UPDATE! Shit, fuck, I just realized my mistake. Let me fix it. NOT Wall Maria. I meant Wall Trost.
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Logan was ordered to wait in his quarters by Levi, which he did. He stood there, staring at the floor as he thought in the position of at ease. He was use to standing and waiting around like this. He heard footsteps behind his door, along with soft voices; one of which belonged to Levi. Suddenly, as if being shoved, a new face stumbles through the door, followed by two others.
"These were the two I saw earlier", Levi said to Logan as he entered. "The little girl is Ann. She wouldn't tell me much else, so I suggest you take a look at her file when you-..."
Levi was interrupted by the eldest new face, his build quite fit and of pure muscle which allowed his uniform to fit his form. "Sorry, sir, but was the shoving really necessary?"
As an answer, Levi had glared at the 21 year-old new guy, shutting him up instantly. "... When you get the chance. Give them a little talk or whatever. I have to go clean the rooms again." Then, he brushed past the new scouts and out the door.
Logan eyes his three squad members. Obviously there were more. Levi said this is all he can find, so there had to be more out there, hiding or whatever.
"Name is Logan Pierce, your squad leader", Logan spoke in his softened, slightly deepened voice, still standing at ease, unlike the other three. They stood... at rest? "I've been tasked to lead you all. I'm new at this, but I want to get one thing straight as a first-timer with being a squad leader. We are serious here. And I'll be serious with you. If you die out there, I fail. So, in order for me not to fail, I have to train you, watch over you, study you..." He looked over to one of the guys, who was shaken up a bit, standing all stiff and what-not. "Uh... Kid, what's your name?"
The 16 year-old stiffened up again at attention. "K-K-Karl Wilkinson, s-sir!"
Logan stares at Karl for a moment for a moment, then nodded slightly. "Karl, right... At ease boy, you're making me pass out by just looking at you." He emits a soft sigh before looking at the other two. "Names?
"Ryan", the well-built 21 year-old answered, holding his hand out. "Ryan Hollinger! Nice to meet you, man."
Logan only stares at Ryan's hand for a few seconds before taking it firmly. "Likewise." Then, Logan squeezed Ryan's hand tightly, moving the bones in his hands around which made the man fall to his knees in defeat while holding his pained hand.
"Sir. It's sir from here on out until given permission to drop formality." He looked over to the girl after informing the man of the reason for his 'punishment'. "And what about you, little girl?"
"Ann." Her tone was quiet as she looked away once their eyes met. She was the strange one alright, but not as much as Karl. Then again, her eyes... They're pretty bold with with thick black outlines and small pupils, the kind that'd shake anyone a bit who looked into them.
"And your last name?"
Silence.
With a sigh, Logan pinched the bridge of his nose as he tried to think. "Okay, how about this?" He looks to Karl and the kneeling Ryan as he now stood up. "You two, wait outside. We're going to have a one on one interview. Out, now." At the command, the two boys left nervously. Logan left to his desk and picked up a small stack of papers, sifts through them, then pulls out his chair. "Sit, Ann."
She sat.
"Says here you're Alice Ann. Whereabouts of your family are unknown, says you're one of the few who stayed during the Survey Corps entrance ceremony or whatever it's called... Hmm... Can't swim. Flawless memory. Pretty small records you have here. Anything you wanna share with me?"
"Want to."
"Come again?"
"It's 'want to'. Not 'wanna'."
"Er... Right. So, nothing?"
She shook her head. Wait a moment... He just noticed this now, but was she staring at him the entire time?
"Something wrong with my face? I didn't know I looked that deformed."
Again, she shook her head. "I'm just taking notes."
Notes... Right. "Uh, yeah. So, what made you want to-..."
"Logan, we have a situation." Mike opens the door, giving a serious look at Logan. "Titans have broken through Wall Trost."
Logan set the papers down and crossed his arms. "I'm not taking these kids with me."
"You will. They are your responsibility. Hell, they can even consider this training."
Logan emits a soft sigh as he stood up and grabbed his Wings of Freedom cloak. "Logan's squad, saddle up and follow me."
"Wait, what about everyone else?" That was the voice of Ryan, who poked his head in the doorway.
"Petra has the others with her, they're already heading to the gate", Mike answered as he walked down the hall hurriedly. "Which means we have to catch up."
"You heard him, let's get going, this is damn serious." Logan led his squad members down to the stable in a hurrying manner. The newbies did not yet receive their cloaks. They haven't finished their first training, after all.
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In the large courtyard, there were many fresh-out-of-basic-training kids all gathered into a large courtyard as their commander barks out orders, what to do, and the main objective that needed to be achieved. As Logan glanced away from the scene and over the city, he can clearly make out the tall titans reaching into houses, devouring civilians, and wander around for their next meal. It was a sight to fuel his anger.
"Logan", Levi calls out again, as if he was calling his name numerous times. Which he actually have. "Logan! Pay attention."
