"Put down the weapon little man, im not here to hurt any of you, my brother led you here" a girl with sparkling blue eyes walked out of the darkness holding a long sharp knife.
She wore a black hoodie similar to the boy who saved them before, Levi realised that her eyes were all that could be seen and even her hair had been carefully concealed. She looked at them cautiously before turning on her heels to head in the opposite direction.
The girl carefully motioned that they should follow her with her index finger before she started to walk away. Levi looked at her accusingly. Honestly he didn't trust her and was certainly not impressed by her comment on his height, unfortunately Levi knew that he would have to get over it. He needed to let it go for the sake of the others who by this point were completely exhausted.
They continued to walk through a forest like place that reminded Levi of an expedition he had went on years before. During this unfortunate time he had lost some of his closest friends to a cruel mutant shifter that only wanted to slaughter the human race.
"So, it took you quite a while to walk here, I guess that we underestimated you elders, goodness brother will be so displeased with your progress" she continued mockingly.
Although she sounded childish the girl held a certain darkness to her, also she didn't seem to care that the group of people that she was insulting were actually war hero's and the only reason why the world was free of titans.
The young girl wasn't even seem discouraged by Levi's death stare, all in all, the girl they decided must have been absolutely fearless. Mikasa looked weary of the girl while Hanji seemed drawn to her, though that was most likely because she stood up to Levi which most people rarely did.
"Why are we here?" Erwin spoke up confidently, he looked like he was unfazed by the girls lack of consideration or fear.
She turned towards him with a menacing grin and pounced at him like a cat on all fours to his feet. She looked up at him with slit's for pupils and growled warningly her once blue eyes were now a hypnotising turquoise colour.
"Because we have to protect you, it isn't because we want to or anything well at least I don't..." She trailed of before regaining her confidence "But, father will appreciate us protecting you so for now shut up and follow.
Any questions will be answered by someone more 'qualified' to give them to you" she announced before standing up again and jumping forward onto a nearby rock. Somehow the girl was really feline-like, she moved like a cat stalking its prey and her attitude was laid back but also dangerous. Levi was impressed but also annoyed, he didn't like her inability to show respect or to not express her opinion, it was irritating.
"I understand" Erwin replied before following her once again. The girl slammed her foot down onto the floor and a loud piercing sound was heard from below.
"0214/3 requesting permission for transport for coordinates 09/alpha 2/5 base 1" she clearly stated before the ground started to shake. "Permission granted, welcome back codename 'black cat'" an automated voice said quietly as they ventured into the dark staircase that opened up beneath them.
The so called 'black cat' went first whispering directions to the tunnel as they walked. "Light's activate, door 435 open" the dark passageway was filled with light and what once looked like a dead end was now an open metal tunnel filled with warmth.
Levi could hear the whistling of the harsh wind echoing from through the now closing door along with several whispers from the array of soldiers who had travelled with them. "Door 218 open. Entry permission, granted from codename 'king'. Group 1. Ren."
The door seemed to scan her words before opening up. Levi wondered how this group had put together such an intricate security system, everything that happened in this place had many tricks and everything was done with precision.
"Welcome to the first base, I hope you guys know that you are the first visitors to our facility, we are rather secretive. So you better be careful okay. It's Ren, my name. Just in case you need to ask for me" the girl announced while she walked away.
When she took of the hoodie that was covering her face everyone gasped, the girl was frighteningly beautiful, her crystal blue eyes glimmered while her soft, bouncy brown hair fell at her waist. She had a paw print tattoo on her shoulder from what Levi could see and a beauty mark under her eye. "Well, She was rather rude wasn't she?" Sasha imputed before anyone else could say it.
In truth Levi could tell that the girl was trying to be polite, Ren seemed like an anti-social type of person and he could relate to that. They took a moment to appreciate their surroundings. The base was huge almost like an air hangar, the place was packed to the brim with random pieces of paper that was shattered as far as the eye could see. Levi estimated that the floor was around the size of two football grounds. There seemed to be doors separating the other parts of the base as well.
Over all the place was amazing.
Lights hung from the ceiling illuminating the room and computers practically surrounded them. Most of them looked like they were connected to surveillance cameras because of the footage that was being produced.
"Welcome to Base 1 or alternatively 'the basement'" a familiar voice rang out. Everyone looked around to see the same boy who had saved them before hand smiling brightly at them. In his grasp he held the gas mask and the hoodie was carefully placed on a hanger to their right.
"Ah, its good to see that your all okay, that grump didn't insult you right, Ren is shy that's all. Haha. Oh the names Nai by the way hehe" he giggled softly before smiling kindly at them. Marco held out a hand to the boy and thanked him for helping them out. Nai was without a doubt one of the most breathtakingly beautiful people that Levi had ever met, the boy countered even the looks of Eren and that was hard to do.
He had white hair that turned a pale mint green colour as it went further down his face. His hair landed just below his eyes and was a fluffy mess of cuteness. He had welcoming golden eyes that shone when the light hit them. Something that Levi also noticed was the boys height, he was about an inch smaller than Levi himself and had a small physique.
