Author's Note: Most of this fanfic will be VERY dark and dramatic, but there will be added very LIGHT hearted humor, mainly for Levi and Hanji. Also, thanks so much for ALL the reviews so far! I should let you guys know, because I'm working on FOUR Eremika fanfics, this is the order they'll be updated:
The Disappearance of Mikasa Ackerman
The Red String of Fate
Sword Attack Online
Wings of Freedom
This is how they will be updated, in this order. Thanks again!
It was technically Sunday, no school. It was the perfect day to sleep in. Eren was awoken though, at only 3 AM.
He had been sleeping deeply, when he felt someone shaking him. "Eren! Eren, wake up!", his father's voice sounded urgent.
"H-Huh? Dad? What is it?", asked Eren sleepily, still out of it. To his surprise, his dad lifted the covers up, appearing to be looking for something.
"Dad, what the?!", asked Eren, waking up more, surprised. "She's really not here...", Grisha's eyes filled with panic.
"What...?", Eren blinked the sleep from his eyes.
"Did you walk Mikasa home?", asked Grisha, his tone still urgent. Eren blinked, he woke up more now.
"I...walked her halfway home. She...dad, what's going on?", Eren asked.
Grisha looked even more panicked then. "You better get dressed son", he said. Eren sat up, now feeling his heart race.
"Dad, what is going on?!", he repeated,anxiously. "Mikasa...she didn't return home. Her parents came over just now, wondering if she stayed here with you...", replied Grisha.
"Didn't...return home?", Eren starred at his father, trying to process what he just heard. Her face flashed in his mind, as he suddenly panicked.
"What the hell do you mean she didn't return home?!", Eren yelled, fearfully. "Look, calm down...let's go downstairs", Grisha said.
Eren got dressed quickly, as he rushed down the stairs.
He didn't understand. Why wouldn't Mikasa return home? It was unlike her to worry her parents like this.
Unless...
"She's been missing for two weeks, just wanted to know if you saw her"
Levi's voice rang through my ears.
In that moment, I got such a feeling of dread. Like nothing I'd ever felt before. Like...I was sinking. I remembered about the missing girl. The one who had been missing for two weeks.
'Mikasa...she...she couldn't have been...', Eren closed his eyes, not wanting to accept or believe that possibility.
No...it wasn't possible. Mikasa was strong. Real strong. She could fight anything off of her.
They made it into the living room. Eren saw Mikasa's parents, both looking distraught and panicked. His heart sunk. He could tell his parents, and Mikasa's had just gotten home from the Inn, all still in their Festival clothes.
Akane got up then, hurrying over to Eren.
"Eren! Please tell me she slept over here! Please, I won't be angry if you two did anything, honey. Just please tell me she's up in your room!", pleaded Akane frantically, placing her hands on Eren's shoulders.
Eren's heart broke...how he wanted to just say Yes, she's sleeping in his room.
He wanted to assure the panicked mother, who looked so much like her daughter. But it simply wasn't the truth.
"I'd tell you if she was...but she's not", Eren said, grimly. Akane's eyes filled with dread. Tears filled her eyes, as she let go of Eren's shoulder.
Herrick held her close to comfort her. He hugged her close.
"Eren walked her halfway home...but that's all he knows", Grisha said. "Why only halfway?!", Herrick demanded.
"She insisted she was okay! She...", Eren looked down, clenching his fists. No. He couldn't make excuses. It was all his fault.
Herrick's angry face softened, seeing the clear guilt in Eren's eyes.
"So...why isn't anyone calling the police?!", demanded Eren urgently, looking back up.
"We did. The police won't help or file a missing person's report until they've been missing for 24 hours. They did put out an Amber alert though", explained Carla worriedly.
"That's bullshit!", Eren growled, shaking furiously. "For now, the best thing we can do is look for her", Grisha said.
Akane was eerily quiet, her eyes seemed full of remorse and shock. Like she couldn't believe this was really happening.
Both families hurried out, and drove around the block. They also searched around town.
