Big Ratt's Arcade, Bathroom
Finding a place to store their weapons during the first shift, Eren and Mikasa quickly leave a window unlocked for the next time they come through. A few hours later, they sneak in during the second shift of the guards and hide their weapons in the hiding spots they chose earlier. Given the small size of their weapons (except Mikasa's swords), they managed to hide their weapons in small areas that only they could find.
Under the sink.
The cunning warrior never strikes in broad daylight; the cunning soldier ambushes the enemy at night and waits patiently to get the upper hand.
Sure, they could've gone in guns (and swords) blazing but the first part of the plan was to scout the place out, count how many guards there were (12), what kind of guns they had (pistols), how strong they were (above average), how many exits (2), the number of civilians (40). The second part of the plan when sneaking in was to plant their weapon so they could pass the metal detector with ease when the time came.
Not only that but they used the guards' second shift to gather more information on their targets, like the backgrounds of the guards. During the guards' second shift, Eren requested background checks for those working the night shift, the guards they were going to kill.
When Armin emailed him the information on all the guards through the background checks they took, all of them were confirmed members of the Richter Crime Family and all had a history of violence.
The time for the third part of the plan came.
Before they begin, the two of them head into the alley beside the arcade and quickly hide in the shadows. Good, their glowing shirts weren't glowing yet. They wear their shirts on the inside out before they apply their disguises. Eren pulls up his Attack Titan mask and secures it snugly around his face. Meanwhile, Mikasa tugs her scarf around her neck, ensuring no part of it sticks out. Nodding to each other, the plan they put in place for the civilians mentally replays in their minds without either one saying anything.
Climbing through the window, they quickly take their weapons from their hiding spots. Mikasa kept her swords with her because they were too big to conceal but she did have plenty of throwing knives stuffed into her jacket and tucked away around the knife holsters running up her legs.
Making their way to the bathroom door, they look at each other one last time. They turn their shirts outside-in once more as they calmly step through the bathroom door.
The arcade lights up with several lights so everyone can see each other with only a few neon lights active in the corners. Eren counts many classic arcade games in the arena, including the classic Terminator arcade game. The arcade is smaller compared to the pizza joint but not by that much; having one floor instead of two but there was plenty of room to maneuver They branch off in different paths, with Mikasa taking the right path and Eren the left. Mikasa heads for the fire alarm and pulls in.
BLARE! BLARE! BLARE!
The crowd jumps to their feet, the kids crying from the sudden loud noise and the civilians quickly make for the exit. As they are about to exit the doors, they pause when they see a guard suddenly chain the doors.
"What are you doing?" a man yells.
"Ensuring our survival," Gene answers. "Ours, not yours, and certainly not theirs." Gene rips a gun out of his holster and fires a shot into the ceiling. The civilians scream and get down to their knees and the guards quickly take the civilians hostage.
"Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackermann!" Randolph yells.
Still in the middle of the arcade and near the fire alarm, Mikasa narrows her eyes and looks over at Eren, who aims his gun upward.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
All the lightbulbs in the arcade go out, surrounding everyone in darkness with the only source of light coming from the kitchen. The kitchen lights turn off and a hostile guard leaps over the counter.
Guards 1, 2, 3, and 4 charge for Eren and Mikasa as they hide in the darkness. They fire blindly in their general direction, hitting several game machines, and do everything they can to keep Eren and Mikasa from sneaking up on them.
Eren looks at Mikasa as they hide behind the Terminator game.
This wasn't part of the plan, Mikasa inwardly sneers. They knew we were coming and they're using the civilians as hostages. The rules of engagement have changed.
Eren glares behind his mask. No, he thinks, I can't stand you putting innocent people in danger. I won't let what happened to Sasha happen to anyone else.
Yelling into his mask, which muffles his roars, he leaps to his feet. BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
"Ereh!" Mikasa lunges for Eren.
BANG!
Mikasa pulls Eren down as the bullets from the guards fire back at them. Guard 1 goes down, a bullethole in Eren's usual kill spot as he slumps to the ground. She drags him behind cover and pushes his head down. "No, the civilians," she whispers, "we can't risk shooting in their direction."
