"Ugh" 688Please respect copyright.PENANAyg1nqkhSnj
"Shh, he's coming to"688Please respect copyright.PENANAtYQFpJrS7e
David slowly opened his 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKbkCSCgTBz
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 688Please respect copyright.PENANAIgDmGJd9Y3
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 688Please respect copyright.PENANAeGTyKOV6A2
last so that he'd become blind.688Please respect copyright.PENANA7XvLJTBYSJ
Sadly someone didn't 688Please respect copyright.PENANAhXtYrEzWRI
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKrixWm1aDN
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a688Please respect copyright.PENANARSnNm4am5L
gruff voice.688Please respect copyright.PENANAg74xtsH68g
David braved opening his688Please respect copyright.PENANAMVnZxNR99u
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 688Please respect copyright.PENANAP2r5FWXS2p
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 688Please respect copyright.PENANAqoRBrFzhF9
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 688Please respect copyright.PENANAXtTGKaUt6l
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 688Please respect copyright.PENANAjJMn1Sudtq
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 688Please respect copyright.PENANATse281RkOz
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 688Please respect copyright.PENANAxJzeONOniq
it was covered too much with a beard.688Please respect copyright.PENANA97RdBp29li
"A friend, especially to688Please respect copyright.PENANA39oQ0C3Oq4
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 688Please respect copyright.PENANAklu1yzlAhQ
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 688Please respect copyright.PENANAA4ndn6hjPS
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 688Please respect copyright.PENANAa9IRCjaLIi
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 688Please respect copyright.PENANAFxebRA2D2n
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the688Please respect copyright.PENANA76PKUeFe8a
pressure on his arm increased.688Please respect copyright.PENANABLNtNTfsAp
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAEQ9RAabMe8
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"688Please respect copyright.PENANAvDARAvOtyc
~you'll pay for this, 688Please respect copyright.PENANA6EGTlcEU0N
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 688Please respect copyright.PENANA1o2Eso8oJO
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 688Please respect copyright.PENANAkDKxzVDkqS
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 688Please respect copyright.PENANADCY2ZJY4UR
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 688Please respect copyright.PENANA2kFVuMGPkK
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 688Please respect copyright.PENANAC7CxhD7pvO
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 688Please respect copyright.PENANAfsI6hnj2DY
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 688Please respect copyright.PENANARSsFwgNT8u
David let his eye wander688Please respect copyright.PENANAGpH7klnBWN
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAcdQtcMWULK
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 688Please respect copyright.PENANAi6vKBD55Ah
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 688Please respect copyright.PENANANPOCGX1ITU
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 688Please respect copyright.PENANAIpqgXhQT7a
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 688Please respect copyright.PENANAUFf7mxvom6
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 688Please respect copyright.PENANARjWJK7Jrvu
arrogant pricks.688Please respect copyright.PENANAGmcIEUy8jw
David heard the flint 688Please respect copyright.PENANAIfBDQEYBII
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 688Please respect copyright.PENANAkstP3KTd5c
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was688Please respect copyright.PENANA0esrCNF4h1
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 688Please respect copyright.PENANA5MzlMWmN5v
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 688Please respect copyright.PENANAWEzDbAO8bm
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the688Please respect copyright.PENANANk3S3OJR3c
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 688Please respect copyright.PENANAiIoLrWp6gH
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPpvKoa6nLO
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 688Please respect copyright.PENANANqRr2CxE49
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 688Please respect copyright.PENANAQN8BZtnru8
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.688Please respect copyright.PENANAhaSnPRdKLi
The pain in his arm 688Please respect copyright.PENANA37RUDsSnHR
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAJluwmENhVR
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 688Please respect copyright.PENANAhfe8Eg4jTk
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It688Please respect copyright.PENANA4Z2Ma6uiKv
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 688Please respect copyright.PENANA5LPGeZzJ7u
survived that fall."688Please respect copyright.PENANALZaiB9X4pL
It took a second for 688Please respect copyright.PENANAsYdWoZ4AaF
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 688Please respect copyright.PENANAgI8LnOoJUl
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 688Please respect copyright.PENANAb0kmB9UEID
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 688Please respect copyright.PENANAzweEdcBwDO
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPcQexwQ8L9
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 688Please respect copyright.PENANAAHDSTRmQ1A
