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"Hey! (F/N), you're going to be late if you don't get up! Don't you remember? It's our final test today!"
I cringed as the 'potato girl' aka Sasha Blouse, screamed into my earlobes. I lost track of what she said, but I'm positive she wanted me to get out of bed. I don't want to leave, not just yet; I've already made myself so warm in this bed, and I don't want to waste the only warmth I'm ever going to get. Sometimes I wish I could just, you know, become a bed. That would be great.
But then I suddenly remembered. Oh my god, how could I forget?! It's our final test today!
I sat up on my bed, removing all the covers from the bed, surprising Sasha in the process, and leaped out to my closet that was in front of me and started changing. My heart was beating at an intense speed as I changed into my uniform, 'it's today! It's today!' were the words that went on in my head. Forgetting to button up my shirt, I zoomed into the bathroom, tied my hair, brushed my teeth and got out to see Sasha standing there confused.
"Sasha! Can't you believe it? It's the last test! After that, it's our graduation! And after that, it's-" I was rudely interrupted as Sasha put a hand over my mouth. "Hold your horses, Jean, you forgot to button your shirt up" she then started to fix all the loose clothing and move the strands of hair from my face. Then we were ready to go.
"After that, it's the Elite Force, right?" she finished. I nodded with a large grin.
"Well then, you look good to go! Now, let's hurry before I have to run another mile again" she said while grinning back. I laughed at her joke and we both ran out of the rooms to the meeting grounds.
We made it just in time, and everyone was standing on the grounds talking about the test. I noticed that they're just as pumped up as me but they're also nervous as well. We made our way through the crowd of students to the group. Our group was full of fun plus weird people and I call each of them by their nicknames I made up for them; they'd be completely pissed off by being called stupid and totally true nicknames but they'd still laugh and agree with it.
I would never call Mikasa names, 'Suicidal bastard' Eren, 'Intellectual Genius' Armin, 'Horse-face' Jean Kirstein, 'Freckles' Marco Bott, 'Baldy' Connie Springer, 'Potato girl' Sasha Blouse, 'Goddess' Krista Lenz, just Ymir, 'Giant' Bertolt Hoover, 'Tank' Reiner Braun & 'Lone wolf' Annie Leonhart, that's only if she agrees to stick with us.
They're all in teams as well:
Bertolt, Annie, Reiner & Ymir are team 15. Krista, Sasha, Connie, Jean & Marco are team 11. And we all know, me, Mikasa, Eren & Armin are team 9. Such great people in awesome teams, right?
"Hey guys!" I said to them with a smile and wave, they all waved back bar Annie. "You guys excited for the test?"
Mikasa nodded in reply.
"I'm totes ready!" Connie exclaimed.
"Amph reaphy chu" Sasha managed to say while eating her bread.
"If it's a test to beat up horse-face over here, then I'm all in" Eren said smugly. Everyone bar Annie and Mikasa laughed as Jean's face became red in rage.
"I could beat you up any time suicidal bastard!" Jean raged. Both of them were now starting at each other; their daily routine.
"Oh, they're at it again" Marco signed in boredom.
"Guys, stop fighting" Armin tried to interject, but was stopped as Ymir patted his shoulder.
"Don't bother, they can kill each other now if they have to" she said glumly.
"Ymir, you don't have to say that" Krista said ever so innocently.
"Don't worry guys, we'll make it through this test! We can do it, together!" Ah, yes, Reiner's words of encouragement. I vote him for president.
"Yeah, but what if one of us doesn't make it…or worse, what if something happens that wasn't supposed to happen…" there's always a problem with Bertolt, he always has to point out the negativity in every positive.
And Annie walks away.
Finally, as the chief instructor, Keith Shardis, walks in the fray, everyone stops their bickering and they all salute with their right hand placed upon their left chest and left hand on their backs, we all remained silent.
"Ehem, as all of you already know, today is the final test. This test is to test your abilities and place you on your rankings as well. You have all done superbly well throughout your training days and I'm afraid to say that this will be your last day in this academy before you will all leave and be welcomed to your new stations. This test is different than the other tests that you have been given before. Are you willing to give your maximum all for this test?"
