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“I hate this part.”367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHcl0J1VUP
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbczlGVq7PZ
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju5JKysTL7
“Rhim!”367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK25cr987j0
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiv6epe5Sh
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vydcBoXWx
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXr21ogWfT
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNN2z0ZEns
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXE00VvfNT
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptmDM7yf7t
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTm5SKmJLcw
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMIQQfRC3H
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuz03bXyCp
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfb1tAh3H9o
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVwZwUUGVF
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIRyV0WaWd
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbEVjWKexD
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMkSiLul4f
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO8oqsoxVg
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡethmJKBieB
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN28fSJTQVv
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquiZmoR0Sy
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaya1soFRc
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvv2LDqHec
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOOMjo8yKF
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE33guQvAVn
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjPfJne8lP
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qLk01JF5e
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsYP14Dqvq
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAuLCNy9gF
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsIW4RT4Ok
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwV6PZluS5
“In three... two... one... Mark!”367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR8VL903SY
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlrqle55I2
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzkMfj6RAR
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio3BNugziC
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUK9wNTnRMS
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHc72XRZnQ
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X2ghIqZd0
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ712PAhFRKy
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI9A8ObnRA
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tdoCtctzz
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx8BbJGQrU
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkNPef2yfq
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTcM6FQLnn
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76N8Ieg4Mu
more and then impact was finally made...367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJnAx36pg4
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduAM3mIxQu
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL6yOAnXiA
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupxPOKUYSh
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkzdW5ql7Z
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuURlTKDcjC
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKrYHceuFy
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z1kWq7QJ2
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlawEvQobO3
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3TM7vguvQ
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,367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyX6dtWvcNJ
we play its tune with each of our wrongful deeds.”367Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyvX2soNPa
- The Green Walker -
-end of chapter 2
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