EREN
The ship had gone quiet. Eren stayed silent in his cell as he tried to listen for any noise. He heard nothing. The ship which had been full of shouts and bangs and swords clashing eventually filled with cheers only moments ago had gone eerily quiet. "Psst... Mikasa can you hear me?" Eren whispered. Mikasa and Armin's cell was a short distance from Eren's cell. Their cell was just out of sight of his own but he knew they were at least within earshot of him. "Mikasa!" Eren said just a bit louder. "I'm here," she replied in a voice that was just above a whisper. "Mikasa, listen we gotta get outta here. Whoever just took over this ship are probably pirates. There is an extremely powerful Alpha with them so please we have to use our smarts to get outta this." Mikasa stayed silent. Eren knew she was more of the fight and flee sort but based on this Alpha pheromone Eren had been dancing with he knew the match would be deadly for both of their sides.
Eren needed Mikasa. He couldn't risk her safety with her instincts to protect him with fighting as she always had. "Mikasa!" Eren said again with a slightly more assertive whisper. "I got it!" she replied with a slight bit of venom. Mikasa hated standing down more than almost anything. "Armin, are you there?" Eren began. "I'm here," Armin replied. "Listen you are the most persuasive and the best at reading people. I am going to trust your instincts on this," Eren started. Armin was not only smart but he was extremely intuitive. "Listen, Mikasa and I will do our best to follow your lead. We all know the signals and we'll follow you," said Eren. "I got it" Armin replied with a bit of shakiness in his voice.
They sat another 10 minuets before they started to hear footsteps above them. Whoever was raiding this ship was making their way down here cautiously. Eren started to sweat the Alpha pheromone that was already pulsing through the ship. It was beginning to become stronger with each passing moment. Eren was so frustrated with himself for summiting to its dominance during the middle of the battle. Never in Eren's life had he actually lost a battle whether it was to a Beta or even an Alpha. Eren had been practicing with Mikasa since as long as he could remember and she is one of the strongest Alphas he had ever met. But after what seemed like weeks or even months of torture by the Alphas of this ship, Eren felt like it took every ounce of strength to even stand.
The reality of what had happened in that cell he had not even let himself succumb to the millions of cracks he felt inside him. No, he had to make sure Armin and Mikasa escaped this ship and into safety before allowing himself to fall apart. He felt so much blame for them getting caught in this mess. If he had been born anything but an omeg… no, he couldn't think like that. He told his mother he would never be ashamed of who or what he is. In his life filled with stealing and killing and lying he vowed to himself he would never break that promise. It is that very promise that has gotten him to where he was and he would not break it now no matter what he endured in this prison cell. He had to keep fighting. He had to keep fighting for Armin. He had to keep fighting for Mikasa. He would stay alive he would live. He would never submit forcefully again.
The door swung open. The scent of the powerful alpha filled the room. It was so strong but Eren would not back down a second time. He released his own pheromone in defiance to fight and the two scents danced in the room neither winning or submitting to the other. Eren listened carefully as the Alpha with the huskiest and velvety voice Eren ever heard began speaking to whom he assumed was Mikasa. "Bolt, Connie, Marco! Get your asses in there and help untie them," Eren listened as the Alpha ordered his men to untie his friends. "Yes Captain!" Eren heard the crewman respond. So whoever this Alpha was he was the captain of this pirate's ship.
Eren continued to listen as the captain talked again to Mikasa. "We are here to help you... Please don't do anything that would make me regret unbinding your cuffs." Eren heard both a demanding tone in his voice as well as what sounded slightly like concern… ? Eren was not sure what to make of it but he would not for a second lessen his battle of pheromones between him and this Alpha. It was harder said than done. Everything about his omega was telling him to trust this man. Eren couldn't believe for a second that his instincts, the one who have only trusted Mikasa, Armin and extremely select few people in his life was telling him to trust someone he hadn't even seen yet, and to top it off this man was an Alpha. Eren never trusted Alphas.
