"Ugh" 386Please respect copyright.PENANAMiNcbx7Bc0
"Shh, he's coming to"386Please respect copyright.PENANA9POgN5fJXW
David slowly opened his 386Please respect copyright.PENANAvyW2eJaD31
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 386Please respect copyright.PENANAqy4gtoJvct
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 386Please respect copyright.PENANAzAWar3F4E1
last so that he'd become blind.386Please respect copyright.PENANA2eoxpqDB7l
Sadly someone didn't 386Please respect copyright.PENANACN9fgpJmjd
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 386Please respect copyright.PENANAO0oTIjhWww
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a386Please respect copyright.PENANAh6OaE1DvK9
gruff voice.386Please respect copyright.PENANAKhc59Gby7f
David braved opening his386Please respect copyright.PENANA9xjLxgcX7O
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 386Please respect copyright.PENANAN7kfTlL0T1
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 386Please respect copyright.PENANAXdQ4gTzIaA
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 386Please respect copyright.PENANAUJ7YIbHLfO
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 386Please respect copyright.PENANAISzapq4qcP
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 386Please respect copyright.PENANAgqmWC9hiCJ
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 386Please respect copyright.PENANADbbm9JAwe5
it was covered too much with a beard.386Please respect copyright.PENANAxWSIrpYqJh
"A friend, especially to386Please respect copyright.PENANAknGqfQ3tYF
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 386Please respect copyright.PENANAIgVcjtcp15
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 386Please respect copyright.PENANA8US7UkCUHW
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 386Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ0AaVx6V5
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 386Please respect copyright.PENANAwozNzj9CIe
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the386Please respect copyright.PENANASQmjGgFpYh
pressure on his arm increased.386Please respect copyright.PENANAbk38cv4jYQ
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAHDGYsgJSxJ
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"386Please respect copyright.PENANA0WetQNNCpJ
~you'll pay for this, 386Please respect copyright.PENANAIzA2oLM2zr
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAMlWYp9RK43
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 386Please respect copyright.PENANAwBxPSvybX2
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAlDME3ZMpg3
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 386Please respect copyright.PENANAG0Rc9LAqOP
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 386Please respect copyright.PENANANK1CG4SOHf
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 386Please respect copyright.PENANAGyuDymULKW
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 386Please respect copyright.PENANA5kO4jOzSzd
David let his eye wander386Please respect copyright.PENANAgAPfITenT2
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAiiMPtkA0dE
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 386Please respect copyright.PENANAem5SfqFFHp
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAGp2KNNKAKO
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 386Please respect copyright.PENANAKqnmT7FJPN
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 386Please respect copyright.PENANAoUulrLT5u1
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 386Please respect copyright.PENANAlEXHg106QT
arrogant pricks.386Please respect copyright.PENANAybRD8YVG6m
David heard the flint 386Please respect copyright.PENANAxGzZHdE3Nb
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 386Please respect copyright.PENANAvAwpQDPqR9
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was386Please respect copyright.PENANAqFGxlADB8q
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOCNRCuuVvz
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 386Please respect copyright.PENANAuYxfF4o3Hd
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the386Please respect copyright.PENANA4OYdZKmYMp
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 386Please respect copyright.PENANAMYBi3hQyYh
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 386Please respect copyright.PENANAb6eWoA7iy8
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 386Please respect copyright.PENANALTup6OJdPQ
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 386Please respect copyright.PENANAP7vDOi3zW2
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.386Please respect copyright.PENANA0NVRXaOljl
The pain in his arm 386Please respect copyright.PENANA089TRquxFs
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAWrNQq8FJFa
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 386Please respect copyright.PENANA6trZkJ8XZ3
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It386Please respect copyright.PENANA0iNIa0afUi
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 386Please respect copyright.PENANALM0zsRHohL
survived that fall."386Please respect copyright.PENANAZWSUv9kAR5
It took a second for 386Please respect copyright.PENANAZLAUFIaF8n
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 386Please respect copyright.PENANAdJaBeCJbUe
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 386Please respect copyright.PENANA3SLryz8rol
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 386Please respect copyright.PENANAybZYgfl5nV
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 386Please respect copyright.PENANAxc2GjWo8s7
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOAaO6HBnhl
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 386Please respect copyright.PENANAbwuMH623e6
that.386Please respect copyright.PENANAFf7YTOehJE
"I don't know how I got 386Please respect copyright.PENANA3wvovPOhp2
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if386Please respect copyright.PENANAhRy1TZKHys
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full386Please respect copyright.PENANAvRWpVWRGjP
truth386Please respect copyright.PENANAJdylOcsXoE
"I'm sure if he was a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAkfkUHa35Xr
