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Mikasa too the shakily breath, pushing the door open a little more before stepping inside. Her gun in a tight grip as she kept it by her side, not wanting to frighten the rest of the group by aiming a gun towards them but also ready to lift and shoot if an enemy was before her. 

Stopping as glanced to behind the door, finding Levi ready with her knife before lowering it once he noticed it was her and not a threat. She gave a small greeting nod towards him before turning to notice the rest huddled in one of the far corners.

"Did you kill them?" Moblit asked, his voice low as if the question was loud than all would shatter around them. 

"They were survivors from a unit sent here a couple days ago. They killed themselves, I think one was most likely infected and the other wasn't willing to carry on alone. But the real threat is still running around, seems like he's been playing cat and mouse with the survived soldiers. It's worrying since he's made up traps and used sneak attacks on them too" Mikasa answered calmly, moving to place her back towards the wooden wall beside the opened door, keeping an eye on outside the cabin as she could easily be followed. 

"Traps?" Isabel whispered back in horror. 

"Sneak attacks?" Furlan choked out, fear clear in his eyes over the new information. 

"Oh! How exciting" Hanji squealed as she pumped a fist into the air. 

"How is that possible? I thought you said that once the sickness takes over you just run on hate and anger. Murder instincts take over stopping you from thinking clearly" Jean whispered yelled back, clearly as scared as the rest. 

"And she also warned us over the 1% that seems to be able to think and control the rest of those controlled by the sickness. We're clearly just met one of the infected who fits into that 1%" Levi scoffed back unimpressed over the rest acting as if this was all new to them. They were clearly warned already, they just didn't expect to meet one.

"His name was Noah, if that was even his real name. Names are mostly forgotten once their turn insane in rage, they don't always know who is who anymore. Some pick up names they've heard and repeat it like a mad man while other's just take a name and use it if they're still able to speak. Speaking the name to make other's come closer before slicing their throats. Most, well they just become nameless and forget the single word that told other's who they use to be" Mikasa mumbled back, glancing back to the rest before turning back to check outside since she'd have to lead them out the front again. 

"W-What do we do now? You mentioned over those still able to use their brain to be the most dangerous. Can we still head back to camp?" Marco nervously asked as the room fell into a tensed and frightened silence.

"No, we can't head back. Noah needs to be killed, he knows where the camp is already. He somehow knew how to reach the camp or close to the guards and pass on a false mission report earning a team to be sent out to this place with him. He'll either carry on with such a plan or he'd just lead a group of the infected to camp now he thinks we're a risk to his traps. Lucky for us, he's the only infected around meaning he couldn't pass on the location or push any other infected in our camp direction. I've still got time to find him and kill him off, once I do, than I can take you all safely to the camp" Mikasa replied with a small frown, her eyes stayed glued on the outside as she was certain she saw a blur at the end of the street, a head just popping out from one of the cabins corners looking towards them. 

"How can we help? We've got to do somethi-" Eren started to ask, a determined look in his eyes before he was silenced by Mikasa lifting a finger. 

"He doesn't know your all here, not yet. He's waiting for me to head out, he thinks I'm a solo soldier looking for survivals. All of you, stay inside and don't make a single sound. If I end up dead, stay hidden up in here until he either comes to check it out or leaves the town. He's made this town his hunting ground meaning he knows it too well for you to have an advantage but inside, you lot can distract him as he enters while Levi stabs him in the back of the throat" Mikasa whispered, keeping her eyes on where she saw the moment and taking notice they've shuffled back in hiding. 

"Understood, please be careful" Armin whispered back and Mikasa simply nodded before slipping back outside the cabin. 

Levi kept behind the door, glancing to the rest before turning back to Mikasa knife in his hand. He was the last defence, that was clear, even if they all did hold their powers if a single drop of dna entered one of the soul's than they'd end up with two dead within days or weeks the most. 

He didn't like their odds, if this Noah guy had kept two soldiers trapped to this place and a mess than what hope did he have with a knife. Sure, he'd have the element of surprise but Noah seems to be rather skilled at them too. They were working on the hope that he'd be too distracted by the group by the wall to notice him or even know that he was standing in waiting. 

But that only worked if Levi could make a quick kill, if he missed than they would all lose their shot. Using powers would be useful but not when they're all trapped in a single room together, it'd only get them all hurt one way or another and alert any soldiers nearby heading towards the academy. 

No, he had to believe in this half thought up plan, it was their only chance if Mikasa didn't return or got infected herself. She gave him the knife for a reason, she knew he could protect the rest if she failed and he couldn't disappoint her now. 

She's come back and she'd come back to find them all safe and still breathing like how she left them.