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"dagger four"
"dagger three"
"dagger two"
"dagger one"
i sat there as each of them took off
beau came up behind me
"you doing okay there Fawkes?" he asked me
"i don't know. did you just use my callsign, sir?" i looked up at him
he smiled at me
"just trying to make you feel as okay as i can" he said
"thank you sir"
" you have private coms with lieutenant serisan of you feel you need someone to talk to, we're making sure to keep him updated but, i thought you might need it" he said gesturing towards an empty desk
i smiled up at him before moving the that desk, i put on the headset
"this is tower on a private com attempting to reach bagman" i spoke over the mic
"well consider him reached" he said
"how are you feelin?" he asked me
"i don't know, it hasn't really kicked in yet"
i said
"well don't worry, if anything happens be here to swoop on in and save their asses" he laughed
"yeah i know but, if something happens to them, your all i have" i said
"i know i'm sorry" he said
i thought for a moment in the silence, "hey if something happens to rooster does that mean i have to mary bagman!?" i said
jake just laughed
"approaching the target sir"
"hey i have to go but their keeping you updated right?"
"yeah, don't worry about me Y/N i'll be here if you need me" he said
i walked over to where beau was standing
"ready?" he asked me
"never" i replied
"starting timer" i heard das say over the radio
"sir they've got company" i looked up
two jets appeared on the dial
"what do you want us to do mav?" coyote asked
"continue on" he spoke "of they knew we were here we'd already be dead"
the flew in silence for a few seconds before thw mises hit the tarmac
" the jets are moving towards the target" pheonix said
"yep keep going" dad spoke
bradley was falling behind
"cmon rooster we gotta go faster" coyote said to him
"come on brad, you got it" i said to myself, i was clinging gooses tags rubbing them in between my thumb and fore-finger
i could hear dad whispering
"come on kid you got it"
and then i heard bradley
"talk to me dad"
my heart broke as i held the tags tightly in my hand
suddenly bradley sped up
"whoa rooster not that fast" coyote yelled from behind him
i laughed out
as they approached the target they all got into the mountain fine
dad hit the first target
"that's miracle one" beau said standing next to me
"now for miracle two"
"comeon bob where's my laser"
"i cant get it somethings wrong"
"alright im shooting blind"
brad shot and hit the target
"miracle two" i said
"now come home"
as they fought the SAMs i stood with my eyes closed, clutching gooses tags
i listened to the radio
"smoke in the air!"
"releasing counter missiles"
"one on your left maverick"
"pheonix watch out"
everything felt so real
i heard bradley yell
"smoke in the air, realizing counter missiles"
but nothing happened
"damn it! im out of flares" i turned to the radar screen
"what do i do mav" he yelled
"im hit! engine one down!" bradley yelled
"extinguishing"
"smoke in the air again! mav what do i do"
dad was silent, all i heard was a light
"talk to me goose" before das flew in front of the missile and got hit.
he didn't eject
"dagger one is down, no ejection"
"mav!" bradley yelled
pheonix shot down the last enemy jet
"we have to ho back for him"
i turned to beau
"admiral?" i asked him, but he didn't look at me
"come home pilots"
"no! we have to go back!"
"we can't rooster, he's gone"
my dad was gone, he promised me he wouldn't come home without bradley, i wasn't prepared for him to not come home at all
i let tears fall from my eyes
"rooster! turn around return to the carrier" beau yelled
i looked up, bradley had turned around
"i won't leave him"
"bradley no" i said
bradley shot at an enemy helicopter
and then hey was shot down
"dagger two down, confirmed ejection"
"no!" i yelled
beau turned to me
"you need to leave Y/N"
"No i'm not leaving!" i continued to cry
"get her out" two security guards escorted me out
i couldn't loose them both, i couldn't
i say and cried for what felt like an eternity
i felt like i couldn't breath
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the first few chapters of my divergent fanfic is out:))