Let's do this

Ace had a somewhat of a sleepless night but she was ready to do this mission.

They all gathered in the briefing room of the aircraft carrier. Stinger began to speak.

"Gentleman and Miss, This is bullseye. The communication ship, SS Layton, has wondered into foreign territory. The rescue operation is to begin within the hour, your mission is to give air support to that rescue. There are MiGs in the area, tensions are high. If you witness a hostile act, you will return fire. Those ships contain the exosent anti-ship missile. They can fire that missile from a hundred miles away. Gentleman and Miss, this is the real thing. This is what you've all been trained for. You are America's best. Make us proud."

"Ice."

"Yes, sir."

"Ace."

"Yes, sir."

"Hollywood."

"yes."

"Sector Two."

"Maverick, you back him up with Merlin on Ready Five."

"Yes, sir."

"RISE!"

Everyone stood up but Ice walked up to Stinger.

"Excuse me, sir?" He started.

"Yes?"

"This is not personal, but in regard to Maverick.... is he the best pilot-"

"I know what's on you mind, Kazansky, Just get on it!"

Ace looked at Maverick. "You stay safe." Maverick told the woman. "I will." Ace said as she walked off with Spade to get on their gear.

As they are walking to their plane. "Let's do this Ace." Spade said as he gave Ace a fist bump. "Let's do this." Ace said as they approached their plane.

..........

Ace was between Ice and Hollywood, she waved off any negative thoughts but she knew that they were haunting, she knew she had to stay focus.

"Voodoo one, you got a pair of bogeys. 12 o'clock, 15 miles." One of the radar said into the mic.

"Voodoo one, Voodoo one, zero-nine-zero. Radar contact 15 miles. I'm doing 500 knots." Iceman reported.

"Roger, that's your bogey."

Ace took a heavy breath as she and Hollywood stay close to Iceman while staying in the formation. Ace didn't want to lose anyone else she care about on this mission.

"Dead ahead, 15 miles. Airspeed is 600 knots." Iceman said into the comm.

While back on the ship, Maverick was getting ready. He was hearing Ace, she sounds shaky which worried him. He sighed.

"... 800 knots...dead ahead now eight miles, dead ahead now eight miles." Iceman called out.

"Wood and Ace? You got them?" Iceman called out. "Nothing yet, Wood?" Ace asked Hollywood. "Not yet, can't see them." Hollywood responded. "They must be close, I'm getting hard on." Wolfman also responded. "Geez." Spade said.

"Okay Ace and Wood, I'm taking the lead. Let's identify them." Iceman said as he flew ahead to scan the bogey.

"Roger, Ice. You got the lead. I'm on your left side, a little low as Ace is on your right side." Wood called out. Ace sighed.

They all then assumed an attack formation, but the bogeys followed.

"Oh shit!" Spade exclaimed which alerted the five pilots. "Spade?" Ace questioned. "What's happening Spade?" Both Iceman and Hollywood questioned.

"We got a problem, there are three pairs of bogeys!" Spade called out into the Comm. "Make that seven bogeys!" Woflman exclaimed. "What the.." Ace was about to call out but Wolf jumped in. "Oh shit! He's got a radar lock on us!" Wolfman exclaimed.

"Damn it !" Ace exclaimed. "Get out of there, Hollywood! Get out of there, goddammit!" Ice yelled. Both Him and Ace were overwhelmed at this point. "GET OUT OF THERE! THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT!" Ace exclaimed. "I CAN'T SHAKE THEM ACE!" Hollywood exclaimed.

The missile was shot and they tried to break left. The bogey was true to its aim, hitting them right on their wing. Ace gasped which caused her to jerk plane to the left. "HEY HEY ACE! YOU ARE FINE!" Spade exclaimed. Ace took a breath. "I'm sorry." Ace said.

"I'M HIT! I'M HIT! I'M COMING APART! I CAN'T CONTROL IT!" Hollywood exclaimed in the comm.

"0-9-0 20 we are going down!" Wolfman called out, panicking.

"Wood's been hit! Wood's been hit! Shit! Voodoo One, Voodoo One, Wood's been hit! We've lost Hollywood, I repeat! We've lost Hollywood!" Iceman called out as panic hit him as he and Ace trying to swerve around the bogeys while he was reporting to the tower.

