"Ugh" 689Please respect copyright.PENANAHF8rzF4mDf
"Shh, he's coming to"689Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ3sQ45EBm
David slowly opened his 689Please respect copyright.PENANATm8W0gy0hr
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 689Please respect copyright.PENANAlgoubiocRQ
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 689Please respect copyright.PENANADUXkBKyDm0
last so that he'd become blind.689Please respect copyright.PENANAMniZzm4sAc
Sadly someone didn't 689Please respect copyright.PENANALktPJkGT1h
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 689Please respect copyright.PENANAPElbRoW8xf
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a689Please respect copyright.PENANA92TDY305BW
gruff voice.689Please respect copyright.PENANAzVkWYkYXZS
David braved opening his689Please respect copyright.PENANAI3njG1p8bO
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 689Please respect copyright.PENANAGTUpvUn8cn
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 689Please respect copyright.PENANAiIjOCMA2i0
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 689Please respect copyright.PENANAx0Iq7Dpny6
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 689Please respect copyright.PENANAJl3I73t9Uy
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 689Please respect copyright.PENANAvsTnIToOYT
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 689Please respect copyright.PENANAFNQMIGSei3
it was covered too much with a beard.689Please respect copyright.PENANAb10YrAO42G
"A friend, especially to689Please respect copyright.PENANAYkHAnXy741
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 689Please respect copyright.PENANALkUn5hBbAq
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 689Please respect copyright.PENANAqeb64zoqHJ
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 689Please respect copyright.PENANA7BQS8gPMAn
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 689Please respect copyright.PENANAbksJyG5DGn
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the689Please respect copyright.PENANAwt9LjM3et2
pressure on his arm increased.689Please respect copyright.PENANAXFFlbfDv1x
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAUZzlVLmuri
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"689Please respect copyright.PENANA4DBHySljeH
~you'll pay for this, 689Please respect copyright.PENANAwNijf6tP7t
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 689Please respect copyright.PENANAMsdHfYZpeB
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 689Please respect copyright.PENANAo3wWyIKPHI
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 689Please respect copyright.PENANAalSTHF1D2o
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 689Please respect copyright.PENANA0f708TgIiv
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 689Please respect copyright.PENANAq0FpBVWIpF
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 689Please respect copyright.PENANAJByVF58BoX
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAAsYJq7TYQH
David let his eye wander689Please respect copyright.PENANANY7uFdLK6u
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 689Please respect copyright.PENANAUhkMD9xG0W
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 689Please respect copyright.PENANAPCOBzJ0ymz
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAaftDvqHkwm
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 689Please respect copyright.PENANAL58CzK5W5F
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 689Please respect copyright.PENANAfY5zRUJsTJ
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 689Please respect copyright.PENANAyMdDlgulpy
arrogant pricks.689Please respect copyright.PENANAuB2wWDhUPg
David heard the flint 689Please respect copyright.PENANAcjCd07U8bk
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 689Please respect copyright.PENANAdLM23Zc2Xb
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was689Please respect copyright.PENANAd0Xk9VVe0V
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 689Please respect copyright.PENANAONrWpxkMWc
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 689Please respect copyright.PENANAVMBWA7C1I8
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the689Please respect copyright.PENANAgQkGst4bzm
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 689Please respect copyright.PENANAgPmZYiGm1s
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 689Please respect copyright.PENANArK84zy9SiB
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 689Please respect copyright.PENANAbIWOqnPOpG
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 689Please respect copyright.PENANAnsSyLZPhfl
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.689Please respect copyright.PENANAUI3sIWtSKv
The pain in his arm 689Please respect copyright.PENANAsjG4PTHlWm
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4SOIsml9QT
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 689Please respect copyright.PENANAS6XmjUG4nB
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It689Please respect copyright.PENANA4z7wolF85k
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 689Please respect copyright.PENANAUT2tpztu7g
survived that fall."689Please respect copyright.PENANAa38H5fTbpm
It took a second for 689Please respect copyright.PENANAHBw43qtmU3
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 689Please respect copyright.PENANA894Wa2kmbq
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 689Please respect copyright.PENANAjZf9UbkAdP
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4jgRjQjOFQ
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 689Please respect copyright.PENANAJsG71BSppa
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 689Please respect copyright.PENANA0NiPGt2JOv
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 689Please respect copyright.PENANAntYZEGmA0c
