"Ugh" 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3h1TQ5noi
"Shh, he's coming to"606Please respect copyright.PENANAzCNpL3l1Sw
David slowly opened his 606Please respect copyright.PENANAEEl7PNl8xl
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 606Please respect copyright.PENANAvXV9jFuuzG
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 606Please respect copyright.PENANATqTWji0JTn
last so that he'd become blind.606Please respect copyright.PENANA8dfw1GADGU
Sadly someone didn't 606Please respect copyright.PENANAeP4bvz09Kv
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 606Please respect copyright.PENANAhSnNAmyC6V
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a606Please respect copyright.PENANA85yDy4jrun
gruff voice.606Please respect copyright.PENANAimyPqPd8UT
David braved opening his606Please respect copyright.PENANAeA71NY6tpU
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 606Please respect copyright.PENANAxgCDpo1OkP
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 606Please respect copyright.PENANAxMYkASk5zJ
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 606Please respect copyright.PENANAc4t8GR868T
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 606Please respect copyright.PENANAJMmRJMyqdb
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 606Please respect copyright.PENANAAvAcNtwLhr
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 606Please respect copyright.PENANAlqxEyhBenK
it was covered too much with a beard.606Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ9PKE2b1v
"A friend, especially to606Please respect copyright.PENANAqdPLmCawuC
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 606Please respect copyright.PENANAsggPeEiFas
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 606Please respect copyright.PENANAAGoac63F8M
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 606Please respect copyright.PENANAy1L0ZlGKAP
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 606Please respect copyright.PENANAsf4v2uItLr
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the606Please respect copyright.PENANAVtaIkNTsWb
pressure on his arm increased.606Please respect copyright.PENANA79oEx7cidC
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAVc49NK8en1
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"606Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3NUKzEn8p
~you'll pay for this, 606Please respect copyright.PENANA9JnHlXKPw0
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAsgsVM3QOEn
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 606Please respect copyright.PENANAteMf9wil4C
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAsBQ4Yaz8ua
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 606Please respect copyright.PENANAVUOeIH3sMP
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 606Please respect copyright.PENANAIDrtUY8XPj
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 606Please respect copyright.PENANALqsiqar7Ci
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAWHyG9LYNV1
David let his eye wander606Please respect copyright.PENANAC8Jo9LI2wF
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAUsRDfzV2UA
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 606Please respect copyright.PENANANJ0jxLv6bS
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAvmX1Cmi4qI
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 606Please respect copyright.PENANA2eN6I7sIQJ
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 606Please respect copyright.PENANAuecMKdvPMK
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 606Please respect copyright.PENANAx0E9IR69lZ
arrogant pricks.606Please respect copyright.PENANAo13TckHRyx
David heard the flint 606Please respect copyright.PENANAh7S6omIFWV
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 606Please respect copyright.PENANA2dRFvnXyij
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was606Please respect copyright.PENANACTenGZaUPi
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 606Please respect copyright.PENANACTuQ18eAlp
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 606Please respect copyright.PENANADOpED0kGjM
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the606Please respect copyright.PENANAL30nzg4aIL
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 606Please respect copyright.PENANATb9xJDAvx1
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 606Please respect copyright.PENANAkNZLwTiwf0
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 606Please respect copyright.PENANAtJJbpePXZU
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 606Please respect copyright.PENANATRmHrZjHJV
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.606Please respect copyright.PENANAVzve0fRbzC
The pain in his arm 606Please respect copyright.PENANAcRTTtzNKEc
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAADIQI1TzlK
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 606Please respect copyright.PENANAc1FSKcbW2e
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It606Please respect copyright.PENANAJvjpZvJRbd
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 606Please respect copyright.PENANAzqexxyoVpr
survived that fall."606Please respect copyright.PENANAmrrD3tztkG
It took a second for 606Please respect copyright.PENANAhdHcyuLvEz
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 606Please respect copyright.PENANAkpsKDMx5nc
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZbWVJ4lbRn
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 606Please respect copyright.PENANAwOsYo02eAN
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 606Please respect copyright.PENANA09GNKGo85x
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 606Please respect copyright.PENANA5LRloe79yO
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 606Please respect copyright.PENANAP2KSuz1DrT
