"Ugh" 384Please respect copyright.PENANAQ64ScpixIX
"Shh, he's coming to"384Please respect copyright.PENANAejzwMl8rd1
David slowly opened his 384Please respect copyright.PENANArCSKjKvP6e
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 384Please respect copyright.PENANA6MAfH8aw5b
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 384Please respect copyright.PENANAcFlnQ8a6U3
last so that he'd become blind.384Please respect copyright.PENANAz9U7cP4T06
Sadly someone didn't 384Please respect copyright.PENANA0E4tyN8Mj9
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 384Please respect copyright.PENANAOCCo8uovB3
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a384Please respect copyright.PENANAS8uwirXihu
gruff voice.384Please respect copyright.PENANATSGl9tgYsd
David braved opening his384Please respect copyright.PENANARdVof53DZv
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 384Please respect copyright.PENANA0R68C0gM0V
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 384Please respect copyright.PENANAOLD6kJBWV9
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 384Please respect copyright.PENANAjIXKKd708h
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 384Please respect copyright.PENANAxc1aPGtRtG
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 384Please respect copyright.PENANAWNTxtKoTs0
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 384Please respect copyright.PENANAO8g3K2RQyN
it was covered too much with a beard.384Please respect copyright.PENANASN014x9x87
"A friend, especially to384Please respect copyright.PENANArP6D90RD74
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 384Please respect copyright.PENANAGB4v8Jr4vj
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 384Please respect copyright.PENANAwCxx2aGVNr
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 384Please respect copyright.PENANAvpLta1jvdj
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 384Please respect copyright.PENANAW1YXM3kXwl
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the384Please respect copyright.PENANAs2xvdBFhl1
pressure on his arm increased.384Please respect copyright.PENANArHGsobpIe6
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAiHpvLqh94K
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"384Please respect copyright.PENANAdpeETnhTre
~you'll pay for this, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAGT9ztjgtIa
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAM6OZ78aC3e
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 384Please respect copyright.PENANADbCwe1yaCF
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAfgDQXauCCU
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 384Please respect copyright.PENANAgzY7Cjxq8D
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 384Please respect copyright.PENANArp2puUzjCv
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 384Please respect copyright.PENANAG8VSkqTuKc
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAXZZuOKaK3Z
David let his eye wander384Please respect copyright.PENANALTiylyHtXX
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAtvU8HZ6btZ
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 384Please respect copyright.PENANA9fw9p5y0ur
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAcybb1NuENw
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 384Please respect copyright.PENANAbDI2Dfp7hL
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 384Please respect copyright.PENANAvoRgXnHogM
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 384Please respect copyright.PENANAwpQguOm69N
arrogant pricks.384Please respect copyright.PENANA7NqR38nQC1
David heard the flint 384Please respect copyright.PENANAcVbkQ0PN81
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 384Please respect copyright.PENANAk5tX5ofHgR
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was384Please respect copyright.PENANACvlIWSNJCJ
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 384Please respect copyright.PENANAy4h2zvpG8t
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 384Please respect copyright.PENANA7G4Q6v0haR
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the384Please respect copyright.PENANApELpJ08WCR
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 384Please respect copyright.PENANAgzSqA9vsYR
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 384Please respect copyright.PENANAuCdd7U0pyd
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 384Please respect copyright.PENANA5fqpr9BLST
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdS3CaGDH7A
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.384Please respect copyright.PENANAEdbhYx07zT
The pain in his arm 384Please respect copyright.PENANAp9xK2y0vX9
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAsirsETynpY
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 384Please respect copyright.PENANAnSIf3m3G0a
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It384Please respect copyright.PENANAMKW8jjAFYh
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 384Please respect copyright.PENANAzh35XElThF
survived that fall."384Please respect copyright.PENANASEADw3rRIw
It took a second for 384Please respect copyright.PENANAaP5RzY4vlm
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 384Please respect copyright.PENANAvaepxSOaoU
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 384Please respect copyright.PENANAPjTnChOTgn
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 384Please respect copyright.PENANApY16T4KSIS
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 384Please respect copyright.PENANABkOfQTPhns
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 384Please respect copyright.PENANAofLYGywmMp
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 384Please respect copyright.PENANAsRAAKv1J4R
