Y/n and Pietro made their way towards Ironwood's office. Standing in the elevator of the school the two stood in silence. The monochrome vision appearing again only stronger and disappearing causing the pilot to stagger.

"Are you okay?" Pietro asked as the pilot sighed.

"I'm fine." He said before the elevator let out a ding indicating their stop.

Entering the room Y/n noticed the blue room. The walls had a silver look to them and in the center was a black desk with a chair. Inhabiting the chair was a man, his black hair was slicked back and his outfit resembled that of a general with red, blue, and white. But looking up he noticed a white stripe on his forehead.

"Ah Pietro so good to-" he began before noticing the pilot. "And who is this?"

"Oh, this is-"

"Y/n L/n Pilot-75 of the militia and fighter for the frontier." He cut to the chase this caused the two to be stunned.

"Oh, Uhm." Ironwood let out before clearing his throat. "May I ask what do you pilot?"

"I pilot a titan similar to your paladins I keep hearing about," he explained causing Ironwood to nod. "Look I'm looking for a way to fix my titan after battling on Demeter. He was badly damaged and I want to work off my time here before leaving back to the frontier."

"Demeter?" He Ironwood questioned before Y/n sighed.

Pressing a few buttons on his wrist a map appeared showing Demeter and what it was used for. Ironwood looked in shock at the massive red planet.

"You battled there? We don't have the resources for space travel." He said but Pietro interrupted.

"He's not from here. He said he's from a place called the Frontier. If we're to send him back we might have to use the staff."

"What can a staff do for me?" The pilot asked but Ironwood stopped him.

"It can't do anything," Ironwood said skeptically as he looked towards the Pilot.

The both of them stare at each other intensely. But their looks softened as Y/n nod.

"I understand, whatever this staff can do you want to keep on the down-low cause you can't trust me." He started before smirking under his helmet. "Much like I can't trust you just yet. Trust is earned." He started before Ironwood leaned back in his chair.

"Not given."

"Look I'm trying to get my titan a new body since it's last one is beyond repair. But I would like to work for it."

"Okay, and how do we know you're qualified for working with us?" Raising an eyebrow Ironwood saw the pilot think before concluding a way to prove himself.

"I'll do a simulation on your highest difficulty." He answered making Pietro shocked.

"Hey now."

"Alright." Ironwood agreed as the two locked eyes and visor. "I'll set up a scenario with our training ground."

"Alright." Turning to the side Y/n looked at the old scientist. "I need a weapon."

Snapping out of his shock Pietro looked at the pilot before nodding. "Right, let's go."

Y/n stood in the armory of the training grounds. In front of him were multiple lockers with a different variety of weapons. Looking around he noticed one that caught his eyes. A high-caliber sniper rifle. Its light body reminded the pilot of the DMR. The white sniper shined as a black button near the safety caught his eye. Confused as to why there are two buttons. Pressing the button he noticed the sniper shift as the but of the rifle shrunk and turned into a hilt the trigger shifted and moved to the grip of the weapon. The scope shrunk inside the hilt before the barrel of the gun folded and turned into a blade. The pilot looked at it with shock as he held a katana with a pure white blade. The hilt and grip were black with a silver design of a leviathan head opening its mouth towards the blade.

"Did you chose your weapon?" Pietro asked as he very slightly shifted in surprise.

"Yeah." He spoke before swinging the weapon around finding it surprisingly light.

"Then show him what you can do. I'm curious about what you can do as well pilot." He said as the pilot placed the weapon on his back as the magnetic pull of the suit locked the weapon in place on his lower back.

Making his way towards the starting room Y/n saw the scene change as well as the area. "Activating search and rescue scenario. Difficulty maximum. Mission: save the hostage surrounded by enemy reinforcements. Time limit: five minutes."

Y/ns visor glowed as he held his sword the blade glowed before the time started.

Y/ns pov.