that.606Please respect copyright.PENANASKVzzUuUEy
"I don't know how I got 606Please respect copyright.PENANAKPNRRsdvx8
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if606Please respect copyright.PENANAm5K1R5EO9m
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full606Please respect copyright.PENANA4G0JTeURQU
truth606Please respect copyright.PENANAMl9d46wDwr
"I'm sure if he was a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAXauCxjDtbk
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 606Please respect copyright.PENANAkDlJQijIYX
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 606Please respect copyright.PENANA6j5yPoB3lv
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 606Please respect copyright.PENANAbpRDNLR7kC
guessed that was Gob.606Please respect copyright.PENANAAvT2lyEVhz
"Not how mages work kid,606Please respect copyright.PENANAXaAYRLsY4p
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear606Please respect copyright.PENANAxcoR7nkeX3
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 606Please respect copyright.PENANAMqPeFL57El
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 606Please respect copyright.PENANAyLIZEQW3Qm
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 606Please respect copyright.PENANAPKTT1Z1RSd
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 606Please respect copyright.PENANAeKTWZ7fhbb
have a clear head so we should be safe.606Please respect copyright.PENANAmT6mR78pcK
David was having trouble606Please respect copyright.PENANAp4fIqohu3z
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.606Please respect copyright.PENANAvO8ILvnisH
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can606Please respect copyright.PENANAF3eVAgAFZZ
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAMPVHIYjEFV
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and606Please respect copyright.PENANADex1Lovwl1
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 606Please respect copyright.PENANAkqPJaG14LT
definitely felt exhausted.606Please respect copyright.PENANASx0CbPgS2C
Gob stared into Davids 606Please respect copyright.PENANALRieQG2cEZ
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 606Please respect copyright.PENANAbsmCG0Ut72
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 606Please respect copyright.PENANAzRRzMq0g6B
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in606Please respect copyright.PENANAsU9KsqCBP6
a deadpan voice.606Please respect copyright.PENANAOoUKZvkcw8
Sighting David sat up, 606Please respect copyright.PENANAJvkD9hCQK1
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 606Please respect copyright.PENANAJRLPUeuDqO
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 606Please respect copyright.PENANApFg4s0mqYM
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 606Please respect copyright.PENANASujTA50ZpH
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 606Please respect copyright.PENANAXXQArcpIO0
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 606Please respect copyright.PENANA4cRY6bukH7
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.606Please respect copyright.PENANASZQvkHq4Qk
David took the herbs and606Please respect copyright.PENANAYoK8Zz4c0t
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 606Please respect copyright.PENANAfVRi4MDYmf
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 606Please respect copyright.PENANArTEcgM9djG
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 606Please respect copyright.PENANAh970CkJPhV
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.606Please respect copyright.PENANAjlpsoTIBml
"It's called blumeflor, 606Please respect copyright.PENANAnkITmvQtVB
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council606Please respect copyright.PENANASB90G1og6E
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 606Please respect copyright.PENANA7THHjPPFCh
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 606Please respect copyright.PENANAAicgbvPeb1
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 606Please respect copyright.PENANA0fse7kXuZA
himself.606Please respect copyright.PENANAA0DAHDxdya
"It's a good way of 606Please respect copyright.PENANAGsxjrc8oJZ
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out606Please respect copyright.PENANAVZW46T9sxf
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."606Please respect copyright.PENANAWCVsTtKHgD
David was going to ask 606Please respect copyright.PENANArClefR7pFL
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA8jP0cPQ3fq
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 606Please respect copyright.PENANAT8gAGdA1RY
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAlS6MtAusoT
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 606Please respect copyright.PENANAG6vw1nQo5d
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZkNS9gkL0O
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 606Please respect copyright.PENANAD9qcIkBrEu
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 606Please respect copyright.PENANAmyyRhRXRaN
stance. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAHF9rftx0cJ
Gob was also very persistent. "Since you're not a mage, you're a liar then. Now why should I waste my time on a liar?"606Please respect copyright.PENANAXCp5I4RQyx
"Why would I lie about 606Please respect copyright.PENANA1rHY2LFAQG
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 606Please respect copyright.PENANAwIpclH9JfG
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 606Please respect copyright.PENANAol4jYTiypN
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 606Please respect copyright.PENANAv0LNweeN13
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 606Please respect copyright.PENANAoOt6WWRyCO
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a606Please respect copyright.PENANAVeel7z3KOH
good way to do it.606Please respect copyright.PENANAvPjc22niiu
