The King, the Huntsman and the Princess
Another Breach...yay
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The town was in chaos, ponies everywhere were running for their lives as the beast thundered its way into town.
The Wonderbolts were trying to pester the beast, luring it out of the town, Rainbow Dash and more pegasi helping the cause when suddenly a bright gold and blue aura covered the landscape, with a booming voice that sounded like a certain princess.
"I AM PRINCESS CELESTIA SOLARIS! RULER OF EQUESTRIA! WHY HAVE YOU ATTACKED MY PEOPLE!?!" Princess Celestia and Luna appeared and used a voice that hadn't been used by Celestia in centuries, the Royal Canterlot Voice.
It was clear that the sun goddess wasn't happy at all, the sun on her flank was emblazoned in golden flame, her eyes were pure white, seeping with fury, her mane was ablaze, mixing of pink, cobalt and baby blue. She had even her own golden armor. With Luna at her side, the sisters were ready to fight if it was deemed necessary.
"HOW DARE THY ATTACK OUR PEOPLE WITH PROVOCATION! WHAT BRINGS THOU HERE, BEAST!?!" The lunar princess boomed in the Royal Canterlot Voice, sending the monster a message, they were small, compared to it, but they had big mouths.
Seconds passed before the monster let out a hellacious roar, sending everpony flying in all directions, even the Royal Sisters.
Regaining her composure and enough fury to make a black spot on the planet visible from space, Celestia unfurls her massive swan-like wings and flies mid-level to the monster.
"YOU HAVE ANGERED ME FOR THE LAST TIME!" Celestia's horn glows golden and points it directly at the monster
"NOW FACE MY WRATH!" A golden bolt lunges from her horn and makes contact with the monster's chest, sending it flying towards the Everfree forest.
Celestia panted, unleashing all of her rage in that one moment took a lot of strength from her, nearly passing out.
"Tia, are you okay, sister?" Luna asked her now back-to-normal state sister.
"I'm-I'm fine, Luna. But I have a feeling this is only going to continue. And we won't be able to stop it." Celestia said with worry.
"I have a feeling that beast will be back, soon."
"I hope not, we'll need help, but from whom?"
"I have an idea or two." Luna said with a smile.
Shanghai Shatterdome,
1572 CST,
Landing platform
Time since last Kaiju incursion: 4w:6d:8h:34min:50sec
The chopper landed on the platform with a THUNK, waking Nate from his 7 hour nap, but his comrade was still asleep. On the platform were a man and a woman, both with trenchcoats and umbrellas over their heads to shield them from the heavy rainfall.
"Shaun, wake up, we're here."
Snoring was all Nate got.
"SHAUN, WAKE UP!"
"AH, the doc's a spy-uhhh." Shaun woke from his slumber to see two people waiting for him and Nate on the platform. They walk off the chopper and up to the two persons.
"How was you're flight?" The man on the right asked. he had a badge on his chest saying Pentecost.
Nate's jaw dropped.
"Stacker Pentecost!?! It's an honor to meet you, sir!" Nate shook his hand but Pentecost kept a stoic gaze.
"Who's this guy?"
"This is Stacker Pentecost, head of the Jaeger program and living legend." Nate stated as he gestured to him
"Meh, looks like Samuel Jackson to me."
Oh God.
"This way." Pentecost gestured the duo to follow him and the woman to a large elevator, but not before Nate elbows Shaun in the chest. The two make their way into the elevator when Pentecost briefs them on what they've been assigned to.
"We've detected another Breach. You two are going to check it out, see what's there then haul ass back to base, understood?"
"Yes sir!" Nate salutes.
"Another Breach, just what we need... yay." Shaun says flatly.
The four get out of the elevator into the Jaeger bays.
"How come there's only five here? Shouldn't there be more, sir?" Nate asks as he and his partner gaze upon the metal behemoths.
"We are no longer an army, Mr. Lackey. We're the resistance now."
Nate's eyes widened in shock at what the Marshall said. The four come across a giant, red Jaeger with three arms.
"This is Crimson Typhoon. Chinese made it, one of the best. Piloted by the Wei Tang brothers, triplets."
"I honestly don't see how THREE people can pilot a Jaeger meant for TWO, but that's just me." Shaun states.