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 688Please respect copyright.PENANAGGjK7zHcBm
that.688Please respect copyright.PENANAFXR8LztP7g
"I don't know how I got 688Please respect copyright.PENANAk2VubEreaf
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if688Please respect copyright.PENANAR7jWHnuzDw
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full688Please respect copyright.PENANAyBBtzO0WwA
truth688Please respect copyright.PENANA5hdCpJyyGw
"I'm sure if he was a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAmjWr6cHlik
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 688Please respect copyright.PENANAIYjhmETZGf
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 688Please respect copyright.PENANADh1POZPolB
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 688Please respect copyright.PENANAsQ9NKFSsqj
guessed that was Gob.688Please respect copyright.PENANAHAotMybzWe
"Not how mages work kid,688Please respect copyright.PENANACulIisJglI
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear688Please respect copyright.PENANABALAH4AH1x
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 688Please respect copyright.PENANAowkaaM6PAl
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 688Please respect copyright.PENANAccJe1Zgwo8
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 688Please respect copyright.PENANAWRTstctCE2
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 688Please respect copyright.PENANAv3hVXqjbAn
have a clear head so we should be safe.688Please respect copyright.PENANAe5Jd5kwz1U
David was having trouble688Please respect copyright.PENANA7Zcpyn8Y2m
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.688Please respect copyright.PENANAPxB2DXzLvt
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can688Please respect copyright.PENANASEwMmLZzdr
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAjArR0NkxTS
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and688Please respect copyright.PENANACxhzm1lPhW
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 688Please respect copyright.PENANAARznh4uSpj
definitely felt exhausted.688Please respect copyright.PENANARGdEfvv2ha
Gob stared into Davids 688Please respect copyright.PENANAfzReo93XSM
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 688Please respect copyright.PENANApbB6Mjm9DR
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 688Please respect copyright.PENANAuQ1coxjjqb
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in688Please respect copyright.PENANAnIDGRnzDCn
a deadpan voice.688Please respect copyright.PENANAxCXpP7mACc
Sighting David sat up, 688Please respect copyright.PENANAwBQxqKT4aK
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 688Please respect copyright.PENANALaZMPlli5L
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 688Please respect copyright.PENANAqVZCwSZtdp
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 688Please respect copyright.PENANARzIMx99ZxR
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 688Please respect copyright.PENANAh6dfSZYHSZ
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 688Please respect copyright.PENANAEGfbHyyQyG
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.688Please respect copyright.PENANA1Fz1iJbj3N
David took the herbs and688Please respect copyright.PENANAqbrckAQGMv
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 688Please respect copyright.PENANAwy1E2n6rN7
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 688Please respect copyright.PENANAO2NfXuIadl
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 688Please respect copyright.PENANAT0ckvDTrh4
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.688Please respect copyright.PENANAToSN6tfpDJ
"It's called blumeflor, 688Please respect copyright.PENANA1T6F71b6HK
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council688Please respect copyright.PENANAvXMQPpfUiG
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 688Please respect copyright.PENANAp9T13VSjHD
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 688Please respect copyright.PENANASOYlNDTX8s
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 688Please respect copyright.PENANAMoK9MpXPJ3
himself.688Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1SWvwaY0A
"It's a good way of 688Please respect copyright.PENANAAv5uB5iuY5
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out688Please respect copyright.PENANAhKRPO4GXNr
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."688Please respect copyright.PENANAsmOKdxfyZm
David was going to ask 688Please respect copyright.PENANA6ORIPbzXXk
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 688Please respect copyright.PENANArgAkErQmNb
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 688Please respect copyright.PENANAIDRfgXXFGS
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAWNo9iheN6x
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 688Please respect copyright.PENANAVuzIB71Snx
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 688Please respect copyright.PENANApPpVuyRj0L
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPPyU9a7KUc
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 688Please respect copyright.PENANAbyb8ZRo3NJ
stance. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAX6B4qTEMs6
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?"688Please respect copyright.PENANAovW115b6b6
"Why would I lie about 688Please respect copyright.PENANAInEBEUKglt
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 688Please respect copyright.PENANAnVL94H3i8E
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 688Please respect copyright.PENANAZZVGgRlimw
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 688Please respect copyright.PENANACe7c7neDuT
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 688Please respect copyright.PENANAhq6nSZwaM3
