Raleigh grabbed a juicebox from the fridge. He looked behind him as the Wei Tang triplets were talking about him.
He then walked down the steps to sit when the whole cafeteria went silent and all eyes fell onto him. Then, he looked to the right just as Mako entered the cafeteria. They locked eyes with each other.
Later, they were sitting together in front of Gipsy as she was still being worked on.
"I'm sorry" Raleigh said, apologizing to her, "I should've warned you. First Drifts are rough. But you weren't just tapping into my memories, you were tapping into my brother's, too. When Yancy was taken, we were still connected. I felt his fear, his pain, his helplessness and then...he was gone".
"I felt it. I know" Mako said.
"You know, you live in someone else's head for so long, the hardest part to deal with is the silence" Raleigh said, "To let someone else in, to really connect you have to trust them. And today the Drift was strong".
Raleigh and Mako smiled at each other, knowing all is forgiven. Then, they heard clanging and looked as one of Gipsy's chest plates was being removed.
"Her heart" Mako said, "When's the last time you saw it?".
"Not in a long time" Raleigh said. And the two watched Gipsy as engineers continued to work on her.
Meanwhile, Tendo was carrying back four cups of copy and a bagel in his mouth.
"Movement in the Breach" the AI said, "Double event. Two signatures. Dilation indicator, Category 4". Two seismographs were going crazy.
Tendo paused as his heart raced in fear. He slowly turned towards the screen showing the Breach.
Meanwhile, deep under the Pacific Ocean, an arm rises out of the orange portal as the electricity around the portal goes crazy. Then, the Kaiju's head rises out of the Breach and roars.
Meanwhile, everyone gathers to hear the news.
"Breach was exposed at 2300 hours" Tendo said. "We have two signatures both Category 4s. Code names: Otachi and Leatherback. They'll reach Hong Kong within the hour".
"Evacuate the city. Shut down the bridges. I want every single civilian in a refuge right now" Stacker said, and immediately, everyone went to work.
"Crimson Typhoon, Chemo Alpha, I want you to front line the harbor. Stay on the miracle mile" Stacker said, "Striker, I want you to stay back, look after the coastline. We cannot afford to lose you, so only engage as a final option".
"Yes, sir!" Chuck and Herc both said.
"You two" Stacker said, gesturing to Mako and Raleigh, "You stay put. Let's go!".
Crimson Typhoon exited its hanger with it being airlifted by helicopters. The Jaeger was then brought over the bay, along with Cherno Alpha. Alongside them, Striker walked through the bay.
"Loccent, Striker's got the ball and we're on the roll" Chuck said.
"Loccent near positions and awaiting your orders" Herc said.
"Remain in the miracle mile. Engage at your discretion" Stacker said through their radios, "Guys, keep your eyes open. These Category 4s are the biggest we've ever seen, both in size and weight".
"Cherno Alpha, reaching target zone. Disengaging transport" Aleksis said. She and her partner had goggles of sort over their eyes. Then, the choppers dropped Cherno, along with Crimson, into the water. Cherno raised up as its armor switched into place and it got all situated before the Jaeger's foghorn blared.
"Cherno Alpha in position. Miracle mile" Aleksis said, "Cherno Alpha holding the coastline. Beacon is on". Both Jaegers patrolled the area, waiting for the Kaiju.
Meanwhile, back in Hong Kong, Newt was still with Hannibal. They both watched as these religious people entered the skull of the fallen Kaiju.
"Look at them. They believe the Kaiju were sent from heaven" Hannibal said, "That the gods are expressing their displeasure with our behavior. The silly bastards".
"And what do you believe?" Newt asked.
"Well" Hannibal said, "I believe that Kaiju bone powder is 500 bucks a pound. What do you want?".
"I need to access a Kaiju brain. Completely intact" Newt said.
"No, no. The skull plate is so dense that by the time you drill into it..." Hannibal said.
"The brain's rotted away" Newt finished for him, "But I'm talking about the secondary brain. Now we both know that the Kaiju are so large they need two brains to move around, like a dinosaur. I want to get my hands on that".
"Mm. What the hell do you want a secondary brain for, anyway?" Hannibal questioned, "I mean, every part of the Kaiju sells. Cartilage, spleen, liver. Even the crap! One cubic meter of crap has enough phosphorous in it to fertilize a whole field! But the brain...too much ammonia. So, what's the deal, little fella?".
"Well, that's classified. So I couldn't tell you. Even if I wanted to. But it is pretty cool. So I might tell you. I'm gonna tell you. I figured out how to Drift with a Kaiju.
"Are you funning me, son?"
"It's fascinating how their minds work. Every single Kaiju his mind's connected. The species has, like...like a hive mind" Newt said.