that.689Please respect copyright.PENANAkhSsAkCi6U
"I don't know how I got 689Please respect copyright.PENANAmpGzs1zsRa
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if689Please respect copyright.PENANACxqM3d6ypb
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full689Please respect copyright.PENANAbbWLEe2kc3
truth689Please respect copyright.PENANAhAvMHg7YY0
"I'm sure if he was a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAUvYtgkuh8U
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 689Please respect copyright.PENANATSqty1xqME
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 689Please respect copyright.PENANApYrSBDMn7a
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 689Please respect copyright.PENANAFWcUo9SpPJ
guessed that was Gob.689Please respect copyright.PENANAPVUtodoIm1
"Not how mages work kid,689Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3u9BNmZ2v
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear689Please respect copyright.PENANA0sobeG05jv
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 689Please respect copyright.PENANAAxWtgTGK1Y
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 689Please respect copyright.PENANAnTGA80aiXf
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 689Please respect copyright.PENANAKszzjlQQc2
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 689Please respect copyright.PENANAIknz2VhUuJ
have a clear head so we should be safe.689Please respect copyright.PENANAiY9RNRAuRM
David was having trouble689Please respect copyright.PENANAyDlHtVtJGK
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.689Please respect copyright.PENANAWCpxe3Mb2D
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can689Please respect copyright.PENANAQxyCNThW4J
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 689Please respect copyright.PENANABaPlrEpi7o
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and689Please respect copyright.PENANAAnbbtDnYGW
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 689Please respect copyright.PENANAAXx5M7WML6
definitely felt exhausted.689Please respect copyright.PENANATOLhnVG36q
Gob stared into Davids 689Please respect copyright.PENANAIffXCH2p7z
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 689Please respect copyright.PENANAZJoaB6rFXz
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 689Please respect copyright.PENANAeNzlo9YtiU
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in689Please respect copyright.PENANAdoboSdfddQ
a deadpan voice.689Please respect copyright.PENANAEIZOOi0uAw
Sighting David sat up, 689Please respect copyright.PENANAodAR3Mgx6u
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 689Please respect copyright.PENANAG6mt8aCR86
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 689Please respect copyright.PENANATulJV4lnVd
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 689Please respect copyright.PENANA1HPeTCisKO
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 689Please respect copyright.PENANA58ljRUBYMw
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 689Please respect copyright.PENANAYoo9yt79wg
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.689Please respect copyright.PENANA6B12Xqm29i
David took the herbs and689Please respect copyright.PENANAF6RHqyGdCj
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 689Please respect copyright.PENANAvfNTTO3xeJ
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 689Please respect copyright.PENANAMYrhvAoJkV
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 689Please respect copyright.PENANAmqcP3agqeH
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.689Please respect copyright.PENANAATtBmd2aYI
"It's called blumeflor, 689Please respect copyright.PENANA0qaIpaYRsy
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council689Please respect copyright.PENANA80Sq4jtUr8
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 689Please respect copyright.PENANAakIKJmzbRf
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 689Please respect copyright.PENANAxyKy6fEOGr
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 689Please respect copyright.PENANAo3aAYOcBqN
himself.689Please respect copyright.PENANAXlq5BnCcTV
"It's a good way of 689Please respect copyright.PENANAvZwgI9QMnA
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out689Please respect copyright.PENANAdeSRow49CE
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."689Please respect copyright.PENANAXBsAXuWSQc
David was going to ask 689Please respect copyright.PENANAYOEGUmosx9
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAioeRGvT6D9
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 689Please respect copyright.PENANA3ehfrvaJU3
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAy8Lf5fZtyq
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 689Please respect copyright.PENANAAAPOAWzKyy
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 689Please respect copyright.PENANAwmkkAUEFXC
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 689Please respect copyright.PENANAAvWHcmKQDX
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 689Please respect copyright.PENANAwu5ls3wYky
stance. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAekRl6KY0dB
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?"689Please respect copyright.PENANAggrcYdhQ80
"Why would I lie about 689Please respect copyright.PENANAGYLN7WYRCT
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 689Please respect copyright.PENANAaxQ9uiYT5Y
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 689Please respect copyright.PENANAJTlx9hTuAq
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 689Please respect copyright.PENANAa1otdBa8t8
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 689Please respect copyright.PENANAOiKUCfFsXI
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a689Please respect copyright.PENANAJUjaXJMsk5
