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The dreaded day had come. The Military Police Brigade was here. Erwin watched their arrival from the window of his office, Levi there as well with Eren playing on the ground. Even with all the tension, he was blissfully unaware of the situation. Whether or not Eren is allowed to stay with the recon scouts was going to be debated. It seemed simple enough, but Erwin didn't trust the MPs to keep to the debate. The other scouts were to keep a good eye on any MP walking around and were to keep Eren safe and away from them. They weren't trusted and without a doubt, would try something as underhanded as trying to kidnap Eren.

No one was going to allow that.

"Shitty Glasses better be figuring out how to get him back to normal soon." Levi said from the couch, sipping at some tea and nudging Eren with his boot. He knocked the little titan over, sending him into a fit of giggles. Eren was easily amused as a kid.

Erwin turned away from the window, looking to the two. "I am sure Hanji is working hard to find a solution." Hanji was devoted to her work. As strange as she was and as energetic, she was still serious about her work. The Commander had no doubt she would fix this. He only hoped that they would still have Eren by the time she finds the fix.

"Well, since our guests have arrived, we need to go and greet them." Time to face the music.

"Eren," The little brunette looked up at Erwin from the floor. Erwin crouched down to get closer to his level. "If any stranger tries to get you to come with them or anything at all, I need you to make as much noise as possible. One of us will come and make sure nothing happens, ok?" If somehow an MP managed to get Eren alone, the young one would just have to scream his little head off and one of the scouts would come running. No one was going to take one of their own.

Feeling aware now that something serious was going on, Eren nodded his head.


To greet the Military Police, Erwin had Levi, Hanji and Eren with him. Erwin was to keep everything orderly, greet them with charm and be the assuring voice that everything was being handled. Hanji was there to explain the situation since it had been her doing in the beginning. She was to explain how it happened, how Eren has reacted and what he has retained in his younger form and to inform them of where she was in terms of a solution. Levi was there of course to hold into Eren since he wasn't accepting anyone else to carry him at this time. And Eren was there because the MPs would have to see with their own eyes his condition. No one else was needed. No more than necessary.

Levi's squad was hanging around, out of sight yet nonetheless were there, ready to spring into action should they need to. Everyone was on edge, while the MPs just waltzed in, looking both like they owned this place and like it disgusted them. Nile Dok stood in front, leading the way.

From his spot in Levi's arms, Eren unburied his face from the man shoulder and peeked at the guests, eyeing Nile's face and the others. There was something familiar that he couldn't quite put his finger on. Something in the far recesses of his mind said he knows who this person is and does not like him. Passing quick judgment, Eren went back to burying his face into Levi's jacket. The man merely held on tighter to him.

Eren didn't like that man. But Levi would protect him.

"Now, let's not all just stand around in the doorway. It's rude."

They relocated to a larger area to suit the discussion, with several MP members branching out. Their numbers dwindled down to a more manageable level. Erwin was glad for it. Meant that they did not outnumber them in the room. But it also made him uneasy. Those who weren't in the room were most likely snooping around. Eren was safe in the room with them and the other scouts were keeping an eye on things outside of the room. Everything would be fine.

Arguments were made. Nile said that this so called incident could have been avoided and who knows if it would ever wear off or if a cure would be found.

"He should be handed over immediately." He said, hitting his fist on the wooden table top. "Who knows what could happen now. What if he is unable to transform? What if he is able to but loses all sense! He is a danger!"

Erwin shook his head. "He is hardly a threat." He rebutted. "He does not remember anything beyond his current age. His size is harmless. He cannot do anything."

The MPs weren't believing Erwin's words. "Let us be the judge of that. Let us get a closer look at him." Levi's grip around the tiny titan shifter increased significantly and Hanji's expression hardened. The Corporal was just about to deny them when Erwin waved his hand, settling him down. "Fine. Levi, please put Eren down." They wouldn't be taking him from this room. If they made even one motion to do harm, they would be in serious trouble. No one would dare do anything to Eren while in the trio's presence.

With a glare to his superior and to those across the room, Levi stood up from his seat, went a few steps and put Eren down in front of the others. The look he gave them practically dared them to try something. Recalled to his seat, little Eren was left out in the open for the MPs to look at. He peered nervously back at Levi, who stared back. He didn't like this. Turning to face forward, Eren look at Nile. The man he didn't like. Nile glowered down at him, just as the others did and soon picked him up, holding him in a way that was similar to when Levi first held him. At arm's length away.

