"Ugh" 383Please respect copyright.PENANAm0lSH4HGHW
"Shh, he's coming to"383Please respect copyright.PENANAb1HmWQD6qB
David slowly opened his 383Please respect copyright.PENANAc6JLqNTDJV
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 383Please respect copyright.PENANA0jqT7bqwPG
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 383Please respect copyright.PENANAy4Pu8V49Ke
last so that he'd become blind.383Please respect copyright.PENANAyihS7qKFp1
Sadly someone didn't 383Please respect copyright.PENANAVDZlUx6KNR
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQJIMnijcmf
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a383Please respect copyright.PENANAT2imW2ocMv
gruff voice.383Please respect copyright.PENANAkKwsiv8PUT
David braved opening his383Please respect copyright.PENANAyRJbKvb6oY
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 383Please respect copyright.PENANAeBASlQXVih
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 383Please respect copyright.PENANAWarT1vrgx4
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 383Please respect copyright.PENANAej5Kw3Cdve
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 383Please respect copyright.PENANAurRO8IJOut
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 383Please respect copyright.PENANAaHznJLD6fL
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 383Please respect copyright.PENANAGAqOiQXFXV
it was covered too much with a beard.383Please respect copyright.PENANA1a5mNun935
"A friend, especially to383Please respect copyright.PENANAcIGYQaZloN
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 383Please respect copyright.PENANA01bSYxVGtz
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 383Please respect copyright.PENANApkgXOmWUzF
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 383Please respect copyright.PENANABszvHFaWJz
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 383Please respect copyright.PENANALEvTyfaoBs
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the383Please respect copyright.PENANAirfCwKssK0
pressure on his arm increased.383Please respect copyright.PENANAEHzT7NT4oB
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 383Please respect copyright.PENANA1WRsxfZTkn
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"383Please respect copyright.PENANAQF62T591pV
~you'll pay for this, 383Please respect copyright.PENANArEOKTt1LPH
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAWauaK9fA9m
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 383Please respect copyright.PENANAgFVfeOUQZt
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAdjItVG2apF
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQfygxN9Q6J
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 383Please respect copyright.PENANAdLHDl8LPcd
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 383Please respect copyright.PENANAvmAZk8bHLH
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAp1GX1gpwH6
David let his eye wander383Please respect copyright.PENANAguiQA6jAio
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAMmUSgdAQaJ
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 383Please respect copyright.PENANA0zCRICUNOY
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 383Please respect copyright.PENANAvBdZ5SC8ln
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 383Please respect copyright.PENANAojhNhnXFZJ
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 383Please respect copyright.PENANAFnxhPGXuqy
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 383Please respect copyright.PENANAyLz19BXURo
arrogant pricks.383Please respect copyright.PENANAmx7jntjdqy
David heard the flint 383Please respect copyright.PENANAlj4IqLoWtz
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 383Please respect copyright.PENANAp175aAjket
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was383Please respect copyright.PENANANIxfLjVgZa
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 383Please respect copyright.PENANAwTkvIQEWcb
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 383Please respect copyright.PENANAj8vOMuTsHG
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the383Please respect copyright.PENANAGGqGwxroEw
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 383Please respect copyright.PENANAGmYdLIDtaX
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 383Please respect copyright.PENANAHuvTwmAVQt
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQUcvUfZx0u
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 383Please respect copyright.PENANAih4GzfvPlC
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.383Please respect copyright.PENANAM2SE5brUjU
The pain in his arm 383Please respect copyright.PENANAyXCSm1ZVLZ
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAeBzdTGwnkD
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 383Please respect copyright.PENANAjYpa6kAtXD
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It383Please respect copyright.PENANAoST3uNMLcH
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 383Please respect copyright.PENANAZMkQ35qdNX
survived that fall."383Please respect copyright.PENANA0E4mONy5xs
It took a second for 383Please respect copyright.PENANAGlxMazGfnK
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 383Please respect copyright.PENANAZaPipaVQix
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 383Please respect copyright.PENANA8r8XOAjFZf
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 383Please respect copyright.PENANAU3640T0ZkQ
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 383Please respect copyright.PENANAu9v0bY6HFO
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 383Please respect copyright.PENANAJbf5nHN0qB
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 383Please respect copyright.PENANAUJSwwxQ15g
that.383Please respect copyright.PENANAFmxYqigp27
