Thank you to Carmen xx for the review and pointing out my mistake that I did with the 3 chapters before :D So grateful.
It was a normal day at the Hong Kong Shatterdome. Now that Raleigh is over the 'search for Elsa Trancy' matter, everything is as peaceful as ever.
Mako is standing in front Gipsy Danger, looking up at the enormous machine. This is the third time it has been restored. And again, Mako ruined the trial run.
"Sorry about what happened at the trial run."
Mako looked to her side, to find Elsa standing right beside her.
"What are you apologizing for?",Mako asked back.
"The system didn't run as we planned and injures you."
Mako sighed a small sigh, she thought Elsa was going to apologize for ejecting Mako and took over her place without her permission.
"It's not a big deal. It's just a shock anyway."
The two then looked up at Gipsy, admiring it somehow.
"Elsa. You're looking for me?"
Tendo approached the two girls from afar.
"Catch you later."
Elsa left Mako and continues towards Tendo.
"This is about the accident on the trial run. When you guys took the system from me, it's still just a prototype. It doesn't mean it's not executable, it just needs a combat system and a bit of here and there. Probably the guys here didn't code it correctly, so that's why the accident on the trial run. So I'm going to debug and check it again myself."
Tendo looked at Elsa confused.
"Then why did you call me?"
"I need permission to tinker your Gipsy Danger, sir. I'm not a citizen of the Hong Kong Shatterdome."
"What a waste of time. Why do you even bother asking."
Newton and Hermann are in their usual room, and as usual Newton is still studying some Kaiju body parts even though the breach is now closed. While Hermann, is also doing his mathematics.
"Hey Hermann, do you ever wondered why Kaijus didn't appear from the sky?"
"Newt, that is not something to concern about."
"Think about it, Otachi has the ability of flight."
"Probably Kaijus fly in their home dimension. Case closed."
"If they have the intelligence to evolve, they should have the intelligence to know that even space debris can cause a number of deaths if they fell on Earth. Imagine if it things as big as a Category 1 Kaiju fell from the sky!"
"Newt, stop this. Kaiju have the intelligence not to sacrifice their own kind as living meteors!"
"There must be something about the ocean. Hermann, let me borrow your stuff."
"Hey,hey don't touch my things with your dirty hands!"
Newton didn't even bother to take off his gloves and turns on Hermann's machine to project an image of the Pacific Ocean. He then notice some yellow marks on the image.
"This is the closed breach right?",Newton asked while pointing the yellow marks.
"Yes. And this means that some magnetic activities are happening!"
"The breach is opening again!"
"Don't be kidding Newton!"
The two argued fiercely like they used to be.
Raleigh and Mako walked into the dining hall, wanting to take their food. Then Raleigh found Elsa coming from across the hall.
"Elsa!"
Elsa who is rubbing her left cheek with one of her hand, looked up when she felt her name got called.
"What happened to your face?", Raleigh asked.
"Got hit by Hermann's stick.", Elsa answered in a low voice.
"Are they fighting?",Mako asked.
Raleigh checked on Elsa's bruised cheek.
"I don't know. They are arguing, almost fighting, about something."
"Did Newton got mad at Hermann for hitting his idol researcher?", Raleigh asked jokingly.
"Probably not, they probably didn't even know I'm there. After hitting me, they both walked away so fast. Didn't even greet me."
"That's odd.",Mako commented.
"Better be careful next time."
The trio was going to sit down and enjoy their meal, before they got called to Herc's room.
In the room, Hermann, Newton, Tendo and Herc already awaits the trio's arrival.
"What happened to your face? Did you hit yourself on Gipsy's Conn Pod or something?",Tendo asked immediately.
Elsa replied Tendo with a straight gaze to his face.
"I felt I hit something before with my stick…",Hermann mumbled.
"What?! You hit a girl? More importantly you hit Elsa?!",Newton looked at Hermann furiously.
"Gentlemen!"
Herc's voice silenced the chaos in the room.
"Mr. Tendo, please explain the situation.", said Herc.
"Newton and Hermann found this magnetic activity in the location where the breach used to be."
"But the breach has been closed."
"Yes. That's why we are going to keep track of the area and the activity."
"But the activity is this low, we shouldn't jump into conclusions about the breach got opened again.", said Elsa.
"For now, it doesn't look like a normal breach dilation."
"So, now, Hermann is going to do the calculations, and see if you can predict the activity. Elsa, you finish Gipsy as fast as possible. Raleigh and Mako, be on standby.",Herc ordered.
"Yes sir!"
The news about the mysterious magnetic activity in the ocean hasn't been disclosed to the Shatterdome crew. While the research team is still tracking the activity.
Raleigh and Mako are practicing their combat with each other, when Elsa passed by. Raleigh sighted her fast enough to call her.
"What is it?"
Raleigh tossed the wooden stick in his hand. Elsa caught it perfectly with one hand.
"You kind enough to ?"
Elsa smirked at Raleigh then followed him to the training room. Mako lend Raleigh her stick, with a little bit of unwillingness, then stood at the side of the room.
Elsa tied her hair up in a bun with a pen.
"You sure that's tight?", asked Raleigh playfully.
"When this falls, that means you've won."
The two then got ready and Raleigh make the first move to almost hit Elsa at the side of her head. Elsa didn't move an inch.
Somehow, this feels really nostalgic to Mako. The second move, made by Elsa, strikes Raleigh at his left torso.
Then the real fight begins, Mako watched the two, not one of them scoring. She looked at Raleigh's face which never looked that happy before. The two seems to enjoy their fight.
Their movements match each other, it was almost like dancing.
The fight attracted passersby. Didn't take long till the crews gathered and watch the two fight. Still, with none scoring again.
The fight was interrupted by the sound of the alarm that is ringed all over the Shatterdome. Elsa stopped and inadvertently bare backed Raleigh. Raleigh took that opportunity to knock Elsa's pen out of her hair.
"I won."
"We have to go.",Mako interrupted the two.
Elsa, looked a bit annoyed, threw the stick back to Raleigh.
Everyone at the Hong Kong Shatterdome was shocked to find the war clock that used to be on reset and zero, now is back and ticking countdown.