Monday morning

9.05 AM

The ground floor was hectic; officers were running around, papers and files were all over the floor, there was loud chattering and the whirling sound of the coffee machine rang in the background.

Now from one glance, you can obviously tell that it's a Monday morning and everyone is half-heartedly trying to get back to work.

A tall man watched the scene from the first floor before a sigh escaped his lips.

Now let's just say that this man is very attractive. Tall with a muscular built, blond hair which was nicely combed, and icy blue eyes was scanning every movement. This man was dressed in a white shirt with a black tie, he had black trousers with suitable black shoes for the attire he was wearing.

Chief Inspector Erwin Smith.

That was his name.

Footsteps approached him and he looked to his left to see his friend, Mike Zacharias, a Senior Police Officer. He was also a tall well-built man, with dirty blond hair.

"Everyone's a bit frantic today.", Mike spoke up as he joined Erwin by the railing, to watch the commotion downstairs.

"That's to be expected on a Monday morning.", Erwin commented.

The blond male stood up straight.

"The meeting's about to start soon.", Erwin said before Mike walked beside him.

The two made their way to the meeting room.

"You think it's important?", Mike asked.

"Let's hope it is, since Shadis is taking the meeting today.", Erwin said.

They walked into the room without another word.

The meeting room was quite large, the tables were arranged so that it formed a U-shape, and at the gap was a projector screen.

A total of 10 chairs was neatly placed at the desks.

Erwin took a seat with Mike sitting next to him, as four more officers walked into the room.

A brunette with spectacles sat down beside Erwin.

Hanje Zoë, nicknamed Hanji, and also known as a crazy scientist at this station. She's into lots of experimenting and likes to work with dead bodies, although her expertise lies in the lab mostly.

"I was busy before he called us over.", Hanji complained.

Erwin smiled slightly.

"I think your experiments can wait for 20 minutes or so.", Erwin said.

Hanji grinned.

"Erwin, you can come and see my new experiment that I'm working on.", Hanji said eagerly.

"I think I'll pass.", Erwin said, knowing better than to get involved in her crazy hobbies.

"As if anyone wants to see those shitty experiments.", a short raven haired man snapped beside her.

Levi Ackerman has a bad temper. He swears a lot, and is also known as a clean freak since he clearly has OCD.

Then beside him was a younger woman, even shorter than Levi. She has short blonde hair and her name is Petra Ral. She's a very kind and caring woman, even tolerates Levi.

Next was Farlan Church. A tall man with dark blond hair, serious when necessary and knows when to have fun as well.

All the officers in the room were good friends and got along quite well most of the time.

The door opened and a tall, bald man walked into the meeting room.

All the officers stood up to give him a salute before the man gestured them to sit back down.

Superintendent Keith Shadis, an intimidating man at times, but could be kind if he wished (which was rarely).

Keith stood at the gap of the tables, facing the officers.

"Now you're all probably wondering why I'm holding this meeting.", Keith spoke up, "We've been instructed to form a Special Unit team, to solve specific...more like horrid cases.", he corrected himself, "So for several months we've been observing everyone and have finally chosen 10 people. And that's why you're all gathered here.", Keith looked at the officers in the room.

"Sir, you said 10, yet there are only 6 of us here.", Mike spoke up, "Are the rest officers from another department?", Mike asked.

"No, not from another department.", Keith replied as he looked at Mike.

The bald male picked up the files which he had brought with him.

"Here are the remaining four individuals.", Keith said, "The person who will be in charge of this team is Chief Inspector Erwin Smith.", Keith said.

Erwin gave a small nod.

"Now the first assignment for you all, are these files.", Keith held up the folders in his hand.

"And this assignment is?", Farlan asked.

Keith smiled slightly.

"Recruit the remaining team members.", Keith said.

"T'ch, what do you mean recruit them?", Levi asked, "Are they not officers already?", he looked at the bald man who had a smile on his face.

"Nope but they're quite interesting people.", Keith looked at the others, "I'd like you to convince them to join us.", he said, "I need them here by Wednesday morning.", Keith paused as he looked at the list of names, "So that's Mr. Jean Kirstein, Mr. Eren Yeager, Miss. Mikasa Ackerman.", Keith looked at Levi.

A few heads turned in Levi's direction since they had the same last name.

"Never heard of the brat.", the raven haired male said.

"And Miss. Yuki Sawai.", Keith finished, "You're given 48 hours to have them with us.", Keith said.

"How old are they?", Mike asked.

Keith looked at Mike.

"The age range varies.", Keith asked.

