When I woke up I saw a bird pecking at the remains of those who died. Listening out I heard a wind but nothing else. Finally coming out of the rubble I climbed up it to see from the roof. I crouched down and looked around what used to be a viridian city now in ruins. I went back down the rubble to where my father dissolved. All that remained of him was a purplish puddle.
I got down on my knees and started covering his "remains" with the rubble making a makeshift grave stone. I didn't really shed any tears, but I was sad. I never was attached to him or anything really. I sat there until my stomach growled.
Getting up I went out to find food. I walked out to see the jaegers who were fighting the kaiju in shambles. Ignoring my hunger I went towards the jaegers. As I walked toward the jaeger I was still listening around me. Luckily I didn't hear any rippers. They look disgusting and are built like a houndoom on crack cocaine.
As I got closer to one its entire head had been caved in, which meant there was no way to enter.
The other one though only had its arm ripped off so I went to that one. I saw some chunks of the arm along the road. Acid was dripping down the jaeger. Once I got close enough I started climbing up the leg. Avoiding the spots with acid I made it up to the jaeger head. The back of it opened so I assumed they escaped.
I climbed inside to see no pilots there. Remembering from what was said on theoretical exams, I pressed a button on the side said to activate the ai. When I pressed the button a blue orb appeared from the ceiling. A distress signal played and 2 people appeared on the screen. They said something about no reinforcements and kaiju appearing more.
I just gave a smile. There's nothing I can do, no reinforcements, even if the jaegers were operable I never finished training and I need a co-pilot. I leaned against the wall and just stared. My stomach rumbled again and I started looking through the jaeger. The pilots have to be in here for a long time so I doubt there is no food.
I pulled a little disc which opened the storage compartment. There were only a few military rations and 8 bottles of water. I drank half a bottle and ate ¼ of a military ration. They'll be my only food till I've found more.
I started thinking how I could survive out here, other than my better than average hearing I have nothing. I could try to fix the jaeger but I don't have the tools, smarts or strength to do it. I went through the Jaeger one more time and found something else behind the AI. Above it there was a small blueprint.
I looked over it with a smile. It was my ticket to survive. The blueprint had instructions to make a mini Jaeger for one person to pilot called a scout jaeger. Apparently it was for scouting close to the breaches but was discontinued for insufficient funding. It didn't have all the instructions but just the premise was good enough. Made of old jaeger parts, it would be possible with enough time. If I'm going to survive this would be essential.
(2 day time skip)
The military rations are still decent but my water is nearly out. I decided to go look for some food in a nearby building. No kaiju should have made it in meridian yet so I went out. Aside from the roads being dusty and foggy, it was easy to maneuver. I went to the closest stores looking for food and or tools.
Inside one store I found tons of canned food which would last me at least a few months. I remembered that there was a river near here and went over there. When I got there I saw the bridge that used to be was destroyed but the water did not have any acid in it. I used the water bottle I had and took it back to the jaeger.
After taking those back to the jaeger. I went back and found some tools needed to disassemble and create a new Jaeger. Looking at the blue prints it seemed like I didn't need to do much but copy the same design of a regular jaeger, but smaller. It was still extremely hard to build with instructions that weren't finished. But with enough food, water, and time I could make this.
hopefully