"Ugh" 604Please respect copyright.PENANAx2gGEJQFaJ
"Shh, he's coming to"604Please respect copyright.PENANAPJmKMqhdyX
David slowly opened his 604Please respect copyright.PENANAEJpT0wBn9R
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 604Please respect copyright.PENANAtCNrlfqxno
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 604Please respect copyright.PENANAcY6ZgLi00L
last so that he'd become blind.604Please respect copyright.PENANAwUHICChETL
Sadly someone didn't 604Please respect copyright.PENANAJiCBmhi7fC
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 604Please respect copyright.PENANAZMGoVJcHjy
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a604Please respect copyright.PENANAet5EEY0WYo
gruff voice.604Please respect copyright.PENANAkx2bkC9vrU
David braved opening his604Please respect copyright.PENANAj3MGIM2zZp
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 604Please respect copyright.PENANA5kN5yfzX3U
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 604Please respect copyright.PENANAA2JTeucBlz
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 604Please respect copyright.PENANAMhWhrBsQT2
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 604Please respect copyright.PENANA0dfmCV9reA
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 604Please respect copyright.PENANAkqNqq4SBWM
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 604Please respect copyright.PENANAYLLCvQrGx4
it was covered too much with a beard.604Please respect copyright.PENANA8e86v112KT
"A friend, especially to604Please respect copyright.PENANADMUTknFIoU
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 604Please respect copyright.PENANAAh5pbwo3SJ
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 604Please respect copyright.PENANAxG4y7E6Z2Z
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAxBpqAH9pmj
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 604Please respect copyright.PENANApJ2fQdQYvw
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the604Please respect copyright.PENANA7ifoFrLFyu
pressure on his arm increased.604Please respect copyright.PENANAmYRgrEMPuu
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAmtqTQvWP2Z
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"604Please respect copyright.PENANAAjEHhSfGhM
~you'll pay for this, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAwKuFA1wfEx
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1QMsPc2D0T
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 604Please respect copyright.PENANAdxFcjzu6E4
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAm371Bijmjj
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 604Please respect copyright.PENANAsi3qvIC1CS
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAfn2RkUq467
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8djkWPKyc1
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAG550JjqtN6
David let his eye wander604Please respect copyright.PENANAPr2CSonsRc
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAd42pwr6nZb
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 604Please respect copyright.PENANAMc8MYNtUhZ
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAPTUmLTp4MJ
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 604Please respect copyright.PENANACMs2dKbo3J
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 604Please respect copyright.PENANArfbnDEaZyO
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 604Please respect copyright.PENANAyIDx0iOtqO
arrogant pricks.604Please respect copyright.PENANAYlvzI78u4z
David heard the flint 604Please respect copyright.PENANAP1KypVGQCY
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 604Please respect copyright.PENANAB4DldscyMp
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was604Please respect copyright.PENANAvcrfGLKWFG
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 604Please respect copyright.PENANAjvz6IzAzjB
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 604Please respect copyright.PENANAmptIm4QVfC
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the604Please respect copyright.PENANADh8z68Yrol
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 604Please respect copyright.PENANAEcVVLiX9ed
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 604Please respect copyright.PENANALCKcqVqU22
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 604Please respect copyright.PENANAqpVJMTM9B4
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 604Please respect copyright.PENANAVsozboWREf
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.604Please respect copyright.PENANABtXU8GOnSF
The pain in his arm 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7rRKqU4jsT
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8SqhV2BQ3E
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 604Please respect copyright.PENANAAjuEU9zs5P
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It604Please respect copyright.PENANAS6JamgXwMP
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 604Please respect copyright.PENANAulRvFp0Bn6
survived that fall."604Please respect copyright.PENANA3lNAfWqlLT
It took a second for 604Please respect copyright.PENANA2sX5b0Vw2C
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 604Please respect copyright.PENANANpWUL2npkq
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 604Please respect copyright.PENANAHuxTiVukz3
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 604Please respect copyright.PENANAGZZDfgojiE
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 604Please respect copyright.PENANAoi2ZKyvXyO
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 604Please respect copyright.PENANATcOkmX3tCX
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 604Please respect copyright.PENANA0EAQPubsXB
that.604Please respect copyright.PENANAkoBSVFCuho
