Whumptober 2022
Prompt #12: "Mayday, Mayday!" | Cave In | Rusty Nail
You ever lost a wingman?
"Smoke in the air! Smoke in the air!"
"Mav, where are you? Mav—"
"Evade, Jarvis! I'm almost there, evade!"
"Left engine fire—Jarv!"
"Extinguishing left engine—hang on—"
"Here comes another one—"
Fly long enough, it'll happen.
"Mayday mayday mayday! We're going down!"
"Jarvis! Mouse! No!"
There will be others.
"Chutes?! Frisco—did you—"
"Yes, yes! Got 'em—no, no! Damn them, damn them!"
"Frisco—"
"Damn it, Mav, they're gone—on the way down, those f—Mav! Smoke in the air! Evade!"
You can count on it.
"Mav! We gotta get out of here!"
"Yeah—yeah, Frisco, call it in." Damn it, Jarvis, Mouse. I'm sorry.
"Command, Ghost Two is down. Ghost One heading back to carrier now."
"Acknowledged, Ghost One."
I'm sorry.
You gotta let 'em go. Gotta let 'em go.