"Ugh" 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxI3BSy8EEJ
"Shh, he's coming to"569Please respect copyright.PENANAxNQSQxGkof
David slowly opened his 569Please respect copyright.PENANAB8YIX0aosl
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 569Please respect copyright.PENANApFjk886vlY
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 569Please respect copyright.PENANA0v7IDt6IoZ
last so that he'd become blind.569Please respect copyright.PENANAtYVKASgLv7
Sadly someone didn't 569Please respect copyright.PENANAtoAFF5XCK5
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 569Please respect copyright.PENANAzuNniAAmXI
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a569Please respect copyright.PENANANy77V37E8o
gruff voice.569Please respect copyright.PENANA8Q14bJdphk
David braved opening his569Please respect copyright.PENANAhTQfBXruBj
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 569Please respect copyright.PENANAf5PBZRciyh
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 569Please respect copyright.PENANAAI5PV49Kla
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 569Please respect copyright.PENANALA8jn3VzBg
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 569Please respect copyright.PENANAU2Pqu5mmqy
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 569Please respect copyright.PENANAHHNEr3P6jg
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 569Please respect copyright.PENANAw8fsqJOBKY
it was covered too much with a beard.569Please respect copyright.PENANA4wILlQMDMb
"A friend, especially to569Please respect copyright.PENANADpZTD7OcIN
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 569Please respect copyright.PENANAbui0C0bW7R
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 569Please respect copyright.PENANAm1PdOw8O7J
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAdaNQmVc45G
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 569Please respect copyright.PENANAlLzslspvEt
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the569Please respect copyright.PENANAFubds85oFw
pressure on his arm increased.569Please respect copyright.PENANAs9ck3Js8mE
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAPZfZAdpiYU
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"569Please respect copyright.PENANAUr89GE8K8d
~you'll pay for this, 569Please respect copyright.PENANAgv5h6wlnlK
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAZzJYxniEC2
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 569Please respect copyright.PENANArbKNFh7K8y
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 569Please respect copyright.PENANABRYfqp5ciR
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 569Please respect copyright.PENANAqkcFbO1Q9Y
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAoCkBxydWFE
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 569Please respect copyright.PENANAua8fnmiWHZ
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAUhCLaxW04s
David let his eye wander569Please respect copyright.PENANAoD95fWnzDt
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAAIFVgDprV8
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 569Please respect copyright.PENANAVkYCaTZubk
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 569Please respect copyright.PENANAuXF60KrYFf
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 569Please respect copyright.PENANAME9fRBgI66
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 569Please respect copyright.PENANApi1qY6IrAe
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 569Please respect copyright.PENANAHHuZQqQpQC
arrogant pricks.569Please respect copyright.PENANAP48Ca1M4st
David heard the flint 569Please respect copyright.PENANArr38aFrbH5
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFPuhqgd8Ij
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was569Please respect copyright.PENANAHPLwdpX0Bs
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 569Please respect copyright.PENANAofQPmKSA1u
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 569Please respect copyright.PENANA3bzcRUZhSq
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the569Please respect copyright.PENANALs2u8smPAg
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 569Please respect copyright.PENANACLK9M9R209
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 569Please respect copyright.PENANAknIb17PiYA
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 569Please respect copyright.PENANAKT1uRT476j
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 569Please respect copyright.PENANAZm9thRqyY0
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.569Please respect copyright.PENANAb3WwCeFehq
The pain in his arm 569Please respect copyright.PENANA94smLpNO8j
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAeMEfON91D5
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxpt106X1XK
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It569Please respect copyright.PENANA3CevGrZ0LS
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 569Please respect copyright.PENANA04InmcqJhS
survived that fall."569Please respect copyright.PENANAMP29ALA72U
It took a second for 569Please respect copyright.PENANA8XHCsYf7V6
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 569Please respect copyright.PENANAbRMaGYnc3X
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 569Please respect copyright.PENANAJTcLYMzWJX
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 569Please respect copyright.PENANACcICXQVX33
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 569Please respect copyright.PENANAsEwlPATSkh
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 569Please respect copyright.PENANAPKrTLVWgzN
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 569Please respect copyright.PENANAJYTmiuwJNL
that.569Please respect copyright.PENANAsxv80ZU3oS
