Kaden growled, wiggling in her seat as the helicopter soared through the air. There was a small, throbbing pain in the base of her skull as she started blankly out the open door. Her first mako treatment had been earlier that week, and it had caused side-effects Kaden hadn't anticipated.
Increased hormone production had been one.
Now she knew why all SOLDIERs were "I am warrior hear me ROOOOOAR!"
Rubbing her temples, the brunette Third Class got up from her spot and proceeded to the door, much to the distress of the infantry men accompanying her. She dropped gracefully to the ground just before the open doorway, allowing her legs to hang out of the metal contraption.
"Attention, we will be landing in approximately three minutes. Please prepare yourselves." The words were like, small needle pricks. They almost burned as they entered her attention.
This was a test, she had already realized that; long before she stepped foot into the corridor after the briefing, her mind had come to the conclusion that one executive in SOLDIER either didn't want her there, or wanted her to prove she deserved to be there.
"She is in SOLDIER now, is she not? She should be able to handle a mission as simple as this." Feline pupils bore into her violet irises. Reading her, observing her, challenging her, changing her.
"She has barely had one mako injection. This is the same as sending her to her-"
"Director Lazard sir, I can handle this." Kaden couldn't remember if she had always sounded so angry or if it was just a trick of her own imagination.
Blazing emerald set her insides on fire.
"I do not think this is intelligent." Lazard looked uncertain as he spoke, lifting a sheet of paper to rest on the top of the stack.
"The General seems to find me able, sir." A slight twitch of a silver brow.
"Very...well. If you truly feel you are able. I will arrange it. You may go." Kaden saluted, her muscles feeling horribly stiff. A silent force emanated such a will that she almost wavered.
Almost.
"Thank you sir." As the girl turned to leave, she felt it.
The piercing gaze drilling into the back of her head.
A few steps into the hall, a chill sent shudders through her very core.
"I never said you were able, girl. I said you should be able to handle something so simple. Should."
He was right there, behind her. An intimidating force. A hurricane in full swing.
"I am able."
"I don't believe you."
"Just because you don't believe me doesn't mean I'm lying." A loud thrumming noise sounded in her ears. Was that her heart…?
"You will report to my office immediately, assuming you return from your mission."
"I will return from my mission."
"We shall see, won't we?"
Kaden let out a fierce snarl. Something about that man infuriated the young girl to no end.
"Attention, we have landed in Wutai. Prepare to report to command post Alpha J7."
Kaden leapt from the vehicle as it hit the ground. Her breath coming in short rasps.
She would complete this mission.
She would pass this test.
Author's Note: Kaden is…I don't know how to describe her. She just seems to exist how she wants to, everything else is irrelevant. Soria is, in some ways, her rock. Soria keeps Kaden smiling which would be a rarity otherwise. To Soria, Kaden is like her voice of reason. She sees the severity of things and takes them into account. But that's not to say Soria isn't intelligent. She just has no street smarts and a different understanding than what Kaden has in regards to the world in general. Well, please review. And thanks for reading! Sincerely, Kay.
