Six harnesses stood in front of the new recruits; these were going to help them balance when using 3DM Gear. Shardis was picking some poor soul to go first, he chose Imelda shouting,
"Let's just see how well the Survey Corps has raised you Smith"
Imelda wrinkled her nose at his horrible breath before saluting and stepping up to the harness. The other soldiers strapped her in before lifting her off the ground. Automatically she found her balance point and she hovered there, arms folded and a bored expression on her face. She desperately wanted to comment on how pointless this was but she needed to keep in Shardis' good books. The other soldiers stared at her, amazement on their face. Eventually they lowered her down and everyone else started to get on. The turquoise eyed boy, who had apparently been talking big the night before, fell the moment his feet were off the ground. Imelda smirked; he was hanging upside down looking utterly horrified. A black haired girl wearing a scarf was just as good as her.
"There's my competition" She muttered.
Later that day Imelda was swinging on the harness bored out of her mind; then she saw the turquoise boy storm over with his two friends running after him. They set him up and lifted him off the ground. A few seconds later, his head had made contact with the ground.
"Ouch" Imelda muttered as they dragged him off the the infirmary.
That evening everyone was utterly exhausted, bar Imelda; her titan blood had kept her energetic throughout the whole day and she was still buzzing. The turquois eyed boy had been woken up and he was now sitting with his two friends and a few others; might as well go join them, she thought. Taking her plate of food she went over and sat opposite the boy.
"Hey, nasty fall you had just there, Imelda Smith by the way."
She said smoothly holding out her hand. His eyes widened as he took her hand,
"Eren Jaeger" he said, dumbfounded.
Imelda found out his friends names were Armin, the blonde boy, and Mikasa, Imelda's main competition. Eren looked nervous and grabbed her hand again looking at her desperately saying,
"Please Imelda you have to help me; I need to get into the Survey Corps and I have to use 3DM Gear, how do you do it?"
Imelda looked at him slightly unnerved before smirking and then giggling, and then full on laughing. Eren looked at her in surprise and Mikasa glowered at her.
"Haha oh wow, I didn't know just because I was raised by the Survey Corps I became the expert of 3DM Gear use haha; sorry" she controlled herself before carrying on, "anyway, I don't know how I did it, you just need to find your balance, be tense and relaxed at the same time, you know that kinda stuff."
Eren nodded, but as he moved his head Imelda's sharp eyes saw steam emitting from his head. Her eyes widened as she shook her head and opened them again; the steam was gone.
"Hey err are you okay?"
Armin asked and Imelda nodded smiling not bothering with an excuse. Shardis entered the mess hall at that moment and Imelda sighed getting up; bed time.
"See you tomorrow Eren, don't lose hope yet." She smiled as she walked out of the mess hall.
The door clicked shut and Imelda groaned loudly before flopping onto her bed; bored bored bored. Seriously was she so incapable of remembering to bring stuff? She could have brought a book or something. As she was mulling over her personal stupidity she heard a soft tap on the window. Opening her eyes she saw three figures; Reiner, Berthold and Annie. Sitting up she opened the window hissing,
"What are you doing here? You'll get caught, and Shardis will kill me."
Imelda panicked looking behind her as if he would crash through the door at any moment. Reiner grinned looking at my dorm.
"So this is where you disappear off to huh, how come you get all the privacy?" he joked before climbing in without invitation.
Annie and Berthold followed after and Imelda stared at them, slightly amazed and still terrified. Her eyes kept on flicking to the door and back at every creak and whisper the others made.
"So why are you in here?"
Reiner whispered making himself comfortable on the floor looking up at Imelda. Imelda wasn't sure whether she should tell them or not; but they seemed alright, despite all three of them smelling like her.
"Well…I'm in here because I turn into a blood thirsty monster whenever I cut myself. I don't recognise friend from foe so I'm deadly to society, that's why I'm contained here…"
She trailed off looking at her hands before twitching at a shy smile at the trio in front of her. They all looked interested as Reiner spoke up,
"I thought so, you're that girl who was the only survivor in the experiments weren't you?"
Automatically Imelda's eyes were fully open and she clutched her arms in a self-hug. This would happen whenever someone sparked her childhood memories of the trauma. She shut her mouth but it didn't stop the whimpers as her shoulders began to shake.
"You idiot" A voice muttered, "You're so insensitive."
And she felt an arm pat her shoulder awkwardly. Looking up Imelda saw Annie, her face in its usual emotionless state but her gesture was enough. Taking in a breath Imelda sighed rubbing her arms
"Sorry, I still get twitchy about that about that" She said rubbing her neck, "and what do you mean by you thought so?"
At this Reiner looked uncomfortable but he brushed it off saying,
"I remember hearing about it, people said Erwin Smith took in the only survivor and your surname is Smith so I just put two and two together really."
Imelda raised an eyebrow but took it for now, it could be the truth but his tense answer wasn't convincing. Suddenly voices could be heard from outside the building, coming closer and closer to the door.
"Shoot" Imelda hissed as she peeked through the curtain, "Its Shardis, guys you've got to go"
But the three were already way ahead of her; Berthold and Reiner were already through the opposite window. Annie had just stepped through it before looking back and giving Imelda the smallest of smiles. She smiled back before scuttling under the covers. Just as she shut her eyes the door was clicked open; Shardis looked in, his eagle like eyes scanning the room before looking at the sleeping figure on the bed. He didn't trust this child, he hadn't seen her at her worst but she was a threat. Erwin had been persuasive with her enrolling, saying she will become the key to humanities freedom. As he shut the door he let out a snort; a demon child that didn't differentiate friend from foe, was the key to humanities freedom? Well the man had dragged out humanities strongest from the underground, but that was just coincidence. This girl would be trouble, he could feel it.