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“I hate this part.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwCIX0Z3V2
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHj4DI0jYQ
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4KzrwJmZS
“Rhim!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfCimUoeJ0
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYqonZsenD
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMojlSfHtk
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvoGGtbZd0
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndLdU8rSuB
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4STO9xYWL
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNStAcDuAT
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wNA675m6P
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Kl1CDX1Wm
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq9NyD0mEt
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wLzZf7eeg
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfTxZVXrrs
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXr9j3CUnO
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ8nkOak9d
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XkLnWQYbt
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNoYctdnMs
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjv6MwosOX
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XgqcA93RY
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILQwYepFZ5
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYc0QBIvbzs
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4aFxYVQhj
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiEiJBT62M
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeGft9LrNc
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS7ZSYECi4
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41PKuOOz2r
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0dWtaEwPp
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQWNvKDyVG
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWok8xGq4zk
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyRjBwOYr1
“In three... two... one... Mark!”261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpNBv3FjFm
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KNMUmESMq
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKzNzIpNpZ
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4k5No5uQm
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNMNzPIL2B
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiaknniy5w
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpvxJFYwJS
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIGktD6yXB
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOM6ptB8TU
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntVdgXvbOo
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfoLkRV4J8
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYqakfAD0f
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6rEuuoDX1
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoEzCa7D9A
more and then impact was finally made...261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ1OJSaqxy
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYIQsOFgbC
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7yzKKHeyN
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9YudpQe5E
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yDk29wDHk
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77EiqFKwIB
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvkBU4gu3q
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVntB0K9Go
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPoXNnfx6G
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of261Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLX8g6xEI6c
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