"I don't know how I got 569Please respect copyright.PENANAhhzHUs4aTA
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if569Please respect copyright.PENANAjGYS0yYt2T
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full569Please respect copyright.PENANAPO45imxivP
truth569Please respect copyright.PENANAzifUEnrTnI
"I'm sure if he was a 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFWdwqiT9MB
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 569Please respect copyright.PENANAUMdQBIfAqj
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 569Please respect copyright.PENANArRvl9e7CcR
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 569Please respect copyright.PENANAZWru2FDHP9
guessed that was Gob.569Please respect copyright.PENANAyBuDk8VC0o
"Not how mages work kid,569Please respect copyright.PENANAU9QnzsmjIc
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear569Please respect copyright.PENANAfI6jgmBha3
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 569Please respect copyright.PENANA0KJWGEEI6x
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 569Please respect copyright.PENANAU921T4Unft
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxhpuDT6a4I
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 569Please respect copyright.PENANATdcoweKe5u
have a clear head so we should be safe.569Please respect copyright.PENANAn3jJQK6qML
David was having trouble569Please respect copyright.PENANAWdAPXrqhDk
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.569Please respect copyright.PENANAX0OXeLyySu
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can569Please respect copyright.PENANAqR1GKlToO0
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAl8SNhQBWkL
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and569Please respect copyright.PENANA5IfTwMr2Me
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 569Please respect copyright.PENANAr27kcKFGDT
definitely felt exhausted.569Please respect copyright.PENANAUdIWjev6Mn
Gob stared into Davids 569Please respect copyright.PENANANSflxyUXUF
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 569Please respect copyright.PENANAbHG0JnFyCD
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 569Please respect copyright.PENANAQLXm9l3Ozb
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in569Please respect copyright.PENANAlxihBtVXIM
a deadpan voice.569Please respect copyright.PENANAH4eViR40NT
Sighting David sat up, 569Please respect copyright.PENANAzvqUYLr9vU
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 569Please respect copyright.PENANAAyANs3Okcw
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 569Please respect copyright.PENANAmIrsTetLsZ
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 569Please respect copyright.PENANAtjlWIvdAIW
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 569Please respect copyright.PENANAcESD9Kf9q6
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 569Please respect copyright.PENANAVfoPP0aZvb
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.569Please respect copyright.PENANA4HU9bQEAPJ
David took the herbs and569Please respect copyright.PENANAvDQP9vQhxU
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 569Please respect copyright.PENANAS1Bm5hraU2
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 569Please respect copyright.PENANALA2OkhUTlb
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 569Please respect copyright.PENANABN1Idk1lN6
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.569Please respect copyright.PENANAXYMkh1tqXz
"It's called blumeflor, 569Please respect copyright.PENANAo0n5YuHFLs
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council569Please respect copyright.PENANAb8lvb7rNjv
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 569Please respect copyright.PENANAtMpY3q7jjF
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFqbT0HuWVC
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 569Please respect copyright.PENANAuld6V9V1WG
himself.569Please respect copyright.PENANA8MtIefevCc
"It's a good way of 569Please respect copyright.PENANAPxbCjlCRo7
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out569Please respect copyright.PENANAHwdywd8AAm
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."569Please respect copyright.PENANAiYE9AodrKS
David was going to ask 569Please respect copyright.PENANA6mj3CQeqAm
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAkX7DEm4BSP
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 569Please respect copyright.PENANAV07gndPo7T
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 569Please respect copyright.PENANAQvD1Lcpv9a
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 569Please respect copyright.PENANAQmh5qclv47
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 569Please respect copyright.PENANAXuLz6chy8F
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 569Please respect copyright.PENANAb15BB9rEpJ
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 569Please respect copyright.PENANADZPUwvYBdX
stance. 569Please respect copyright.PENANApbnwv1XqFB
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?"569Please respect copyright.PENANADwDEQMIsDF
"Why would I lie about 569Please respect copyright.PENANAZRiI5euRWe
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 569Please respect copyright.PENANAbaCZKnGhQD
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 569Please respect copyright.PENANAHBkFKsTO6y
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 569Please respect copyright.PENANALvBsR2cDAk
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 569Please respect copyright.PENANAwJB0VkcH39
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a569Please respect copyright.PENANAeRFvTgvPgI
good way to do it.569Please respect copyright.PENANA84LNXuyQ8R