"I don't know how I got 383Please respect copyright.PENANAWOiOHDJ4V8
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if383Please respect copyright.PENANAmKU0Gh0YZA
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full383Please respect copyright.PENANAs7SJp50Ozb
truth383Please respect copyright.PENANAqmzwtIdszc
"I'm sure if he was a 383Please respect copyright.PENANA8pqvOVzDKV
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 383Please respect copyright.PENANAyV1g70nd5I
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 383Please respect copyright.PENANAxrHX0xIHW3
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 383Please respect copyright.PENANAbDD1Qgt0rD
guessed that was Gob.383Please respect copyright.PENANAl8QYf6qbhJ
"Not how mages work kid,383Please respect copyright.PENANASLIHmQXmTA
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear383Please respect copyright.PENANAzuzTGN1oBH
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 383Please respect copyright.PENANA4lWnFaX05B
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 383Please respect copyright.PENANA1qKzvd8Ruy
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 383Please respect copyright.PENANAen21CgyapP
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 383Please respect copyright.PENANAYUs3ewbSSD
have a clear head so we should be safe.383Please respect copyright.PENANAwsBE1pzN5r
David was having trouble383Please respect copyright.PENANA00DvX5y92O
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.383Please respect copyright.PENANAVBTh4zaDez
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can383Please respect copyright.PENANAqOsdR5iqVE
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAVF0EzbY5br
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and383Please respect copyright.PENANAwe3bjAOQZa
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 383Please respect copyright.PENANA4y7iASPwVi
definitely felt exhausted.383Please respect copyright.PENANAKXZVYWKY03
Gob stared into Davids 383Please respect copyright.PENANAp9QvxITBtE
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 383Please respect copyright.PENANAmsYuMVrSgX
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 383Please respect copyright.PENANAjKJHQkV32e
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in383Please respect copyright.PENANAjhUkgioGVu
a deadpan voice.383Please respect copyright.PENANAVdhcFdpwQ9
Sighting David sat up, 383Please respect copyright.PENANAAVjaVUh7e6
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 383Please respect copyright.PENANAPY2tly2qDT
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 383Please respect copyright.PENANAJMBGms1rAK
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 383Please respect copyright.PENANAVbjR3gazcX
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 383Please respect copyright.PENANA1OX2LqBDAX
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 383Please respect copyright.PENANAreZfuh1Bab
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.383Please respect copyright.PENANAOsSosvMli5
David took the herbs and383Please respect copyright.PENANAvV7ACHe7LS
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 383Please respect copyright.PENANAv1Ga4LtlI3
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 383Please respect copyright.PENANACtjG0ySh8B
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 383Please respect copyright.PENANA4sM5m0BRIA
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.383Please respect copyright.PENANAz9gOlTbrMM
"It's called blumeflor, 383Please respect copyright.PENANA7aq99z5qHA
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council383Please respect copyright.PENANA5Mm9tSV32k
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 383Please respect copyright.PENANA09we5Ab3gX
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 383Please respect copyright.PENANAm7yRIUmbxk
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 383Please respect copyright.PENANATrlsrJFpeW
himself.383Please respect copyright.PENANAm80E7DMGK3
"It's a good way of 383Please respect copyright.PENANAeZdTJDXfPN
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out383Please respect copyright.PENANAN8rps8hKkf
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."383Please respect copyright.PENANA35jHpiXFsw
David was going to ask 383Please respect copyright.PENANApLxx9GIwF8
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5H3xQZP5P
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 383Please respect copyright.PENANAbDGdKnMerk
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 383Please respect copyright.PENANANQ6F26ze7F
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 383Please respect copyright.PENANAlg1fn8Tg5U
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 383Please respect copyright.PENANA6X4uaqRKje
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 383Please respect copyright.PENANAAGVeHaPluh
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 383Please respect copyright.PENANAydeNtM2OpX
stance. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAI1oThfH9UH
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?"383Please respect copyright.PENANA9gDXjfKocE
"Why would I lie about 383Please respect copyright.PENANAX1mywQESR4
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 383Please respect copyright.PENANAWrdEmosUeP
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 383Please respect copyright.PENANAz1SEE2OpS9
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 383Please respect copyright.PENANAK7pAyJ7ZMe
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 383Please respect copyright.PENANAYSIesQtRp7
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a383Please respect copyright.PENANAozivAKC55s
good way to do it.383Please respect copyright.PENANAOXt2Sv2ZX9
