Disclosed Information:

Name: Uma Belova

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 125lbs

Interests: Protecting her fellow soldiers, surviving suicide missions, and doing what she wants.

Special Talents: pissing off command, free running, and unmatched aerial acrobatics with a 3DMG.

Weaknesses: Unable to accept her own limitations, doesn't take orders well, and often keeps to herself.

Affiliations: Survey Corps

Quirks: Refuses to cut her hair short, gives amazing death glares, and purses her lips when troubled or angered.

Show Me Your Strength:

Levi's POV

The top of the Wall was fucking chaos. Most of the Squad Leaders had been killed during the mission, leaving their subordinates in a damn frenzy. With the chains of command broken, it was up to Erwin and I to maintain some semblance of order. Once we devised a system that allowed us to relay orders to the soldiers at the far ends of the Wall, things managed to slow down a bit.

When the surviving soldiers realized the decision to retreat behind Wall Maria was final they were able to stop shitting themselves with fear. Knowing they didn't have to go out again was enough to placate them. When the order came, you could feel the wave of relief roll over the crowd.

Mass panic soon turned into morbid curiosity as the soldiers watched the stragglers below try to make it over the Wall. By then the Titans had swarmed around the gates, making an escape practically hopeless. Soon they stopped cheering on their stranded comrades as one by one they were brutally devoured. Their numbers slowly dwindled until they were only being spotted between ten to fifteen minute intervals.

"Look! There's another one!" A grunt named Norris shouted.

"She's really close too," said another, as if it were a shame that the poor bastard wasn't going to make it.

Wondering exactly how close was 'close', I peered over the edge of the Wall. Three buildings away was a blonde soldier running for her life. She had no vertical maneuvering gear that I could see and there were three Titans closing in on her fast. She was brave to run, but I couldn't imagine she'd make it past the first roof. Yet, when she reached the edge of the building, vaulted through the air, took hold of the coping of the next building and sprung up onto it like it was nothing, it gave me somewhat of a pause. After getting up on the roof, a Titan swung at her. She narrowly dodged it by doing a back flip and then immediately diving over its fingers before it could deliver its second blow. I've seen these moves before… this was Uma Belova. There wasn't a soldier in her rank that could match her ground and aerial maneuvering abilities. I had wanted to promote her to my squad some time ago but Commander Erwin had rejected my request. He thought she lacked humility and the ability to take orders, which was true. But her talents were still wasted in the lower ranks.

Two of the three Titans hunting her began to close in on both sides. I watched intently as she fired off a red flair into one of their eyes. Despite her perilous situation, it was obvious she was a quick thinker. Her strategy seemed to pay off as she neared the end of the last roof. When her swords dug into the side of the white walls, I grit my teeth expecting her to fall but by some miracle, her blades sunk in.

"Please! Help me!" she cried as she desperately tried to scale the Wall with her bare hands. It was clear she was going to need some assistance.

I stared down the line of soldiers then. "So… which one of you is going down there to get her?" I asked. Their heads snapped over in my direction, their expressions displaying varying degrees of terror. Clearly they were only willing to watch. "Cowards," I muttered. I suppose it was up to me then. Stepping up on the edge of the Wall I judged her distance from me before jumping down.

Firing my grappling hook into the stone, I heard Uma scream out in one last cry for help. My only thought as I swung down towards her was for her to wait a damn minute. Unsheathing my swords, I rocketed across the first Titan's shoulders, cutting the back of his neck wide open. As it fell, I scooped Uma up in my arms. I felt her grip on to me tightly, holding her own weight, which allowed me to have one hand free to fight. As I ran across the Wall, using our momentum to propel us, I felt a Titan's hand slam against the stone only moments after we swung away from its reach. Seeing a shadow above us, I unsheathed my sword and cut off the extended fingers of the last Titan, buying us some time. Using a final burst of gas, I launched us up the Wall to safety.