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 569Please respect copyright.PENANAI5tbPeqy38
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."569Please respect copyright.PENANADksShjRtje
"So you are a liar."569Please respect copyright.PENANAWfhXTBAY0S
"Bring me to the ship! 569Please respect copyright.PENANA4eTaYPKNRr
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll569Please respect copyright.PENANA6PRVUN54rV
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 569Please respect copyright.PENANAWPvoiVnnTp
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"569Please respect copyright.PENANAWqlfKt5k8b
Some of the feet 569Please respect copyright.PENANAPYfa6FujvC
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 569Please respect copyright.PENANAey9lox4RJs
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 569Please respect copyright.PENANAWjKWAwrIiC
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."569Please respect copyright.PENANA9JAYFHEkkz
"The weapons were in a 569Please respect copyright.PENANAvTGnVsAn92
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 569Please respect copyright.PENANAvSxMDNEm1o
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 569Please respect copyright.PENANABt5MCXTI1y
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 569Please respect copyright.PENANA77tVdQP3b8
important duties?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAeHY7l84ke3
Gob shook his head. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAHOLa8qNXfU
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAhFmKksIhAm
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 569Please respect copyright.PENANAx9d1BfLelc
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 569Please respect copyright.PENANAy9g3DShYWw
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 569Please respect copyright.PENANAkjvYQbyobz
up. "Y..yes Gob?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAqz7fWyUTyK
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 569Please respect copyright.PENANALh5KWKIE0P
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 569Please respect copyright.PENANAoNLdGaP7El
tie our friend here and then join us." 569Please respect copyright.PENANAeHgzpZY5xe
"Yes, sir!" The young 569Please respect copyright.PENANAU25O1P6NuL
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 569Please respect copyright.PENANAqQlRr1gAwE
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'569Please respect copyright.PENANAW0G5uUmrqv
David smiled, atleast 569Please respect copyright.PENANAkeGkrIuoyx
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 569Please respect copyright.PENANAZVfjJKfGR0
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 569Please respect copyright.PENANA31mB8bNyPq
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 569Please respect copyright.PENANADs6pRFGV9C
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 569Please respect copyright.PENANAMmJaIeU3FU
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."569Please respect copyright.PENANA8PLuCGuQ0v
David nodded as if 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFqjYCqhn73
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to569Please respect copyright.PENANAU5T6SLknUo
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAWgugAQcJPT
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 569Please respect copyright.PENANAVbp8nxjjDq
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAkDVP2WrPGT
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 569Please respect copyright.PENANA3y8tDgjWQB
"Denis!" Gobs voice 569Please respect copyright.PENANAVGzFsTrXAV
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAsvrwNLHtLF
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 569Please respect copyright.PENANAbQu1OVGn22
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 569Please respect copyright.PENANAUFTIsmNT01
in a circle.569Please respect copyright.PENANAow23imGr4v
David could easily untie569Please respect copyright.PENANA3oKvoRS0gE
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the569Please respect copyright.PENANAG1TvLjZO0o
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty569Please respect copyright.PENANAcTgSDqsOtn
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 569Please respect copyright.PENANABKDQNhmTNI
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.569Please respect copyright.PENANAQrbpR1AL2v
David must've dozed off 569Please respect copyright.PENANAsiFoe3VyQn
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with569Please respect copyright.PENANA6IbdtoVGgm
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 569Please respect copyright.PENANAEB88FkaaUQ
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAUmzgUflQs7
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 569Please respect copyright.PENANAplMpqI0kXB
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 569Please respect copyright.PENANAjHbt8KQ6C1
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a569Please respect copyright.PENANAnYmYPsLSB5
difference, we'll be able to find them."569Please respect copyright.PENANAoCZLJfCwRk
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"569Please respect copyright.PENANA0VSjoqRTJz
"Who'd know?"569Please respect copyright.PENANAfm3xtO7Mju
"You" David said that as569Please respect copyright.PENANA25tJI4un0u
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 569Please respect copyright.PENANAIggHBgR8aS
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 569Please respect copyright.PENANA8D4S8q1gEz
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had569Please respect copyright.PENANAQx6MOX3of9
a choice so David took a gamble.569Please respect copyright.PENANAqEnfqGCNdR
It seemed to be paying 569Please respect copyright.PENANADfE7Q9Ov3m
