Jaegers in Mustafa
Chapter 1
I set part of this one up in my Multiverse story. While not a lot of folks commented on it, I need something to get me back in a writing rhythm. So this feels like an easy place to start. On with the show.
(No POV)
Just another bad day for Izuku Midoriya. First having to deal with bullies and then almost getting crushed by a villain rampaging through the streets. "Hey mister are you okay!?" Izuku asks as he helps up a star headed man who had been knocked over.
The man thanks him before saying they needed to put some distance between themselves and the villain. They both get away before feeling the rumble of an earthquake. It started small enough but quickly shook the whole town. Even the villain stopped her rampage.
When Izuku arrived home, he checked in with his mother. "Any damage here at home mom?" Inko smiled before saying, "just a bit. We'll have to pick up some new plates and cups after that earthquake. For now, how about we go out and get some dinner?" Izuku knows his mom is just covering up a bit, but he goes along with it for the time being. They head for the shopping center near them to enjoy a nice meal someone else made.
Suddenly, the ground starts to rumble more and more. At first most think it is just another earthquake. But a few people notice something strange: the rumbling is in a rhythm. Like the steps of something large.
From the ocean, a massive beast with six legs bursts up. It has large insect like mandibles on its head and sturdy axe like horn above the glowing blue eyes. This is the kaiju Dynatas. Suddenly two more beasts rise up from the sea. The first is an ape like beast with heavy horns on its head. The kaiju Wrecker. The second is a thinner monster, appearing more like a weasel or similar creature. The kaiju Guuma.
All three wreck a series of ships docked in Mustafa harbor before coming up on the docks and stomping through the city. A first a few heroes try to stop or distract the beast. But it only leads to their deaths.
Suddenly a new sound rings out from the ocean. A loud whirring noise is heard something new arises from the ocean. A machine of massive proportions, with solid shoulders and sleek lines along the body. In the center is a glowing reactor, and the arms not only have what appear to be deployable shields but other attachments. This is Gipsy Breaker.
From the head, the con pod, the two pilots are seen. The first on the left side is a woman with black hair and an olive tan complexion and fierce brown eyes. Damini Sharma. Her partner is a man with pale green eyes, chocolate brown hair and a tanned complexion. Jason Tamir Walker.
"Alright Dami. We followed these guys all this way. Lets stop them!" Jason says before both slam their hands together. Gipsy meanwhile mirror this action and a few of the kaiju turn toward them.
The first kaiju that attempts to engage is Wrecker. It roars and stomps before going down on all fours to charge at the machine. Gipsy charges forward as well coming out of the ocean. Right as the two are about to meet, Gipsy dodges to the side. Barely avoiding the horns of the kaiju. Right as it is going by, Gipsy grabs for one of the horns before reaching for the other. And with all the mechanized strength it can muster, Gipsy yanks Wrecker's head to the side and smashes it into the side of a building.
Without letting go of the horns, Gipsy starts to lay into Wrecker's head with as strong of punches as possible. Before firing the jets in the legs to launch the mechanized knee into the mouth of the beast. The hit breaks Wrecker's jaw and teeth making it recoil.
It then shoves to the side before escaping Gipsy's grasp. Wrecker then backhand punches the machines stomach, and the follows up with another hit. It then gets under Gipsy with its horns and throw it over and behind itself. Gipsy crashes through the docks before slowing itself. Just about stepping into the breakwater.
The machine shakes its head, as do the pilots inside. "I don't think we can keep doing this Jason. We don't have a choice." Damini says as they get up. Jason just sighs before agreeing. "We'll finish him on the next charge." With that said, the two head toward a construction site to position themselves. Wrecker roars again before stomping and pawing the ground with its back feet. It charges forward again, and Gipsy stands ready. This time with something else planned.