Eren looks at her, his expression hidden behind his Attack Titan mask but his eyes show that he acknowledges what she says. He nods firmly.
Meanwhile, the rest of the guards continue offloading as many bullets in the parade area as possible, their bullets ricocheting off the machines with some hitting the screens, making them forever unplayable. One of the guards roars and shoots at the fire alarm, putting the place in deafening silence, the only sounds to be made are the whispers from the terrified civilians.
Gene and Randolph continue to point at the civilians along with four other guards. Nervously, Gene picks up a girl with long red hair and hoists her to her feet. He turns his back to the crowd, holding the redhead at gunpoint.
"Eren Jaeger!" Gene yells. "Come out right now or I swear to god, I'll blow this woman's brains out! You got five seconds to comply!"
"Five!" Randolph counts aloud. "Four! Three!"
Eren stands to his feet, holding his hands up.
Randolph takes a remote out of his pocket and presses a button. The neon lights hooked to the wall come to life and Eren's shirt lights up, making him visible to all.
"Where is Mikasa Ackermann?!" Gene demands.
Eren shows the gun in his hand.
"FIRE!"
BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!
Eren falls to the ground, flopping on his back as his body fills with bullet holes. His neon shirt now ruined and barely recognizable lay flat against his chest as he lies on the carpeted ground, eyes closed, the only piece of clothing still in tact was his Attack Titan mask.
"We got him!" Guard 2 yells.
"Put a bullet in his fucking skull!" Gene orders. "Don't let him outsmart us!"
"Yes sir!"
Guard 2 steps forward, moving around a few tables to get to the arcade area, where he finds Eren lying on the ground, motionless. He kicks his shoes, trying to provoke a reaction. Guard 2 puts the barrel to Eren's temple.
Shing.
BANG!
Guard 2 screams but his cries are muffled when a hand is placed over his mouth. He struggles but the knife stabbed in his chest digs deeper - Squelch. - in his heart before he goes silent.
"What's going on?!" Gene shouts. "What the hell is going on?!"
Eren's eyes shoot open as he sits up, still hiding behind the arcade. He pulls his mask down, exposing his face so he can speak more clearly. "I got him!" He deepens his voice. "Eren Jaeger is fucking dead!"
Eren quickly removes the bulletproof vest Mikasa gave him before handing it back to her. He grabs the security guard's jacket and quickly puts it on. He stands to his feet, his back to Gene, Randolph, and the remaining guards.
"He's fucking dead!"
"Where's Mikasa?!"
Eren forces himself to scream as loud as he can as Mikasa slices the sleeve on his arm before making a run for it and hiding in the dark. She runs for the bathroom door, where the light is still on, and opens the door, lighting up the room briefly before the door closes.
Eren shoots for the bathroom door. BANG! BANG!
"She fucking cut me! She ran into the bathroom!"
"Shit." Gene jams the barrel deeper into the redhead's temple. Seeing her wince, he looks at her, whispering, "Sorry."
"Help me!" Eren runs to the bathroom, making sure to conceal his face in the shadows, "she's trapped."
"Hang on," Guard 3 yells, "we're coming."
Eren sprints to the bathroom door and heads inside before Guards 3 and 4 can catch up to him and spot his face. Before he disappeared through the bathroom door, he looked up at the ceiling, where Mikasa suspended herself up by pushing her hands and feet into the falls around her.
Holding their guns up like gangsters, they quickly run into the bathroom after him.
Meanwhile, Gene looks at Randolph. "Bring in the heavy artillery."
Randolph nods. "I will."
Randolph moves away, leaving Gene to stand guard with the hostages along with Guards 9 and 10.
Kicking the bathroom door open, Guards 3 and 4 step through, gasping in shock as the guard they follow mysteriously vanishes and the window is left open.
"No," Guard 3 gasps.
BANG! BANG!
Guard 3 collapses. Guard 4 collapses to his knees, clutching his shoulder.
Eren kicks a stall open and aims for Guard 4. CLICK! Eyes widening, he pulls his mask up before charging for Guard 4.
He shoves Guard 4 against the sink and hammers his head into the mirror. Guard 4 hits Eren in the stomach with minimal force. Eren punches the mirror with a gloved hand and picks up a shard. He elbows Guard 4 off of him before sweeping his legs out. He climbs on top of the guard and raises the shard above his head.
