Sorry for the late update, but school and a few other video games have been keeping me occupied.

I also hope that the DLC for Valkyria Chronicles comes out soon.

Once again, thanks to everyone who reviewed, as well as Huhn, who proof-read this chapter!

Now lets get to it! Enjoy!

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Silence covered the room, nothing making a noise for a few minutes. Despite her curiosity Selvaria remained quiet, for she didn't want Varrot to get angry by asking an unnecessary question. All of the Gallian soldiers in the room were equipped with guns, and were all ready to shoot if something occurred.

Selvaria waited patiently for a few more minutes until the flap of the tent opened, revealing what they had been waiting for. Welkin Gunther and Alicia Melchiott stepped into the tent, followed by Largo, Rosie, and Zaka. They all took seats near Varrot.

Though she was good at hiding her emotions from people when she needed to, she felt a small amount of sweat roll down the back of her neck. Having this many people in the room equipped with weapons made her feel like she was at an execution site, with her as the accused.

Varrot adjusted her glasses a bit and looked straight at Selvaria.

"Before we begin, I would like to know exactly how you escaped from General Damon's forces. Without your Valkyrian Lance, you would never be able to escape from a whole army, unless you were unbelievably lucky," Varrot said, her eyes trying to read Selvaria's mind.

Selvaria opened her mouth to say something, but she was cut off by Jaeger.

"I'll explain that, if you don't mind Selvaria," he said. Selvaria nodded and held back the urge to laugh, for Jaeger looked like he had just woken up and his hair was a little messed up.

Jaeger rubbed one of his eyes for a second and continued. "At Naggiar, Selvaria was defeated by Gallia's Valkyria and her lance and shield were lost during the confusion of the aftermath. While Gallia was attacking Ghirlandaio, I went back to Naggiar and made a search team to find them. We found them and came back to Ghirlandaio, where Gallia had beaten Selvaria. I stole a uniform and pretended to be a Gallian soldier, hiding the lance and shield under my clothes," he explained, sounding as serious as he could be.

Varrot raised an eyebrow, wondering how a Valkyrian Lance and Shield could fit underneath a soldier's uniform. After a few seconds she decided not to question it, thinking thathe must have worn a lancer's uniform.

Varrot looked at Jaeger and nodded, which told Jaeger to continue.

"The uniform I stole was from one of the prison guards, so Damon gave me the keys to Selvaria's cell and told me to watch her. I released her and she agreed to come with me. She blasted a hole through the wall and we escaped in the Lupus." He finished and looked at Varrot, without any expression on his face.

Silence covered the room again for several minutes as Varrot thought to herself. There were still a few things she needed to know, so she opened her eyes and looked at Jaeger.

"What do you stand to gain from joining us? Why go that far to help Selvaria?" she questioned. Jaeger tilted his chair back so that his head was resting on the wall behind him, and smiled.

"My home country of Fhirald was attacked and taken over during the first Europan war, much like how Gallia is being attacked at the moment. However, Fhirald lost and its people became slaves to the Empire. There's no way that Fhirald could rebel against the Empire and win without help. Selvaria agreed to come with me after this war is over, to help Fhirald regain its sovereignty," he explained, his voice trailing off a bit at the end.

Varrot stared at Jaeger for a few more seconds before turning her attention to Selvaria.

"And what convinced you to help him?" she questioned. Selvaria looked over at Jaeger for a second, who had fallen asleep in his chair. She turned her head back and took a deep breath in.

"Jaeger showed me some documents that revealed Maximilian's real personality to me. Maximilian finds people with amazing talent and uses them until their usefulness runs out. Then…he disposes of them. I almost fell for his trick as well. I would most likely be dead if it were not for Jaeger and for that, I owe him a debt," Selvaria said, her voice sounding sad. She knew what could have happened if Jaeger hadn't showed her what Maximilian was really like.

Small whispers could be heard amongst the soldiers in the room as Varrot sat still, thinking to herself. After a minute, she got out of her chair and walked up to Welkin, Alicia, Largo, Rosie and Zaka and whispered something in their ears. All of them left the tent except Varrot, who looked over at the Gallian soldiers, then at Selvaria and Jaeger.