"If they're older then we can send Farlan to sort it out.", Mike said with a smile.

"I'm not that much older than you.", Farlan said.

Age range of officers:

Erwin Smith: 20 years old.

Mike Zacharias: 20 years old.

Hanje Zoë: 20 years old.

Levi Ackerman: 20 years old.

Petra Ral: 19 years old.

Farlan Church: 22 years old.

"Two years still makes a difference.", Mike said, clearly amused to tease the older male at any chance given.

"These 4 aren't that old.", Keith interrupted, "They're actually in a similar age range.", he said.

"And how old is that?", Mike lifted his cup of coffee to his lips.

"Hmm, what do we have here?", Keith opened one of the folders, "Jean Kirstein, 21 years old. Eren Yeager, 20 years old. Mikasa Ackerman, 19 years old. And Yuki Sawai, 16 years old.", Keith said.

Mike began choking.

"Sixteen?!", he exclaimed.

"Is there a problem?", Keith asked, not seeming to find anything odd with the new information he had just given.

"She's a minor, Keith.", Hanji spoke up, "Are you sure you want her in the team?", she asked.

"She may be a minor but Miss. Sawai is very intelligent.", Keith said, "We made all citizens take an IQ test several months ago and her results were quite outstanding.", Keith opened up the minor's folder, "Exceeding the Genius IQ level of 140 to 145.", he said.

The room was silent for several seconds.

"Even if that was true, what if something were to happen?", Petra asked.

"Well that's clearly why I'm leaving all of you to keep an eye on her.", Keith said, "Although I'm sure a 16-year-old has the ability to look after herself.", Keith walked over and handed the files to Erwin, "I want these four individuals here by Wednesday.", he looked at everyone in the room before leaving.

Everyone got up before crowding around Erwin who opened one of the files. Mike grabbed one while Hanji took another, leaving Levi with another.

"And how exactly are we supposed to recruit them?", Hanji asked, "Go up to them and say 'Hey, we want you to join the Special Unit team, where we solve some of the most gruesome cases.'.", Hanji said.

"I'm pretty sure they'd run away if you said that.", Mike said.

Mike leaned over Hanji's shoulder to see the file that she was holding.

"But wow, that 16-year-old is really cute.", Mike said, "I wouldn't mind recruiting her.", he said with a smile.

"As if we'd let a pervert like you anywhere near her.", Petra said as she looked at Hanji's file.

"I'm not a pervert.", Mike said, "I just said that she's really cute.", he said, "And easy on the eye as well.", Mike added.

"She's a minor, Mike.", Petra said, "But at least I won't be the youngest anymore.", she said.

"Alright everyone.", Erwin got everyone's attention, "Let's try and recruit one person at a time, starting with the oldest.", he said.

"Yes sir.", they all said.

Erwin's P.O.V

Mike, Hanji and I were heading to Jean Kirstein's place. He works from home, which is quite strange for a 21-year-old.

I'd assume that most 21-year-olds go to university and try to earn a diploma after that. But in this case, Jean doesn't seem to be someone who's interested in studies, which doesn't really add up to the fact that all 4 of these individuals were chosen because of their IQ scores.

And then there's the whole problem with the minor.

'Who the hell hires a 16-year-old to solve murder cases?', I thought, 'Most teenagers won't be able to stomach the photographs, let alone see the dead bodies.', I took a turn before parking on the side.

As we walked towards his apartment complex, I realised that it was quite run down.

'Good thing I didn't bring Levi here.', I thought, 'The guy would probably want to clean everything.', I thought as we headed up the staircase.

We reached his door and I rang the doorbell.

There was clattering heard from the inside before the door opened after a minute or so.

The young man was slightly shorter than me. He has spiky, light-brown hair shaved into an undercut style, with the shaved portion being black. His eyes were slightly red, and he had a stubble near his jawline. He wore a loose grey tracksuit bottom, with a plain blue shirt. He was bare-footed, as he looked up at me from where he stood at the entrance.

"What do you want?", he said with a glare.

I could smell weed off of him.

'Drug addict?', I thought.

"Are you Jean Kirstein?", I asked.

"Well who else would live here?", he spat bitterly.

I looked at him calmly.

"Your answer?", I asked.

He narrowed his eyes.

"Are you fucking blind!?", he raised his voice, "It clearly says on the plate Jean Kirstein so no one else would fucking live here.", he said.

"Young man, mind your-", I held up my hand to stop Mike.

"Right. Of course.", I said, "That was obviously my fault.", I looked at him, "Where are my manners? I forgot to introduce myself.", I paused, "I'm the Chief Inspector. Erwin Smith.", I said with a slight smirk, "It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Kirstein.", I said.

