CHAPTER 3: The 76th Hunger Games

Mikasa walked to Erwin's office in silence. She had barely recovered and they already were making her to do what they asked.

"Yes sir? What is it now?" Mikasa asked.

"The day has come, Ackerman. It's time to launch the plan to destroy the president. I hope you're ready for this. We want this war to end as quickly as possible," Erwin said.

"Today. Okay…is Eren going to be with me?" Mikasa asked.

"Yes. We are putting him on your team," Erwin said.

"Ok sir. When do we go?" Mikasa asked.

"Now."

"You're going to be leading this plan?" Eren asked Armin when they landed.

"Yes. Commander Erwin put me in charge of this. I'm hoping not to let anyone down. Okay here's the plan: there will be nine groups. Four will go along this alley and the other four done this alley. The last group, our group, will be heading through the middle of town. You will have these devices. Press the button and it should reveal what we call a pod. The pods are traps set up by the game makers to make our deaths…as interesting as possible, I guess you could say. Once you reveal a pod use these guns to shoot it from a safe distance. Once the pod has finished doing whatever it's programmed to do, you can continue your way. We also have these pills. Only eat one if you want to end your life quickly. Those are only for emergencies. So are these bombs. The way you activate them is by saying "nightlock" three times in a row," Armin said pointing at the different paths on a map and handing them their supplies.

"So basically we are in the 76th Hunger games?" Bertholt asked.

"I guess we are…" Armin said.

"So here's your group. Me, Eren, Bertholt, Johanna, and Levi," Armin said.

"The plan will now immense!" Armin yelled to all groups. Every group walked their directions.

Mikasa gently took Eren's hand. Eren looked her into her onyx eyes and saw the worry. She was scared of what might happen to them while they're doing this. Eren gently squeezed her hand.

"We'll make it through this, okay? Together." Eren said quietly.

"Okay…thank you…" Mikasa said. Eren sighed with a smile.

"You thank me for practically everything…" Eren said.

"Really? I feel like I don't thank you enough…" Mikasa said.

"Stop! We found our first pod!" Armin said.

"Everyone go behind that building. I'll activate it," Armin said. Everyone went behind the building except Armin. Armin shot the pod and there was a loud shooting noise. When Armin yelled "All clear!" everyone came out and saw three huge shotguns attached to the wall that weren't moving but everyone assumed that was what made the noise. They continued on their way.

"What do you want to do when this is over?" Mikasa asked Eren.

"All I want is to be with you," Eren said. Mikasa felt so happy she thought her heart would burst.

"Okay…" Mikasa said, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes. A single one dribbled down and Eren gently wiped it away with a smile.

"What about you? What do you want to do?" Eren asked. Mikasa looked into his eyes and saw the light she admired. She hoped it would never leave.

"I want to do whatever you do," Mikasa answered. Eren expected that. She said things like that all the time.

"I love you…" Mikasa said quietly, squeezing Eren's hand gently.

"I love you too," Eren said, gently caressing Mikasa's cheek with his free hand and kissing her softly. Mikasa smiled slightly.

"Sir? We have caught something very interesting on camera," Reiss's assistant, Atashia, said to Reiss in his office.

"What is it?" Reiss asked.

"This," Atashia said, showing Reiss a picture of Mikasa walking with Eren in their back streets.

"Is that-"

"It's Ackerman. She's alive."

"Guys, look," Bertholt said, pointing to the right. Everyone stopped and looked.

"Sweet mother of an ugly Titan, what is that thing?!" Johanna asked.

"It looks like a dog and a cat mixed together with a Titan face," Eren said. That summed it up pretty well. A huge creature with a cat body and a dog head was standing in the distance. It's face was like a demented dog though. It's eyes were too high, it's nose was lopsided, and it's mouth was way to tall and way too thin.

"Think the game makers made it?" Bertholt asked

"THINK? That thing HAS to be made by the game makers!" Eren said.

"We should walk as far away from that thing as possible. We don't want any of you brats dying on us," Levi said. Everyone silently began walking away.

The Catogan (cat-dog-Titan) heard their footsteps with it's extra good hearing, barked a booming bark, and ran toward them. Everyone began to run as fast as they could, but the Catogan was WAY faster than them and was catching up very quickly. Mikasa notched a poison arrow and let it loose. It broke when it hit the Catogan. Mikasa notched a bomb arrow and shot that. It blew up one of it's legs making it topple over.

