"Ugh" 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFHuRh6P9bL
"Shh, he's coming to"570Please respect copyright.PENANAfRqiQtgBKV
David slowly opened his 570Please respect copyright.PENANAcgT1ORW7GU
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhWwyVHLABE
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 570Please respect copyright.PENANApLXskDWjLK
last so that he'd become blind.570Please respect copyright.PENANAQzbMSYlMyz
Sadly someone didn't 570Please respect copyright.PENANAUkXpJzH1T9
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 570Please respect copyright.PENANA0OVzgmWfja
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a570Please respect copyright.PENANAAoL89Lq5nW
gruff voice.570Please respect copyright.PENANAbgmCnIU8fE
David braved opening his570Please respect copyright.PENANAmPd8uZlJOr
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 570Please respect copyright.PENANASdDplGsi1w
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 570Please respect copyright.PENANA1b3IVuXiic
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFoM0rtIh7d
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 570Please respect copyright.PENANAOFZxmwBW5V
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 570Please respect copyright.PENANANnyWHwgso9
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 570Please respect copyright.PENANA8WxibylFzi
it was covered too much with a beard.570Please respect copyright.PENANAANBlSuPIQ9
"A friend, especially to570Please respect copyright.PENANAIhGydxGqx4
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 570Please respect copyright.PENANAM9wKDMxnUH
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 570Please respect copyright.PENANAEfjrmTWK3c
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAwGwTKSlE7s
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 570Please respect copyright.PENANA1oOt9q45hY
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the570Please respect copyright.PENANAfPLGUCyZJA
pressure on his arm increased.570Please respect copyright.PENANAZR9Bqp48gU
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAtuMOBX5JwY
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"570Please respect copyright.PENANAmkYKAh1KRL
~you'll pay for this, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAQvu60KTbVS
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhCMgTUaOv1
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWvyv1ZVyz7
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAdUKSTmQXFI
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 570Please respect copyright.PENANAOdf4IFf7QW
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAC2xjE6KTdQ
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 570Please respect copyright.PENANATWjgmEfN0I
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAOxZNdpNRq3
David let his eye wander570Please respect copyright.PENANAqzUx84xWFj
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAvzVGfu0qt3
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 570Please respect copyright.PENANAspbYl8wkEw
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 570Please respect copyright.PENANASY1B4tbvmY
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWheGGCH0fc
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 570Please respect copyright.PENANAstlSumLi6F
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 570Please respect copyright.PENANABi2IBaSd3l
arrogant pricks.570Please respect copyright.PENANAc9epg5KaWO
David heard the flint 570Please respect copyright.PENANAuE2E9EXDn2
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 570Please respect copyright.PENANAZyw1hzIrKy
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was570Please respect copyright.PENANAIbm5ex45tv
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFxogUrOn6w
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 570Please respect copyright.PENANAzG0TbVYYL9
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the570Please respect copyright.PENANA9t584SmK77
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 570Please respect copyright.PENANAUS8A0BKcQv
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 570Please respect copyright.PENANAUMk5oEtbOv
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 570Please respect copyright.PENANAEUDd1TdKH8
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 570Please respect copyright.PENANAQfigzNqE6w
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.570Please respect copyright.PENANAiVpKaCiwNE
The pain in his arm 570Please respect copyright.PENANAaVhcUxNY9Z
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFcrrR8fxZ7
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 570Please respect copyright.PENANADAYwadH4vS
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It570Please respect copyright.PENANAtwaNzzaoFf
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 570Please respect copyright.PENANANMgasbqlld
survived that fall."570Please respect copyright.PENANAk3DuOhNX5M
It took a second for 570Please respect copyright.PENANAa0vZa2evmx
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 570Please respect copyright.PENANAqpA9nQOykG
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 570Please respect copyright.PENANAvLYX9RVVHy
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 570Please respect copyright.PENANAI4U3uFXr52
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 570Please respect copyright.PENANAYO3yFvFrUs
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 570Please respect copyright.PENANApP4LaFgMpG
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 570Please respect copyright.PENANAcr8zA1XMyh
that.570Please respect copyright.PENANAWOof4tY70e
"I don't know how I got 570Please respect copyright.PENANAgAOs2k4K0f