Right as Wrecker gets close, a pair of energy blades jut out from Gipsy's arms. The first strike cleaves the beast's horns off, making it roar in shock. Gipsy then stabs the beast in the chest before cutting at its neck. As they feel it convulse a bit, the two pilots breathe a sigh of relief. Before pushing it off.
With the creature on the ground, Damini takes this time to catch her breath and decouple. "What are you doing?" Jason asks worriedly. The woman just says, "you may be able to drift for long periods. But I need to rest. We've been at this for almost 12 hours!"
Suddenly though, Wrecker's body lets out one last convulsion and strikes Gipsy in the chest. Knocking it into the building under construction. Inside the con pod, the pilots are knocked around. Damani gets it the worst. Jason shouts for her before having the AI decouple him as well. He checks on her and can tell she has a broken arm and leg. Let alone a probable concussion and broken ribs. "Damnit this is why I didn't want you to decouple!"
With there still being two kaiju out there, Jason is tempted to solo drift if necessary. "I would strongly advise against that. I will scan for possible drift compatible people in the area." The AI Samudi says. It takes a few minutes, but he eventually finds a candidate. And gives Jason the location. Outlining Izuku Midoriya.
"What about some of the others nearby? Surely they are compatible." Jason asks while preparing to move Damini. Samudi simply reports that all others nearby have some sort of damage to their minds. "They are all useless for what we need. That boy is the only compatible person. In many ways he is the most important person to the survival of this world."
Jason just sighs before picking Damini up and heading out the back of Gipsy's head. He heads down and a few heroes are currently swarming. Backdraft and Death Arms are first with Mt Lady coming behind them. Jason signals Backdraft to take Damini to hospital before saying he needs to find someone. "Not so fast pal. You need to answer some questions" Death Arms says before putting a hand on his shoulder.
Jason just rolls his eyes before saying, "I don't have time for this!" He then grabs Death Arm's hand before twisting it. He then stomps on his knee, and then grabs the mans face. And the headbutts the man as hard as possible in the nose. Breaking it. He then follows up with another hit to the face. This time from Jason's knee. Before breaking both of Death Arms arms. And smashing his face into the concrete.
Mt Lady then uses her quirk to try and restrain Jason. But he dodges the hand before running up her arm to her face. Once there he grabs her eyelid and double kicks her in the eye. Making her jolt and end up punching herself in the face. She starts to shrink down, and when she's at about half her max height, Jason breaks her arm and a leg. "Keep you useless idiots out of my way."
He then runs off to find Izuku. Who was running with his mother away from the stomping and trying to find a shelter. Suddenly, Jason appeared before them. "Wait please! I need your help. Or rather I need the kid's help." Jason said with a panicked tone. Inko put herself between the man and her son before asking what he wanted.
Jason said he needed Izuku's help to save everyone, but Inko didn't believe him. While Izuku was just wondering what the man could mean by him saving everyone. Jason just let out a sigh before pulling a gun from the holster behind his back. "I'm sorry. But I can't just ask. If he doesn't help me, this world is doomed."
While Inko is panicking about a gun being pointed at her, she freezes long enough for Jason to run in a knock Izuku out. "I'll take him to the hospital later, but right now I have to try and save everyone!" Jason says before running back toward Gipsy.
When he gets there, the police and a few more heroes are swarming. And when they see the man, they attempt to engage. Until they see he has a hostage. "Just move out of the way for now. If you want to live, then you need to let me through." Jason says before walking through the barricade. With his gun pointed at Izuku.
A few heroes want to engage and are tempted to inside the construction site. Though two of them end up shot because as Jason says, "you guys really are stupid and useless. I could tell what you were going to do that from the start." He then shoots the two heroes in the legs to keep them from following him and loads up into Gipsy Breaker.
Inside, he uses some smelling salts to wake up the boy. "Sorry about the rough intro kid but we need to get moving. Samudi. We'll have to rush through a few things." "Agreed. There is little time." Samudi says before bringing down a new set of apparatuses for the pilots.