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 383Please respect copyright.PENANAZxZDQXuP1r
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."383Please respect copyright.PENANAiN2rf20tUH
"So you are a liar."383Please respect copyright.PENANAz8GgbNlDgL
"Bring me to the ship! 383Please respect copyright.PENANAYixg1hGrKA
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll383Please respect copyright.PENANAo5A776JhI8
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 383Please respect copyright.PENANAVlT7ug6CAs
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"383Please respect copyright.PENANAcBH4ANu9rO
Some of the feet 383Please respect copyright.PENANAEFiMHRQj5p
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 383Please respect copyright.PENANAyf7rLHsmKE
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 383Please respect copyright.PENANAhB2CbgsGGc
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."383Please respect copyright.PENANAYAfeXXQLo1
"The weapons were in a 383Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZIfHe488R
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 383Please respect copyright.PENANA6U9aQHBRaG
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 383Please respect copyright.PENANAfVxNIEcnxH
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 383Please respect copyright.PENANAK6OaCcACI6
important duties?"383Please respect copyright.PENANA6H9n8qvLYE
Gob shook his head. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAKsvT9c5L0m
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 383Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wc5kaH1b8
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 383Please respect copyright.PENANAa3N4jtnqKP
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 383Please respect copyright.PENANAAcPvtZb88L
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 383Please respect copyright.PENANAEkZ1IUPPKh
up. "Y..yes Gob?"383Please respect copyright.PENANAFhDlueicJU
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 383Please respect copyright.PENANAus7sxBUNrD
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 383Please respect copyright.PENANAedJoENC8ue
tie our friend here and then join us." 383Please respect copyright.PENANAc3VPfMjjJy
"Yes, sir!" The young 383Please respect copyright.PENANAF1IuHguk1E
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 383Please respect copyright.PENANAox5juOZCte
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'383Please respect copyright.PENANAS0LaaR2tfA
David smiled, atleast 383Please respect copyright.PENANATXV7eARBt0
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 383Please respect copyright.PENANAabaDsDwGJi
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 383Please respect copyright.PENANAtoFN0vCeFr
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 383Please respect copyright.PENANADaywuanbQy
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 383Please respect copyright.PENANA8IBmzPSUrN
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."383Please respect copyright.PENANAaXKDmYc7ZU
David nodded as if 383Please respect copyright.PENANAgReRFfRtXp
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to383Please respect copyright.PENANA03zERjL8Rv
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAROj7gW3pZx
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 383Please respect copyright.PENANASRVMNUmfQe
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAfxPMofwDdK
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQtHgGoKy1B
"Denis!" Gobs voice 383Please respect copyright.PENANAiXfKSAZLlK
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 383Please respect copyright.PENANAVusxLjXb6m
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 383Please respect copyright.PENANA1pImt1sC01
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 383Please respect copyright.PENANAWytPnE3C91
in a circle.383Please respect copyright.PENANAvrEmfih00h
David could easily untie383Please respect copyright.PENANAnnSVbmWQns
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the383Please respect copyright.PENANAEqacaYRXMv
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty383Please respect copyright.PENANACdCJyKuCHl
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 383Please respect copyright.PENANAw05wVGs45C
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.383Please respect copyright.PENANAbxXnU54bLo
David must've dozed off 383Please respect copyright.PENANApKBKki6ian
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with383Please respect copyright.PENANAaMYQnAvrcM
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 383Please respect copyright.PENANAc1Y7o9uN5u
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAwZLUaFhcqw
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 383Please respect copyright.PENANAVTh9CNU0QB
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 383Please respect copyright.PENANAF4U7vkm7pq
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a383Please respect copyright.PENANAcVvL6ReHOf
difference, we'll be able to find them."383Please respect copyright.PENANAqf5qOa96Hk
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"383Please respect copyright.PENANA9VfS9jMcGf
"Who'd know?"383Please respect copyright.PENANAuvBWsZPWKG
"You" David said that as383Please respect copyright.PENANALkjRy1p1Sy
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQEcU9ifPwc
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 383Please respect copyright.PENANAvVhNyOCUMc
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had383Please respect copyright.PENANA1nvKWKvYAx
a choice so David took a gamble.383Please respect copyright.PENANATADoSHn4cO
It seemed to be paying 383Please respect copyright.PENANAsRmHZWoXNZ
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook383Please respect copyright.PENANA4zGx7sNjth