Logan snapped his attention over to Levi, who had just fastened on his 3D Maneuver gear. "Yes, sir?"
The 'sir' part is what made Levi cringe, just slightly. But he quickly lets it go. "You're going to bring your members over to the center of the city. From there, you can meet up with Petra and gather up the rest of your members. Seems like my squad left us behind, expecting us to meet up with them. So-..."
"Watch my guys, follow you, no one gets killed", Logan interrupted. "Yeah, I got it."
Levi smirks as he jumped off the edge of the wall. Logan looked over to the other three. They seem to have no problem with their Maneuver gear so far... Except for Karl. The guy was trembling like crazy as he attaches his gas to his gear.
"Hey, rookies, help your member out. He's having trouble with his gear." He sighs softly to himself and looked down at the city again. Levi was obviously waiting on them down there. He can wait. But overall, this was a drag. If things were normal, he'd be down there already, slaughtering titans with a quick and snappy pace.
As Ryan sucks his teeth and helps Karl with the gas, Ann just watches for a moment before glancing away and slipping out her blades from her Maneuver gear. She was obviously ready. Or... Not? Her mind was undoubtedly elsewhere at the moment, even when Karl called out that he was ready.
"Snap out of it, little girl", Logan snaps as he pulls out his blades, the other two following suit. "You're facing Titans here, inside your home Wall Trost, face-to-face. To do that, you need your mind here, not there.
Ann glanced up at Logan as she nodded, and as Logan jumped off the edge, so did the others. Their Maneuver gear shot out cabled which attached to nearby structures, their gas releasing as they fly through the air, over buildings and titans, and towards their designated area. Levi caught up to the front as Logan slows down to the rear. This way, the experienced Scouts has front and rear defensive positions for the new members.
Logan glanced aside as his white hair blows back with the wind, his clothes rippling with his speed. He saw a figure, not sure who, fighting off a 10-meter class Titan. Looks like they got it. The Titan yelled out as it crashed into a building, dead. "Nice...", he muttered to himself.
Not much later, Levi and the others landed atop a roof of a tall structure, where numerous other Scouts were held up at. Petra looked from Oluo as he ranted about the sudden mission to Levi, then smiled as she pointed to the side. Near the edge of the building, there were two others. One of the guys were tall, standing at a solid six feet and somewhat long, silver hair with black tips, and the other person beside him was a girl who was shorter than the guy by a few inches, her burgundy hair tied into a bun.
Logan nodded to Petra as thanks before leading the three over to the rest of his squad. "Hey, enjoying the view up here, newbies?"
The two looks back at Logan, the guy crossing his arms across his chest as he grins thinly. "Everything is fine, alright. The sight of death is making me throb to kill these things."
Logan felt a smirk play at the corner of his lips as he nodded a nod of approval. "Your name?"
"William, William Lynton." He then glanced aside to a distant Titan wondering between some buildings. "Shouldn't you have already known me by now? I think a real leader would've looked at his comrade's files."
A smart mouth. Just what was needed. Brushing that aside, Logan looked to the girl. "And you?"
"Oh, hi", her voice was maturely cheerful. At least some sunshine came upon the dread. "Name's Jenessy Spangled, sir!"
"Jenessy, nice name." He looked over his members. Were they missing one? Or is this the supposed full squad? No, no, there were more papers with more people than this. Oh well. "Alright, listen up and listen close. This is a sudden situation. Titans have once again broken through our wall and are eating away at our families and friends. To succeed the mission of eradicating every last Titan and assuring everyone's lives, we must work as a team."
"Hard to do when we just met each other", William muttered.
"William, I heard you. You just earned yourself to take the left-flank. Everyone else, you know the positions you're suppose to be in. Stay close, keep your eyes peeled, double check your gas, and do not play the hero. Understood?"
"Yes, sir!"
Just then, another new face landed behind Logan. Apparently, they were already out there fighting with the uniform emitting off steam from blood. As Logan turned to look, the form of the person was familiar. It was the person from before who was fighting the 10-meter class Titan. She was a standing at 5'3 with a slender, yet curved, figure and her hair of dark scarlet tied into a ponytail, which hung a few inches below her shoulders. Her face was covered in blood as it burned against her skin.
"Who the hell are you?" Logan didn't like the first impression of this girl supposedly acting on her own instead of regrouping with the rest of the Scouts.
"I'm Aerolynn." She took a look at her new squad she was assigned to, then back Logan. "You must be my squad leader. Pleasure to meet you."
This squad is just getting interesting by the member, and not in a good way.
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So, this happened. There are available slots left open. If you're not too fond about being in the Survey Corps, then you can add wherever you wanna, whether it's the Military Police or Garrison. So, yeah, there are still slots open. Hope you enjoy what you've read. I'll be updating this chapter frequently for errors so, yeah. See ya, and enjoy.