Jean froze and stared at me slightly shocked.

"There are a few things we'd like to discuss with you.", I said.

"There's nothing to say.", Jean was about to slam the door but I stuck by foot between the frame and the door, which stopped it from shutting.

"I'm sure you don't want your drug problems to get in the way now, do you?", I looked at him.

His eyes widened and I opened the door further, as we walked into his apartment.

As Hanji shut the door, I took in the state of the apartment.

It was a complete mess, and not only did it have a stench of rotten eggs, but there was also the scent of weed (and perhaps other drugs) in the air.

"So Mr. Kirstein what do you do?", I asked.

He looked at me as he leaned against the wall.

"Just business here and there.", Jean replied.

"It involves hacking into companies, doesn't it?", Mike asked.

Jean shifted his position of how he had previously been standing.

"What? Are you here to arrest me then?", Jean asked.

"No, actually we'd like to hire you.", I said.

He looked at me.

"Are you crazy or something?", Kirstein said, "Why would you want to hire me?", he asked.

"Your skills will come in handy for us.", I said, "It's obviously a job, so you'll get paid and I'm sure the salary is a decent amount.", I said.

"How do I know you're not bluffing?", he asked.

"Hanji.", I said.

Hanji handed me a plastic wallet and I pulled out the sheets of papers.

"The contract.", I said as I handed the papers to Jean, "I'd like you to sign it after you've read it.", I said.

After 10 minutes of reading the contract, Jean signed it.

He handed it back to me.

"I'd like you to cut off all ties with your clients by today.", I handed him a card which had the address to the Survey Corps station, "And dress appropriately when coming in tomorrow.", I said before we walked out of his apartment.

'One done, three more to go.', I thought.

"That guy has some attitude.", Mike complained, "He should be taught manners when speaking to someone.", he said.

I smiled slightly.

"Let's hope the others aren't this troublesome.", I said.

Next up, we went to see Eren Yeager, and to our surprise he was with Mikasa Ackerman. They were heading out of the university campus and they looked at us as we approached them.

We took them to a nearby bench where we discussed about their potential jobs, with Mikasa not seeming to be very keen but Eren was interested.

"Are you real officers?", Mikasa asked.

We showed them our badges.

"Woah, you're a Chief Inspector.", Eren looked at me with amazement.

"So would you like to take up the offer?", I asked.

"Yes!", Eren exclaimed, "That would be so cool.", he said.

"What would we do about uni then?", Mikasa asked.

"You will obviously be taken off your studies until however long you wish.", Hanji explained, "So you can quit if you don't like to work with us.", she said.

"Okay then.", Mikasa said, "I'm in too.", she said.

They both signed the contract and we handed them the address before leaving.

"That went quite well.", Mike said.

I drove to a nearby place so that we could have lunch.

After we finished eating, I looked at the last file.

"Do you really think it's a good idea for her to join?", I asked.

Hanji looked at me.

"I'm not sure and since that girl is a minor, I doubt she'd want to.", Hanji said, "But it depends.", she said.

"Well if she doesn't want to.", Mike began, "I'm sure I can use my looks to make her fall for me.", he said as he dramatically flicked his hair.

I looked at Mike.

"Don't try anything.", I said in a stern voice.

Mike chuckled lightly.

"It couldn't be that you're interested in her, are you?", he teased.

I rolled my eyes at the comment.

"I just need her to join.", I said, "That's all.", I closed the file.

"But come on Erwin, you should be looking for a girlfriend soon.", Mike said, "I mean that are plenty of girls who like you, so it shouldn't be that hard to find someone.", he said.

"I'm not interested in any of them.", I said.

"Erwin what are you waiting for?", Mike said, "Someone to make your heart race?", he asked.

"It's time to leave.", I ignored his words as I stood up.

Once paying at the counter, I walked with the file under my arm, while Hanji and Mike followed.

"I'm sure you'll fall for someone, sooner or later.", Mike continued even though I wasn't interested.

I sighed as I opened the car door and put the folder inside.

"Erwin.", Hanji called me.

"Look, I'm not interested in findi-", Hanji cut me off.

"No Erwin, that's the girl.", Hanji said.

I looked in the direction that she was pointing to and I stared at the young girl who stood by a food stall.

Her back was to us, so I couldn't see her face.

The girl was wearing blue jeans, a light green hoodie with black trainers. I could also see that she had really short chocolate brown hair.

The man at the stall handed the girl a large white bag with lots of food and drinks.

