And on his craft, there was a large number 13 emblazoned in yellow. The victor circled around to confirm the kill. Now they only live in my memories of days past. One fleeing plane fell out of the skies, spiraling and spewing orange flames to crash into the cape. The fighters played the cat or the mouse in turn as they climbed swiftly into the sky. And then sharp silhouettes appeared, as if to graze the hills, and streaked past me. A battle in the beautiful skies far away. In the blue skies far above me, contrails drew dizzying circles around in a crazy waltz.
One day while on my way to school, I looked up in the skies. As a child, I only saw it as something that happened in some far away land.
War was an abstract idea, nothing more than a show on TV. And in turn how that cannon brought war upon us. But I remember how they built a cannon to destroy them. Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies Side Story Narrator: I was just a child when the stars fell from the skies.