With both hands full, I knew our landing wasn't going to be clean. Also judging by the angle, I was going to take the brunt of the fall. Before hitting the stone floor of the battlements I sighed heavily and waited for impact. We came down hard but luckily nothing felt broken.

Uma was on top of me, clinging to me tightly as she panted into my chest. As I caught my breath, all I could do was stare at her. That expression on her face… it was so… vulnerable. She must have been terrified- to have survived the entire mission and then, in the last few moments, believe she was going to die. She had run the gauntlet… there was no denying that. Still, I wished she wouldn't have gripped onto me so tightly.

Once Uma looked up at me, I saw a spark of recognition in her eyes and she immediately began to stand up. I suppose I intimidated her. The fact that I had a reputation in the Survey Corps, as annoying as it was, was not lost on me. I half expected her to start spewing some stupid nonsense about how it was an honor but she didn't. In fact, that expression of raw emotion I saw only moments before was gone. Regarding me with her now calm blue gaze, she extended her hand down to me and I took it without complaint. Reaching my feet, I looked at the state of my dusty jacket. Its dirty appearance was by no means acceptable so began to brush it off. The filth in some of these places… Looking up I saw Uma was still standing before me.

"Thank you… I owe you my life," she told me. This was not the first time someone had made me such a vow. I was simply going to write this one off.

"You would have done the same for any of them," I told her, knowing that she would. "Even though they're all cowards."

She glanced down the line of soldiers quickly, probably curious as to which of her comrades didn't come to her rescue. It didn't seem to bother her though. It was clear she knew the score. Not everyone was willing to play the hero like her. Most had a good sense of self-preservation. I began to leave then but I felt a hand on my arm stopping me.

"No," she said determinedly. I regarded her with a cold glare for grabbing me like that but her resolve never waivered. "I owe you my life," she told me, making sure I knew she was dead serious.

"Fine… so you do," I said before taking my leave.

During my walk along the Wall I began thinking about what had just passed. Uma's disregard for rank irritated me but what she said seemed genuine. A part of me wanted to hold her to her promise… to test that grit she had just shown me. If she held true to her word perhaps I could mold her into the soldier she ought to be.

I guess Uma had been up for promotion twice in her career but both Erwin and his late predecessor were convinced she was a lost cause. Uma was always a loose cannon who couldn't handle taking orders. I vaguely remember the acting commander before him had once compared her to a stray dog with no loyalty. To me, that was giving her far too much credit. In my opinion, she came across as more misguided than anything.

As I approached Erwin, he cast me a sidelong glance. He knew I was still interested in promoting Uma to my squad. Though I supported his initial decision, I never agreed with it and he knew it. She might have been the only bone of contention between him and I. It was small but meaningful.

"What did she say to you?" He asked.

"Apparently she owes me her life." I told him, fixing my eyes on the sunset. "...If that isn't an act of submission, I don't know what is."

Erwin just shook his head. "You and I will never see eye-to-eye on this issue so I'm just going to give you my permission to promote her to your squad. If it doesn't work out then I'll be able to say I told you so… and if it does then Squad Levi will have gained another excellent soldier."

This was certainly unexpected. Had I really expressed that much interest in Uma Belova's career that he just handed her over to me?

"Sir," I said with a nod. "I'll make sure she won't disappoint."

My eyes narrowed as the last rays of light disappeared behind Wall Maria. From that moment on Uma would become my personal project. I had a gut feeling that it wouldn't take long for her to adjust to a more structured life within the Corps. After all, years ago I wasn't so different from her and I was able to fall in line. I would not fail in this.

AN: First of all, thank you to everyone whose read and reviewed my story. I hope you all continue to do so in the future. I must say that I was worried about writing a chapter from Levi's point of view. It proved to be some trouble at first. In large part, the editing consisted of deleting a lot of unnecessary details that didn't fit Levi's character. I did not want to reveal too much while at the same time say too little, otherwise the story would flat-line. I believe I found a good balance, though. It was a risk I decided to take so let me know what you all think!