Eren felt as Mikasa's pheromones submitted to this Alpha. Armin must have signaled to her to submit to him. Eren decided he wouldn't trust this man yet but if Armin was going to go along with this then he would follow Armin's Instincts. "You too!" Eren had heard him bark at Armin. Eren felt a slight jolt in Armin's Beta scent but nothing more than just Armin reacting to the sheer strength of this Alpha's pheromones. Eren listened as the footsteps started to make their way towards his cell. Nothing in the world could have helped Eren prepare for what would be the most life changing moments of his entire life. The Alpha captain that turned the corner was Captain Levi. Captain Levi of the Survey Core. The captain of the ship that Eren dreamed to live up to, Captain Levi was Eren's Hero. He was the bravest and strongest pirate in the sea who battled RMP ships instead of fleeing. He was Humanities Strongest Pirate, humanities strongest Alpha.
Rumors of his over powering Pheromones had reached even the ears of Eren and his friends in their lives of traveling city to city. Eren stared up and down at captain Levi. He had only seen him a few times in real life. Whether it was briefly in some costal town surrounded by his crew or in the newspaper as some miracle picture of him was captured during one of his many raids of RMP ships. Something that the pictures did no justice of was capturing the fact that Levi was drop dead gorgeous. Eren felt his insides start to burn. He needed this man in his life. His entire body was screaming at him to submit to him. Eren had never felt so conflicted in his life. His instincts where haywire. They were trying to meet with this man no matter how much Eren's stubbornness was making him not want to lower his guard.
Suddenly, Eren felt a burning sensation on his wrist. Eren snapped his eyes away from Levi and watched as a marking of sorts that looked slightly like a tattoo started to form. It was breathtaking. The pattern was swirling intricately on his wrist in green and gold. Eren's trance was broken as he finally heard Levi address him for the first time in the same velvety voice from earlier except now it was more gentle. "My name is Levi. I am the captain of The Survey Core. What is your name?" Eren looked up and was immediately drawn to the markings he now saw on Levi's wrist. He looked down again at his own wrist. They were the same except for the colors being reversed. The realization started to flood Eren's mind. He now understood why he felt such a draw to Levi: they were mates. Not just mates but true mates. These markings where soul matching marks. The marks you only obtained if you found your true mate. Eren looked again at Levi. Levi had no doubt understood the nature of what was happening so Eren spoke. "Eren, my name is Eren."
"Eren" Levi started. The sound of his name coming from levis's mouth brought a slight blush to his face. Eren suddenly became very aware of how completely naked he was. Not only naked but bruised, bitten and dirty. Eren suddenly felt the cracks he forcefully kept closed begin to slip open. He had met his true mate, a miracle that was legend before this moment but Eren was dirty. His mate would reject him way before any of this started. "Eren?" he heard Levi say again. "I am not going to hurt you, Eren. You don't have to put out a distressed scent, I promise I wont do anything you don't want me to." Eren looked up again feeling the slight feeling of tears on the side of his eyes springing up. He wouldn't brake down. Not here, not now.
"Some clothes first would be much appreciated," Eren responded. He wanted to cover himself up now before anyone saw him in this vulnerable state. "No problem," Levi responded and proceeded to call for one of his men. "Connie!" he barked. "Yes Captain!" Connie responded. "Connie, go to my cabin and grab a warm pair of pants and a shirt along with briefs and a scarf and bring them here immediately," he said forcefully. "Yes sir!" Connie responded. "And Connie" Levi continued, "don't touch anything else in my room with those filthy fingers of yours. If I see one speck of dust anywhere in that room you will be scrubbing the deck every morning for the rest of our voyage!" "Aye Aye Captain!" Connie replied with a slight crack in his voice and he ran off.