Everyone exclaimed, "Yes sir!"
Everyone waited impatiently, their expressions on their faces were intensely serious like they were all going to die if he didn't tell us, but as much as they wanted to know so badly, I needed to know. It was like this test was my life, it was like this test meant the world to me, and I was going to give everything that I got.
"This test isn't just a test, it's also a game, some of you may recall and some of you wouldn't have a clue, but it's a game of 'Capture the Flag'. The main purpose of this game is basically try to steal the red flag from all the other opponents that we've hidden in the forest of giant trees in 48 hours."
From hearing this, I smirked smugly; this game was my specialty, I used to play this all the time with my parents. But the problem is, forest of giant trees, one flag and 218 people, that's insane.
"But, there are some changes in this game; you will all need to form a group with 3 teams and you will all need to work together in order to reach the flag. You will not be using the 3DMG devices for this test. There will be countless traps in there so beware. We will also provide you resources. You can combat with each other and use your agility to get past the traps we've set up. And one more thing, do not go as far as killing other opponents, do we have that clear?"
Everyone exclaimed, "Yes sir!" I have a feeling that our group that we've already formed already, won't co-operate with each other. And it won't go very well. But whatever, maybe this time they'll co-operate since this is a test that we will all be ranked in, and hell-to-the-no I ain't gonna get a rank below ten.
"Ok, you will all have fifteen minutes to form a group and after that, we'll all make our way to the forest."
The chief left and I quickly made my way over to the others.
"We're already in a group I suppose?" I said.
"I can't believe I'm going to be stuck with suicidal bastard" Jean groaned.
"You took the words out of my mouth, horse-face" Eren retorted. They were about to start again…
"Enough! All thirteen of us are in a group right? That's what I asked right? Now shut up and co-operate for once will you? This is our last test! All I- All we ask, is for you guys to simply shut your traps for once. Just for once!" I interjected quite harshly. But I think I sounded too harsh, it's obvious to tell from the horrified expression on their faces.
"She's right. We won't get anything planned if you both keep fighting" Mikasa said blankly.
"Thanks Mikasa! Anyways, any objections with this group?" Eren & Jean remained silent and shook their heads in reply. The rest of the group shook their own, even Annie.
"Good, now Armin, what's the plan?"
When we made it to the forest, each group split up into different sides of the forest and we were almost ready to go. Everyone wore the earpiece's they were given and from it, we all heard the Chief's voice resound.
"Alright, can all of you hear me through your earpiece? Ehem, now, the sound grenade means that you will proceed. Just in case there is some sort of emergency, use the red dyed flare gun in your bags and shoot it up in the air, we will immediately come to your aid. This forest is a dangerous place so you must be aware of your surroundings. When this test is over, you will hear a siren resounding within the forest and the helicopters will pick you up. If you all want to know how we test you, there are surveillance cameras all over the forest. That is all. Good luck everyone"
The sound grenade was heard throughout the 18 bases and we were set to go. We've already figured out our plan and formation, it's quite simple but it's an organized strategy.
Team 9 (me, Mikasa, Eren & Armin) is taking a course from the middle; we are the main team to capture the flag.
Team 15 (Bertolt, Annie, Reiner & Ymir) is taking a course from the right flank; they are scouting for the opposing groups and they will be taking care of them.
Team 11 (Krista, Sasha, Connie, Jean & Marco) is taking a course from the left flank; they are also scouting for the opposing groups and they will also take care of them, they will protect the Goddess as well.
Right now, we have been running/walking/resting and doing it all over again. We haven't seen anyone, which is good, it meant that teams 11 & 15 are doing a great job. The forest of trees were so big, the trees could be something like 80 metres tall. And it was beautiful too, it's good to use our gear aka 3DMG devices. I remember I said that we could handle humanities advanced technology ever created, I was talking about that. But we weren't allowed to use our gear in this test. I forgot that we were reminded. I sighed stressfully.
This test was a game of survival. That meant surviving without our gear and surviving on land.
