Such a Killer Party! (ErenxLevi story)

Mousetrap! (Part 3)

AN: So about that bonus chapter... Yeah, turns out that it won't be a thing, at least not yet. It would've been a major spoiler.

Also, this chapter contains mice, so if they make you uncomfortable feel free to skip those parts.

And sorry about such a late update. I swear I'll try harder!

What. The. FUCK. Oh hell no! Why me?

Those were the only words running through my mind as I tried not to barf. Please tell me that I didn't just here a mouse. I don't fear them, but God their disgusting rodents. I kept hearing their small, high pitched squeaks.

I shined the dim light at them and multiple sets of red eyes looked at me. Wow, very smart, Eren. I quickly turned it off and crawled out of the vent. Thankfully I was able to stand up.

And of course, there was a horrible smell, and the warm room did nothing to help. "What the fuck is that?" I whispered to myself. The closer I got to whatever it was, the more churned my stomach and burned my eyes.

Risking yet another light show, I pressed the button on the key-chain. I saw big globs of yellow, orange, white, and bits of green. I noticed that it was various types of cheese. Some fresh and most aged a century too long. The mice obviously craving for it as if it were their only means of survival- which I wouldn't be surprised if it was. If the smell hadn't gotten to me already, I could've sworn I saw the stench radiating off of it. I turned the light back off and gagged. Eren Jaeger: Death by Cheese and Mice. Who knew?

I got my composure back. Now was not the time to freak out about tiny animals and smelly food. Now was the time to try to get the hell out. I had to keep a leveled head.

There's gotta be something that could help me as to what I'm supposed to do. I turned the light back on and looked around. I saw something that looked like a door. I walked to it and tried to find some way to open it. There were at least 15 various types of locks on it.

"Shit. There's gotta be some keys in here." I looked around again with the flickering light and saw a mouse lying on one. I tried to find something to move it with and came across a short, thin poll in the corner. I poked at the mouse and it immediately ran off. After picking up the key, I tried it with all of the locks. It didn't work. You gotta be fucking kidding me.

I kept looking around for stray keys, trying each one with each lock and only a few of them worked. I was calm as I could be until I heard a deep voice recording that said I had an hour left.  So far, I went through about seven keys but only managed to get four locks open.

I sighed, the key-chain flickering as I still looked around. I used the poll to dig around in the sticky cheesy, finding two keys. I picked them up and the cheese stuck to my fingers. Only one of the keys worked. I wiped the remaining cheese on my fingers on the wall. Five down. Ten to go. One hour left. 

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I decided to just gather as many keys as I could find first, then see if I could use them. It turned out to be a good strategy as I was able to get almost the rest of the locks open. There was only two locks left by now. But I knew that I had less than 45 minutes left. "Fuck." The light took longer flicks and grew dimmer as I looked for the remaining keys. I finally found one and tried it with both locks. Thankfully, it worked. One more.

I saw something reflect in the corner of my eye. A mouse starred at me with a key in its mouth. "Okay," I said to it. "I'm not gonna hurt you. I just need that key." I slowly walked toward it and it ran off. "Fuck." I tried to run after it, but it was fast and I could barely see. With no other solution, I threw the pole at it, making a loud clanking sound. The mouse made a low squeak and flipped over, dropping the key. "Sorry," I said as I picked up the key. I put the keychain in my pocket and opened the last lock.