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Chapter 12

With Striker Mercury immobilized, Otachi was now free to swim towards the harbor and into the city. Leatherback stayed behind and examined Striker Mercury, suspecting that the Mark V Jaeger suit was playing a trick on it. Meanwhile back at the Kaiju Black Market shop, Hannibal is informed by the store receptionist about the approaching Kaiju.

Receptionist: There are two Kaiju. We have to get out, this way.

Newton then catches up with Hannibal to try and find out what was happening.

Newton: Hang on a second. Excuse me. W-wh-what's going on?

Hannibal: There are two Arceus-damn Kaiju heading straight for Hong Kong City.

He signals the lab workers and the store staff to evacuate the facility.

Newton: No no no, that's not possible. Ther-there's never been two before.

Hannibal: Well maybe, that's because nobody ever SYNCED WITH ONE BEFORE, eh?! Genius! When the girls Sync with their Jaeger suits, it's a two-way street. A neural/cyber bridge, right? It sets up a connection, BOTH WAYS!

He then gives Newton a shove in the chest.

Hannibal: "A hive mentality", you said! Maybe those Kaiju are trying to find you!

Newton: (stammering) What are we going to do?

Hannibal: I'm going to wait out this shitstorm in my private Kaiju bunker, while you are going to a public refuge. I tried it once.

He takes off his sunglasses and reveals a scar that went down over his left eye and curves off to the left side of his cheek.

Hannibal: Once. Now get the hell out of here.

The store receptionist and the guards each pull out a handheld pistol, which they point at Newton's head. This automatically indicated to Newton that it was time for him to leave.

[cue score "2500 Tons of Awesome"]

Back the Port of Hong Kong, we see Otachi rise out from the water, knocking several small fishing boats aside and tumbling them over. She then makes her way into the city, clambering over a multi-floor parking garage which crumbles under her enormous mass before forcing her way between two large office buildings, tearing out large chunks out of their sides as she does so. Meanwhile, we see Newton along with numerous local residents clamoring towards the Kaiju Refuge Bunkers. Newton gets pushed around a bit, and tumbles over the hood of a red taxi cab. He holds his right hand and cringes in pain after he uprights himself. He then hears Otachi's roar behind him, which catches his attention. When he turns around to see where the sound came from, he immediately got his answer, as we see Otachi forcing her way between numerous buildings, leaving a trail of destruction in her path. Newton is immediately convinced that he needed to get into the bunker right away as he squeezes his way through the crowded street.

Newton: Move! Move! I'm a doctor! I'm a doctor!

As he continues to make his way towards the bunker, we see on of Otachi's giant front claws stomp down on the ground a fair distance from where Newton was standing.

Newton: Okay hold on, let me in.

Some Hong Kong Police officers at the bunker's entrance guide the clamoring crowd through a set of four doors.

Newton: Okay, I'm a doctor. Okay, let me in. I'm a doctor.

He shows one of the officer's his ID (Identification) card as proof, which the officer accepts and lets him enter.

We Newton and the crowd of local residents rushing inside what looks like an underground shelter with two large steel doors through which resemble those seen on storage vaults at local banks. Once the last few people were allowed inside, two officers then close the large steel doors behind them. Everything suddenly turns quiet, except for a few screams from evacuees still making their way into other bunkers. Meanwhile, Leatherback paces in circles around the disabled Striker Mercury, bumping the left arm of the Jaeger suit as if to check for any response. The Kaiju now stands in front of Striker Mercury, and lets out a brief roar. Amy, who was still inside the empty suit was attempting to access the backup power sources in order to get the Jaeger operational again, but has no success.

Amy: There's no emergency power, looks like I'll have to try something else.

Unfortunately when Amy undoes the Sync connection, she ended up picking a bad time to do so as Leatherback pokes at Striker Mercury's helmet to see if the Jaeger suit was 'playing dead' like a possum would. This in turn, knocks Amy off her feet and briefly tumbles her around inside the giant helmet, slamming back first against the inside of it before falling face down onto the "floor". She groans in pain as she tries to get back on her feet, but it seems that the tumble she took blew her back out of alignment.

Amy: Ahh! My back!

As she gets back on her feet, Amy then tries to fix her back by pressing the palms of her hands against her upper back. CRAKCRAK! It seemed to help some, but it wasn't enough as Amy briefly hissed in pain. She then hears Leatherback growl from outside and tries to listen in order to get an idea where exactly the Kaiju was.

Amy: (to the reader) That thing's right outside, I just know it. Well, as far as I know, I'm the only thing standing between that ugly beast and a city of ten million people. Now there are two things I can do: I can either stay here and wait-

She opens a set of three hatches that reveal a flare gun in each one, along with cartridges to be used with the flare guns.