that.384Please respect copyright.PENANAiMTaA4IsQ7
"I don't know how I got 384Please respect copyright.PENANAvIKPCBjAz8
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if384Please respect copyright.PENANAywZD1aVKRE
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full384Please respect copyright.PENANAPkg5NBtBKU
truth384Please respect copyright.PENANAK18wMXwD6I
"I'm sure if he was a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAbeTGyfCP4U
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAxPwUSB4067
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 384Please respect copyright.PENANAz9AqRJ2ush
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 384Please respect copyright.PENANAIz34Jlz5OH
guessed that was Gob.384Please respect copyright.PENANA0jAiqBQbmf
"Not how mages work kid,384Please respect copyright.PENANA3DQPQU9Bfl
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear384Please respect copyright.PENANAFCB9r847fT
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 384Please respect copyright.PENANAuOSDqk2qw3
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 384Please respect copyright.PENANA41SUP141GG
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 384Please respect copyright.PENANAQr2evWbFuQ
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 384Please respect copyright.PENANAJ11XdGxDb0
have a clear head so we should be safe.384Please respect copyright.PENANAOCwpcJvRU7
David was having trouble384Please respect copyright.PENANAt7ruWzIstQ
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.384Please respect copyright.PENANA7NWHkP8h1z
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can384Please respect copyright.PENANAP5b4Wm7Vdi
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAVrim2Cf0t5
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and384Please respect copyright.PENANAmhLnkWXZnr
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 384Please respect copyright.PENANAe01WuOiJ5w
definitely felt exhausted.384Please respect copyright.PENANAhKAbihsjcq
Gob stared into Davids 384Please respect copyright.PENANAcnWtUztQkQ
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 384Please respect copyright.PENANAaQF36qANNu
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 384Please respect copyright.PENANAWka5w6q98j
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in384Please respect copyright.PENANAlrhB3W8PeY
a deadpan voice.384Please respect copyright.PENANAbBsDJfQwM3
Sighting David sat up, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAAaMvfdX4Dk
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 384Please respect copyright.PENANAXRTuEOUluD
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 384Please respect copyright.PENANA0tTmtAcQ5P
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 384Please respect copyright.PENANA82mboK5Q6N
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 384Please respect copyright.PENANAjUVSeSmQFQ
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 384Please respect copyright.PENANA2J7Gxchc4E
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.384Please respect copyright.PENANA3iQCdYDoK4
David took the herbs and384Please respect copyright.PENANAOs0aXpXFRJ
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 384Please respect copyright.PENANAKCmURIMN5Q
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 384Please respect copyright.PENANAFpxdxTsMST
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdXE61g9DxG
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.384Please respect copyright.PENANAC3Gnj0GbJf
"It's called blumeflor, 384Please respect copyright.PENANA1AcCyIYCK1
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council384Please respect copyright.PENANA5A5VJUvPD4
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdvyVHFgg5S
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 384Please respect copyright.PENANArs8tgPujSU
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 384Please respect copyright.PENANAfkcp7WitMV
himself.384Please respect copyright.PENANAdweTfwXE0h
"It's a good way of 384Please respect copyright.PENANAitObkdKKCI
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out384Please respect copyright.PENANAFvdTz71tpu
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."384Please respect copyright.PENANALunu4iPEu1
David was going to ask 384Please respect copyright.PENANATZatHKgW9b
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 384Please respect copyright.PENANABDpDKCrBjt
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 384Please respect copyright.PENANAHnc8YbBjFt
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAaJBVSdmYkJ
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 384Please respect copyright.PENANAX2hNrPTQDs
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 384Please respect copyright.PENANAZJDcXYjAOD
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAwi7JdWvGoE
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 384Please respect copyright.PENANAyL76ZbqGs1
stance. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAOEGf2CJrVN
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?"384Please respect copyright.PENANAwfYPiVOFwi
"Why would I lie about 384Please respect copyright.PENANAF8sCu4Ic1d
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 384Please respect copyright.PENANAZNINwrlRSp
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 384Please respect copyright.PENANAOqjoxuifDf
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 384Please respect copyright.PENANAe6OpbTfFTB
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 384Please respect copyright.PENANAaMxZIeM0sX
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a384Please respect copyright.PENANAj3haGCqXKg
good way to do it.384Please respect copyright.PENANAeOpo1b6bnN
