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[May 18] [Pacific Rim] Ugly
Title: Ugly
Day/Theme: 18. schadenfreude (pleasure from someone else's pain)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt
Rating: part 18 of 31
The attack worked, but it was messy. Mako and Raleigh had synched as perfectly as ever and after some thought static and hesitation from Hansen, he crept into the Drift with them. It was weird, and the connection wasn't as deep or pervasive as the ones they had had with just two. And once they synched with the jaegers, they kept colliding with each other.
"Pauli exclusion principle," Hermann muttered. "They trying to occupy the same space and it isn't going to happen."
With some clumsiness, they got on the ground. Hermann also sent a giant metal sphere.
"What's that for?" Hansen asked.
"Just a test run," Hermann said. "Prototype. It will roll after you until activated and then it may be useful."
Once engaged, the battle went pretty well. Hopefully finesse would come with practice, because it was an all out brawl. The Mumblers looked soft and furry, but they were tough. Newt had been right about the poison too. The faceless heads had rolled back to let a spear-like proboscis emerge and Jaeger 2 had been stabbed through the face with it. Raleigh had been synched with it and had jerked in his seat.
"That's exactly where the pilots would've been in a classic jaeger," Newt had said. "They remember."
Mako's 3 had torn it away from him and the proboscis had broken off. It was still sticking out of 2's head and blue fluid had drained out of cracks. The Mumbler had injected it full of something. Hansen's 1 tore it in half before it could could get up again.
"You all right?" Hansen asked.
"Yeah!" Raleigh sounded surprised. "It didn't hurt much. It just jolted me." His 2 gave itself a shake and got back into position. "Vision is a little weird from that fluid, but I can keep going."
The fight had gone on. Raleigh's 2 had eventually lost all its vision, but the Drift with the other two Rangers let him see what was happening. It took four hours until there was only one Mumbler left. It was cornered and had reared up to its full height to fight them. Hermann interrupted them, then.
"Miss Mori," he said. "If you would be so kind, there is a mechanism on 3's left arm. Engage that, please."
She did and laser grid appeared over the Mumbler. Hermann advised her on what button to push. The sphere that they had all forgotten about split into two hollow halves and rolled to either side of the Mumbler. They snapped together, sealing it inside. There was a brief silence and then the sphere shook as it tried to get out again.
"Live capture?" Raleigh asked. "Is that a good idea?"
"Dr. Geiszler research had been obstructed by the dismembered state of previous samples," Hermann said. "An intact specimen may give us more information."
"Fair enough, I guess," Hansen said. His 1 aimed a small kick at the sphere. "How are you going to kill it?"
"That will fall to Dr. Geiszler's expertise," Hermann said. "Even that may tell us something useful. Bring it with you, if you please."
The Rangers agreed and started steering the sphere back to their pick up point. Once all four were loaded, the Rangers disengaged and got out of the chair cluster. They all winced and help their heads.
"It feels like eye strain," Mako said, shielding her eyes from the lights in the station.
"Or a hangover," Hansen agreed.
"We got them all, though," Raleigh said, breaking into a grin. "It was weird, but it worked!"
They congratulated the doctors and made arrangements to have 2 cleaned and repaired and they left to get their suits off and decompress. Newt had been silent ever since the last Mumbler had been captured and was now staring at the sphere on the security camera. It was sealed and contained and then sealed again, down in the hold. There was failsafe to drop it out of the plane if it got through the first seal. Every now and then it would tremble as the Mumbler inside turned around.
"You specifically designed them to be able to catch one alive," he said faintly.
"Of course," Hermann said. "You said you needed one. I do listen to your prattle, you know."
"You are amazing," Newt said, and meant it. He knew exactly what he was going to do to the captured kaiju and he was hoping beyond hope that Hermann wouldn't pick up on it. It wasn't going to be pretty. How could you hurt a hivemind? Well, he would have to see what he could plug into this one's brain that the others would feel. He suspected that it was going to turn into nothing but torture, and he hoped that didn't make him a bad person. Looking into the abyss, he thought. Becoming a monster to kill one. He took a deep breath. He had to keep himself together. Be professional. Scientific.
He couldn't let it be a grudge, even if they had destroyed everything, ruined everything. It couldn't be about revenge, even though it would serve them right if he could just make them feel all the suffering they had caused. He couldn't be fanatical about this, even if they had made him imagine hurting Hermann and for that, he wanted them all to burn. He couldn't let that get in the way. Had to get his inner Vulcan on. Couldn't get upset. Couldn't throw up. Absolutely could not let Hermann be in harm's way. This was going to be ugly, in every form of the word. He wasn't going to like it, he told himself. He refused to be the kind of man who would like it. He just had to do it.
