It was the time of the Black. Most of Australia had been left abandoned, leaving the entire continent to the deadly kaiju. Few human settlements remained, and all were mere camps. However, it was at one of these camps that a young boy would forge the beginning of something new, whether it was good or not.

He was about twelve years old, with light skin, blue eyes, and spiky, black hair. His name was Adrian, and he was currently sitting inside a shack, looking at different blueprints he had found showing different Jaegers. The current one he was looking at showed one of the Chinese Jaegers; this particular one fascinated him as it had three arms. The name Crimson Typhoon could be seen at the bottom.

"Looking at Jaegers again?" asked a voice behind him. Adrian whipped around to see a girl about his age with green eyes and purple, chin length hair standing in the doorway. Seeing her Adrian smiled to see his best friend and waved her in.

"Hi Mei" he said, "Yeah, I was looking at some of my favorites."

Mei walked over and looked at the blueprints, pulling out one that showed a bulky mech that had what resembled a nuclear reactor on its head; the words Cherno Alpha were seen at the bottom.

"I can't believe you actually like this one" she joked "It looks like a box with legs."

"Hey, Cherno could hit things really hard" Adrian argued.

Mei rolled her eyes as she sat down next to him "Is there one you even enjoy the most?"

Adrian thought for a moment, then dug through papers "Well, there is one that looks a bit more interesting than the others."

After a few moments, he pulled out a blueprint that showed an very interesting looking mech. It looked like a kaiju, resembling a giant, lizard like creature with back spines. The designs even showe laser built within the mouth. There was no name describing it, but the word CLASSIFIED was seen on the page.

Mei stared in awe at the drawing "I've never seen this one before."

"I just found it a few days ago, too" Adrian said, "It looks like they were trying to create a Jaeger that could look and fight like a kaiju. Almost like fighting the kaiju on their own terms."

"Interesting" Mei said, stoking her chin.

"Someday, I want to find this mech, fix it, get it online, and use it to destroy every kaiju on the continent. I'll save everyone."

"Well, if you do that" Mei said, "Then I want to be piloting it with you."

Adrian smiled "I'd like that a lot, actually."

Little did they both know was that that dream would end up becoming a reality, yet it would spark a whole different series of events that none of them could have ever prepared for...