Back to the Beginning

The Plan

Eren POV

The room was filled with the sound of a dozen scouts chatting amongst each other, every one of them talking about something different.

Few knew why they had been gathered, but a general idea had been gathered in the severs minutes they had been in the room.

So this is it. These will be the people to take down the government. I suppose it's more than last time, but still, will it be enough?

He saw Hanji, Levi, and Eld enter the room quickly, each of them strutting forward towards the front of the gathered Scouts.

If this coup gets bloody then this will turn into hell. The capitol building will be tough to take, and with dozens of armed MPs guarding it, I reckon casualties will be high.

They also have several Scouts kept in the building, so a siege isn't optional. And if they wait for me to arrive then they'll just execute them anyway.

"Scouts, I need your attention!" Hanji called out suddenly, dragging him from his thoughts. She stood up in front of them alongside Levi and Eld, the only veteran Scouts not imprisoned at the moment.

Even Moblit, Hanji's second in command, had been captured. From what she had told them, he had saved her from capture by giving himself up to the MPs, buying her the time to escape

"Our plan is finally ready, and after much talk, we know what our plan of action will be," Hanji began. "It will start with Eren handing himself in to the government."

As expected the room was filled with complete shock at her statement, and he did not doubt that all of them were expecting the opposite of that.

"I know," Hanji continued over the noise. "It seems like a stupid idea, but bear with us. The government right now is on max alert. They're probably looking for us at every moment possible, and they will make it impossible for us to sneak past the walls."

"So we plan to have him transform outside Stohess district and open the gate to let us in. Chaos will take hold and everyone will rush to escape into wall Sina. We will be in the crowd and will split up to avoid us all being captured, with luck most of us should make it through."

"Once inside wall Sina, Eren will exit his titan and will then let himself be taken captive. He will likely be taken to Rod Reiss and Eren will then kill the puppeteer to prevent him from stirring up any trouble in the future."

He glanced over at Historia who stood just across the room from him and standing next to Ymir and Mina.

Surprisingly she hadn't reacted at all when Hanji told them what they were going to do to her father. Instead, she kept her face nearly completely still, not letting a single emotion through.

"And to make sure that nothing goes wrong Levi and Eld will follow him, but hopefully they won't need to do anything."

"The rest of us will meet up inside Wall Sina and from there we will spread out and try to find allies. Pixie will at least hear us out, and I know Zackly has long since harbored grudges against the government."

"And once our allies are gathered we can put together a final plan, and hopefully without Rod Reiss to keep the nobles in check they might just crumble and fall apart. Now, what do you think of it?"

The room remained in complete silence, none of them able to say anything at the flawed plan.

I think even Hanji knows how unlikely this is, especially towards the end. No doubt Erwin has a plan to do something, but how can I tell them that without completely giving myself up.