The Begining of the End

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“Jump! Just jump!" the voice said from the other side of the earpiece. I shut my eyes tight and take the leap of faith, and I jump. More gun shots filled the air behind me. One man was lucky to puncture my left shoulder. The pain filled my body as it goes falling through the air. I wince in pain when the bullet makes it halfway through my body. The screen on my helmet flashes the distance to the ground. 1,200 feet till impact. 1,100 feet till impact. I press the buttons on the sides of my thighs, and I extend my arms. In bright green letters flash on the screen 'Squirrel Suit activated.'

"You're fine T. Just make it to the parking garage, and we’ll be waiting there for your arrival," the voice said again. One more gunshots filled the air, and this one punctured my right side of the suit.

"Oh shit," I say looking at the hole.

"What happened?"

"Gun shot went through my squirrel suit," I reply, "and I'm losing altitude too."

"Use your parachute instead."

"Ok," I say reaching for the string over my left shoulder, and I pull the string. The force of the parachute pulls my body up just a few feet.

"I'm a few feet from the parking garage. Get ready to leave once I get there," I say into the earpiece.

"We're all ready when you get here," he replied back. Red bold letters appear on my screen ‘WARNING: IMPACT'. I pull the knife from its sheath holding it in my hands. I started counting in my head three, two, and one. I take the knife and cut the ropes holding the parachutes to my body. I go flying into the open gap in the parking garage. I hit the ground in a thud. The cement scratched my skin through my uniform of the Brotherhood of the Phoenix. It had an emblem of a phoenix on each shoulder, and the rest of the uniform was a combination

"Are you ready yet?" a voice says in front of me.

"Oh shut up Mike," I reply still brushing off the dirt on the uniform.

"Let’s just go Thunder," Mike said grabbing my right shoulder to drag me along.

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