"Mikasa wouldn't just not come home...she was kidnapped, I know it...", Akane trembled as she said this.
"We'll find her, Akane", assured Carla softly, placing her hand on Akane's shoulder.
"Don't say that, our daughter is strong..", Herrick said, still in denial.
"She's not invincible! You heard of that other girl missing! What's to stop this psycho from taking our daughter?!", cried Akane.
Eren was quiet, he gritted his teeth. He blamed himself. If only he had been more insistent and walked her all the way home...Mikasa wouldn't...she wouldn't be missing.
By the next day...well, I should say hours later, it was afternoon. We went to Armin's house for help, and then we went to Rubi's.
Carla knocked on the door, Rubi's mother, Flora answered. "Yes? Oh, Carla, what's the matter?", she asked worriedly.
"It's Mikasa. She's...we can't find her. We've been looking since last night. She...she wouldn't be here with Rubi, would she?", asked Carla, hopefully.
"No...Rubi came home alone last night", James, Rubi's father replied, coming to the door. "Wait...are you saying Mikasa is missing?", cried Flora.
Rubi hurried over then. "What?! Where's Mikasa?!", she cried, urgently.
"She's missing...I walked her halfway home last night...but she never made it home", replied Eren shakily.
Rubi's eyes filled with horror. "What...?! Why didn't you walk her all the way home?!", Rubi demanded, angrily.
Eren remained silent. "Rubi, he blames himself enough as it if. For now we need to try and find her", Armin said urgently.
Rubi still glared, but she nodded. She knew it was no time for blaming.
"We looked all over, could you help us?", Grisha asked James. "Of course!", James replied.
The adults searched downtown, while Eren, Rubi and Armin looked all around the neighborhood.
But no matter how much any of them searched, they had no luck. It was like Mikasa became a leaf in the wind, and was carried away.
Far away. Like she had vanished off the face of the earth.
Finally after the 24 endless hours were up, we went to the police. We had even tried calling her cell phone. It went directly to voicemail.
"This is our most updated photo of her", Herrick handed the picture to the police officer in the station. Eren looked at it, a lump in his throat forming.
In the photo, Mikasa wore her school uniform. She was smiling a bit, wearing her red scarf.
"So let me make sure I got this right. You went to the festival with your daughter, and split up?", asked the officer.
"Yes. She went with Eren and her friends", replied Akane, numbly. "Eren, was it? May I talk to you alone?", asked the officer.
"May I ask why?", asked Carla.
"He was the last person to see Mikasa alive, right?", asked the officer.
Eren suddenly glared. "Are...are you accusing me?!", he growled, dangerously.
"Calm down son, I want to talk to you in case you noticed anything strange at all", the officer explained.
Eren still glared. The officer took Eren to a separate room.
"So, may I ask you again why you were walking her home so late at night? Shouldn't you both have been home safe hours earlier?", asked the officer.
Eren hesitated at first, looking down.
"It's...a long story", he started nervously. "I can handle it", the officer assured. "Well...", Eren hesitated again, nervous.
The officer frowned. Eren then noticed a look of obvious suspicion in his eyes. He had to say it. He didn't want to be accused of this.
He couldn't afford to waste anytime. He had to find Mikasa. And fast.
"Okay...we...had sex", Eren said, nervously. The look of suspicion left the officer's eyes instantly.
"Oh geez...well that explains a lot. Okay son...let me ask, what time was it when you walked her halfway home?", asked the officer.
"It was close to 1 in the morning. I can't really remember...", replied Eren.
"What was she last wearing?", asked the officer. "Well...she changed into her school uniform after. She had a dark red scarf around her neck. She wears it almost all the time. I had given it to her...", Eren explained.
He was feeling his blood boil with each passing second. He didn't want to just sit here in this office answering stupid questions.
He wanted to get out and look for her. And never stop looking until he could finally hold her in his arms again.
"Okay...we're going to give this case over to Levi. He's part of the CIA, and he's been working his ass off to find the first missing girl, so this will be perfect for him", the officer said.
