Trial

Eren's POV

"Order in the court!" yelled Darius Zackly

I glared at the other side of the court room where Recon was standing as the plaintiff with a bunch of other Russian soldiers standing behind her. I stood in the defendant side with my team, fighting for Erwin's innocence. Erwin was handcuffed onto a pole in the middle of the court room while civilians and other military officials watched from the back. Zackly was the judge with Reiner and Historia sitting next to him.

"We have the evidence, everything, what is there to argue about?" asked Recon

"What if you were the one who changed the footage?!" yelled Connie

"Connie, not now." said Jean

"There's no point in changing the footage. Plus it's impossible for anyone to change the footage that quickly." said Recon

"Defendant, please remain silent until you are given the order to talk." said Zackly

"Sorry your honor." apologized Hange

"Plaintiff, anything else you would like to say?" asked Zackly

"Yes one more thing." replied Recon, "I believe Scout team 104 is working with Ghost team 117."

The court room starts erupting in chatter and I nearly gasped but restrained myself from showing any sign of weaknesses in me.

"What makes you think that?" asked Zackly

"Over the course of hunting them down, not a single member was killed in action." said Recon

"Ghost Team worked with us, how can they possibly kill us?" asked Mikasa

"I know Ghost better than anyone here." said Recon, "He'll kill you if you stand in his way, yet he still haven't killed a single one of you, injuries don't count cause he'll injure anyone on his team."

I stood there frowning at her with the rest of my team.

"Also, my team picked up a communication between Eldia and places where Ghost team were over the past week." continued Recon, "Which means that one of you is cooperating with them."

"Is that true Section Commander Hange?" asked Zackly

Hange stood there not knowing what to say.

"We also picked up those transmissions." blurted out Armin

Everyone turns to look at him and I could see some fear in his eyes.

"We've been trying to find out who's communicating with them for the past week, we thought it would be easier to handle this on our own instead of telling you." continued Armin

"I see." said Zackly

Recon didn't seem to buy Armin's statement but let it slide which I let out a sigh of relief.

"Erwin Smith, is there anything you would like to say?" asked Zackly

Erwin looked up to Zackly and frowned.

"We're facing someone far bigger than Ghost team." said Erwin

"That's to be determined." said Zackly, "For now, you'll be confined in your room, no access to any technology, no visitors and you can only leave the room when there's something involving you."

"That's it?" asked Recon

"We don't know for sure if he did it, the evidence may just be a flaw." replied Zackly

Recon raised her eyebrow but just nodded.

"This ends the court trial." said Zackly and he smacks the desk with his hammer

I left the court room and walked besides Armin.

"Hey, don't you think we're gonna find something that might actually lead to another war?" asked Armin

"What makes you say that?" I asked

"Well, the only one capable of actually changing the footage would be Hacker but let's say he's not capable, we're looking at something bigger than last time." said Armin

"Well, we can't even contact them now since Recon is aware of it." said Eren

"No we have to continue to contact them." said Armin, "If we stop Recon's going to be suspicious about it."

"We have to be cautious then." I said, "Is it possible to call them through a secure channel?"

"Yea it's possible, that's simple." said Armin

"Then I need to call Kit." I said

"Wait, Kit must have thrown out his phone since it could be used as a tracking device." said Armin

"Dammit." I mumbled

"But we can send a message through Hacker's computer." said Armin

"Then let's go." said Eren

We headed over to Historia's chambers and got on Armin's computer.

"Here, secured channel, there's no way anyone could find the signal unless it's Hacker trying to find the signal but other than that we can send him a secured txt but it can't be too long." said Armin

"Got it." I replied

I got on the computer and typed, 'The symbols mean, may the dead be reborn. Recon found out, limiting our communications with you.' I sent the text and relaxed a bit.

"Now what?" asked Armin

"We wait?" I responded not knowing what to do in general.

"No time to wait." said Recon as she barged into the room with a whole bunch of Russian soldiers.

"What's going on?" asked Armin

I got up and got in front of Armin.

"We're going to search this area." replied Recon

She looks behind her and nods at her soldiers who start entering the room and starts rummaging through our stuff.

"Hey you can't do this!" I yelled

A Russian soldier pushed me so I quickly pushed kicked him back into 2 Russian soldiers. That's when a whole fight broke out. A Russian soldier ran and swung his baton at me but I ducked under and kicked his leg tripping him. I grabbed the arm of a Russian soldier and punched him in the face and then back kicked him. Another Russian soldier ran towards me but I ducked under, grabbed his waist and flipped him over. But then Recon did a jumping back kick hitting my chest and sent my flying back into Armin.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I asked

"Seeing if you're also the fugitive." said Recon, "But since you fought back we're taking you to custody."

Two soldiers grabbed my arms and picked me from the floor.

"What is going on!" yelled Historia

Everyone stopped and looked towards the entrance of the door to see Queen Historia and King Reiner with my team.

"We were searching for any evidence." replied Recon

"Without my permission, this is my room and you have no right to barge in without my permission." snapped Historia

"But these two-"

"You are on our land, this is not Russia we can still hold you as the enemy." Historia cut her off

Recon looked at her with an eyebrow raised and her soldiers looked at one another in disbelief.