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6ZhImo7BY
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."606Please respect copyright.PENANArTq6NHdOgg
"So you are a liar."606Please respect copyright.PENANAJBaiLve4Nw
"Bring me to the ship! 606Please respect copyright.PENANAAgIiJmeaKw
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll606Please respect copyright.PENANA1qFSMSh2P9
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 606Please respect copyright.PENANAxHrTDPnlqs
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"606Please respect copyright.PENANAJLpMNo4lEk
Some of the feet 606Please respect copyright.PENANAc0VPQNiDjj
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 606Please respect copyright.PENANAThX2SAC0if
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 606Please respect copyright.PENANAS2qEk0JSlF
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."606Please respect copyright.PENANAXTKO77nITE
"The weapons were in a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAVHgsf77DMn
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 606Please respect copyright.PENANAlVQ6G7ZjuC
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 606Please respect copyright.PENANAD7bQJkjKup
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 606Please respect copyright.PENANA7NpVbH8lRT
important duties?"606Please respect copyright.PENANAzAmpJNDmur
Gob shook his head. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAoePjMWJf9r
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 606Please respect copyright.PENANAvRKtD3rf33
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 606Please respect copyright.PENANA0KXGID8wMq
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 606Please respect copyright.PENANAcfnonnw6Kw
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 606Please respect copyright.PENANAnqK6bWrv50
up. "Y..yes Gob?"606Please respect copyright.PENANA1GnLkdmjQ9
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 606Please respect copyright.PENANAbqwjx8WLt1
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZuoZgSpsCr
tie our friend here and then join us." 606Please respect copyright.PENANAUsplomUMyx
"Yes, sir!" The young 606Please respect copyright.PENANAD3D16Sna4p
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 606Please respect copyright.PENANADJBbxeC9xD
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'606Please respect copyright.PENANATmthPvD98F
David smiled, atleast 606Please respect copyright.PENANAFTRIdkywgn
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 606Please respect copyright.PENANA9ISio6QQTJ
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 606Please respect copyright.PENANAo29tGH7CxN
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 606Please respect copyright.PENANAhiz2vom75F
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 606Please respect copyright.PENANAnhP7uVuAhC
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."606Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xoriq71G1
David nodded as if 606Please respect copyright.PENANAyGADhlyD2U
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to606Please respect copyright.PENANApNQupesFwl
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAhz9QV0YaLK
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 606Please respect copyright.PENANATbuIHnHY2S
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA2fsOsrKf4L
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 606Please respect copyright.PENANAzHoJGB3hss
"Denis!" Gobs voice 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZWNRsCw6Ne
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 606Please respect copyright.PENANA9mkFaYvKpv
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZdaTzWhPaE
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 606Please respect copyright.PENANAvf4TwfSfKh
in a circle.606Please respect copyright.PENANAAruZcoe1bR
David could easily untie606Please respect copyright.PENANAhKuIDlT73n
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the606Please respect copyright.PENANAJVa1UOeRYZ
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty606Please respect copyright.PENANAIGTb6iT4S0
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 606Please respect copyright.PENANAAiuu8mfLQY
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.606Please respect copyright.PENANA5FtUhOWToF
David must've dozed off 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZwuWKepfRF
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with606Please respect copyright.PENANAF7RImXS2Kp
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 606Please respect copyright.PENANAFkadr1N6LG
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAWuSwzZYdQu
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 606Please respect copyright.PENANAI0ERQRwE2t
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZXwBYwCxdJ
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a606Please respect copyright.PENANA5KtFwRVmFt
difference, we'll be able to find them."606Please respect copyright.PENANAwxjN9KaOhY
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"606Please respect copyright.PENANA9xGJ7brb52
"Who'd know?"606Please respect copyright.PENANAAUe4esI7JI
"You" David said that as606Please respect copyright.PENANARlq0arsWSN
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAAoW6QGN8P5
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 606Please respect copyright.PENANAyE1UpmE8eR
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had606Please respect copyright.PENANAf7lGmPRybw
a choice so David took a gamble.606Please respect copyright.PENANAkHnhXQ3pfl
It seemed to be paying 606Please respect copyright.PENANAVTI7Zgn4ut
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook606Please respect copyright.PENANAxTnllNqsxg
