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Chapter 11

Later on, Serena is seen in the Cafeteria getting something for lunch by herself. As she walks down the stairs to the lower level of the Cafeteria, she notices the chattering among the other worker becomes silenced as they all turned in her direction. As she looks around, she notices Rini walking through the Cafeteria with a loaded lunch tray in hand as well. The two of them make eye contact and there is a brief pause. Serena later takes Rini into the Service Bay and they sit on a ledge where they could see Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon being given routine maintenance.

Serena: I'm sorry. Luna and Darien were right; perhaps we should have warned you. First time Syncing is always going to be rough. Since our Jaeger Suits were connected, you weren't just seeing your own memories; you were seeing mine as well. During my fight against Knifehead, I still remember clearly feeling scared, in agony and helpless, yet somehow I managed to pull through.

Rini: I felt it, I know.

Serena: You know you're used to being on top for so long, you feel like nothing can stop you. Then something comes along and brings you right back down to Earth. A humbling experience if you will. In order to let someone else in, to really connect, you have to trust them. And today the Syncs that we had were very strong.

Rini smiles at Serena, then looks up at Gipsy Moon and sees that crew members are removing the upper left chest panel of the Jaeger Suit.

Rini: Gipsy Moon's heart, when was the last time you saw it?

Serena: Not in a long time.

That night while Trista was bringing a few large glasses filled with green tea and a box full of rice buns into the Control Room with her, something on the monitors catches her attention.

Control Room Computer: Movement in the Breach. Double event.

Trista: Hmm?

An audible alarm beeps and the monitor shows a hologram of the Breach.

Control Room Computer: Two signatures. Dilation indicator, Category IV.

The hologram then shows two alerts reading "Kaiju Detected. Category IV."

We can then see the breach itself as two large arms reach through it and grabs holds of the edges of the portal, followed by Kaiju raising its head above the Breach as it lets out a loud roar. Trista immediately calls the girls into the Control Room to give them a briefing on the arisen situation. We see Serena and Rini scooching past a few crew members as they enter the Control Room.

Serena: Excuse me.

Trista: The Breach was exposed at 2300 hours. We have two signatures, both Category IVs. Codenames: Otachi and Leatherback. They'll reach Hong Kong within the hour.

Darien: Evacuate the city, shut down the bridges. I want every single civilian in a refuge right now. Crimson Mars (addresses to Raye), Cherno Jupiter (addresses to Lita) I want to frontline the harbor, stay on the Miracle Mile. Striker (addresses to Amy), I want you to stay back, look after the coastline. We cannot afford to lose you so only engage as a final option.

Amy: (nods in acknowledgement) Understood.

Darien: (to Serena and Rini) You two, remain on standby. (to everyone else) Let's go!

Cut to Amy, Raye and Lita conducting their Sync procedures.

Amy: (in flashback) Mercury! Power!

(cue 'Inner Scouts Theme' from the Dic dub)

Raye: (in flashback) Mars! Power!

Lita: (in flashback) Jupiter! Power!

Just like with Serena and Rini, the three girls undergo a 'Magical Girl' type transformation as their minds are synchronized with their Jaeger suits. We can also see highlights from their respective memories, including the times when each Sailor Scout was first revealed, as well as highlights involving each one of them individually. These highlights include the time when Amy, as Sailor Mercury protected a group of babies from a 'Monster of the Week' that attempted to drain their energy, Raye performing on stage for a talent show by singing songs that she wrote herself, and Lita confronting a trio of bullies who tried to steal Serena's lunch money. After their Sync procedures were complete, we see Crimson Mars and Cherno Jupiter being airlifted out of the Shatterdome towards their drop off point at the Miracle Mile. Striker Mercury meanwhile was heading out into the Hong Kong bay on foot, position herself a fair distance from the coastline.

Amara: LOCCENT (LOcal Control Center), Striker's got the ball and she's on a roll.

Striker Mercury presses a button on the side of her helmet.

Striker Mercury: LOCCENT, nearing position and awaiting your orders.

Darien: Remain at the Miracle Mile. Engage at your discretion. Girls, keep your eye open. These Category IVs are the biggest we've ever seen, both in size and weight.

Thomas: Cherno Jupiter reaching target zone, disengaging transport.

He presses a button on his remote that releases the lift harness, allowing Cherno Jupiter to drop into the water below. SNAP! SPLOOSH! Cherno Jupiter then uprights herself after crouching upon landing. WHIIRR! Crimson Mars is released from her lift harness as well. CLICK! SPLOOSH!