Amy: -or I can take these flare guns and try something really crazy.

It turns out Amy chose the latter. She now opens a hatch on top of the giant helmet and climbs out on top with flare guns in hand, briefly cringing in pain once or twice as she now stands on the top of the Jaeger suit's helmet. For a brief moment, Amy seemed captivated by the scenic view from where she was standing.

Amy: (to herself) Wow, that's quite a view from up here.

The moment is short lived as she now turns her attention to Leatherback, who was still walking in slow circles around her.

Amy: (to Leatherback) Hey, you!

Upon hearing Amy shouting, Leatherback now leans in for a closer look. That's when Amy points the two flare guns she was carrying in each hand at Leatherback and fires a flare from each one. She scores a good hit as one of these flares lands on one of Leatherback's left eyes, causing the Kaiju to roar loudly in pain as it shook its head rigorously.

Amy: (to the reader) I think I may have just ticked it off.

She was certainly right about that as an angered Leatherback now raises its huge fists with the intent to attack Amy as well as the disabled Striker Mercury. But then, an intense light shines from behind Leatherback, which Amy shields her eyes from. Leatherback now turned its attention towards the light to see where the light was coming from. Within that light we see two silhouettes come into view and reveal themselves. They were Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon, who were being airlifted onto the scene at just the right time and are dropped simultaneously a short but safe distance behind Leatherback. CLICK! CLICK! SPLOOSH! SPLOOSH! The two Jaeger suited giantesses glare at the Category IV Kaiju as a way of showing they meant business.

Gipsy Moon: Alright Mini Moon. Get ready, this is for real!

Leatherback growls and charges at Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon and engages them in close range combat. Gipsy Mini Moon draws the Kaiju's attention, anticipating that it would see her as a smaller but weaker target. Leatherback then tries to swipe her with its right claw, which she ducks, creating a diversion which allows Gipsy Moon to get behind it and grab hold of the organ which emitted the EMP (electromagnetic pulse) earlier. Amy, upon seeing this, cheers on the Jaeger suited giantess with a great deal of passion.

Amy: Yeah! Come on, Gipsy Moon! Kick his butt!

After a few strong tugs, Gipsy Moon succeeds in ripping off the organ of the Kaiju's back. Enraged, Leather now turns around and grabs Gipsy Moon by wrapping its huge arms around her waist. It then swings her around a full turn before throwing her towards the harbor.

Gipsy Moon: Whoa! WHOA!

Gipsy Mini Moon sees this and rushes towards the direction where Gipsy Moon was thrown.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Gipsy Moon!

As Gipsy Moon is sent flying through the air, she comes crashing down through an elevated bridge before tumbling between stacks of rectangular shipping containers, then uprights herself in a kneeling position. As Gipsy Mini Moon rushes towards Gipsy Moon, she contacts her using the two-way radios built into their Jaeger suits.

Gipsy Mini: You okay Gipsy Moon?

Gipsy Moon: Yeah, I'm okay. I've been through much worse than this.

Gipsy Mini Moon finally catches up with Gipsy Moon and visually confirms her position. Meanwhile we see Leatherback climb out of the water and onto the port facility. As it does, we see a tractor trailer truck get crushed by Leatherback's right rear foot and explode. Leatherback then lets out a loud roar in the direction of Gipsy Moon and Gipsy Mini Moon, as though it were a battle cry. Gipsy Moon lifts her head to see where Leatherback was and sees it in front of her on the edge of the port facility. Leatherback then charges at the two Jaeger suited giantesses, running on its knuckles the same way a Mountain Gorilla does. As Gipsy Moon sees this, she dons a serious expression once more.

Gipsy Moon: Mini Moon. Let's. Get. Dangerous!

She runs back towards Leatherback head on, at full sprint. CHUCK! CHUCK! CHUCK! CHUCK! When she gets a fair distance from Leatherback, she activates a pair of rocket boosters in her dorsal panel as she leaps high into the air before coming down on Leatherback with a left handed overhead slam.

Gipsy Moon: ERR!

While Leatherback was still down from that hit, Gipsy Moon then grabs hold of the upper right portion of its frill with her left hand, then throws a right handed cross at its face. The Kaiju grunts several times before Gipsy Moon throws a right handed uppercut which connects with its lower jaw. Gipsy Moon lets go of Leatherback's frill as the Kaiju is knocked backwards by this hit. She then pulls her right fist back once more; her serious expression is clearly visible through her gold tinted helmet visor.

Gipsy Moon: Elbow rocket!

Gipsy Moon AI: Elbow rocket engaged.

Gipsy Moon: Now!

