The room went dead silent as I hastily tried to think of a solution. Being put on the spot didn't really help and my brain wasn't working. I looked around and tried to think of a way we could make this work. This one little thing could ruin the whole plan.

"I might have an idea, but it will make this mission a little riskier," Levi said and all eyes turned to him. Please be a good idea, please be a good idea. I kept thinking over and over. If not we have to start from square one again. I looked over at Pixis who seemed less convinced. I think he heard that there was more risk involved and got spooked.

"Well, there's one way to get him to forget that I can think of. Maybe two, but I don't know how well the first idea will work. Though the first idea is safer I'm not sure if their powers work this way."

"Okay," Pixis nodded, waiting for him to explain both ideas.

"Well, my first idea was the Mina takes over control of him and makes him forget, I know they have trouble remembering what they did during possession, but I don't know if that will work for what happened before, and even if it does work there still is no telling that they won't realize what happened after it being explained to them," he mumbled.

Great so that's probably not going to work. I let out a mental frustrated sigh before taking a deep breath, "and the second idea?" I asked.

"Well, it's riskier, but it's the only thing I can think of working. We have Mina possess them and have Mina walk them near Christa enough so that Christa could manipulate them into actually believing what they were saying to be true and their own words. As you can probably guess that is a lot riskier for a multitude of reasons," Levi said his voice fading out as he realized just how risky that would be.

Not only will we have to stay there longer to make sure things go smoothly, but then Mina would have to pull off acting like this person while also getting them away from whatever people will probably drag them away from the stand. Cause there is no way they are going to let them stay on the stand very long after we start. We knew our speech would have to be short and to the point. After all that we still have to get them away from everyone enough so that only they could hear what Christa says. Which would also mean getting a lot closer to danger than before.

"That is very risky," Pixis mumbled, probably coming to the same conclusions that I was. "Do you even think we can pull that off?" he asked, turning to me.

Is he really asking me? Does he trust my judgment that much? That's a surprise. I thought I would be the person he wouldn't want to hear from in this case. I mean we both KNow I'm a bit biased when it comes to my judgment. I'm reckless and impulsive.

"And good at thinking through things," Levi whispered to me as he lightly elbowed my arm to try and pull me out of my nervous thoughts.

"I mean I think it is really risky, but if we come up with some safe backup plans or fallback plans then we will have a better shot," I mumbled not really confident in my answer.

"So is that a yes?" Pixis asked again. At first, I thought he was testing me to see if I really was biased, but when my eyes looked into his they weren't judging me they were genuine with the question. He wasn't sure of any of this either, but he genuinely trusted my decision.

"Yes," I said a little more confident. Well at least I tried to, but it came out more of a question than a statement.

"We're going to have to practice a lot these next few days," he let out a worried sigh but gave everyone a nod before turning to Christa and Mina, "so do you two think you can pull it off?" If they say no then none of this mattered anyway.

They looked at each other and Christa finally shrugged. "I don't know about Mina, but I kinda figured I would have to do something like this when I asked the question to start with."

"I've done this sort of thing before, and there isn't as much risk to me as there is everyone else on the mission. You should be asking them not me," Mina said looking around.

That is true Mina will be far enough away that she won't have to deal with any physical consequences, whereas the rest of us are right there out in the open. She is in a safer location with people protecting her.

Pixis looked around silently asking everyone the same question. "If you want out that is perfectly understandable now that the conditions of the mission have changed," he said closing his eyes for a moment before hesitantly looking back up to see if anyone was walking out and taking his offer. No one did. Everyone stood their ground and agreed to go on the mission.

"Alright, where do we even start with this training?" he asked, turning to me.

"Disguises," I suggested looking over to Nanaba.

"Alright, let's teach you all how to quickly change and hide in plain sight," Nanaba said, passing out some different articles of clothing. "You'll need these. We will do it one at a time so we can better assess any trouble anyone may be having. Who wants to go first?"

We all looked around at each other realizing that today was going to be a long day. Hell, this was going to be a long week. It was. The week felt like it dragged on forever. By the end of it, we were sore from practicing quick changes all day and improvised hiding while in groups like how to get from one side of the room to the other without drawing too much attention while quickly changing.

My arms hurt with how much I moved them taking on hats putting on glasses taking on and off jackets repeatedly. I didn't even think you could get sore from just changing clothes, but Nanaba proved me wrong. On top of that, we still kept up with sparring practice. In case the worst-case scenario happened and we did have to fight and use our powers. We had sparring situations where we used bystanders and had to avoid getting them caught up in our fight and even protect them at times.

Before we knew it, it was the night before the mission and we were all exhausted. I both felt extremely prepared, but also not prepared at all. How was I supposed to sleep with these nerves eating at me? My judgment call could get people hurt... could get people killed. This will be on me. I can't lose any more people, and I definitely can't be the reason for it. I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

"Your thoughts are so depressing," Levi groaned before rolling over in the bed wincing slightly as he did. "Look baby, I know you're worried, and I know that you're scared, but you have to get some sleep. Dwelling on what can happen isn't going to help anything. If something bad does happen on the mission it won't be your fault. We all agreed to the mission knowing the consequences."

"But-."

"But nothing," he cut me off wrapping his arms tightly around me. "No matter what happens tomorrow none of it is your fault. Okay?"

"But-."

"Stop saying but, "he let out a frustrated sigh before looking me in the eyes. "None of it will be your fault. No one will see it that way. Besides, we've been working our asses off. I'm sure we will do fine." I almost believed him until I heard the slightest bit of worry in his voice.

"Your a fucking liar," I mumbled cuddling into his arms. I mean I know you are worried too we all are, but you don't have to act all high and mighty about it. Pretending you're not afraid isn't making things better. Every since Reiner died you've been extra clingy. Always having your arms around me or standing closer to me. Extra I love yous. I've noticed it all. You don't have to hide it because I've been doing it too. That thought is always going to be in our head but pretending like you believe in us and that there isn't the slightest bit of doubt in your mind that tomorrow will have a good ending is bullshit. I went off on him in my head not having enough energy to do it out loud.

"I'm not trying to hide it, I'm just trying not to think about it. You know how this goes. We dwell on the negative and we spend all night tossing and turning letting our minds spiral. Then by the time the mission starts tomorrow, we are tired, anxious, and overthinking everything to the point our brains just freeze."

I stayed quiet trying to think of a response but I couldn't. He was right. We do it every time and every time it just makes things worse. "And yes we've both been extra clingy, is that such a bad thing?"

"No," I mumbled.

"Good, because I love you and I'm going to keep holding you close to me as long as I physically can."

"You better," I whispered, closing my eyes and gripping him tightly. I never want to let go. "Promise me we will both make it out alive. Promise me that we will live through this and get married one day," I said. I knew it was cruel to make him promise me this since there was no way he could possibly guarantee any of this, but I just had to hear some comforting words right now.

There was a silence in the room for a moment as he hesitated to make a promise that might be impossible to keep. I thought he was just going to stay quiet when I finally heard him speak up. "I promise we will live to see the day where I ask you to marry me," he said, placing a kiss on my forehead as he played with my hair.

"Thank you."