"So...now what?!", asked Eren, urgently. "For now, we'll do everything in our power to find her", replied the officer.
Eren glared a bit. "That's not good enough...", he growled, shaking. "Son, I understand how you feel..", started the officer.
"NO...you don't! You can't possibly know how I feel...!", Eren glared, and stormed out.
"Eren! What happened?!", cried Carla. "They said they'd do everything to find her, and got the CIA involved", replied Eren.
"That's good...", Grisha said. Eren glared. "Not good enough..", Eren then left.
"Eren!", Armin and Rubi followed him.
"That kid's a bit of spitfire", the officer commented as he walked out. "We're sorry...he just really cares about her", Carla apologized.
"I can see that...", the officer lit a cigarette. "Listen, we're going to be searching night and day for your daughter", he told Herrick and Akane.
"Thank you officer", said Herrick, as Akane had tears in her eyes. "Please...do whatever you can to find our baby", she cried.
Herrick held her close. "We will ma'am, we promise", the officer assured.
After they left, the officer went to Levi's office. He knocked on Levi's door.
"Yeah, what?", asked Levi, looking over Isla's case file. "Well, I got a new case for you", the officer set Mikasa's file on Levi's desk.
Levi glanced up from his paperwork, and he blinked. He looked at Mikasa's picture.
"What the hell...", he said, shocked. "What?", asked the officer.
"I saw this girl. The day of the festival...", Levi replied urgently. "Seriously?! What time?!", asked the officer urgently.
"It was afternoon. After school let out. She was in the Ice cream parlor with some boy...", replied Levi.
"Must have been Eren Jaeger, her boyfriend", figured the officer.
"Did you notice anything strange at all?", asked the officer. "Not a damn thing. That's what makes it so alarming. They appeared to be having a good time. She had heard about Isla, but never knew her personally", explained Levi.
"When did she go missing?", asked Levi, looking over her file.
"The night of the festival. Approximately a few minutes before 1 AM", replied the officer.
"I figure it's the same guy who kidnapped the first girl", Levi growled. "It appears we may be dealing with something larger than a single kidnapping. So...I'm going to assign you a partner to help you keep up", the officer decided.
"A partner?", Levi raised his eyebrows.
Just then the door opened again. "Yo! Long time no see!", a woman with red hair and glasses poked her head in.
Levi frowned. "What are you doing here, four eyes?", he asked, annoyed.
"Oh well, I'm gonna be your partner!", replied the woman. "Hanji is more than willing to help you out on this case", the officer said.
"She's not a field agent. She does autopsies!", Levi pointed out. "She is still very skilled in this area of work, and you need a partner for this case", the officer said.
"Oh now come on Levi, even big bad you can't handle this on your own. Well...short bad you", Hanji teased.
Levi cringed, glaring. "Get along you two", the officer left.
"Well now", Hanji sat down, placing her feet up on Levi's desk. "Get your feet off my desk", Levi snapped.
"Oh, fine, fine", Hanji removed them. Levi instantly got a cleaning spray bottle, wiping his desk off.
"So, what we got this time?", asked Hanji. "Please tell me you know everything about Isla", said Levi, not wanting to explain everything.
"Yes, very sad. So who's this new missing girl?", asked Hanji. "Her name is Mikasa Ackerman. She's 16, never was any sort of trouble maker and went to the same high school as Isla", replied Levi.
"She was also reported as being extremely physically strong. She weighs 150 lbs of pure muscle, stands about 5'4 tall and has short, roughly collar bone length black hair", Levi went on.
"What time did she go missing?", asked Hanji, as she took a doughnut out from a Dunkin Donuts box she brought.
Levi frowned, but went on.
"A couple minutes before 1 in the morning. My guess is somewhere between 12:30 and 12:55", replied Levi.
"Right now she has two scared to death parents, two close friends and a protective boyfriend looking for her", Levi added.
