The Ereri Project (#2)

Surrender (Superhero)

"What was even the point in cutting my hair off? I had to compromise my identity anyway," Eren mutters when they finally find a place to hide for a while.

"Because cutting your hair got us to Toronto with no trouble," Mikasa replies.

"But they knew exactly where we were when we got there."

"And that's only because they probably still had my travel request on file. I had to give them the exact location I was going."

Levi sighs. "This is a disaster."

Eren takes his hand. "Tired of my shit yet?"

He squeezes Eren's hand. "Not quiet but I'm getting there."

"We should probably discuss what we do if one of us dies," Mikasa says quietly.

Levi and Eren both shoot wide eyes are her. "You're serious?" Eren asks.

"Of course I am," she replies. "There's only three of us out here, completely on our own. More than likely, all of our squad mates have already been informed that we did something awful so if they see us there's no way they'll help us. What I need to know is, in the event that they catch up to us and kill one of us, do we surrender or do we still keep looking for the truth?"

Eren looks down at his lap. "I don't even know what I'd do if one of you died out here," he says. "But I'm angry just thinking about it. I don't think I even could surrender."

"For the record, I'm not sure many of their weapons could actually kill me," Levi says.

Mikasa looks at him. "Why not?"

"I have regenerative abilities," he says. "They aren't overly fast but I think I could recover from a gunshot in a few hours. Unless they actually blow me apart and separate the pieces, it's almost a guarantee I can survive anything."

Mikasa looks down, lost in thought. "I'm fast enough to outrun a bullet so I think I can outrun most explosives, making Eren the only real vulnerable one."

"I need a super shield like Captain America," Eren mutters.

Levi shoves him gently. "I'm assuming you've never tried to take a bullet before but give that you have super strength I'm going to assume your skin, muscles, and bones are all pretty strong on their own so assuming they do pull a gun on you it might not actually be able to pierce you."

Mikasa makes a face. "I wish I were better as math so we could actually test that."

"Depending on the type of bullet, some of them aren't even sharp so they might leave a nasty bruise but you'll probably survive."

Eren breaths a chuckle. "It's a little bit relieving to know we'll probably be alright against average weapons."

Mikasa nods, leaning back against the tree behind her.

Levi leans on Eren. "You don't know what I'd give for shower right now," he says.

Eren and Mikasa chuckle, all of them getting exhausted but too afraid to sleep, even as deep in the woods as they are now. At least they're safe for now.