"Ugh" 380Please respect copyright.PENANAsLH29w9bHZ
"Shh, he's coming to"380Please respect copyright.PENANADPUrpd3TkX
David slowly opened his 380Please respect copyright.PENANArHOQP8lsRY
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 380Please respect copyright.PENANAxHw9yC1mBd
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 380Please respect copyright.PENANAuuTAbiCcfa
last so that he'd become blind.380Please respect copyright.PENANA9F7AR98ueH
Sadly someone didn't 380Please respect copyright.PENANACMqVWJ2FvE
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 380Please respect copyright.PENANA6XI5F1l2Ke
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a380Please respect copyright.PENANAmBOA2hbO29
gruff voice.380Please respect copyright.PENANAbG0vV6yQoG
David braved opening his380Please respect copyright.PENANAEYFwjqbDxK
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 380Please respect copyright.PENANA1qeNQniEXM
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 380Please respect copyright.PENANAsJNHGZZnGF
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 380Please respect copyright.PENANAObT3YBKHO0
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 380Please respect copyright.PENANAarzql9JWxD
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 380Please respect copyright.PENANAD61h5A4xYr
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 380Please respect copyright.PENANAgYi3Lc2c3V
it was covered too much with a beard.380Please respect copyright.PENANAwqAo7LluFU
"A friend, especially to380Please respect copyright.PENANAJowL7hWgA8
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 380Please respect copyright.PENANAPtLU9hNoUS
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 380Please respect copyright.PENANAT6IRO8oWIv
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 380Please respect copyright.PENANAl4RzS8cnx0
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 380Please respect copyright.PENANARzC6n3G0rr
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the380Please respect copyright.PENANAPo7y7Dggk0
pressure on his arm increased.380Please respect copyright.PENANATFxVUqGG3I
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAMZHdggk37h
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"380Please respect copyright.PENANAT6aPbaWE1b
~you'll pay for this, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAryXEPPxqZP
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAI1ICqtsL0C
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 380Please respect copyright.PENANAC9pP64zUSS
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 380Please respect copyright.PENANADQkWxurQlD
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 380Please respect copyright.PENANARCWnwbpO69
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 380Please respect copyright.PENANAygcabuZwpC
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 380Please respect copyright.PENANAwroP5uZTqW
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAwtM1dRhs4N
David let his eye wander380Please respect copyright.PENANAVcerSEWK1D
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAHwVOPps9Ky
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 380Please respect copyright.PENANAEu4NiwXR8C
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 380Please respect copyright.PENANACb33yRSiCP
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 380Please respect copyright.PENANA50GlL4M3jU
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 380Please respect copyright.PENANAsICkka04K0
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 380Please respect copyright.PENANA8ikaX3nGkL
arrogant pricks.380Please respect copyright.PENANAVGNdnWkFaQ
David heard the flint 380Please respect copyright.PENANAYiuQU9fHz1
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 380Please respect copyright.PENANAvIyzir8qgM
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was380Please respect copyright.PENANAL9iEwgCXlK
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 380Please respect copyright.PENANAPAuEl8OKv6
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 380Please respect copyright.PENANA4VVxzkQa6T
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the380Please respect copyright.PENANAmMgV9mAcZj
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 380Please respect copyright.PENANAWtGGHYNErL
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 380Please respect copyright.PENANAc5D41y44qG
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 380Please respect copyright.PENANAPpVPD2Qssx
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 380Please respect copyright.PENANAaYTbYyBZhu
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.380Please respect copyright.PENANA75Tg4Ku0sI
The pain in his arm 380Please respect copyright.PENANAuqqh1vCTE2
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAlg9ZXt9Hhc
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 380Please respect copyright.PENANAhZFtOIYDHj
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It380Please respect copyright.PENANAX9ntaI3o03
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 380Please respect copyright.PENANANMLl1s5Ibc
survived that fall."380Please respect copyright.PENANAzJM7twsEc7
It took a second for 380Please respect copyright.PENANAfUvNPlH2hs
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 380Please respect copyright.PENANAdpNWPFuMH7
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 380Please respect copyright.PENANAbe3twsJgAs
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 380Please respect copyright.PENANAKIo5bRZS5U
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 380Please respect copyright.PENANAtrG7kNDiyd
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 380Please respect copyright.PENANAPlTy1I7p3R
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 380Please respect copyright.PENANAGxbOzKlMm3
