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“I hate this part.”390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCKm0z07UU
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sBpinh77N
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlX4OxHrPG
“Rhim!”390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulfcroY8j0
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1nWTLiVgr
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsFmeBw2i4
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlu9hZVxEVb
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMLJ5Pvg3e
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL6FiGXlgo
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmA9f07poEY
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IV8mUGe9E
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFHme2Y2RS
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7eB64GoIX
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwMrvf2S6j
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSH84uwadQ
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZj8kzwmkmy
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0gxPyJ1nT
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuW68cEZuu
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqYfXfZlPz
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yispK5sTG
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJWQUSEex6
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3s170G1mB
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMybPvGi4QS
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObxIB72Sde
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1tb40hYnL
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaODoUrYfC
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsKRaEiJj8
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4pvjmYAU2
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn0xPO33CK
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXcJGguyVh
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaC2KrolEA
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf4fBVIeTM
“In three... two... one... Mark!”390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr0fl32ZJe
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtUAKZvEag
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMA38dhNUTU
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Xbrox3OW5
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCS8vqqCVP
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTyElo8uit
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqP8BVLLmEk
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtPoXok6w2
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Otyf294cC
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKo7cFz4aI
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqngCiL5veL
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQ2hLAKA8w
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSEITfkj6l
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRikQlCN6P
more and then impact was finally made...390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9Q6qCmWIy
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7PZXAhrYq
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixqatOK9HO
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOGMx5fZWI
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHIPtRXcmh
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSMaROGHvu
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYvaJIt6pF
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ugmOSl07P
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bL1G03TVO
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6AGyOUrMY
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,390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxGUzJKci6
we play its tune with each of our wrongful deeds.”390Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxGeEKhZFW
- The Green Walker -
-end of chapter 2
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