Prompt: Pacific Rim Hangover AU
They waited in the middle of the desert, a hot breeze kicking up the grains of sand around their shoes, but they all knew the situation wasn’t going to change. Tendo was the only one standing, his usually put-together appearance having crumbled over the course of the day that they had. The hospital admittance bracelet was still around his wrist, mingling with the beads of his rosary and the pomade in his pompadour had been nearly sweated out the longer he stood there, leaving strands of dark hair dangling over his forehead. He looked at the phone in his hand and then to his companions, the rest of his wolf pack as Newt had called them.
Hermann had his thin arms wrapped around his knees as he sat with his back leaning against their car. The back of his neck was sunburned and his lips were pressed together so tightly, they had gone white. He was still trying to cover the hole in his mouth where his tooth had once been. His cane (or rather, the cane Newt had found in their hotel room that morning, flames adorning the bottom) sat in the sand beside him. He was wearing two wedding bands on his ring finger, one from his wife, Vanessa, and the other from his accidental marriage to a stripper, which had been voided earlier but the ring remained.
Newt sat a few feet away from Hermann, crouching down and drawing little stick figures in the sand in front of him. There was a crack in the right lens of his glasses and he was sporting a nosebleed. Every so often, he made a face and twitched, perhaps a lingering symptom from when he was tased earlier.
“Guys, I’m gonna make the call,” Tendo finally said, finding the number in his phone and pressing the call button. Hermann and Newt perked up a little and stood, Hermann leaning on his cane. Tendo held the phone to his ear and listened to the dialtone.
“Mako, it’s Tendo,” he said. “Tendo, where are you guys? I’m beginning to get a little freaked out!” “Yeah, listen, uh…we fucked up.” “What are you talking about?” “The bachelor party, the whole night. Things got out of control and uh…we lost Raleigh.” “What?” “We can’t find Raleigh.” “What are you saying, Tendo? We’re getting married in five hours!” “Yeah, uh…that’s not gonna happen.”
