Wing and a Prayer
Ch4
**Tones**
I maneuvered left and right, up and down, praying to celestia that I would shake the bandit off my tail, just then the lock warning siren stopped. I quickly checked my six and saw the bogey was no longer there, I relaxed a little until I heard a shout over the radio.
"SHIT, HE'S ON ME!"
It was Lightning, I hastily scanned the skies and spotted him, his jet was being targeted by the same fighter that was targeting me. I turned hard right and pitched down the maneuver putting high g's on my body, I was behind them now, but the jet was too far to get a good lock on, then I saw what I feared , the enemy shot a missile straight at my son, I could see him frantically pumping out chaff and shooting out flares, I couldn't bear to watch my son die, I took action, hitting full throttle and hitting the afterburners, propelling my jet strait at them, my adrenaline raced, I had to save my son. I heard the missile lock siren go off for a split second, and I shot the missile as soon as it did, it zoomed up his tail pipe and exploded as I streaked past, I couldn't see whether or not lightning had made it or not, I feared the worst, until I heard over the radio…
"Thanks dad, I owe you that one…"
I let out a sigh of relief, he had survived
Though the fight only lasted a few minutes, it seemed like hours before we cleared the skies, but we did it, and all of us came back alive. Not bad for a rookie squad's first fight…