Ace watched them eject and land safely into the water. "Hey, hey. there are fine." Spade muttered to her, to keep her calm. Then Ace heard Maverick and Merlin were on their way.

"Maverick's airborne." Maverick called out into the comm.

"Iceman and Ace, what's your position?" Merlin asked them.

"0-9-0 and a hundered and eighty miles!" Both Ace and Iceman responded. "Oh shit! One's coming on the left Ice and Ace!" Spade warned them both.

"Three MiGs, dead ahead, coming on the left side! I'm going after them, I'm bringing it around on the left! Ace keep up!" Iceman called out to her, watching the MiGs fly by, then assuming an attack formation.

"We've got six on our tail! that makes eight of them!" Spade called out. Ace started to shake and trying to get herself together. "We got this, we got this." She muttered. "Damn, One MiG is going into Guns Range!" Ace called out. They heard the radar sounds and heard shots. "Their firing! BREAK RIGHT!" Spade called out. "BREAK RIGHT ICE!" Ace exclaimed as she broke right and he followed and also broke right.

"This is Voodoo One, We are totally defenseless!" Iceman shouted.

Ace then came up with a plan, she just needed Maverick. "Maverick's supersonic, I'll be there in thirty seconds." Maverick reported

"Move your ass! Get up here! I'm engaged in five, repeat five, I'm in deep shit!" Iceman called out. As Ace went a different direction. "WATCH YOUR BACK ICE! ONE of the MiG's coming!" Ace reported as she saw it. "BREAK RIGHT!" They barely dodged a missile that was shot at them. "ACE BREAK LEFT!" Spade called out. "BREAKING LEFT!" Ace called out as she dodged the missile.

"Holy forking shit." Ace exclaimed. "Shit! that was close!" Tom remarked. "Maverick, how about some help down here? Where are you?" Iceman questioned.

Maverick looked ahead at the fight. "Jesus Christ."he muttered. "Maverick, How about some help? Engage, god damnit!" Iceman exclaimed.

"Maverick we got a MiG on our tail." Merlin called out. Ace looked back at the MiG on them. "Shit." Ace muttered. "We flew right into his Jet wash." Merlin called which caused Ace and Spade's eyes to widen.

"Get control, Get control!" Merlin called out.

Which they recover. "Good recovery Mav." Merlin called out. Ace sighed in relief and kept an eye on Iceman. "Okay let's get in there, we gotta help Ace and Ice." Merlin called out.

Spade kept an eye on the MiGs behind them, Ace kept an eye on Iceman and Slider. "Come on let's get back in the game Maverick, come on!' Merlin exclaimed. "It's no good, It's no good." Maverick said.

Then Ace heard Maverick disengaging. "AHH DAMN IT! MAVERICK DON'T!" Ace exclaimed. "SHIT SHTI!" Spade exclaimed in panic. "GODDAMN IT! MAVERICK DISENGAGING!" Slider called out. "I knew it! Shit!" Iceman called out.

"Hang in there Maverick, you can't leave them, come on!' Merlin called. "Come on Maverick." Ace muttered. Then she heard him. "Talk to me Goose." She sighed.

Then Spade saw Maverick coming back, "MAVERICK IS REENGAGING!" Spade exclaimed. "YES!" Ace exclaimed.

"I can't get them off my tail!" Ice was still yelling.

"Ice, I've got your MiG dead ahead along with Ace's. Good tone, I got good tone! Firing!" Maverick aimed his missile at one of them took a shot at one then took a shot at the one trailing Ace, hitting them both in the wing.

"Holy Shit!" Ace exclaimed. "Two MiGs, dead ahead, closure 800 miles an hour." Merlin called out to Maverick and Ace.

"I see em, I see em. take them down left side, Ace, you ready?" Maverick called out. "You know!" Ace exclaimed.

"Ice is right below us, he got a MiG on his tail." Merlin noticed what was happening.

"He's firing break left, break left!" Slider called out to Iceman. "He overshot, He overshot."

"We're coming in, Ice. Coming in." Maverick called out as he pulled his plane down and Ace followed. Spade kept an eye behind them. "You've got two MiGs, dead ahead." Maverick called out.

