[Author's Note: So I am screwing with some of the canon of Pacific Rim, mostly because this is how I wanted it to end. So Coyote Tango didn't get destroyed in Hawaii and some other stuff. But mostly it is just a way to get Pentecost to punch giant monster's in the face with a giant robot. Please enjoy.]

"You're insane," Raleigh said to Pentecost. "You can't pilot a Jaeger like that for that long by yourself."

Pentecost stared at Raleigh, "Don't forget that I piloted Coyote Tango by myself for a three hour fight with Onibaba."

"But the trip to the Breach has to be at least two hours plus whatever Kaiju will be waiting for us," Raleigh continued to protest.

"Are you questioning my ability to pilot a Jaeger and kill Kaiju Mr. Becket?" Pentecost asked.

"No… sir," Raleigh replied.

"There is no way we can fail," the Marshall said to the assembled Jaeger pilots. "Striker Eureka is still our best option with the warhead. But if all else fails both Gipsy Danger and Coyote Tango are nuclear powered. If we have to we can take either or both Jaegers into the Breach and blow them."

The teams nodded.

Mako had to ask, "How did you get Coyote Tango?"

"Since Japan is a small island in the Pacific, they weren't too keen on the wall project. So they were salvaging all their old Jaegers. When I told them of my plan they agreed to give me back Coyote Tango for the assault," Pentecost explained. "I had some of the teams cannibalize Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon just in case. Anymore questions?"

"No sir."

"Good, everyone to your Jaegers," Pentecost orders.

Mako and Raleigh head to Gipsy Danger, the Hansens head off to Striker Eureka, and Pentecost heads over to his old friend Coyote Tango.


Herc Hansen got one final shot of Novocain into his arm before entering Striker Eureka. He let Chuck enter first, since he was the first chair now.

"You ready for this boy?" he asked as he took the left chair.

"Ready, and willing to kill some Kaiju bastards," Chuck smiled.

They entered their places and prepared to drift.

"Nuclear device installed," the Jaeger AI told them.

"Let's do this!" Chuck said as the neural handshake commenced.

Herc felt his son's fear threatening to overwhelm his enthusiasm and passion. Chuck felt his father's pain both physical and emotional.

"Chuck…" he started. How does he even begin to tell him out loud all of the things he failed to over the years?

"Sir… Dad," Chuck said. "I'm in your head. You're in mine. I know."

"I feel like I should have said this out loud, so you can hear it," Herc responded. "I love you son."

"I love you too Dad," Chuck said. "Now that we did the touchy feely, shall we kick some Kaiju ass, sir?"

"Striker Eureka ready," Herc shouts over the radio.


Raleigh entered the drift and felt Yancy there waiting for him, just like always.

"Sorry Yancy," he whispered.

"It's ok little brother. Don't do anything stupid. Try not to be a hero. Any I have to say that I like the girl you've replaced me with. She's cute," he imagined, or remembered (it just strange in the drift), Yancy saying.

"I know," Raleigh sighed. He could feel himself blush, as Mako heard what was happening in his mind and blushed in response. "Sorry Mako."

She said nothing.

But Raleigh knew what she was feeling. She was trying her best to stay focused and do what needs to be done so that they can get home. And her worry about Pentecost.

"It will be ok," he lied.

"I know," she replied. "I'm ready. Are you?"

"Yeah," Raleigh said even though they both knew the answer.

Together they opened the radio and said, "Gipsy Danger ready."


"The nuke is loaded and ready," Tendo Choi tells Pentecost over the intercom. "The Hansens are already drifting and heading out."

"How is Gipsy?" Pentecost can't help but asking.

The AI voice tells Tendo that Gipsy Danger's neural handshake is commencing and holding strong.

"They are good to go," he says. "Sir, are you sure about this?"

Pentecost says nothing right away. He downs the last three anti-radiation drugs he has. He might get killed by his Jaeger, but he would be damned if he was killed by a sickness.

"The next person who asks me that is going to be fighting the Kaiju with a water pistol," he remarks calmly.

Tendo noticed he didn't answer the question. Pentecost really didn't want to answer because he wasn't sure.

"Awaiting second pilot," Coyote Tango told him.

"Single pilot override, Marshall Stacker Pentecost override code," he said as he punched in the code to let him go it alone.

The computer was strangely silent for a moment, "Awaiting control override authorization."

Tendo hesitated for a second. But he pushed the button. The Marshall knew what he was doing… Right?

Pentecost took a deep breath and drifted with his Jaeger. Good old Mark 1, Coyote Tango. He could feel the warm pulsing of the nuclear reactor beneath his feet. He felt at home.

For a moment he felt the familiar presence of his old co-pilot, Tamsin Sevier. She died years ago from the same cancer that was trying to take Pentecost even then.

He knew that the redhead would be there with him, in the drift, for the final battle. Just like it should have been.

Pentecost said nothing for a moment.

"Coyote Tango, ready."


In mission control Tendo represses a nervous shiver. "Jaegers ready to go. Transport the teams to the Breach."

Three Jaeger teams. One Mark 5, one recently re-commissioned Mark 3, and a Mark 1 out of the storage closet that barely had any time to get overhauled. The Japanese did build it, but the teams at the Shatterdome didn't time to go over it.

He watched the old Mark 1 be pulled out of the bay. A massive metal titan with two massive mortar cannons attached to the back, the forearms at least got replaced with the updated plasma cannons. But with the onset of a Category Five Kaiju on the horizon, will a moderately updated Mark 1 Jaeger be enough to stand up?

He hoped so.

The Jaegers have left the Shatterdome.

Why did it feel like none of them would return?