Author's note: I haven't decided if the narrator of this chapter is going to be an OC or reader insert. if i end up making her an oc i do have her appearance planned out. This story will have some dark themes later on, you'll have an idea which ones particular when the time comes. this may include romance later on maybe possibly with levi, eren,armin, jean, or marlo. Also this takes place after chapter 54
"Ugh" I groaned, forcing my eyes to open. I looked down to find that my hands were cuffed to a pole, and that I was wearing a simple shirt and pants which I don't remember wearing previously. Plus the courtroom reeked of an unknown order.
"She's awake!" I heard somebody yell. I quickly took in my surroundings and noticed that I was in a courtroom of some sort. Funny, how did I get here? The last thing I remember prior to this, was some mysterious doctor walking up towards me while I was laying on the field injured and bleeding to death, and injecting me with something on my left arm without saying a word. I looked around the courtroom to see if the same man was there, but he wasn't. Some soldiers started to point their guns at me. Shit! When will I ever get a break. When will I ever become free again.
"Halt your weapons" A voice called out. I'm not sure where they voice is coming from. While my eEnglish is rusty, considering that it's not my native tongue and haven't had to speak it in a long while, I'm guessing the voice was ordering the gunmen to stop since they put their guns down. Next, a man with a menacing aura ,standing near the judge the courtroom, who happens to be not much taller than I am, started to walk towards me. When he was about a third of a meter away from me, he then kneed me in the jaw.
"ouch!" I cried out. The crowd gasped at the man's actions as I spat out a tooth or two.
"Order, Order" the judge called out. "you can stop now, Captain Levi."
~~~time skip~~~
Several hours later, the judge had made his verdict. I was handed over to a man with one arm called "commander Erwin" who then sent me over to the man who kneed me in the jaw earlier and this one androgynous looking person with messy hair. They led me to a couch to sit on. I complied even though I was afraid of them.
"Are you ok? I hope Levi didn't hurt you that badly." They went towards me and put their hands on my mouth and pried it opened. I squirmed under their touch because of their violation of my personal space and then pushed them away out of instinct.
"Sorry about that, and anyway it looks like your teeth have grown back since then" I put a finger in my mouth feeling all my teeth to find no missing teeth, which I found odd considering I spat out a few teeth during the trial. This freaky but for some strange reason I didn't panic about it. I guess because i'm too mentally exhausted to do that considering all the strange things that happened in these past few hours.
"Oh, I forgot to properly introduce myself, My name is Hanji, and the guy sitting on the other end of the couch is Levi." I looked to my left and saw him waving at me. I'm guess he's not much of a talker.
"What's your name?"
"My name is Bertha." I responded, only giving them a fake name. I don't know who these guys are, so why should I tell them my actual name.
"So you can speak our language?"
"Yes, but only some." I responded humbly.
Hanji then walked towards Levi and whispered something in his ear. He nodded in agreement to whatever was said. I got up from my seat ready to walk.
"Where do you think you are going?" Levi shouted. I sat back down on the couch without responding. Ok, simply walking away isn't gonna work. I've got to think of a sneakier way to escape.
"Ok, Hanji has decided that we are gonna teach you more of our language, and how to use the 3D maneuver gear first, in the first few weeks. Once you learn our language, then we'll tell you more as to why you are here. Starting tomorrow, she'll start with testing how much of our language you know." I nodded sleepily, even though I only understood some of the things they said. I must of fallen asleep on the couch, and must have been carried to a bed afterwards.
"wake up berta!" I opened my eyes to spot two unfamiliar girls standing on either side of my bed.
"how do you know my name?"
"no time to explain, we need to take you to squad leader Hanji now." The girl with brown hair replied. Both girls yanked me from my bed, and dragged me out of the room and then whatever room Hanji was in. Afterwards, they quickly saluted Hanji and ran out the room.
"We'll start after you quickly eat your breakfast." she said while handing me a piece of bread.
After eating, she tested me for about an hour. She decided that I need about month to learn enough English to communicate with the others well enough. She then taught some grammar rules, and some words for the next few hours, then I was sent off to Levi to learn how to use this weird piece of technology called the 3D maneuver gear. The several long boring hours, he showed me diagrams of it and had to then watch him use it to clean the exterior of the building. Ugh, this is gonna be a long boring month. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any opportunity to escape today.