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 384Please respect copyright.PENANAPaJJ8lclUv
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."384Please respect copyright.PENANAigGiyGybI1
"So you are a liar."384Please respect copyright.PENANA3tdi8JvKLd
"Bring me to the ship! 384Please respect copyright.PENANA1kvzSdSQL9
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll384Please respect copyright.PENANAvnqgzbjxs6
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 384Please respect copyright.PENANA1leNILAUtK
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"384Please respect copyright.PENANAITuRJgaU5n
Some of the feet 384Please respect copyright.PENANAxFtXcRRvep
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 384Please respect copyright.PENANA9QOO5YBqKn
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 384Please respect copyright.PENANAPTYRWganvD
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."384Please respect copyright.PENANAkwc6WzYPHO
"The weapons were in a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAxb4QOkAu33
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 384Please respect copyright.PENANAf5vsc0WbLR
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 384Please respect copyright.PENANAqmvfcNzAvX
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 384Please respect copyright.PENANANwMGPHVrTD
important duties?"384Please respect copyright.PENANA8kJKhXzsaF
Gob shook his head. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAYdjAqgCrLC
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 384Please respect copyright.PENANAaCm9vmiqVt
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 384Please respect copyright.PENANAICwGcjMUj7
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 384Please respect copyright.PENANAQlhanUpDC1
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 384Please respect copyright.PENANAa50MVYlOsj
up. "Y..yes Gob?"384Please respect copyright.PENANAMPMDW0ffmF
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 384Please respect copyright.PENANAK84W4mjvE9
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 384Please respect copyright.PENANAhTL12QFX1N
tie our friend here and then join us." 384Please respect copyright.PENANA6YWKfhaNi0
"Yes, sir!" The young 384Please respect copyright.PENANAzkasnJPwal
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 384Please respect copyright.PENANA9OMvUDO157
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'384Please respect copyright.PENANAIAetgnGmNi
David smiled, atleast 384Please respect copyright.PENANAAbbDu3rgf7
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 384Please respect copyright.PENANAiowVQeZ7mS
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 384Please respect copyright.PENANAjte3bhC6tx
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 384Please respect copyright.PENANAK5yoDoR4gH
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 384Please respect copyright.PENANAxN75e7m4GX
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."384Please respect copyright.PENANAZYCyzlYuq7
David nodded as if 384Please respect copyright.PENANAU48p1qnYBj
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to384Please respect copyright.PENANA8W32D2fj3C
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAN3Uu7G1YET
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 384Please respect copyright.PENANAO4C6V3ourf
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAlv3SnoY9KH
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 384Please respect copyright.PENANAttLQUihr9M
"Denis!" Gobs voice 384Please respect copyright.PENANAxKpZmoJE7J
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 384Please respect copyright.PENANAyZqs8ZjK9C
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 384Please respect copyright.PENANABWrEasM7lw
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 384Please respect copyright.PENANAPEOZveOUXZ
in a circle.384Please respect copyright.PENANAbkepEWT3K2
David could easily untie384Please respect copyright.PENANAvJb8IvSxX3
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the384Please respect copyright.PENANAqcTAaZ0M0h
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty384Please respect copyright.PENANAlV3PVttiGu
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 384Please respect copyright.PENANAT1YSg05P0t
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.384Please respect copyright.PENANArWPUYFY6b3
David must've dozed off 384Please respect copyright.PENANAo4G6l5oqEC
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with384Please respect copyright.PENANA5JGTjcwKvO
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 384Please respect copyright.PENANA48Sh2jJnGj
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAh82zeOOlc8
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 384Please respect copyright.PENANALyHq6UnSwL
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAEKpgKAXQHz
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a384Please respect copyright.PENANA3QgoCoiUvJ
difference, we'll be able to find them."384Please respect copyright.PENANATEpMitIeHF
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"384Please respect copyright.PENANAZy0nKJsqO9
"Who'd know?"384Please respect copyright.PENANAwW4MemiPw7
"You" David said that as384Please respect copyright.PENANA2tuP3Uh2We
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAca3u1Fzxa5
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 384Please respect copyright.PENANAJsfkdNVqC4
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had384Please respect copyright.PENANAWm17391M90
a choice so David took a gamble.384Please respect copyright.PENANAjwiGfFPIoQ
It seemed to be paying 384Please respect copyright.PENANAuYrqfROVXW
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook384Please respect copyright.PENANAga2fmXnwRz
