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Chapter 22: Pacific Rim, Part 7

Chapter 22

Ruby and Jaune blended into the crowd that flowed into the control room as Nora began her briefing.

"The Breach was exposed at 2300 hours." She said. "We have two signatures, both Category 4s, codenames Otachi and Leatherback. They'll reach the city within the hour."

"Evacuate the city, shut down all the bridges." Ironwood ordered. "I want every single civilian in a refuge right now. White Scion, Pack Alpha, you two will frontline the harbor. Stay on the Miracle Mile. Nothing gets in without a fight. Ember Celica, I want you to stay back and look after the coastline. We cannot afford to lose you, so you do not engage unless absolutely necessary."

"Yes, sir." Tai and Yang sounded off.

"You two." Ironwood said, turning to Jaune and Ruby. "You stay put." They nodded their assent. "Let's move!"

"Oh, that's real sensible." Jaune said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Is there a problem, Mr. Arc?" Winter said.

"No problem, unless you include the general who is holding back his best weapons."

"Are you questioning the general's decision?" she asked, narrowing her eyes at him.

"Yes, I am." Jaune said, turning to face her. "Think about it. At the start of the movie, Crocea Mors was taken out by a single Category 4 Kaiju, and that was with a veteran crew with multiple kills under their belt. Now, they're dealing with two of the same opponents, yet all he's doing is essentially evening the odds by holding Crocea Mors and Ember Celica in reserve while the other two engage."

"Jaune, you know what his reasons are, right?" Weiss asked, trying to back up her sister.

"I do, and they're bullcrap. When we fight the Grimm, do we hold back? No, we use everything we have to beat them, because we know that they won't hesitate to kill us first. Terminate with extreme prejudice, that's all that works against monsters, and the Kaiju are no different as far as I can tell."

Minutes later, Scion and Alpha were being air-lifted to their posts by Bullheads, while Celica was wading out into the surf.

"Loccent, Celica's got the ball and we're on the move." Yang radioed in.

"Loccent, nearing positions and awaiting your orders." Taiyang reported.

"Remain in the Miracle Mile. Engage at your discretion." Ironwood radioed, "Also, keep your eyes open. These Category 4s are the largest we've seen, both in size and weight."

"Even more reason to-! Bah!" Jaune said, frustrated at Ironwood.

When Alpha and Scion had reached their positions, they disengaged their transport clamps, fell into the water, and began to patrol the area.

In the city, several people were chanting as they entered a temple of some kind, whose entrance was the mouth of a Kaiju skull.

"Look at them." Roman said. he and Oobleck were on a balcony overlooking the temple behind his... business. "They believe that the Kaiju were sent from Heaven. That the Gods are expressing their displeasure at our behavior. Freaking idiots..."

"Interesting..." Ozcar mused.

'Hmph. They did that when they abandoned this world.' Salem thought, remembering that day.

"And what do you believe?" Oobleck asked him.

"Well... I believe Kaiju bone powder is 500 lien a pound. What do you want?"