𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 | 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒈𝒖𝒏

─ 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆

"Okay folks, this is hop 31. Two weeks until graduation. The Top Gun Trophy is still up for grabs, so every point counts" Jester spoke as everyone was in their planes, flying out to complete their hops

"It's time for the big one!" Goose spoke

"You up for this, Maverick?" Iceman asked, looking over at Maverick's plane as he flew steadily alongside

"Just a walk in the park, Kazansky" Maverick responded, grinning as Tom rolled his eyes

"Contact! Multiple bogeys. 165, two miles. Looks like they're going away from us"

"Oh, I see them! Tallyho! Right, two o'clock. I'm in" Maverick spoke

"I'm in" Iceman spoke. They both moved their planes right and headed down to contact the bogeys. They came in level with the bogeys before they separated.

"That son of a bitch cut me off" Maverick muttered, almost stunned

"Come on, come on. Jesus Christ!" Maverick muttered to himself again as he tailed Iceman and the bogey

"Ice, take the shot! Come on, Ice. Get outta there!" Maverick spoke

"I can't get the angle. I'm too close for missiles" Iceman spoke, "I'm switching to guns" He flicked the switch on his lever

"Ice, fire or clear" Maverick spoke

"I need another twenty seconds then I've got him" Iceman spoke

"Jesus Christ! I could take a shot at him from my angle!" Maverick shouted

"I'm movin' in. I've got the shot" Maverick spoke, growing impatient with Iceman's tactics

"Come on, Mav. Let's get in there!" Goose spoke

"Maverick's getting impatient, Ice. Come on, take the shot" Slider shouted

"Ten more seconds, then I've got him" Iceman spoke

"Come on, Ice. Get the hell out of there. Let's do it, Mav" Goose shouted

"Ice, come off my right. I'm in" Maverick spoke

"I'm off! Shit!" Iceman spoke. Iceman moved his plane off the course of the bogey, causing Maverick and Goose to become caught in his jet-wash.

"We're in his jet-wash!" Goose exclaimed as alarms began to beep and the plane started to shake.

"Holy shit!" Maverick shouted as he attempted to stabilise the plane

"This is not good!" Goose spoke, "Shit, we've got a flameout, Mav!"

"Engine one is out!"

"Engine two is out!"

"Goose, I'm losing control. I'm losing control. I can't control it!" Maverick panicked

"Shit!"

The plane began to spin, dropping closer to the mountain peaks.

"This is not good! This is not good!"

"Mayday, mayday! Mav's in trouble. He's in a flat spin, heading out to sea" Iceman informed the headquarters

Ashley sat in her plane, as she listened in to the panics. Her eyes were filling up with tears and she closed her eyes, only to be met with visisons of the accident she and Twister had many months prior.

Maverick's plane Altitude began to drop, drastically

"I'm pinned forward, Goose. I can't reach the ejection handle" Maverick spoke

"Goose, you'll have to punch us out"

"Eject!"

"I'm trying!" Goose struggled

"Watch the canopy!" Maverick shouted. Goose pulled the ejection handle and the canopy ripped open, however Goose's seat was ejected into the canopy and he became limp, and unresponsive to Maverick's calls as he watched him float down into the ocean... Maverick following close behind.

They reached the ocean and Maverick swam to Goose, instantly knowing that something wasn't right.

He was gone... Goose was dead.

Maverick and Goose's body were brought safely back to base in the rescue helicopter as Iceman landed his plane down on the runway.

Ashley climbed out of her plane and sprinted over to Tom, wrapping her arms around him

"What happened? I heard Maverick was in a spin but then it went quiet" Ashley asked, pulling away from the hug

The helicopter landed and Maverick climbed out. Ashley turned to see a white sheet with the outline of a person being carefully lifted out and Ashley let out a gasp, instantly dropping to the floor

"Goose! No!" Ashley cried

Tom and Slider knelt down and hugged the girl.

Viper called off the rest of the hop trainings for that day, until they investigated the cause to Goose's passing. Ashley headed down the corridor and saw Maverick through the window of one of the rooms, staring blankly out to the runway

"Mav... I'm so sorry" Ashley spoke

Maverick turned and wrapped his arms around the girl as he silently sobbed.

"Its okay. I'm here" Ashley whispered softly.