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“I hate this part.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Kepi3xBJu
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVLSy2F6m2
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0UHfBHBON
“Rhim!”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWtO7uvOrQ
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvHWKqTpkw
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvsLMNGju9
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuaLq2TNaj
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHZ6o0v8JC
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5HEiDQS8i
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAGp7W6eUk
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTwv94Dyhp
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvlqIl66rq
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKCYbF72I1
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDCm6RfAfd
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkj31BN7l8
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0LE1is4bi
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwVMzaaxnQ
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbI4OuLmzH
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbbnlk2Tbf
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnVaYbg7fg
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBVjL4Vkvf
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoum324FK0j
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m558nGc1p
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcC5wavoySJ
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8zi84DRDJ
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvT2XZ8zVT
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2p4DmQ7jG
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7p4kZzQAg
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH29sAQQjkO
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M67ow8wKI
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqWiz5dIH3
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGB9IqD8iy
“In three... two... one... Mark!”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MBa1JoNF9
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBqE0rJqta
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGQsVv85y9
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqMJ2a6I4s
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjofKTe7Lhp
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEhkGAW8da
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNm3QoClNL
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZmOv9JA1y
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2JH5S7ZyZ
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRs5XpDBAL
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mSnVZnrsa
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIZANMHigE
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ffL30EaHL
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIX2SCoKrI
more and then impact was finally made...406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y5kTKwcxO
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03hs0tTy3y
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudJSIWxjnS
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplE3x8oiTX
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcolEvJzQm
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqCiPEtP0Y
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfpEP4VWiy
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbw6KRS4JZ
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitI6Em1Hza
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CG2vW9GWQ
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
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“And as our hearts sing and dance at the immoral rhythm of life,406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLGNHiuBnn
we play its tune with each of our wrongful deeds.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8ZBvObZU3
- The Green Walker -
-end of chapter 2
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