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“I hate this part.”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ192zV3tjsm
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1bESGtZJu
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIB80ElMexP
“Rhim!”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw57Qfeh7EC
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOKy25mvXE
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhyp0OYjkN
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DR2jktJXR
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyPv7TGpbl
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmEsEu85gK
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOn5U2krl3
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8obwQE8HlR
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgklhYGOhOa
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPs8yicfpq
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhYfZTjqGc
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VyBiPJSxz
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB5vFbNsl8
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHtUFz8GVC
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgnKl1RGkf
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAguAeWXNW
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZZZERgbrS
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeIh0Iwyil
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCXSk7T61r
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZoZyfaPlB
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyJqWfc2lT
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpYv11wdtS
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCvasr99Jc
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSwE6f59Y4
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELD1CRRSD3
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIclUXbv2K1
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUK92NNHQ8j
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGsSmAqxOY
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswZuu5KBQX
“In three... two... one... Mark!”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHflibkesE
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmuVOC4goo
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7ExbnhB91
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaVeu9yzJ2
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aLG34HxBH
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxeS1TP811
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHQFZKy84o
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CwyzHI6H9
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEuAxYv3QB
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVAkS2RCUv
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD39oBr8Qu
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0K1c6fKFt
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQS1K73ihn
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAku0xm7VNj
more and then impact was finally made...342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Y5gjjkUL8
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduJcwS5cPR
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJIKa9BbNK
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K5ydJ37rZ
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuH34MIj0I
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB9OwtMyCX
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtPOfpkNbp
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaxegQHPQs
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRiWYxBnHf
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJgJdNOygZ
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