I sighed in boredom as we walked another kilometre further into the forest. "I'm tired already and we haven't been able to get that far yet, I wish I could hide my gear without getting caught. This is too stressful" I whined. Eren and Armin laughed while Mikasa remained as expressionless as ever. "Don't worry (F/N), once this is over, you know what that means" Armin said.
"Yeah, the Elite Force!" Eren stated. "It'll be awesome to beat up some Titan ass!" the three of us laughed hysterically while Mikasa smiled behind her scarf. This is what I love about this team, they're so fun to be with; even though the jokes weren't really that funny, they'd still laugh it off like it was the best joke ever.
We've encountered a few traps in our journey, such as, rope traps that Eren kept falling for every time, logs falling from every side, leaving a few bruises on my head, quick sand almost engulfed Armin and leeches kept biting Mikasa's leg. I've got to admit, they've actually put a lot of effort in these traps. A normal person won't make it for 30 minutes if they were to go through this.
20 hours left.
The traps never ended. It was complete hell. We couldn't even sleep well. What were we even doing in the past day; we've been walking around, possibly in circles, and yet we don't see anything. It was daylight already, and the bags under my eyes just won't disappear no matter how I force myself to pry my eyes open. I sighed in frustration; I wished I could become a bed, then I wouldn't have to do anything. Never.
It's already been a day and we've kinda made it through the forest of hell and we've been checking up with all the other teams on our earpieces know and then; they've done quite a good job with a few groups.
Armin has figured out that the flag has a device that we can easily track down, but, when we found the connection, it had a code. Smart. We can't track it down if we don't know what the code is, which is going to be more of a pain. Armin is an exceptional hacker and he can decode without much effort, but to decode this kind, it might take longer than he expected.
"I need at least need 3 to 4 hours to decode this, I'm sorry if I can't decode this as soon as possible, but I will try my best!" Armin sighed. "It's ok I guess, but the problem is, we only have a day left, and if the flag is nowhere near here, then we won't know what to do" Eren mumbled depressingly. Mikasa and I stared into the distance, just to figure out want we can do.
16 hours left.
"Ahh! Guys I finally decoded it! I found its location!" Armin shouted in content. "Wow, you truly are amazing Armin! Now, where is it?" The bags from my eyes disappeared as I gleamed, we are just one step to success! Yes! Our work is going to truly pay off!
"Hmm, it's quite far though, about 10 miles west from here…do you guys think you can walk for another 2 to 3 hours?" He asked, feeling concerned. "Armin, we've been walking around for a day without rest, I think a few more miles will do, that is, if (F/N) can still go on, if she can't we'll rest…" Eren trailed off as I interrupted.
"I. Will. Keep. Going!" I protested with seriousness. I don't want to slow the team down by resting. That's not who I am, I shouldn't put my needs in this situation. I don't want any other group to take the win. "This is nothing! Let's go!" they nodded and we began to walk another 10 miles.
This is going to be a looooong day. But I guess for now…
(F/N) (L/N) out.
Hey guys! I know that there isn't any action is this, but I actually made this test a bit longer than I expected, and I'm writing this test in 2 parts. Ok! The next part will come out maybe tomorrow...you can now throw a stick at me, because I haven't finished the next part...anyways, I know Levi hasn't come yet, but don't worry! He will come after this test and you will all be happy and yah. I also know that this story isn't quite interesting, but I swear, I will put all the badassery and all the action and the romance and the...yeh you kinda get the point. So...I would like to say, YAY we got 5 favourites! Love you. I seriously do. No seriously. I really do.
But what I'm saying now isn't the case, I would have to apologise for not uploading part 2, yeah, so here's a little review from part 2;
So, to make things easy, we have a plan. A plan to kick this guy's ass and proceed without Armin and Eren noticing. Yeah good plan.
Yep, as you can tell, guy's asses are going to be kicked. That's a part that I'd like to show you guys. Anyways, thanks, for taking the time to read this! If you have any ideas for future chapters (after the test) feel free to comment anything you like! It'll also help me as well! I'll upload maybe tomorrow! So for now...
*Puts black shades on and walks away like a badass, explosion appears* "I'm Jay...mes Bond and I'm on a mission. See ya later."
"I never forget the ones who betrayed me,
and the ones who have never failed my trust"