"We'll discuss whether we should allow you to work with us or not. Until then these soldiers will be making sure you two don't leave the tent. If you leave the tent, we will consider it as a hostile act and you will be put back into jail. However you may talk to the soldiers, if they want to talk. If you do join us, then you two will be in Squad 7. It just so happens that these soldiers are from Squad 7, so you may want to get to know them," Varrot said as she raised the tent flap, going after Welkin and the others.

Selvaria let out a big sigh as she leaned back against her chair. That was one of the few times she had ever gotten nervous. She heard footsteps coming from the other side of the tent and looked up, seeing two men and a woman standing a meter away from her and Jaeger. Jaeger seemed to have noticed them as well, for he brought his chair forward and sat straight, eyeing the Squad 7 members in front of him.

"You shouldn't be nervous. Varrot may seem frightening but she'll most likely persuade the higher ups to give you two the chance to prove yourselves. Of course you'll most likely be kept under watch until you've proven yourselves," the man with the eyepatch said, his voice sounding cheery and reassuring. "Anyways, my name is Vyse, the big guy next to me is Jann and the girl to my right is Juno," he said, pointing at them.

Selvaria took the moment to look at the three of them. Vyse was somewhat tall, with black hair and an eyepatch covering his left eye. Selvaria noticed that unlike most eyepatches, his had a glass circle attached to it, allowing him to see out of his left eye. Selvaria was a bit confused, but she thought that he must wear it because it was comfortable.

Jann was pretty tall, having light brown hair and a very muscular body. Selvaria raised her eyebrow in confusion when she saw that he was wearing what looked like lipstick. It wasn't very noticeable but Selvaria had never seen a man wearing it before.

Juno was shorter than her two companions. She wore glasses and had somewhat blonde hair. Selvaria felt a chill down her spine because Juno looked like one of the scientists that were studying her when she was still young.

"Don't worry honey," Jann said in a very happy and reassuring voice. "Welkin, Alicia and the amazing Largo wouldn't agree to jailing you two." Selvaria noted how he emphasized the words 'amazing' and 'Largo' when he spoke. Nevertheless, Selvaria nodded in appreciation for his friendly words.

"Now that you know who we are, would you be so kind as to introduce yourselves as well?" Juno asked, her voice sounding very serious, as if she were talking to a commander.

A noise was heard from Jaeger's direction and all four of them looked over to see him getting of his chair.

"My name is Radi Jaeger. I used to be head of Maximilian's tank divisions and now I hope to be one of Gallia's tank commanders." He held out his hand and the three members of Squad 7 shook it.

Selvaria stood up after Jaeger went quiet and introduced herself as well.

"My name is Selvaria Bles. I…was the Valkyria that you fought at Barious and Naggiar." Selvaria said, holding out her hand for the other three to shake. "I…was the one who killed many Gallian soldiers…" She finished, her voice becoming depressed.

"That may be true and many people may hate you, but I think that everyone deserves a second chance," Vyse said, patting her on her shoulder to encourage her.

"If you truly mean what you say, then you can redeem yourself by helping restore Gallia's peace," Juno said. Selvaria smiled and nodded.

Even though it was just these three, she had a strange feeling that Squad 7 will be quite the…unique bunch.

Unique? More like foolish. Squad 7 would never stand a chance against Maximilian. They would be gutted like the dogs they are!

Selvaria looked from side to side quickly, but there was only her, Jaeger, Vyse, Juno, Jann and the Gallian soldiers with their guns. She had no idea where that voice was coming from but she wanted it to stop.

"Is something the matter?" Jann questioned. Selvaria looked back at him and shook her head. The five of them talked for a few minutes before the tent flap was heard and Varrot stepped back in. Welkin and the others followed right behind her and sat down. Jann, Vyse and Juno walked back over and sat down as well.

"We've come to a decision," Varrot said.

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Yeah Yeah, it's shorter than my other ones, but I thought to cut it off here to make a good cliffhanger.

In compensation for uploading this chapter very late, tell me what 3 members of Squad 7 you'd like to see in the next chapter.

Hopefully I'll get the next chapter done before April. R&R!