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 386Please respect copyright.PENANAqcELjpWEn6
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 386Please respect copyright.PENANAPJXkAT3YaN
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 386Please respect copyright.PENANApIatzK2Npx
guessed that was Gob.386Please respect copyright.PENANAgryWHxx533
"Not how mages work kid,386Please respect copyright.PENANAwQmXJMSCul
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear386Please respect copyright.PENANAoHrRzBhpeU
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 386Please respect copyright.PENANA9BFvO3aO3Q
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 386Please respect copyright.PENANAFYnOUwIsM6
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 386Please respect copyright.PENANAlki6je5kWa
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 386Please respect copyright.PENANAG1rIWBjefd
have a clear head so we should be safe.386Please respect copyright.PENANAhQVbRGPRjQ
David was having trouble386Please respect copyright.PENANAhjXVAylvEi
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.386Please respect copyright.PENANASBm6D0NJ36
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can386Please respect copyright.PENANAs3NAG028wu
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAc6QKO0CwJK
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and386Please respect copyright.PENANA5O2Vw4hUfH
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 386Please respect copyright.PENANAdHZ9nQs1Db
definitely felt exhausted.386Please respect copyright.PENANAAcJSwVUmnP
Gob stared into Davids 386Please respect copyright.PENANAy3xtxNuXPp
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 386Please respect copyright.PENANAuYSPQBVRix
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 386Please respect copyright.PENANA7cYhwHEnSF
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in386Please respect copyright.PENANACzEglouqb3
a deadpan voice.386Please respect copyright.PENANAvUSejO5jgh
Sighting David sat up, 386Please respect copyright.PENANAwRuNf1Bv26
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 386Please respect copyright.PENANAsj5SGr8d38
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 386Please respect copyright.PENANAMNYVO0wYYP
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 386Please respect copyright.PENANAYPETCjncsJ
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 386Please respect copyright.PENANAEE5XdzrjVb
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 386Please respect copyright.PENANAomhwe6e6xZ
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.386Please respect copyright.PENANAtuqdsds4zD
David took the herbs and386Please respect copyright.PENANA5wdpUbedS8
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 386Please respect copyright.PENANAy3LiOffa6p
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 386Please respect copyright.PENANAaV9vfZUbs8
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 386Please respect copyright.PENANATdEXuL1gp3
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.386Please respect copyright.PENANAprGO1VegWP
"It's called blumeflor, 386Please respect copyright.PENANACmdbpWvzef
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council386Please respect copyright.PENANANCPBSPlxgl
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 386Please respect copyright.PENANAFBLYHAUxEO
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 386Please respect copyright.PENANAGOJ2Bc9Mwe
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 386Please respect copyright.PENANA2ArVqsS2uS
himself.386Please respect copyright.PENANADKMZ9dfPjv
"It's a good way of 386Please respect copyright.PENANA9zaR1SK5SC
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out386Please respect copyright.PENANAkXcbwLC4VR
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."386Please respect copyright.PENANAqTnEXRBaPu
David was going to ask 386Please respect copyright.PENANAjNF2XOZiWU
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAPFDu4pFiTk
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 386Please respect copyright.PENANAHwzBboAGMT
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAD9AW0Rqm4R
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 386Please respect copyright.PENANA1k00V6zd58
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 386Please respect copyright.PENANAdiL5uENxlK
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOJLbNo9C0b
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 386Please respect copyright.PENANAPm5wPFZVLA
stance. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAlJDnx0irL0
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?"386Please respect copyright.PENANAL0GoXYxMoD
"Why would I lie about 386Please respect copyright.PENANAt0KkF3zPVC
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 386Please respect copyright.PENANAuubZvfyCvL
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOWAXznkis7
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 386Please respect copyright.PENANALernf6UfoG
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 386Please respect copyright.PENANAXiKndf7xuA
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a386Please respect copyright.PENANAuJ43XGgCJC
good way to do it.386Please respect copyright.PENANAjFNrTXVW7C
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 386Please respect copyright.PENANANZ8yf1yewu
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."386Please respect copyright.PENANACzYcm2ZwMh
"So you are a liar."386Please respect copyright.PENANAGJQSzu1Xvn
"Bring me to the ship! 386Please respect copyright.PENANAtsQ9stVgFr
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll386Please respect copyright.PENANAW0Mt0TwvJM
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 386Please respect copyright.PENANAebCOpk8Fdj
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"386Please respect copyright.PENANA1ymOHzySxl
Some of the feet 386Please respect copyright.PENANAF8elyWypZZ
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 386Please respect copyright.PENANA807r9jVZMr
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 386Please respect copyright.PENANAte5ghmQmqZ
