
“I hate this part.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAttKYsdoGbb
“Aw come on Deena;” said the one assigned to go first, “it is as I always say.396Please respect copyright.PENANAZVT6hqFFtR
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it as it is.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAvce5qELowy
“Rhim!”396Please respect copyright.PENANAXytcDyMsCS
“Hope all of you brought your raincoats...” he added before taking that first jump.396Please respect copyright.PENANAtcGGJNeRBE
“Captain, I will be waiting at the extraction point by sunrise...” a small pause and a396Please respect copyright.PENANApucQGr9jaZ
bit of silence from that box, not even the slightest static. “See yous’ all there.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAD0XquvTrjS
“See you there...” the captain jumped off last, he dived straight into that storm much396Please respect copyright.PENANAIV9FOPOyFS
like the four before him and one by one Sheiska saw them disappear into those thick396Please respect copyright.PENANAAcrrs2sMAy
clouds, all of them impressively connected by rumbling thunder...396Please respect copyright.PENANAHH5zJoA0W3
Sepia like clouds as massive as anyone can ever hope to find that always carry396Please respect copyright.PENANARiMpIc6azo
with them this constant anger, this hatred towards something that they always admit396Please respect copyright.PENANAFbiCV5t2hm
with unceasing displays of energy. Constant and even more impressive discharges of396Please respect copyright.PENANAnV07qQ3aLN
lightning and rain that knows no drought! Standing against all this, are now five396Please respect copyright.PENANAwJpoa0O6cM
minuscule and darkened figures freefalling with only the closest lightning flash now396Please respect copyright.PENANAUgHzvSpmQl
and then being capable of revealing more of them. Despite it all, they seem calm, even396Please respect copyright.PENANAeczSOhRda2
gracious at times, as they keep on descending, their bodies swinging and dodging any396Please respect copyright.PENANAzKBCsmSr3K
danger heading their way. Their masks protect them from any outside sound and the396Please respect copyright.PENANAUC4CZeG9pl
technology within them, albeit struggling, is enough to get the word around.396Please respect copyright.PENANA7ztLsbHBKF
“Alright... wait for my mark...” the captain speaks to all of them “Any minute now...”396Please respect copyright.PENANATT5rOnvi1K
All five of them are now dropping like they did so many times before and their396Please respect copyright.PENANAkB2Ry0fAaL
leader looks back to get a quick glimpse at the Bolt Lander one last time. He stared396Please respect copyright.PENANAm4EFEKcxWv
at it for a moment, only the fibered veil of his mask standing between his eye and that396Please respect copyright.PENANAdcDKFceqxZ
ticket home. It too would quickly disappear into the clouds above and he then turned396Please respect copyright.PENANA9pKANYIPi3
his attention to the others below him, to their bodies swinging either to the left or to396Please respect copyright.PENANAn8PIJBIxCH
the right as they dodged the white flashes of lightning, and all this while freefalling396Please respect copyright.PENANA8IM4UobklF
between all the rain and the storm that births it. Something that would repeat itself396Please respect copyright.PENANAzmhQTi5chG
for quite a while, and these manoeuvres that are not without grace are also owners of396Please respect copyright.PENANAhmvMfzPx5M
a silence of their very own. Then the first sightings of land were bestowed upon all the396Please respect copyright.PENANASwCDg0SfX8
eyes behind those masks. All that thunder and fury might have begun to let them go396Please respect copyright.PENANAx7d4OkNoDc
but the rain will still escort them for a long time.396Please respect copyright.PENANAsQvkEXnw5K
“Ready to deploy on my mark...” the captain’s voice cuddles their ears once more,396Please respect copyright.PENANA7QKWacsneh
“In three... two... one... Mark!”396Please respect copyright.PENANAlJKfJYGi4q
Their diving formation then assumed a more aggressive stance for a moment, one396Please respect copyright.PENANAytxoGZqDjz
that always precedes the relief that is about to come and is meant to gain more distance396Please respect copyright.PENANAvwL19mf8XP
between all of them. One at a time their suits began to reveal linear glows throughout.396Please respect copyright.PENANA4R9OfD9xuA
Some kind of purple and red patterns of an almost neon nature covered the majority396Please respect copyright.PENANArUgxXR5Fn8
of their armoured bodies and then, after producing some sort of electrical field around396Please respect copyright.PENANAowDnKs9s9F
each one of them that is actually the reason for their spreading, some slick and396Please respect copyright.PENANA8QFtoXuMrZ
silk-like red elongated cloths sprouted from each one of their backs and arms.396Please respect copyright.PENANAUDy7yxu20v
Six stripes, three on each side and all coloured in dark reds jump from where their396Please respect copyright.PENANAMbuzr4j5Qn
shoulder blades should be behind all that armour and their elbows only to attach396Please respect copyright.PENANAKyPSCUlTFZ
themselves quickly to their calves. Each one of the falling bodies immediately slows396Please respect copyright.PENANAMMoBX25c5f
once these sorts of one colour rainbows are fully deployed. Their descent became396Please respect copyright.PENANAEKF89COGN9
gentler and even, if only for a short while, allowed some personal time to breathe396Please respect copyright.PENANApkGARo0MDZ
before getting right back into it. Such peace lasted about a minute, possibly slightly396Please respect copyright.PENANAgqhNXHJZb2
more and then impact was finally made...396Please respect copyright.PENANAtPHysk7kiZ
One at a time their feet arrived and finally contacted Brosse’s soil more gently than396Please respect copyright.PENANAwantFGp2pP
one would ever expect. Landfall was made quietly as it usually is, but the weather of396Please respect copyright.PENANACmYvmIXmPU
this region has brought them no closer than what they were expecting. They found396Please respect copyright.PENANAetgTdtTTJ9
themselves separated but not by much; one landed here and the next just over there.396Please respect copyright.PENANAaVt3wjXzKB
It was dark and muddy all around them and the storm above the entire region has396Please respect copyright.PENANA8FRzCD29vN
them soaked already, but none of this is of any concern to them. Each of them had to396Please respect copyright.PENANA43r8T2nqdO
walk a very hard long road to get to the position they now occupy, and it didn’t get any396Please respect copyright.PENANAFfTXXuM84P
easier after doing so. That was when their real training began and continues to this396Please respect copyright.PENANAX0tA7SUxlB
very day. Neither storm nor mist, not even the unruly howls in the darker corners of396Please respect copyright.PENANAlyBKktaC0X
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,396Please respect copyright.PENANAl4RZYRdLHq
we play its tune with each of our wrongful deeds.”396Please respect copyright.PENANARMduZEVYPo
- The Green Walker -
-end of chapter 2
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