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a688Please respect copyright.PENANAiSjqDVzJtj
good way to do it.688Please respect copyright.PENANAnl13RZD4SK
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 688Please respect copyright.PENANAz8hVG8hee5
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."688Please respect copyright.PENANAgkLVRL1rBA
"So you are a liar."688Please respect copyright.PENANAGXPFeJnZpI
"Bring me to the ship! 688Please respect copyright.PENANAR8IZweuNPs
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll688Please respect copyright.PENANAlAg6w6K8qx
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 688Please respect copyright.PENANAaTHONWPALL
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"688Please respect copyright.PENANAnmlAq9NKEk
Some of the feet 688Please respect copyright.PENANAmhHECikq22
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 688Please respect copyright.PENANAoTRJYMZAgi
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPRSbqzDBp9
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."688Please respect copyright.PENANAz39qVUvVhH
"The weapons were in a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAG8ONEXMY0l
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 688Please respect copyright.PENANAvQIfpuipGn
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 688Please respect copyright.PENANABbN1JI1vlS
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 688Please respect copyright.PENANAj4ngHsUtI0
important duties?"688Please respect copyright.PENANAr4gai2PJ6Q
Gob shook his head. 688Please respect copyright.PENANA4EKAm1zTmV
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 688Please respect copyright.PENANAj4v5momfyV
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 688Please respect copyright.PENANAYPAavAHpZ9
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPvXS4tEXjC
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 688Please respect copyright.PENANAmwUKeTiUye
up. "Y..yes Gob?"688Please respect copyright.PENANAzachdBJpXw
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 688Please respect copyright.PENANAG22LHBLExL
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 688Please respect copyright.PENANA2y2rb6zs9x
tie our friend here and then join us." 688Please respect copyright.PENANApgjUi35WcU
"Yes, sir!" The young 688Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2PU52RPWq
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKBuYamWHKT
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'688Please respect copyright.PENANAcyfpsbvans
David smiled, atleast 688Please respect copyright.PENANAWbxqCxtUcB
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 688Please respect copyright.PENANAOvdOjsr7tO
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 688Please respect copyright.PENANAsE6WoejPBz
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 688Please respect copyright.PENANAd5I7In2Oxf
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 688Please respect copyright.PENANAlls4XHE4X7
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."688Please respect copyright.PENANAxRpT5Oyg38
David nodded as if 688Please respect copyright.PENANAA4ifLAwhwG
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to688Please respect copyright.PENANApZfrT5XPXI
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAWRtYgthS5i
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 688Please respect copyright.PENANAUTLhACjKeL
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAiDhNbyJKpW
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKmqe8sShNC
"Denis!" Gobs voice 688Please respect copyright.PENANAv1vcutl615
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPC0OjAOzbt
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAerqUvRNrvm
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 688Please respect copyright.PENANAyMGVrhXxhh
in a circle.688Please respect copyright.PENANAHLaJhkR4jb
David could easily untie688Please respect copyright.PENANA2glGd9CrTb
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the688Please respect copyright.PENANAVLM9C8Kk9K
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty688Please respect copyright.PENANACiXpZ7csZ4
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 688Please respect copyright.PENANAYxv6uwe0V1
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.688Please respect copyright.PENANAyBEbsM3Y8M
David must've dozed off 688Please respect copyright.PENANAOtsG3DFAdG
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with688Please respect copyright.PENANAM1QHhFg8nq
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 688Please respect copyright.PENANAyaryveYaxe
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 688Please respect copyright.PENANA1zDxdoJ8p8
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 688Please respect copyright.PENANAcyCyRlU34X
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAHd6RNWKA8D
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a688Please respect copyright.PENANAgwAxTzub54
difference, we'll be able to find them."688Please respect copyright.PENANAJsoigLVnmr
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"688Please respect copyright.PENANAkHZxfbwiBc
"Who'd know?"688Please respect copyright.PENANABFUoeoYUWj
"You" David said that as688Please respect copyright.PENANA2TPwRtHoGy
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAxXYAElocdQ
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 688Please respect copyright.PENANA64YomTMLCb
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had688Please respect copyright.PENANA41fjy9PHDm
a choice so David took a gamble.688Please respect copyright.PENANA6b1d5vKq4U
It seemed to be paying 688Please respect copyright.PENANAlejsO8Qq6j
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook688Please respect copyright.PENANAHhY2o7qd6Y