Everyone else looked like they had an instant liking to Nai, he was small cute and likable especially because his innocent-like personality was incredibly rare but entirely endearing.
"Hey! Thank you for keeping our guests company Nai. I will take over from here. My name is Royal, I will be showing you around and answering any questions that you have". Nai was dismissed before Royal spoke again.
'Royal' was a tall young man with short blond hair and warm brown eyes. His smile screamed lovable and looked like someone that you would find in a host club. "Sorry about anything that Ren may have said in retrospect we should have sent someone else" Royal murmured while shooting them a sorry look. He smiled again before looking at them blankly. "How many of there are you?" Jean asked quietly.
Levi was curious about the amount of people at the facility too. He didn't see anyone around but then again there was no way a small group could have a base so incredible right?
"Overall there are ten of us. Yeah, I know that were a tiny organisation but that's how we like it. It is run by our father. Me, Ren and Nai are three of his kids and all nine of us make up the group with him as the chief. Got it?" Levi was taken aback along with everyone else.
There was only 10 members of this group, members who nobody had ever seen or heard about.
"You will need to know their names but that's all for now. Father will fill you in once he arrives about any traits of the children. So you have met Ren, codename Black cat. Nai, codename Pure light. Me, Royal; codename King. The ones you have yet to meet are Nix, Noah, Leo, Mirai, Ara and Alfie. They will introduce themselves using codenames, please remember these we don't want to be found out" Royal explained.
Levi was totally confused by this point and was now contemplating his sanity. So far he knew that this was a group run by brats, who were all the kids of one man and they wanted to protect them for this man. They also all have codenames to protect them but since we will be living here, we have to learn their real ones.
"Why did you save us again?" Marco asked cautiously hiding the small blush on his face by slipping behind Jean.
"Easy, because father would have wanted us too, speaking of our dad he has just arrived and will be with you shortly, I will round up the rest of the children so you can introduce yourself and the other way around of course. Ren and Nai will stay with you until then please request anything of them and they will bring it for you" Royal announced before walking up a large flight of stairs to where Levi could only guess were the upper floors.
Nai soon ran towards them with a large silver serving cart filled with different types of snacks and lots of teapots.
"I don't suppose you can locate where my daughter is can you?" Mikasa asked there was a ounce of pain in her words that made the enthusiastic boy flinch. He carefully placed his hand on her shoulder.
"I will get Noah on it right away im sure that she can find her. What's her name and age?" Nai said slowly with a sad smile slotted onto his face. Mikasa looked up at him with hopeful eyes and smiled slightly "her name is Kalora and she's 3 years old. I miss her".
Mikasa told the boy before looking at her hands, she never was very good with her feelings. Nai played with his ear for a second before speaking whispering something almost silently.
"How did you build such an amazing place without being noticed?" Connie asked carefully he was really curious about how they had managed to construct such a huge place under the careful watch of both themselves and the military police.
Ren sighed loudly before turning towards the buzz cut haired young man. "This place was built by our father, Noah and Royal, trust me if anything can be built then Royal can do it but if you need anything to do with technology then Noah can help the two of them are probably our so called family geniuses" she mused before grabbing a newly poured cup of tea from Nai.
Levi really wanted to meet this Noah girl she seemed to be behind this whole thing as well as their 'father' in which he couldn't help but notice that they were being extremely distant about. They never gave his name or anything useful in finding out their identity.
Honestly who was this man he must be quite old to have teenage children but still he couldn't figure it out. The children themselves so far were varied in looks and attitude, non of them all had similar traits as they all seemed very individual but still they all had an aura around them that Levi had defiantly felt before, it was powerful and welcoming. To put it simply, he just didn't know.
Suddenly a voice like honey shot through the room one that Levi instantly recognised and from the shocked faces that surrounded him so did the rest of them. He slowly turned his head allowing raven locks to fall into his bewildered face. Right in front of them stood an older more perfect version of Eren Jaeger.
"Your all so beautiful" Eren murmured his eyes were dancing around the room looking at each of us, inspecting us. His hands shot to his mouth as he realised what he said. Levi couldn't help but think that he might want to cover his eyes that were packed to the brim with tears that were ready to fall.
Nai ran over to him and hugged him and so did Ren.
"Do you like your surprise father? We helped them just like you taught us and now you get to see them again. You don't have to be alone anymore" Nai muttered while he cried into Eren's chest.
Wait Eren was the father of all these children but he isn't old enough to have this many kids. Before they knew it seven other children had entered the room, one being Royal who was proudly smiling at his fathers reaction. "You saved my friends and my family? Thank you" Eren cried.
Mikasa and Armin stood up and pulled Eren into a hug, they were so broken when he had left no wonder they were so keen on holding him again Levi evaluated.
After all he himself couldn't wait to get hold of Eren himself, they had a lot of catching up to do.