that.380Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ2yZRXSyb
"I don't know how I got 380Please respect copyright.PENANAuvxdN5j6TD
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if380Please respect copyright.PENANAVfXD9uq7O1
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full380Please respect copyright.PENANAqorUU2OcMI
truth380Please respect copyright.PENANAVN5XtVVqfk
"I'm sure if he was a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAEhjl33gsax
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAm51CJxdaNy
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 380Please respect copyright.PENANAdE9Tk1ZKPH
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 380Please respect copyright.PENANAMGFhjMEa8v
guessed that was Gob.380Please respect copyright.PENANAKvyHzGLdeP
"Not how mages work kid,380Please respect copyright.PENANA3TfkUCQb0R
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear380Please respect copyright.PENANAuwy0T08D2w
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 380Please respect copyright.PENANAmBMMPnFpdw
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 380Please respect copyright.PENANATKMHxW1Rt9
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 380Please respect copyright.PENANAgsrWrGS18Y
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 380Please respect copyright.PENANANyHfiuEv5C
have a clear head so we should be safe.380Please respect copyright.PENANAGjMjFPJ3ls
David was having trouble380Please respect copyright.PENANABz07EnAIcT
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.380Please respect copyright.PENANAJMgqqCmdqf
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can380Please respect copyright.PENANA1NAv2i3Auw
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAjMVnGSE5EM
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and380Please respect copyright.PENANAkNMWpJxxB3
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 380Please respect copyright.PENANAF0KXRxgEYc
definitely felt exhausted.380Please respect copyright.PENANA8HXotI6XM1
Gob stared into Davids 380Please respect copyright.PENANAByAFwhDwMN
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 380Please respect copyright.PENANAtwH5w6wY38
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 380Please respect copyright.PENANAz5uiBqWS7Y
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in380Please respect copyright.PENANALfRtok5BtK
a deadpan voice.380Please respect copyright.PENANAjuYQqUeCq5
Sighting David sat up, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAU8KwHiMk2e
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 380Please respect copyright.PENANAD1w6WFyewB
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 380Please respect copyright.PENANAwU1Fkfko2x
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 380Please respect copyright.PENANAvjMBscTi0D
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 380Please respect copyright.PENANAjNkjEAdWpg
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 380Please respect copyright.PENANA9DwOpD2R06
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.380Please respect copyright.PENANARdEnLsE08P
David took the herbs and380Please respect copyright.PENANASYSd6no1zf
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 380Please respect copyright.PENANASa6kKkh1LZ
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 380Please respect copyright.PENANAjGj1v8JCO8
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 380Please respect copyright.PENANAaupAH87LCG
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.380Please respect copyright.PENANAIerxgtdzif
"It's called blumeflor, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAGJPloyRC3v
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council380Please respect copyright.PENANAK1TVG2qXtG
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 380Please respect copyright.PENANASt9Ii3KJJf
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 380Please respect copyright.PENANALXGG7LxpEZ
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 380Please respect copyright.PENANAswQmCYq3di
himself.380Please respect copyright.PENANAvsIQhu8xbh
"It's a good way of 380Please respect copyright.PENANA4qlJ9x7378
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out380Please respect copyright.PENANAcZFmCTjCsI
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."380Please respect copyright.PENANAhhnMi4oPdo
David was going to ask 380Please respect copyright.PENANAQNAkVMjDSG
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 380Please respect copyright.PENANASa4X9mJhnX
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 380Please respect copyright.PENANAb3kRi51aYW
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAzbN22xOiOc
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 380Please respect copyright.PENANAxnUfG0tgZy
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 380Please respect copyright.PENANASDzDiu20qn
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAWSAEELdkx4
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 380Please respect copyright.PENANAMCRTm8WAsS
stance. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAmInL79cljr
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?"380Please respect copyright.PENANAgJuzbErPFg
"Why would I lie about 380Please respect copyright.PENANAxnmi6ov8Yp
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 380Please respect copyright.PENANAyezAhba9L0
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 380Please respect copyright.PENANAdEROslUf0v
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 380Please respect copyright.PENANAbt1I9wgkOI
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 380Please respect copyright.PENANAGvqL5y7SwG
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a380Please respect copyright.PENANAFiZzuUMcAf