Running towards the nearest building I crouched on the roof before swapping my sword into its sniper form. Looking down the scope I could see multiple enemies. Seems just automatic combat troopers.......combat troopers. My mind drifted towards the war as I remembered the spectors. Their ruthless killing. The home of my grandparents. The screams...The nightmare. My hand began to tremble before I shook myself out of it after my gun tapped stryders data core. I can't relive the past right now. Taking a deep breath I placed the suppressor on the sniper before looking down the sights once more. The red dot with three lines going to the middle. Picking off the sniper robots I turned invisible while jumping to the next building. I slid before quickly morphing my weapon to its sword as I dropped quietly into a skylight. Dropping on a bot I stabbed its wiring with my data knife before dragging it off quietly I place it against a wall. Quickly but quietly I ran through the building picking off and killing silently. Soon I came to the hostage room. Pressing a few buttons on my wrist I saw my cloak was nearly recharged. That was until my vision went monochrome.
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Ironwood and Pietro watched as Y/n looked at his wrist before suddenly vanishing in a white mist. "Where did he go?" Ironwood asked as the pilot seemingly just up and vanished.
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I stood in some kind of plain world every surface was black and the room glowed white. Can this be from the phase shift device? If so I can use this to my advantage. Running inside the room I scanned the area as I felt my eyes adjust back to color. Running back to the wall I felt myself appear back. My head stung as I held it. Pulling my sword out I knew what was in there. Three combat troopers, a hostage in the middle, and a turret on the ceiling. I knew I had to take that turret out. My cloak was fully charged as I vanished. Throwing my data knife the turret's power wire was cut. As my knife fell I quickly caught it as the troopers turned around right after my knife blended in with me. Running up I grabbed the wrist of a trooper and shot the two before stabbing the other in the visor destroying it.

Running up I cut the "hostage" loose. Getting a better look it seemed to be another trooper. It clapped as I ran out with it. As I came close to the end of the course I heard massive steps. Turning around I saw a massive robot.



"So that must be one of the paladins." I stopped as its blue eyes scanned me. Turning around the robot hid behind me. The paladin stood in front of me and my mission. Just like Stryder, I must uphold the mission. Morphing my sword into its sniper form I took two shots to distinguish its tough material. The bullets simply bounced off as I knew this was gonna be a hell of a fight.

Moving its hand to the side the paladin shot multiple rockets causing me to move the Robot back and into cover. Rolling to the side I dodged the barrage before running and wall running. Morphing my sniper to its sword form I jumped towards it as my blade shined but I saw it instantly turn around bringing its fist to my face. Using my jump kit it flipped over its fist and ran on its arm. Slashing at the cockpit I scratched it but felt my body break as a technical fist collided with my back sending me skipping across the ground before I collided with a wall.

My breathing was harsh as my vision showed red around as I grunted in my sitting position. Looking up I saw the paladin charge at me. Think Y/n how can you beat a paladin without anti titan shells?  Before I knew it the paladin ran and collided with me and the building. 
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Pietro and James watched as the paladin collided with the pilot before appearing on the other side by itself. Confusion appeared in the paladin's movements.

"What happened to him?" Pietro asked confused about what happened to the pilot. Before the paladin was tackled by a forklift. Inside the driver seat was the pilot as he impaled the paladin to a car.  This surprised the two as the pilot jumped out of the forklift with the paladin bringing its fist onto the vehicle.
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I instantly cloaked as the paladin destroyed the forklift. Smirking to myself on the safety of the roof of the building. I punctured its torso, and I have one Frag. If I can predict its next movement I can destroy it from the inside. Running off the building, I brought my sword down before slashing the paladin's arms as I flickered before vanishing again. Sliding on my knees I turned around before getting in a runner's position with my frag in hand.
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"The bigger they are."

"The harder they fall, pilot."
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Sprinting towards the paladin I slid underneath it and pulled the pin of my grenade. Quickly turning around I tossed it into one of the holes as I saluted before vanishing into the monochrome world. Inside I saw a massive black explosion. Before I appeared back with my vision returning to normal. The small robot ran and clapped as it stood next to me. I stood up before looking at the camera.

"Did I prove myself?"

"That you did pilot. We'll have your titans new body worked on now." Ironwood said over the comms as he turned to Pietro. "I suggest getting the robot helpers. If he was able to take our paladin down with ease I want to see how good he is with his titan. But just in case I want you to put a safety measure in it. So if he betrays us."

"Got it, sir" Pietro looked at the pilot on the screen as he sat down exhausted.

"Hey tin man." He called out making James looked at the screen. "Can I keep this?" He asked showing the weapon he chose.

"I'll allow it. You'll need to name it though."

Looking at the sword the pilot smirked.

"Frontiers leviathan."