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　　Don’’t be greedy. Stay with Wood.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I want him!
　　
　　Maverick goes suddenly vertical， zooms straight up.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　Hey， come on – hey!
　　
　　Maverick loops the F-14 down to get the quick angle on Viper in Bogey Two. Viper takes off， running from the fight again. Maverick looks over his shoulder and sees that Hollywood still has a good position on Bogey One. He takes a hard right and streaks off after Viper.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　What…… what are you doing？ We’’re cover!
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Wood’’s okay. I want Viper.
　　
　　Goose looks back at Hollywood and Bogey One.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　But we’’re cover!
　　
　　Viper streaks across the sky with Maverick close behind. He pushes the throttle forward to ZONE 5 – full afterburner. Viper shows all his tricks…… hard left， hard right， rolling into vertical， flipping into a dive. Maverick stays with him.
　　
　　VIPER
　　（to himself）
　　Goddamn， rookie， you’’re all right!
　　
　　INT. F-14
　　
　　Maverick turns to get Viper in the diamond. He hears a SIDEWINDER GROWL in his headset.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　What’’s the range， Goose. I’’ve got a good tone.
　　
　　Viper jinks but Maverick stays with him. Viper is in the diamond， and the TONE GOES CRAZY. But suddenly……
　　
　　GOOSE
　　Two bogies! Three o’’clock high， nine o’’clock high! Break!
　　
　　They come out of nowhere， flashing down toward Maverick – a crossfire ambush. Maverick’’s eyes are startled.
　　
　　JESTER
　　ATOLL ON THE NORTHERN F-14. HE’’S OUT OF THE FIGHT……
　　
　　Maverick is stunned. He has been tricked， humiliated. There’’s a little salt for the wound as Viper and Jester celebrate.
　　
　　VIPER
　　WALKED RIGHT INTO IT.
　　
　　JESTER
　　NOT ONLY THAT， BUT ZORRO GOT YOUR WINGMAN. NICE GOING.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REGRETS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR SONS ARE DEAD BECAUSE THEY WERE STUPID!
　　
　　Slaps his helmet like a dolt……
　　
　　VIPER
　　KNOCK OFF THE CHATTER， TOP GUNS. LET’’S RTB. VIPER HAS THE LEAD.
　　
　　INT. LOCKER ROOM – DAY
　　
　　Silence. Several pilots in various forms of undress. Maverick and Goose sit with their heads down， a hangdog expression on their faces.
　　
　　INT. DIRTY DAN’’S – A BAR – LATER
　　
　　Maverick mopes at the bar， a figure comes up behind him.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Ya know， that was the best flying I’’ve seen since Nam……
　　（he grins）
　　…… Right up to that part where you got killed.
　　
　　Viper sits down. He’’s in a jovial， taunting mood. Maverick watches him guardedly.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Twenty years’’ experience， I couldn’’t shake you. You may be a great flyer. I mean that.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I lost.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Of course you did. I said a great flyer， not a smart one. You fly reckless. Great instincts. No discipline. That ambush today， you followed your emotions instead of your wingman. Of course you got killed…… and well deserved to. It was a really stupid mistake. In battle， it gets people killed.
　　
　　Maverick nods and stares at his beer.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I can take care of myself.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Talent is no holy shield. Von Richthofen was killed by a farm boy. Instincts are not enough. Do it our way. We’’ve worked these things out. The good pilots can become better and the great ones can learn how to stay alive.
　　（he studies him for a moment）
　　Why do you have to do everything the hard way？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　It’’s my own way. It works for me. I don’’t care about the rest of that stuff.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Then why are you here？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　For the same reason you are.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Oh， you mean the thrill!
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　The flying. The fighting. I’’d go up there ten times a day to fight. I’’d win at least nine of them. That’’s all I want to do. It’’s what I do best. I am real good. Just give me the jet.
　　
　　Viper studies him.
　　
　　VIPER
　　It’’s not a gift， just a loan……
　　
　　He finishes his beer， then rises.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Nine out of ten is okay， as long as it’’s only fun and games. But this isn’’t about that. This is serious business. It is dangerous up there! At 500 knots， things can change a lot in a second. Discipline is what protects us.