Jay's green eyes go wide when he enters the hanger, helmet tucked underneath his arm. All the training doesn't prepare you for the feeling you get when you finally set foot into the facility.

"Jay Presley?" A voice calls to him. Whipping his head around to see who called his name.

"I'm Lieutenant Riley, you'll be stationed under me, now come on, I'll show you to your Titan." He jesters a hand for the Soldier to follow him. Jay quickly nods and follows the others lead. The two walked, Riley giving him a what counted as a tour of the facility. Jay can't help but to stare up in wonderment at all the Titans, even if they were in stasis for the time being.

"And here is yours." They stop before an Ion Class Titan, framed decorated in sand colored camo. It wouldn't have been Jay's first choice in color, but he guess he can learn to deal with it.

The Lieutenant presses a hand onto the Titan's leg. "Wake up DW-3850, there is someone here I would like you to meet." and just like that the Ion Titan powers up. A yellow optic comes online and looks down at the two men.

Her eye falls onto Jay before looking back at the the Lieutenant, cocking her head to the side.

"Lieutenant, who is this?" Jay eyes widen a bit, okay, not expecting a female voice to come out of the Mech.

"Well," He gives the Titan a smile. "This is your new pilot, Jay Presley." The soldier gives a shy wave.

"I do not need a new pilot." DW says bluntly and Riley attempts to suppresses the sigh that he desperately wants to give out. Of course she would act like this.

"DW, Are you aware of what happened to Captain Willow Fletcher?"

"Willow Fletcher was killed in action 5 days ago, sir."

"And who was your standing Pilot?"

"Captain Willow."

Jay gives a mortify look at his Lieutenant. "Wait you never told me that this one had a previous pilot."

"Can't having these things collect dust kid, She still in perfect condition."

"All you need to do is establish a neural link and she is all yours." He looks back up at the Titan.

"DW-3850 will you be a dear and open up your chassis please." Something about a man saying this to a Mech makes this feel 50 different kinds of wrong.

"I'm sorry but I have to decline that, Lieutenant Riley." Riley's eye twitches, trying to keep his anger under control. She was not going to make it easy for them, was she.

"And might I ask why?."

"I do not need another Pilot...sir." He finally lets out the sigh - hiss that has been building since the start.

"DW, Captain Willow is Dead, and in her place means that you are given off to whoever is next in line." Wow now that just seems cold.

DW's optic falls onto Jay again, almost looks like she is squinting at him before her chassis opens, revealing the cockpit inside. Leaning down so that the Pilot could easily embark.

"That's what I'm talking about." Riley pushes Jay forward towards the Titan, stumbling, stopping his fall with the edges of the Titan's frame. He takes in a shaky breath to calm the rest of his nerves before stepping into the cockpit and takes his seat before it closes.

DW initializes the neural link, vision going white for a split second, a small pinch at the back of his neck and he realized that his dreams have come true, he finally had his own Titan. Feeling DW's presence at the back of his mind. Even if it was going to take a while for her to warm up to him.

"See, not to hard." Riley says.