"I don't know how I got 604Please respect copyright.PENANA3eFByi1XpT
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if604Please respect copyright.PENANAauWmQEGwSU
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full604Please respect copyright.PENANAp95AB1j5yp
truth604Please respect copyright.PENANAeTBOTZ8pme
"I'm sure if he was a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAtNabFJfRHG
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAppkMkMEXXK
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 604Please respect copyright.PENANAkXDJRUcF1Y
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 604Please respect copyright.PENANA9UAmNyLZTK
guessed that was Gob.604Please respect copyright.PENANAjIya840eq6
"Not how mages work kid,604Please respect copyright.PENANAzns2LchXU1
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear604Please respect copyright.PENANA5KkIyk1A69
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 604Please respect copyright.PENANAKpuHTbPXr2
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 604Please respect copyright.PENANATPruIAxset
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 604Please respect copyright.PENANAz005qRWnSt
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 604Please respect copyright.PENANALg7rVfgYxx
have a clear head so we should be safe.604Please respect copyright.PENANA06AGcuGZAS
David was having trouble604Please respect copyright.PENANAMoT7WiG5BC
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.604Please respect copyright.PENANA1s0xo30izi
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can604Please respect copyright.PENANAnF46wKOBmg
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAFzc6glS5QE
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and604Please respect copyright.PENANAypXu96Oiyv
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 604Please respect copyright.PENANAmPXFo5rIvS
definitely felt exhausted.604Please respect copyright.PENANAInOU8WHQMr
Gob stared into Davids 604Please respect copyright.PENANASlhI6fDLGv
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 604Please respect copyright.PENANAktbNqhNQnu
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 604Please respect copyright.PENANAqxDlrSNUpU
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in604Please respect copyright.PENANAZPbUEeGXFm
a deadpan voice.604Please respect copyright.PENANAtKlCGqEkw7
Sighting David sat up, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAiAG8XFyWxd
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhShlRoApAB
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 604Please respect copyright.PENANAjlEVilrtEz
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 604Please respect copyright.PENANApkYCggRuyV
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 604Please respect copyright.PENANALqOdxoAhl9
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8pClj8PGjb
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.604Please respect copyright.PENANADdOhxhBQJt
David took the herbs and604Please respect copyright.PENANAJlXN81mO5u
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 604Please respect copyright.PENANA4Am5A2a24S
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 604Please respect copyright.PENANAB8KGU1T32U
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 604Please respect copyright.PENANANa0MqH6pQn
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.604Please respect copyright.PENANAD7mwacRyhD
"It's called blumeflor, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAefGfQI0Xyk
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council604Please respect copyright.PENANAog36z2Jfai
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 604Please respect copyright.PENANAcq1XmID1Tx
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 604Please respect copyright.PENANADLtUipztXa
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 604Please respect copyright.PENANAmxmpmvCxDf
himself.604Please respect copyright.PENANA08ZWI6vkzV
"It's a good way of 604Please respect copyright.PENANAHrJ0FLmoI8
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out604Please respect copyright.PENANAhevp9vIGJx
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."604Please respect copyright.PENANApsUM79gTT7
David was going to ask 604Please respect copyright.PENANA72YjvKQ70m
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAJo5FmRj6XB
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 604Please respect copyright.PENANAKzUb091e88
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 604Please respect copyright.PENANARNTQ2WHFI4
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 604Please respect copyright.PENANA6fB0YKXcd8
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 604Please respect copyright.PENANAWw7IeXw24D
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 604Please respect copyright.PENANALe97QD5UeP
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 604Please respect copyright.PENANAMBlpL7u8j5
stance. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAjJh9YDP0bS
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?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAEAL3oZIMHY
"Why would I lie about 604Please respect copyright.PENANANP01ROLNlL
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 604Please respect copyright.PENANAtvWHT5vAmT
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 604Please respect copyright.PENANAMLNbr5vOTH
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 604Please respect copyright.PENANAcktaMnm98C
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 604Please respect copyright.PENANAuSOg2CDnUG
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a604Please respect copyright.PENANARwZWSRUkD6