Day/Theme: 18. schadenfreude (pleasure from someone else's pain)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt
Rating: part 18 of 31
The attack worked, but it was messy. Mako and Raleigh had synched as perfectly as ever and after some thought static and hesitation from Hansen, he crept into the Drift with them. It was weird, and the connection wasn't as deep or pervasive as the ones they had had with just two. And once they synched with the jaegers, they kept colliding with each other.
"Pauli exclusion principle," Hermann muttered. "They trying to occupy the same space and it isn't going to happen."
With some clumsiness, they got on the ground. Hermann also sent a giant metal sphere.
"What's that for?" Hansen asked.
"Just a test run," Hermann said. "Prototype. It will roll after you until activated and then it may be useful."
Once engaged, the battle went pretty well. Hopefully finesse would come with practice, because it was an all out brawl. The Mumblers looked soft and furry, but they were tough. Newt had been right about the poison too. The faceless heads had rolled back to let a spear-like proboscis emerge and Jaeger 2 had been stabbed through the face with it. Raleigh had been synched with it and had jerked in his seat.
"That's exactly where the pilots would've been in a classic jaeger," Newt had said. "They remember."
Mako's 3 had torn it away from him and the proboscis had broken off. It was still sticking out of 2's head and blue fluid had drained out of cracks. The Mumbler had injected it full of something. Hansen's 1 tore it in half before it could could get up again.
"You all right?" Hansen asked.
"Yeah!" Raleigh sounded surprised. "It didn't hurt much. It just jolted me." His 2 gave itself a shake and got back into position. "Vision is a little weird from that fluid, but I can keep going."
The fight had gone on. Raleigh's 2 had eventually lost all its vision, but the Drift with the other two Rangers let him see what was happening. It took four hours until there was only one Mumbler left. It was cornered and had reared up to its full height to fight them. Hermann interrupted them, then.
"Miss Mori," he said. "If you would be so kind, there is a mechanism on 3's left arm. Engage that, please."
She did and laser grid appeared over the Mumbler. Hermann advised her on what button to push. The sphere that they had all forgotten about split into two hollow halves and rolled to either side of the Mumbler. They snapped together, sealing it inside. There was a brief silence and then the sphere shook as it tried to get out again.
"Live capture?" Raleigh asked. "Is that a good idea?"
"Dr. Geiszler research had been obstructed by the dismembered state of previous samples," Hermann said. "An intact specimen may give us more information."
"Fair enough, I guess," Hansen said. His 1 aimed a small kick at the sphere. "How are you going to kill it?"
"That will fall to Dr. Geiszler's expertise," Hermann said. "Even that may tell us something useful. Bring it with you, if you please."
The Rangers agreed and started steering the sphere back to their pick up point. Once all four were loaded, the Rangers disengaged and got out of the chair cluster. They all winced and help their heads.
"It feels like eye strain," Mako said, shielding her eyes from the lights in the station.
"Or a hangover," Hansen agreed.
"We got them all, though," Raleigh said, breaking into a grin. "It was weird, but it worked!"
They congratulated the doctors and made arrangements to have 2 cleaned and repaired and they left to get their suits off and decompress. Newt had been silent ever since the last Mumbler had been captured and was now staring at the sphere on the security camera. It was sealed and contained and then sealed again, down in the hold. There was failsafe to drop it out of the plane if it got through the first seal. Every now and then it would tremble as the Mumbler inside turned around.
"You specifically designed them to be able to catch one alive," he said faintly.
"Of course," Hermann said. "You said you needed one. I do listen to your prattle, you know."
"You are amazing," Newt said, and meant it. He knew exactly what he was going to do to the captured kaiju and he was hoping beyond hope that Hermann wouldn't pick up on it. It wasn't going to be pretty. How could you hurt a hivemind? Well, he would have to see what he could plug into this one's brain that the others would feel. He suspected that it was going to turn into nothing but torture, and he hoped that didn't make him a bad person. Looking into the abyss, he thought. Becoming a monster to kill one. He took a deep breath. He had to keep himself together. Be professional. Scientific.
He couldn't let it be a grudge, even if they had destroyed everything, ruined everything. It couldn't be about revenge, even though it would serve them right if he could just make them feel all the suffering they had caused. He couldn't be fanatical about this, even if they had made him imagine hurting Hermann and for that, he wanted them all to burn. He couldn't let that get in the way. Had to get his inner Vulcan on. Couldn't get upset. Couldn't throw up. Absolutely could not let Hermann be in harm's way. This was going to be ugly, in every form of the word. He wasn't going to like it, he told himself. He refused to be the kind of man who would like it. He just had to do it.