The Ereri Project (#2)

Conspiracy (Superhero)

Three days.

It's been three days of searching and there's been no sign of her. Eren wanted to put out a missing person's report for her but Armin told him not to. What if people make the connection that Mikasa's gone at the same time Marathon is?

No one knows what to do. The Alliance is talking about charging her with treason because of what she told all those people but they can't really do anything if no one knows where she is.

The bigger problem is that The Alliance isn't letting anyone go too far out of the city to find her, despite the fact that she could be in another country by now considering she can run fast enough to get across water without falling in.

Eren really hates feeling trapped.

He comes home from patrol one night to find Levi packing. He stomach drops. "What are you doing?"

Levi looks at him, he's not annoyed that Eren saw and he's not trying to hide anything. "Come with me," he says.

"Levi, you know I can't leave the city."

"Come anyway," Levi tells him, continuing to pack.

"But I–"

"Do you want to find Mikasa or not?" Levi looks at him seriously, his eyes sharp. "I paid off a few people to give us a few different leads to look into. I can go alone if I have to but you know her better than I do, I don't know if I can convince her to come back on my own."

Eren stares at his petite boyfriend. "Who did you get the leads from?"

"Old acquaintances."

"And where did you get the money?"

"What?"

"I thought you hadn't been stealing and most of your money had already gone to the orphanage."

Levi expression gets tight. "I did what I had to do, Eren. Someone had to if you wanted any hope of seeing her again."

"What did you do, Levi?"

"Eren, please don't ask me–"

"What did you do?"

Levi looks down at duffel bag, refolding a shirt so he doesn't have to keep looking at Eren. "Whatever I had to," is all he says. "They paid me for my services so I did what they asked. Don't ask me anything more."

Eren feels his heart clench at that. He sits beside Levi's bag, deciding that in the interest of self-preservation it's probably better if he doesn't ask. "Where are we going first?" he asks quietly.

"Maine and then up into Canada," Levi says. "My sources say they saw her leave heading north and then she was following the coast in New Jersey the last that source heard anything that sounds like her, so she's gotta be at least up to Maine now if she hasn't gotten out of America yet."

"Alright," Eren says. "I'll come with you."

"Shut off your communicator and leave it behind then."

Eren takes the device out of the pocket of his jeans, crushing it with little effort.

"Whoa, I didn't mean to go that far," Levi says.

"Doesn't matter," Eren says. "I have a feeling they don't want us to find her for some reason, and until I know why I'm not doing anything for them anymore."