good way to do it.604Please respect copyright.PENANAbjNP9jN3WY
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 604Please respect copyright.PENANA4FwBYcNKh3
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."604Please respect copyright.PENANAIhZHoJsYs3
"So you are a liar."604Please respect copyright.PENANANDeM0SsohW
"Bring me to the ship! 604Please respect copyright.PENANAvzjOY5Su6z
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll604Please respect copyright.PENANAHlNmi2tDTG
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 604Please respect copyright.PENANAprpUYC5Z1W
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"604Please respect copyright.PENANAFk4kdVCOC0
Some of the feet 604Please respect copyright.PENANAMXOaHJKzBO
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 604Please respect copyright.PENANAftrEmvBxsT
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 604Please respect copyright.PENANAxSwrwGQ3uk
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."604Please respect copyright.PENANAL5pcmIV9lt
"The weapons were in a 604Please respect copyright.PENANASjpRMlzYbr
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 604Please respect copyright.PENANAj0lXQ2FLeh
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhcMkOOdcsc
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 604Please respect copyright.PENANAOkEdgnIYZE
important duties?"604Please respect copyright.PENANA80AUB02HqE
Gob shook his head. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA5kMBIVQFJ4
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 604Please respect copyright.PENANA0nqcRxxdHz
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 604Please respect copyright.PENANA9A8sDLuK4v
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhnmaFQwYC5
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 604Please respect copyright.PENANAyuinmeOLNR
up. "Y..yes Gob?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAPM3NG2bzlK
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 604Please respect copyright.PENANAl5DHCzv6Ln
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 604Please respect copyright.PENANAo0ygDHcWnW
tie our friend here and then join us." 604Please respect copyright.PENANAgFYhgboNjv
"Yes, sir!" The young 604Please respect copyright.PENANAppgRpSVYxS
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 604Please respect copyright.PENANAAiFN9oEZce
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'604Please respect copyright.PENANAUbltkw40pY
David smiled, atleast 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1WbdcviAJO
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 604Please respect copyright.PENANAGNexJMt7Of
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 604Please respect copyright.PENANAaioOHheewV
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 604Please respect copyright.PENANArF2Mu0Becm
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 604Please respect copyright.PENANATKFW2qolDw
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."604Please respect copyright.PENANAzh74E9aYBT
David nodded as if 604Please respect copyright.PENANAaA0yWXyHvy
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to604Please respect copyright.PENANAeweJ3VSALg
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAvMRcV2eYbh
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 604Please respect copyright.PENANAoAMDmFQ7uH
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAwfkaLUMNLC
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 604Please respect copyright.PENANA81kNdkuJ6T
"Denis!" Gobs voice 604Please respect copyright.PENANAgkTOQnam4l
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7p4NORzaDn
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAEaNJ6RlzJX
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 604Please respect copyright.PENANA6dM5V3FuNc
in a circle.604Please respect copyright.PENANAkE9bvolPAa
David could easily untie604Please respect copyright.PENANAvy4fXsY3oj
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the604Please respect copyright.PENANAHMxPlV0gPc
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty604Please respect copyright.PENANAppuEwK4z8b
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 604Please respect copyright.PENANAa7PyDt99jM
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.604Please respect copyright.PENANAUjKosQtDaO
David must've dozed off 604Please respect copyright.PENANABcpAn6TOON
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with604Please respect copyright.PENANAok0d8QAiTo
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1knr1emLgb
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAUKdKgbm5XT
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 604Please respect copyright.PENANAjE4r3FodcJ
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAD7LmgC9b2A
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a604Please respect copyright.PENANA9yks5rFd75
difference, we'll be able to find them."604Please respect copyright.PENANAjv7wHfiX4J
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"604Please respect copyright.PENANART4y4aXyzX
"Who'd know?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAwbBY4fZukK
"You" David said that as604Please respect copyright.PENANA5IZH7Yr8Av
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 604Please respect copyright.PENANASlK0kqKz06
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 604Please respect copyright.PENANAPYGRCXexyO
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had604Please respect copyright.PENANAchvodfMlDp
a choice so David took a gamble.604Please respect copyright.PENANAFkBHk1TCsm
It seemed to be paying 604Please respect copyright.PENANA3vK2ixVFNq
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook604Please respect copyright.PENANARV7rpvzfhU
