A/N: This is my first fic, so bear with me. I'm not entirely sure if they allow girls into Top Gun, as pilots, but in this fic they do…so deal with it.

Summary: AU fic. Top Gun What if Ice Man wasn't the best? What if there was a different competitor in the running? What if instead of only 2 from Mavs squadron, 4 went to TG? Back off pilots, this dude has got major skills…P/H, D/W, M/C

Disclaimer: I do not own Top Gun, cuz well, if I did, then I would know Tom Cruise, and I wouldn't be here today, I'd be some awesome writer or actress or somin like that, anyway, I only own Panther and Dagger, anything else is Top Gun's stuff…The best movie by the way….ON TO THE STORY!

Chapter 1: Top Gun

"Damn it Maverick get this bogey off my tail!"

"If you hold on for a moment Panther, I might be able to get a clean shot!" 'Maverick' said in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Fine… Shit, Maverick break right! NOW!" 'Panther' shouted.

Maverick broke right just as an enemy MiG was about to get a lock on the place he had been moments before.

"Damn it Mav, you're supposed to be good at this!" Came 4 voices. Those four voices belonged to Panther; Maverick's rear, Goose; another pilot named Cougar, and his rear Merlin.

"Jeez calm down everyone." Maverick muttered.

"Cougar! Get this stupid MiG off of my tail NOW!" Panther shouted.

"A bit hard for me Panther, seeing as how there's a MiG on my tail, get this guy off me Maverick!" Came the panicked voice of Cougar.

"Hang on buddy, just keep going; I've got a clear shot…come on, lock, lock, LOCKED!" Panther shouted the last part.

"This is ghost-rider asking for permission to fire." Panther said into the speaker.

"Negative ghost-rider; do NOT fire unless fired upon."

"Damn it, well, let's have a little fun with this guy then…" Panther said flying after Cougars MiG, her MiG flying off to go get Maverick.

"Maverick don't you think we should help Panther or Cougar." Goose asked.

"No way, this guy would've fired already if he was planning to do something, I think he's just tryin' to piss us off." Maverick said.

"Well, its working!" Panther muttered.

Just then Maverick turned over his plane and lowered it just above one of the enemy MiG's. Panther grinned as Maverick gave the bogey the finger and saw a flash, assuming it must've been Goose, Panther took off, grinning widely as the enemy MiGs left.

"Panther, I think we should head back, we're low on fuel." Came Panther's rear, Dagger.

"Alright, hey Mav, Cougar, I'm heading back, I'm running low on fuel." Panther said.

"Yeah Coug, let's go, we don't have enough fuel." Maverick said. There was only silence on the speaker…

"Cougar?" Dagger questioned.

"Coug, you alright man?" Panther asked.

"Merlin what's up?" Maverick said worriedly. Once again there was only silence.

"Maverick, we've gotta slight problem here, I think that MiG really messed him up, he's not sayin anything man…" Merlin said while trying to tell Cougar that they didn't have enough fuel for it.

"Maverick, we HAVE to land, we can't stay up here, we're low on fuel!" Panther said in an annoyed voice.

"Cougar we've got to land." Maverick said in a soothing voice, ignoring Panther.

"Mav, how much fuel do you have?" Panther questioned.

"Not much, it's blinking which is a slight problem." Goose answered sarcastically.

"I didn't ask your opinion Mother Goose, Mav, you head back, I'm gonna try and talk Cougar into getting down…safely." She muttered as an afterthought.

"No, you go, I'll get him down." Maverick said.

"But your way low on fuel, I don't need you standing…err…I don't know, floating? Up here just cuz you want to help. I've got a better shot at this." Panther said annoyed and turned back to Cougar.

"Coug buddy, what's up you okay?" Panther asked in a soft soothing voice.

"Didn't I just say that I think the MiG messed him up?" Merlin asked incredulously.

"Good point," Panther muttered, "Coug, buddy, you're okay…See? Everything is fine, just take it easy, come with me and Mav back to the base…okay?" Panther said in the same soothing voice.

