can't hold this much longer. I'm surprised I haven't passed out yet."

Shit okay, I gotta work fast. He's probably only running on adrenaline at the moment which means he's probably going to blackout soon and when he does the whole thing will come crashing down on him and everyone else inside.

I started moving the rocks and I don't know if it was my adrenaline wearing off or if it was just too heavy but I really struggled trying to get these rocks too so much as budge. I think Armin overestimated my abilities. After a ton of struggling, I finally got it to move enough that I could slip through. It took a minute for my eyes to readjust to the darkness but when I did I saw just how bad everything looked.

There were four people on the floor unconscious or worse, Eren was on one knee and was holding all the rubble above his head. I could see how tense the muscles in his arms were and when I looked at his face there was blood practically pouring out of his nose. "I'm here to help, what can I do?"

"Get them out of here," he said pointing to the others. Once they are out of here we can worry about how to get me out." He's lying. He's not planning on making it out of here. He knows the second he tries to move he will be crushed by the rubble. I won't let that happen, but he's right before I can help him I have to get everyone else out.

"Who can walk?" I asked, looking around.

Zahra, Connie, Rico, and Berthold all raised their hands. Amalia took a minute of testing the strength in her legs before also raising her hand. I looked back at the people on the floor. Xander, Hitch, Mina, and Leroy. Well everyone is accounted for at least, I just hope they all made it we've already lost Marlowe. "Do we know if these guys are just unconscious or if they are-." I stopped myself, unable to actually say the words but I think they knew what I was trying to say.

"Leroy is dead. He was crushed by some of the rubble, I managed to move it off of him, but I was too late." Zahra answered me. I felt my heart sink. We lost another one, a healer at that. "The rest of them are just unconscious. Mina isn't doing so well though, she's bleeding badly and won't live much longer." Her tone was flat but I could feel how distressed she was just telling me that. "I checked when we first got down here."

"Then let's hurry, Amalia you just worry about getting yourself out of here, anyone who can walk and isn't injured, help carry the unconscious people out of here," I said looking around. Berthold walked over to Xander and started trying to get him up. Connie went over to help when he saw him struggling a little. Rico grabbed Hitch carefully, Hitch's back was still shredded from earlier. Zahra went to grab Mina, but when she leaned over to pick her up she just stood back up and looked at me. Don't say it, don't you dare.

"We were too late," Her voice cracked a little as she looked back down at Mina. "I'm sorry," her voice was soft but there was nothing she or I could do. As much as I wanted to yell at her not to say that, that she's fine, we just have to take her to Hanji. I realized that Hanji wouldn't be able to do anything. Once they are dead Hanji has no power, not to mention Hanji's powers are burnt out as is.

"Armin, take them back to where Mikasa is, tell Hanji to hurry up and get Erwin up and moving as fast as possible." We needed to free up Mikasa's hands and get everyone to safety so she can help Eren. I can't lift any of this. His powers are stronger than mine so if he drops this we are both dead.

"Levi go with them," Eren said, trying to get me out of here. I knew the second I left he would drop.

"Not a chance I'm not leaving."

"Levi, we both know I'm a goner, there's no way out for me. My arms are getting tired and I'm going to drop this at any moment."

"I know, which is why I'm staying. I'm not leaving you here to die alone, remember our promise. If something is dangerous we go together or not at all."

"I don't want to be responsible for your death. Please, just go."

"No, you won't be responsible, it will be my own fault I stayed knowing I could die. But it's fine because you aren't going to drop it. You wouldn't make a liar out of me would you?" I asked. I know he knows exactly what I was talking about.

"Levi, it's not going to happen, you might as well just do it now so we don't die with any regrets."

"No, it's the only thing going to keep you holding on."

I heard footsteps approaching and turned my head hoping that it was our backup. Maybe Hanji got Erwin awake and that's Mikasa coming to help. I turned around and saw Hanji standing there. "Erwin's up, he needs to know where to open the portal too, we can't go back to home base, they found it and there's definitely a trap there waiting for us.

"Take us to the school," I said without a second thought. They wouldn't think we would go there, no one has been there since we left it's been abandoned.

"Alright, I'll come back with Mikasa when everyone goes through, Eren just hold out a bit longer we aren't going to lose anyone else alright?" She said before running back.

I felt a little bit of relief. "See baby, everything is going to be okay, please just keep holding it. I know it hurts but Mikasa will be here shortly to help."

"I'll try."

I heard Hanji and Mikasa's footsteps coming back and was relieved they worked fast. "Please hurry," I yelled at them.

I turned my head hearing them slip through the crack and felt my face go white as I heard the gunshots ring out. I tried to deflect them all, but the roof started coming down on us. When I turned around all I saw was Eren falling over. He was shot. I failed. I failed him. I couldn't even defend him even though he was trying his hardest. Most of the ceiling around us had fully collapsed. I managed to hold up a part just above the two of us. It was so heavy.

"I'm sorry," Eren choked out. He was coughing up blood. He was going to die. It's my fault. Why did I let my guard down? I should have known that would be too fast for them to get everyone through.

I looked down at Eren. There was so much blood I couldn't do anything to stop it. If I try we will die anyway. My hands were slipping. My power was too weak for this. I was going to drop it. I felt a hand on my back and the rubble lightened up a little. I didn't see anyone behind me, just a bunch of rubble. "Mom?" I felt myself whisper. The comforting hand on my shoulder told me I was right with a small tap before it disappeared.

I looked back down to Eren and saw him start to fade into unconsciousness. "No baby, you have to stay awake. Stay with me. Don't blackout. Eren remember we are supposed to get married, I made you a promise remember? Please don't make me a liar."

He just gave me a really weak smile, "we wouldn't want that. So will you marry me?"

"Of course baby," I said, feeling my eyes sting. I didn't even realize I was already crying. I can't lose him. Not like this. We were so close to getting out of here. My head is fuzzy and I'm not sure if that's panic or because I'm overdoing it with my power. I felt my body start to sway and my vision turned white for a moment before everything went pick black. Well, I guess this is it. This is how we both die. I'm about to pass out and when I do all this will come down on top of us.

"I love you Eren," was the last thing I was able to force out before I felt my body go limp, falling over on top of his.