good way to do it.689Please respect copyright.PENANAKrkj3Tfiea
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 689Please respect copyright.PENANACrLZ3HOQgY
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."689Please respect copyright.PENANAR0LFxLEmkp
"So you are a liar."689Please respect copyright.PENANA3i7DqtxWFZ
"Bring me to the ship! 689Please respect copyright.PENANAIG1tIn5CIy
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll689Please respect copyright.PENANAZoGjvtqSYR
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 689Please respect copyright.PENANAaENepKzksF
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"689Please respect copyright.PENANAzGLV3z9UHE
Some of the feet 689Please respect copyright.PENANAC6vlgjl9hQ
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 689Please respect copyright.PENANATojl683E76
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 689Please respect copyright.PENANAWM4kOp1Tg9
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."689Please respect copyright.PENANAAUuHi0kqoy
"The weapons were in a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAqefPaJPrXh
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 689Please respect copyright.PENANALE8Wne3rB3
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 689Please respect copyright.PENANAYZ0kTcszZb
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 689Please respect copyright.PENANAEUKPq8jE89
important duties?"689Please respect copyright.PENANA0i57lRYOUx
Gob shook his head. 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4DlFLH0gdr
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 689Please respect copyright.PENANAmmemRq6uhs
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 689Please respect copyright.PENANAm1lAhHTEON
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 689Please respect copyright.PENANABLvZf2nhRd
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4J1kN9fMOh
up. "Y..yes Gob?"689Please respect copyright.PENANAwZfra3f48b
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 689Please respect copyright.PENANAS8C0XGkON7
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 689Please respect copyright.PENANAReNSvPA01h
tie our friend here and then join us." 689Please respect copyright.PENANAyq8sgXqA3f
"Yes, sir!" The young 689Please respect copyright.PENANA6V9pQbSvLJ
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4l98XTW9hb
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'689Please respect copyright.PENANAIwMzDex7yG
David smiled, atleast 689Please respect copyright.PENANAV5VXyGX4XE
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 689Please respect copyright.PENANA1Iy0ZPmdPB
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 689Please respect copyright.PENANAUyRT5s7YiG
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 689Please respect copyright.PENANAtKsRUSVOLs
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 689Please respect copyright.PENANAsl2hCti93h
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."689Please respect copyright.PENANA91vMHaeExE
David nodded as if 689Please respect copyright.PENANA8pg9FulqBp
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to689Please respect copyright.PENANAKS7kD8Wqb0
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 689Please respect copyright.PENANAJX0aIamiEq
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 689Please respect copyright.PENANAasG6ol7r6y
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4YxxRRu2ha
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 689Please respect copyright.PENANAnB3kI0YL8I
"Denis!" Gobs voice 689Please respect copyright.PENANAXeUA4NwiOG
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 689Please respect copyright.PENANAL1K38bZLtt
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAZR3ChrIqmo
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 689Please respect copyright.PENANArXGSQcOeOF
in a circle.689Please respect copyright.PENANAL9LWlBkfye
David could easily untie689Please respect copyright.PENANA7ETpqPSDxT
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the689Please respect copyright.PENANAFfZldksuDb
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty689Please respect copyright.PENANAhjQTON46Na
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 689Please respect copyright.PENANACiSRmFSlJd
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.689Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3LbR9ky03
David must've dozed off 689Please respect copyright.PENANAKjuiJUbQS1
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with689Please respect copyright.PENANAO2MFQxTXN1
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 689Please respect copyright.PENANAebOrzt15Pz
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 689Please respect copyright.PENANA1FROmWhi4W
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 689Please respect copyright.PENANAr4JE8tb5QT
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAdyMjWW9Z9w
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a689Please respect copyright.PENANAgrE4UPPfVC
difference, we'll be able to find them."689Please respect copyright.PENANADjSKHm9WO4
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"689Please respect copyright.PENANAYUEM2iGn2D
"Who'd know?"689Please respect copyright.PENANA2RLOEh8gWS
"You" David said that as689Please respect copyright.PENANAOR7UU4olvw
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 689Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qrv0vLUPe
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 689Please respect copyright.PENANAmAjKkr1jsg
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had689Please respect copyright.PENANAgiGcBwNhyE
a choice so David took a gamble.689Please respect copyright.PENANAaPSoghaFhT
It seemed to be paying 689Please respect copyright.PENANAJJQlW7kNNM
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook689Please respect copyright.PENANAqyKHtxlTzy
