(A/N: A little one shot that I wanted to put out due to a plot bunny, I hope you enjoy. If you're here for information about my other stories please check the edit on my profile.)

Park in Vale

"Hey! Don't run off!" Said a young man as he 'chased' a giggling child.

"You got to catch me!" The child said as he jumped over a small rock.

Eventually the child circled around a tree and hid behind it, not moving until he heard no more footsteps. Looking around the child smiled and said happily "I'm gonna win!"

"Oh really?!" Said a voice behind him.

Gasping, the child turned around… and was poked in the forehead. "Got ya." The man said smiling.

"How did you find me dad?!" The child said, looking upwards.

"Because I'm awesome." The man said smugly, not noticing the child roll his eyes.

"Riggghhhtttt"

"It's true!" He said, looking at his son.

"And I'll be as awesome as Mobius 1." The boy said sarcastically.

"What if we get ice-cream?" The man asked while silently cursing that his wife's sarcasm rubbed off on their son.

Eyes widening, the boy whipped his head backwards and said "Oh! I mean your totally awesome!"

Smiling, the man picked his son up and sat him on his shoulders as he began to walk towards the ice-cream stand in the park. Humming, he was interrupted when he suddenly heard loud noises from above.

"Look dad! A plane!" The child said pointing excitedly at the sky.

In the sky was a large fighter plane that had a shape similar to a triangle, an F-14 he realized. He smiled at his child's excitement; he had always loved the stories of aces like Mobius 1 and Razgriz and was already dead set on becoming an air-force pilot when he was older.

But, suddenly he heard screams and he looked up again, only to see the F-14 release its payload on a nearby building, causing a series of explosions.

"Dad?!" His son yelled worryingly, not understanding what was going on.

And then the air raid sirens rang.

(Play Ace Combat 6 OST: Invasion of Gracemeria)

Vale Airforce Base

"Go go go go! I want every plane in the air now!" Yelled the based commander to the air-traffic personal as they worked to help the pilots take off.

"This is air-control tower! Reaper, Dragon! Your squadrons are on leave so take off now and cover each other until we can sort this out!" Yelled the operator as two planes reached the runway.

The first aircraft was a large twin-engine fighter, with triangle shaped wings, and two vertical stabilizers, one of which had a scythe over a rose painted on. This was known as the F-15 Eagle.

"This is Reaper, I understand." The pilot said as she covered her silver eyes with her helmet's visor.

The second aircraft was also a large twin-engine jet bit it was skinner than the Eagle it was behind. On its right stabilizer was a yellow flame emblem. This was the F/A-18 Hornet.

"I gotcha." The second pilot said, more casually than the first pilot.

At the towers go ahead the pilots began to accelerate until they got off the ground and into the air.

"Runway is clear! Cerberus squadron your next, go!" The operator yelled.

Sky over Vale

As the two pilots headed towards the gathering of allied aircraft, the first pilot said "Did you have to be so casual Yang?" She questioned as she turned her head to look at the plane flying next to hers.

"You know me sis. Besides! There's nothing to worry about, we can stop whoever these assholes are! Trust me on this Ruby." Yang said as she took a quick look at the situation.

Before Ruby could say anything, she was interrupted when a voice began to speak over the channel.

"Reaper, Dragon. This is AWACS Orion, I'll be directing all combat operations from here on out." Said a male voice as Ruby and Yang joined up with the other planes in the air.

"Understood Orion." Ruby said.

"Reaper, Dragon. The two of you don't have a full squad, let's see…. Ah! You two! Myrtle and Panther join up with Reaper and Dragon." Orion ordered.

"Wilco, Orion." Said two female voices as two aircraft joined up with Ruby and Yang.

The aircraft closer to Ruby was actually the counterpart to her aircraft; it was similar to the eagle except slimmer and different shaped wings. On the stabilizer was a white snowflake like emblem. This was a Su-27 Flanker.

The second aircraft closer to Yang was smaller than the Flanker and had a mid-mounted swept wing, a tail pipe, twin engines, and two stabilizers, this was a Mig-29. On her stabilizer was a black flower emblem.

"I guess you'll be enough." The pilot in the Flanker, Myrtle, said as quickly cocked her head to look at the sisters.

"Well nice to meet you to Princess." Yang said as she cracked her neck.

Before Myrtle could retort Orion began to speak over the joint frequency "All aircraft listen up! Vale is under invasion by an unknown force, you have permission to engage any and all hostiles in the air and ground." He said, receiving multiple confirmations.

"Settle it later." The fourth pilot, Panther, said to the two as the other aircraft began to break.

"Fine." Myrtle said as the four pilots broke off and went to defend their city.

?

"All systems are ready."

"Good, let's give them a show they'll never forget."