"That's an awful lot of food for someone that height.", Mike said next to me.

The minor paid the man.

And indeed Mike was right. The girl, Yuki Sawai, looks around the same height as Levi or maybe slightly taller but she looked quite short compared to most 16-year-olds.

She somehow managed to carry the bag with slight difficulty.

As she walked ahead, we followed her, before we stopped once Yuki stopped in front of an old man, who was sitting on the pavement.

'Why is she stopping in front of a beggar?', I thought, but I was surprised with what she did next.

The younger girl handed the large bag to the man.

Now that I could now see the side of her face, I took in the few features of her face which included a small round nose and rosy lips.

There was a small smile on the girl's face.

The beggar was in tears as he accepted the food.

'That was kind.', I thought.

She then gave a small bow before walking to the bus stop as a bus soon arrived.

"Come on.", Mike said as we ran to catch the bus.

As I stepped inside, I noticed that the minor had her gaze out of the window.

But the second my eyes landed on her, I felt a weird sensation in my chest.

'What's this?', I thought as I walked past and sat near the back of the bus.

"Go and talk to her.", Mike whispered to Hanji.

"No, I don't know how to start a conversation with a 16-year-old.", she whispered back.

I stared at the girl who was still looking out the window.

'Just now was my imagination, right?', I thought.

"Erwin you go.", Hanji whispered.

"What?", I whispered, "Why me?", I looked at Hanji, "Aren't you good with these kinds of things?", I said quietly.

The bus came to a stop, and the girl suddenly got up and left.

We all stood up and followed after her, watching Yuki walk into an ice cream shop.

"Come on, let's go.", Mike walked in.

I soon realised that this may have been a mistake, since the only other customer that was in the shop was the 16-year-old. The bell above the door rang as we walked in, making the shop owner and most likely the minor know that other customers had entered.

Yuki was sitting near the counter, and the owner glanced at us as we walked in.

'Why are we acting like stalkers?', I thought.

We walked to sit at a booth and I sat next to Mike while Hanji sat on the opposite side.

Yuki was in my line of vision, and I could see the owner preparing her order.

"What exactly are we doing?", I asked quietly, "It looks like we're stalking her now.", I whispered.

Unlike the previous three individuals we had just recruited, with this younger girl, it was as if we were stalking her instead. Sooner or later we're going to get caught for being suspicious, so it'd be better to approach the minor before there are any misunderstandings.

"Mike, you do something.", Hanji whispered.

"What?", he whispered back, "I was only joking that time, I'm not seriously going to hit on her.", he said.

I heard the owner chuckle lightly and I looked in their direction.

He handed her a Rubik's cube and we watched Yuki pick it up.

The minor's hands moved fast as she began to solve it and within seconds, each side of the cube was back to its individual colour.

10 seconds.

She did it in 10 seconds.

Yuki placed the cube back down and the owner handed the female her ice cream.

I looked back at Hanji.

"Go and talk to her.", I whispered since we were wasting time by just watching the younger girl.

"Fine.", she said quietly as she got to her feet.

Hanji was beginning to approach Yuki, when an older woman walked into the shop.

"Sorry Yuki, there was traffic.", the woman spoke up.

She had light brown hair, and was wearing some kind of nurse uniform which was hidden by her coat.

The owner handed the woman coffee, to which she paid.

I turned my attention to Hanji again, to find her pretending to look at the menu.

'Great timing.', I thought, wanting to facepalm at the thought that we were missing every opportunity to talk to the minor.

"Let's go.", the woman told the younger girl.

The woman walked out of the door as Yuki grabbed her ice cream and got off from her seat.

While the owner walked over to Hanji, I looked back at the 16-year-old again.

She had a spoon in her mouth and she glanced in my direction, making our eyes lock for several seconds.

Bright emerald eyes stared back at me.

Yet again, I felt a strange sensation in my chest, almost as if my heart was going to jump out for some reason.

"Yuki.", the woman called the younger girl, who then continued to walk as she looked away from me.

I sat there in slight shock.

"Erwin.", Mike waved a hand in front of my face.

I snapped out of my thoughts.

"What?", I asked.

"I said let's go.", he said.

I stood up, to leave the shop.

*Flashback*

"Erwin what are you waiting for?", Mike said, "Someone to make your heart race?", he asked.

*End of flashback*

'It's just my imagination.', I shook the thoughts away, 'I just met the girl and besides she's 16 years old.', we began to make our way back to the station, 'We can try to talk to her tomorrow.', I thought.

Author's Note:

My own story and the original content is from Quotev.