Protectionist

The alarm sounded loudly and unequivocally in the dark room. A large figure jumped excitedly out of the bed and was wide awake. „ Yo, Frost, wake up! Movement in the Breach. ", Jane Rizzoli cried and drummed on her best friend's bed. „ Hey, come on! We're being deployed. "

" Great. ", groweld the sleepy Frost and pushed her away. „ Good morning. "

Jane pulled a shirt over her muscular upper body and grinned. „ Morning. Kaiju's a Category 3, biggest one yet. Code name: Knifehead.

Frost tortured himself out of his bed and rubbed his tense neck. „ What time is it? "

„ Two. "

„ A.M? "

Jane knew that he was more or less just landed in the bed. „ Yep. What do you say? Fifth notch on the belt? "

Frost gave her eyes closed the fist and waved frantically around.

Someone knocked loudly at the door. „ Come on, Rizzoli and Frost. Time to drop. "

Frost went into another room. „ Hey, Jane. "

Jane looked at him. „ Yeah? "

Frost grinned wide. „ Don't get cocky. "

The two went up a gear in a base along and prepared mentally for the upcoming. They went into a preparation room and were created in ultra-modern combat suits by technicians. They retreated their combat helmets and waited for the next step. Then they went into the next room and two racks drove from the ceiling. They went there and their feets were automatically connected to the metal. They got connected to the racks and had a kind of controller in hand. Frost right, Jane left.

„ Good morning. ", said a man over the radio.

Jane looked at the screen and grinned. „ Tendo, what's happening, my man? "

Frost narrowed his eyes. „ How'd that date with Alison go last night, Mr. Choi? "

Tendo leered in the command center. „ Oh, she loved me. Her boyfriend? Not so much. "

Jane laughed, amused. „ You're gonna get your ass kicked. "

Tendo laughed too. „ A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, sister. "

Suddenly Sean Cavanaugh came in a highly decorated military uniform in the headquarter. „ Engage drop, Mr. Choi. "

Tendo sat up straight. „ Engaging drop, Sir. Marshal Cavanaugh on deck. Securing the Conn Pod. Getting ready to drop. "

„ Release for drop. ", Frost said.

„ Gipsy Danger ready for the drop. ", Jane added.

A jolt went through the room and they both felt how the gravity pulled the room controlled downward.

Jane gasped and grinned. „ Here we go. "

„ Yeah! ", Frost called. „ Here we go! "

The room stopped almost instantly.

Tendo watched the display on the monitor. „ Coupling confirmed, Sir. "

„ Engaging pilot-to-pilot protocol. ", a man said.

Tendo typed something. „ Engaging now. "

„ Pilot-to-pilot connection protocol sequence. ", said the A.I.

A crazy giant robort was driven from a hangar and released into the sea. Yes, Jane and Frost lived for the Yaeger program.

Jane checked all functions. „ Gipsy Danger, ready and aligned, Sir. "

„ Rangers, this is Marshal Sean Cavanaugh. ", Cavanaugh's voice came from the speaker. „ Prepare for neural handshake. "

„ Starting in 15 seconds. ", Tendo announced. „ 14 … 13 … 12 … 11 … 10 … "

Frost looked at Jane. „ Ready to step into my head, Jane? "

Jane looked back at him and frowned. „ Please, after you … Age before beauty, old man. "

Frost laughed and shook his head.

„ Pilot-to-pilot connection protocol sequence. ", the A.I. said again. „ Neural handshake initiated. "

The neurological connection was initiated what was needed to control the giant monster robot. Only two pilots who were perfectly suited in a common robot. And, oooh, Jane and Frost were perfect. They were almost tailored to each other. Almost like siblings. The Drift. Yaeger tech. Based on DARPA jet fighter neural systems. Two pilots, mind-melding through memories with the body of a giant machine. The deeper the bond the better you fight.

Tendo looked at the screen. „ Neural handshake strong and holding. "

„ Right hemisphere is calibrating. ", Frost said.

Jane raised her left hand. „ Left hemisphere calibrating. "

Both raised the other arm and made a movement as if they were loading a weapon with both arms.

„ Proofed and transmitting. ", the A.I. said.

Jane moved concentrated her fingers and then slammed her fist into her palm.

Cavanaugh took a deep breath. „ Gentlemen, your orders are to hold the miracle mile off Anchorage. Copy?"

„ Copy that, Sir. ", Frost confirmed. " Sir, there's still a civilian vessel in the Gulf … "

„ Gentlemen, ", Cavanaugh cut him off. „ you're protecting a city of two million people. You will NOT risk those lives for a boat that holds ten. Am I clear? "

Frost looked at Jane. „ Yes, Sir."

Jane sighed. „ Man, that cold. You know what I'm thinking. "

Frost rolled his eyes. „ I'm in your brain. I know. "

„ Then let's go fishing. HERE WE GO!", Jane began to march with Frost. „ Come on, bro! Put some muscles to it! "

Frost grinned and walked on so that the machine began to move. „ Worry about yourself, sis! "

There are things you can't fight, acts of God. You see a hurricane coming, you have to get out of the way. But when you're in a Yaeger, suddenly you can fight the hurricane. You can win.