"CRASH!"

"C'mon!" Eren said, taking Mikasa's hand and pulling her away quickly. They ran into a nearby house.

"Go into the basement!" Armin said. Everyone rushed down below.

"Now what? You think that monster will bleed out?" Johanna asked.

"Yeah, unless it can regenerate," Levi said.

"Guys…what's with all the kittens?" Bertholt asked. Thousands of tiny cute kittens came out of cupboards and crowded around everyone. They began crawling on everyone. That would seem cute if one didn't knead on Bertholt's leg. About ten seconds after that Bertholt's leg began to swell up.

"Gah! Deadly kittens! Deadly kittens!" Bertholt said as he forced himself up making a bunch of kittens fall off him. All the kittens meowed and purred innocently. Everyone ran toward the exit but there were kittens over there too. The kittens were all around them.

'Tch. This'll be a stupid way to die.' Levi thought as they walked closer.

'Gosh, imagine what people will think of us. We'll go down in history as the people who died fighting kittens. This is humiliating,' Eren thought.

'I'm sorry Annie…I'm not coming home like I hoped…' Bertholt thought.

'I must get Eren out of here!' Mikasa thought.

'Deadly kittens?" Armin thought.

'I am not going to die from a bunch of STUPID cats!' Johanna thought.

Mikasa notched an arrow. The cats' eyes instantly turned red and they shot lasers out of their eyes and destroyed Mikasa's bow. Mikasa was quite surprised.

"What do we do?!" Eren asked.

"Pull out your guns! Fight these things!" Levi said. Armin hesitated. They were a bunch of fuzz balls. How could he shoot such adorable things?

He changed his mind when one lunged at him with it's claws out. He almost didn't dodge it in time.

Suddenly a rat ran out. All the kittens turned to it and their tiny teeth turned to humongous fangs and they all devoured the rat brutally. Everyone tried to run out the door while they were distracted but more kittens were waiting outside the door.

"Go up! Climb up onto the rafts!" Mikasa said. Everyone began climbing onto the ceiling. When they all made it to the top they all got their weapons ready but the kittens disintegrated the guns with their eyes.

"What now?!" Eren asked.

"I think the only option we have is to either blow all these things up along with us, or eat our pills! Either way, we're dead!" Levi said.

"No! There has to be another way!" Eren said.

"I think I have an idea! We need an animal! They want to eat! If we distract them with an animal than it's perfect!" Armin said.

"We don't have an animal!" Levi said.

"Y-GAH!" Armin didn't get to finish his sentence when tiny spikes came flying up at them and missed him by less than an inch. Everyone looked down and saw that the kittens no longer had fur; they had porcupine quills.

"Yes we do! There are thousands of rats up here! Armin said. He was right. Everyone began grabbing rats.

"Ready? Throw them down!" Armin said. Everyone threw them and while the cats were distracted they all got out. They went outside and locked the door behind them.

"Guys…I got bit by a cat on the way out…" Bertholt said. His leg was red and swollen with a tint of a sickly colored green. Levi examined the bite.

"He's poisoned," Levi said.

"Do we have an antidote?" Mikasa asked.

"Yeah, back in our shuttle but we'll never make it in time," Levi said.

"We have to try! We can't just leave him like this!" Mikasa said.

"Ackerman, ther-run! A peacekeeper shuttle is coming in!" Levi said. Everyone bolted off before they were spotted.

They all went into another building far away from the last. They found poison antidote (lucky them) and put it on Bertholt's legs (they realized Bertholt's other leg was poisoned too.)

Suddenly, on TV the same tune that's used when they show who dies in the Hunger Games began. Everyone looked at the screen and it was showing different deaths of the men they sent out on this mission. It WAS the 76th Hunger Games.

Thirteen people were dead out of fifty. That was about 10% of their men. Eren silently swore not to let them die in vain.

"It's getting dark. We'll stay here for the night," Levi said.

"I'll take first watch," Mikasa said.

"You sure? I wouldn't mind taking first," Eren said. Mikasa shook her head.

"No it's fine. Get some rest," Mikasa said. Eren rolled his eyes.