"Understood, my sincere apologizes." apologized Recon

She leaves the room with her soldiers behind her leaving the room in a mess.

"Eren, Armin are you two okay?" asked Mikasa

"Yea I'm fine." I replied and Armin just nodded

"What were you two even doing?" asked Annie

"We just sent a text to Hacker in a secure channel." said Armin

"Thank you my queen." I thanked Historia

"How many times do I have to tell you to just say my name." smiled Historia

"Sorry but thank you." I repeated

"Don't worry about it." replied Historia

"Do you think Hacker received the text?" I asked

"Yes and in fact he responded." said Armin

"What did he say?" I asked

I looked at the screen and Hacker sent a text message saying, 'Do not trust anyone, even those on your team.'

I looked at Armin and raised my eyebrow.

"What does he mean?" I asked

Kit's POV

Ghost turns off the TV and sighs.

"Erwin definitely didn't do it." said Ghost

"For sure." agreed Hacker

"They received the text message?" asked Marksman

"Yes sir." replied Hacker

"Let's go then, we're going to have to infiltrate the White House." said Ghost

"Exactly how sir?" asked Juggernaut

"Hacker will hack into their surveillance camera and disable them, making it look like I'm not there." said Ghost

"Wait you're going in there all by yourself?" asked Marksman

"It'll be safer." replied Ghost

"Sir, then what are we supposed to do on standby?" asked Javelin

"Just wait for now, if shit hits the fan don't back me up, I know a way out." said Ghost

I looked at Phantom with a raised eyebrow but she just shrugged.

"But sir with all due respect if you get caught-"

"Calm down he won't get caught, he lives up to his name." Phantom cuts off Bomber

"Sorry ma'am." apologized Bomber

"He's been through many trials of stealth, he'll go in there and get out of there as if he wasn't there." said Phantom

"Kit, hand me the ammo box." said Ghost

I handed him the fresh new ammo boxes we had. Ghost takes out his pistol and starts unloading his mag, taking out the bullets inside.

"What are you doing?" asked Phantom

"They can get my fingerprint on the bullets and the shell." replied Ghost

He starts loading his mag with new bullets and continues doing it with other mags.

"How are you going to get inside?" asked Marksman

"I'm going to get in an agent's car and he's going to enter the White House that's where I start." said Ghost

"How are you going to get out?" asked Juggernaut

"Same way I came in." replied Ghost as he cocks his gun

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2 hours later

Ghost's POV

I was in a trunk of an agent's car as it entered the garage. He car parked and the engine turned off, I heard the agent close his car's door and walk away.

I waited a minuted and broke the lock of the trunk and got out. I closed the trunk and took a deep breathe.

'Time to start.'

I approached the garage entrance and noticed the lock on it.

"Hacker." I whispered

"9032." he responded

I entered the pin on the lock and it opened so I exit the garage and entered the White House. There were multiple agents patrolling around so I quietly snuck around taking the long way, entering rooms to avoid contact. I tried to avoid cameras just in case something goes wrong and I always checked corners before turning around them.

It took 15 minutes for me to get to the place I wanted to. When I entered the room it was dark so I pulled out a flashlight and started looking through the files starting with deceased agents. I searched the K section for last names until I found it. Kairos Kan, my father. I needed to figure out exactly how he died.

I took out his file and started looking through it. There was a picture of him in the first page and next to it said 'Status: Deceased'. I scanned the page until I found the reason of death. Car crash, his car fell off a bridge. But it said that the car that crashed into him drove away from the scene.

'Did they find out who was driving that car.'

I searched through his file but I didn't find anything like that.

"Hacker, find out about the crash on my father, I want the footage and get the license plate number of the car who hit my father's car." I told Hacker

"Understood sir."

I took pics of every page and put his file away and looked for my mother's file. I looked through the deceased file and found it, Sarah Kim. I opened it and same as my father's, her picture was there in the first page. I had to stop myself from crying when I saw her so I quickly just started scanning the page. Status deceased, reason of death, was killed by unknown men.

'Unknown? Have they not found out who it was by now?'

"Captain, I got the license plate number but the car is destroyed. So I traced the owner and it's a man named Richard Santos, he was a marine and is now living in isolation in Arizona." said Hacker

"Got it. Also look up about my mother's death." I responded

"Yes sir."

I continued looking but noticed something. A picture of my mother and father with two other people who were in lab coats, one male one female. But the one thing that got me in the picture was the logo in the background.

'NHEO? Why are they part of it? I thought... wtf?'

I quickly take a picture of it and turn the page.

"Sir, two agents saw the flash, hide!" said Hacker

I quickly put the files back in and hid next to the door. The door opens and I use the door as cover as two agents came inside with their firearms drawn. They turn on the lights and looked through the cabinets. While they were busy I walked out of the room quietly and made my way towards the garage. I saw an agent leaving so I snuck behind his car and starting picking his trunk lock and got in.

"Colonel, did you get out of there?" asked Hacker

"Yea I'm in a trunk, I'll be out." I replied

"Sir, so I found out that your mother was attacked by a couple men and I got footage but there's something big and I think you should see this." said Hacker

"Just tell me what is it?" I asked

"Sir, the men who attacked your mother, they're like Recon, shifters."