good way to do it.380Please respect copyright.PENANAXT8gZTRalO
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 380Please respect copyright.PENANAFbNdbMrCqc
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."380Please respect copyright.PENANA6rsa21wHqY
"So you are a liar."380Please respect copyright.PENANAlXzV4IeE4O
"Bring me to the ship! 380Please respect copyright.PENANAPgCOe86Fk4
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll380Please respect copyright.PENANASmbTVj5fe4
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 380Please respect copyright.PENANAIWoQA3a6pq
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"380Please respect copyright.PENANAl6XInM6YfZ
Some of the feet 380Please respect copyright.PENANAAGjR2WaVQi
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 380Please respect copyright.PENANAuoCU0VAXjJ
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 380Please respect copyright.PENANAqv693tRyot
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."380Please respect copyright.PENANAEnm76XOn0y
"The weapons were in a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAroBx1056cG
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 380Please respect copyright.PENANAxSRKC8rSYB
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 380Please respect copyright.PENANAhJf7jv94DB
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 380Please respect copyright.PENANAw9WzQ7sQqt
important duties?"380Please respect copyright.PENANAdSK0gnPfyA
Gob shook his head. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAmRYDK9JdIm
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 380Please respect copyright.PENANAwvlg2Ix1n9
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 380Please respect copyright.PENANAWeODdmVvHN
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 380Please respect copyright.PENANAt1Vv8823tl
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 380Please respect copyright.PENANAxknOLkn0zH
up. "Y..yes Gob?"380Please respect copyright.PENANAUv7KE4Wsgo
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 380Please respect copyright.PENANAXMOKIvOhS5
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 380Please respect copyright.PENANALYmunbu6jN
tie our friend here and then join us." 380Please respect copyright.PENANAUHUPXHCyeT
"Yes, sir!" The young 380Please respect copyright.PENANAn6KdJeh97M
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 380Please respect copyright.PENANAgameWZJsIg
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'380Please respect copyright.PENANA5ExHO9HvwV
David smiled, atleast 380Please respect copyright.PENANA4Uc2moWAR4
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 380Please respect copyright.PENANAck44OnEeAA
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 380Please respect copyright.PENANAKjbYLfCbqM
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 380Please respect copyright.PENANAAlh5EPccrz
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 380Please respect copyright.PENANAOK6NIQcxtT
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."380Please respect copyright.PENANAOWXws9oH89
David nodded as if 380Please respect copyright.PENANAZVQoWh0k6g
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to380Please respect copyright.PENANAN0OgN1d3rU
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 380Please respect copyright.PENANA2DmaeDESwk
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 380Please respect copyright.PENANALLdvaPli2G
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAbGxFuog3ek
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 380Please respect copyright.PENANAgzyiKEFVbz
"Denis!" Gobs voice 380Please respect copyright.PENANAxZl2Xq4FcR
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 380Please respect copyright.PENANAEOEDdjZJ0j
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAGSlu5ZM3N3
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 380Please respect copyright.PENANAqlqiMRLCBt
in a circle.380Please respect copyright.PENANAWRyb45Ze6J
David could easily untie380Please respect copyright.PENANAL6qzxmboxJ
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the380Please respect copyright.PENANAZa8bh5zMrR
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty380Please respect copyright.PENANAGMv4oIO4zN
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 380Please respect copyright.PENANAP6Tt34HkAc
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.380Please respect copyright.PENANANAHbPpHh8C
David must've dozed off 380Please respect copyright.PENANAu4LOLSaiHG
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with380Please respect copyright.PENANAd1MTsTW9wM
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 380Please respect copyright.PENANAdxIsCmtMV7
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAeL95O8i5Xh
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 380Please respect copyright.PENANAzsIsY9o0XW
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAHlbJQc4ng4
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a380Please respect copyright.PENANAbkWnS7c4wu
difference, we'll be able to find them."380Please respect copyright.PENANAJUOe4EEzxg
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"380Please respect copyright.PENANAj2MCgTnBtp
"Who'd know?"380Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2FXuymUaf
"You" David said that as380Please respect copyright.PENANAMogAxWqntc
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAvXsxKgoI2M
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 380Please respect copyright.PENANAtq6Y82h6oO
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had380Please respect copyright.PENANAmhhZC0K7tN
a choice so David took a gamble.380Please respect copyright.PENANA3uoNuweUt6
It seemed to be paying 380Please respect copyright.PENANABejFaW040T
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook380Please respect copyright.PENANAc5Zq99jWip