Jason hands Izuku a suit in roughly his size and tells the boy to change. While Izuku is freaking out about all of this, he knows he has to comply for now. 'At least until the heroes can break me out of here.' Izuku thinks while changing. Jason has his back turned for the boy's comfort but does warn him not to try and run.
When Izuku is suited up, he asks what happens next. "Now….. well this will probably feel weird kid, but it'll make sense soon." Jason quips with a smirk. He settles into the apparatus, and gestures for Izuku to do the same. The boy complies and Samudi locks the two into position. "Pilot to pilot interface commencing. Preparing for neural handshake." Samudi says.
Jason quickly warns Izuku not to chase the rabit. "Random access brain impulse triggers. Don't get caught up in what you are about to see. Focus on the here and now!" Jason says before the neural handshake engages.
Suddenly Izuku's mind is filled with images. Of scores of kaiju invading another earth. Of this man living in Australia, before it was lost. Surviving while fighting not just smaller kaiju, but even his fellow man. And the man eventually making his way out and finding his way into the organization that make these machine. The jaegers and rangers of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps.
While Jason's mind is filled with the pain Izuku has had to deal with at being a genetic outcast. All because of something as useless and pointless as a quirk. At least to his eyes. "No wonder these idiots were of no help. You're the only one still human. Kid, focus on the moment." Izuku hears the man and has to work to get in sync.
It takes a minute, but Izuku manages to quiet his mind. He pants a bit before telling the older ranger he was fine. Jason nods before telling Samudi to start up the muscle strands. Outside, Gipsy starts to move again. With the techs in the building who were trying to crack the jaeger running away as it started to move.
"All right Izuku. This is for real. You know what's at stake." Jason says before the two roll their shoulders, with Gipsy mirroring the action. Izuku nods before breathing deep. And the two head out to search for the other kaiju.
While the heroes are mostly useless in stopping the monsters, some of them manage to distract the kaiju long enough for Gipsy to catch up. Namely Best Jeanist. With his industrial fiber cables, he was able to slow Guuma for a minute. While others worked to try and stop Dynatas. To less success. Unless you count being eaten and crushed by the beast as slowing it.
Gipsy then arrives, and the two kaiju take notice it. Finally turning from their march toward Mt. Fuji. Dynatas goes in first with a roar and swiping at Gipsy with its claws. Jason tells Izuku to follow his lead before they start to dodge the creatures strikes. After the third swipe, the throw a hard right into the joint of the monster's leg. "Elbow rocket!" Jason calls out, and the two use a rocket propelled left uppercut to the creature's jaw.
Guuma has twisted off the bindings Jeanist had put on it and tries to strike at Gipsy. But Jason's instincts are too good, and the pair catch the beast's mouth and swing it around. Using it's body to strike Dynatas a few times. But then Dynatas, ducks under and gets a hit in on the mid-section of Gipsy. Loosening up the grip on Guuma. And the weasel like kaiju then tries to wrap itself around the jaeger. And Dynatas attacks a few more times. Attempting to cut off a limb.
The ranger and ranger in training recover though and Jason manages to catch both the head of Guuma and one of Dynatas's claws. "Use the coolant on Guuma! Right side. I'll focus on holding it in place!" Jason shouts. Izuku then pushes a few commands, and the reactor coolant is vented. Freezing Guuma's upper body. Then with what could be akin to a flex, Gipsy snaps the upper half of the kaiju off.
The then turn their attention to Dynatas. But the insect like kaiju still has an extra set of arms. Izuku then says he has an idea, which Jason can see too. The two then come forward and bear hug the creature. Before venting the reactor core and blasting the center of the beast with the nuclear energy. They then draw the blades and cut off the arms. And then the beast falls.
"Pretty sure it's dead. But we should check for a pulse." Jason says. Izuku agrees and sees what the man has in mind. The left hand then turns into a plasma coil, and they shoot into the monster six times. When it burst and flames up a bit, Jason quips, "yeah no pulse." Izuku smiles and they head back toward the construction site so they can unload.
