As they approached the breach, one of the Kaiju circled them just outside their field of view. It was a bit unnerving. But they pushed on, and when they arrived at the breach, both Kaiju were waiting for them.

Gipsy, for one, couldn't be more excited.

"We're here! Now we just need to beat those two, bomb the portal, and we win!"

"Shit, shit, shit!" the Kaiju she understood was called Scunner worried. "That's the chick who took out Leatherback and Otachi! Oh, man, we're dead, we're dead. Game over, man!"

The other Kaiju (which was apparently named Raiju) said nothing, yet seemed to be smugly confident. Nevertheless, hearing that one of the Kaiju was afraid only made Gipsy feel even more certain that victory was at hand.

"So, which one do you want, Striker?" Gipsy asked. "Oh, wait, I think I want to fight the one that's really scared of-"

"Wait, Gipsy, something's not right here!"

"Look, if you want that one, I'm okay taking the other, but it wouldn't be fair for you to get bo-"

"No!" Striker interrupted. "I think there's something else going on here! And if I of all people can hold up for just a second, then so can y-"

And that was when the doorway to Hell itself opened.

"Ohhh... shit," both Jaegers said in stereo.

From the breach's maw came a monster so large, Gipsy could hardly believe it was actually real.

But real it was. From the X-shaped head to the spiked back and all the way to the pointed edge of each of its three tails, there could be no doubt.

This was a category 5.

"Boss! Boss! I'm so glad you're he-I mean, glad you could join us," Scunner told the new Kaiju (which Gipsy somehow knew was named Slattern). "We were about to kill these two on our own, but you can join in if you like."

"I have no patience for your grovelling or cowardice today, worm," Slattern snapped, in a voice that was deep and commanding despite his feminine name. Gipsy couldn't tell if this one was male or female. Maybe both?

The berated Kaiju shuddered and backed away into the murky water, out of sight. Raiju followed, snickering all the way.

"Now, as for you two," Slattern said, turning to the two Jaegers. "I believe it's time to end this."

"Bring it!" Striker challenged, brandishing her swords.

Well, if she was going to attack from the front, then...

Gipsy took a step back. "Striker, I've got an idea. Maybe I can go around behind and-Aah!"

She didn't see the beast coming until the last second, and caught his horns purely by instinct.

Oh, right. There were two other Kaiju. Silly her.

"I've gotcha now!" Scunner proclaimed as he pushed her further and further back. "I got this one on the ropes, boss!"

Gipsy needed a plan, quick.

Well, Striker had been telling her to use her head more...

"You'll never get out of this one! Wait, what are you-OW!" Scunner protested as Gipsy's head impacted his. "Hey, I'm the one who's supposed to-OW!"

"Gipsy, what the hell are you doing?!" Striker yelled.

"What's wrong?" Gipsy questioned as she tossed Scunner aside.

"Your pilots are in your head, you idio-Arghhhh!" Striker scolded before she was unexpectedly interrupted. Gipsy couldn't see what had done it.

"You should worry about yourself," Slattern advised.

Oh, of course. What else could it have been?

Still, Striker's words had merit.

"Yeah, you're probably right. Headbutting Kaiju into submission probably isn't the best strategy."

"...I agree..." Scunner dizzily concurred.

"Just hold on, Striker!" Gipsy called out. "I'll be right there!"

She deployed the sword in her right arm and raised it above her head to strike, ready to finish off the weakened Kaiju before her...

...And felt an all-too-familiar pain, followed by a single word:

"Yoink."

When the world stopped spinning, she saw bits of metal floating around her, and Raiju swimming away with something in his teeth.

She didn't need to look towards her right side to know what was missing. She knew.

She thought she was past this. She thought she had recovered. But in truth, nothing had changed.

"GET BACK HERE YOU ASSFUCKING WHOREMONGER! I'LL RIP OUT YOUR-AGH!"

Her tirade was interrupted by Scunner's fangs sinking into her right leg.

"yo dawg, i accidentally your whole arm. u mad?" Raiju taunted as he swam further and further away, biting her severed arm in half for extra effect.

"THAT'S IT!" Gipsy screamed, as she brought out her second sword and thrust it into the back of Scunner's neck.

"Ow! Pain! Pain hurts!" Scunner complained as Gipsy began dragging him along the seafloor.

"I'LL MELT YOUR FUCKING FACE OFF!" Gipsy screamed, as she dragged the Kaiju's head into a volcanic vent to do just that.

"Ack! Not the face! NOT THE FACE!" Scunner screeched as the heat began to sear his body.

With a mighty effort, the Kaiju managed to yank himself free and retreat.

Now, where was that other one?

She scanned the area and spied him coming at her full speed. He intended to try the same thing again. But that was easily dealt with.

"YOU! GET OVER HERE AND I'LL FEED YOU YOUR OWN SPLEEN!"

"lol. cry more," Raiju replied.

"SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH! BOTH OF THEM!"

Raiju snickered again as he closed in on her. "Leeeeroooooy!"

"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?! HERE! TAKE IT!"

That was when she thrust her sword into the oncoming mass of teeth and jaws.

"Well played," Raiju applauded in surprise as the blade rushed to meet him.

And then she carved him in two like a Thanksgiving turkey.

"Uh...Boss?" Scunner asked nervously. "That one that came back from the dead just cut Raiju in half. Could I, like, fight something else, please?"

"SCUNNER!" Slattern roared.

"I'm just saying, maybe we could switch or somethi-"

"LEAVE THAT ONE AND GET OVER HERE!"

"But boss, I-Oh, sure! Right away!"

Gipsy struggled to make out what was going on through the gloom. As far as she could piece together, Striker was somehow holding her own against that monster. She really was incredible.

But could she fight both of them at once?

"HEY, YOU WANT SOME, TOO, EH?! COME AND GET IT!" Gipsy yelled at Scunner, trying desperately to get him to stay there.

"Do you think I'm suicidal?" Scunner replied. "I'm getting as far away from you as I ca-I mean, I'll kill you later. Boss' orders."

"HEY, GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME!"

Her challenges fell on deaf ears as Scunner retreated to join the battle with Striker.

Gipsy trudged over as fast as she could, but her crippled leg made the going slow. She couldn't lose Striker too. She had to do something. She had to get there and help.

She could just barely make them all out now. They had all seen better days. But it was still two Kaiju against one Jaeger.

"Striker, hold on!" she said. "I'm on my way!"

"We both know you can't save me, Gipsy," Striker replied coldly. "They're going to kill me, and then you, unless I blow this thing right now."

It took a second for Gipsy to realize what she was saying.

"The bomb?! But we need it to-"

"You're a walking bomb, Gipsy!"

"But-!"

"You can end this, Gipsy! So that no one else has to die fighting these things!"

"Striker, I-!"

The Kaiju were closing in.

"PROMISE ME! PROMISE ME YOU'LL FINISH THIS!"

Gipsy hesitated. The Kaiju were only a body's length away.

"I...Promise."

What else could she say?

"Then I'll see you past Oblivion Bay," Striker said.

The dark sea was filled with light.

And then Gipsy was alone.