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 384Please respect copyright.PENANAHcNnQ2T4ct
wrong move and you're dead."384Please respect copyright.PENANAz4jj0iMOmi
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."384Please respect copyright.PENANAYk9hwBJcEQ
Gob grunted at that. "No384Please respect copyright.PENANAG437RURWnD
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but384Please respect copyright.PENANAhOPF537fTG
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 384Please respect copyright.PENANAayWsRqFcuI
draining from his hands. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdxyUbt6agQ
"I'll be able to walk 384Please respect copyright.PENANA6GIwl9kkzI
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 384Please respect copyright.PENANAkGO7UmtZFm
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 384Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZniaFJrOp
caused David to lose his balance. 384Please respect copyright.PENANALQwDuCwLE3
"The walk should only 384Please respect copyright.PENANAUmxeC3RtYB
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 384Please respect copyright.PENANAibDo7Smi5P
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go384Please respect copyright.PENANATTUG6xcdgX
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 384Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wr3XwkDYk
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 384Please respect copyright.PENANALfJKmFquBH
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 384Please respect copyright.PENANApD5cBaIWiT
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 384Please respect copyright.PENANAPwAsNDOs6O
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.384Please respect copyright.PENANADGPOFfuOQX
To Gobs credit he wasn't384Please respect copyright.PENANAK8B4wzvPhf
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 384Please respect copyright.PENANAY32PyZ84je
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 384Please respect copyright.PENANARdVYgks51i
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 384Please respect copyright.PENANAUiAG8KyIqu
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAH051ou7WsK
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.384Please respect copyright.PENANAGu72n5prGi
First there was Denis, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAT59IdgkArw
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAivNGvE8cDW
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 384Please respect copyright.PENANAN22HLgC4RT
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 384Please respect copyright.PENANAt6NAFAFV9h
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 384Please respect copyright.PENANAuvDcduaY93
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 384Please respect copyright.PENANA3WJbQ8KOY9
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAM47PYdEGBC
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He384Please respect copyright.PENANAwLK3ms9Boo
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdqiMKme04L
All in all a group of 384Please respect copyright.PENANARsiLdrN5D2
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAbzfv2mTqqw
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 384Please respect copyright.PENANA9EoCxk0bix
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see384Please respect copyright.PENANAPbAt3kTpof
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 384Please respect copyright.PENANAmHq1Knvct2
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 384Please respect copyright.PENANAAv69japop8
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 384Please respect copyright.PENANAKx968wFIjW
stuff. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdwoFE0MV7P
Sadly except the names 384Please respect copyright.PENANAM3Fo4vNF1y
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,384Please respect copyright.PENANANxTp8NZRJZ
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 384Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1Hh429Ggz
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 384Please respect copyright.PENANAUuoRs9kI56
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 384Please respect copyright.PENANAYJvT4ngHZE
childhood. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAQgFzTUR3k5
David also paid 384Please respect copyright.PENANAJnQQ3v3i4x
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 384Please respect copyright.PENANA0m2Qh9jEvE
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 384Please respect copyright.PENANA0Rik6xroZv
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could384Please respect copyright.PENANAX3hHV3cJjW
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.384Please respect copyright.PENANA87CW5WPPfQ
The closer they got the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAIPUXX7aahO
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate384Please respect copyright.PENANAaIBoVAkpJB
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 384Please respect copyright.PENANAyAfkzTMEcC
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably384Please respect copyright.PENANAxyCrIKisE9
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both384Please respect copyright.PENANAlFwhm8dj09
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 384Please respect copyright.PENANAI9Ddnr5t4s
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 384Please respect copyright.PENANAyxT90Pdau7
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 384Please respect copyright.PENANA7xbmaQ5xbI
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.384Please respect copyright.PENANAR4GAZ33UVw
They were able to hear 384Please respect copyright.PENANAV1ZXIwD9s5
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 384Please respect copyright.PENANA7bLHWBzBOD
