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Disclaimer: I don't own any bit of Pacific Rim or the Percy Jackson universe.
Notes: So one day I rewatched Pacific Rim in the aftermath of my PJO re-read and all I wanted this summer was to see Percy Jackson in a jaeger. I'll say it now, this is incomplete and may or may not be continued, but I figured I might as well put up what I managed to write. And if there happens to be demand for it, well, you gotta make things work in this economy, right? All jokes aside, I hope you enjoy what I have available.
Dulce et Decorum Est
…My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
- Wilfred Owen
June 2015
Los Angeles, California, USA
When the Los Angeles Shatterdome recruits three new rookies to pilot their newest Mark 2 Jaeger, they also recruit the youngest pilot in history. Annabeth Chase is seventeen years too old to start pursuing dreams of heroics and seventeen years too young to launch herself headfirst into fighting those ugly devils herself. She's got nothing to her name but a backpack filled with a few changes of clothes, a passport, some cash, her trusty dagger, and a worn-out postcard from her father. She says she doesn't need anything else.
Nothing else, except her two traveling companions.
At 22 years, Thalia Grace is as feisty and headstrong as the day Annabeth met her when she first stepped foot in the foster home at San Francisco. She's a little reckless around the edges, and that mouth of hers is always getting them into all sorts of trouble, but the rebellious glint in her eyes and her temperamental reputation belies her quick-thinking and resourcefulness in the front lines. More times than Annabeth can count, Thalia's gotten them out of some close calls and given them even more victories. If there's anyone she can trust, it's Thalia.
And Luke, of course.
Luke Castellan. The one who gives the orders. He's the middle pilot and they call him the Middle Man, all of which are technically unimportant but also kind of make sense to the trio because he's the one who started it all. The first one in the foster home, the one who gave Annabeth and Thalia a family to call their own at the tender ages of seven and twelve, not to mention the one who led the Great Foster Home Escape a few years later.
There's a rumour that when Marshal Brunner was seeking out candidates to pilot Crescent Enigma, his first choice was Luke Castellan, 24 years old, skilled, young, and eager to fight for his planet. Normally people take one good look at the guy - tall, ruggedly handsome, physically built to kick ass - and believe it. He looks like a natural hero. In other cases, any and all doubts about his capabilities are quickly squashed in the training ring, and after their first (successful) mission against a Category II kaiju, there's nothing left to be said. The kid isn't just "cut out" for this gig (this kaiju-fighting, life-risking, planet-saving gig), he's made for it.
They all are.
Fun Fact: Another big reason I'm posting this at all is because I did so much research for it and it would have been such a waste.