We now see a small hatch open on her right elbow, revealing an elbow mounted rocket booster that ignites, shooting a small yellow flame that quickly turns blueish white and grows in length out the backside of her forearm. With this rocket activated she now proceeds to land a powerful right jab in Leatherback's face, knocking it backwards into a pile of shipping containers near where a hoisting crane stood. Leatherback grabs this hoisting crane with its right hand and rips it of its base, before using it like a hammer by swinging it overhead at Gipsy Moon. The first strike was only a glancing blow off her left shoulder panel, but the second hit from swinging it backhand, hits her across her helmet, knocking her down in the process.

Gipsy Moon: Ugh!

Gipsy Mini Moon then tries to help her out by using Leatherback's improvising strategy against it.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Two can play this game!

She grabs several shipping containers, two in her left hand, three in her right, and attempts to use them like a pair of brass knuckles. She throws a right handed cross at Leatherback's face, then does a double-sided slam which lands a hit on each side of its face. If you look closely, you may notice some of the items falling out of the containers, including a blue chrome toaster with a black button on each of its narrow sides, an orange desk top lamp with a flexible gray neck, a yellow heated blanket with a white control pad which features a large pink dial, a red triangular shaped analog radio with a yellow circular "face" with a blue knob and red arrow in its center, and an upright vacuum cleaner with a dark green bag that hangs from the back of its long handlebar and attaches to a dark gray housing for the motor and sweeper brush. Leatherback then growls at Gipsy Mini Moon before she throws a left handed cross which knocks it back once more. It then bites down on a shipping container that somehow got wedged in its mouth. This offensive strategy on Gipsy Mini Moon's part manages to buy Gipsy Moon enough time to get back on her feet and grab the disoriented Leatherback from behind, locking her arms underneath its shoulders before lifting it off its feet.

Gipsy Moon: Oh no you don't!

She then throws Leatherback a fair distance in front of her. Now enraged, Leatherback pounds its fists on the ground and growls loudly at Gipsy Moon before charging at her head on. The two of them grapple, with Leatherback using its sheer strength to push Gipsy Moon backwards across the dock.

Gipsy Moon: HRR!

She closes her eyes tightly as she continues to grapple with Leatherback.

Gipsy Mini Moon: Quick! Use your plasma cannon!

Gipsy Moon opens her eyes once more.

Gipsy Moon: Right!

She frees her right arm and activates the plasma cannon inside her forearm, converting her hand into a three-prong claw with a spinning hub in its center.

Gipsy Moon AI: Plasma cannon activated.

WAH-KOO-CHIK! ZZZZZ! She fires several shots at Leatherback's side, but it did not seem to slow it down one bit. This causes her to become desperate as she continues to fire more shots at it.

Gipsy Moon: (shoots) Why…. (shoots) won't… . (shoots) this…. (shoots) thing…. (shoots) DIE?!

As she fires two more shot at Leatherback, she severs its left arm in the process before the Kaiju groans and finally slows down. We then see a close up of Gipsy Moon's left heel as it slowly bumps against a mooring pier and tips it over slightly. The lone Wingull that was perched on top of it simply flies away afterwards.

Wingull: Wingull. Wingull.

Gipsy Moon now pushes Leatherback off of her and it falls onto its back, letting out a huge sigh of relief as she does so.

Gipsy Moon: Finally!

She deactivates the plasma cannon in her right hand and the three-prong claw reverts back into a hand. KA-CHOOK! Gipsy Mini Moon catches up with her shortly after.

Gipsy Mini Moon: You okay Gipsy Moon?

Gipsy Moon: Yeah, I'm okay.

The two of them begin to walk off past where Leatherback was lying. WHIIR! KA-CHUNK! WHIIR! KA-CHUNK! WHIIR! KA-CHUNK! WHIIR! KA-CHUNK! WHIIR! KA-CHUCK! But then, Gipsy Moon pauses.

Gipsy Moon: Wait.

She then turns back towards the Kaiju's carcass. WHIIR!

Gipsy Moon: I think this guy's dead, but, why don't we check for a pulse?

Gipsy Mini Moon: Okay. (points to herself) May I do it?

Gipsy Moon: Go ahead.

Gipsy Mini Moon then turns around and activates the plasma cannon in her left forearm and fires several more shots at the carcass while Gipsy Moon watches. WHEE! WAH-KOO-CHIK! KA-CHOOK! KA-CHOOK! KA-CHOOK! KA-CHOOK! The chest portion of the carcass explodes shortly after and Gipsy Mini Moon deactivates her plasma cannon before turning to Gipsy Moon with a content smile on her face.

Gipsy Mini Moon: No pulse.

Hotaru: (over the radio) Well, it looks like I finally worked out all the bugs in that Jaeger suit.

Gipsy Moon gives a content smile as well. The two Jaeger suited giantesses now turn their attention towards the city itself, where a visible trail of destruction can be seen.

End of Chapter