The Bitch in the Back Seat

Posted on Tue Sep 19th, 2017 @ 2:34pm by
Edited on on Sat Sep 30th, 2017 @ 1:23pm

Mission: https://wellington.pegasusfleet.site/index.php/sim/missions/id/3
Location: Holodeck
Timeline: June 15, 2399 - 0800

ON:

Hawkeye strolled down the corridor to the holodeck and entered the appropriate program required for Cobra's test simulation. She entered the holodeck and set about checking out her fighter just ss if the simulation was real. She had to remember that while it was a simulation, this would be based on her abilities as a pilot. She knew that Cobra was going to ride her hard but didn't want THAT to affect her performance. Satisfied she had completed her internal preflight procedures, she proceeded to do the external visual inspection of her fighter.

Kat had positioned herself in an out-of-the way location on the holodeck as she waited for Hawkeye to arrive. She was making sure that she wasn't seen because she wanted to see for herself Hawkeye's methods and to see for herself just how thorough she was if she thought she wasn't being observed. She watched quietly as the pre-flight checks were performed and nodded slowly when they were finished. Hawkeye had done well, she had to admit - not that she would let her know that. Cobra had always felt that if a person had it in them, pressure applied to them would bring out their abilities, be they good or bad. And she definitely planned on applying the maximum amount of pressure she could possibly apply to this pilot today.

"I was beginning to think you weren't going to show..." she called out sharply as she stepped out of the shadows.

Hawkeye ducked down and looked under the fuselage of her fighter to see legs standing on the other side. "Oh...didn't hear the doors open. Ok Cobra you ready to go? I have already done the pre-flight checks", she said as she stood up...walked around the fighter...and came to a stop in front of her.

"You didn't hear me come in because I was already here when you got here," Muller said. "You make it a point to be on time - but 'I' make it a point to be early. You would do well to emulate that. And I know you've done your pre-flight - I was watching you the entire time." Quickly she climbed into the back seat of the fighter, then looked down at Hawkeye who was still standing on the deck beside the fighter. "Well, are you just gonna stand there or do you intend to fly sometime today? MOVE YOUR ASS, LIEUTENANT..." she almost roared as she began to buckle in.

Hawkeye shook head as a small smirk formed on her face as she turned and climbed up and into the cockpit. “Hang on to your breakfast Cobra”, she said, as she buckled herself in. Not waiting a minute, she quickly continued, “Flight control, this is fighter 01 ready for take off on flight training run...permission to proceed?, she said. “Fighter 01...you are cleared or your training flight. Good luck”, came the response. “Luck is not a factor...” she said and throttle her fighter out into open space. Hawkeye’s hand raced over the computer console which was tied into the holodecks programs and pulled up one of her fighter sims. In this scenario, she was with another fighter on a patrol where five enemy fighters show up and challenged.

“Viper, you believe them…?”, she said.

“Have they lost their bleeding gourds?...”, Viper said.

“Yeah I think they have. They are forming for attack...watch your ass!”, she said, as the five fighters opened up on them. Viper went left, she went right, taking three of them with her.

“Viper you ok?”, Hawkeye hollered.

“Yeah, just get the f******”, hollered Viper, taking off after the other two who had split off left.

Forgetting about her passenger, she was all business now and time to fly. Coming around she dropped low and came up just behind the trailing fighter, lined him up and took it out quickly.

“Hawkeye! On your six!” shouted Viper

“Damn! Got him Viper, thanks man”, she hollered and brought her fighter around in a tight left hand turn. Seeing the fighter turn with her, she turned back and right into the path of the second fighter coming directly at her. “Ok do you know how to play chicken?” she said smiling. Waiting patiently she was aware of the one on hr tail, she suddenly veered right, doing a tight loop and settled in behind the fighter and dispatched it quickly. Viper had also destroyed one of the two who had veered off. That left two. One of the two remaining fighters had come up under Viper and shot at Viper damaging the lateral wig tip. “Viper you ok?” she said.

“Shit! Yeah he got my wing! Nail the bastard!”, Viper hollered.

“Where the f*** do you think you are going you creep?: she muttered, and lit out after him. Coming up in a loop she headed back to Viper quickly. “Viper veer right on my count. Gonna take that bastard out before I get the creep that got you” she said. Lining up just under Viper, she counted down, “Three...Two...One...veer right!”

Viper went right, exposing the fighter and Hawkeye took the shot flaming the fighter. She then took off after the fleeing fighter. “No you don’t, you shot up my wing man and now you are going to pay the piper” she said coming up in solidly behind him. Aiming...”Kiss my ass!”, she said and pulled the trigger taking out the fighter. Pulling up sharply she came around and headed to where Viper was. “Viper, can you make it?” she asked.

“Yeah. I can make it. Nice going Hawkeye. Take the lead. I will follow you in”, Viper said.

“Ok I have lead but you go in ahead of me. You got hit”, she said.

“Flight Leader Hawkeye to USS Wellington flight deck, two inbound fighters one with lateral wing damage. Have damage control standing by. Viper will be landing first”, she said as she watched Viper landed first, and then she brought her fighter in and set her down on the deck lightly. Finishing her shutdown sequences, she realized that she had forgotten about her passenger. ‘Oh shit! I forgot about Cobra’ she thought.

“Um...sorry Cobra, kinda forgot you were back there", she said. Now she wasn’t sure how this was going to end up but she decided that whatever happened she wasn't going to explode.

Kat had to admit that Hawkeye had done pretty well with the sim she had programmed even though she also recognized that her sim programming had been altered. Bishara had done really well as a matter of fact - but Kat would be damned if she said as much to Bishara. "What? You think those little stunts you did would bother me? I thought you were going to show me some REAL flying. Any first-year cadet could have pulled off those moves you did," she said as she unbuckled and climbed out of the back seat. She stepped out onto the wing of the fighter before turning to look back at Bishara. "Maybe next time you'll do something that will actually impress me, hmm...?"

'Damn! What the f*** does she flipping mean? Any first year cadet... Any first year cadet would have gotten their ass and the other fighter blown the hell up... Any first yea...', she thought angrily. 'Maybe I should have taken the other sim with the floating asteroid/mine field with the fighter squadron of enemy fighters within the field. That would scare the hell out of anyone. I know it scared the shit out of me, that's why I am still here', she thought. Smiling..." Cobra I got a different sim if you are up to it. I can fly in the morning. Just name the time", she said.

"Any time you want, any place you want..." Muller answered as she deftly dropped from the fighter's wing to the deck. "A word of advice, though... Maybe the next time you're trying to make it with Cooper you should get him to show you what he knows about flying instead of what you're trying to get from him. While it may be true that what he has might get you satisfied for the moment, what he knows just might save your ass. Shut your fighter down and secure it, then meet me in my office in fifteen minutes." Not giving her a chance to respond, Kat turned and purposefully strode off the holodeck

Shocked with what she heard, she was about to say something that would have busted her back to the academy. Thankfully, Cobra had left the deck and she was alone. "Damned BITCH!", she screamed on the empty holodeck.

OFF:

Lieutenant Katrin "Cobra" Muller
Squadron Leader
USS Wellington

Lt. T'Rylea "Hawkeye" Bishara
Flight Leader
USS Wellington