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 383Please respect copyright.PENANAdMZ3wcNXZ0
wrong move and you're dead."383Please respect copyright.PENANASlUUCNzQGV
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."383Please respect copyright.PENANA0NPuUTq88U
Gob grunted at that. "No383Please respect copyright.PENANAopqUFlX1g0
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but383Please respect copyright.PENANAApOAuQenX1
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 383Please respect copyright.PENANASMJxRmjhp5
draining from his hands. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAuRbhwwvOfX
"I'll be able to walk 383Please respect copyright.PENANAPPxngDRhNr
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 383Please respect copyright.PENANArzftUh4M8z
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 383Please respect copyright.PENANAXktDMxuJmG
caused David to lose his balance. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAFUAf56CAmU
"The walk should only 383Please respect copyright.PENANABfQbmIagu8
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 383Please respect copyright.PENANARSdEcwOmH3
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go383Please respect copyright.PENANASVC251AwoF
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 383Please respect copyright.PENANAAGcVdyYfIR
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 383Please respect copyright.PENANAXOuJA1x7o9
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 383Please respect copyright.PENANAUlw67pY2Hr
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 383Please respect copyright.PENANAmEXDmKKoEU
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.383Please respect copyright.PENANAHLrsdcw65L
To Gobs credit he wasn't383Please respect copyright.PENANAMy3NhQ1yF4
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 383Please respect copyright.PENANA0nI6dXpuVg
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 383Please respect copyright.PENANAtLa4tt763Y
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 383Please respect copyright.PENANAMmHRi6V0FF
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAHS5wwZnMnv
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.383Please respect copyright.PENANA9FjH8BYcPY
First there was Denis, 383Please respect copyright.PENANAtYCy0pq44q
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAJVrsN8FSbD
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 383Please respect copyright.PENANAWOpnUoRELO
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 383Please respect copyright.PENANAriXYRZP8uK
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 383Please respect copyright.PENANAFod5hpVHdG
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 383Please respect copyright.PENANAFBr79lX41Q
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 383Please respect copyright.PENANALpOOycG2eo
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He383Please respect copyright.PENANAH2CndLsIdR
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 383Please respect copyright.PENANASsN8Jt7fVv
All in all a group of 383Please respect copyright.PENANAbrReQEMLVy
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQjj20JudRn
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 383Please respect copyright.PENANAzhEPgisENT
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see383Please respect copyright.PENANAHTPLcsUojB
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 383Please respect copyright.PENANALKQIXqEUzl
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 383Please respect copyright.PENANADlsmGKh1vr
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 383Please respect copyright.PENANA3VH3HCPbxp
stuff. 383Please respect copyright.PENANANVxWvfhFKW
Sadly except the names 383Please respect copyright.PENANAjBlzQeJPG7
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,383Please respect copyright.PENANAvIEvf9zris
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 383Please respect copyright.PENANAOAlw5F1Xmv
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 383Please respect copyright.PENANAOkg57eHNZH
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 383Please respect copyright.PENANApDikkOJCax
childhood. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAb0whQc5vdA
David also paid 383Please respect copyright.PENANA4b5fWiu0MT
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 383Please respect copyright.PENANAeJhvU5lZYw
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 383Please respect copyright.PENANAiCEs0JcXMd
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could383Please respect copyright.PENANAQWugYGAuSO
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.383Please respect copyright.PENANAlGGpDMKWvd
The closer they got the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAHKEgt103uA
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate383Please respect copyright.PENANA0wm5UH1Z7u
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 383Please respect copyright.PENANAKsBXggocwF
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably383Please respect copyright.PENANAsrK8ace1Su
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both383Please respect copyright.PENANAvkMrgCvPPW
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 383Please respect copyright.PENANAjqd4Xn4gMU
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 383Please respect copyright.PENANApIoGfl06vo
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 383Please respect copyright.PENANAAgplz2xNnh
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.383Please respect copyright.PENANANQMNFpTJ9G
They were able to hear 383Please respect copyright.PENANAyt998eAYMz
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 383Please respect copyright.PENANAu8RJdprHkG