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook569Please respect copyright.PENANACXutyMZclr
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 569Please respect copyright.PENANAb2KcYfkbMI
wrong move and you're dead."569Please respect copyright.PENANAIhi4P8rUNt
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."569Please respect copyright.PENANAEbE8LuI6qL
Gob grunted at that. "No569Please respect copyright.PENANAxJheo7XDnu
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but569Please respect copyright.PENANAWNKHydidMG
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 569Please respect copyright.PENANAy2OU6AkgjC
draining from his hands. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA4mCaz9okt0
"I'll be able to walk 569Please respect copyright.PENANAoT6LUPOumd
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 569Please respect copyright.PENANAYta0uviNgS
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 569Please respect copyright.PENANAaAKKQijshw
caused David to lose his balance. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAt43tZ8qKdv
"The walk should only 569Please respect copyright.PENANAmU1Fxv3dn3
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 569Please respect copyright.PENANAjVxg8NdT8t
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go569Please respect copyright.PENANAJi0tfkYliG
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 569Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1DMEQbmj0
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 569Please respect copyright.PENANAnAeWUezitQ
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFst2K6iUsU
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 569Please respect copyright.PENANAXMLeXOQiq4
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.569Please respect copyright.PENANAnKqYVM3AQv
To Gobs credit he wasn't569Please respect copyright.PENANAFGRHX1QPO5
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 569Please respect copyright.PENANAziyfLRLvFK
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 569Please respect copyright.PENANAVXwBuMB9ay
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 569Please respect copyright.PENANAf5gQ2T173E
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAnfhPOEYbPP
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.569Please respect copyright.PENANAR4ec66OKRC
First there was Denis, 569Please respect copyright.PENANAFW0KCSMLAT
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAhWSTKubRTr
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 569Please respect copyright.PENANAoA0ohntujb
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 569Please respect copyright.PENANABS3zMigB45
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 569Please respect copyright.PENANAh13Nbd9lGK
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 569Please respect copyright.PENANAiebsPTtfsi
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 569Please respect copyright.PENANA4cd4LEo1UZ
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He569Please respect copyright.PENANAwR7JCr8MZD
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAkjZa4WOLJW
All in all a group of 569Please respect copyright.PENANASZ8md1QcQZ
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 569Please respect copyright.PENANA56gmoHza4P
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 569Please respect copyright.PENANAYz5fHgW24H
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see569Please respect copyright.PENANAQFn3gQZXHR
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 569Please respect copyright.PENANATL8Z8cvglY
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 569Please respect copyright.PENANAAtqBRwFX4J
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 569Please respect copyright.PENANAUSDDXvmETx
stuff. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAGoVaXfiLBx
Sadly except the names 569Please respect copyright.PENANA7uVdEAoS4p
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,569Please respect copyright.PENANAogmqliV8cu
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 569Please respect copyright.PENANAW45yeYMC0K
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxD5vnAWLzS
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 569Please respect copyright.PENANAV2K4bgsWTF
childhood. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAQKR0ZiQPga
David also paid 569Please respect copyright.PENANAk29VLBB33F
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 569Please respect copyright.PENANA3VoseHev7E
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 569Please respect copyright.PENANAl2kVpriPpI
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could569Please respect copyright.PENANAT6XwvAa2dY
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.569Please respect copyright.PENANAYKtWWXhrSS
The closer they got the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAoDvTKuWChl
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate569Please respect copyright.PENANASASTvvxzdw
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 569Please respect copyright.PENANAXquYV53S8i
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably569Please respect copyright.PENANAx9LAchk3Ub
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both569Please respect copyright.PENANAPBijgCxpuO
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 569Please respect copyright.PENANA2dhJLUVpAB
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 569Please respect copyright.PENANADLFg4sa5Ed
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 569Please respect copyright.PENANAaxDs0TvFSx
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.569Please respect copyright.PENANA6DqO2HbRie
They were able to hear 569Please respect copyright.PENANASvmJEIMGoJ
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 569Please respect copyright.PENANAdc4lz8z2Sv
