It had taken them years to develop the technology, to create the one thing that may just maybe allow them to survive. Project LEVI it was named, the name directly translating to "joined" something only hoped to achieve at this point. To join humans with the rest of the world beyond the walls. Hanji stepped back from the finished android with a wide smile across their face. They had finally finished creating this perfect soldier.

"Awake." The simple word was programmed into the android in order to activate it. The word was too easy in Hanji's eyes but their leader had wanted it. That didn't stop Hanji from making sure the android would only respond to certain voices. They couldn't let this piece of pure killing material fall into the wrong hands. Hanji was pulled from her thought when the android opened it's eyes. They flashed a bright blue before settling into a stormy grey colour. Hanji had done their best to make sure that the android looked as human as possible, perhaps it would calm the public when they found out if it looked human.

"Initiating activation sequence." The android's voice was robotic, unnatural, and it was cold. It almost seemed to pierce through the scientist, sending shivers down their spine.

"Project LEVI active. Orders?" Hanji had made sure the android would be prompt and to the point but it was at that moment that they realized they didn't have orders to give it. The machine was made to do nothing more but fight this endless war, but even in a test run it seemed ready to follow anything, a certain determination that shouldn't be there in it's eyes. That was a too human look. Hanji grabbed their clipboard as they began to take notes.

"Activated quickly… voice might be subject to change… looks human enough to pass…" They muttered as they wrote, glancing up to find the android intently staring at them.

"Orders." It repeated again in the same freezing cold voice. It almost sent chills down Hanji's spine.

"This is just a test run. If you could please exemplar your basic movements." Hanji stated, trying to keep their voice calm, in all honestly this was exciting to the scientist. The first ever android.

They watched as the android stood, it seemed bored as it walked in a circle, stretching its arms out and wiggling it's fingers. It seemed in full control over it's body. Maybe they wouldn't have to run any more tests. Project LEVI seemed ready to introduce to the leader of the army.

Hanji took notes as the android moved, it almost seemed perfect on the first run. Well of course Hanji had planned for it to be perfect but they hadn't expected such results so soon. With the android's back turned to them they moved closer to the android, reaching out to touch it. If they were right, the android would even feel warm to the touch so they rested their fingertips on it's shoulder for just a second before they felt themselves being thrown through the air, landing on their back with a loud grunt.

Did… did Project LEVI just throw them? The way the android stared down at Hanji seemed to say so. Was it because they had touched it? No, that couldn't be it. The android wasn't meant to react to those who were programmed in as friends. The android didn't have a mind complex enough to act out against the very scientist that had created it. But it had. That had to be changed.

"That will be all for now." They said when they stood, the android promptly moved back to it's table, sitting in the position it sat before and shutting down, eyes going dark. Hanji took a deep breath, okay, maybe it wasn't quite ready to introduce to the army, but they would make sure that it did get ready. Hopefully soon.

Training was always interesting to watch, assessing and making sure that everyone was ready. There was a plan to go beyond the walls. None of the soldiers had been briefed or even told about this plan, it was nothing more than a rumour among them but they were still preparing. They didn't need to know what he was planning, they just had to be ready for it.

Erwin Smith was a soldier quickly climbing the ranks through means that others just assumed was luck. Erwin himself did not consider himself lucky, just smart, smarter than the rest of the soldiers. Or maybe he was just cocky. Either way, many higher up officials had their eyes on him including the one studying him now. They could use a soldier with that kind of power. So watching Erwin train was probably the most interesting of all. His movements, his actions, every single thing he did was recorded for a very simple purpose.

What better way to program the android than using a more than talented soldier?

At least that was that scientist's reasoning behind it and given that no one could create the android he needed but Hanji, he had to listen. So he had to trust the scientist and hope that nothing would go awry. As the military leader he couldn't let things slip out of his control with the savages named titans. But he did need to check the progress from time to time. He turned away from the training grounds, Hanji had performed their first test of the machine earlier and he was sure it must be at least functional enough to see it's controller after all the time spent on it already.

"Awake." That was the second time LEVI had heard those words, his system starting immediately. For the second time the android opened his eyes, only this time he didn't just see the same person as before. Instead someone was standing beside the person in the white lab coat. He was taller, with dark brown hair pulled back and covered with a cheesy cowboy hat. It was the look in his eyes that intrigued the android. The man looked excited, but not in a way LEVI was sure he would like. LEVI was pulled from his train of thought when it realised that both the humans were staring at it.

Of course. It had forgotten to state it's pre programmed saying.

"Initiating activation sequence." Why did the coding behind such simple words have to be so difficult in LEVI's database? How hard was it to make an easier code? Having to read all the different things he was supposed to say and what not in some kind of weird code language was not what LEVI wanted to do. It was the main reason he hadn't started up the first few times that scientist had tried to wake him. Still busy reading the code. But then the human would just add more and LEVI would end up even more confused. So eventually LEVI had just woken itself up, anything to stop from more coding overwhelming it.

"Project LEVI active. Orders?" Now that coding was just stupid to LEVI. Did it really have to ask for orders? It was pretty obvious they had created it for the purpose of following them so they should give it orders without LEVI having to ask. Right? It seemed like just more coding to clog up it's brain.

"It's working perfectly isn't it? I thought you said it had an issue earlier." Levi did not like the voice of the man speaking. It was dark and commanding, demanding all the attention from the room. He had a cold look in his eyes, and more than anything LEVI hated the way he looked at it. The man looked at it as if it was nothing but an object to control. LEVI didn't like that. But as far as these humans were concerned LEVI was mindless and something inside LEVI told it that maybe things should stay that way. The scientist had mentioned an issue earlier, had LEVI done something wrong? It thought it had done everything right. Show off, protect itself. That was what the coding said right? LEVI hadn't misread it, right?

LEVI snapped back into focus when it saw the man moving closer to him, curious but still not moving.

"Orders?" It asked again, doing it's best to keep it's eyes still. The man circled the table the android sat on a few times, staring holes into the humanoid being that sat as still and indifferent as possible.

"Stand up." That cold voice that LEVI hated spoke and order, LEVI obeying almost immediately in the hopes of escaping that cold gaze. It could act as the mindless robot, but under that gaze LEVI felt different.

"Walk. Move. Show me that you are worth the money I spent." Each command was said with an almost bored expression on his face, he seemed absolutely and completely uninterested in what LEVI was doing. LEVI didn't even hesitate before obeying, it figured that the consequences would be severe if it didn't, even if it wasn't sure why so much money had supposedly been spent on it.

"I don't see what the problem earlier was Hanji. It seems responsive enough. Introduce the new information to it and then release it to the public." The man said, turning away from LEVI finally and leaving the room, the atmosphere calming almost immediately.

"That will be all for now." The scientist named Hanji said when the man had left, LEVI sitting back in his place before shutting down. The second time it was allowed to awaken and it was so quick once again.

It wondered how much trouble it would to rewrite itself.