Chapter 12: Order in the court
"Mikasa, no offense but you got to calm down!" Armin said as he held the crazed raven-haired girl down.
"Armin, we don't know what the schools going to do to him! You saw the look on my uncle's face, they may kill him for all we know!" To say Mikasa was stressed out was an understatement. She was in a state of mind Armin called "Eren mania".
"Mikasa, this ain't the Third Century, I'm like, 90 percent sure they're not gonna kill Eren." Suddenly, a man wearing a suit and tie walked up to them, a grim look on his face.
"Are you Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlet?" the man asked, his voice laced with nothing but coldness.
"Um yeah, why?" Armin responded, not liking the vibes coming from the man. 'What does this weirdo want with us? And how did he get past the front office without a visitors badge? Isn't that a massive safety concern? Suddenly the man in the suit responded, interrupting Armin's train of thought.
"You two are to report to the Gym for the trial of Eren Yeager." Thinking quickly, Armin reached out to catch Mikasa as she fainted due to finding out what happened to her "Ereh".
"Thanks for letting us know, we'll be there soon," Armin responded, his mind heavy on what would become of his best friend and how he was going to wake up Mikasa.
"So remind again why I'm wearing these chains and shackles while I'm inside this cage? It seems kinda redundant..." Eren asked as he looked around the jail cell the school had.
"Hey man I don't make the rules, I was told to keep you secured as much as possible and that's exactly what I'm doing," Levi said as he sat on a sofa near the jail, sipping on some black leaf tea. Eren sighed before continued his questioning.
"Who are we waiting for anyway? Can't we just head to the trial and be done with it?"
"Nope, we gotta wait for..." Levi suddenly paused, wanting to make the situation more dramatic. "...my boss..."
"Your boss?"
"Yep, my boss, Erwin Smith. Leader of Student Corps."
"Wait...you're part of the Student Corps? I thought they only let...you know, students join?" Eren asked before being hit on the head with some rolled-up newspapers Levi had lying around.
"I'm a chaperone you brat. God, I don't know what my niece sees's in you jackass." Eren tilted his head in confusion, not understanding Levi's statement.
"Um...what do you mean by that?" Now it was Levi's turn to be confused. 'Is Eren that clueless or is he plotting something...? What if he's planning to use the illusion of being naive to get on my good side, then when I'm finally comfortable, he's going to join his brother and create a monkey army or something, Wait, a monkey army? That's stupid-' Suddenly Levi was tossed to the side by a force of nature themselves, like he was some kind of rag doll, crashing into the jail bars that held Eren, freaking him out.
"ARE YOU THE OWL BOY?" the brown-haired maniac asked a terrified Eren.
"W-WHO ARE YOU!?" clearing their throats, the intruder was about to answer before being interrupted by Levi, a scowl on his face.
"That's Hange, if you ignore it, it will go away."
"Oh come on Levi, Don't be like that! But yeah, I'm Hange Zoe, Second in command of the student corps and a Chemistry teacher!" Eren stared at the chemistry teacher, it was as if he recognized her from somewhere else. Suddenly, it clicked for the young Yeager.
"Wait...Professor Zoe?!"
"You got it! Fancy seeing you here Yeager bombastic! Though you still haven't answered me. Are you the owl boy?"
"I...I think I am?" Eren said with a shrug, not necessarily knowing what else to respond with.
"Great!" Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, Hange pulled out a pair of handcuffs and cuffed poor old Yeager. "Sorry about the over-the-top security measures Eren, but this is necessary for the plan to work.
"Plan? What Plan?" Suddenly, the jail room door swung open as none other than Erwin Smith entered the room.
"My plan," Erwin answered nodding his head towards the two adults in the room. "Levi, Hange, good to see you."
"Yo, Erwin! Great to see you! How are you doing?" A now excited Hange asked.
"I'm doing good, Shorties not giving you too much trouble now is he?" Erwin responded, pointing at Levi.
"Screw you, Erwin, just tell the brat your plan."
"Right. So Eren, it seems that you've inherited the title of "The Owl", am I correct?" Erwin asked the chained teenager, who only nodded in response. "That's a lot of responsibility to carry. Are you willing to get your hands dirty out there?" Eren looked down at the ground, before responding.