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if570Please respect copyright.PENANAq9gbs2BAlC
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full570Please respect copyright.PENANAxtxNBy1Rdi
truth570Please respect copyright.PENANATTRwToCpld
"I'm sure if he was a 570Please respect copyright.PENANA7gtlg7m9Gw
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAEVvsbufRmF
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 570Please respect copyright.PENANAPFgZX9kdMh
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 570Please respect copyright.PENANABpekD5mmm7
guessed that was Gob.570Please respect copyright.PENANASZsjMo6ReR
"Not how mages work kid,570Please respect copyright.PENANAHpGJosXjqR
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear570Please respect copyright.PENANAY0SqufAgt2
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 570Please respect copyright.PENANAYg5nKRUm8C
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 570Please respect copyright.PENANAgWa658z14p
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 570Please respect copyright.PENANANihLbFDTKj
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWtNnT6bvrg
have a clear head so we should be safe.570Please respect copyright.PENANAdlKSvJNd8p
David was having trouble570Please respect copyright.PENANA8gq16ffv7J
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.570Please respect copyright.PENANAdRfGwvOMVc
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can570Please respect copyright.PENANA5U6tsDluuM
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAVDXs6QQPdq
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and570Please respect copyright.PENANAVbxhIf5V7w
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 570Please respect copyright.PENANAEaN7ViYNM6
definitely felt exhausted.570Please respect copyright.PENANAc1LE4m3wiN
Gob stared into Davids 570Please respect copyright.PENANA6EM7vLF9Qv
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 570Please respect copyright.PENANAbtKwPfRn9y
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 570Please respect copyright.PENANAn5Duk8zk5H
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in570Please respect copyright.PENANAgC86jAF9ZY
a deadpan voice.570Please respect copyright.PENANAzDdDV0isCJ
Sighting David sat up, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAtlwED9sBeI
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 570Please respect copyright.PENANAuX4ArU1kU8
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 570Please respect copyright.PENANAaO3tgZnBYv
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 570Please respect copyright.PENANAAT6Kv1M3S4
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 570Please respect copyright.PENANAueWTc4zVPO
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 570Please respect copyright.PENANAMiatE0Ji2j
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.570Please respect copyright.PENANAvMXau97Xbt
David took the herbs and570Please respect copyright.PENANA0spbiTB7kL
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 570Please respect copyright.PENANANmkm7HNLpQ
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 570Please respect copyright.PENANAfpVmQYmwAM
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 570Please respect copyright.PENANA0HgBik4FwQ
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.570Please respect copyright.PENANAjmlPsnUTgU
"It's called blumeflor, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAX9H8K265ns
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council570Please respect copyright.PENANALCd4h60GzM
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 570Please respect copyright.PENANAJdm794GMSQ
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 570Please respect copyright.PENANA8C95CuXxsy
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWEUjjddRgd
himself.570Please respect copyright.PENANAkEQhQC0nbM
"It's a good way of 570Please respect copyright.PENANAlHy3LtNwLK
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out570Please respect copyright.PENANAhJpbl18tW7
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."570Please respect copyright.PENANA1Rt1ay4JIa
David was going to ask 570Please respect copyright.PENANAtMFb6iIXbd
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAB6UiQ81OvH
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 570Please respect copyright.PENANAdtFLp59umg
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 570Please respect copyright.PENANArr7nrftr1N
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 570Please respect copyright.PENANAToVOshYiOm
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 570Please respect copyright.PENANAA5prG1HqeJ
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 570Please respect copyright.PENANARZlsHrzYMV
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 570Please respect copyright.PENANAIX53R54Jim
stance. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAk2xX1m4Xci
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?"570Please respect copyright.PENANA8mRbQoJEYO
"Why would I lie about 570Please respect copyright.PENANAGBj3WY1bdE
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 570Please respect copyright.PENANAb8NdGJ5MUx
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 570Please respect copyright.PENANAJWaaMuajLG
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 570Please respect copyright.PENANAOCj4eX1Pr4
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 570Please respect copyright.PENANAqfUGdRaBEy
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a570Please respect copyright.PENANA9uRGTFIz5P
good way to do it.570Please respect copyright.PENANAuR35Z7EW0a
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhkpmIChhPv
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."570Please respect copyright.PENANADZd9XBfs4M
"So you are a liar."570Please respect copyright.PENANAXp7uuy7dlh
"Bring me to the ship! 570Please respect copyright.PENANAPix4ODscfx
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll570Please respect copyright.PENANA9RCdOPbLIR
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 570Please respect copyright.PENANAf5nYoL96zc
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"570Please respect copyright.PENANAZDO4bhDTC0
Some of the feet 570Please respect copyright.PENANALCRdtEWsOt
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 570Please respect copyright.PENANA2FoJBFU8Bv
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 570Please respect copyright.PENANAvkuQUZZun4
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."570Please respect copyright.PENANAZ86XxGJy9t
"The weapons were in a 570Please respect copyright.PENANAQLUoSvJ1e0
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 570Please respect copyright.PENANAQvMn7uFCKg
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 570Please respect copyright.PENANAbwBXYkf8mP
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 570Please respect copyright.PENANAqb1kJr3Z03
important duties?"570Please respect copyright.PENANA0LmnEVJRGP
Gob shook his head. 570Please respect copyright.PENANApVRfqbWrJ6
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAQQwyYdZEkX
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 570Please respect copyright.PENANA4rjQIbmc8W
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 570Please respect copyright.PENANAHJHu9fybIr
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 570Please respect copyright.PENANA0OMq5TpUFQ
up. "Y..yes Gob?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAzuQtqjhm1U
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 570Please respect copyright.PENANAjiVDmZNB1j
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 570Please respect copyright.PENANAOQOLemqLrr
tie our friend here and then join us." 570Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZuyPOA0tf
"Yes, sir!" The young 570Please respect copyright.PENANAtTiv1rliZA
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFrAc0xjZwo
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'570Please respect copyright.PENANAylMCF5z3BD
David smiled, atleast 570Please respect copyright.PENANAbIcRQoIXur
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 570Please respect copyright.PENANAh7BlBK6pOK
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 570Please respect copyright.PENANAmBV4h67QrJ
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 570Please respect copyright.PENANAUedZpdoexu
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 570Please respect copyright.PENANAKGhMU7o9zU
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."570Please respect copyright.PENANAl8Sz9E1A2m
David nodded as if 570Please respect copyright.PENANAVFdEkwySrO
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to570Please respect copyright.PENANAhWqHKpT0zQ
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAmr4TUbOFLu
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 570Please respect copyright.PENANAcFQEXC6laR
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhFe3rHgmzu
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 570Please respect copyright.PENANAZp0rW1Jphn
"Denis!" Gobs voice 570Please respect copyright.PENANAcO0EFfwIEo
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAL3gPi46LIJ
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 570Please respect copyright.PENANACCoU8awiB6
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 570Please respect copyright.PENANAf9kaMqsQZA
in a circle.570Please respect copyright.PENANA7CgyU8KQe1
David could easily untie570Please respect copyright.PENANAgdS0VP1K4v
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the570Please respect copyright.PENANAVufbr3PjLa
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty570Please respect copyright.PENANArj2vXmYslt
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 570Please respect copyright.PENANAtF7bCO5a1q
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.570Please respect copyright.PENANAxP7CxP7DiV
David must've dozed off 570Please respect copyright.PENANALQWbxl5ufu
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with570Please respect copyright.PENANAkQM2pMwGxe
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 570Please respect copyright.PENANAvtFlRINaWV
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 570Please respect copyright.PENANA4UYKdZxLlI
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 570Please respect copyright.PENANAu9f6sKluSE
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 570Please respect copyright.PENANAlTp92hPmez
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a570Please respect copyright.PENANAatqjONOdP9
difference, we'll be able to find them."570Please respect copyright.PENANAvOVgCj8ALz
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAPgPGOq3hxY
"Who'd know?"570Please respect copyright.PENANA0jJI6kZtL5
"You" David said that as570Please respect copyright.PENANAxhilGiEpfY
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 570Please respect copyright.PENANAZuHteRTdo4
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 570Please respect copyright.PENANAax8GzX5WXA
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had570Please respect copyright.PENANAvzdKC0UJ6A
a choice so David took a gamble.570Please respect copyright.PENANAmMx1XX8uVQ
It seemed to be paying 570Please respect copyright.PENANAjr753kIokW
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook570Please respect copyright.PENANAz38MRPu6of
