Jaegers, Kaiju, and the Survivors

Jaegers, Kaiju, and the Survivors
27 February 2017
Hong Kong, HK, China
Jin, lying on the playmat, nudges a tower of blocks and over it goes.
Yutu freezes mid-stomp.
Fei Yen scowls.
Jin cringes. 「D'you want me to stack it back up?」
Fei Yen holds her hand up at shoulder height, palm facing him. 「Boof.」
Cheung kneels outside the disaster zone. 「So she's not knocking things over.」
「Clearly,」 says Hu, indicating the ruins of a once-great city, 「she is.」
「Unless the bunny is.」
「/jʷu/,」 corrects Fei Yen.
Cheung bows his head in apology. 「Unless Yutu's knocking over blocks.」
「Why would Yutu be on a rampage?」 mutters Jin.
「She's barely one,」 Hu points out. 「She doesn't really need a reason to knock things over.」
「/jʷu/!」 Fei Yen insists. 
「You're the same age!」
Fei Yen waves her bunny. 「/jʷu/.」 Points at herself. 「Bei.」
「Yutu's fifteen months old and you're fourteen.」
Fei Yen heaves herself up, toddles over, successfully avoiding the overturned shoebox, and pats Hu's head. 「/tǒu/.」
He squeezes her hand. 「I'm not a bunny. I'm a triplet named Hu.」
「/tǒu/.」
「You are red,」 says Jin.
「Fine, I'm a bunny.」 Hu grins. 「As are you, and you.」 He shoves at Cheung.
Fei Yen, smiling proudly, totters back to her spot.
Yutu strikes down another tower.
「And Yutu's wreaking havoc for no reason,」 he adds.
「We could ask,」 suggests Cheung.
「Her mom's, like,」 Hu peers over his shoulder, 「twenty feet and two doors away.」
「We should be able to figure this out!」 cries Jin. 「We were there when she started cooing—」
「Like a kitten,」 beams Hu.
「—when she rolled over for the first time—」
「That was bl-ridiculously terrifying,」 Hu mutters.
「That's why Marshal Xiong made us take that babysitting course,」 says Cheung.
「—when she had her first solid poop—,」 Jin snickers.
「Still not funny,」 grumbles Cheung.
「Hey, Commander,」 greets Hu.
「Officers Wei,」 replies Nang.
Confetti rains down.
「Happy New Year!」
「It's almost March!」 squawks Hu.
Nang shrugs. 「I just like confetti,」 and crouches down. 「You guys trying to work out the mysteries of the infant mind?」
「Specifically of the bunny,」 says Jin.
「Want a hint?」
「Sure,」 says Cheung.
「The box is a bunker.」
「Is she-,」 starts Hu.
「They're playing 'Jaeger and Kaiju'.」
「Oooo.」
「So she got annoyed when this idiot knocked down a tower—,」 begins Cheung.
「'cause Yutu's the Kaiju—,」 adds Jin.
「And Kaiju only attack one at a time,」 finishes Hu.
「Exactly,」 says Nang.
As one, the triplets turn back to Fei Yen.
Yutu charges.
「Boof!」
Her shot fires true and Yutu [recoils].
「We can do so much better,」 says Jin.
「Boof!」
Her aim is dead-on and Yutu stumbles into a building.
「Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?」 asks Hu.
「I don't even need to be a triplet!」 laughs Nang. 「This is so cool!」 Stands up. 「I'll sound the alarm.」
「You can do that, can't you,」 breathes Jin.
「Benefits of being of the Marshal's PA. Gonna need a name and a visual for LOCCENT.」
「We can get you that information,」 promises Cheung.
「Hey, Fei Yen?」 asks Hu.
「/tǒu/?」
「You want us to be a Jaeger?」
Fei Yen clutches Yutu to her chest. 「/jʷu/?」
「She is your copilot,」 says Cheung.
Fei Yen demands 'up'. 「Dop.」
.
Jin scans the Rec room. 「Hey, Mako!」
She flinches but looks up from her book.
「Boof!」 yells Yutu.
「Direct hit,」 reports Cheung.
「Two-Jaeger-drop against a Category One?」 asks Hu.
Jin holds up a picture.
Little tiny flicker of a smile.
「Thaaa- ow!」 Cheung pries Fei Yen's hand away from his ear. 「Stop tugging, we're—
「/jʷu/!」
「Evacuation procedures?」 Mako inquires.
「Ow! Yutu! Other Jaeger! Getting! Engaging soon!」
The intercom shrieks. 「The Mark-2 Jaeger, Lunar Red, is preparing to deploy against the Category One IM-17, codename 'Sporkbutt', in the East Wing. All hands, please clear the area. I repeat, Lunar Red, Category One 'Sporkbutt', East Wing, please clear the area.」
「Tada!」
Mako smiles tentatively. 「Ranger Mori, prepared for drop.」
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