Mrs. Bradshaw

The save! (Part 5!)

All three of us walked to our lockers. I grabbed my helmet. It was black and gold with stripes and wings. Along the front it said "The Guardian Angel" in gold lettering. I loved my helmet it was really nice. I walked to my plane checking everything. I checked the nose of the plane and the fuel levels. I finally got in and my flight crew came over and also checked everything over as well.
"You better have our back Angel or its all over for your career," Payback said to me as I got ready to go. This made my nerves even worse then they already were. I put my helmet on and got everything ready to go. I went to the runway I was the first to takeoff.
"And we are off gentlemen," I said to Fanboy and Payback. "Does anyone have eyes on Maverick?"
"No, we do not see him around us anywhere. He is also not on our radar," Fanboy said. I could see him frantically looking around. All of a sudden Maverick came and flew his plane between mine and Paybacks.
"Good morning, aviators. This is your captain speaking. Welcome to Basic Fighter Maneuvers, As briefed, today's exercise is dog-fighting, guns only, no missiles. We do not go below the hard deck of 5,000 ft. Working as a team you have to shoot me down or else...," he said to us as we tried to regain control of our planes.
"Or else what?" Payback asked
"Or else I shoot back. If I shoot either of you down you both lose," he said to us explaining the rules.
Of course Payback had to make it more complicated by saying "Sir why don't we put a little skin in the game? Whoever gets shot down first has to do 200 pushups."
"It is an exercise after all," Maverick said. I stayed quiet the whole time listening to them.
"Here we go folks," I finally said.
"Get into formation, payback chimed in. I was in front and we were in a welded wing formation. "Talk to me fanboy, where is he?"
"He's about 100 yards from us coming in from the left," fanboy reported.
"I'll go right if you go left then he will have to go for one of us and the other can come in from behind. I think it's time to see the angel at work with saving skills," payback said.
"Copy let's get this done," I said as I was getting ready to go to the left which was the way he was coming in. As he got closer I said "Payback go now!" He went right as I went left. It was almost like he was playing chicken with me. I was going head on into him and he would not budge. It finally got to a point where I pulled up. I went up and over him and then swung around. "Payback he is coming for you from behind," I said making sure he knew. I then turned the plane around so I could go try and lock into Maverick. I got right behind him. I was so close to getting locked in on him. When finally it locked.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first winner. You all will have to follow this amazing performance by Fanboy, Payback, and Angel." Maverick said to all the others who were listening over the radio.
"Sir I am expecting to see 200 push-ups after this," Fanboy said with a little laughter in the background from Payback. "You just got beat by a woman." None of the men at my last base treated me like this. It was almost like they respected me. "Now we know why you're called the guardian angel."
"Alright you three go land so we can get the next three up here," Maverick said to us. We did as we were told. I turned my mic off and began humming to myself. Humming helped me keep myself calm. I had a smooth landing and then took my plane back to the spot it was in before the exercise. I got out of the plane and took my helmet off. My brown hair falling out of it. I held it under my arm as I walked towards the room where the others were. Fanboy and Payback came and walked with me.
"Great job being our wingman. Usually we don't have a good one," fanboy said to me. He held his hand up for a high five which of course I gave to him and I gave one to Payback.
"Thank you for being a great two seater and going along with the plan," I said to them smiling. We put our helmets back and then went to the room. I looked out the window to see Maverick doing his pushups.
"There they are! The fantastic three!" Cried out Phenix. Everyone came over to us. I waved at Bob and he came over to me.
"I thought you three were dead but here we are!" Bob said to me. He seemed so excited I looked for the guy that I sang with. I saw him talking to Payback. It was almost as if he could feel me looking at him. He looked over at me. I tried to avert my eyes quickly. It seemed like I was too late because he came walking over to Bob and I.
"Bob!" I said in a whisper yell. "The guy who was singing is coming over. What should I do?"
"Talk to him! He could be nice just like me!" Bob said as he grinned.

(Thank you for being so patient with me. It took me longer then I expected to write this one since I have been a little out of it from surgery. I really appreciate you all!! Much love!)