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 569Please respect copyright.PENANA0KH0lKehZb
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 569Please respect copyright.PENANAykjvd56dy5
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.569Please respect copyright.PENANAVZE65nkQ20
"Get down, behind the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAqhjptiroNT
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 569Please respect copyright.PENANAi5hgCeGo0v
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying569Please respect copyright.PENANAfpeyUSrVE4
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and569Please respect copyright.PENANALL0pu4EMFq
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 569Please respect copyright.PENANAUtqyr69qX1
nicely with the surroundings.569Please respect copyright.PENANAYH12PR0nL7
With a groan David 569Please respect copyright.PENANARJVSndueUH
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at569Please respect copyright.PENANAbVABnywwfw
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 569Please respect copyright.PENANA3RYwoEGofh
grunt. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA4cPZ6ADPoY
They all had to cover 569Please respect copyright.PENANA19QFLnbA9a
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxknemLJV4K
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAKnX5UulX5X
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 569Please respect copyright.PENANAVFlD4agWZn
them.569Please respect copyright.PENANAYkiMd8ygHF
With a tug of the rope 569Please respect copyright.PENANAjF4Y05eKGd
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAGHcoCUtV8b
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the569Please respect copyright.PENANAlhtdEQ8Qq7
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left569Please respect copyright.PENANAxXlAd6YBNg
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 569Please respect copyright.PENANAlEkVAJOecZ
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.569Please respect copyright.PENANAwDhpCsdk0v
"So, where's this hold?"569Please respect copyright.PENANA4abbt2sLzP
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 569Please respect copyright.PENANAyELV7UOlgh
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 569Please respect copyright.PENANA8ljd2yH5zX
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.569Please respect copyright.PENANAGoHeS6U5SP
"It's there and looks 569Please respect copyright.PENANApKsAu09TfV
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 569Please respect copyright.PENANAW7eO5QD4qG
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob569Please respect copyright.PENANABKHkQHvuoH
"Corruption knows. They 569Please respect copyright.PENANAzA2yGVRwJk
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 569Please respect copyright.PENANAuecvcg5QSZ
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 569Please respect copyright.PENANAWmhpPFIORP
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 569Please respect copyright.PENANAir8saK1DqF
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 569Please respect copyright.PENANANMLHYNzKtI
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.569Please respect copyright.PENANArPc2plJ5s1
David made a move to 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxxGDsA9U7i
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 569Please respect copyright.PENANA6xwgdKE97x
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 569Please respect copyright.PENANAcsI0Np3rfn
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 569Please respect copyright.PENANAiFPYXx8zlV
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 569Please respect copyright.PENANAw1EVBZXpRX
them. "I think we're in trouble."569Please respect copyright.PENANA71h4tORYB3
Gob pulled the telescope569Please respect copyright.PENANARFRsN6Zf5C
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 569Please respect copyright.PENANAKUARObuXLO
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 569Please respect copyright.PENANA4cwqn9CfNa
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 569Please respect copyright.PENANA1opx7mNihw
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 569Please respect copyright.PENANAXcDTBgDJLm
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 569Please respect copyright.PENANACRCRW7tyBZ
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxQs59LQ984
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 569Please respect copyright.PENANARE9pM7ZL7H
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxvCFz8Wq3Y
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 569Please respect copyright.PENANAhQF6oxL7an
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 569Please respect copyright.PENANAWI1rJXfwyT
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 569Please respect copyright.PENANA9n2wpqS44X
reason." He added the last part in a grumble569Please respect copyright.PENANA4Lk3lQFS9l
Gob pulled away from 569Please respect copyright.PENANArL44dPHR3Z
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 569Please respect copyright.PENANAPegbR2CTaX
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing569Please respect copyright.PENANAeEmhyAnSpP
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown569Please respect copyright.PENANASWMYzhx33P
you in your own shit" 569Please respect copyright.PENANAueMV0SLCxA
"Now form up and let's 569Please respect copyright.PENANAdEEOXUuVW3
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 569Please respect copyright.PENANAxNnOS0eo3O
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with569Please respect copyright.PENANAeVl69yFGig
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a569Please respect copyright.PENANAO5ZrfWMRWx
long while.