ajremix | [drabble][Pacific Rim, PG-13, kaiju] Travelogue of a Lost Kaiju

Title: Travelogue of a Lost Kaiju
Fandom: Pacific Rim
Rating: PG-13 for some language
Word Count: 814
Characters: random kaiju, surprise cameo at the end
Summary: Razorface is a kaiju ready to destroy everyone in its path. Once it can find them.

The Breach roared open with a flash and a fury, spilling out a monstrous beast with too many legs and a jaw with teeth that could lock together like a death trap. The kaiju- which would eventually be given the moniker of Razorface -let the cold currents of the ocean pass over it, letting the sensations of this world seep into its brain where it measured up with the memories of those that came before it.

Razorface opened its maw, letting the salt water fill its mouth before snorting it back out through the nostrils that lined its cheeks. It gathered strength in its limbs before shooting out into the darkness, ready to ravage this planet's fragile population.

~*~*~*~

This planet was apparently larger than its brethren remembered. Or, and Razorface was loathed to consider this, it was just really bad at directions. There were really no markers this deep in the ocean that pointed out which way the people were and, to be entirely honest, once it left the seafloor it kind of had a hard time figuring out in which direction the surface was unless it messed with its swim bladder.

So Razorface kept swimming, knowing it would happen upon land eventually.

~*~*~*~

It did, indeed, hit land. That fact did not make Razorface happy because that land went straight up out of the water at a sheer angle and when it tried to scale it to see what was on the other side, the earth kept crumbling beneath its weight, plunging the kaiju back into the ocean.

Razorface floated in the ocean, just low enough that the waves lapped over the wedge of its head, and contemplated its situation. The cliffs seem to go on in either direction, vanishing into a heavy fog without lowering. Razorface eventually decided to cut its losses and go elsewhere, sinking back below the waves without another sound.

~*~*~*~

The second time Razorface surfaced, the land was much flatter and it could see everything all around. All the vast, vast... empty. There were obvious human-made constructs but nothing moved, no one was there. Some cold white stuff covered everything but beyond that it was just nothing.

Razorface snorted air out of its nostrils and submerged again.

~*~*~*~

Why were things so hard to find on this planet? Razorface could've sworn it passed that same coral formation five times already.

~*~*~*~

It felt an unnatural churning in the water and Razorface knew it had finally come across one of those aquatic vessels the tiny inhabitants used. It followed, slow and deep to keep from alerting anyone to its presence just yet, waiting until the thing led it to land- and more importantly: people.

Razorface saw it from a distance- a large mass that blotted out the shimmer of the sun from above. It shot toward the shape, ignoring the vessel that rocked wildly in its sudden wake and with a great heave of its mighty limbs, Razorface broke the surface of the ocean, roaring its blood thirst to the people as it landed-

Right through the mass and bellyflopping in the water. Plastic and soggy messes and all sort of disturbing little things clung to the various spines all over Razorface's body. It twisted and roared- voice muted in the water -trying to dislodge the disgusting bits of trash.

On the surface, the garbage boat did an abrupt u-turn and got the hell out of dodge.

~*~*~*~

By the time Razorface found land again everything around it was dark and the ground beneath its feet kept slipping. But it hauled its way onward and was, once again, filled with empty. Except for two people on a blanket, apparently in the process of mounting each other which they stopped in favor of screaming in terror at the kaiju. Razorface roared right back at them- it just wanted to kill things, dammit! Why was this so hard?

Angry, frustrated and feeling more than a little ashamed at how long this was taking, Razorface turned and left. A measly two people wasn't even worth it.

~*~*~*~

That damn coral formation exploded in a shower of bits and sealife guts in a completely unsatisfying way as Razorface left it behind.

~*~*~*~

It found land. It found land with people. People that were easily accessible! Razorface roared and it jumped about in the ocean. it was so stupidly happy- it could kill things now and wreck havoc and just completely let loose and fulfill its purpose-

Something heavy landed on its back. Heavy and cruel and utterly unimpressed with what Razorface accomplished as it swung its fists into it, over and over, until the kaiju stilled and dimmed.

Sasha tsked to herself as she and her husband dragged the carcass away from the populated area and its resources. "18 hours we waited for this creature," she sneered. "What took it so long?"