"Oh? A boyfriend?", Hanji asked, getting doughnut crumbs all over the place. "Hanji", Levi frowned. "Yeah?", asked Hanji.
"Do I have to get the vacuum out? Either eat with your mouth closed, or put that away", he growled. "I see you haven't gotten any less uptight", Hanji frowned, as she put the doughnut back in the box.
"So, where was she last seen?", asked Hanji. "In the same neighborhood she lives in. We'll be searching there first", replied Levi.
"Eren, please eat something sweetie", Carla urged. They were in a diner. Eren hadn't eaten or slept at all since it happened.
"How can I eat?! Knowing Mikasa is...God knows where", Eren growled. "Son...we know you're worried about her. We are too...", Grisha started softly.
Eren growled, not saying anything. Carla glared then. "Eren. If you REALLY want to find her, then you have to eat. You need your energy in order to find her", she scolded.
Eren looked up, his glare slightly leaving. "If we're going to find her, we need our strength. Mikasa needs you to have all your strength to find her", Carla explained, worriedly.
Eren looked down, he knew his mother was right. He started eating, but still couldn't shake a feeling of dread.
He had no idea where she was. Or if she was even...still..alive. Eren shook his head. No. She WAS alive. He couldn't think like that.
He had to believe she was alive. He wouldn't give up. No matter what, he wouldn't give up until he found her.
After eating lunch, he walked through town while his parents continued searching.
Eren passed the ice cream parlor as he walked. He remembered what Mikasa said...about wanting a pudding ice cream dessert.
He looked down, shaking and clenching his fists. "I couldn't even...do that much for her...", he growled, tears appearing in his eyes.
He suddenly glared, and punched the side of the store, his knuckles bruised. He glared tearfully. What good was he to her...if he couldn't even find her.
"Eren", someone said.
Eren looked up hopefully, but it wasn't Mikasa. It was Rubi.
"Rubi...", he said weakly. "I want to talk", Rubi said, walking up to him.
"Look...I know its my fault Rubi. I don't need reminding...", Eren said shakily. Rubi looked at him.
She glared. "I...I know you know that. But...", she glared more.
"Eren! Why?! Why couldn't you just walk my little sister all the way home?!", she cried. Eren couldn't get angry, she was sobbing at this point.
"I know...! I know it really isn't your fault but...I need someone to blame!", sobbed Rubi. "Then blame the man who took her...", Eren said softly.
"I do! But you're standing in front of me, and he's not!", cried Rubi.
Eren looked at her worriedly. Rubi was grieving almost as much as he was, and Mikasa's parents were.
"Rubi...", Eren said worriedly. "I just want to hit someone! Not something, someone!", she cried. "Then hit me", Eren said then.
Rubi blinked, taken aback. "Go on. Best shot. I know how you're feeling", Eren assured her. He knew she needed to get it out of her system.
Rubi hesitated, but punched hit Eren hard. "Ow! Damn you didn't hold back...", Eren rubbed his cheek, a red mark there.
Rubi stood there, her anger vanished. She sobbed, as tears fell down her face. Eren looked at her worriedly.
"Rubi. I know just how you feel. I...", Eren glared, as he hugged Rubi. "I want to kill him. I want to kill the bastard who took her...", he growled.
Rubi blinked tearfully, looking at Eren's rage filled eyes.
"I don't even want to turn him over to the police when I find him. I want to kill him...make him suffer. As much as he's making Mikasa suffer!", Eren growled, his eyes not lying.
I wasn't lying. For the first time in my life, I felt like I could kill. I felt like I wouldn't hesitant to take another life. I didn't want what this man was doing to Mikasa, but I knew he was surely torturing her.
In ways I could never imagine. When I find that man, I will kill him.
In an unknown location, in a basement, Mikasa slowly stirred.
Her vision was blurry and she felt dizzy. Her head was foggy even. She could barely make out the blood stained basement she was in.
There was a table covered in blood, the walls had blood as well. She still was out of it. But as she went to pull herself up, she felt heavy chains holding her wrists and ankles back.
