A deep sigh escaped the chestnut haired girls' lips; she was young, too young to be running an obstacle course that could kill her. Shinra military grounds were no place for a child, but she had no choice. She wanted to make something of herself, but she was found by Shinra and because of that she had to excel or be executed, it sounded harsh by anyone's standards. But the president of Shinra had no time for orphans, they either worked for their lives or ended up like so many in unmarked graves on the outskirts of midgar. But there was something about this girl that so many liked, many wanted her to do well, she had a special spark about her that Hojo, Scarlet and even Heidegger's liked the look of.
"Cissnei!" A voice called out to her, the young girl turned round to see an officer in his mid thirties approach her, she stood at attention and saluted to him, the man nodded and spoke again. "At ease, you're wanted for a physical exam." Young Cissnei nodded her head and followed her superior to the exam area. She hated the exam area, she had to change into shorts and t-shirt. Lucky enough this time Hojo wasn't here, instead it was her Commanding Officer and a young male called Reeve. The exam lasted just under an hour, she was made to run on the treadmill, show her martial arts skill on a punching bag and then lastly was showing what weight she could lift over her head and hold for thirty seconds. After she was done Reeve thanked her for her time and dismissed her, her commanding officer told her to return to her bunk, to which Cissnei did.
Cissnei walked down the corridor of the bunker where she stayed, she had a bunk room and she slept up the top; she had yet to have a roommate, one that would be officially be able to match her grades and skills. The young girl closed her eyes as she opened the metal bars of her bunk, it was more like a cell then a room. But it was slightly better than living on the streets, at least here she got a hot meal twice a day, somewhere to sleep, and in winter they'd even switch the heating on. Closing the door on behind her she flicked the switch that locked the door behind her, feeling safe for the first time that day since she left the room; she hoisted herself up onto top bunk and laid down, her head missing the pillow. Reaching out her arm above her head, her fingers gripped the pillow as she pulled it down and under her head instead of moving further up the bed.
Taking a deep breath she let out an equally as deep sigh, she felt so alone here, she had no one. Her officers were just that, officers in charge of the classes and drills. The other people in the group weren't up to her level, but they were all older then her and because of her age gap she couldn't be moved up, no matter how much she wanted to improve and become better, she wasn't allowed, the only way she'd be able too would be if she doubled her skills, which she was working hard on, but the others were so far behind her, that her officers had no way they could train her any higher. That night Cissnei sighed and closed her eyes on tightly, falling asleep as she cried. Being here was no life for a seven year old.
The following weeks were the same, Cissnei would get up early, wash, eat and then leave for the training field, as always she forced herself to run the entire field, which wasn't really that bad, it's when the officers noticed her own training that they decided to speak to President Shinra again about her training, but the careless man said she needed competition someone that would push her to her limit.
That was left for him to deal with. The commanding officer of the military looked threw application forms for Shinra, at first he looked at the girls that had applied, yet none would match Cissnei's skills and grades. The officer then approached Veld, the leader of the turks and asked if he could have a list of all the under 15s that had applied for Turk. Veld nodded his head to the man and got his second in command, a man name Tseng to get a list for him, which the Wutai man did, the man with strips on his shoulder thanked the two as he explained Cisseni's situation. If someone wasn't found soon she may be moved for mako testing and he and the other officers didn't want to see her go into the hands of Hojo. Of course the information was private and confidential, but her officers didn't want to see a girl so young be handed over to Hojo and used for experiment, when she hadn't even been given the chance to improve.
Taking the documents of under 15 Turk applications, the officer along with the last name who seemed her trainning, Reeve's flicked over them, trying to find one suitable for Cissnei, but whom will also be an asset to Shinra itself. The two spent a few hours going over applications trying to find one that would do just that, it was actually a man name Grimoire who stumbled across one of a boy, he was nine and had applied for Turk twice with no parental signature. Handing it to Reeve's who gave it to the leading officer, he was quick to recognised the writing and the name, it was the same as one that was sent to the military. The two decided to bring the boy in, not for just questioning, but to see what he was capable off. If he'd be able to help Cissnei, there was no chance of her getting in the wrong hands of Hojo.