Remi flies back as fast as possible, and almost falls when she zooms right past a group of cadets on a roof. She turns around and lands quietly. As Mikasa flies off, Jean sighs and takes her place. But, Remi isn't listening to what he's saying, as she's too busy looking for Heidi. Suddenly, all of the cadets take off, and Remi follows.
"Heidi!"
The blonde girl turns her head to see Remi, who frowns as Heidi doesn't respond. The caramel haired girl soon catches up.
"What's wrong?"
Heidi doesn't even look at her.
"Max died."
Marco, who was flying just ahead of them, gasps and turns around. "What?!"
"She was thrown into a house," Heidi continues. "And was crushed by rubble. Armin told me."
Marco, who looks sick, turns back around.Remi is too shocked to say anything. A couple of tears escape her eyes, but she quickly wipes them away.
"There will be time to mourn later," Heidi said, still showing no emotion. "She would want us to live, so that's what we're gonna do, kay?"
Remi nods. The cadets-with some casualties along the way-made it to Headquarters. Remi and Jean enter first, covering their face with their arms to protect it from the glass.
"How many made it?" Marco asks. Jean runs a hand through his hair, looking conflicted. He then turns his head. Remi jumps as she goes over to comfort him but catches a glimpse of cadets staring wide eyed at them from under a desk. One of them is crying with blood along the side of their face and jacket.
"You guys are with the Quartermaster Corps, aren't you?" Jean asks.
"Yeah..."
Jean grabs the one who isn't bleeding by the collar, drags him up, and punches him in the face. Remi scowls, but Marco runs over to restrain Jean before she could do anything.
"Stop it Jean!"
"These are the bastards! They're the guys who left us to die! It's your damn fault people died needlessly!"
"Titans entered the depot!" The girl with blood on her face protested. "There was nothing we could do!"
"It's your job to deal with it!" Jean yells. Suddenly, there's loud yell, and Remi joins Reiner by the window to check it out.
"Get down!" He warns loudly. Remi ducks as a titan's face slams into the wall, creating a massive hole.
"Damn," Jean swears. "Too many people in one place!"
Everyone starts to scream and floods further inside the building. Remi tries to get up, but her legs are trapped under an overturned desk. So, she stays as still as possible, watching Jean stare at the massive titan faces. Her eyes widen as a massive fist suddenly smashes into the faces, making the titans go flying. She stares in shock at the brown haired titan who just punched two of his own kind. He opens his mouth and roared angrily, causing Remi to childishly plug her ears.
"What the hell is that?" Jean stutters. Remi flinches as Mikasa bursts through a window followed by Connie and Armin.
"Mikasa!" Jean cries in shock.
"That was close... I was running on fumes," Connie said happily, tapping his gas tank as Armin stared at him in shock. "I just barely made it!"
"Y-you're... alive!" Jean said. Mikasa stood up.
"We did it Armin!" Connie says, hitting Armin on the back multiple times.
"Oww!"
"Your strategy worked! Listen everybody! That titan is an unique variant that goes on titan killing sprees!" Connie stands up and points out the window. "What's more, it's shows no interest in us! If we use that one the right way, we can escape from here!"
"That's wonderful!" Remi said sarcastically. "Now, CAN SOMEONE HELP ME HERE?!"
"Use a titan?" Someone asks as Reiner lifts the desk off of Remi.
"Thanks man." She pats him on the shoulder.
"A titan is our saviour?" Jean asks in disbelief. "Only in your dreams..."
"It's no dream," Mikasa interrupts. "Regardless of what it is, we need to keep that titan fighting as long as possible. Face it; he's our best chance at survival."
"Now, that is all great and dandy. But, as I'm pretty sure you all noticed, we need gas and blades before we can go anywhere," Remi said. "This is the old HQ right? That means there must be something downstairs. And, just to add to the party, we've got a rampaging titan on the loose."
"That's okay. While it's on it's rampage, the building will probably be spared destruction." Marco said.
Remi nodded. "That may be true. Let's pull up the elevator to get to the good stuff-the gas and blades-downstairs."
Marco nodded. "Let's spread out and look for supplies. I'll take a group of four while Remi and Mikasa bring up the elevator. Jean, Adam, Soyko, with me!"
After Mikasa and Remi finish bringing up the elevator, Marco's group walks back in. "We found these!" Adam announced. "They're military police issue."
"They're covered with dust," Jean complains. He takes one out and loads it up. "Will shotgun rounds do? Will these guns even work... against titans?"
Remi answers as she spreads a map out on the ground. "Hell yeah. They won't kill them though. If we get close enough, they'll act like cannons, blinding them or taking off a limb. We can use that to our advantage, since there is eight freaking Titans in the supply room."
Armin kneels down. "What Remi said is true. If the supply room is still occupied by eight Titans, all three to four meters tall, this firepower may be enough to blind them all at once."
Heidi, who has been unusually quiet, jumped in to help with the making of the plan. "First, we'll use the lift to lower a large group of people from the center of the ceiling."
"Next," Remi piped up. "Those on the lifts with fire simultaneously at each titan's face, blinding them."
"Then..." Armin furrowed his eyebrows. "This is the crucial moment. Eight people hiding in the ceiling will time their attacks with the gunfire and strike the Titans at their kill spot. This strategy uses a single attack that requires all of us to put our lives on the line to make it work. This strategy is designed to kill all seven Titans at once. To have the best chance of success, it'll require our most athletic eight. You'll be beating the responsibility for everyone's lives... I'm sorry about that."
"No problem," Reiner smirks.
"Regardless of who does it, if we fail, we all die." Annie said.
"Thank you Miss. Optimistic," Remi mumbles. "The risk is the same."
"But, is my proposal really the best way to go?"
Marco grins. "We have to go with it. Time's running out. No one's come up with anything else, plus; you, Remi and Heidi are amazing strategists! Let's just suck it up and do it."
"It'll work..." Mikasa said. "Have faith. You have the ability to lead us to success Armin.""Huh?"
"Both Eren and I were saved by that ability."
"When did that happen?"
The door to the lift opens, and a cadet yells. "WE'RE READY AT THE LIFT! GUNS READY AND LOADED!"
Remi walks over. "Good. Everyone who is not one of the eight taking out Titans; inside now! The eight taking out Titans; let's go!"
Remi, Bertholdt, Mikasa, Reiner, Sasha, Connie, Annie and Jean head downstairs.
"But can we finish off the Titans without our 3DMG?" Connie asks. "Sure!" Remi said.
"The ceiling where we will located is high enough. We just need to strike their kill spot as we jump down. Plus, we're up against three to four meter Titans-their kill spot won't be hard to hit." Remi answers, shaking with anticipation-or maybe nervousness.
"Right... regardless of their size, it's the area along the nape." Jean said.
"One meter long and ten centimetres wide!" Sasha recited.
Reiner held up his blade. "Or else, shove this up their ass. They only have two weak points!"
"I didn't know that!" Connie said. "That works too?!"
It's the first I've heard of it too," Annie said.
"Reiner, those may be the last words we remember you by," Jean scoffed.
Remi laughed. "Reiner Braun; the guy who's friends remembered him as the one who made an ass joke before dying." Everyone laughed, but Remi was worried. They may very well be walking towards their death.