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 383Please respect copyright.PENANA34tKRMeS2L
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 383Please respect copyright.PENANAO9OOo5iFS4
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.383Please respect copyright.PENANACGOlLo9zEt
"Get down, behind the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAiOIZkmgdf0
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 383Please respect copyright.PENANA7iXP0HWjOR
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying383Please respect copyright.PENANARgkZS291Go
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and383Please respect copyright.PENANAqYaHdBJzCC
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 383Please respect copyright.PENANADs5LuXsKK5
nicely with the surroundings.383Please respect copyright.PENANAqwVYhRFCts
With a groan David 383Please respect copyright.PENANAZG8jXtaU5o
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at383Please respect copyright.PENANARvLWecV3b7
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 383Please respect copyright.PENANA9QV59L5Dgi
grunt. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAELyeXLROxb
They all had to cover 383Please respect copyright.PENANAIpyR5u5pH2
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 383Please respect copyright.PENANANY8aWHk8UT
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQLUlt1BqLw
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 383Please respect copyright.PENANA3RGKfnqJGb
them.383Please respect copyright.PENANA6lXW0Ucu9G
With a tug of the rope 383Please respect copyright.PENANAE9CiUIaO9x
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 383Please respect copyright.PENANAJhDaCoDoom
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the383Please respect copyright.PENANAo63IIQVI4J
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left383Please respect copyright.PENANA1Rg4k7Fhi0
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 383Please respect copyright.PENANAeHArSvGwQd
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.383Please respect copyright.PENANAdCzctQCBgW
"So, where's this hold?"383Please respect copyright.PENANAZuYdXCmBbZ
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAsJ83ViCg0B
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 383Please respect copyright.PENANApo9fPPEByZ
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.383Please respect copyright.PENANAjOFVzsjHqj
"It's there and looks 383Please respect copyright.PENANAsNcxsB1tpv
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 383Please respect copyright.PENANAjoZH57D59Y
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob383Please respect copyright.PENANAW9MeM0NtNs
"Corruption knows. They 383Please respect copyright.PENANAvX9r7wyIfe
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 383Please respect copyright.PENANA4rTDlFORxA
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 383Please respect copyright.PENANAzEXjBRjDRW
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 383Please respect copyright.PENANA9j6ZUkNPsX
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 383Please respect copyright.PENANACUQQfLWeds
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.383Please respect copyright.PENANAeV5ss0VyUv
David made a move to 383Please respect copyright.PENANASdm04mnpLK
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQP4Fa63BuJ
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 383Please respect copyright.PENANA94dKLK3Dfi
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 383Please respect copyright.PENANA9EZxt4lTyo
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 383Please respect copyright.PENANAMWn7WfQISZ
them. "I think we're in trouble."383Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8n8whWD0j
Gob pulled the telescope383Please respect copyright.PENANAhUhc8r7sfg
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 383Please respect copyright.PENANASqAYOZrHlz
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 383Please respect copyright.PENANAmOrwbtLlQC
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 383Please respect copyright.PENANAK4jXIAFTWX
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 383Please respect copyright.PENANAjOUPHWe3oX
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 383Please respect copyright.PENANA8YCDddoaa3
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 383Please respect copyright.PENANABywUtqgADx
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 383Please respect copyright.PENANApsb112ZuIM
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 383Please respect copyright.PENANAppcWj3srQy
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 383Please respect copyright.PENANA1zgBbPZe4F
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 383Please respect copyright.PENANAziLvmgYG2B
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 383Please respect copyright.PENANAW7quUrveTJ
reason." He added the last part in a grumble383Please respect copyright.PENANATM1vrUYQU1
Gob pulled away from 383Please respect copyright.PENANAhtB9vjwqjt
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 383Please respect copyright.PENANAQDtZICUMpq
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing383Please respect copyright.PENANAmllQHvkFbP
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown383Please respect copyright.PENANAyesFRBiBSG
you in your own shit" 383Please respect copyright.PENANAgV4HF9zDtp
"Now form up and let's 383Please respect copyright.PENANAdPxNvn5OTI
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 383Please respect copyright.PENANAiUyfdyBBRT
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with383Please respect copyright.PENANAzu1Ck7GHIt
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a383Please respect copyright.PENANA6ErE0Hs4fp
long while.