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 570Please respect copyright.PENANAxVEKJHFYFk
wrong move and you're dead."570Please respect copyright.PENANAm5LeOlhgit
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."570Please respect copyright.PENANA9sFB1vij3B
Gob grunted at that. "No570Please respect copyright.PENANA15WKq6MhnU
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but570Please respect copyright.PENANALlONE3GfWS
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 570Please respect copyright.PENANAyl4Wj80bDd
draining from his hands. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAkQXvDfMmdD
"I'll be able to walk 570Please respect copyright.PENANAXcrfYbSPW0
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 570Please respect copyright.PENANAzB8mmFNUxy
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 570Please respect copyright.PENANAcDHv8AmK4H
caused David to lose his balance. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAv6unc1dLFx
"The walk should only 570Please respect copyright.PENANAR5MquB1lp0
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 570Please respect copyright.PENANA1O7qIq6HTG
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go570Please respect copyright.PENANAWcKu3dcFUt
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 570Please respect copyright.PENANAyjBgr8m2bO
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFMvq8ucwe0
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 570Please respect copyright.PENANAkp3zBKgSZp
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 570Please respect copyright.PENANATUZj3ocxBp
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.570Please respect copyright.PENANAxUHJ8Di71T
To Gobs credit he wasn't570Please respect copyright.PENANANpG3lVuvxs
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 570Please respect copyright.PENANAMYIpQuvunP
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFi5pMbHMlS
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 570Please respect copyright.PENANAks5aINLxLI
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAlDjOEcXSGh
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.570Please respect copyright.PENANAtytd3dqtdT
First there was Denis, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAxHRHhV5J0V
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAz9MSU5HQiY
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 570Please respect copyright.PENANApKmDSffPyX
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 570Please respect copyright.PENANAlZIVROpxzs
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 570Please respect copyright.PENANAGloVtUDk7z
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 570Please respect copyright.PENANAMlEFxT7UvL
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 570Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8xUDh8jnH
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He570Please respect copyright.PENANAOFEFgtlYnf
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAyb2Xv8Fj0M
All in all a group of 570Please respect copyright.PENANAO2THQJDz03
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAtiAMlOvJqI
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 570Please respect copyright.PENANApXOYkOqUST
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see570Please respect copyright.PENANA88j0UUQCg0
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 570Please respect copyright.PENANAxDjqLqMTNy
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 570Please respect copyright.PENANAsvNiWlkHP4
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 570Please respect copyright.PENANALYq9vSXOm5
stuff. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAmgmjhTTB8m
Sadly except the names 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFEtRiqFTDa
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,570Please respect copyright.PENANAKZpXv4D4Id
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 570Please respect copyright.PENANAsmQ0oh5JUs
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 570Please respect copyright.PENANAZayAql3uQ7
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 570Please respect copyright.PENANAk336A4Pl4R
childhood. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWDQ1cUHMGR
David also paid 570Please respect copyright.PENANA7t9EH7ryK6
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 570Please respect copyright.PENANAO577zQHhur
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 570Please respect copyright.PENANA3tOZh5zX0a
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could570Please respect copyright.PENANAttkEIvv1I2
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.570Please respect copyright.PENANAa4nfYeaJHL
The closer they got the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWSBaP1IK5D
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate570Please respect copyright.PENANABE1ynthI15
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 570Please respect copyright.PENANAnkktRUZhRA
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably570Please respect copyright.PENANAc8E3PktHod
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both570Please respect copyright.PENANAcZR1y2InPF
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 570Please respect copyright.PENANAUsc0pCeGBm
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 570Please respect copyright.PENANAGWTK1eZDlP
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 570Please respect copyright.PENANAf384Ib5bgs
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.570Please respect copyright.PENANAvh7UXIn7xD
They were able to hear 570Please respect copyright.PENANAFKkQ5C8Hqf
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 570Please respect copyright.PENANAjcQ6phMPKE
