
It has been cutting through all the rain and any cloud that dares to stand in its way353Please respect copyright.PENANAg9dkqoiMLE
ever since it departed from the Human palace, the seat of all Human power, with a353Please respect copyright.PENANAxTGmJ4fJFt
stunning roar provided by the three powerful engines on its rear that propel the aircraft353Please respect copyright.PENANAsIFVdN3Cmn
with unprecedented Human technology. For this mission, top speed is its concern, not353Please respect copyright.PENANAIHLycXS4By
concealment, and so it was likely many saw it sharply cut through the skies on its way353Please respect copyright.PENANAiwER4OZzKg
here. It is indeed quite the feat, a technological prowess on a league of its own and353Please respect copyright.PENANAO4rnUXTCwu
most likely capable of stunning even the Nharkim. The Beriheim Mountain is to be353Please respect copyright.PENANAqbZQapCiNy
its destination and to get there the Bolt Lander quickly flew over the Great Northern353Please respect copyright.PENANAXFvFRo6J29
Gate, over the marshes of Pantaan and the spiked stones of Cabero Valley where many353Please respect copyright.PENANAWHqSNAdU0E
great battles have been decided. Something easily deduced by all the bones of many353Please respect copyright.PENANAOzq2qkzT8N
giants and other long-gone things. A dry place as it must remain eternally bound to353Please respect copyright.PENANAMOUuKSswnb
the sun and its wrath, forever a slave to its scolding will. After those yellowed sights,353Please respect copyright.PENANAgbQxyvKDZG
green starts to sprout again and shortly after, if one is flying that is, the Beriheim353Please respect copyright.PENANAivsUSTx32x
region becomes finally within reach. The advent of flying was mostly made possible353Please respect copyright.PENANAnRfo7NzbJZ
to avoid setting foot in such desolated places like Cabero Valley, although there have353Please respect copyright.PENANAMwotlvgoS6
always been those stubborn caravans marching through it. Especially when Beriheim353Please respect copyright.PENANAHIEyQefUpY
was not a region best avoided but was sought out instead. It was once fertile, and a few353Please respect copyright.PENANABuOr4kqXsx
happy settlements could be found there. All of that belongs to the past now...353Please respect copyright.PENANAYsuD3m3iJn
The mountain was finally in sight of that tired pilot. It reached his old eyes after353Please respect copyright.PENANAX1TyLidT0o
yet another, albeit bigger than usual, thunderclap - one as if announcing their arrival.353Please respect copyright.PENANAsqIydwlqqs
No amount of clouds or threatening thunders could keep it hidden anymore, and the353Please respect copyright.PENANABi9qer3JXW
sounds of those struggling engines had no choice but to make themselves even louder.353Please respect copyright.PENANACPQhsx7LpG
They grew desperate as the Bolt Lander’s efforts against that punishing storm kept353Please respect copyright.PENANANyCJox3vCM
increasing; an effort that did not go unnoticed by its cargo. The force of five sent...353Please respect copyright.PENANAMoOh8oWcKo
“Boss...” called out one of the four calmly sitting with a beautiful, elegant sword353Please respect copyright.PENANAz86mhFprBV
stationed between his legs “and you didn’t want us to tag along this time.”353Please respect copyright.PENANAQFFRGjyw4G
“Keep it shut.” said the one sitting in front of him; a female whose voluptuous353Please respect copyright.PENANAEJXLTRof6g
curves were a gift that no shadow could ever hope to conceal. “What, and miss out on353Please respect copyright.PENANAAmaijD19YZ
all this?” he insisted as he spun around that sword a couple of times.353Please respect copyright.PENANAl9ECTGMf45
“Yeah captain,” another joined in; also feminine, with a calm and collected voice353Please respect copyright.PENANATPLkkRYqUj
“Why didn’t you want us to come along this time?” she asked while her fingers kept353Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7lnNrYaY2
drumming one of her thighs... The one standing up said nothing...353Please respect copyright.PENANAm8iwTOYi02
“Capt’n? Capt’n can ya hear me?” a voice rustling through a small box on the wall,353Please respect copyright.PENANAnms0Uemv4m
they were words from the pilot, and they are struggling to reach the five waiting353Please respect copyright.PENANA43XdOUSUo3
patiently.353Please respect copyright.PENANAWtBFoTpMFK
“We hear you Sheiska.” the one standing up finally spoke, “Give us the good news.”353Please respect copyright.PENANA5pdG54sutW
“Sir, she can’t take it for much longer...” the obvious difficulty the pilot was having353Please respect copyright.PENANAHvMtHGaCYP
easily discerned from all that increasing static “We have to make the drop-off now...”353Please respect copyright.PENANAqhFQGt3OUr
“How far are we from that mountain?” the captain of the Hand asked while looking353Please respect copyright.PENANATmRjwBHfIq
at the rest. “We will soon be flying over Brosse...”353Please respect copyright.PENANAOjJaH9Gsge
“Is there no way she can bring us any closer?” the captain’s right hand already waving353Please respect copyright.PENANAtsCtRVrSOg
to the rest as an indication to make themselves ready “Sheiska?”353Please respect copyright.PENANAvzFAucNdDF
“No sir, I don’t... God darn it... all...” a louder sound than usual was heard this time353Please respect copyright.PENANATj7HGWEOM3
coming not from the speaker box but the pilot’s cabinet. “I guess not...” the captain353Please respect copyright.PENANA2VdfX2G9Xf
murmured... “Sorry sir... lost the reading on the instruments for a while there” things353Please respect copyright.PENANAYxr11ryjXt
resumed to just how bad they were previously “So what say you, captain?”353Please respect copyright.PENANALA3rHTJcbO
“It’s not like we have much choice,” the captain looked behind him and saw the353Please respect copyright.PENANAtGBGzFY8Ur
other four already fully prepared and waiting “open it up for us when you are ready.”353Please respect copyright.PENANA3zcJj3jGr7
“Aye, sir...” the sound of a heavy lock was heard as mechanical noises capable of353Please respect copyright.PENANANq7rkBUtGV
distinguishing themselves, even with such a storm running rampant outside, were353Please respect copyright.PENANAEJF35v6Fvh
heard heading to the back of the aircraft. Their eyes followed and then the way for353Please respect copyright.PENANAKjcz4L8Xos
them to jump unfurled. “Sir I would strongly advise for a halo jump with this nasty353Please respect copyright.PENANAzgL1qr4DY7
weather and all.”353Please respect copyright.PENANAKNaMs1zhuX
“Alright you heard the man...” the captain’s words placed all five in a single file353Please respect copyright.PENANAfNvYRw9QJm
“We dive straight down to get away from these clouds as fast as possible and once we353Please respect copyright.PENANAq2pvQtWgZb
are in the clear I will signal you all to deploy the parachutes. Now gear up and let’s go.353Please respect copyright.PENANAMrxN4oJluZ
Rhim, you go first.”353Please respect copyright.PENANAiqlcCrdE1A