«Chapter 2»
My parents explained to me what had happened, and what the drift test was for. I insisted on helping out, but my parents denied my offer,
claiming I was too young. So I went to Nicco, who agreed to drive me to the 'Pan Pacific'. When we got there, neither of us knew what we
should exactly do, so we snuck inside. I know, what mysterious force caused us to sneak inside a building open to the public for tourist views, I
don't know, but for some reason, we went to the closed up hanger. In front of us stood the giant Jaeger that clashed against the Kaiju. Up
close, it was really banged up and worn. Near it's shoulder, someone was repainting it. As it finished using a pail, they came down from their
perch at the Jaeger's shoulder. We tried to hide, but they spotted us. As they approached, I realized it was a girl with curly blond hair that
spiraled down to her shoulders. She smiled.
"Hey, what are you guys doing in here? It's off-limits, do you need to see someone?"
Her kind voice made it seem as if she wasn't scolding us, just curious about what we were doing. I glanced at Nicco.
"Uh, we both got positive on our, uh, drift comp. tests, and uh-"
"Wanted to know if you could help?" She asked hopefully. I nodded and she sighed with relief.
"My names Michael, I'm the left hemisphere pilot of Pegasis MARK A7. I'm so glad the both of you came, me and Jaxen have been going on
missions hour after hour, we could use some help." Without asking our names, she brought us to a guy. He looked tough and had sandy
brown hair. Next to him was a boy Michael's age, which looked about nine-teen or twenty. He hand black hair, and taned skin. Michael walked
up to the guy and cleared her throat.
"Captin, we have two people who'd like to help out in Jeagers."
The guy turned around and studied us.
"What are your results for the drift compatibility test?"
I glanced at Nicco, then Michael.
"Positive, for both of us." Nicco answered. I'm glad he did, I didn't feel like stuttering. The captin nodded and turned to the boy next to him.
"Show them Jaeger simulater, see how well they do separately, then together."
They boy nodded, and again, we were led off somewhere. This time, we were brought to a huge room with a huge helmet in the middle. The
boy smirked and opened a door on the left side.
"Ladies first."
I looked at Nicco, shrugged, and climbed inside. The boy grinned and explained what I had to go, which was to destroy a virtual Kaiju. He shut
the door, and I got into place as the boy started up the simulater. The visor of the helmet lit up and showed a city. Through a hidded intercom,
the boy explained how to move and attack, and then let me do what I needed to do. I was standing on two plates, when I used them to walk,
they felt stiff. There were cords attatched to my arms, legs, feet hands, and they seemed to resist my every move, but I soon got used to it,
just in time too, I soon found the virtual Kaiju tearing up a building. The boy's directions swam through my mind, and, thought it felt weird, I
swung my fist. In the visor screen, I saw a robotic fist slam into the Kaijus jaw. I grinned, then the Kaiju retaliated, slaming itself into... me. The
helmet moved around at the impact and I freaked out, reaching out and grabbed out, clasping it's neck in my fist, I swung multiple punches, all
hitting their mark. The kaiju ripped itself from my grip and staggered backwards. I took that chance and upper-cutted it, striking it just below
it's rib cage. It fell backwards and, with great effort, raised my leg and stomped on it. The kaiju screeched with rage, and staggered to it's feet
and charged me, slamming me in the gut. The simulater shook. I kicked out, hitting thin air, but rebalanced myself. I faced the Kaiju and
punched it again. The two of us exchanged punches until the Kaiju toppled over. The cords released their grip on me, and the door popped
open. I stepped out. Behind me, Nicco seemed to walk out from a second simulater room, his face pale and white. The boy beamed at me.
"That was sweet!"
I grinned, the noticed the captin standing next to him, nodding.
"You both defeated a Kaiju on your first try, using the same methods. I don't think I need you two to go back in the simulater," he held out two
cards, "Welcome to the team."