Cherno Jupiter: Cherno Jupiter in position at the Miracle Mile.

She and Crimson Mars now patrol the Miracle Mile, awaiting the two Kaiju that were heading their way.

Cherno Jupiter: Cherno Jupiter holding the coastline. Beacon is on.

Meanwhile back at the streets of Hong Kong, Newton was conversing with Hannibal while they overlook a group of men who appear to be performing some kind of religious ceremony inside a shrine that appears to have been carved from the skeletal remains of a fallen Kaiju.

Hannibal: Look at them. They believe the Kaiju are sent from Heaven, that the gods are expressing their 'displeasure' with our behavior. The silly bastards.

Newton: What do you believe?

Hannibal: Well, I believe that Kaiju bone powder is 500 bucks a pound. What do you want?

Newton: I need to access a Kaiju brain, completely intact.

Hannibal: No, no, no. The skull plate is so dense that by the time you drill into it-

Newton: The brain's rotted away. But I'm talking about the secondary brain. Now we both know that the Kaiju are so large they need two brains to move around, like how computers have multiple processors. I want to get my hands on that.

Hannibal: Hmm. What the hell do you want a secondary brain for anyway? I mean every part of the Kaiju sells. Cartilage, spleen, liver, even the crap! One cubic meter of crap has enough phosphorous in it to fertilize a whole field! But the brain? Too much ammonia. So what's the deal, little fella?

Newton: Well that's classified. So I couldn't tell you even if I wanted to.

Hannibal: (disappointed) Hmm.

Newton: But it is pretty cool, so I might tell you. (brief pause) I'm going to tell you: I've figured out how to Sync with a Kaiju brain.

Hannibal: (dumbfounded) Are you funning me, son?

Newton: It's fascinating how their minds work. Every single Kaiju, its mind's connected. The species has a, like a hive mind and-

Before he could continue, Hannibal couldn't help but notice Newton's injured left eye and leans in for a closer look, holding Newton's eye open in the process.

Hannibal: Holy geez. You've gone and done it, haven't you?

Newton: I did a little bit, yeah.

Hannibal lets go of Newton's eyelid and takes a step back, with a look of disgust on his face.

Hannibal: You Arceus-damn moron.

Back with the Sailor Jaegers, Cherno Jupiter opens her right hand and closes it into a tight fist as she and Crimson Mars continue to patrol the Miracle Mile. Suddenly something moves through the water close, off the right side of Crimson Mars.

Chad: Mars you have movement on your right. Three o'clock!

Crimson Mars stops walking and scans the area to her right. As she does, a very large figure suddenly rises out from the water and lets out a loud roar as it does so. It was Otachi. Otachi is described as being based on a bat or flying fox with two short hind legs and two large four digit wings which were folded on the forearms. She also has a long, bony tail with three pincer like claws on the end, along with two broad crest that form a 'V' shape on the top front portion of her snout. Her mouth has a lower jaw that can split into two halves like that of a snake. After emerging from the water, she swings her long, bony tail and hits Crimson Mars in the left side of her waist, knocking her off her feet in the process.

Crimson Mars: Ugh!

She falls on her right side, where she catches herself with her two right hands before landing face down, catching herself with her left hand as she does so, keeping half of her body, including her head above the water. She shakes her head briefly as if to shake off the blow she just took before she gets back on her feet while turning towards Otachi with an unamused expression on her face.

Chad: Thundercloud Formation, go!

Crimson Mars: Got it!

She extends her three arms with their forearms extending out in front of her and off to each side of her chest and head. As she does, three sets of circular saw like blades extend from the wrists, one on set of blades on each hand. These blades then spin rapidly, buzzing loudly like actual circular saws. As these blades spin, Crimson Mars then takes a fighting stance with her left down and to her left and her two right arms above and to her right. She then proceeds to slash at Otachi with these spinning blades like she was throwing a series of right and left handed crosses.

Crimson Mars: Hrr! Hah! Err! Nrr!

Some of these strikes do succeed in lacerating the Kaiju's skin in some area, but it doesn't last long as Otachi intercepts her right handed cross, stopping the blades from spinning and jamming them in the process. Otachi then intercepts a left handed cross that Crimson Mars tries to throw as well. Crimson Mars then proceeds to activate a set of three rocket boosters mounted on her dorsal (backside) panel and lifts herself above the Kaiju, holding herself upside down like an Olympic gymnast. Her lower body then pivots a full 180 degrees before she comes back down where she was originally standing.