STAB!
Guard 4 screams, which is muffled when Eren puts his hand over his mouth and waits patiently for him to die. Sighing heavily, Eren removes himself from the guard before picking up his pistol. He ejects the magazine before slapping a new one in.
BANG!BANG!BANG!
Eren ducks as bullets fly in from the bathroom door. He quickly makes a break for it before leaping out the window from earlier.
"You," Gene begins, "go check on Eren's body and make sure it's Eren."
Guard 5 nods before hesitantly heading towards where the guard said he allegedly killed Eren.
"You two, go with him as well," Randolph orders to Guards 6, 7, and 8.
They nod before following after the first guard. The four of them come up to the corpse and turn it over.
Guard 5 gasps, his face going pale but this sight was hidden in the darkness of the arcade. "It's one of ours!"
BANG! BANG!
After hearing the two gunshots coming from the bathroom, the four guards raise their guns on the bathroom door. They wait a few moments for someone to come out before they look at each other with hesitation.
"Just shoot," Guard 5 orders.
"What about the others inside?"
"Forget about them."
BANG!BANG!BANG!
Hitting the bathroom door with one bullet each except Guard 5, he steps back as the other three guards slowly step toward the bathroom door. Taking another step back as the others kick open the door, Guard 5 looks around. Before he realizes it, a hand comes down over his mouth. Stab. He convulsed, gasping loudly before collapsing, Mikasa removing the knife from his throat.
"There she is!" Gene shouts from the other side, alerting the three guards' attention. "Shoot her!"
BANG! BANG!
Guards 9 and 10 tumble to the ground in front of the civilians. Gene screams and rotates at a 180-degree angle, keeping the redhead hostage in front of him, the barrel slightly digging just under her ear as his eyes widen.
Eren Jaeger in his Attack Titan mask was standing outside the arcade and he fired two rounds at the two guards holding the people hostage from outside, hitting them with such precision in the darkness.
Eren trains his gun on Gene but holds his fire as Gene hides his head behind the short redhead girl's head.
Back inside, Guards 6, 7, and 8 rush out of the bathroom and blindly fire in the direction of the arcade, ignoring the gunshots coming from their left where the hostages were now cheering.
Mikasa leaps out from behind the Terminator machine and rushes for her opponents. She slides across the ground as they fire and sweeps their legs out, knocking all three down. She spins like a tornado to her feet as she delivers two roundhouse kicks to the faces of Guard 6 and 7. Leaping in the air, she somersaults over Guard 8 as he is standing halfway up and drives her swords into his back. Guard 8 screams before Mikasa rips the swords out and aims a little high.
SLASH!
His head comes off and falls at her feet. As Guard 6 and 7 recover, she kicks the head at Guard 7 like a soccer ball and hits him square in the face, making him fall flat on his back.
Mikasa throws her sword at Guard 6, spearing him in the chest. Guard 6 screams before Mikasa scissor kicks him, bringing him to the ground, and holds her sword.
SLASH!
Guard 6 gurgles, spasming on the ground before going limp, blood leaking from his neck like a faucet.
Guard 7 leaps to his feet and aims his pistol at Mikasa. Mikasa dives out of the way as he squeezes off one round before she slashes the sword. She severs his hand from his wrist, disarming him (literally), but she underestimates the force of her swing when the sword collides with the Terminator machine and breaks her weapon in two. Mikasa groans before removing her buck knife. She lunges for the guard, grabbing him by the throat, sweeping him off his feet, and...
Stab. Stab. Stab. STAB!
Back with Eren, he continues to hold Gene at gunpoint in the ultimate staredown of the arcade battle. Mikasa retrieves her weapons and carefully moves across the arcade, keeping her eyes on Gene and the hostage while reminding herself of the hostages. Remembering the chained doors, she heads over and with a few kicks, breaks the pushable doors down, causing the glass to shatter with an ear-splitting shatter that makes Mikasa flinch.
"Stay away!" Gene panics. "Don't come any closer!" He steps back, taking the redhead hostage with him. "I'll kill her, I swear!"