"I am."
"Are you willing to put yourself in harm's way to get the job done? Erwin asked with a raised voice. To which Eren responded with an equally intense tone.
"I am!"
"ARE YOU WILLING TO DEDICATE YOUR HEART TO OUR CAUSE EREN YEAGER!?"
"I AM!"
"Then tell me Eren Yeager...what will you do to the bikers who wish to egg all our cool stuff?" Eren lugged at the bars of his cage, staring at the three adults in front of him with crazy eyes and a wide grin.
"I...will wipe them all out!" Erwin then nodded his head, looking at Levi and Hange as if to say "he's ready", with Levi nodding in approval.
"Not bad Yeager, not bad."
"Well, let's get ready to kick this trial's ass!"
"Right. Here's the plan..."
"Are you sure that's a good idea, Rico?"
"It would be for the better Mikasa, lying to the vice principal is a terrible idea. Just let them know what happened to Eren and I'm sure they won't hurt him." Rico answered a nervous Mikasa, with Armin nodding his head in approval.
"Let's just hope the Student Corps know what they're doing. I mean, they're challenging the Student Council of all people. That's no easy feat, even for them." Armin said as he pats Mikasa on the back in an attempt to keep her calm.
The group walked into the gymnasium, now made to look like a courtroom with Vice-principal Zackly sitting at the stands, waiting to begin the trial while also looking at the students in the courtroom.
"Settle down children," the old man said as he struck his gavel down. "Today we are to decide the fate of First-year student Eren Yeager... bring forth the defendant!" pointing towards the gymnasium's entrance, there stood none other than Eren Yeager and Hange as they walked him to his table.
"Again, sorry about the cuffs, You know how these things are." They whispered.
"It's good, you didn't hurt me so I think I'll be fine." Hange left Eren to join her side of the court as continued, "Eren Yeager. You are in court due to being considered a threat to the wellbeing of this fine academy, however, due to the special circumstances of your specific case, we have decided to let the clubs choose your fate, any questions?"
"Um...yeah, isn't this kinda dumb?"
"It is but the author didn't know what to write for this part so this is the best we got."
"What?"
"What? Eren and the vice-principal looked at each other for a solid 5 seconds before totally forgetting what happened.
"Anyways, the Student Council will now give their case, with Nile Dok acting as their representative. Nile, you may now speak!" Standing up from his seat, Nile picked up a pile of sheets and began to straighten them before finally speaking.
"Greeting folks, I'm Nile dok. Here is to discuss what the student council wishes to do with Eren Yeager and his owl suit. We plan on stripping Eren Yeager of the title of "The Owl" and giving it to a more controllable student due to Eren's violent demeanor." Several murmurs began to rise, causing Eren to sweat in his seat, not liking the fact that his past anger issues coming back to haunt him. "Once the student receives the owl suit, we plan on convincing the principal to suspend Eren for five weeks, Either that or we just run him over with a steamroller, that's all. After finishing his case, Nile sat back down, waiting for a concerned-looking Zackly to speak.
"So...aside from suggesting that we run over a fifteen-year-old with a steam roller, this is a solid plan. Does the Student Corps have a rebuttal?
"We do," Erwin said as he stood tall from his chair, ready to enact his plan. "We plan on using Eren to infiltrate the Bikers and steal as much information. Then, when the times right. We're going to beat the crap out of them. That is all." As Erwin sat back down, Eren looked at the history teacher, mortified that this was the speech he told him about. The only thought in his mind being 'i'm fucked.'
"Very well. Does the Student Council have a rebuttal to that?" Asked Zackly, concerned that the only clubs willing to take in Eren both just wanted to use the poor teen.
"We do, You say you have control over Eren am I right Erwin?" asked the blonde, who could only shake his head in confidence. "Well, according to a testimony from a gym coach by the name of Rico Brzenska, Eren was seen beating the crap out of the biker. Now while we can all appreciate a good biker whipping, what do we do if Eren turns on us?"
"If Eren were to turn on us I do believe the Student corps is more than capable of taking him out," responded Erwin with a stone-cold look on his face.
