Chapter 1

When word got out that Godiva Redux and her crew were being transferred to Hong Kong, it was all the residents of the Shatterdome could talk about. There was a constant buzz in the air and the two names on everyone's lips were Adelphi Mooz and Mathias Ansa.

Some were excited, others were upset but after a couple of months things settled down. Everyone got back into their own routine and those who worked with Godiva's crew found out it wasn't as big of a deal as they first supposed. Besides, in the face of the apocalypse, one can only be star struck for so long.

Hong Kong

4:00am

Adelphi lay in bed with the engineer she had brought back to her room for the evening fast asleep beside her. She was somewhere between dreaming and waking, her naked body tangled up in the sweaty bed sheets. Just when she was about to slip into a deep sleep the Kaiju warning siren went off. It immediately startled her awake as the steel bunker she called her home suddenly flooded with a bright red light. It began to blink on and off, accosting her vision before plunging her into blackness again. The calm, automated female voice she was well accustomed to came on over the intercom then. Adelphi could only catch snippets of what the woman was saying.

'... Category III... Razorclaw... 300 miles...'

Ripping her arm free from the sheets, the ranger slammed her hand down on the com button near her bedside table.

"It's Adelphi, Godiva's got this one... Morning by the way."

Up in Mission Control, Tendo Choi amusedly leaned back in his chair, a smile playing at his lips as he patched himself into her room.

"Roger that, Adelphi. Just get Mr. Ansa up and this bad boy's all yours."

Swinging her legs over the side of the bed, Adelphi grabbed up her panties from last night, threw on her boots and a jumpsuit and ran to the door. Before opening it she turned back to the groaning lump in her bed,

"Hey, you gotta go," she informed the groggy engineer. "Make sure no one sees you when you leave."

"The fuck?" he exclaimed.

Before she had to deal with her disgruntled bedmate (whose name she was now forgetting), the ranger shut the door behind her and headed across the hall to her partner's room. She pounded on the dappled metal several times with her fist before shouting, "Hey, get up! This one's ours, Mathias, so rise and shine!"

There was a raspy shout of acknowledgement from inside letting Adelphi know he was getting ready. Satisfied, she leaned against the wall and waited for him.

The three members of the Crimson Typhoon came swaggering out from their rooms, half dressed and looking bitchy as usual. The eldest crossed his arms in front of him as the rest of the team joined him on his stoop.

*"She always gets the morning calls," one of them grumbled, looking over at Adelphi with narrowed eyes. He looked like a child who had just gotten his toy stolen from him.

Adelphi shrugged with a sly grin, overly pleased with herself that she had once again beat Crimson Typhoon to the call. They had a silent rivalry between them on who could make the most kills. Today, this fight was all hers... and Mathias' if he'd get his ass ready.

*"Sorry, light sleeper," she told them before beating her fist on her partner's door again.

Finally it creaked open and Mathias came trudging out with a frown and dark circles under his blue eyes.

"Shit, what happened?" she asked.

"Didn't get much sleep last night," he muttered.

"Yeah, well neither did I," she joked, leading him down the stairs. "Common we'll get you some coffee."

"What's the category?" he sighed, zipping up his jacket as they made their way down the hall.

"Three."

"Christ," he murmured, fighting off a yawn. "Well, let's do this."

"Atta boy!" she exclaimed before picking up the pace.

As was usual for the team, Mathias raced to keep up with his partner.

AN: I've been debating whether or not I should post this story so please let me know what you think!