Disclaimer: I don't own anything except original characters (Emily Sanders).
This is my first attempt so I apologise if it's not very good.
Emily
I was 10 when they first hit. I wasn't there but the news of the 'earthquake' that hit in San Francisco was everywhere. It wasn't really an earthquake though; it was the beginning of an event that would change the world as we knew it.
Creatures known as the 'Kaiju' came through a breach in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean and began to wreak havoc on the countries on the Pacific Rim. I don't really remember too much about the early years of the Kaiju war but after the Kaiju known as 'Trespasser' attacked we all thought it was over. It wasn't for another 6 months that any others came so no defences were built.
The world was shaken but we moved on believing it was over, no-one could explain what had happened but after 2 months the world decided it was a one off event. The next Kaiju, Hundun, attacked Manila and then Kaiceph took Cabo San Lucas. After those attacks more and more Kaijus appeared until they were all over the Pacific Coast.
It was Dr Jasper Schoenfeld who came up with the idea of Jaegers and he travelled the world in the beginning looking for others to help him. When he came to England he found my father and enlisted his help in creating them. He insisted my father travel to America with him but he wouldn't leave us so we all went to America where he became a front runner in the United Nations Jaeger Program.
As for me, my life was completely changed in 2016 when my parents were killed by the Kaiju. We had gone for a day out so my father could take a break from his work. While we were out another Kaiju attacked; we tried to flee the city but the Kaiju caught up to us. When I saw it I froze, I had seen the attacks on TV but I had never seen one that close before. My parents pushed me onwards and after a few minutes I realised they had fallen behind. I turned just in time to see them killed by the Kaiju. I'm not sure how I managed to get out of there, I just remember taking all my pain and anger and pushing myself to go on. As soon as the Kaiju was taken down the grief hit me. My parents were both dead. It was that day I decided I had to join the Jaeger Program and avenge their deaths.
I had gone to live with my Uncle after they died, Commander Mark Sanders. He was rarely there for me as he was always busy with work in the Pan Pacific Defence Corps but he was all I had. He seemed pretty indifferent when I told him about my plans to join the Program. I don't think he thought I was good enough.
Three years after my parents deaths I had found out the Australians had obtained the designs of my father's last project. They were building the newest Mark 4 Jaeger, Midnight Tempest. I had passed all the tests and had been accepted as a new Ranger for the Jaeger Program and was assigned to my father's work. It was all I had left of him so I requested to be assigned to it. To my delight I was granted my request. I was going to make my parents proud.