Chapter 10: Battle of the parking lot Part four: The last hurrah
As the remaining students escaped to the football field, Jean did a headcount, which only resulted in 13 of the 30 students they had earlier much to his disappointment. "Damn it, we've already lost so many of our own guys to those fucks...Why did it have to be us? Where the hell are the student corps? Where are the security guards? Surely they didn't all get trapped inside the school right?'
"It's okay, they won't find us here..." Jean was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of whispering coming from the bleachers. Walking towards the source with his ruler held out, he listened in as he heard another voice respond.
"But what about the rest of the school? they'll be trapped in there for like, the rest of the day!"
"Who cares! That means we have the rest of the day off, and besides what are they gonna do to us? We're part of the student council! Jean was stunned at the conversation, his mind racing to try to understand what these two were talking about. 'What we're student council members doing here? Shouldn't they be in the teacher's lounge?'
"But still, our peers are gonna get creamed by those bikers, don't you feel bad about them?"
"Why should I? They decided to stay and fight so it ain't our problem. Let's just hope the fake tip we gave to the student corps and security guards buys us enough time!" This statement was all that was needed for Jean's confusion to morph into anger.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN FAKE TIP!?"
"SHIT SOMEONE FOUND US!" The cowardly student tried to escape but was quickly apprehended by Jean.
"YOU DON'T GET TO LEAVE THAT EASILY ASSHOLE, TELL ME WHY YOU SAID YOU GAVE THE STUDENT CORPS A FAKE TIP!
"Leave him alone! We just wanted to leave school early! We didn't know-"
"THAT IT WOULD SCREW US OVER? YEAH, I NOTICED! WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY YOU DECIDED TO ABANDON YOUR FELLOW PEERS IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
"Y-You guys chose to keep fighting! W-Why should we care?"
"I-" Jean was at a loss, while he was mad at the two students he was also mad at himself for understanding where they were coming from. 'I said the same thing about the student corps when I got into that fight with Eren...I really am a jerk, aren't I?
"Jean! Look out!" Snapped out his thoughts, Jean turned his head around a witnessed a horrifying sight. Thousands upon thousands of eggs fell from the sky.
"GET DOWN!"
As the eggs came crashing down onto the football field and the dust settled, Jean took at the source of the barrage, There on a hill was a trebuchet that was currently being filled with eggs by two of the bikers. Much to jeans horror as he scrambled to get as many of the students out of the way.
"EVERYONE ONE GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD, NOW!"
"WHAT'S GOING ON!?"
"OH GOD MY SHIRT IS RUINED!"
"YOU RUINED OUR HIDING SPOT ASSHAT! NOW WE'RE ALL SCREWED!"
'This...this is my fault...if I hadn't yelled the bikers would have never found us. Am I really capable to lead? To lead these people to their dooms? All I wanted to do was escape all this like a coward...but no matter what I do...'
"JEAN MOVE!", as Marco screamed for his friend's name, Jean just fell to his knees, accepting the cold harsh truth that he had tried to deny for so long. 'That this is reality...' Putting his head down, Jean sat there in defeat, waiting to accept his fate, he waited and waited...and waited, and after realizing that nothing happened to him after a while jean opened his eyes to a surprising sight, a biker wearing different clothes knocking the crap out of the other bikers and even throwing one of them into the trebuchet, destroying it.
"Hey, Jean!" Turning his head to the source of the voice, Jean saw none other than Mikasa, Armin, and Connie driving one of the vans they stole from the bikers right into the football field, with the shaved teenager waving at a now confused Jean.
"You, know what Armin, from now on I'm taking your word as the gospel truth dude! Check it out! We, found a biker that's been beating the crud out of the others for like the last thirty minutes, and the best part? He couldn't give a rat's ass about any of us!" Turning their sights at the "Rouge", they saw him crushing entire cartons of eggs with their boots. "That's, right baby! This beautiful S.O.B is our ticket to the sports shed! As Connie said that, the biker then charged right into a pair of bikers, all while letting out another high-pitched screech.
"Are you kidding me!? A biker isn't going to help us out! You must be high on gas if you think that plan would work-"
"It is working," Mikasa said, cutting Jean off. "He's focused solely on the bikers and not any of the students, If we hurry we can get Reiner's gear, break the barricade and save our school, but only if you trust us." This was their chance, while many were understandably pissed at the young Ackerman for leaving them to the wolves earlier, they couldn't deny that they had an advantage and that it would be smart to act on it.