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 689Please respect copyright.PENANAWhiLVBT0I0
wrong move and you're dead."689Please respect copyright.PENANA5kA6Jg3FSL
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."689Please respect copyright.PENANA01pShg2pVI
Gob grunted at that. "No689Please respect copyright.PENANA9g1jvU9kxl
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but689Please respect copyright.PENANAYvITe51Qxn
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 689Please respect copyright.PENANAPImlcf82ma
draining from his hands. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAonbjQtjEzF
"I'll be able to walk 689Please respect copyright.PENANAB8z3dYo6Af
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 689Please respect copyright.PENANAC7K85IWKDP
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 689Please respect copyright.PENANAWdjQmNAepj
caused David to lose his balance. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAGPGjvcbqyq
"The walk should only 689Please respect copyright.PENANAAOQs0LjWTS
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 689Please respect copyright.PENANA3gwgI1tTlQ
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go689Please respect copyright.PENANAJCfTMHEoIZ
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 689Please respect copyright.PENANAFTzCujkzWu
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 689Please respect copyright.PENANAIafg6xIUto
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4jPDdwKCEg
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 689Please respect copyright.PENANA9805Iwfsza
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.689Please respect copyright.PENANAlnMIreK1zB
To Gobs credit he wasn't689Please respect copyright.PENANA8CzcN2liBt
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 689Please respect copyright.PENANAUDyLbMjtHL
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 689Please respect copyright.PENANAHDsUwaLH1J
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 689Please respect copyright.PENANAGZOXUM1Pol
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 689Please respect copyright.PENANA9yaYp1VB7c
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.689Please respect copyright.PENANANyQmUw8UuC
First there was Denis, 689Please respect copyright.PENANAn0HjLWrEI8
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 689Please respect copyright.PENANArKp3gd27Yp
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 689Please respect copyright.PENANALcq4WgEhML
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 689Please respect copyright.PENANA9pRk0zVSut
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 689Please respect copyright.PENANAP6IG4X1hXQ
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 689Please respect copyright.PENANA54BQ5veEuW
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAI5YM7fspiC
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He689Please respect copyright.PENANA4peBTxrJGZ
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAwfflLPZdZR
All in all a group of 689Please respect copyright.PENANAoFqGnyFWuc
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 689Please respect copyright.PENANApHpdNKXFWO
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 689Please respect copyright.PENANAT751ExBUUa
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see689Please respect copyright.PENANAK4WH8UbAX4
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 689Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2IQbpb7D1
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 689Please respect copyright.PENANAxj8iHARhDW
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 689Please respect copyright.PENANAHpAYpVJubL
stuff. 689Please respect copyright.PENANA6KO04tXtbO
Sadly except the names 689Please respect copyright.PENANAIXKNqmCGX7
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,689Please respect copyright.PENANAwU5c3gXb81
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 689Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y2ZsVJHy2
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 689Please respect copyright.PENANAoQMpgwRm1p
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 689Please respect copyright.PENANAkIm4oEQ7jd
childhood. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAWV391lqGOH
David also paid 689Please respect copyright.PENANAAm8XrDKktM
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 689Please respect copyright.PENANA7cp1kieaj8
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 689Please respect copyright.PENANAkP89j1MmtO
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could689Please respect copyright.PENANADEuxFHj2Fg
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.689Please respect copyright.PENANANFgf1HUzkn
The closer they got the 689Please respect copyright.PENANAjUuz5WZbY7
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate689Please respect copyright.PENANA4j9MdvZhDG
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 689Please respect copyright.PENANAEHCwWnPFTg
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably689Please respect copyright.PENANAPKWo899i2f
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both689Please respect copyright.PENANAFEPRhkGKTa
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 689Please respect copyright.PENANA6V0bZfFL7Q
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 689Please respect copyright.PENANAZgrMdzxjba
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 689Please respect copyright.PENANANgwiPbZYkP
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.689Please respect copyright.PENANA14G8nd3gnz
They were able to hear 689Please respect copyright.PENANAXQJxBYRfL2
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 689Please respect copyright.PENANA6N25BemoW2
