"Good morning Aviators. This is your Captain speaking. Welcome to basic flight maneuvers. As briefed today's lesson is on dog fighting. Guns only, no missiles. You cannot break the hard deck of 5000 feet. You need to work as a team and take me down or else." Maverick says over comms.
"How about we put some skin in the game, sir." Fanboy says.
"What do you have in mind?"
"If you'd shoot us down, we have to do something." Fanboy answers.
You can hear the smirk in Rooster's voice as he speaks, "200 push-ups sound good?"
Maverick laughs, "That's a lot of push-ups."
"Well, that's why they call it a workout sir."
"You've got yourself a deal, boys. Now let's turn and burn." Maverick calls out. Next, you hear is the pilots yelling profanities.
***
Chloe leaves the hangar they were told to stay in while the other groups were doing the exercise. As she makes her way outside, she sees the three aviators who made the bet on the tarmac doing push-ups. A man standing over them counting.
105 Down!
106 Down!
Chloe's eyes widen as she walks past them. She never had the strongest arms in the world, so she wasn't losing this fight. She gets into her plane and closes the hatch.
Slowly, she taxis her plane onto the runway and takes off. While in the air, Chloe admires the land around them.
"Hey, Ghost are we winning this thing?!" Phoenix hypes as she flies next to Chloe. Chloe laughs and gives Phoenix a thumbs up.
That's one thing about Chloe's flying that made her different than everyone else. She only used hand signals that they were taught in school and only used the comms when absolutely necessary.
"Where's Maverick? He's not on our radars " Bob looks around. Chloe coughs and gets the two pilots' attention. Once she does, Chloe points down motioning that he's below them. Using her hands, she shows Phoenix what to do. She tells them to roll left while she rolls right. Phoenix gives her a thumbs up.
"I'm right her- what the hell?" Maverick starts.
Phoenix rolls left and Chloe rolls right, slowing down so Maverick will fly past them.
"How in the hell!?" Maverick starts going faster as he's chased by the two planes.
"Believe me, Maverick I have no idea." Bob pipes up.
Chloe speeds up and starts trying to get a lock on him. Maverick goes into a barrel roll and Chloe loses all sight.
Her soft voice comes through comms for the first time, "Phoenix, 45°, Ground I got six. Ghost, 360° Sky."
"Copy."
"What in the hell?" Bob says. He looks between the two planes as Chloe peels away from them. "How did that make any sense?"
Phoenix shrugs with a smile on her face and does what Chloe told her to do.
Maverick looped back around, just as Chloe had suspected. She smirks as he follows Phoenix.
"Uh, Ghost he's on us! Help!" Bob calls.
"Mhm."
"Uh... ok." Bob shakes his head in disbelief.
Chloe quickly flies towards Phoenix and Maverick, but peels to the right and goes straight up.
Maverick chuckles, "Ghost what in the hell are you doing? You're leaving your wingman. That's gonna cost them."