"Alright... let's do this!"
After managing to dodge and weave their way from an entire group of bikers thanks to the Rouge screeching his head off, they finally arrived at the sports shed. Once inside the students began to load up on sports equipment, with Reiner putting on what he called his "Armor" and the others leaving behind their rulers in favor of baseball bats and tennis rackets. While this was going on, Jean was feeling mixed about the entire situation. 'I almost got everyone humiliated today... and if it weren't for that Rouge and Armin I...I'm not a good leader. Annie's right. I'm not meant for the student council...'
"Hey, Jean!" Turning his head he saw Marco walking towards him, a smile on the optimist's face.
"Oh...Hey Marco..."
"Um...Everything alright Jean?"
"Yeah I'm fine it's just...I don't think I'm gonna join the Student Council.
"What!? But what about the teacher's lounge?
"I know but...after seeing what type of people are actually in the council I just...I can't join without feeling like a piece of shit, you know?"
"Yeah, I get you, That's why when I join, I'll fix the council from the ground up if I have to!" Jean let out a small chuckle in response.
"You're a good dude Marco, do your best when you become President of the Council alright?"
"You bet Jean!" With that, the two boys gave each other a fistbump, clearing the stressed-out teen's mind. Meanwhile, Mikasa was having a conversation of her own with Armin.
"Is it that obvious?"
"It kinda is Mikasa, if anything I'm more surprised that Eren hasn't realized you like him like that you know?" The raven-haired girl sighed as she thought about Eren, Worried about what became of him.
"Do you think he's alright?"
"Mikasa, this is Eren we're talking about, he probably bit the guy's nose when he got put into that guy's van." Mikasa chucked as the image of Eren biting someone's nose like that entered her mind. Before long Mikasa had one more question to ask her friend.
"Armin...do you think I should confess after we find him?" Stunned by her question, the blonde nerd thought about what he should tell her. After thinking for a while, Armin told her what he thought.
"I think it may be best if you do, It's not healthy to keep that kinda stuff to yourself you know?" Mikasa sighed as she thought about Armin's response, already prepping herself to confess as soon as Eren was found.
"Okay, I'll do it. Do you think the Rouge will help us find him if we ask him for help?"
"We'll just have to find out once we get out of here and-"
-BANG BANG BANG-
"WE KNOW YOU LITTLE TURDS ARE IN THERE! COME ON OUT! WE JUST WANNA HAVE FUN WITH YOU!" As the biker kept banging on the door everyone started to panic before Armin spoke up in a loud whisper.
"Calm down guys! I have a plan but I need everyone to pay attention, got it?" As the students remained silent, Armin continued, "We need five of you to grab as many baseballs, and once the bikers break down the door you toss them as hard as you can! Once you push them back outside, everyone else has to do what they can to knock them out, and Reiner!" Armin said as he pointed at the now Armored student. "Once we knock out the bikers you have to rush into the main entrance with all of your might and break down the barricade, got it?"
"You got it! Let's do this!" Reiner yelled out before being shushed by the rest of the students.
"Armin, it is scary that you were able to come up with that plan in like 14 seconds, that's kinda hot," Annie said, causing Armin due to how blunt she was. Unfortunately, Armin didn't have time to dwell on what Annie said as the bikers were beginning to break through the locked sports shed, After rushing to get as many baseballs as they could, the five students got ready to pelt the bikers with everything they had, and when the bikers did break through, the students didn't hold back. Once the bikers in the shed were taken care of, the rest of the students charged into the fray, with Mikasa using her wicked martial arts skills to wipe out as many bikers as she could and Armin using a tennis racket to slap as many as he could, the students were able to push their way towards the school's main entrance.
"Reiner! Get ready to charge okay!?"
"WAAAAIIITTT!" Turning to the source of the voice they saw none other Bertolt running toward them, a cheap Redtooth speaker in hand. "We can't have Reiner charging into battle without some badass music!" pulling out his phone he searched for the right music to set the mood.
"Ummmm...Bertolt we really don't have for this-"
"I found it! it's in german though, is that alright?"
"I-I guess?" With Reiners approval, Bertolt began to play the music, suddenly the mood started to shift. Rather than feeling the same feeling of dread and fear they felt for the last hour and a half, they suddenly felt brave, strong, and determined! It was as if they had become anime protagonists because of the music.
