Alex slowly opened her eyes, and blinked until her vision was clear. Two men were directly in her line of vision. One was short, with dark raven hair and dull cold blue eyes that could easily be mistaken for gray, and the other had combed blonde hair and - to Alex - cool looking eyebrows.

"Any questions?" The blonde one asked staring at her. Alex blinked again, wondering if it was just her imagination and she was going crazy. But the men do not disappear.

"Uh.." a voice said really close to her. Her head snapped over to her right and her eyes widened when she was Eren sitting up in the bed next to hers. His arms were chained up. Furrowing her eyebrows together, Alex looked down and saw she, too, was chained. She rolled her eyes and stared blankly at the men.

"Where.. are we?" Eren asked after he noticed Alex in the room with him.

"As you can see.. Let's just say you're in a dungeon. At the moment, you're in Military Police custody. They finally gave us permission to speak with you two just a minute ago," the blonde explained. He then held up a key that Alex recognized was Eren's. She only knew it was his because he wore all the time from his neck.

"That key-"

"Yes, it's yours. I'll return it to you later. The basement of Dr. Jaeger's home in Shiganshina District where you were born. That's where the secret to the mystery of the Titans is. Is that correct?" the blonde asked Eren.

"Yes. I believe so. That's what my father said," Eren said.

"You lost your memory, and your father is missing.. That's a very convenient story," the raven haired man said. Alex recognized him as that guy she was always being compared to.

"Levi, I believe we can to the conclusion that he has no reason to lie. There's still a lot we don't know but what I think we need to do now is to ask your intentions," the blonde said. Alex came to the assumption that they would be interrogating Eren first.

"My intentions?" Eren asked confused.

"To search your house where you were born will necessitate that we reclaim Wall Maria in Shiganshina District. I'd take drastic measures to seal the hole in that gate quickly. We'd need your Titan strength. In the end, our fate will be decided by Titans. Perhaps the Colossal Titan and Armored Titan function just like you do. Your intentions hold the key. The key to saving humankind from this despair," the blonde explained.

Eren looked down, "Me?"

"Give us your answer, scumbag. What do you want to do?" Levi asked impatiently.

"I want to join the Scout Regiment, and kill Titans," Eren said with a creepy smile on his face. Alex gave him a questioning look before turned away. Levi was about to say something but was interrupted by the blonde man. He held up a silver ring with a black rose on it and looked at Alex.

"This is your ring, am I correct?" he asked.

Alex stared at him with her bored eyes, "Yes."

"I heard that when you turn the rose, you can create a short-term force field, is that true?" he questioned. That caught Levi's attention and he turned his head to stare at the dark haired girl. Her eyes met his but her face didn't change. It remained emotionless and bored.

"Well if it wasn't I wouldn't be down here, now would I?" Alex asked with a hint of annoyance in her voice. The blonde chuckled, "That is true I guess." His laugh - it made a bell in Alex's mind ring. She knew that laugh, Erwin Smith.

"You're Eric's first daughter, huh?" Erwin said as his eyes scanned Alex's face.

"That would be me," Alex said bluntly.

"He was right, you do look exactly like your mother," he continued. Alex's fists clenched around the white cloth that trapped all her body heat in.

She didn't like it when people talked about her family.

"So I've been told," Alex stated and looked down at her chains.

"Don't you have a sister? Where is she staying?" Erwin asked which made Alex's head snap up and glare at him with intimidating eyes. She knew she couldn't scare him; but she was mad.

"She's dead," Alex said blankly. Five years ago, she would have broken down crying, but now she never felt sad.

It was always just anger.

"I see.. Do you have an idea how or why you are able to do those things?" Erwin asked raising and eyebrow.

"Not a single clue. It'd be nice to know myself," Alex confessed. She honestly didn't know anything about it, but she really wished she did.

"If I'm correct, your father used to wear this exact ring while he was in the Scouts, how'd you get it?" Erwin asked. Alex rolled her eyes, "He gave it to me the Christmas before he went missing, or a week before. They're the same thing."

Erwin nodded and twisted the ring around in his hand, "It a very pretty ring."

Alex scoffed, "Could you just get the fucking point? I don't appreciate being stared down from that guys over there, and being questioned isn't exactly my ideal of fun. Plus I'd rather be sleeping than talk to you, so if you must, hurry this little chat up."

Eren was surprised at her choice of word; it was irregular for Alex to cuss, but it was different for her to snap at someone like that. Usually she'd just ignore them or calmly walk past them and mutter something like 'stupid' or 'idiot.'

"Listen here bra-" Levi started but was, once again, interrupted by Erwin.

"You obviously heard what I explained to Eren, so I need to know your answer. There could possibly be a chance there's something in his basement that could explain you. After all, Dr. Jaeger used to be close friends with your father. Do what will it be?" Erwin asked.

Alex was surprised, but not at the same time that her father and Eren's were close friends. What a coincidence?

"Well, if my choices are either joining the Military Police to get dissected, because that's what they'll most likely do because they're fucking dumb ass, or join the Scout Regiment to possibly find out why I am like I am? I think the answer is motherfucking clear," Alex said through gritted teeth.

"Erwin, I'll be responsible for both of them. Tell that to the higher ups. It's not that I trust them. If they betray us or go out of control, I'll kill them on the spot. The higher ups can't complain. No one's better suited for this job. I'll accept you two.. into the Scout Regiment," Levi stated as he gripped onto the bars of the door.

Alex rolled her eyes.

"Wonderful, I'm now the responsibility of this douche-pants."