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 380Please respect copyright.PENANATbfo4DEbY0
wrong move and you're dead."380Please respect copyright.PENANAVfolQmNYuQ
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."380Please respect copyright.PENANA9nereCpwvX
Gob grunted at that. "No380Please respect copyright.PENANAvaX098h6Me
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but380Please respect copyright.PENANAQW6MNMg6SD
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 380Please respect copyright.PENANA78SifmZGqF
draining from his hands. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAmQWjgFLQnV
"I'll be able to walk 380Please respect copyright.PENANAlUVz0l598b
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 380Please respect copyright.PENANAYEjvw7fdjk
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 380Please respect copyright.PENANATMhBsbdhUg
caused David to lose his balance. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAUyuQyuM7B0
"The walk should only 380Please respect copyright.PENANAyETRFqClsE
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 380Please respect copyright.PENANA8sxeLBalr4
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go380Please respect copyright.PENANA5EJh6E8xDI
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 380Please respect copyright.PENANAjnTVMGaiiF
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 380Please respect copyright.PENANAV4EfTeKBd5
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 380Please respect copyright.PENANAhU7dAY2C6d
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 380Please respect copyright.PENANAb3CHyhPsqG
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.380Please respect copyright.PENANAQXbjCogWWj
To Gobs credit he wasn't380Please respect copyright.PENANAqyt81fGgei
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 380Please respect copyright.PENANAHxH4uQHLy0
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 380Please respect copyright.PENANAyosd4s3Nh8
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 380Please respect copyright.PENANApHHU8sRemO
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 380Please respect copyright.PENANABwDbdeudNm
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.380Please respect copyright.PENANADiX2HB9azl
First there was Denis, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAXFbhyAG7Xo
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAZsr0UyT3nS
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 380Please respect copyright.PENANA6HENHV105m
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 380Please respect copyright.PENANAqsw6HWdZOi
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 380Please respect copyright.PENANAAvOMKImBBO
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 380Please respect copyright.PENANALgU7uR5zqT
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAskoZbxgmXn
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He380Please respect copyright.PENANA0qLZiK1VuJ
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 380Please respect copyright.PENANARl8QeKlDaD
All in all a group of 380Please respect copyright.PENANAtF1c2ZsdCG
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 380Please respect copyright.PENANACdQv1rdA7Q
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 380Please respect copyright.PENANAokE08PjtP2
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see380Please respect copyright.PENANAxpUc6gmG46
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 380Please respect copyright.PENANA6edAWQKT00
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 380Please respect copyright.PENANApAwZhQTu25
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 380Please respect copyright.PENANAfX1Ea3S5bl
stuff. 380Please respect copyright.PENANARWSIiTjKr4
Sadly except the names 380Please respect copyright.PENANAzCko0xcWtb
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,380Please respect copyright.PENANACVrXS61b3j
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 380Please respect copyright.PENANAA5JxiXkDJE
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 380Please respect copyright.PENANAuJym6AJ3gY
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 380Please respect copyright.PENANAcVEMSX8BKA
childhood. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAowk06CUhYE
David also paid 380Please respect copyright.PENANAq1pzCtSdKh
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 380Please respect copyright.PENANAL1XHw54qDq
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 380Please respect copyright.PENANAfAz5GxBbtr
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could380Please respect copyright.PENANAVOUCPeIS7T
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.380Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0aXXIYj0q
The closer they got the 380Please respect copyright.PENANATLhofJRaF2
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate380Please respect copyright.PENANASq9u3c0te4
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 380Please respect copyright.PENANAZjDbs156ac
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably380Please respect copyright.PENANAXElwhnc4A9
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both380Please respect copyright.PENANAr2D7uqT7C2
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 380Please respect copyright.PENANAjWvXugItTf
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 380Please respect copyright.PENANApuAp450V3w
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 380Please respect copyright.PENANAjZkAWYep6m
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.380Please respect copyright.PENANAsFV8UG4NO5
They were able to hear 380Please respect copyright.PENANAXUtjVnTall
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 380Please respect copyright.PENANAUBxkebSKIb