Levi then proceeded to take off his long outer coat and began cautiously proceeding to the cage again. "Eren, I am only going to come in and remove your bindings and pass you my coat so you can cover up before Connie gets back. Is that okay with you?" Eren looked up at the man who had been his hero for years with admiration. It was as if he could read Eren's mind. Eren nodded and Levi proceeded to open the prison cell. Eren shuttered gently as Levi's hands brushed over his as he unlocked the cuffs. Eren immediately proceeded to massage the raw skin underneath.
The next sensation Eren felt was warmth as Levi laid his jacket over Eren's shoulders. All at once Eren felt warm, secure and… safe. Levi's overpowering scent surrounded Eren giving him the first feeling of security he had felt in ages. They sat in a comfortable silence for only a few moments until Eren heard someone walking quickly up to his cell. He felt himself tense up reflexively as the footsteps grew louder but was brought back as he felt a gentle hand squeeze his shoulder affectionately. "It's only Connie bringing the clothes. I promise that it's nothing to be afraid of," Levi said gently. Eren gazed into Levi's eyes and gave a nod of understanding. Levi stood up to meet Connie in the hall of the prison cell in order to block Eren from his sight. "That will be all for you down here, Connie. Go back to Jean and Bolt and care for the other two prisoners," said Levi. "Yes captain." Connie replied.
Levi turned back to Eren and passed the clothes to him. Eren looked down at the clean clothes. He had not seen clothes this clean in a long time, "I guess the rumors of Levi being a bit of a stickler for cleanliness were true," Eren thought to himself. "Thank you," Eren replied and Levi gave a curt nod. Eren slipped the coat off his shoulders immediately feeling the cold prick of the cell around him again. "Was the room always this cold?" Eren thought quietly. As he went to hand the coat back, Levi shook his head. "Keep it, brat. It's chilly outside," Levi said dismissively. "Brat?" Eren thought to himself. It should almost sound like an insult but the word had left Levi's mouth with almost an endearing tone. Eren only lifted an eyebrow as he began to dress himself. "I hope the rumors about Levi having showers on his ship are true" Eren began to think to himself as pulled the pants on.
It felt almost a shame to be putting on such clean clothes to such a dirty body. Eren paused only a moment looking down at his dirt filled body before continuing to button his pants. "If you want, I have a private shower in my cabin you can use when we board the ship," Levi said quietly. Eren's head shot up. How was this man practically reading Eren's mind? He felt an admiration for him swell again and cracked a small smile and nodded again. "That would be the next best thing to you rescuing us from this shithole," Eren said as he watched a small grin pass over Levi's usually non-emotional face. Levi began to chuckle slightly. Traveling the world as much as Eren did, he had seen, heard and experienced so many of the beautiful wonders of the world but none had compared to the beauty of a smile and the sound of laughter that had come from Levi.
Eren pulled the coat on again over his shoulders and turned back to Levi. "So Levi?" Eren began. He was dreading his next few words. Levi and him had silently agreed that they where indeed true mates but Eren felt so dirty. How could Levi, the strongest, no the cleanest pirate in the sea ever even want to be around him? "What happens next?" Levi looked back at Eren with a surprised look on his face like he had not quite expected that question. Levi scanned Eren's face again and quickly looked up and down Eren. Eren felt uneasy. The intrusive silver stare seemed to be scanning his very thoughts and found himself actually break eye contact and look down. "Eren?" Levi began and Eren looked up. "Do you and your friends have anywhere to return to? Any family that would be looking for you? A home you want to return to?" That was it. Levi was trying to get rid of them; drop them at the nearest port.
Eren felt his spirts fall down once again. With the shake of his head he felt tears prick his eyes. He listened as Levi continued on. "Good." Eren shot his eyes back up to Levi again. "Good?" Eren shot back. How could that possibly be good? He was just going to be dropping them at some random dock? Wish them good luck and never to see them again? Eren suddenly felt his temper starting to flare but it was quickly shot down as he listened to Levi's next words. "What do you and your friends think of becoming Pirates?"