RWBY Watches Classic Movies

Chapter 16: Pacific Rim, Part 1

"For our next film, we will be jumping to something a bit more recent. It may not be a classic film, like Jurassic Park, but it has earned the praise it so rightly deserves."

"What do you think it'll be?" Ruby asked.

"Either that first one or the third." Weiss said, thinking it over, "The fourth one might also qualify, but I don't know our hosts' definition of 'classic' in regards to movies."

"Well, I wanna see that Pacific Rim flick." Sun said energetically, "Giant robots vs giant monsters? What could be better?"

The theater dimmed as the movie began.

Kaiju, (Animan) Giant Beast.

Jaeger, (Solitan) Hunter.

"When I was a kid," Jaune's voice began to narrate, "Whenever I'd feel small or lonely, I'd look up at the stars. Wondered if there was life up there. Turns out I was looking in the wrong direction."

"Yes," Sun cheered, "Thank you, Wolf Man."

Electricity began crackling on screen, illuminating the surroundings. It appeared to be arcing over some kind of crevice or canyon.

"When alien life entered our world, it was from deep beneath the Great Ocean. A fissure between two tectonic plates. A portal between dimensions. The Breach."

A fiery crack began to take shape underwater, and the electricity increased in intensity as a massive roar could be heard coming from the Breach.

"I was fifteen when the first Kaiju made land in Argus."

"No..." Pyrrha said, horrified.

"What's wrong?" Jaune asked her.

"That's my hometown..." she replied.

A giant lizard-like monster with what appeared to be an axe head on its' face attacked a suspension bridge filled with abandoned cars. It tore through the steel and concrete construction like it was paper, cars falling into the water, followed by the bridge itself.

Atlesian combat aircraft performed a strafing run on the beast, machine guns firing dust rounds that did nothing more than annoy it. One of the craft broke off from its fellows, trying to evade the claws only to be destroyed by the tail.

"By the time tanks, jets and missiles took it down six days and 35 miles later, three cities were destroyed. Tens of thousands of lives were lost." News footage of the damage done ran by in a pseudo-montage. "We mourned our dead, memorialized the attack, and moved on." The head of the monster was shown in a museum, easily three times bigger than any adult. "And then, only six months later, the second attack hit Shion."

"The acid factor of the Kaiju blood," Lisa Lavender reported in the background, "Causes a toxic phenomenon, called 'Kaiju Blue.'"

"And then the third one hit Vacuo." Jaune continued. "And then the fourth." A Kaiju skeleton could be seen on the deck of an Atlesian aircraft carrier.

"Well, these things definitely aren't some new kind of Grimm." Ozcar commented.

"Indeed," Glynda agreed, "Not if they leave remains. The Grimm turn to dust after death, that is an immutable fact."

'Much as I hate to admit it, they're right.' Salem thought. 'Though the concept of creating such Grimm is intriguing...'

"And then we learned: this was not gonna stop. This was just the beginning. We need a new weapon. The world came together, pooling its resources and throwing aside old rivalries for the sake of the greater good. To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own." A man in an intricate headset came on screen. Another with complex machinery covering his upper left side was shown in front of a massive robot. The man clenched his fist, and the robot did the exact same. "The Jaeger program was born."