But then, Hannibal grabs Newt's face and pulls his eye lid down, looking into Newt's eye while thunder rumbled.
"Holy jeez" Hannibal said, "You've gone and done it, haven't you?"
"I did it a little bit, yeah" Newt replied. Hannibal then forcefully pushed Newt's face away.
"You goddamn moron" Hannibal said.
Meanwhile, Cherno and Crimson were still awaiting for the Kaiju to appear. But then, on Crimson's right, movement was seen as a Kaiju's back rose from the water and then submerged, like a shark as it swam by.
"Movement on the right" one of the Wei Tang brother's said in Mandarin.
"3 o'clock" another one said. Crimson Typhoon looked to the right, but saw nothing. He looked around when, suddenly, something erupts out from beneath the water as the Kaiju roars.
The Kaiju then twirls around, smashing its tail into Crimson. Crimson is lauched back before he hits the water. Then, he shakes his head and gets to his feet to face the Kaiju, code named Otachi.
She is quadrupedal, having two horns on her head. Her tail ends in a claw. Fringelike spikes run down her back, and she has a throat pouch.
Bioluminescent spots line the sides of her body and bioluminescent stripes are on her belly. Her front limbs are spread our like that of a crocodile and two extensions run past her claws, almost like arm blades.
Her back legs are under her body, like that of a dinosaur. her front legs have 4 digits, 3 clawed finger and one clawed thumb. her back legs, however, have three clawed toes.
As Crimson gets to his feet, Otachi roars.
"Thundercloud formation" the third Wei Tang brother said. Then, the Jaeger's arms transform as all 3 hands become buzzsaw-like blades. Crimson gets into battle stance before Otachi charges.
Then, Crimson waves his arms, slicing Otachi's hide. But, the onslaught stops as Otachi grabs Crimson's front right arm in her left claw and crushes the buzzsaw.
She grabs the left arm in her right claw and they have a shoving match. But then, Crimson activates his rockets, going up into the air. His chassis turns as his legs face the other way.
Then, he brings himself back down before throwing Otachi over his head. Otachi flies through the air before she crashes down into the water.
She quickly recovers and faces Crimson again, but she is then interrupted by a low blaring foghorn. She turns to see Cherno rushing at her. Cherno uses his her elbow and pushes Otachi under the waves.
She wrestles the Kaiju's neck under her arm before she punches Otachi in the face. Then, she sucker punches Otachi. She begins an onslaught of punches. Aleksis speaks in Russian as they deliver the punches.
But then, Otachi slams her tail into Cherno, knocking Cherno back into the water.
From the coastline, Striker watches helplessly. Then, Herc makes the decision.
"Loccent! Typhoon and Alpha are in trouble. We're moving in!" Herc said through his radio.
"You are to hold your ground" Stacker said, "Do not engage. We need you to carry that bomb. Do you copy?"
Back with the fight, Cherno begins to rise to her feet. Crimson charges towards Otachi, but Otachi then slams her tail against Crimson's head. Suddenly, her tail comes back around and grabs Crimson's head like a claw.
"Jesus, we can't just sit here and watch them die. Come on!" Chuck said.
"Screw this. Loccent, we're moving in now!" Herc said.
Stacker was worried that they might lose Striker, but he still had some hope. Then, he looked back to Mako and Raleigh.
Back with the fight, Crimson struggles to break free from the claw's grasp. But, it was no use. The claw closed in fully, destroying Crimson's head and killing the Wei Tang brothers.
Then, the claw rips off Crimson's head and throws it away while Crimson falls back into the water. With one down, Otachi turns her attention to Cherno.
"Typhoon is gone" Sasha said in Russian.
"Let's get this bastard" Aleksis said in Russian.
Cherno blares her horn as she bangs her fists together, showing she's ready for a fight. However, Otachi has other plans.
All of a sudden, as Cherno charges, Otachi's bottom jaw splits open and her throat pouch expands before a stream of blue acid shoots from her mouth.
Cherno ready's for a punch just as the acid strikes the Jaeger's head. It then begins to melt away Cherno's bucket-like head.
"Cherno Alpha has been hit with some type of acid!" Aleksis said.
"Come on!" Chuck said and Striker began to move towards they're position.
"Hull has been compromised. We need backup immediately!" Aleksis said.
"Just hold on, Cherno! We're on our way!" Chuck said.
Then, Otachi charges, grabbing Cherno's right fist in her mouth. Cherno punches Otachi with her left fist, trying to get her to let go, but it does nothing.
Striker hurries as fast as her legs can carry her to help Cherno. But then, suddenly, from behind Cherno, another Kaiju erupts out from beneath the waves. It lunges forward, landing on Cherno.