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 570Please respect copyright.PENANA6ta6CocLEG
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAugQjNDUctY
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.570Please respect copyright.PENANAtUScpfvI2k
"Get down, behind the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAsVVzLZWNqb
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 570Please respect copyright.PENANAWyNh6XLfTX
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying570Please respect copyright.PENANALcSzQmPbo6
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and570Please respect copyright.PENANAdBkE2NzUUn
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 570Please respect copyright.PENANABnSvXQ5DFY
nicely with the surroundings.570Please respect copyright.PENANAYU9sMbjYtC
With a groan David 570Please respect copyright.PENANAl7ZDCny7iU
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at570Please respect copyright.PENANAcLaF9EibzH
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 570Please respect copyright.PENANAEGExZKG0WO
grunt. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAzYubo0FMR4
They all had to cover 570Please respect copyright.PENANA30M922EqRn
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 570Please respect copyright.PENANAjdTucYWhyM
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 570Please respect copyright.PENANADNNLTRDYOL
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 570Please respect copyright.PENANApxxuMG9S7U
them.570Please respect copyright.PENANAvblLOtBkL4
With a tug of the rope 570Please respect copyright.PENANAzOBjlk0SZZ
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAe5OQppTBFy
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the570Please respect copyright.PENANAA17aQtls1t
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left570Please respect copyright.PENANAMBhhFvoz5q
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 570Please respect copyright.PENANArlILmRblw0
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.570Please respect copyright.PENANAW4IzG66C7w
"So, where's this hold?"570Please respect copyright.PENANA7oWprOUc0E
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAbS9NoN57s3
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 570Please respect copyright.PENANAQON2BOl1sh
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.570Please respect copyright.PENANADQe0FpGDB8
"It's there and looks 570Please respect copyright.PENANASXsd4eZvjP
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 570Please respect copyright.PENANAYP8jyiPymC
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob570Please respect copyright.PENANA28xUuwATGL
"Corruption knows. They 570Please respect copyright.PENANApebPMMvTSW
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhAAztVq7JZ
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 570Please respect copyright.PENANA1xuJSK16kQ
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 570Please respect copyright.PENANARylmbKa2Jo
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 570Please respect copyright.PENANAcsBfNcELDA
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.570Please respect copyright.PENANAJdNnBVBv32
David made a move to 570Please respect copyright.PENANAvtPNPB3nJp
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 570Please respect copyright.PENANAXQawrkZGJk
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 570Please respect copyright.PENANA4BtD9WmOkJ
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 570Please respect copyright.PENANA9mSoH99MdT
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhvNS2sel4S
them. "I think we're in trouble."570Please respect copyright.PENANAkScat6xcYV
Gob pulled the telescope570Please respect copyright.PENANAcbzqCyEJEa
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 570Please respect copyright.PENANAryLL7s3wPs
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 570Please respect copyright.PENANAH8MgZu0q7z
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 570Please respect copyright.PENANAomE1m01qDG
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 570Please respect copyright.PENANAnhwTfHziH0
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 570Please respect copyright.PENANAhGW4vYO40D
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 570Please respect copyright.PENANA688zy7nJGX
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 570Please respect copyright.PENANAqUXXofDJ2p
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 570Please respect copyright.PENANAB9mVGvyx5y
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 570Please respect copyright.PENANAzd7lj38oqr
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 570Please respect copyright.PENANApgdFDpnYWi
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 570Please respect copyright.PENANAY1DGzyrR9Y
reason." He added the last part in a grumble570Please respect copyright.PENANAZNmUoybZMe
Gob pulled away from 570Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ8aqnWaqV
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 570Please respect copyright.PENANAeaePmfreJi
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing570Please respect copyright.PENANAyubGZXEXUj
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown570Please respect copyright.PENANAk3TKs0DndM
you in your own shit" 570Please respect copyright.PENANAkIivplkAMd
"Now form up and let's 570Please respect copyright.PENANASwFAmpii6i
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 570Please respect copyright.PENANAaBXnYtJZR8
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with570Please respect copyright.PENANAvbXUiXETM3
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a570Please respect copyright.PENANAtMM4ABaspk
long while.