Most people would expect the world to be a peaceful and serene place where freedom was a virtue, however to those who knew the reality of life, freedom was merely a dream that has slim hopes of coming true. Humans were slowly but gradually becoming extinct, but not from natural causes like disease and famine, but from the titan threat; a creature tall and mighty that have no morals whatsoever. Basically put, they only have one goal: To eat humans for their own sick and twisted pleasure. However, to stop them, three walls were built to keep back the titans from gaining a taste of human flesh: Maria, Rose and Sina. Everyone was quite familiar with the placement behind the walls but there was only one area that not much people knew about, aside from the Military Police that is. The Underground; probably one of the most safest of places as it was located behind the innermost walls and as self explanatory as it was,the citizens of the Underground didn't fear the titans, however life styles seem to be extremely different than the people in the surface. It is difficult to tell what could be the worst scenario whilst living in the darkness but alas, it is simple to state those who is born in that one area, have an almost zero to one chance of seeing the light of day. To survive, some people divert themselves to become thieves in order to gain supplies. Mia was one of them, a quite a young one at that. Starting as a teen, she grew up on her own without any family and devoted whatever life she had left to help orphans who couldn't help themselves. Stealing food and medicine was already just as challenging as it is, let alone running from the Military Police who would gladly take her out of her game. She never stole for her own benefits and she never killed anyone so it didn't have her to the point of going through the stages of guilt.
However, one day changed the rest. The Survey Corps were called down and frankly at one of her worst times yet. She didn't realize that the top leaders of the organisation were on duty and with so not in consideration, she continued to go and retrieve some food for the young children back at the hide out. The area, luckily, was quite busy so it would be less likely for her to get caught in the act, after all, the shadows were her friend. Her glistening eyes peered over to a food stall, filled with fresh cooked meat. No wonder the stall was still full of meat, the prices were outrageous! But then again, those days, the taxes could be said to be similar. With silent movements, she eased over to the wooden stall, her hand reaching over to the rich, succulent chicken legs, delicately shuffling them over to the edge. Unfortunately, once dropping them into a old duffel bag, the owner had already set his eyes on her, and he didn't look happy at all. Unlike many who would freeze up and plead for forgiveness, Mia didn't take any moment more and made a runner, the older man screaming his lungs out whilst attempting to catch up to her.
"Hey, get back here!" He continued to yell furiously, continuing with threatening her with punishments as consequences for her actions. It was quite humorous actually, comparing how the man was clearly out if shape by the pot belly that burst out just about the waist line.
Because of her past encounters with the police, even with military gear, the stall owner was simple as heck to lose in the alleyways. Far too easy for it to be a challenge, in fact. Even so, her confidence was soon to be the cause of her own downfall. Upon turning a corner, her body couldn't react in time from how fast she was travelling, causing her to stumble and crash into the solid concrete which was surrounded by puddles which damped her clothing. At least then she didn't have much to worry about.. or so she thought at first. Because of the fact that no sunlight could get through into the city, almost every place had street lamps adjusted for the citizens, either so or none at all. Upon getting up and onto her knees, she quickly checked 'her prize' to make sure that it wasn't in anyway, infected during the fall. A small check was enough to make her smile and sigh in relief. "Good, it's still edible..." She muttered to herself, quickly tying the opening into a knot. However, doing this was merely a distraction.
Her body jerked to the sided to avoid contact with a man who was trying to sneak up on her, clenching a small knife in his hands. The male was shown to be in his mid-thirties and quite muscular in the arms, his eyes showing a sense of hunger and dominance. This type if thing happened quite regularly, mainly from the high price of food, clothing and medicine that only those that had employment could afford initially. Those who couldn't afford would plainly steal, or even kill as a last resort to gain supplies. The fight was about to commence and because of the length of the alleyway, it seemed to be that Mia had the upper hand.
"Now why don't you hand over the goodies like a good little girl?" Hissed out the man, causing Mia to flinch in disgust of how he called her 'little girl'. It was something that was quite stereotypical and discriminating to say in her mind so she plainly hated it.
"Why don't you just shut you're trap and let me do my business, old man?" She replied in a retort, her glowing bright golden-blue eyes narrowed, causing the male to start laughing. Why he found her threats so hilarious was beyond her comprehension, but she took the time to attack. One solid punch was all it took to silence the male and make his nose start gushing like a waterfall made of blood. The male began to become rather impatient of how rebellious the younger female was, throwing punch after punch out of mere rage, giving Mia the opportunity to dodge the hits with enough time. At that point, it was probably best to make a run for it, as her luck always seem to run out quite quickly once she began to get over-confident but then again, she focused more on pride and dignity for those who could not fight. She was about to attack once again, beginning another punch that was directly aimed towards his face but the undeniable happened. Her attack was blocked, a tight grip around her fist whilst it twisted around to the point that the pain went from uncomfortable to agonizing, her teeth clenched together; grinding to hold back screams. Once forced to her knees, a separate hand shot around her neck and lifted her up against the cold brick exterior, most of the oxygen unable to escape her airways.
His face leaned up to hers, his hot putrid breath as he spoke made her want to vomit and his eyes cold and cruel. "Now what was that about calling me 'Old man'?" He hushed out, spittle's of his own saliva running down her face. God, how much more disgusting could he actually get!?
Upon striving to receive another breath, three words managed but just barely to escape from her lips. "G-Go... to... h-hell..." to which case, her vision began to go fuzzy from the lack of oxygen. Luckily from her, someone came by at the last moment, a raven haired male that stood at five foot three in height. "Oi..." He muttered, taking out in of his famous titan slaying blades. "You'd better let her go, or else..." He muttered, his usual expression plastered on his face which made him look like he was majorly pissed. The larger male released the female, her limp form collapsing to the ground and coughing for air to get into her lungs once again. It just so happened that the raven male happened to have been none other than Levi Ackerman, Colonel and the second most skilled in the Survey Corps, a organisation dedicated to eliminating titans by trying outside the walls. If it wasn't his looks that terrified the attacker, it was his rank. It was unknown which it was, as the male made a quick retreat out of the alley and back into the main streets. With the amount of time that it took for the man to disappear from both of their sights, Mia had finally managed to regain her breath, muttering names such as 'dickhead' towards the strangers attack process whilst rubbing off the saliva off of her pale complexioned face, her sight slowly diverting itself to Levi, who only just stood there whilst sheathing his weapon back into his holder, staring at her at the same time. "T-Thanks..." She stated, nodding her head in gratitude before picking up the bag which got a little damn because of the fight scene. Levi furrowed his brows for a moment before one raised in curiosity. Mia instantly knew what that look meant before a rigid sigh escaped. "It's just some food I got..." She replied, not taking another moment to waste before retreating back to her own hideout, unaware that now, a powerful military officer had seen her face and following her tracks...