It grabs Cherno's head, pulling the Jaeger back, before smashing its right fist down hard on Cherno's head. This was the second Kaiju, code named Leatherback.
He has the body form of that of a gorilla, but more reptilian. He has large, plate-like structures on his shoulders. Two plates are on the back of his head that protect bioluminescent tentacle-like structures.
He has 6 eyes. His finger lay out is the same as Otachi's, 4 digits on the front limbs, 3 fingers and a thumb, and 3 toes on the back limbs. However, unlike Otachi, he lacks a tail.
His front fists are covered in small spikes, with a spike on each elbow.
Otachi watches as Leatherback takes care of Cherno for her. But then, she disappears under the water.
"Water is reaching the reactor!" Aleksis said in Russian.
Leatherback continues to rip apart Cherno.
Meanwhile, Otachi erupts from the water, lunging at Striker. However, Striker is prepared and she lands a punch to Otachi's face while also punchin her down into the water.
Otachi lunges again, but Striker grabs her by her head and punches her multiple times.
"Our power move! Yeah!" Chuck said.
Striker then punches her again as she's knocked back into the water before Striker delivers an uppercut, knocking her back again and up into the air.
Meanwhile, Leatherback slams his fist down on Cherno again. Then, he pushes her back into the water. Water floods the inside of her as Aleksis and Sasha scream. Leatherback continues pummeling her.
But then, Leatherback grabs the cockpit to Cherno and twists as an explosion is seen underwater.
Back at the Shatterdome, Tendo just got the report. "We just lost Chemo, sir" Tendo said and Stacker grits his teeth before slamming down on the desk. Raleigh and Mako just wait.
Meanwhile, Striker continues to pummel Otachi. She grabs Otachi by the head before punching her in the face. She collapses to the water, but Striker punches her down into the water.
Then, Striker grips Otachi's back as she roars in pain. Then, Striker, using all of her might, lifts Otachi over her head, Otachi struggling to break free from her grasp, before throwing her.
Otachi is launched through the air before she collapses to the water. However, she soon recovers as she's not giving up that easily.
"Engaging air missiles!" Herc said before the yell as Striker's chest opens and the 6 barreled cannon comes forth. However, Leatherback refuses to let that happen.
He sees it and he roars as energy flows through his body up to a structure on his back before he releases that energy in an EMP attack.
The wave of energy flows across, effecting everything electrical in its path, including Striker. Herc and Chuck yell in pain as the impulse flows through their bodies and Striker shuts down, standing lifelessly.
The EMP travels far enough to reach the Shatterdome and everything shuts down.
"What's going on? What happened?" Gottlieb asked
"The blast. It jumbled all the Jaegers' electrical circuits"
"What the hell was that?" Chuck asked, "I've never seen that before".
"Loccent!" Herc said into the radio, but no one responded.
"They're adapting. This isn't a defense mechanism, it's a weapon!" Gottlieb said.
"Well, shit" Rick said.
"Get me Striker" Stacker said.
"Nothing, sir. The Mark 5's digital's fried" Tendo said, "It'll take me two hours to reroute the auxiliary. All the Jaegers, they're digital!
"Not all of them, marshal" Raleigh said, "Gipsy's analog. Nuclear". Stacker knew at that moment, he had no other choice.
Meanwhile, Otachi, knowing that all the Jaeger's are down, begins to head towards Hong Kong City. Leatherback will stay behind and keep an eye on Striker.
However, what these two Kaijus don't know is that they will have some new, uninvited guests to finish them off.
"We got two Kaijus. We gotta get out. This way" the clerk said to Hannibal.
"Hang on a second. Excuse me. What's going on?" Newt asked.
"There are two goddamn Kaiju headed straight for Hong Kong City" Hannibal replied.
"No, that's not possible. There's never been two before" Newt said.
"Well, maybe that's because nobody ever Drifted with one before, eh? Genius!" Hannibal said, "When Jaeger pilots Drift, it's a two-way street. A bridge, right? It sets up a connection. Both ways!".
Then, Hannibal pushes Newt back against a group of Hannibal's workers. "'A hive mentality,' you said! Maybe those Kaiju are trying to find you".
"What're we gonna do?" Newt asked.
"I'm gonna wait out this shitstorm in my own private Kaiju bunker. But you are going to a public refuge. I tried it once" Hannibal said before he pulled off his glasses, showing a scar across his left eye, "Once. Now get the hell out of here".
Then, cocking was heard as Hannibal's workers all pointed pistols at Newt.
Author's Note: (I added a few things in that I forgot to add in). Next chapter, you'll get the thing you've all been waiting for...the Big G himself, along with one of his allies. Although, I'm not gonna spoil who it is. Stay tuned. Till next time, Dinopony2580 out.
