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Phantom - Chapter Nine

Phantom’s P.O.V

Today’s training was super intense and after that fiasco before I went up in the plane had left me in a daze. I walked back to the classroom because I wanted to read more about the mission and what it was going to entail. There was only so much they could verbally teach us about so I took it upon myself to learn more about it.  

Walking towards the white board, I looked at what the plan was. We were supposed to destroy the uranium enrichment plant but it looked like it sat deep in the canyon. 

I traced the route with my finger, the path going beneath radar then over a mountain and shooting at the target. 

That wasn’t the hard part. It was the getting out that was the most concerning. Leaving the canyon, we were supposed to climb a steep ass hill without getting shot down by the enemy. That climb out of there was going to be bad and one of the reasons why we were having to practice holding all of those G’s. 

Our bodies would feel like there was an elephant sitting on our chest, compressing our lungs. I think maybe that was why they were training us to figure out who would be the ones to be able to handle that. 

Who was going to be the mission leader this time? I figured it was going to be Maverick considering he has real world experience in this. Surely they wouldn’t let Hangman be the mission leader. That would be horrendous considering he has a reputation of leaving people hanging in the air. 

This was a very daunting mission, one where someone may not be coming back from. I sighed as I walked away from the board and sat down to look out the window. I could see all of the jets from here and I questioned my ability to even do this mission. 

I wanted to be picked to do this mission but after that stunt I pulled, I don’t know if I would be a part of it. I knew what I did was dangerous and yet I did it anyway. Putting Omaha’s life in danger like that wasn’t good even though just flying those jets was dangerous. Still, I shouldn’t have done it.

The more I thought about it, the more I thought that I had deserved to be yelled at like Maverick did. 

I probably spent my last chance at this mission doing that stupid maneuver so I was just going to have to accept I wasn’t going to be picked for the mission. Thinking about this so hard was going to give me a headache so I tried to switch to something else and that was my father. 

I needed to go see him. 

Even the thought of that put me in a sad mood given his health situation. Then that thought led me to Maverick. Didn’t he know that my father was sick again? I guess after being shipped off to Bosnia will alienate you from your friends and family. 

I probably should head out soon but it was relaxing sitting here listening to the other pilots that train here take off in their F-18’s. I sat back and smiled. I couldn’t imagine not being able to do this. It was extraordinary.

*Bang

I jumped out of the seat I was in and turned around to see the door opening with Maverick strutting inside.

Of course it was Maverick. Who else would it have been? The sudden urge to flee the room pulsated through my body but…that would be me being a coward and I refused to do that.

Apparently Maverick knew what I was thinking because he raised his eyebrow in a cautionary way and held up his hand. “Before…you leave, I want to talk to you about the other day.” Immediately, I felt defensive and I stood up, looking him directly in the eye. 

“Why? So you can yell at me again?” The sass in my voice was real. A moment passed before he spoke again. He seemed to be contemplating what to say next. 

“I didn’t come here to yell, Ava. I just wanted to talk to you about the dangers of what you did, that’s all.” I crossed my arms and said “I know what I did was dangerous, you don’t need to reprimand me.”

“If you know then why did you do it?” Frustration began to rise out of me and I couldn’t control it. I began pacing the room, not even bothering to look at him anymore. 

“Why does it matter to you Maverick? I mean seriously! Why do you care so much about it? I won’t do it again.” 

He walked closer to me and his scent invaded my space once again making my head swirl. “Ava-” I cut him off, not wanting to hear it. 

“You don’t get on to anyone else for doing stupid shit so why me and why now? You haven’t been around for years and now all of a sudden you want to act like you care?”  I could tell that stumped him because the response I got was a shocked and hurt look on his face. 

My intention wasn’t to hurt him but I mean seriously. I wanted to find out what his deal was so I stood there and watched as he opened and closed his mouth. He didn’t know what to say which was typical so I just scoffed and attempted to walk by him to leave but he grabbed my arm gently and I stayed put where I was. 

“You don’t understand.” I watched as his Adam's apple bobbed up and down causing my heart to wrench. 

“What don’t I understand?” I said softly. 

Another moment of silence passed and I came to the conclusion that he wasn’t capable of being honest with me so I took his arm off of mine and walked out of the room on the verge of crying.

Maybe it was time for me to visit home for a little while.

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