Crimson Mars: GRR! RAAAH!

She throws Otachi overhead a fair distance away from her position, where the kaiju manages to tumble into an upright position while Crimson Mars turns her torso around to reorient it with her lower body. Otachi then looks off to her right and sees Cherno Jupiter moving in her direction. Cherno Jupiter then elbows Otachi in the head with her left elbow before engaging the Kaiju in a headlock with her left arm, and then proceeds to throw repeated blows at Otachi's head with her right fist.

Cherno Jupiter: Grr! Hrr! Err!

Thomas: That's it Jupiter. Keep the pressure on it!

Cherno Jupiter then proceeds to throw a double fisted overhead slam, but Otachi intercepts it by whacking her in the head with her tail, knocking Cherno Jupiter off her feet in the process.

Cherno Jupiter: Ahh!

Striker Mercury, who was witnessing the fight take a turn for the worse, then presses a button on her helmet.

Striker Mercury: LOCCENT, Mars and Jupiter are in trouble. I'm moving in.

Darien: You are to hold you ground. Do not engage, we need you to carry that bomb. Do you copy?

With her blades spinning once again, Crimson Mars attempts to approach Otachi, but ends up taking a blow in her right shoulder panel by Otachi's tail.

Crimson Mars: Ugh!

The Kaiju then swings her tail overhead.

Crimson Mars: Huh?

Otachi's tail latches on to Crimson Mars's helmet, something that catches the latter completely off guard.

Crimson Mars: My helmet!

Amara: Amy you can't just stand there and watch them die. Come on!

Striker Mercury: Oh, screw this!

She presses a button on her helmet again.

Striker Mercury: LOCCENT I'm moving in now!

We then see Otachi begin to clamp down on Crimson Mars's helmet, causing it to crumple partially like an empty soda can. Crimson Mars cringes in pain as this happens. The Kaiju then clamps down even harder and crushes Crimson Mars's helmet completely before ripping it off her head. Crimson Mars screams loudly in agony before falling backwards into the water.

Crimson Mars: AAAAH!

Cherno Jupiter, who witnessed this firsthand, is visibly horrified.

Cherno Jupiter: Crimson Mars!

She growls agrily at Otachi, who now turns her attention to the dark green Jaeger suited giantess. Cherno Jupiter then punches her fists together as a way of showing that she means business. As Cherno Jupiter begins to charge at Otachi, the Kaiju tosses aside what was left of Crimson Mars's helmet. Otachi then opens her mouth wide and a blue sack underneath her tongue begins to swell. She then sprays Cherno Jupiter with a light blueish liquid, something which catches her off guard as well.

Cherno Jupiter: (surprised) What the-?!

The light blueish liquid that splatters on her begins to dissolve some of her armor paneling almost immediately. She exclaims in disgust as she is seeing this.

Cherno Jupiter: Cherno Jupiter, I've been hit with some type of acid!

Amara: Get a move on Mercury!

Cherno Jupiter: My armor's been compromised! I need backup immediately!

Striker Mercury: Just hold on Jupiter, I'm on my way!

The heavy metal of Striker Mercury's Jaeger suit whines loudly as she makes a mad dash towards Cherno Jupiter. Otachi then chomps down on Cherno Jupiter's right forearm. Cherno Jupiter does the best she can to fight back against Kaiju as we can see Striker Mercury quickly closing on her position. As Striker Mercury gets close however, suddenly another Kaiju, Leatherback leaps out from beneath the water and onto Cherno Jupiter's shoulders. Leatherback is described as being based on a Mountain Gorilla, with two large muscular arms which feature large human like hands. It's facial composure consist of a Gorilla's jaw, six eyes and a frill that resembles a Styracosaurus with fourteen bioluminescent tentacles on top of its head. As Leatherback latches on top of Cherno Jupiter's shoulders, Otachi succeeds in ripping off her right forearm before proceeding to engage the approaching Striker Mercury. Leatherback then uses one of its large fists and pounds Cherno Jupiter in her head, causing it to crumple from the force of the impact. This in turn causes some water to splash Cherno Jupiter in the face as well as through newly formed cracks in her helmet causing thermal shock to the nuclear reactor housed inside it.

Cherno Jupiter: GAH!

Thomas: Water's reaching the reactor!

Cherno Jupiter: (in a "Thank you, Captain Obvious" tone) I can see that!

