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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 5409135" data-attributes="member: 3285">Fear of Falling: Part 2 – Burn NoticeRushing at the ground at maximum velocity, Hammer didn’t have much time to think.  He was so caught up in making sure Caprice was all right that by the time he realized he should probably have pulled his own chute, it was too late.He spun around so he could face the ground.  May as well stare death in the face…Hammer’s descent slowed.  He balled himself up tightly as he was swept sideways, as if he were bouncing down a water slide.  Hammer rolled and landed on his feet.  The wind was all he could think of.  The wind must have—Jim-Bean landed next to him, sans parachute. “You’re welcome,” he said with a grin.Guppy, already on the ground, released his chute and removed his breathing apparatus.  “What the hell is going on?  Why are we in the middle of a field?”Archive joined them.  “So?”“We should be in an ocean, remember?  This is no island.  I saw lights from a city!”“You’re good at landing in cities,” said Jim-Bean.“Very funny.” Guppy looked around.  “I’m serious, something’s very wrong here.”“No problem, we can just use the GPS to…” Jim-Bean tapped a few keys.  “SINNER?  Baby?  Where are we?”The now adult CGI-rendered form of SINNER appeared on screen.  “Identify,” she said tersely. The image was marred by static. Jim-Bean blinked.  “What?”“Identifying…””What’s she doing?” asked Hammer.“I don’t know, but she seems pissed off,” said Jim-Bean, brow furrowed.  Falling thousands of feet out of an airplane while being pursued by an eyeball-sucking monster didn’t bother him.  But SINNER’s emotional state obviously did.All of their cistrons lit up.  They pulled their cistrons out.  Each flashed on the screen: IDENTIFYING… A bright red beam flared from the base of each cistron’s camera, scanning the hand that held the cistron.“DUPLICATE SIGNAL.” Accused each cistron.  “SECURITY COMPROMISED.”The cistrons squealed an alert in unison.“I’ve seen this before!” shouted Guppy.  “Throw it!”“But—“ began Jim-Bean.“Throw it!” And to demonstrate, Guppy tossed his cistron as hard as he could into the field.  The other agents followed suited.There wasn’t much time to dive to the ground. The explosion was contained but powerful – a small nuclear detonation, just like the one that had consumed Agent Blade so many years ago.They rolled as the shockwave billowed outwards, flattening reeds and agents alike.  Jim-Bean was the first to get to his feet.“What the hell just happened?” “We’ve just been burned,” said Hammer grimly.</blockquote>

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