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7FZVAaD74E
wrong move and you're dead."604Please respect copyright.PENANAlruXhXhWia
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."604Please respect copyright.PENANAzwC7pvuphq
Gob grunted at that. "No604Please respect copyright.PENANAd96lsTlfXZ
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but604Please respect copyright.PENANA0CvTkIqW3h
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 604Please respect copyright.PENANAaziDOOHpBJ
draining from his hands. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAWJRY1sa5lV
"I'll be able to walk 604Please respect copyright.PENANAUIuSjM9Za3
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 604Please respect copyright.PENANAsvKkhVrprk
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7hOmv9pQuw
caused David to lose his balance. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAWw5xGUJo6Q
"The walk should only 604Please respect copyright.PENANApTVk276dN0
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 604Please respect copyright.PENANAf1t8QTbGjN
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go604Please respect copyright.PENANABkUxOpMLQn
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 604Please respect copyright.PENANAG9VIhYYnIp
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 604Please respect copyright.PENANAoeOBOLSf7o
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 604Please respect copyright.PENANAg2rwqAtjxB
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 604Please respect copyright.PENANA3IUEpiEbBF
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.604Please respect copyright.PENANAf4qLjEfLpG
To Gobs credit he wasn't604Please respect copyright.PENANAYg8YyvMhRi
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 604Please respect copyright.PENANAd48eszR9rK
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 604Please respect copyright.PENANARv5IBEYkCx
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 604Please respect copyright.PENANAAi9l9LSjhS
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAIdABfyWQrD
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.604Please respect copyright.PENANA7PTkCKKnvX
First there was Denis, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAxbomkZOkKk
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA70r549fK5z
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 604Please respect copyright.PENANAowqmgq4a9X
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 604Please respect copyright.PENANArFs2ZN0UHQ
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 604Please respect copyright.PENANAjGffN0yyny
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 604Please respect copyright.PENANAI6EAW6E9lg
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 604Please respect copyright.PENANArbdcB5r0qm
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He604Please respect copyright.PENANAHirwMYhVvi
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAELReRITKM4
All in all a group of 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1dlbNgr5hF
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAVfoeh2hUgc
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 604Please respect copyright.PENANArmbt53Qs6P
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see604Please respect copyright.PENANAHXqqqknfez
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 604Please respect copyright.PENANAAAWYLX9Awk
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 604Please respect copyright.PENANAuROO4KWFXg
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 604Please respect copyright.PENANAwUTzpmsU5H
stuff. 604Please respect copyright.PENANA5xLPrETCQ2
Sadly except the names 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8qXOKT4p5k
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,604Please respect copyright.PENANAKlwXdiNnfA
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 604Please respect copyright.PENANAtuy7eyorzf
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 604Please respect copyright.PENANA6nCTYzLnUb
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 604Please respect copyright.PENANAXjFTsun6id
childhood. 604Please respect copyright.PENANAKR0uxFXYNJ
David also paid 604Please respect copyright.PENANAK8XaqiRxIQ
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 604Please respect copyright.PENANAXuV8m8RRUa
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 604Please respect copyright.PENANAsb8UXKsyZk
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could604Please respect copyright.PENANA0jcrh6LMs4
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.604Please respect copyright.PENANA4FTlSyewnY
The closer they got the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAFT4WFmD2uw
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate604Please respect copyright.PENANAWk8rvRlxSM
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 604Please respect copyright.PENANAu8SMS9EoLa
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably604Please respect copyright.PENANA608h4Uz4iJ
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both604Please respect copyright.PENANAq2mqKfgm32
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 604Please respect copyright.PENANAlitwOQQTjg
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 604Please respect copyright.PENANAEzx8fZOMz0
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 604Please respect copyright.PENANAskTsmeqqk1
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.604Please respect copyright.PENANA7vrorYbLlB
They were able to hear 604Please respect copyright.PENANAKAFUH3G1ig
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 604Please respect copyright.PENANAdBBDQeNrHn
