Ghost • Tom Kazansky

• Chapter Eighteen •

"Mav's re-engaging!" Terence exclaimed as he looked out of the canopy at the jet, re-engaging in the fight behind them.

"Thank God!" Kara breathed in relief as her hazel gaze briefly fell onto the polaroid. "Thank you, Nicky.." She whispered.

"I can't get them off my tail!" Tom exclaimed as both him and Kara tried to shake off their bogeys.

"Ice, I've got your MiG dead ahead with Ghost's. I've got them dead ahead." Pete stated. "Good tone. I got good tone! Good tone, good tone! Firing!"

"Talk to me, Neo!" Kara said.

The RIO twisted himself around in his seat and watched as the missile, that Pete had fired, took out the right wing of the enemy MiG that was tailing Tom and Ron before another missile was fired at their MiG, hitting them in the left wing.

"Shit!" Kara exclaimed and glanced behind her.

"We're clear, we're clear!" Terence said, shifting around in his seat.

"But it's not over yet." The female pilot responded.

"Two MiGs dead ahead, closure eight hundred miles an hour." Merlin announced to the pilots.

"I see 'em, I see 'em." Pete acknowledged. "We can take them down left side. Ghost, you with me?"

"I've got your back, Mav." Kara responded. "Don't wait for me."

"Oh my God.." Merlin muttered as the two MiGs flew by before he noticed what was happening just below them. "Ice is right below us. He's got a MiG on his tail."

"He's firing! Break left, break left!" Ron exclaimed to his pilot. "He overshot, he overshot."

"We're coming in, Ice, we're coming in." The dark-haired pilot called out as he pulled his aircraft down with the blonde following close behind him. "You've got two MiGs dead ahead."

"Neo, I need eyes behind us." Kara instructed as she followed her friend towards her boyfriend.

"Copy!" Terence responded and twisted himself around to keep an eye out behind them.

"I got him, Mav." The ice-cold pilot acknowledged. "One MiG passing between us."

"Talk to me, Neo. How are we looking?" Kara questioned.

"We've got a MiG on our tail." The RIO responded, keeping a close eye on their enemy MiG.

"Shit!" The female pilot muttered. "Mav, you got this one?"

"I got it." Pete replied.

"Outstanding." Kara responded. "I've got an asshole to deal with."

With that, she jerked her joystick towards the right and broke off in that direction with her MiG following behind her.

"You got a MiG on your left, on your left. Three o'clock. He's gonna fire, he's gonna fire!" Ron called out, making Kara glance in their direction to find a missile heading towards them, but luckily, had missed hitting their aircraft completely. "Maverick check the guys to the north, check the guys to the north!"

"Banking left, banking left!" Pete announced as he flew his plane towards the left. "There he is. Get him, Ice, get him!"

"Okay, you guys, I'm coming in!" Tom stated.

"Shit, Mav's got a MiG on his tail!" Terence announced just as Merlin warned his pilot of the exact same thing.

Kara glanced over and wanted nothing more than to fly back over to assist, but she had to get rid of her MiG that was still trailing them.