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“I hate this part.”279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoIzqzGx7l
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCDiEXsOT4
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcVwwWg2eR
“Rhim!”279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLBLu9KeCE
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiFArDg9jl
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnYd0PCnzU
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHgFWmZUZK
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJ7dY2HePL
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8Fii3M0FM
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwnYxsSgC2
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbEP2Oi7zp
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUCA3ITaGD
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQAsNO31Bv
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdlQxoAIVA
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5Rf7Fvcnp
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvUYW9y8pt
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD4DCMzHwa
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4Vn6HJFDV
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdYtjFMLTe
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3QeTRI3ss
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHZrTiK2iX
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2LYcQNEEp
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LtrDzSdMt
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmSV3yzVhT
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWYqpz9SYr
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CNVVneeVz
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5vdagRW7Z
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmP1jfN9TY
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg8n8cgaXS
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHT2UduzCe
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenmDKVZtyS
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvFHF3N42p
“In three... two... one... Mark!”279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZRHLIHHR5
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSckFIwtoYc
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgLD0luTgX
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeGrUvEDVz
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLv0HsZcW2
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrROXMh34NM
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAtquYaXM4
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NN8f87W34
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyidyP6L2G
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJZzfJMkRi
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1P42m51cH
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAOuYjhuSz
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gECIM0ocF
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFH4egBHIR
more and then impact was finally made...279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAW4mSOxXE
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2JV8oyWEs
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6YbrFxfQV
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeCxdmkxMa
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRx0SMqvUlW
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvrbMKZ3hI
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mwYYxWPUu
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfCSOII1nR
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNCxor6FU0
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIuA7we8ni
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