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 606Please respect copyright.PENANARHLqEvYHRN
wrong move and you're dead."606Please respect copyright.PENANA8GhgfMHS0c
David nodded, not liking the look in Gobs eyes. "I get it, you're trying to look after them but I'm not your enemy."606Please respect copyright.PENANAwA02jfrZe4
Gob grunted at that. "No606Please respect copyright.PENANAksgO4MkORZ
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but606Please respect copyright.PENANAozaNXjy9LJ
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 606Please respect copyright.PENANAHreuLOH8Te
draining from his hands. 606Please respect copyright.PENANATkxJkeVqP4
"I'll be able to walk 606Please respect copyright.PENANArZDfpUkwSR
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 606Please respect copyright.PENANAtMAyPNZSrR
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 606Please respect copyright.PENANAeICrhzC4EG
caused David to lose his balance. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAxYgRQfGiVn
"The walk should only 606Please respect copyright.PENANAFhaU2HrPp9
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 606Please respect copyright.PENANAbZflZpCTXp
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go606Please respect copyright.PENANAqnDBcx9RrZ
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 606Please respect copyright.PENANA0E07XfaBlc
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 606Please respect copyright.PENANAqSuVGt0PXe
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 606Please respect copyright.PENANAEtTrON7x7y
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 606Please respect copyright.PENANA2qG310GjCn
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.606Please respect copyright.PENANAyp9N5O48mz
To Gobs credit he wasn't606Please respect copyright.PENANAu48wghizSB
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 606Please respect copyright.PENANAopyfKjgvhR
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 606Please respect copyright.PENANAkwvFNWAahH
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 606Please respect copyright.PENANAu9oVKTkiyo
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 606Please respect copyright.PENANA19R0FIyVmm
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.606Please respect copyright.PENANAZxIClTaOEb
First there was Denis, 606Please respect copyright.PENANABOR98ZofNX
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAoWN32U75un
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 606Please respect copyright.PENANAl872vH8Lw1
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 606Please respect copyright.PENANA3HHK7EpdFk
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 606Please respect copyright.PENANA3AHH4aSrdp
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 606Please respect copyright.PENANAydddwbSVNc
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 606Please respect copyright.PENANAVWk0CwfLtC
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He606Please respect copyright.PENANA3vTzXMTmzF
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAAJRh7XrURk
All in all a group of 606Please respect copyright.PENANAR9twRe5Ih2
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 606Please respect copyright.PENANAwJwHIluDHJ
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 606Please respect copyright.PENANAk8CFoyf6kj
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see606Please respect copyright.PENANAhTmztGtsKN
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 606Please respect copyright.PENANAtbZXxNUPk7
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 606Please respect copyright.PENANARH5BUmjDzc
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 606Please respect copyright.PENANAFhnO95CZGZ
stuff. 606Please respect copyright.PENANApHz0Wx7naT
Sadly except the names 606Please respect copyright.PENANAgKgF4xilRC
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,606Please respect copyright.PENANAMrQD8P0DFg
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 606Please respect copyright.PENANARg8myKv5hL
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 606Please respect copyright.PENANAw8rN8YjFRu
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 606Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5EmnpEZH8
childhood. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAoKnSsOgIpS
David also paid 606Please respect copyright.PENANALSNPjKRaHy
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 606Please respect copyright.PENANAPiZZDtXKAs
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 606Please respect copyright.PENANAc0ycGSkQth
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could606Please respect copyright.PENANAzWQ5Oqzhhh
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.606Please respect copyright.PENANAiSojecHVKs
The closer they got the 606Please respect copyright.PENANANtmrRAl5H4
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate606Please respect copyright.PENANADXTqPiPtcg
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 606Please respect copyright.PENANA1NX8L6Cw0T
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably606Please respect copyright.PENANAq1vkwMGXvw
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both606Please respect copyright.PENANAo1A4qIyQ89
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 606Please respect copyright.PENANARAbe4XeQQ9
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 606Please respect copyright.PENANAnAjb6oiIuI
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 606Please respect copyright.PENANAtnjFxbKqpv
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.606Please respect copyright.PENANAgZh8wUPwkM
They were able to hear 606Please respect copyright.PENANAeKEthOJ1Ih
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 606Please respect copyright.PENANAobUADQ54ge
