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[May 31] [Pacific Rim] Chances
Title: Chances
Day/Theme: 31. toska (the anguish, ache, and yearning of the soul)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt, Hansen, Mako, Raleigh
Rating: part 31 of 31, finally finished!
The carrier had to land on backup power. Whatever the surge was, it had killed the engines. Hermann's first horrified thought was that it was the backlash through Hansen's brain that had fried everything. They rushed to get Hansen out of the chair. The Marshall screamed and fainted as soon as the connection was cut, but his vital signs weren't dangerous. They left him with the medical team and went out to try and find Mako and Raleigh.
The Breach had closed, even with the Category IV's tail still in it. There was about thirty feet of it still on the ground, but severed at the point where the Breach had been. That was also where less than half of the Mokushi Danger lay. Both the jaeger's arms and head had made it back through. The rest was gone, maybe trapped between dimensions with what remained of the Category IV. Mako and Raleigh were there, sitting on the head. They looked exhausted. Raleigh was slumped over in Mako's lap and she was using his shoulder as a pillow.
"Are you ok?" Newt shouted up to them. They both raised a thumbs up. In one hand, the Danger was holding one of the Yaujta class in its loose fist. The creature was dead, but no one was sure if it was Hansen's or the smaller packmate.
"Box it up," Newt said. "If they can clone one, so can I."
"I don't even want to think of the paperwork involved in getting that approved," said Hermann.
"If the Marshall wants Miss Kitty back, he'll approve it and ask forgiveness instead of permission."
"Is Herc all right?" asked Raleigh, struggling up. "It felt like-, we thought we felt him… just, just go…"
"We lost power in the carrier," Hermann said. "He lost consciousness when the connection was severed."
"There's still a chance we could be exposed to the spores that weren't destroyed in the fight," Newt said. "We really need to get out of here."
They were all handed gas masks and hurried back to the carrier. A collection team was sent out for the remains of the Kaiju and the Mokushi Danger. There was extensive decontamination for everything involved and then it was back to work.
___
Two months passed and there was no more activity registering in any of the Breach spots. Hermann had to redesign almost every sentry and mobile unit, since they had all either been completely destroyed or lost in the Breach. Newt needled him into making sure the new models would be able to 'beat' the old ones, just in case the Precursors tried to use them against the earth again.
"If they weren't all killed, and they aren't completely terrified by all the crazy we tracked into their living rooms, they could try again," Newt said. "And I wouldn't put it past them to use or own tricks against us."
"Even if our own trick was using their trick against them?"
"Especially if that!"
In the meantime, the Mokushi Danger was being rebuilt and production had been hurried along with the new models being built. Nothing like a Category IV to remind the world what the jaegers were for in the first place. Newt had gone back to trying to salvage enough of the Yaujta class' genetics to clone it. He insisted it was a her and that she might have been so hungry because she was pregnant. He also suggested that maybe the cannibalized Yaujta had felt her hunger in the hivemind, and given itself to her.
"Do try to stay objective," Hermann sighed. "Your theories are shaky enough." Newt stuck out his tongue and went back to making a ragdoll Xiao class for Mako. When he was able, Hansen came to see the remains. He confirmed that it had been the one he Drifted with and stood looking at it for a long time. The other pilots came with him. It might've been a show of support since he had now lost two Drift partners, and Raleigh was the only one left who knew what it was like to feel half your mind die. The silence got weird fast.
"Do you know why it ate the other one?" Hermann asked. It wasn't the most tactful question, but he knew Newt wanted to know. His eyes flicked to Newt and back. Hansen was quiet for another moment, then shivered.
"It wanted to live," he said.
"We all do," Mako said. "And now we all have another chance to do it."
"And with your permission," Newt said. He was confident enough in the answer to feign some good manners. "We can give another chance to her as well." He gestured at the remains. Hansen's jaw tightened a few times and he may have even glanced at Mako and Raleigh for approval. They didn't say anything.
"Try to leave out the poison spines in her neck," he finally said. Newt lit up and Hermann rolled his eyes, but was inwardly pleased that Newt was finally getting his chance to do it. More chances all around, he thought.
"For us, too," Newt said, even though Hermann hadn't said his out loud. "Us, us, I mean."
"I know what you mean," Hermann pretended to snap. The way Newt grinned meant he knew there was no real venom behind it. "Fortune favor us all."
