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“I hate this part.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFYkPctkQm
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlTSMQrFPq
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJvvQBUWTz
“Rhim!”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81pWjhMAoC
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3pbFxe4dp
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWJQ5suHnq
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBCYBPPpNV
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsugeIe5hy
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7f95xyx9t
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjiZYohX5s
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0NoCpoDYy
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp3TUprTGq
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BqonnHjn9
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmibVaoFgWI
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorwTZOPgcZ
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BpcBAq51J
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR1NllliWu
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqu4zivxBi
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat9I8fQ1j7
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0aqrvUFyB
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmcpDIMhKd
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bicHiGVZr
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItxbnPImgm
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7gobyUCi2
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt5TAnYfD6
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoVnwyFgY9
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRUb7Devh9
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA4ij8UIoO
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uTNn52Rv0
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyRiLizrW6
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIc8WXCIHe
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLtbHyEM7v
“In three... two... one... Mark!”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGBp9zNAYb
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGaFELsEfQ
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OgcFvCStx
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbOvTTwuj8
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPwbXkiVaN
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaALX5MUzjn
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCqyMCafso
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmfzWxB7AK
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyn6b8mqgb
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FzSSstwIf
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5C8tnl52S
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUBbjcNj0Z
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCCgHCb4Zu
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhvxmmVgUv
more and then impact was finally made...351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHmNCrts4k
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4B4KW52yf
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToxXIFP094
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmk1MOkqMC
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0LnzTMGdA
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm60wxGhQj
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStw6gwq9fd
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu2pRTPEW5
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTYsllpiSW
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvv2XFbeOVp
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
