Maverick's Prodigy (completed)

The Gucci Saviors

[Maverick pulls a hard right while opening fire at the Fifth Gen in a pre-emptive attack, ripping open the left engine and sending it into a descent.]

-Command Center-

Comms-Crew tech 1: Sir, overwatch reports the F-14 has engaged. One bandit is down.

[Reactions from the room - a few men even cheer. But not Cyclone, Warlock or Hondo.]

Rooster: Nice, nice, nice.

[The second Fifth Gen is surprised. Mav continues to move. The Fifth Gen recovers and launches a heat-seeking missile.]

SMOKE IN THE AIR. SMOKE IN THE AIR, MAV.

[Maverick dives down towards the smoking Fifth Gen and breaks left directly in front of it. The missile heading for them diverts to the higher temp Fifth Gen destroying it in a colossal explosion as the F-14 narrowly misses the blast.]

Nice, Mav, nice. SPLASH ONE. SPLASH ONE.

[The Fifth Gen pilot shakes his head, angry.]

-Command Center-

[The Fifth Gen drops into frame, fires another missile. The F- 14 is in a dive.]

Rooster: He's on us, he's on us. Here comes another one. SMOKE IN THE AIR. SMOKE IN THE AIR.

MAVERICK HIT THE FLARES. HIT THE FLARES.

[Maverick pulls the emergency wing deploy lever, immediately deploying the F-14's wing spread sending the F-14 into a neck- breaking vertical climb. Rooster shoots off the flares and the missile detonates just below the F-14 as they pull upwards. Maverick uses their energy to roll inverted, back into burner, pulling down and around on the Fifth Gen putting it in their target. Mav fires the sidewinder. Missile lock. A moment of celebration, they're going to get a splash two.]

Rooster: We got him. We got him. We got him.

You got him. You got him. You got him.

[The Fifth Gen pulls a maneuver that we've never seen before: It uses its thrust vectors to fly vertical and then in a close-range loop around the missile.]

[Whip pan to Rooster who has never seen such a move. Maverick has once, when Breaker was determined to be able to fly like other military fighters to be a true wild card]

Rooster: HOLY SHIT. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

Oh my god. We're gonna die. We're gonna die.

[They fly by the Fifth Gen so it's behind them again.]

-Canyon River-

[Maverick pushes for the advantage again.]

Yeah, do some of that pilot shit, Mav.

[Maverick flies upwards then splits the throttle pushing the F- 14 into a pirouette at full power.]

[The F-14 comes down behind the Fifth Gen and Maverick fires a missile.]

Yeah, get him, get him.

[Missile lock. Again, it looks like they've got him.]

[The Fifth Gen releases flares in a firework display of defense that takes out the missile.]

Oh shit, shit. This isn't good.

[Maverick pursues the Fifth Gen as it dives down into a canyon.]

We're out of missiles, Mav. Go to guns.

Mav: Going to guns.

[In a close-range weaving dogfight chase Maverick fires GUNS at the Fifth Gen.]

Rooster: Watch the wall, watch the wall.