Eren stared at his face and something bubbled to the surface of his memory. A vague memory of this man saying he should be studied and killed. This man, who was holding him and glaring at him. Like history repeating itself, Eren couldn't help himself. The man's jaw tightened as warm liquid splashed onto the floor and his boots.

Behind Eren, Hanji snorted while behind Nile, others made disgusted gasps.

Eren just wet himself and it got all over the other's boots. It was just like when Levi had intimidated him in Erwin's office and got the same results. Only this time, Levi wasn't the one with wet boots and was thinking 'Not bad.'

The little shifter was starting to turn into a sniffling mess, upset and board line crying. Erwin vaguely heard something along the lines of "Momma 'Hungee' to the rescue" mumbled under Hanji's breath as she stood up and swooped in, taking Eren away.

"Aww, look Nile, your face is enough to make a child cry." Hanji was soon cooing over Eren, trying to stop a sob storm before it happened.

"Hanji, please take Eren and clean him up. Levi and I will handle things here." Erwin needed Levi here and Hanji would keep Eren safe. She nodded and was soon heading out the door. She failed to calm Eren down and the entire time she headed away, those in the room could hear the wailing of a child.

"So… shall we get back to business?" Erwin addressed.


"There, there, Eren. All cleaned up." Hanji had given him a bath and got him dressed in clean clothes. She had also finally got him to calm down after saying she would give him some sweets and that they could go play. She promised he wouldn't have to go see 'the mean man' again. Levi would probably be glad to know that he was no longer the mean man and that Nile was now the holder of that title.

"How about we go get a treat and see if we can find Armin and Mikasa. Sound good?" Hanji said with a nodding Eren on her hip. She made a good parent, taking care of Eren and cheering him up. Going through the halls, she stayed well away from any wandering MPs, keeping Eren out of their sight as she went to the kitchen. Petra was in there, and seemed to be way ahead of them in terms of treats. A fresh batch of cookies.

Sweet Petra had heard Eren's wailing. Everyone did. And like the darling she was, she had gone ahead to make cookies for their resident titan shifter. They were warm and waiting. "Glad you guys are finally here. I had to scare off a couple scouts and MPs to keep these safe." Little Petra, scaring off probably Sasha and others.

Hanji plopped Eren onto her lap in a chair and handed him a cookie which was quickly being reduced to crumbs. "Good huh Eren." Petra said to him with a smile. He grinned in between bites. "Hey, can Petra and I have some too?" Hanji asked, looking down at him. He of course said yes. "Well, thank you very much for sharing with us." The two ladies helped themselves. Eren turns out to be quite the little cookie monster. Levi would have a stroke if he was there, given all the crumbs the little boy left. Hanji didn't mind. They were just crumbs after all.


Things started to get a little hectic after the meeting let out. Hanji had to go answer some questions and thus Eren was passed off to Armin and Mikasa when she found them. Eren was already reaching his arms out to be taken by one of them when he spotted them. Hanji had grown so attached to little Eren that she didn't want to give him up! But she had to. So after making sure he was secure with them, the Squad Leader went on her way.

The tiny shifter was safe with them, going around the base avoiding MPs that walked the hall. They were no doubt on the prowl for Eren. Mikasa kept him distracted anytime they changed directions when they spotted someone. She would wrap him up in her scarf. She liked being able to dote on him. God knows he didn't like it while he was normal age. It was getting difficult to keep hiding from the MPs. They were everywhere. After some time, Armin began to think that maybe they were keeping an eye out for them because if Eren wasn't with any of the higher ups, he would probably be with one of the scouts, mainly Mikasa and him.

"We can distract them and draw them away from Eren." They made a plan and would need the other scouts to help. They would pass Eren off to one of them and act like they still had him and lead the MPs on a wild goose chase. But who to hand Eren over to first?

"Petra!" Armin called to the young lady. She paused her steps and turned her head to look at them. "We need a favor. You need to take Eren. " They could hear steps approaching and quickly handed her Eren while she stammered "But wait! I have to go talk with Erwin and Nile…" Mikasa bundled up her scarf to make it seem like she was carrying something, or rather someone and the two hurried off while Petra held Eren. She couldn't take him with her! Though at the approaching footsteps, she hurried off to find someone else to take him.

She found Jean. "Here, I need you to take Eren. No time to explain, I have to go!" She said and was soon off, as quick as Armin and Mikasa had. Now Jean was saddled with Eren. Again. "Why do I have to keep an eye on you? What was that all about?" Eren had a response for him. "We are playing hide and seek!"