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 606Please respect copyright.PENANAw7c90PjVfz
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 606Please respect copyright.PENANAj90v1V6uAi
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.606Please respect copyright.PENANAlgCRokDRKh
"Get down, behind the 606Please respect copyright.PENANA75KyiYHsJ6
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 606Please respect copyright.PENANAqMydUpCx6U
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying606Please respect copyright.PENANAPtOIIsUuRw
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and606Please respect copyright.PENANAmJLcZvraB2
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 606Please respect copyright.PENANA660bOwoHPd
nicely with the surroundings.606Please respect copyright.PENANA9SZjUh9wHY
With a groan David 606Please respect copyright.PENANALMhOE9RoGI
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at606Please respect copyright.PENANA4KzpeAFqYz
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 606Please respect copyright.PENANArYqdiH6lIl
grunt. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAE9mx3QgLpd
They all had to cover 606Please respect copyright.PENANAc6AYtRWkt9
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 606Please respect copyright.PENANAf6qSeYqlrb
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAP0jPvvPPNC
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 606Please respect copyright.PENANAepTUR0fkK4
them.606Please respect copyright.PENANASRxACFtu9H
With a tug of the rope 606Please respect copyright.PENANA7cQDyD9la5
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 606Please respect copyright.PENANA4qEAbgUPtE
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the606Please respect copyright.PENANA0wjL5vm2I3
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left606Please respect copyright.PENANAYpRWBKyRRD
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 606Please respect copyright.PENANAoOOJnyXxJD
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.606Please respect copyright.PENANAu5CkEXF8z5
"So, where's this hold?"606Please respect copyright.PENANA5rYQKFezSK
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAEw3z0yGZGK
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 606Please respect copyright.PENANAfOp83BbJMa
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.606Please respect copyright.PENANAHUbyLnRrHf
"It's there and looks 606Please respect copyright.PENANAYugBvpI061
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 606Please respect copyright.PENANAdBAgBqpKBp
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob606Please respect copyright.PENANAQcvkIWku1r
"Corruption knows. They 606Please respect copyright.PENANA77KCJsFPMu
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 606Please respect copyright.PENANAFBa4MmhpPq
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 606Please respect copyright.PENANAgB4t9FhSv4
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 606Please respect copyright.PENANAEp89FcJQEz
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 606Please respect copyright.PENANAUSD4iq0Mkq
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.606Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZYpruNQsx
David made a move to 606Please respect copyright.PENANAXVdd0JsUjp
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 606Please respect copyright.PENANA1KI3IQeW8C
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 606Please respect copyright.PENANA7uC4sYWP1h
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 606Please respect copyright.PENANAeljvdaKUCN
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 606Please respect copyright.PENANA4g7bIWvmaN
them. "I think we're in trouble."606Please respect copyright.PENANAbXm42YD7ck
Gob pulled the telescope606Please respect copyright.PENANAikIl0IfUsc
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 606Please respect copyright.PENANADRQQGeVAGu
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 606Please respect copyright.PENANAjEF2BM6nXt
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 606Please respect copyright.PENANAtkEgBqh3ez
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 606Please respect copyright.PENANAvurlLzYmv7
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 606Please respect copyright.PENANALkurf7c7yw
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 606Please respect copyright.PENANAuqyvTAFysW
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 606Please respect copyright.PENANAth1BhefEQy
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 606Please respect copyright.PENANASvgGjIWjBS
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 606Please respect copyright.PENANAKSBI9sXDAZ
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 606Please respect copyright.PENANAKyLlDC52Gi
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 606Please respect copyright.PENANAFPgWBM0jhD
reason." He added the last part in a grumble606Please respect copyright.PENANAIXEod41vyq
Gob pulled away from 606Please respect copyright.PENANAhxq4blUHvo
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 606Please respect copyright.PENANAdt1KY2fTdj
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing606Please respect copyright.PENANAD2p9mxBQrw
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown606Please respect copyright.PENANA6ieVT9KjAi
you in your own shit" 606Please respect copyright.PENANArVFubEgYGx
"Now form up and let's 606Please respect copyright.PENANAQWTG3xiCKZ
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 606Please respect copyright.PENANA3FU6aEE05n
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with606Please respect copyright.PENANAsEuuD3MErU
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a606Please respect copyright.PENANAcx6EM00Ilv
long while.