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 688Please respect copyright.PENANA0OXqEkkQYY
wrong move and you're dead."688Please respect copyright.PENANAmbW3Ud0mQv
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."688Please respect copyright.PENANAMCWxwaAKWF
Gob grunted at that. "No688Please respect copyright.PENANAGf40Pn5UpM
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but688Please respect copyright.PENANAHuMoSLQ1hB
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 688Please respect copyright.PENANAykLzN3J1BK
draining from his hands. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPatr2QMaN0
"I'll be able to walk 688Please respect copyright.PENANAaPczv2ZZrl
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKcObDFLyp2
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 688Please respect copyright.PENANAV2ikTbK8AS
caused David to lose his balance. 688Please respect copyright.PENANARhc08O6GBA
"The walk should only 688Please respect copyright.PENANAeB0EHSR4Gf
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 688Please respect copyright.PENANAW898LO8uXB
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go688Please respect copyright.PENANAXwcfR5ds9B
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 688Please respect copyright.PENANAcildeOh0oa
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 688Please respect copyright.PENANAvjTG6S0q3D
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 688Please respect copyright.PENANAhvx15qio1f
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 688Please respect copyright.PENANAb55MGh7vN9
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.688Please respect copyright.PENANAHNGwxutzFk
To Gobs credit he wasn't688Please respect copyright.PENANAQFOgbacRCe
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 688Please respect copyright.PENANArZwa911gTh
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 688Please respect copyright.PENANA996jNApadW
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 688Please respect copyright.PENANAQedlDgKJW4
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAiZ7Mg2uF40
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.688Please respect copyright.PENANAiiNfKVl2AW
First there was Denis, 688Please respect copyright.PENANAZoEbS5dpsR
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAhaaXjZeGra
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 688Please respect copyright.PENANASXJvHavyjQ
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 688Please respect copyright.PENANAes12Qp9XSd
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 688Please respect copyright.PENANAr866PpIE0w
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 688Please respect copyright.PENANAMiUnuHoFJy
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAADNBe5J7Fa
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He688Please respect copyright.PENANAO9MWCVnV6E
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAxLxEr6Yhtg
All in all a group of 688Please respect copyright.PENANAJmZIIwLufW
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 688Please respect copyright.PENANAseGgsKlvBp
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 688Please respect copyright.PENANAoIGdMLKZwO
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see688Please respect copyright.PENANAiSjSPtzAKN
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 688Please respect copyright.PENANANDtaIKU7rE
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 688Please respect copyright.PENANAjjkaLrnkRN
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 688Please respect copyright.PENANAn9Ym5G2jqV
stuff. 688Please respect copyright.PENANANkP3ueCGi7
Sadly except the names 688Please respect copyright.PENANACuKQtVUat3
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,688Please respect copyright.PENANAqnDQNQne5G
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 688Please respect copyright.PENANAtH5kyyZCpG
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 688Please respect copyright.PENANAl6cZmfZvW4
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 688Please respect copyright.PENANAM94TSqS1jK
childhood. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAwnq9lmYxmD
David also paid 688Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0IvNx5aoZ
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 688Please respect copyright.PENANA56X7tELk1X
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 688Please respect copyright.PENANAfsW7LXR0Ag
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could688Please respect copyright.PENANAGomEfjJpoB
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.688Please respect copyright.PENANA1RC76rlIdT
The closer they got the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAxG6JoQBggL
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate688Please respect copyright.PENANAfB8OcYuhdD
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 688Please respect copyright.PENANAiumoPka69m
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably688Please respect copyright.PENANAld2dN87Cdr
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both688Please respect copyright.PENANAtmFOySL6sP
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 688Please respect copyright.PENANASN8sfvaypL
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 688Please respect copyright.PENANAA4zUBYdL4v
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 688Please respect copyright.PENANA0SQmpeIRMX
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.688Please respect copyright.PENANA4t2lr6WGJz
They were able to hear 688Please respect copyright.PENANAqraUsXk4Vy
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 688Please respect copyright.PENANA5KBhNs5Xo9
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 688Please respect copyright.PENANAfGUyO7p7RH