"If you truly believe this, then why don't I show you what Yeager is capable of!" Mr. Nile then turned towards a now confused Zachary before continuing. Vice Principal Zachary, permission to pull out a witness?" Looking at the teacher with confusion, the Vice Principal gave a thumbs up. Not knowing what to do in this instance. "I present to you...this random biker we found in a tree!" said Mr. Dok as the school nurse rolled in said biker on a wheelchair. Causing the entire audience to gasp in horror with the only exception being Mikasa, who recognized who they were almost immediately.
"N-No...N-Not him..." Mikasa gasped as she shook in her seat, causing Arming to look at her in worry.
"Yo Mikasa, you alright?" Before Mikasa could answer the biker began to rant.
"THAT MOTHERFUCKER DID THIS TO ME!" screamed the biker as he pointed maliciously at Eren. "HE TOOK HIS BRUTISH, ROUGH HANDS AND PICKED ME UP! THEN HE THREW ME ON THE GROUND L-LIKE SOME SORT OF FREAK!" Crowds began to whisper as the stranger told his tall tales before Mikasa decided to say stand from her seat and say something, much to Armin's shock
"Vice-principal Zachary! May I say something?" Desperately wanting to shut the random biker up, he allowed her to speak.
"That ball of filth assaulted us when we were younger!" Mikasa yelled out, silencing the crowd. "He ripped up my rabbit plushie and then he threatened to write on my face with a permanent marker, How can we trust what this guy is saying! For god's sake, he broke into the school with the intent of beating the crap out of a MINOR!" Mikasa said as she pointed accusingly at the biker. Causing the crowd to mutter amongst themselves once again as they digested the information.
"You're honor if I may interrupt?" Nile, said as he raised his hand, silencing the entire crowd before Zachary allowed him to speak. "Miss Ackerman, how exactly did you save yourselves from this biker?"
"Eren came to my rescue using a bucket fill with rocks," Mikasa answered, not knowing that she was falling right into a trap.
"Okay, and how precisely did he use those rocks to save you exactly?"
"Mikasa don't!" Eren whisper yelled as he realized what the Nile was up to.
"Well, after kicking one of his friends right the nuts he threw it at the other guy's face and knocked him out. Then this biker pounced on him began to choke him out before I grabbed him by the" Mikasa suddenly stopped her explanation as soon as she looked right into the crowd, multiple faces looking mortified after learning how exactly Eren saved her. "Uh oh..."
"Dang it, Mikasa..."
"That's all I needed to hear Miss Ackerman," Turning his head to the rest of the audience, Nile began his speech. Ladies and gentlemen of the court, If what Miss Ackerman just said was true, then even as a young child, Eren has and will pose a threat to the safety of everyone in the school. Therefore I call for the removal of his gear and or running him over with a steam roller! Nile yelled as he finished his speech, causing Eren to look constipated before hearing what the crowd had to say as well.
"YEAH! WHY DON'T WE SUSPEND HER TOO! SHE COULD ALSO BE DANGEROUS!"
"Let's run her over with a steam roller as well!" Hearing this, Eren had enough of everyone's madness, standing up from his table, Eren stared at the crowd with anger in his eyes. Causing Erwin to shift uncomfortably in his seat.
"It would seem that plan B is a go Levi, Erwin whispered to his right-hand man who simply nodded in response, he was going to enjoy this.
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS BS! YOU WACKOS ARE GOING WAY TOO FAR!" Eren yelled as he pointed to the audience, "YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE OFF BASELESS ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE THAT! SUSPEND ME! EXPEL ME! HELL, YOU CAN EVEN RUN ME OVER! BUT WHEN YOU THREATEN THOSE I CARE ABOUT YOU PUSH MY FUCKING BUTTONS! SO GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE, SHUT YOUR GODDAMNED MOUTHS, AND LET ME TAKE CARE OF THOSE BIKERS AND-"
Eren didn't even get to finish his sentence before being kicked by Levi. Much to the shock of the audience. As if on instinct, Armin grabbed Mikasa before she lunged at Levi. Things had gone from bad to worse.
Authors note
Hey guys I'm back! Sorry, it took so long to get this chapter up, hope you all enjoy it!