Leatherback then rips a chunk off of Cherno Jupiter's helmet, severely damaging her reactor in the process. Striker Mercury engages Otachi and throws a right handed descending cross, which lands on Otachi's head. As Otachi tries to claw at Striker Mercury, Striker Mercury grabs hold of the Kaiju by the back of her neck with her left hand, and then proceeds to land several blows at the Kaiju's face with her right hand.

Amara: Your power move Mercury! Yeah!

Striker Mercury then throws a right handed uppercut which knocks Otachi backwards off her feet. Meanwhile, Leatherback pounds away at the now defenseless Cherno Jupiter, knocking her down into the water.

Cherno Jupiter: ERR!

Leatherback continues to pound away at Cherno Jupiter until she was completely submerged. Cherno Jupiter lets out some screams of despair which are muffled by the water she was being pinned downed in. The Kaiju then plants its right hand on Cherno Jupiter's "brooch", lets out a roar and turns it a quarter turn, causing the chest portion of Cherno Jupiter's suit to explode underwater. Back at the Shatterdome, a holographic display showing Cherno Jupiter's vital signs indicates that her pulse had stopped, she had been killed by the Category IV Kaiju. The display also shows that Crimson Mars's pulse had stopped as well. She had been killed as well.

Trista: We just lost Jupiter, sir.

Darien pounds the desk in frustration. His plan was not going well at all. Back out on the bay, Striker Mercury throws another uppercut at Otachi, then grabs hold of the Kaiju with both hands, one hand grabbing the back of her neck once more, the other on the lower portion of her back. Striker Mercury then lifts Otachi over her head as a holographic image inside her helmet shows the grappling mechanism in her arms as reading 'Critical' in orange lettering, before changing to read 'Overload' in flashing red lettering.

Striker Mercury: GRR!

She then throws Otachi a fair distance in front of her. As she does, the holographic image in her helmet showing the grappling mechanism then changes to say 'Release' in steady, green lettering.

Striker Mercury: GRAAH!

Otachi tumbles in the water beneath the surface before regaining her upright composure and emerging above the water once again. Striker Mercury then attempts to unleash a barrage with missiles from her chest mounted missile launcher.

Striker Mercury: Engaging air missiles! HRYAAAAAH!

She puts her arms down to her sides with her forearms and palms of her fists facing upwards and her chest panels open to reveal the six barrel missile launcher shown earlier in her fight against Mutavore in Sydney. However, before she could fire her missiles at Otachi, Leatherback growls loudly and builds up electrical energy in a four limbed organ on its back, which then lets loose an electromagnetic pulse. This pulse causes Striker Mercury's Jaeger suit to short out, knocking out all of its onboard electronics. Striker Mercury screams in agony as this short circuiting sends jolts of electricity through her body.

Striker Mercury: AAAAH!

The Jaeger suit then powers down and stands motionless like an electrical appliance that just had its plug removed from an electrical outlet. Amy, who was no longer Striker Mercury, was now inside the empty helmet of the Jaeger suit. She groans as she takes off her helmet and tries to find out what caused her suit to go offline. We now see the electromagnetic pulse that Leatherback generated spread like a shockwave towards the Shatterdome, causing all the television screens, holographic monitors and all other electronics to shut down.

Luna: What's going on? What happened?

Trista: The blast, it knocked out all the Jaeger suit's electrical circuits.

We now see a split screen showing the Shatterdome and Amy at the same time.

Amara: The hell was that?!

Amy: LOCCENT.

Amara: I've never seen that before!

Amy: LOCCENT!

Amy puts her helmet back on and tries pressing a button on the side of her helmet to attempt to contact the Shatterdome directly, but nothing was working. Back at the Shatterdome.

Hermann: They're adapting! This isn't a defense mechanism, it's a weapon!

Darien: Get me Striker.

Trista: Nothing, sir. The Mark V's digital's completely out. It'll take me two hours to reroute the auxiliary. All the Jaeger suits, they're digital!

Hotaru: That is true, Auntie Trista. However, because Gipsy Moon is nuclear powered, the electronics in it are shielded against radiation, which includes EMPs. It's the same story with Gipsy Mini Moon.

Darien and Trista apparently forgot about this but now they understand what Hotaru was telling them about.

Darien: (to Serena and Rini) Alright Serena, Rini. Get suited up.

Serena and Rini: Right.

It seems that Darien and the Sailor Jaegers had clearly underestimated their enemies. Now they were forced to deploy a new strategy against the Kaiju.

End of Chapter