Albert "Weasel" Arlington

"If you can get past the greasy smile and the feeling that you were being conned out of your very soul, Arlington was your man."

- Billy Handsome

Albert "The Weasel" Arlington is a character in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. He appears in Mob of the Dead.

Arlington was the money handler in Sal's mob, and was a con man. He was found to be a part of a Los Angeles heist, leading to his imprisonment on Alcatraz Island. He is known to have had an extensive criminal history.

On Alcatraz, Arlington, Sal, Billy and Finn devised an escape plan. After "lights out", Arlington pretended to be ill, so that the prison warden with the keys would open his cell and check on him. He stabbed the guard multiple times with a Prison Knife and stole the keys, releasing Sal, Billy and Finn. Billy supplied the other three with Python revolvers, which are unfortunately not in the map,  that he had smuggled out of the Warden's "private collection". However, the prison guard that Albert thought he had killed came back to life as a Zombie. After killing him again, hordes of zombies appeared from the cells and attacked the four. While the others stood and fought the zombies, Arlington ran, but was surrounded and killed, and then sent to the Afterlife.

It is revealed in the audio logs, however, that in reality, Arlington's escape plan never came to be and Sal, Billy and Finn turned against him, brutally murdering him on the roof of the prison, a crime for which they would all be sentenced to death for. Upon hearing this, the characters are reminded of what really happened in Alcatraz, and they turn against Arlington again. The fight's outcome is entirely player-determined, and can either end with the death of Arlington, to which the "cycle continues", or the death of the other 3 characters, to which the "cycle is broken".

Journal Entry
"I've completed the aircraft's schematics, using only components that I know can be found within the grounds. However, everything hinges on gaining the trust and help of some of the facility's most notorious residents. They may make fun of me sometimes, but they know I can do anything if I set my mind to it. I've planned enough jobs for them in the past to know that I can convince them to join me as Icarus takes flight. Speaking of Icarus, same old story. The Editor defaced my art, scrawling nasty little comments on every page. When I get out, I'll show him how wrong he is..."

- Al's Journal

Trivia

 * Albert Arlington is to date the only playable Zombies character (except other Mob of the Dead survivors) who can be killed by other playable characters on the same team. This however requires the players to complete Pop Goes the Weasel.
 * According to Al, the name Nikolai sounds familiar to him.
 * Al seems to know many places and strategies to escape Alcatraz, even knowing about Afterlife. He also quotes that some of the writings on the wall appear to be his, but he does not remember writing them.
 * Albert Arlington is the only person that doesn't get his mind reset after the group dies.
 * None of the other characters seem to like Arlington.
 * Albert seems to know a lot about the Ray Gun and other Wonder Weapons.
 * After he is killed during the Pop goes the Weasel Easter egg the writing states 'the cycle continues' suggesting the other characters are stuck in a loop of killing him on the bridge.