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 688Please respect copyright.PENANAY7av52zlJb
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.688Please respect copyright.PENANAjb55sHrDof
"Get down, behind the 688Please respect copyright.PENANA4pZWSk83Re
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 688Please respect copyright.PENANATPXJ4Y0JjS
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying688Please respect copyright.PENANACr7vNBSUGk
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and688Please respect copyright.PENANAfRThglNTnB
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 688Please respect copyright.PENANAv5trUZ0nNi
nicely with the surroundings.688Please respect copyright.PENANAe6rPtm29oe
With a groan David 688Please respect copyright.PENANAi3oQfyzDZg
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at688Please respect copyright.PENANAb7t9bPfYeb
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 688Please respect copyright.PENANAAsrjWRL5yi
grunt. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAXCsw5IoI7d
They all had to cover 688Please respect copyright.PENANAOWqPV5QfDT
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 688Please respect copyright.PENANARnyDQAeSiq
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 688Please respect copyright.PENANAWjHwAzRZFw
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 688Please respect copyright.PENANA3lwBKOBsfo
them.688Please respect copyright.PENANAMV63n1hPaV
With a tug of the rope 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKc02cYR7et
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 688Please respect copyright.PENANAq8vuvi5ntD
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the688Please respect copyright.PENANAW1QuA6OiPu
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left688Please respect copyright.PENANAlpHWwqiXY7
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 688Please respect copyright.PENANAflhFsNdawD
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.688Please respect copyright.PENANAL2XzYrVAHy
"So, where's this hold?"688Please respect copyright.PENANANDEbYddNB0
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAUU40hoEQJv
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 688Please respect copyright.PENANArfGNVHz1x2
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.688Please respect copyright.PENANAJdwrZrfQlF
"It's there and looks 688Please respect copyright.PENANA38rdai25tH
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 688Please respect copyright.PENANAaWqOZugaX8
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob688Please respect copyright.PENANAXRH42xfW6Z
"Corruption knows. They 688Please respect copyright.PENANAVgrYnvoQb9
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 688Please respect copyright.PENANAHMqDA9UNPp
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 688Please respect copyright.PENANAaYJRljfWyh
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 688Please respect copyright.PENANApNzPrFxmZu
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 688Please respect copyright.PENANATl9GRu0rg2
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.688Please respect copyright.PENANAdLn8ef52Uv
David made a move to 688Please respect copyright.PENANAfPlUmuzm5v
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 688Please respect copyright.PENANA2GdFz4j7C9
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 688Please respect copyright.PENANASFLC5IW3Uc
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 688Please respect copyright.PENANAJJKR3G7sY6
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 688Please respect copyright.PENANAPIaqNWh2J2
them. "I think we're in trouble."688Please respect copyright.PENANA8n1Gv6DIPs
Gob pulled the telescope688Please respect copyright.PENANAnaho658qz0
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 688Please respect copyright.PENANAF0MkOG9asy
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 688Please respect copyright.PENANALUQiabwUhf
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 688Please respect copyright.PENANAbHB18D1HDJ
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKkeDJfy3R1
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 688Please respect copyright.PENANASEPBzQH7aV
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 688Please respect copyright.PENANAukkhGibDBC
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 688Please respect copyright.PENANA0HmzVADYVn
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 688Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wb9vLxIla
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 688Please respect copyright.PENANANNztm1ykuC
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 688Please respect copyright.PENANAj1hveLFpyL
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 688Please respect copyright.PENANAqXmauOpbrX
reason." He added the last part in a grumble688Please respect copyright.PENANA7yJLn4Fg7T
Gob pulled away from 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKusfItDzHP
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 688Please respect copyright.PENANAKwcQ66Y3gR
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing688Please respect copyright.PENANA8sZKO6jbUc
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown688Please respect copyright.PENANAEbCSjVtCz9
you in your own shit" 688Please respect copyright.PENANAM1De1DMT3I
"Now form up and let's 688Please respect copyright.PENANAZTs45tweQr
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 688Please respect copyright.PENANAmRWlrF4JiS
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with688Please respect copyright.PENANAG4AKs7zsu7
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a688Please respect copyright.PENANALny47kD0UI
long while.