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 689Please respect copyright.PENANAWHdxlEqhHJ
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 689Please respect copyright.PENANAXrOePsztnd
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.689Please respect copyright.PENANAkrjKOqfwFq
"Get down, behind the 689Please respect copyright.PENANAdM6s3a8M2g
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 689Please respect copyright.PENANAlsIQIAGTeB
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying689Please respect copyright.PENANAiIXbemZ94v
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and689Please respect copyright.PENANAcDR77f6vUH
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 689Please respect copyright.PENANABrdejH3xdx
nicely with the surroundings.689Please respect copyright.PENANAEPR6qr9FO1
With a groan David 689Please respect copyright.PENANAxhMS8rOevB
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at689Please respect copyright.PENANAZsfkVybYru
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 689Please respect copyright.PENANAWxkZsKi6AG
grunt. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAV6hxcrPYkS
They all had to cover 689Please respect copyright.PENANAMNfMpEBUOP
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 689Please respect copyright.PENANApflt66s0Cw
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 689Please respect copyright.PENANAJZhk2KP8fC
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 689Please respect copyright.PENANAfoE3fGrNus
them.689Please respect copyright.PENANA3NtOzWCbNW
With a tug of the rope 689Please respect copyright.PENANAqA1qWxnbDG
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 689Please respect copyright.PENANAEL33OAwq1y
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the689Please respect copyright.PENANA28RluA5FXr
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left689Please respect copyright.PENANAwwbHDLte7m
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 689Please respect copyright.PENANAQXM5ksPX60
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.689Please respect copyright.PENANADXM6oVVUqx
"So, where's this hold?"689Please respect copyright.PENANAPRRWMTfyRx
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 689Please respect copyright.PENANANOvVvFgwkW
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 689Please respect copyright.PENANA4x0eRTmu4z
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.689Please respect copyright.PENANAXBbhsYkrCB
"It's there and looks 689Please respect copyright.PENANAiKMgQczDOk
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 689Please respect copyright.PENANA43LeoNS202
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob689Please respect copyright.PENANA7EDcfGU7R9
"Corruption knows. They 689Please respect copyright.PENANAVIch3phn05
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 689Please respect copyright.PENANAPJAhWKNGne
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 689Please respect copyright.PENANAmacENzlU06
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 689Please respect copyright.PENANAdXcjdii43Q
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 689Please respect copyright.PENANABtWcT88Q2n
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.689Please respect copyright.PENANAGrhiTJkR1V
David made a move to 689Please respect copyright.PENANA09508uSS18
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 689Please respect copyright.PENANAhmdS9PZ9lf
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 689Please respect copyright.PENANA7sjM6DeID0
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 689Please respect copyright.PENANAr8aO5sY9df
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 689Please respect copyright.PENANAH4k9PzqCsx
them. "I think we're in trouble."689Please respect copyright.PENANABOIqbjpveA
Gob pulled the telescope689Please respect copyright.PENANAuuRvw7EDjK
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 689Please respect copyright.PENANAGMQOayfnhF
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 689Please respect copyright.PENANAGtHi6QiSpk
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 689Please respect copyright.PENANAVXnw4znFtK
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 689Please respect copyright.PENANAZk1GHRZdga
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 689Please respect copyright.PENANAjdJelYpnTA
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 689Please respect copyright.PENANAgHpzoSr2OW
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 689Please respect copyright.PENANA7XV00PZYK3
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 689Please respect copyright.PENANAuM21ibKycV
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 689Please respect copyright.PENANAYqSlpVG7ak
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 689Please respect copyright.PENANAjEhFCmEe6x
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 689Please respect copyright.PENANAhknJTunBgi
reason." He added the last part in a grumble689Please respect copyright.PENANAaNJSavCIeq
Gob pulled away from 689Please respect copyright.PENANAbnGlDzQ5nh
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 689Please respect copyright.PENANAdRgbxv3erR
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing689Please respect copyright.PENANA92NxvbXiZr
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown689Please respect copyright.PENANARHma00IkVy
you in your own shit" 689Please respect copyright.PENANAnp1Zvmfes1
"Now form up and let's 689Please respect copyright.PENANAZETUHljFKx
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 689Please respect copyright.PENANApQwy4H4Lbu
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with689Please respect copyright.PENANAcJV5I1SPbW
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a689Please respect copyright.PENANAAqSYlQ0nOe
long while.