"I got him, Mav. One MiG passing between us." Iceman said more calmer. "How's it looking behind us Spade?" Ace called out. "We got a problem. We have a MiG on our tail." Spade said. "Maverick you got this?" Ace called out. "I got it Ace!" Maverick called out. "Good, I have an asshole to get off my tail." Ace called out. "Be careful little sis!" Slider called out. "Don't worry, I am big girl, I can handle it big bro." Ace said as she went another direction as another MiG began to follow her.

"You got a MiG on your left, on your left, three o'clock. He's gonna fire, he's gonna fire!" Slider called out. It fired but missed. Ace hated that she wasn't with them but she had to get some of these MiGs off of their tail.

"Maverick, check the MiG to the north!" Slider called out.

"Banking left, Banking left!" Maverick flew left and sat the air was clear for a shot. "Get him, Ice. Get him!'

"Okay you guys, I'm coming in!" Iceman called out, flew in behind the MiG.

"Maverick, we've got a MiG on our tail! He's catching up!" Merlin warned him.

"I can't leave Ice." Pete said, determined. "He's coming around! He's coming around! He's gonna get behind us!" Merlin panicked.

"I'm not leaving my wingman." Maverick told him. Ace smiled. "Ace, we can't shake them!" Spade called out. Ace had a plan, a stupid one. "Switching to guns!" Ace called out. "What are you doing!" Spade called out. "Pulling a Maverick, duh!" Ace said. Before Spade could questioned the woman any further, she did maneuver that Maverick done one time and ended up right behind them both then taking them both out.

"YES!" The five pilots exclaimed. Ace and Spade made their way back to them. "I'm on his tail, I'm on his tail, I'm going for it, I'm going for the shot right now. Roger, engaged." Tom switched to missiles and prepared to shoot. "I got a radar lock, good tone, i'm taking the shot! Fire!'

"BINGO!"

"WASH THAT SUCKER, YEAH!"

"Ice!" Ace called out. "Watch out, there's a MiG to your right! He's firing!" Maverick reported to him. Then they got hit.

"I'm Hit! I'm Hit!" Iceman called out.

"We're hit in the right engine. Smoke in the air!" Slider told Iceman.

"I'm shutting it down!" Iceman called out. He shut the right engine off and the air was clear again.

"Ice, that bogey's still behind you. I'm maneuvering in for a shot." Maverick called out. "Stay with him, Mav. Stay with him. Take the shot! nail him!" Tom tried to move out of the way.

"Shoot, Ice! I can't get a tone!" Maverick called out.

"Get him Maverick, I can't get him off my tail!" The MiG fired and hit the plane again. "Maverick and Ace, We're hit! We're hit again!'

"Okay, both engines are functional, we're okay!" Slider called out.

"Ice, on the count of three, break hard right. Three, two, one. Break right!" Maverick commanded. Iceman broke a hard right and Maverick aimed but missed. He took another shot, staying behind the MiG. He hit the plane and yelled "Scratch three!"

Iceman saw the plane behind Ace, then behind Maverick. "Ace and Maverick, move! There are MiGs on both of your tails!" Iceman yelled out.

Ace smirked. "I guess round 2 huh?" Ace called out. "Remind me not to let my kid not be in an aircraft with you." Spade said. "I'm saving our asses." Ace spatted. "What are you doing? You're slowing down, you're slowing down!" Merlin said to Maverick. Ace shook her head, she had a pretty good idea what he was doing.

"I'm bringing him in closer, Merlin." Maverick said.

"You're gonna do what?" Merlin said with panic.

"Trust him!" Ace called out.

"I'm gonna hit the brakes and he'll fly right by." Maverick said to him. "I'm going to do that trick again." Ace said to spade and he nodded.

"NOW!"

While Maverick's plane jolted to a stop and then resumed flying behind the MiG, Ace did the maneuver again, end up behind the plane.

"I'm got a lock!" Ace called out. "I got a good lock, firing! Woo, splash four!' Maverick cheered as he and Ace hit the MiGs,

"HELL YEAH!" Ace exclaimed.

"Mustang, this is Voodoo three, remaining MiGs are bugging out!" Merlin reported. Ace smiled.

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Author's Note

GAHH I can't believe this book is almost over🥺 but I want to seriously thank you for 10k reads on ACE, it means the world💜