The crew on the vessel clearly fought to survive in the hurricane as suddenly an island showed up. Suddenly a huge monster stood up from the sea as it was just a knee-deep pool of water. The body pitch black, the head in a form of a giant twisted sideways knife blade, a glowing blue throat and same eyes. Suddenly the sea opened up on the other side of the vessel and Gipsy Danger rose in all its metallic glory. He took the vessel like a toy in his hand and brought it out of the danger zone.

„ Ship secure. ", confirmed the A.I.

Frost looked at Jane. „ Adjust the torque! "

Jane typed something into the system. „ I'm on it. "

Both turned at the moment as the Knifehead launched the first attack. They set the vessel down and Jane saw the attack. She growled and took a big swing with Frost and her left fist. The first punch strucked the Knifehead on the head followed from the second right punch. They raised both arms and rammed them full force down, fully aware of what the combat robot did. The Knifehead recovered from the beating and jumped at Gipsy Danger. Frost and Jane gasped loudly and clutched firmly at the head of the monster. Frost loaded Gipsy Danger's plasma gun. „ Got him. Come on. "

Jane held the Kaiju firmly with all her strength. „ Shoot him. ", she yelled.

" I'm on it. I'm on it! ", Frost yelled back and fired twice.

Jane was breathing heavily, waiting to see if something happens.

Tendo looked at his screen and frowned. „ Discharge reading, Sir. Plasma cannon in the shallow shelves, seven miles off the coastal line. "

Cavanaugh went directly to the microphone. „ Gipsy, what the hell is going on? "

Frost turned the radio reconnects. „ Job's done, Sir. Lit it up twice. Bagged our fifth kill."

„ You disobeyed a direct order! "

„ Respectfully, Sir, we intercepted a Kaiju and saved everyone on that boat. "

Cavanaugh gritted his teeth. „ Get back to your post. NOW! "

Jane loved to goad her superiors. „ Yes, Sir. "

Tendo's eyes widened. „ Kaiju signature rising! That thing's still alive, Sir. "

Cavanaugh took reapplied to contact. „ Gipsy! We're still getting a signature! The Kaiju is still alive! Grab the boat and get out of there. You copy? GRAB THE BOAT AND GET OUT OF THERE NOW! "

The two pilots probed the area very well but there was absolutely nothing to see. Therefore, the Kaiju attack came so unexpectedly with all the violence from the left side. Jane and Frost grunted and were hurled back and forth.

„ Take it, Jane! ", Frost yelled loudly. "

Jane looked at him. „ I got this. ", she said and wanted to load her plasma cannon but the Kaiju grabbed the arm of the robot and tored it off with the muzzle. Jane screamed in pain and touched her left arm.

„ Loccent, we're hit! ", Frost said.

Panic ran through Tendo. „ Left arm's gone cold, Sir. "

The Knifehead now vented his wrath on Gipsy Danger and made the robot systematiclly incapacitating. The robot head was ripped open by sharp claws on the right side.

Jane looked frantically in the direction. „ The hull! It went through the hull! "

Frost looked at her with determination. „ Jane, listen to me! You need … " Suddenly he was mercilessly torn from the robot and cried aloud before Frost completely dissappeared.

Jane stared in shock at the huge hole. „ NO! ", she yelled out full of soul. „ NO! "

She had no time thinking further, the fight continued.

The Kaiju attacked the defenseless Gipsy Danger without the intention of the pilot to be alive.

Jane took the controller in her right hand and loaded the right plasma cannon. No, she wouldn't die without a fight. She screamed the hell out of her and pulled the trigger whether it was the last thing she did.

Tendo looked incredulous at his screen and pressed his lips together. „ Second discharge fried all the comms, Sir. I'm not getting any signals. No signatures, Sir."

Cavanaugh went off without a word and slowly.

Tendo looked after him. " What do we do now, Sir? "

An old man walked with his grandson along the beach, searching the ground with a metal detector. „ Now, I want you to keep your eyes open on that gauge there. Now, you know what I'd like to find? I'd like to find a whole ship. That's what I'd like to find. Wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait. Wait! Right there, right there! Dig! Hey, what is it? "

The boy dug out an old toy robot. „ Just an old toy. We never find anything good. "

Suddenly the detector began beeping like crazy.

„ Listen! ", the grandfather said and looked to the fog enveloped sea. The heavily damaged Gipsy Danger came out of the fog and the man's eyes widened. „ Oh, my God."

The robot collapsed and laid motionless.

The man began to ran. „ Stay here! "

Jane came staggering and panting out of the machine and looked confused around.

„ Ma'am? ", the man said. „ Can I help? "

Only now Jane realized she was serious injured. " Frost … Frost … ", she gasped and collapsed.

The man knelt down beside her and looked at his grandson. „ RUN! GET HELP, FAST!", he looked at Jane. „ It's gonna be alright. "