"You need rest too," Eren said.

"I'll get rest in a little while. Get some sleep," Mikasa said.

"At least have this," Eren said, handing her his gun. Everyone went to bed.

About five minutes later Mikasa heard a loud crash. She pulled out her gun and looked out in the hall. It was so dark it was almost impossible to tell what was out there.

She heard the pitter patter of paws. Suddenly Mikasa felt something soft rub against her legs. She stepped back in surprise. There was nothing there though. Mikasa's eyes narrowed. She knew something was just there, she felt it. Suddenly she felt it again. She looked around but it wasn't there. She was absolutely positive something was there, but it wasn't.

She heard a growl in the room.

"Guys! There's something in here!" she said. Everyone sat up.

"Where?! What is it!?" Eren asked.

"That's the problem. It's there but I can't see it! I heard it growl and felt it walk in though!" Mikasa said. Everyone loaded their guns and stood up.

"Be alert!" Levi said. Suddenly, as if appearing out of thin air, a creature that resembled a monkey was there. The only problem was it had scales and snake eyes.

"EREEEEEEEEE!" it screeched and lunged on Eren. Mikasa shot it. Suddenly, a lot more came running in. They all attacked. Three jumped on Mikasa at once. While she tried to fight them off, one bit her leg. Mikasa screamed in pain. Eren turned and shot the creature that was biting her leg along with the rest attacking her. Mikasa crumpled to the ground, blood seeping out of her leg. Eren rushed over.

"Are you okay?!" Eren asked. Mikasa tried to get up but she fell right back down again. Eren caught her.

"It…it got me good…" Mikasa said.

"Quick! Let's get out of here!" Levi said. Eren lifted Mikasa up bridal style, and they all rushed out. Levi, Bertholt, or Johanna would sometimes turn and shoot anything following them. They all rushed into the underground railroads.

When they found a good place to rest, Eren laid Mikasa down and pulled up her pant leg. Everyone used what they could to patch her up.

"Broken?" Bertholt asked.

"No. But the bones are definitely messed up. She should still be able to walk though. You think those thing's teeth were strong enough to bite through bones?" Eren asked.

"Those things were created by the game makers. The game makers make anything possible, and it annoys the crap out of me," Johanna said.

"E…Eren…I…I'm…so…c…cold…" Mikasa mumbled. Eren gently held her shivering form. Mikasa rested her head against his chest, and felt comfortable and safe. She always did in his arms. She let out a sigh of content.

"I know. It's probably from blood loss. You didn't lose enough blood to the point where it's dangerous, but you'll feel rather tired and cold until enough blood is remade," Eren said.

Eren knew how much she trusted him when he noticed she let her guard down. She practically never let her guard down, but she couldn't help it in his arms.

"Does anyone even know where we're going anymore?" Eren asked. Armin nodded.

"I made sure to take a look at all the maps we might need before we left," Armin said.

"Can we try to get some sleep first? I'm as tire as-"

"Yes Levi, we'll get some sleep. I'll take watch," Armin said.

Mikasa and Eren laid down still hugging.

Eren tucked Mikasa under his chin and whispered, "Get some sleep. You need the rest." Mikasa nodded and fell into deep sleep.

When Mikasa woke up, she felt much better. She wasn't cold anymore and felt quite refreshed. Everyone got up and began going through the tunnel, straight toward the heart of the capitol.

They all climbed up a ladder a little later and popped up right in front of the huge building. They had good timing too; all the other groups were beginning to surround the building.

"ATTENTION!" Armin yelled. Everyone fell quiet.

"FIRST OFF I MUST SAY THAT ANYONE WHO FELL IN THIS BATTLE DID NOT FALL IN VAIN! WE ARE GOING TO TAKE BACK WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY OURS AND END THE CAPITOL FOR GOOD! Also does anyone have a bow? Mikasa's broke," Armin shouted. Somebody gave him a bow and he gave it to Mikasa.

"NOW WE GO IN!" Armin shouted. Everyone let out a war cry and broke through the door of the building. Peacekeepers began shooting and so did their group. They all moved up toward the top to where the president was. When they got to the top, they all captured Reiss.

Once they brought him back to district 13 everyone announced the plan as victorious.