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 384Please respect copyright.PENANAzVucKnA9Ir
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAhvQ6Mb5BmP
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.384Please respect copyright.PENANA92v1cb1Uxk
"Get down, behind the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAuUQZj9yGmy
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 384Please respect copyright.PENANAzzsRLxX6pI
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying384Please respect copyright.PENANARKtZZqHJZO
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and384Please respect copyright.PENANAkbr5ljjNLe
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 384Please respect copyright.PENANAy036Eurq2o
nicely with the surroundings.384Please respect copyright.PENANARQePqIJIm7
With a groan David 384Please respect copyright.PENANASAIAVw2Llf
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at384Please respect copyright.PENANAcWLIag4HH0
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 384Please respect copyright.PENANAuMx3rBBZan
grunt. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAARuA7Jsc5a
They all had to cover 384Please respect copyright.PENANAhvz4mi2OcS
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 384Please respect copyright.PENANANiN68qJV8T
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 384Please respect copyright.PENANAJz8RbUS1Wj
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 384Please respect copyright.PENANAejV9FLWgwG
them.384Please respect copyright.PENANABVTkS9ipvz
With a tug of the rope 384Please respect copyright.PENANA8uUG7tFJda
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 384Please respect copyright.PENANAB4LEC8qeuQ
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the384Please respect copyright.PENANAUjITeJJZS9
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left384Please respect copyright.PENANAAo8L83pEJR
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 384Please respect copyright.PENANAVtSP9SDqHc
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.384Please respect copyright.PENANASB4KUlM4qj
"So, where's this hold?"384Please respect copyright.PENANAeC9PCdmb83
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAE4cHxqIZiy
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 384Please respect copyright.PENANAOqvASKwwcy
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.384Please respect copyright.PENANAGAGJFxyrib
"It's there and looks 384Please respect copyright.PENANApOzGDYQVDJ
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 384Please respect copyright.PENANANwtkK8uA7p
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob384Please respect copyright.PENANAG3MDHv7Uks
"Corruption knows. They 384Please respect copyright.PENANAE41NWYk6YP
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 384Please respect copyright.PENANACYoyDQwKjv
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 384Please respect copyright.PENANAW6Ob8Zbbva
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 384Please respect copyright.PENANAI98FvD84FP
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 384Please respect copyright.PENANAIFFG3n8201
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.384Please respect copyright.PENANAZhkXKCHugR
David made a move to 384Please respect copyright.PENANAThRPr1pNw6
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 384Please respect copyright.PENANAkERn4Kt7JG
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 384Please respect copyright.PENANAttppUn4R3v
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdI7zzjHDdR
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 384Please respect copyright.PENANAGJtVRCYdgN
them. "I think we're in trouble."384Please respect copyright.PENANA5QxCAhaqHa
Gob pulled the telescope384Please respect copyright.PENANAUvdt7msqvO
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 384Please respect copyright.PENANAZOPbF8MouM
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 384Please respect copyright.PENANAY4HW7k9WGL
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 384Please respect copyright.PENANAWXbP3WRc29
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 384Please respect copyright.PENANAue4qfppwkd
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 384Please respect copyright.PENANAK79bZ5dry0
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 384Please respect copyright.PENANAWlWqXdmBba
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 384Please respect copyright.PENANAPzZGr8zVZa
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 384Please respect copyright.PENANAbFdAte8Qet
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 384Please respect copyright.PENANAKafZHo0RpS
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 384Please respect copyright.PENANAdF2qaAv0tc
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 384Please respect copyright.PENANAUJVdabrP8w
reason." He added the last part in a grumble384Please respect copyright.PENANADZR6wvequG
Gob pulled away from 384Please respect copyright.PENANAyk7bIfh6Ts
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 384Please respect copyright.PENANAmZn1bDWOKi
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing384Please respect copyright.PENANAERk83FTkGn
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown384Please respect copyright.PENANAyoyqMIILHY
you in your own shit" 384Please respect copyright.PENANAAtBOlKTBUo
"Now form up and let's 384Please respect copyright.PENANAHzxH6RxDmx
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 384Please respect copyright.PENANALL5TI4jnao
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with384Please respect copyright.PENANAVAuYGzOkRW
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a384Please respect copyright.PENANAF0QqDdfHsb
long while.