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“I hate this part.”102Please respect copyright.PENANAKrD71BCEZF
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.102Please respect copyright.PENANA7ABQJxjyaA
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”102Please respect copyright.PENANAJrbLStGQwI
“Rhim!”102Please respect copyright.PENANAwwTPxkfzCH
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.102Please respect copyright.PENANAWaC8KO0niy
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a102Please respect copyright.PENANAijlH5GPJcm
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”102Please respect copyright.PENANAUUISGks6Np
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much102Please respect copyright.PENANAq6Vp4ImqVl
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick102Please respect copyright.PENANAQj1wZzb1bw
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...102Please respect copyright.PENANAYRQUwWD39f
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry102Please respect copyright.PENANAWxPSFCpdtT
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit102Please respect copyright.PENANAHekQQ2zl8M
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of102Please respect copyright.PENANALPDBzoiMsB
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five102Please respect copyright.PENANAEZKnbS69XZ
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now102Please respect copyright.PENANAZUR81KW6ix
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even102Please respect copyright.PENANAJhydAZbwTh
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any102Please respect copyright.PENANAsUvmiHyfyG
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the102Please respect copyright.PENANASytbpZqPAv
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.102Please respect copyright.PENANASMxDnojI4N
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”102Please respect copyright.PENANALZaeLbOsQh
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their102Please respect copyright.PENANAgUHLDbz6CI
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared102Please respect copyright.PENANAyAPEHv7eFe
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that102Please respect copyright.PENANAD7GFkb1Ian
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned102Please respect copyright.PENANAAN7Gl6eCZL
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to102Please respect copyright.PENANAr2R9kaAhFE
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling102Please respect copyright.PENANAkSVFNECet9
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself102Please respect copyright.PENANAs9duwAiwYb
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of102Please respect copyright.PENANAckfUdMxo6m
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the102Please respect copyright.PENANAqwPR9yY1ih
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go102Please respect copyright.PENANAaq2Ah3KLKo
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.102Please respect copyright.PENANALXuKarQaWq
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,102Please respect copyright.PENANA0hAhSnIdqy
“In three... two... one... Mark!”102Please respect copyright.PENANAjcGFa5xYFy
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one102Please respect copyright.PENANA9rJkZcTlxE
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance102Please respect copyright.PENANAeUoFhn74uC
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.102Please respect copyright.PENANAymTHbLRWJe
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority102Please respect copyright.PENANAWjo2eitCaz
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around102Please respect copyright.PENANAgmP5aqVclu
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and102Please respect copyright.PENANAv5fpKxJgoa
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.102Please respect copyright.PENANAS5YtTPxpGK
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their102Please respect copyright.PENANAT846WDDPqC
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach102Please respect copyright.PENANAfc9eeNJslM
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows102Please respect copyright.PENANAnaeytslYwK
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became102Please respect copyright.PENANAgWdkyTf1UJ
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe102Please respect copyright.PENANA78xZCjZ54n
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly102Please respect copyright.PENANA3QrBQPrXQ6
more and then impact was finally made...102Please respect copyright.PENANAj0TkUvdBRJ
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than102Please respect copyright.PENANAY7iV1IljtO
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of102Please respect copyright.PENANAXLZKI1vWwg
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found102Please respect copyright.PENANASDmEfxT3hM
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.102Please respect copyright.PENANAqcooLJsuxf
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has102Please respect copyright.PENANAfTUZEYNJsa
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to102Please respect copyright.PENANAA4yGjuJQIx
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any102Please respect copyright.PENANAyehzJgi8N4
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this102Please respect copyright.PENANAVPbhwfgwPz
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of102Please respect copyright.PENANAQJHHVVzITv
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.