Hide and Seek was better than horsey. And it meant that he didn't have to carry him around. "Hide and seek eh? Well then, you better hide." Eren grinned while Jean looked around for something. Oh great! There was a crate! Well actually there was more than one crate. Some stuff had been brought in by the MPs and they lay empty now. At least they did something useful. "I got a great hiding place for you." Jean said as he approached, putting Eren inside one of the crates. "The best hiding place. You have to be real quiet ok." He held his finger to his lips in a shushing motion, watching as Eren mimicked him. Jean loosely shut the lid, turning it slightly so there was a gap between the lid and crate.

He'd be fine in there.

"Kirschtein!" He straightened up quickly and looked attention when Levi approached. "What are you doing?" Levi questioned, eyeing the MPs that wandered around them. Some started to move the crates away. "If you are just going to lazy around, better give you something to do. Go get the cleaning supplies and clean this place up." Levi muttered under his breath about all the dirt being tracked in.

"Hurry up and get those out of here." The Corporal ordered before eyeing the nervous scout. "Get to it Kirschtein! Move it."

"Yes Sir!"


The Military Police Brigade was finally leaving. They were packing up the crates and loaded them onto the carts. Everyone would be glad to get rid of them. One by one the crates were loaded. Someone noticed that one was a little heavy and that the lid wasn't even properly on. Putting it down, an officer looked in, soon calling for Nile Dok. "Sir! Come quick!"

Inside was Eren, asleep. He had fallen asleep a little while after Jean put him in there and had been unaware of being moved. "Sir, what should we do?" With a shared look, Nile told them to load it into the cart and hurry up to leave. With a nod, Eren was loaded up and the MPs hurried to leave before the disappearance could be noticed.


Jean was halfway through cleaning when he realized something. Where was Eren? Oh god. He was supposed to be watching him. He could practically feel the color draining from his face, just as the blood would be draining from his body after the Corporal finds out about this. 'Keep calm, he is just in a box. Can't do much trouble in a box.' He told himself while leaning a broom against the wall and hurrying back to where the crates were.

Wait.

Where were the crates? They should be here!

Then it hit him. The crates were taken by the MPs. Eren was in a crate 'hiding'. The MPs took Eren.

Jean could see his death swiftly approaching and it wouldn't be by Titan.


"Where the hell is Eren? Who has him? Hanji!" Levi called, getting angrier by the moment. That stupid shitty glasses had him at first. He called everyone together, not seeing Eren with anyone there. Where could he be? "Hanji, explain!" He demanded.

"Well, I gave him to Armin and Mikasa to keep an eye on." Hanji stated, looking to the two. Mikasa glared at the Corporal, as he did the same to her. "Well when we noticed the MPs seemed to be following us around, we gave Eren to Petra and pretended to still have him to lead them away." Armin elaborated and shifted things to Petra.

"Well I had to go meet with Erwin and Nile. I couldn't take Eren with me so I gave him to Jean to look after." Everyone shifted their stare to Jean who looked like he could start sweating more than Bertholdt.

"Uh well, you see…"

"Jean, what did you do?" Armin questioned.

"We played hide and seek and I… sort of… put him in a crate…" Jean flinched when he saw Levi tense up.

"So that means the Military Police have Eren."

Oh Jean fucked up big time.

"Everyone, get your gear on now. We need to go after them. Even if they realize that they have him, they won't be turning around to return him. Move it now!" Levi ordered and scattered everyone. "Kircshtein, get the horses ready. When we get back, you are going to clean this entire place top to bottom twice. Inside and out. You are going to clean the stables." And as an added punishment, Levi added. "And will have to play 'Horsey' with Eren until your hands and knees bleed."


Ohh a faster update. Alright!

I'm sorta on the fence with this chapter. I think maybe its because I am overly tired and feeling sick/on medicine that I feel like I wrote things somewhat weird.

I also really picked on Jean XD I kept shaking my head thinking "Oh my god Jean, all this could have been avoided if you didn't do this." There was a bit of out of character stuff here but uh ok, its fine haha. I'm not going to obsess too much about this chapter.

Oh fun fact, this is probably my longest chapter XD

Now for the same ol' stuff I always end with:

Open to creative helpful NICE criticism. If you are gonna be a dick or anything, take it else where.

But other than that, thank you all dear Readers for looking at the fic. Review!

Love Mewtrune