"See, Mav's coming around the side, you're okay, everything is okay." Panther said, and then added quietly so that Cougar couldn't hear. "Maverick, say something, he isn't listening!" Panther looked around, but couldn't find him. "Damn you Maverick" Panther said sighing. Looking around, Panther grinned as he landed but quickly shot up again moments after his wheels hit the ground.

"Maverick, get your ass over here!" Panther whispered.

"Uh-uh, Mav, this is not a good idea, we can't do this Mav, Pan's handling fine!" Goose said to Maverick.

"Cougar is in trouble, I'm not letting anything happen to my wing man." Maverick said determinedly.

Moments later Maverick flew up to Cougar's right, Panther was already on his left.

"Coug, buddy, you need to get down, everything is okay, just come up on my wing, and me and Pan'll fly ya in." Maverick said in the same soothing tone he had used earlier. Panther shot him a grateful look, he just grinned and turned back to Cougar.

"Okay, come on Cougar, that's it, nice and easy…keep it going." Maverick said softly. The three of them were flying in, Panther began to drop back a little so that it was Cougar and Maverick in the front and Panther in the back. Grinning widely as Cougar and Maverick made a safe landing Panther landed smoothly and pushed up and out of the plane. Panther slipped off the helmet and grinned to Maverick, long, black hair falling out of the helmet, and she ran off to greet them, Dagger hot on her heels, her long red hair flowing behind her.

BEST OF THE BEST---BEST OF THE BEST---BEST OF THE BEST

(A/N, if you were wondering why I kept saying Panther instead of he or she, that's why.)

"Cougar, what happened?" Maverick asked as Cougar came out of the office. Cougar turned to look at them,

"Thanks Maverick, Panther." He said nodding, Panther shot Maverick a confused look, but didn't have a chance to reply as she heard:

"Panther, Dagger, Maverick, Goose, get in here." Looking at each other they quickly walked in.

"Yes sir?" Panther asked.

"That was a brave thing you two did up there," he said referring to Maverick and Panther,

"What you should've done was land your plane!"

"But sir, that MiG really messed Coug-" She was immediately cut off by him though.

"- Cougar was not your responsibility Panther, you four may be the best here, but that doesn't mean you can pull of stunts like those, Panther, I have you down for four fly-by's and you lost your qualifications for section leader twice!" He shouted and then turned to Maverick as he sniggered. "And you, funny-boy, you've lost them three times, four fly-bys as well as one Admirals daughter!" Goose and Dagger turned to look at Maverick and whispered 'Benny Benjamin?' Maverick nodded and Panther giggled.

"And you two idiots, you two are lucky to be here!" He said referring to Goose and Dagger. "Yes sir." They both muttered.

"And you want to know what's worse? I've got to give you both your dream shots, I have to send the top four from this squadron to Miramar…Top Gun. Panther, you and Cougar were number one, he left turned in his wings, now you are number one. Know this you four, any mistakes, and you'll be flying rubber dog shit out of Hong-Kong!" Maverick and Panther looked at each other and grinned, this was their dream, to go to the Top Gun flight school, to be the best of the best, and now, they both had a shot. They both exited quickly.

"YES!" Maverick and Panther screamed.

"Congrats Pete." Dagger said grinning.

"You too Chrissie, and you Jess." He said to Panther as well.

"We're going to Top Gun…know this though," Panther said changing her tone, "I'm gonna kick your ass for that trophy!" She said sprinting down the hall.

"Get back here Jesse!" Dagger yelled, "Don't leave me here with these idiots!" she finished lamely as Panther had already turned the corner. She then turned to Goose and Maverick.

"Well, this is it, we are the elite, the best, the top two pilots and rears in this squadron!" she said in a commanding like tone.

"Your such an idiot Chris." Goose muttered.

"Well, Mother Goose, at least I don't go around say 'Great Balls of Fire' every time something happens…" She said, then sprinted off into the direction Panther had gone.

"I'll get you Dagger!" Goose yelled sprinting after her.

"Gosh, how they ever became the best, I will never know." Maverick muttered shaking his head and sprinting after them.

There it is! Chapter 1 I hope you all like it, if not, flame me I don't care, im just writing this because I think it's a good idea…Reviews are greatly appreciated though!

-Sandy