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 380Please respect copyright.PENANAVDBD0gSlUt
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAkowGXAzwBB
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.380Please respect copyright.PENANA2xekAyxji5
"Get down, behind the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAezIWEeDVtL
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 380Please respect copyright.PENANAqctYD4ybl2
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying380Please respect copyright.PENANA2egdw5KuGK
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and380Please respect copyright.PENANAcaffB7G5cG
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 380Please respect copyright.PENANAzPkl9Xgvff
nicely with the surroundings.380Please respect copyright.PENANAVHFflAoWih
With a groan David 380Please respect copyright.PENANAIfEi5rqK7x
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at380Please respect copyright.PENANAO3khbJc13g
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 380Please respect copyright.PENANAr411YhAbjT
grunt. 380Please respect copyright.PENANALX5fkJlJyo
They all had to cover 380Please respect copyright.PENANAg6Zm5tn0vA
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 380Please respect copyright.PENANAYmkJKLqEvk
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 380Please respect copyright.PENANAFMmG8rDCva
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 380Please respect copyright.PENANACZbGBwJN9W
them.380Please respect copyright.PENANAD8z51J0Ny6
With a tug of the rope 380Please respect copyright.PENANA01C1gCOYIF
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 380Please respect copyright.PENANAWUTWFtRdZI
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the380Please respect copyright.PENANA041lL7ozem
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left380Please respect copyright.PENANAGfeRMxbw5y
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 380Please respect copyright.PENANACmuq6k5J5n
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.380Please respect copyright.PENANAb9sHPHT1n4
"So, where's this hold?"380Please respect copyright.PENANAVW4iFwRNo0
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAXcDxuXFvl4
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 380Please respect copyright.PENANAgtVHbnn03T
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.380Please respect copyright.PENANAaQJNM2CqDd
"It's there and looks 380Please respect copyright.PENANAqCtWu572La
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 380Please respect copyright.PENANAmScn4p2uR1
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob380Please respect copyright.PENANAvZJ2z1KkUS
"Corruption knows. They 380Please respect copyright.PENANAH6EbRIxjy5
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 380Please respect copyright.PENANAiRw6fDlmz1
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 380Please respect copyright.PENANAiQe5IzsZjh
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 380Please respect copyright.PENANAJsfqsNMWsj
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 380Please respect copyright.PENANATKlSCd1RAg
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.380Please respect copyright.PENANAXrrQYmjq07
David made a move to 380Please respect copyright.PENANAmxe6ROYXKY
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 380Please respect copyright.PENANAV1e09kqvG8
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 380Please respect copyright.PENANAdOJVXOCffx
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 380Please respect copyright.PENANARR2mYGGYd3
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 380Please respect copyright.PENANAgHk8hSPf3l
them. "I think we're in trouble."380Please respect copyright.PENANAjvdRouxh8e
Gob pulled the telescope380Please respect copyright.PENANAxegrAVXmDo
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 380Please respect copyright.PENANAi7wiwhlUvT
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 380Please respect copyright.PENANAKaqcsDbyxR
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 380Please respect copyright.PENANAVf6YLCyfjP
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 380Please respect copyright.PENANA6LCPPoi2EB
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 380Please respect copyright.PENANAqqpsmnyLkh
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 380Please respect copyright.PENANA4HzYcEsKTL
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 380Please respect copyright.PENANAnMlXFhkKsw
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 380Please respect copyright.PENANAngcSOcar6U
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 380Please respect copyright.PENANAcsP0QuTQNc
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 380Please respect copyright.PENANAmayGHMDPWN
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 380Please respect copyright.PENANAI4jRvmdvD7
reason." He added the last part in a grumble380Please respect copyright.PENANAQURFnzA4Br
Gob pulled away from 380Please respect copyright.PENANAB9baCFLoBb
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 380Please respect copyright.PENANA0Mzs3KJsNg
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing380Please respect copyright.PENANAjXI5ltiI02
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown380Please respect copyright.PENANAAzs5grAWag
you in your own shit" 380Please respect copyright.PENANARm6hfbMjSg
"Now form up and let's 380Please respect copyright.PENANAOCsUq16CpL
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 380Please respect copyright.PENANAkNnHYf9xrJ
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with380Please respect copyright.PENANAcOlL33pB09
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a380Please respect copyright.PENANAHLA6IKeLln
long while.