“I hate this part.”91Please respect copyright.PENANALtmWFDTb40
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.91Please respect copyright.PENANAXix8bB93IJ
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”91Please respect copyright.PENANA9hlj1z7AWR
“Rhim!”91Please respect copyright.PENANA1KIodWgauN
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.91Please respect copyright.PENANAIrlLK1xnfC
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a91Please respect copyright.PENANA3RJcN1KfsB
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”91Please respect copyright.PENANAzBR6RBPjmt
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much91Please respect copyright.PENANAQQFywJdvdn
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick91Please respect copyright.PENANAs12JBVe5Sv
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...91Please respect copyright.PENANAWWkgLL1EYC
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry91Please respect copyright.PENANAzp1eKTdfkB
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit91Please respect copyright.PENANAaYWKwHW7gg
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of91Please respect copyright.PENANAqUsKejwRqG
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five91Please respect copyright.PENANAs1taLzwgZm
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now91Please respect copyright.PENANAQwguOiudVP
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even91Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3Lf3Wndhy
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any91Please respect copyright.PENANACCdPRk6M4c
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the91Please respect copyright.PENANAqR82w6PFmk
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.91Please respect copyright.PENANAMSQxJXcycX
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”91Please respect copyright.PENANAPi0U8vcXwm
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their91Please respect copyright.PENANA2WyGh0Rm49
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared91Please respect copyright.PENANAFZjV6zbaka
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that91Please respect copyright.PENANAQrvXFWNwEm
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned91Please respect copyright.PENANAJ35Q62ERDI
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to91Please respect copyright.PENANAjSnbnxLU8s
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling91Please respect copyright.PENANAtZ9AEPVge3
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself91Please respect copyright.PENANAsC76mbVKUi
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of91Please respect copyright.PENANAhaMZ2eC5R0
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the91Please respect copyright.PENANAGAqAtMC93V
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go91Please respect copyright.PENANAsKixFa4Yl9
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.91Please respect copyright.PENANA2NtHvPgcKW
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,91Please respect copyright.PENANAu9QC4bHl4U
“In three... two... one... Mark!”91Please respect copyright.PENANAj3x8xHRowU
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one91Please respect copyright.PENANA89P5gxIiFK
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance91Please respect copyright.PENANAq7WaOOPVnL
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.91Please respect copyright.PENANAWZqdJrFtg8
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority91Please respect copyright.PENANAbVZORLuJKh
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around91Please respect copyright.PENANAJIhQWlvswK
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and91Please respect copyright.PENANAIeEcI5cCIC
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.91Please respect copyright.PENANAOMzKCXfiAX
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their91Please respect copyright.PENANA3Hv33nUQtL
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach91Please respect copyright.PENANAIRr57aLSp5
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows91Please respect copyright.PENANAG5F8pS5keR
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became91Please respect copyright.PENANA59BqZWUYvw
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe91Please respect copyright.PENANANoofkqS267
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly91Please respect copyright.PENANAGG1v1vHVQv
more and then impact was finally made...91Please respect copyright.PENANAqWMuOl3HM2
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than91Please respect copyright.PENANAWvEM76TK8P
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of91Please respect copyright.PENANAdhwLBhSjb6
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found91Please respect copyright.PENANAEnFv91fbyw
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.91Please respect copyright.PENANArmF2zbdk5F
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has91Please respect copyright.PENANAWefz7F7wSB
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to91Please respect copyright.PENANA7wmInWoHXk
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any91Please respect copyright.PENANA0GIePEgApv
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this91Please respect copyright.PENANAdkQN6BctkN
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of91Please respect copyright.PENANAAsaESAbaDK
this haunted town will make a dent in their determination.
91Please respect copyright.PENANANeWeTjy9Oa
“And as our hearts sing and dance at the immoral rhythm of life,91Please respect copyright.PENANAmirwk2A0Lj
we play its tune with each of our wrongful deeds.”91Please respect copyright.PENANAw2mSUezM2H
- The Green Walker -
-end of chapter 2
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