Ok this took me a while and it shouldn't but beggars can't be choosers and lets just continue with the chapter

Stacker Pentecost stared deeply into the screen, the screen that was playing the scene that happened an hour ago, the scene for the first time marked the first Jaeger to go down since the scraping of most of the Mark 1s, Gipsy Danger, he thought to himself about the mysterious Kaiju that attacked Golza and Melba, when Raleigh returned he reported about it but no one believed him because it was ludicrous to believe a Kaiju would attack another until they saw the recorded footage from Gipsy's conn-pod, unfortunately Raleigh quit the PPDC and the Marshall understood why, the combined trauma of Yancy's death with the override protocol almost drove Raleigh to insanity and Stacker allowed it, he would of done the same thing if it happened to him but his thoughts were interrupted.

"Marshall, the council wants to talk" a thick Australian accent was uttered from Hercules Hansen one of the legendary mark 1 pilots and current pilot of Striker Eureka, with him was Tendo in his usual business attire

"Shall I put them on screen, sir?"

Stacker sighed he reached for his breast pocket and took out a small box with pills inside and took one out and swallowed it

"Put them on screen" Stacker finally said

And the screen went from the scene of Japan to several darkened faces of the council and Stacker took a guess that the Japanese councillor isn't the happiest of the bunch, he was right.

"Marshall Stacker Pentecost" The Japanese councillor spoke, "I want to know why there were 3 Kaiju in my homeland with its sacred areas desecrated"

Stacker calmly said "Your land would be destroyed more if it weren't for my Jaegers and its pilots sacrificing their lives"

The British councilor took turn to talk "Well Marshall the last time I watched that scene it was more like your Jaeger getting destroyed and the third Kaiju attacking the other two Kaiju"

The American councilor Joined in "I don't care whether this Kaiju saved your ranger and killed one Kaiju, a helpful Kaiju is still a dangerous Kaiju and it is your duty to take this one out, for all we know all the Kaiju could be competing each other for whatever needs"

Stacker made another sigh "I will make sure all of the Kaiju will be dealt with once we get the Mark 5 Jaegers built and ready"

The Chinese Councillor had something to say "Unfortunately Marshall we have announced that the funding for this program will be stopped"

The Marshall was taken aback by the announcement and suddenly got furious "WHAT! WE'RE THE ONLY HOPE TO OUR SURVIVAL AND YOU PLAN TO REMOVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM"

The Australian Councillor responded "We're deeply sorry Marshall but we lack the funds to build the Jaegers and the Kaiju are getting stronger as we speak, the proposed wall on the other hand will hold the Kaiju long enough for our forces to defeat the Kaiju menace and still maintain the wall"

But Stackers tempers went off and slammed his fist on the table, leaving a fist sized dent at the middle"ARE YOU ALL FUCKING INSANE! A WALL WILL NOT HOLD ANY KIND OF FORCE THAT DESTROYS CITIES, THE JAEGER PROGRAM IS OUR ONLY HOPE TO STOP THIS THREAT!" he stopped himself before he got any further with his anger, the councilors were not fazed.

Finally the American councilor spoke "You will be funded for the last 8 months then you're on you're on your own but a resourceful man like you would know what to do and if you want to, you could give away the shatterdomes and scrap most of your Jaegers"

Then all the Councillors said in unison "Good day to you Marshall" and the screen blinked to blackness and for a few minutes Tendo broke the silence.

"So what are we going to do?" his question was answered but unexpected by Herc

"Those people are nothing but frauds, trying to make themselves look like there doing something like a child scribbling on his book pretending to do his homework, the walls nothing but a piece of shit that'll break by a love tap from a Kaiju, my suggestion? I say fuck the council and fuck their funding" Tendo looked at Herc, with meaningful glare despite Herc's reputation, Tendo still believes to respect authority and he would punch him in the face if he had the guts and strength to do so.

Stacker took off a badge on his chest a badge to represent his authority as a Marshall and thought about placing it on some table then he recalled a comment the American councilor said and with all of his strength he threw the badge into the screen which shattered into tiny pieces from the impact and Tendo flinched but Herc was unfazed.

"We don't need them" Stacker finally said but he thought to himself where to get any more funds then he recalls something that could help, it isn't exactly a clean method but he didn't care this was war and he'll get as many aces up his sleeves whether it be from the government or a black-market.

While extremely short compared to the last chapter, the next chapter is almost done and will appear shortly or I will die trying...not really but you get the point.