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."386Please respect copyright.PENANAeJO9JVb1V9
"The weapons were in a 386Please respect copyright.PENANA2ClUzgogiz
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 386Please respect copyright.PENANArpCKPRpdjF
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 386Please respect copyright.PENANAPu1VKyw0Am
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 386Please respect copyright.PENANAooH4296TiK
important duties?"386Please respect copyright.PENANAJFScOGJIs5
Gob shook his head. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAfuTY1CYHFm
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 386Please respect copyright.PENANAZqSpAZLirJ
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 386Please respect copyright.PENANA2BGGj0LFeG
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 386Please respect copyright.PENANAhlSKYKe6qZ
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 386Please respect copyright.PENANA4VV334iNpa
up. "Y..yes Gob?"386Please respect copyright.PENANAbLGcMHWxeU
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 386Please respect copyright.PENANAH3o5pPFiap
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 386Please respect copyright.PENANAtkHz7CEMWM
tie our friend here and then join us." 386Please respect copyright.PENANAqgMHtUIwpn
"Yes, sir!" The young 386Please respect copyright.PENANAyIWJ1g9d1V
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOOaOUzx7XC
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'386Please respect copyright.PENANAAWTxnxAV62
David smiled, atleast 386Please respect copyright.PENANApLEwoFrz81
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 386Please respect copyright.PENANAIjwAfgE0Qi
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 386Please respect copyright.PENANAiXzb8BabsQ
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 386Please respect copyright.PENANAAAUnjizsUA
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 386Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4Ii5xrIQC
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."386Please respect copyright.PENANAi5OBRCxAIH
David nodded as if 386Please respect copyright.PENANAAcKTgfyeFg
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to386Please respect copyright.PENANA2PWUrApmJ1
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 386Please respect copyright.PENANA3IW886oRzT
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 386Please respect copyright.PENANADfKxvfqrOq
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 386Please respect copyright.PENANARFu2TiEPPC
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 386Please respect copyright.PENANAbWHsg1ug10
"Denis!" Gobs voice 386Please respect copyright.PENANAZMfAJyhQQO
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 386Please respect copyright.PENANATYPW7DzRcI
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ4LAadd0v
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 386Please respect copyright.PENANAyocDEMsh74
in a circle.386Please respect copyright.PENANAhyMwdGSWhC
David could easily untie386Please respect copyright.PENANANIITQ1D5J9
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the386Please respect copyright.PENANAVBDnV9ighT
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty386Please respect copyright.PENANARoQo7bACeC
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 386Please respect copyright.PENANADvcVGRnjpi
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.386Please respect copyright.PENANAuSas4No5ZY
David must've dozed off 386Please respect copyright.PENANAL6s7tcDC6H
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with386Please respect copyright.PENANAEwD5tWW1sZ
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 386Please respect copyright.PENANAys8FVphHQs
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAi5ll7L9E2f
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 386Please respect copyright.PENANA6qff643kdU
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAHwLko71Cbz
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a386Please respect copyright.PENANAvvqVnMKny3
difference, we'll be able to find them."386Please respect copyright.PENANAMW43F7KKdd
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"386Please respect copyright.PENANAAz7NtRAqJF
"Who'd know?"386Please respect copyright.PENANAgbdocgEShv
"You" David said that as386Please respect copyright.PENANAMT3YjPDTfn
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAI1DbTfGaAz
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 386Please respect copyright.PENANA3ErbrkOomL
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had386Please respect copyright.PENANAFXLum7WmvM
a choice so David took a gamble.386Please respect copyright.PENANA2TddeJoBjp
It seemed to be paying 386Please respect copyright.PENANA5bp7Q96Glk
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook386Please respect copyright.PENANAhWAgFDzHSV
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 386Please respect copyright.PENANAEK10tiKtt5
wrong move and you're dead."386Please respect copyright.PENANAw5fsED4pnC
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."386Please respect copyright.PENANAVqBnuS6A0i
Gob grunted at that. "No386Please respect copyright.PENANAvUw1N1mJPN
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but386Please respect copyright.PENANAE0MRAxtrAP
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 386Please respect copyright.PENANAtKoStg9sdm
draining from his hands. 386Please respect copyright.PENANADeclBYagLH
"I'll be able to walk 386Please respect copyright.PENANAajTVR7jIqd
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 386Please respect copyright.PENANAo27FEfFvcY
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 386Please respect copyright.PENANAkIlf9JqbWw
caused David to lose his balance. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAAiIZmje0xj
"The walk should only 386Please respect copyright.PENANA7EFLj9ZP8J
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 386Please respect copyright.PENANAjBHvw0BQKI
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go386Please respect copyright.PENANAmr72Iei2Sg