Mikasa points her remaining sword at him. "You don't want to do that."
"Please, stay back, I-"
BANG!
Gene's head jerks to the left, his body going limp as he collapses to the side, his gun slipping from his fingers as the redhead stands in the middle of the room, eyes wide.
From outside, Eren sighs heavily and pretends to blow the smoke away from his barrel. Holstering his sidearm, he looks inside, waiting for his eyes to adjust a little more so he can see Mikasa stepping toward the hostage.
"Are you okay?" Mikasa asks.
"Come on," a civilian shouts, "let's get the fuck out of here!"
Without wasting any more time, they make a break for it, stepping over the corpses of the people who took them hostage and escaping through the shattered front doors. Some of the civilians don't bother sticking around and simply get in their cars to drive off while others stay behind to either give police statements or just to admire the badassery of the legendary Attack Titan and Red Scarf. Eren looks over at them, his expression hidden by his Attack Titan mask but his green eyes follow the civilians as they make themselves comfortable.
Mikasa put her hand on the redhead former hostage and was about to say more when the sound of a soft thud against the ground made her eyes perk.
BAM!
Eren screams as he goes down, falling hard on his back, consulting in agony as glass shards from the window land on him.
Mikasa looks over her shoulder, spotting the new threat.
It was Randolph, holding a Benelli M4 shotgun.
Mikasa's eyes widen and she grabs the redhead and takes her with her to a table, which she promptly kicks over to offer better cover.
Randolph steps forward with confidence, walking with a sense of pride the other guards failed to walk with, it probably had something to do with the fact he was carrying a bigger weapon than anyone else in the room, including Eren and Mikasa. He marches like a soldier toward the table where the two girls take cover and aim.
BAM!
The shells take the top of the table off, forcing the two to move and kick over another table.
BAM!
"Where are you going?"
Mikasa and the redhead knock over a few more tables after the shotgun shells blow their cover away and duck down.
BAM! BAM!
They overturn the last table and hunker as close to the ground as possible with Mikasa's back to the redhead.
"Why won't you just give up?" Randolph shouts. "Stop making it impossible to get killed!"
With her back to her, the redhead reaches into her inner jacket pocket to produce something. A knife. Without wasting another second and already pumped with adrenaline, her eyes go wide as she thrusts the knife forward.
STAB!
Mikasa screams and shoves the redhead off of her, kicking her into the open. Randolph catches himself from firing at the last second and aims at Mikasa's cover. Mikasa growls and bares her teeth at the hostage as she removes a knife in her side buried to the hilt. She clutches the knife with her face turning red with pain and grits her teeth again.
The redhead stands up, producing another knife when-
BANG!
Her head explodes with a bullet going through her skull and she falls forward. Randolph yelps and turns to his left to see Eren with a little life left in him leaning on the window jamb, his gun waving with weak arms in the direction of the redhead's corpse.
Without waiting another second, Randolph raises his shotgun, and BAM!
Eren tumbles over, scraps of his clothing flying off.
"Yes," Randolph laughs before turning back to Mikasa.
Mikasa screams as she rushes for Randolph, holding her sword out.
Randolph aims at her. Click. Gasping, his eyes go wide. "NO!" He reaches for his pocket, desperate to pull out a shotgun shell when-
SLICE!
His head disconnects from his body and falls to the ground. Mikasa screams and stabs his still-standing body in the heart. She kicks his headless body to the ground before removing the sword and stabbing it several more times in the chest. Once she's satisfied with beating this metaphorical dead horse, she collapses to her side, clutching the stab wound on her right side, and sighs heavily.
"Ereh," she utters under her breath, seeing steam rising off his chest and shoulder where the gunshot wounds were prevalent.
Eren rushes into the arcade, limping, and setting off the metal detector from earlier. He collapses to his knees five feet away from her and barely manages to catch himself with his hands. He crawls over like a dog to Mikasa's side and puts a hand on her cheek, a bloody hand which ends up leaving a bloody handprint.
"She was one of them," Mikasa gasps, "the redhead bitch, she was one of them."
Eren pulls his mask down, sighing heavily. "I know." He grabs Mikasa's arms and hoists her to her feet. "Come on, let's get out of here."