Chapter Forty: The Trial (Part One)

(Levi's POV)

Today was the day, my nerves kept me up most of the night as I thought of every little thing that could go wrong during the trial. I sighed to myself and got out of bed, walking over to the table and pouring myself a cup of hot tea. Today had to go as planned. If not I don't know what I'm going to do. I looked over at the picture sitting on my bedside. When the cadets first started we all had taken a picture together, to commemorate their graduation from training. I picked up the picture and smiled when I saw Emi's beautiful face. A knock on my door pulled me out of my thoughts as I stood up and walked over, opening the door to see Eren and Mikasa standing in the door way.

"Good morning Captain. Are you ready for today?" Eren asked, his green eyes studied me as sighed and nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be." I muttered as I grabbed my coat off of the chair and slid it on. "Don't worry Captain, Armin and Hange have been working on her case all week. So hopefully we have enough to keep the military police from getting their hands on her." Mikasa explained as I nodded, straightening my ascot as I nodded. We headed to the courthouse, where Emi's trial was going to be held. People slowly began to flood in as I scanned the room, looking for my beautiful cadet. In the corner of the courthouse there was a door, where Erwin pulled Emi out. She was chained by her hands and ankles, she also had a muzzle over her mouth as well. My eyes widened as I saw the state she was in. I clenched my fist as Mikasa softly touched my arm.

"It'll be okay Captain, don't worry." She tried to reassure me as I kept my eyes on Emi. The judge, Darius Zackly entered the room as everyone sat down and got ready for the court case. Emi slowly turned her head to me, her eyes showing how exhausted she truly was. I sighed and clenched my fists, I hated seeing her like that.

"Attention, today's case is Cadet Emi Toragashi verses the Military Police. I have word that Commander Erwin would like to take responsibility for her, as would Captain Hange, and Captain Levi. Is that correct?" Darius asked as everyone nodded. "Okay. So let's start with Commander Erwin. Please tell me how you plan on controlling the monster inside of this girl." Darius stated as Erwin walked over to the front of the room. Emi was chained to the floor, resting on her knees as Erwin smiled. "Well your honor, I have a device that is specially made for the Hanoikami inside of her." He explained as he pulled out a six inch black machine. My eyes widened as I looked at Hange.

"What is that?" I whispered as Hange shrugged. "I have no idea, but it doesn't look good." Hange stated as I gulped, my nervousness finally catching up with me. "And how will this device keep the cadet under control? Would you please demonstrate?" Darius asked as Erwin nodded and smirked as he got close to Emi. "I'm sorry Emi, but this is gonna hurt...a lot.." he whispered as he pushed the machine into her chest and pressed a button. Suddenly the sound of electricity was heard through the court room as Emi released a blood curdling scream.

I felt the anger rise in me as she writhed in pain, her eyes flickered from gold to red and back as she screamed in agony. I went to stand up as Eren and Mikasa grabbed my arms and forced me to sit back down again. Emi's body collapsed onto the floor as she shook and sobbed in pain. I felt tears flood my eyes as I screamed. "THATS ENOUGH ERWIN, STOP HURTING HER!" I screamed as everyone in the courthouse turned to look at me.