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 604Please respect copyright.PENANAlMnCTcQWWx
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAdOFR0QAyfK
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.604Please respect copyright.PENANArOsNEBwyeW
"Get down, behind the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAuoeCCSOmfR
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 604Please respect copyright.PENANADYPf9eP982
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying604Please respect copyright.PENANA8NkJmLESAD
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and604Please respect copyright.PENANAs3K7tPSxxA
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7A6yHF9HYn
nicely with the surroundings.604Please respect copyright.PENANA3t4dy6T9sk
With a groan David 604Please respect copyright.PENANAVyTo8pIDZD
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at604Please respect copyright.PENANAainTKXgCqB
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 604Please respect copyright.PENANAqD7FKKR7M4
grunt. 604Please respect copyright.PENANABiM3QJPUPV
They all had to cover 604Please respect copyright.PENANANuzcC9UXRY
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 604Please respect copyright.PENANAueaKYGFwXn
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 604Please respect copyright.PENANARXVByDQIAT
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 604Please respect copyright.PENANAhvyBJQvAjZ
them.604Please respect copyright.PENANAOGn5koPewd
With a tug of the rope 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8GVvSi1fmc
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 604Please respect copyright.PENANA2UgudhGWpW
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the604Please respect copyright.PENANAmjgQjmUWkN
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left604Please respect copyright.PENANA5VPH2cgVzU
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 604Please respect copyright.PENANA2oeoEoojpq
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.604Please respect copyright.PENANAK0cMGYCcoj
"So, where's this hold?"604Please respect copyright.PENANAeDTXMZ4jrs
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAtVUtfm2L9U
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 604Please respect copyright.PENANAZxGBBzotvk
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.604Please respect copyright.PENANA8CI19qG8gP
"It's there and looks 604Please respect copyright.PENANAYp2bf4zKsy
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 604Please respect copyright.PENANANPv9hRMnRd
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob604Please respect copyright.PENANAWGYqAqmLhp
"Corruption knows. They 604Please respect copyright.PENANA4n7kxepafL
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 604Please respect copyright.PENANA7eqpKFyLsH
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 604Please respect copyright.PENANA85fGLoyLGg
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 604Please respect copyright.PENANAjE1eb8K5u9
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 604Please respect copyright.PENANASnzmaUcGUj
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.604Please respect copyright.PENANALY4uAqTlyW
David made a move to 604Please respect copyright.PENANAknxX1cIQSc
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 604Please respect copyright.PENANAcF1icdt9so
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 604Please respect copyright.PENANAIA6tslNURI
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 604Please respect copyright.PENANA6FaLmynFIS
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 604Please respect copyright.PENANAm0IGUlGZPc
them. "I think we're in trouble."604Please respect copyright.PENANAEfeZjg0kLo
Gob pulled the telescope604Please respect copyright.PENANADxCP2PbF3Z
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 604Please respect copyright.PENANAqCauNeftN6
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 604Please respect copyright.PENANAlMsXPaRckA
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 604Please respect copyright.PENANAobmfXLBAwM
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 604Please respect copyright.PENANAmOeCPoy7xH
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 604Please respect copyright.PENANAXZ4a7nn7DD
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 604Please respect copyright.PENANADGbb55nwby
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 604Please respect copyright.PENANALhOrwwH0rA
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 604Please respect copyright.PENANA1cNZxQSzVB
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 604Please respect copyright.PENANAeht6dfzV7A
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 604Please respect copyright.PENANAllBzRK5tcp
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 604Please respect copyright.PENANA8Zp01xAcmz
reason." He added the last part in a grumble604Please respect copyright.PENANAAmdSwBb8rd
Gob pulled away from 604Please respect copyright.PENANALOqLkkr1cr
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 604Please respect copyright.PENANAgAWijbzimD
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing604Please respect copyright.PENANA93NtX9FXBw
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown604Please respect copyright.PENANA7ygfyUutkw
you in your own shit" 604Please respect copyright.PENANAIdgiSZLqZq
"Now form up and let's 604Please respect copyright.PENANAi7wUkSpVUi
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 604Please respect copyright.PENANAPSKAzoRotb
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with604Please respect copyright.PENANA9RL8yqha1h
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a604Please respect copyright.PENANAvlaG93XhT8
long while.