It was absolutely boiling in the meeting room. It was almost unbearable and it would have been if she wasn't so obsessed in watching the families of the pilots. Mako knew Herc Hansan of course, but beside him she saw a woman with 3 young children whom Raleigh had told her was Herc's sister, Beatrice Blake. The children were crying and she felt guilty.

For the Wei triplets, there seemed to be countless family members. Cousins, Aunties, Uncles, parents, Grandparents. The triplets would obviously be missed by many people and again, Mako felt guilty.

But what hit her most was the fact that there was no one for Sasha and Aleksis. Were the families too busy grieving for them to come or was their no one left to care? She suspected it was the latter. Sasha and Aleksis had never mentioned any family.

"Who will arrange Stackers funeral?" Came the question from the American representative. Stacker had no family, except Mako. Mako stepped forward at the same time as Beatrice.

"I will." They both said in unison. Then they looked at each other.

"Why?" Mako asked. This woman didn't know Stacker!

"He served with my nephew. He drifted with him so he saw my nephew's head and shared memories. This is like he was family, for the short time he was with us. I would like to honor his memory and thank him because he did everything to try to bring my nephew home." Mako never remembered Chuck mentioning such an understanding Aunt.

"I would be honored to work with you in this as I saw Stacker as my Father." Beatrice nodded and it was decided. The rest of the decisions on who arranged whose funerals proceeded without incident until it was time to decide who would arrange the funeral for the Kaidonovsky's. The Russian government would arrange that as no one else seemed particularly eager, but just then an interruption came from outside.

"No, ma'am, you can't go in there!" The assistant was pushed aside and an angry-looking Russian lady holding a small baby stalked into the room. It was obvious to Mako the second she entered that it was Sasha's sister. The likeness was uncanny and she thought they could have even been twins, but where was the baby from? Was it her own? The woman began shouting very quickly at the Russian authorities in angry, harsh Russian and the translator struggled to translate.

"What do you mean by sending me my sister's child? Sasha is a disgrace to her family and to her family's name and any offspring of hers will be treated as such! I will have nothing to do with Sasha or any child of hers…." The woman continued in this way, the poor translator stumbling over the words.

Mako was surprised, then shocked, then angry. Sasha and Aleksis were Heroes and according to this woman, they were a disgrace!

"What the hell are you saying?" she interrupted. The woman stopped ranting and turned to her, eyes ablaze.

"Mako…" Raleigh began, but she wasn't listening.

"They were heroes! I don't care if Sasha disobeyed you and signed up or if she married Aleksis without permission or if she had a child in secret! I don't care! They gave their lives to save all those people and you have absolutely no right, none at all to come in here and bring shame to their memories!"

The woman began to speak in English, although it was still very angry.

"You believe they were Hero? You believe I bring shame? "

"Yes! Yes I do! I see why Sasha never mentioned you, whoever wanted to mention a person who insulted the dead! You are the one who shames your family's honor" She then noticed the translator looking confused and realized she had spoken the last sentence in Japanese. Luckily the translator still managed to translate.

"You believe child is not disgrace?"

"No, I do not!"

"Then you have!" And stalking past Mako, she thrust the child into her arms and left. The meeting room erupted into chaos, but all Mako could notice was the child in her arms. There was no likeness to her parents on the first look as she was small with mousy brown hair but on closer inspection Mako noticed that her eyes were the same color as Aleksis' eyes. Around her, the countries argued about the child.

"How dare you keep a secret on this scale from us?" yelled a representative of America. "All the countries involved with the Jaegar program had a right to know about the child! She is the first child whose parents were both Jaegar pilots!" The Russian president looked annoyed and said,

"The Kaidonovskys' demanded the child be kept secret so that she could have a normal childhood. At first the family rejected the offer of becoming her foster parents as Sasha married Aleksis without permission, but after Sasha and Aleksis' deaths we thought they might have change of heart. Clearly not." The Chinese joined in the argument with a question.

"Who will take care of her? You cannot just send her to an orphanage. She is the child of Legends." The translator said. The Russians began to debate amongst themselves.

"I will." Mako said, looking up from the girl. She meant it. It was the least she could do after Sasha and Aleksis gave their lives. She would repay the debt by raising their child as her own.

"We will." Came a voice from behind her. Of course, she should have known that Raleigh would always support her. The Russian President looked surprised but said nothing. The rest of the authorities protested immediately saying that she was a Russian child.

"I don't see the problem." The president interrupted. "They are Jaegar pilots, we can demand that she will know of her culture and they are much like her real parents in personality." Mako didn't know whether that was a compliment or an insult but some of the Russians still looked unsure.

"She will know of her culture, I promise. Nothing shall be kept from her and her last name will be Kaidonovsky. We will teach her about her parents, Cherno Alpha and the crucial part they played in the war. I…. I swear on my family's honor." Mako said very quickly. Instead of saying no, the President looked amused.

"You are Japanese, no?"

"Yes."

"Then your family's honor is quite important to you, much like the Russians."

"Yes." He nodded, looked satisfied and turned to address his government. "They will raise the child, but according to Russian conditions. We will hold Mako Mori to her family's honor on this." Mako nodded, she had expected nothing less.

The spokesperson cleared his throat and said, "We have another problem, there are signs of another breach opening in the Pacific. We need to decide what to do." The families looked sad, surprised, angry and one of Beatrice's children started to cry.

"The Russians are willing to fund for 10 Jaegars for worldwide use for however long they are needed." Everyone stared in shock. 10 Jaegars was a massive amount from one country. A huge amount of money. "But we have two conditions."

"Name them." The spokesperson said.

"One, the child will be tested for drift compatibility when she is old enough. Two, if she proves compatible the remains of Cherno Alpha will be restored and will be her Jaegar."

"And if she is not drift compatible?"

"We shall fund anyway." That sealed it. The spokesperson and the other countries agreed and the contract was signed. In addition to the Russian funding, America would fund two Jaegars, one of which would be Gipsy Danger rebuilt, Australia three and China five. Then the meeting was over.

Later, when Mako was signing the adoption papers for the baby with Raleigh a name came to her.

"Do you like the name Luca?" she asked him.

"What does it mean?"

"Bringer of Light."

"Then yes, I do." He looked over at the sleeping girl in Mako's arms. "It suits her." And Mako agreed. She knew that she would have never asked to be a Mother but as she watched Luca sigh sleepily in her arms, she was glad that in a way, she now was.

Authors note:

Hi all, and thanks for reading! Wow that was I long chapter, I got a bit carried away! This is my first fanfiction so any reviews would be greatly appreciated. And yes, the name Luca does mean bringer of light and I discovered that after I began writing her story! The next chapter will be written from Luca's P.O.V when she is a little older (8-10 maybe?) Sorry the intro is so long, but in true Pacific Rim style, we need a long back-story! Thanks again for reading

-Luca Kaidonovsky