"Watch out! Kaiju attacking from three o'clock!"
"Here it comes!"
Under the deluge, the blazing red Crimson Typhoon was hit hard. Tailspitter exploded from the water, seizing the Jaeger's body and using its momentum to slam it backward.
"SCREECH!"
Crimson Typhoon stabilized after a few rapid steps. Tailspitter's claws dug into the armor, attempting to tear it open. Its three-section maw gaped, preparing to spit corrosive acid onto the cockpit.
Before the acid could launch, Crimson Typhoon clamped the Kaiju's jaws shut with two arms. The third arm began to crackle with electrical energy.
"Come on, you beast! Let's see who dies first!" Wei Hu Tang glared from the cockpit. Tailspitter's claws pierced the outer armor, and the three pilots felt the pain transfer through the neural connection, like skin tearing and flesh ripping.
But standing on the front line, their adrenaline and determination allowed them to ignore the pain.
"Wei Xiang! Plasma cannon!"
"Ready!" Wei Xiang Tang shouted.
The three-pilot system provided superior flexibility. While the other two brothers restrained Tailspitter's head, Wei Xiang charged the I-22 Plasma Cannon. In a flash, he pressed the glowing barrel directly against the Kaiju's flank.
"BOOM!"
Tailspitter tried to escape, but it was too late. Blue energy slammed into the Kaiju's abdomen, leaving a charred, smoking crater.
"SPLASH!"
"SCREECH! SCREECH!"
Tailspitter's massive body toppled backward into the sea, thrashing violently and churning the water.
At the same time, nearby:
"Hit it!"
"WHAM!"
"Hit it hard!"
"WHAM WHAM WHAM!"
The tower-like Cherno Alpha was instantly locked in a brutal brawl with Leatherback. The two pilots seized an opportunity, grabbing Leatherback's thick arm to maintain distance. The right arm, powered by a spring-loaded mechanism, delivered a devastating series of punches to the Kaiju's head, forcing it to spit blue blood.
Brutal and wild, the Russian war machine fought with ferocious intensity. In the first exchange, the two Jaegers seemed to hold an advantage.
But then—
"Don't forget the third Kaiju!"
"Cherno Alpha! It's at your six o'clock, closing fast!"
"Evade!" The command center's warning blared through the comms.
The two Jaegers were facing three enemies.
"Quick! Move left!"
Cherno Alpha's radar detected the incoming attack. They rapidly extracted the steel anchors fixing the Jaeger to the reef and attempted to dodge left.
Cherno Alpha was built for brute force, not speed. Despite their timely evasion, the sneak attack succeeded.
"ROAR!"
Otachi, a massive serpentine Kaiju, erupted from the waves. Its head, disguised like a flower, split open to reveal razor-sharp teeth. It instantly bit into Cherno Alpha's arm from behind and tore it clean off!
"AHHH!!"
The two pilots in Cherno Alpha screamed as the neural link transferred the agonizing pain.
The attack had aimed for the cockpit. They had dodged just enough to lose only an arm.
"ROAR!"
"ROAR!"
After the successful ambush, Otachi shook its head, flinging the mangled Jaeger arm into the sea. It joined Leatherback, and the two roared in unison, proclaiming Cherno Alpha's imminent doom.
"Damn it, Cherno Alpha is severely damaged. We need support!" Sasha checked the damage. Without its arm, Cherno Alpha's combat effectiveness was halved. She shouted urgently into the comms.
The situation was far from optimistic.
Crimson Typhoon's situation was equally dire.
Tailspitter, enraged by the plasma blast, burst through the water, dodging Crimson Typhoon's follow-up attack.
"SCREECH!"
Tailspitter spread its massive wing membranes and soared into the air. Its mouth bulged, preparing an aerial acid strike against Crimson Typhoon. Simultaneously, its tail, tipped like a blade, aimed for the cockpit. It would use the acid to restrict movement, then deliver a killing blow.
"Reply to Cherno Alpha: Crimson Typhoon cannot provide support!"
"It's coming! Thundercloud Formation, ready!"
From the first exchange, Crimson Typhoon had realized this Kaiju was perfectly designed to counter them. Every second of the coming fight was a gamble.
"We fight!"
Cherno Alpha saw Crimson Typhoon's dilemma. The remaining left fist clenched as the Jaeger charged the two Kaiju.
"SCREECH!"
"ROAR!"
"ROAR!"
All three Kaiju bared their fangs, launching a deadly, coordinated attack against the two damaged Jaegers. In the pitch-black rain, their monstrous faces looked terrifying under the searchlights.
Just as the five pilots braced for death, the command center's voice cut through the chaos.
"Reinforcements entering the battlefield now!"
"Cherno Alpha, Crimson Typhoon—hold on!"
The news was good, but with the Kaiju already upon them, the pilots could only grit their teeth. "We don't have time! How long until they arrive!?"
"3..."
Three minutes? They would be scrap metal in three minutes!
The pilots knew they couldn't last that long.
But—
"2... 1!"
The command center hadn't meant three minutes; they meant three seconds!
Just as Tailspitter sprayed acid and dove toward Crimson Typhoon, a silver blur tore through the rain. The massive sound of tearing wind drew every Kaiju's attention.
"SCRE—!"
"BOOM!!!"
The heavy Jaeger, Shaolin Rogue, plummeted from a thousand meters.
A fist, carrying earth-shattering kinetic energy, slammed into Tailspitter's skull. The force was so immense that the Kaiju couldn't even complete its death cry. Its massive body was instantly pulverized and slammed into the sea, creating towering waves.
Its skull was utterly destroyed.
Splattering blood and acid mixed with the violently churning seawater, announcing Tailspitter's instant death.
"WHOOSH—WHOOSH—"
Under the rain, before Crimson Typhoon's searchlights, the monk-like silver Jaeger stood firmly on the underwater reef. Water and spray washed over it, yet it did not move an inch.
The right fist, which had just annihilated the Kaiju, was shattered by the recoil.
But the broken fragments instantly reassembled under an unseen force, reforming the massive iron fist in the blink of an eye.
The pilots inside Crimson Typhoon stared at the sudden arrival, stunned into silence by the sheer power they had witnessed.
"Reinforcements have arrived on scene."
"Now—next target."
Natsuki's voice was calm over the comms. Piloting Shaolin Rogue, he began striding through the seawater toward the two remaining Kaiju that had cornered Cherno Alpha.
"CRACK!" Thunder boomed overhead, illuminating the scene.
The thunder in the rainy night seemed to announce the fate of the two remaining monsters.
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