"Damn Bertold that was actually a good idea! Alright, let's do this!" Reiner had gotten into position, kneeling and grabbing onto the floor the muscular blonde stared at the barricade in front of him, and in an instant, he charged. He continued to charge ignoring the screams of the bikers who wanted to stop him, but he wasn't going to let that happen. He had a job to do, he was a warrior, and as a warrior, he was determined to get his friends into the safety of the main building. So he ran, he ran as hard as he could, before finally crashing into the barricade, shattering it into pieces! As dust and glass fragments hit the floor the students looked on in stunned silence. Before erupting into cheers. As the students rushed to get inside, Annie and Bertold walked up to Reiner, picking him up and treating any wounds they found.
"Well, would you look at that, looks like the freshman finally managed to break their way into the school." As they looked up they saw a slightly beaten up Levi wielding what was left of a broom handle in one hand and a trash can lid in the other.
"Hey, Mr. Ackerman, I see you've been quite busy for the last hour and a half huh?" Reiner asked, hoping to get on his good side due to what he heard from Mikasa.
"Yep, just had to do my job and get rid of the garbage, you know what I'm saying?" Suddenly a screech was heard coming from the outside of the building. While the students had gotten used to the weird sounds the Rouge biker made they were surprised by Levi's reaction to the sound, it was almost as if the janitor looked...afraid..."D-Damn it...Grisha really did it didn't he?"
'DIE DIE DIE! JUST ROT IN HELL YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU WILL NEVER HURT ANYONE ELSE EVER AGAIN! DO YOU HEAR ME! ESPECIALLY MY FRIENDS!' as the rouge finished his beatdown on the biker, the others started to retreat at the sight of the main entrance now being opened. 'Looks like Reiner managed to get everyone inside...that's...good.' as the rouge finished that thought he started to stumble, exhausted from the battle. 'I did it...I bought them enough time to get inside...I saved them... heh this helmet's starting to get hot...maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to...take...it...off," After removing his helmet, the rouges vision began to blur, the last thing he saw before passing out was a raven-haired girl calling out to him.
"Mikasa..."
After Reiner broke down the barricade some of the students stayed behind to look for any stragglers, thanks to their efforts and the effort of the Rouge biker they managed to make the bikers retreat from the school, and while a good portion of the freshmen class bailed and left the campus during the chaos, a good portion of the students were either hiding under cars in tied up in vans, paint smearing their faces. While many of the students searched for at random, Mikasa was really focused on finding Eren, she had a lot to say to the green-eyed boy. But after a couple of minutes of not finding Eren, Mikasa decided it would be best to ask if the Rouge biker if by any chance they had found him, but as she got closer to the biker she realized something, the biker was wearing a pair of student pants. 'Huh, so he is a student...maybe they stole a pair of clothes from the bikers or something.' However, she got closer she noticed the biker was beginning to stumble. 'Poor guy must be tired after fighting all those bikers and-' Mikasa's thoughts were cut off as she witnessed the biker, revealing that it was none other than Eren.
"E-Ereh..." Mikasa's walk turned into a run as she noticed him falling to the ground. "E-Ereh!"
"Mikasa..." these were Eren's last words before he passed out in Mikasa's arms, causing the girl to panic. 'No! I just got you back! Please Ereh! Don't be dead!' Wanting to make sure Eren was alright, Mikasa placed her onto Erens chest to check his heartbeat. Her eyes welling up as she heard a soft thumping and after a few seconds, Mikasa began to cry tears of joy. Soon after Armin found the two of them, shocked to find out that Eren was the Rouge biker all along.
"Eren's alright...but...I...I thought..."
"We're gonna enjoy our high school years Armin! Together!
"Hell's yeah! We're gonna rock these next four years! WOO!"
"Eren...you were right...we are gonna rock these next four years!" Soon Armin began to sob due to the immense joy he felt at that moment. Meanwhile, Jean looked at the sight with mixed feelings, while he was glad Eren was alright he was shocked at what that implied. Looking at all the crashed vans and blown-up Motorcycles, all Jean could do was ask one question.
"So...does that mean...Eren did all this?"
Author's note:
Woah, looks like Eren's the mysterious biker! What a surprise am I right? Sorry if this Chapter was relatively short compared to the others, I hope I do better next week! Until then, see you around my rats!