Once there, and desynced from one another, Izuku falls down with Jason catching him. "Easy kid. C'mon. Let's get you out of here." Jason says before opening the back. With police swarming the opening. He asks them to wait a minute before handing Izuku off to some emergency personnel. He then puts his hands up with a roll of his eyes as the arrest him. They take him to a building for the Public Heroes Safety Commission.
There the current president starts to ask a few questions. Jason first asks if Damini is alright and tells them he'll only talk with a few of the military and government heads. "That and I'll need the earpiece you took from me. It has information on it to tell you what is going on." The commissioner is annoyed, but at least agrees to this.
When all the people have gathered, including All Might being in attendance, Jason can begin his tale. About the monsters that had started to invade their world. How for ten years rangers had fought, and some died trying to stop the creatures from the invasion and destruction. How the pair of Raleigh Beckett and Mako Mori had managed to give them a respite and win the first war. Then the Uprising attacks and the reopening of the breaches. And then loosing Australia to the kaiju. And then Jason's story of joining up with the PPDC, working with Damini, and the two being part of a major operation Pentecost set up to invade and stop the precursors factories and invasions.
"We had been fighting for a long time, with 20 jaegers being a part of the mission. By what we though was the end of the fight, only 8 of us were still standing." Jason reported. The commissioner, hero, military heads, and government leaders were all shocked and stunned by what they had heard.
"But then a series of portals started to open. The Precursors were opening ways to other worlds. And trying to launch kaiju into them. 10 portals opened, but we managed to stop most and some of the kaiju were destroyed upon portals closing. But an 11th one opened up toward your world. The rest of the jaegers had to retreat, and we had set more charges. But Damini and I saw that those three were sent your way. So we put everything into making sure we could stop the kaiju and save another world. And that's how we ended up here." Jason finishes his story before leaning back.
All Might then goes over and removes the handcuffs on Jason. "There's definitely no reason for those. You are a true hero, and one who is here to protect us." All Might says before saluting Jason. The ranger nods and asks if the others have questions. "Why did you kidnap the boy?" the general of the JSDF asks.
Jason uses the AI embedded in his earpiece to show the scan results that Samudi had compiled. "To properly operate a jaeger, you need two pilots to share the neural load. And all of the people nearby were completely worthless. None of them had the capability to handle the drift without the possibility of their brains turning into oatmeal."
When asked why that was, Samudi put forth its own opinion. "From what we gathered from Izuku's drift with Jason, I believe it may have to do with those useless mutations of yours. I believe they are destroying your minds." This shocks everyone and then Samudi shows more of the results.
From what was shown, every person with a quirk had about one third or less neurons in their brains compared to Izuku, Jason and Damini. "Meaning if you wanted to drift, it would take at minimum six to eight people with quirks to do what a more human person can." Samudi finishes his report. At hearing this, all of the people witnessing are shocked. And then terrified when Jason reports that the fight may still be coming for them.
"This is just the beginning. We may not have eliminated all of them in our attack. At best, we might have slowed their invasion. And they will be coming for this and other worlds again." Jason says. Samudi then creates copies of the ways to create jaegers, and Jason says they need to start building. Because a new Kaiju War had begun on their earth.
Yeah I know there is a lot to unpack with this whole thing. But the whole story felt right when I first started this in multiverse. Also I chose the name Samudi, given in the Black series the AI is named Loa. And who is most well known loa of voodoo? Baron Samudi. Even if it is only tertiary knowledge of his appearance. I had thought about his wife, Maman Brigitte (who is inspired by a major symbol of Ireland as well), but Samudi is better known.
The rest of the details are more my own theory based around what we know of quirks and what they can do to people. Especially with what we learn about the minds inside of the POS AFO. Anyway, please review. And maybe give my other works a look if you have a chance.