The End
Day/Theme: 31. toska (the anguish, ache, and yearning of the soul)
Series: Pacific Rim
Character/Pairing: Hermann/Newt, Hansen, Mako, Raleigh
Rating: part 31 of 31, finally finished!
The carrier had to land on backup power. Whatever the surge was, it had killed the engines. Hermann's first horrified thought was that it was the backlash through Hansen's brain that had fried everything. They rushed to get Hansen out of the chair. The Marshall screamed and fainted as soon as the connection was cut, but his vital signs weren't dangerous. They left him with the medical team and went out to try and find Mako and Raleigh.
The Breach had closed, even with the Category IV's tail still in it. There was about thirty feet of it still on the ground, but severed at the point where the Breach had been. That was also where less than half of the Mokushi Danger lay. Both the jaeger's arms and head had made it back through. The rest was gone, maybe trapped between dimensions with what remained of the Category IV. Mako and Raleigh were there, sitting on the head. They looked exhausted. Raleigh was slumped over in Mako's lap and she was using his shoulder as a pillow.
"Are you ok?" Newt shouted up to them. They both raised a thumbs up. In one hand, the Danger was holding one of the Yaujta class in its loose fist. The creature was dead, but no one was sure if it was Hansen's or the smaller packmate.
"Box it up," Newt said. "If they can clone one, so can I."
"I don't even want to think of the paperwork involved in getting that approved," said Hermann.
"If the Marshall wants Miss Kitty back, he'll approve it and ask forgiveness instead of permission."
"Is Herc all right?" asked Raleigh, struggling up. "It felt like-, we thought we felt him… just, just go…"
"We lost power in the carrier," Hermann said. "He lost consciousness when the connection was severed."
"There's still a chance we could be exposed to the spores that weren't destroyed in the fight," Newt said. "We really need to get out of here."
They were all handed gas masks and hurried back to the carrier. A collection team was sent out for the remains of the Kaiju and the Mokushi Danger. There was extensive decontamination for everything involved and then it was back to work.
___
Two months passed and there was no more activity registering in any of the Breach spots. Hermann had to redesign almost every sentry and mobile unit, since they had all either been completely destroyed or lost in the Breach. Newt needled him into making sure the new models would be able to 'beat' the old ones, just in case the Precursors tried to use them against the earth again.
"If they weren't all killed, and they aren't completely terrified by all the crazy we tracked into their living rooms, they could try again," Newt said. "And I wouldn't put it past them to use or own tricks against us."
"Even if our own trick was using their trick against them?"
"Especially if that!"
In the meantime, the Mokushi Danger was being rebuilt and production had been hurried along with the new models being built. Nothing like a Category IV to remind the world what the jaegers were for in the first place. Newt had gone back to trying to salvage enough of the Yaujta class' genetics to clone it. He insisted it was a her and that she might have been so hungry because she was pregnant. He also suggested that maybe the cannibalized Yaujta had felt her hunger in the hivemind, and given itself to her.
"Do try to stay objective," Hermann sighed. "Your theories are shaky enough." Newt stuck out his tongue and went back to making a ragdoll Xiao class for Mako. When he was able, Hansen came to see the remains. He confirmed that it had been the one he Drifted with and stood looking at it for a long time. The other pilots came with him. It might've been a show of support since he had now lost two Drift partners, and Raleigh was the only one left who knew what it was like to feel half your mind die. The silence got weird fast.
"Do you know why it ate the other one?" Hermann asked. It wasn't the most tactful question, but he knew Newt wanted to know. His eyes flicked to Newt and back. Hansen was quiet for another moment, then shivered.
"It wanted to live," he said.
"We all do," Mako said. "And now we all have another chance to do it."
"And with your permission," Newt said. He was confident enough in the answer to feign some good manners. "We can give another chance to her as well." He gestured at the remains. Hansen's jaw tightened a few times and he may have even glanced at Mako and Raleigh for approval. They didn't say anything.
"Try to leave out the poison spines in her neck," he finally said. Newt lit up and Hermann rolled his eyes, but was inwardly pleased that Newt was finally getting his chance to do it. More chances all around, he thought.
"For us, too," Newt said, even though Hermann hadn't said his out loud. "Us, us, I mean."
"I know what you mean," Hermann pretended to snap. The way Newt grinned meant he knew there was no real venom behind it. "Fortune favor us all."
The End