Shaun and Nate looked at each other for a moment before stumbling upon Crimson's pilots playing a game of basketball.
"Some people have WAY too much time on their hands." Shaun quips. The three brothers stop playing their game and looked at the two with a mix of confusion and disdain.
"Hey, how ya doin? We're the new boys here." Shaun says as he waves to the three.
"Nín hǎo, wǒmen shì xīn lái de." Nate says.
The three bow their heads, Nate and Shaun do the same.
The three go back to their game. The two pilots walk more before Shaun accidentally runs into two Russian pilots, a man and woman.
"Ey, smotri, kuda vy idete!" The woman says with disdain.
"Sorry, my bad. Wow, nice suits!" Shaun tries to check out the Russian's attire but is grabbed by the man standing next to her.
"Nazhmite yeye snova, ya budu khvatat' ruku ot." The man says, grabbing Shaun's arm, putting it in vise-like grip.
"OH, YOU'VE GOT A FRICKIN' KUNG-FU GRIP! NATE, A LITTLE HELP?!" Shaun yells in pain to his partner, who soon arrives.
"Nazhmite yego snova, i ya sdelayu , chto vy nikogda ne khodit' tak zhe, opyat' zhe... tovarishch." Nate growls at the Russian.
Slowly the man let's go of Shaun's arm, now throbbing in pain. The man and Nate stare each other in the eyes, waiting for one of them to back down.
"Aleksis, khvatit!" Pentecost yells as Alexis and his twin walk out of sight.
"I will never mess with another Russian again!" Shaun exclaims.
The guys and girl continue along until they run across a massive grey Jaeger with a funny looking head.
"This one's Striker Eureka, first and last of the Mk V's. Strongest model ever. If it wasn't for this Jaeger, Sydney would've been flattened."
"The Mutavore Incident." Nate states as he looks to the metal monster with curiosity.
"Hey, I thought greenhorns weren't allowed here!" A gruff voice hollered.
"Oh great, you too?" Shaun complains.
"Don't listen to him, he's just being an ass right now. Who are you two?" Another deeper, gruff voice called.
"My name's Nate Lackey and this is my partner, Shaun Harper."
A man walked up to them and shook their hands. He looked aged.
"Excuse Chuck for being an asshole, I raised him by meself. The name's Herc, Herc Hansen."
"Woah, you were a Mk I pilot, cool! Are you still piloting?" Shaun exclaimed
"Yup, along with my son, Chuck." Herc gestured to a man playing with a bulldog.
"Guy's gotta learn to watch what he says around people. I was fixin' to kick his ass back to Sydney." Nate balled his fists.
"Yeah, wait in line." Herc said with disdain.
The two said their goodbyes, walked even more until they saw a blue Jaeger in the Repairing Bay.
"No... it can't be! I thought she was destroyed five years ago!" Shaun looked to see a man with blonde hair approaching.
"She was, up until now at least. You must be new here, I'm Raleigh Beckett." Raleigh put his hand out.
"OHMYGOSH, Raleigh Beckett! You, my friend are a legend." Shaun immediately shakes his hand.
"Pentecost, you picked 'em blind?" Raleigh cocked an eyebrow at the marshall.
"They have potential, Mr. Beckett. That's all you need to know." Beckett goes off on his way.
The group continued through the bays.
One Jaeger stood out from the rest. It was a Mk III, which had a Nuclear Vortex Turbine, a replica of Gipsy Danger, but it was black, with three red stripes going down the head and both sides of the chest. It had two Plasmacaster cannons in its arms, chain-swords and as well as a special version of sting-blades. Instead of two blades that came out the sides, there were three that emerged from the arms themselves.
"Like Wolverine's claws?"
Yes, like Wolverine's claws. Two giant rear-jets give the Jaeger the power of flight. But there was something different, something more to it.
"Wow, which one's ours I wonder?" Nate asks.
"The black one, she is called Titan Crusher." The woman finally speaks.
"Okay, who is this woman?" Shaun asks.
"My name is Mako Mori."
"Like a Mako shark?" Shaun cocked an eyebrow in confusion.
"Yes and no. Anyway, we need you to get some food and suit up, you're leaving in 30. Dismissed." Pentecost goes on his way with Mako and Shaun and Nate head for the cafeteria.
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