Alive or dead

The File

Eren's POV

I groaned and opened my eyes as my alarm went off. I groped around blindly for the snooze button but only succeeded in knocking the clock to the floor. I reached down to pick up the still buzzing alarm only to hit my head on the bedside table in the process. "why me...?" I mumbled rubbing the back of my head and wincing in pain as my fingers found a bump forming . After finally managing to turn off the alarm and hauling myself out of bed I stumbled into the bathroom and turned on the shower. "Aahhkkk COLD!" I shrieked, quickly jumping back out. Well, this morning was already off to a great start. I rubbed my eyes and looked in the mirror. A tall, tan boy, with incurable  bed head and dark circles under his eyes stared back at me. Running a hand through my hair, I turned back to the shower and stepped in. "ahhhh so much better..." I murmured letting the hot water run down my back. In my opinion there is nothing in this world that a hot shower can't cure. Well, maybe it can't cure the fact that I'm  going to die in only a matter of time. But everything else it can cure. 

Yup you heard right. I'm going to die soon. Not from illness, not from old age, definitely not from myself. Nope, someone else is going to do it. I swallow thinking back to the events of the last couple days. Witnessing something I wasn't supposed to, receiving the letter and being forced to move into this dingy apartment and hoping that they don't find me. Really I'm only biding my time until I'm found. How? How did it come to this? Why couldn't I be back in my old apartment with Armin and Mikasa, watching Netflix and laughing about how Mr. Peter tripped over his own shoelace in Math? Speaking of, where were Mikasa and Armin right now? They promised that they would call every day but I haven't heard from them in a while. I really hope that they're okay. I turned off the shower and stepped onto the cold, stained tiles and dried myself off with an old towel, dressed and stepped out onto the street before remembering that I forgot my phone up in my room. Great. I was already late for work. I dashed back up to my room as fast as I could before turning around, nearly killing myself on the stairs and ran out the door.

Levi's POV

I walked into Eyebrow's office without much enthusiasm. Whenever I was called into his office personally, it always meant trouble. 

"Levi, thank you for coming" He sighed clearing a stack off papers off his desk. Seriously his desk, just looking at it gives me a headache.

"Tsk" I grumbled before starting to clear the papers into organized piles and placing files into the correct manila folder. I had just begun to place pens into an empty mug on the corner of his desk when he grabbed my hand. 

"Levi, I'm aware that you need everything in front of you to be spotless but please. We have important business to get to"

"Such as?" I asked. Nothing could be more important than clearing the disaster that was the desk before me. Eyebrows-I mean Erwin,the commander of the Survey Corps, the worlds most dangerous assassin organization, turned around to find something. He pulled out a file.

 "As you know several weeks ago a young man named Eren Jaeger witnessed the murder of one of our targets. We have just confirmed his location. You have forty-eight hours." I narrowed my eyes and took the file. It was a pretty brief explanation but then again I didn't need to know his life story. I just had to get the job done. I opened the folder and scanned the file. It was pretty straight foreword except it was missing two major parts. One was a photo and the other was the his age. 

"Hey Eyebrows" I grunted "you forgot some things." Erwin raised a massive eyebrow

"Oh? Such as?" 

"Where's the brats's picture and age?" I snapped. It was early and I haven't had my tea yet. I really wasn't in the mood for such careless mistakes. 

"They aren't included in the file" Erwin said calmly. "I trust you, of all people will be able to complete the assignment" I gave him my signature glare and turned to go.