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 386Please respect copyright.PENANAKWvTmgjQG6
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 386Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ5VHC2qTU
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 386Please respect copyright.PENANA37YOpzXK7T
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 386Please respect copyright.PENANA5lvvy9vG6B
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.386Please respect copyright.PENANAb1NzZU5O4K
To Gobs credit he wasn't386Please respect copyright.PENANAY6nw9jNoBx
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 386Please respect copyright.PENANAWPPx4y1Ogr
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 386Please respect copyright.PENANAPBvRHhIOHM
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 386Please respect copyright.PENANAFUhlvxTUxO
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAzjyIQ4Zx2B
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.386Please respect copyright.PENANAHkjQeR1owc
First there was Denis, 386Please respect copyright.PENANALHSAOHj9zQ
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAE4smTDqj5E
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 386Please respect copyright.PENANAt2ZC5W75ry
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 386Please respect copyright.PENANAebdfOu6ayh
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 386Please respect copyright.PENANAoRksa6l0ke
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 386Please respect copyright.PENANAnTK6Ov3hoQ
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAmqwBHxD8OO
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He386Please respect copyright.PENANAlmhagYasGT
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAQXe4XixCjQ
All in all a group of 386Please respect copyright.PENANAanCCrSVUpo
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 386Please respect copyright.PENANADAONByea8Q
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 386Please respect copyright.PENANA1oTpjArB3l
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see386Please respect copyright.PENANAKsm6kUPFP8
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 386Please respect copyright.PENANAnRXU5k7sxA
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 386Please respect copyright.PENANAQTGHrCNLK4
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 386Please respect copyright.PENANA73cAT3ONKM
stuff. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAYE59RHueL9
Sadly except the names 386Please respect copyright.PENANAFIZu1FBVyS
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,386Please respect copyright.PENANAodH1pagAnK
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 386Please respect copyright.PENANAqyDCA8pcRN
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 386Please respect copyright.PENANAen0COREFwW
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 386Please respect copyright.PENANA3Xx4d4J08s
childhood. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAsDHmRk0ONg
David also paid 386Please respect copyright.PENANAV7xbMfcmVJ
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 386Please respect copyright.PENANAtyi5gVp5Sn
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 386Please respect copyright.PENANACgMN8kEevB
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could386Please respect copyright.PENANA2vY0bzwSEk
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.386Please respect copyright.PENANAKQzd7AqNKL
The closer they got the 386Please respect copyright.PENANA9vrEe599JK
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate386Please respect copyright.PENANAUnymQA7lkH
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 386Please respect copyright.PENANARZCmufa73O
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably386Please respect copyright.PENANAN4gsqYnTF9
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both386Please respect copyright.PENANAX462la1p5X
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOVW2akvdU2
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 386Please respect copyright.PENANAayaWAgpK2P
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 386Please respect copyright.PENANAi7IiMRuc4V
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.386Please respect copyright.PENANAHVO0IlxbSr
They were able to hear 386Please respect copyright.PENANAJ29ZHEOwBa
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 386Please respect copyright.PENANAAc2AqCTc71
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 386Please respect copyright.PENANAKjrUjNcSk0
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOZlfw91q87
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.386Please respect copyright.PENANA0brYmf1kre
"Get down, behind the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAkA9qxtVIPH
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 386Please respect copyright.PENANAkuJgz8pYkV
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying386Please respect copyright.PENANA9663eBBvCk
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and386Please respect copyright.PENANAdbI6ApHuPQ
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 386Please respect copyright.PENANAf3iLrxGKN6
nicely with the surroundings.386Please respect copyright.PENANA1GK9K2LUsJ
With a groan David 386Please respect copyright.PENANABPsCvVi04v
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at386Please respect copyright.PENANARLMzthu21Q
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 386Please respect copyright.PENANAfecVibKR2I
grunt. 386Please respect copyright.PENANAGQNNTjDxhC
They all had to cover 386Please respect copyright.PENANAWTHUKVrn29
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 386Please respect copyright.PENANAD5mlQWN02n
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 386Please respect copyright.PENANA0wHwaas000
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 386Please respect copyright.PENANAkqESVL7rsm
them.386Please respect copyright.PENANAC9jFBWQPdL
With a tug of the rope 386Please respect copyright.PENANAiswVtPmNdh
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 386Please respect copyright.PENANAnre7iK6RA9
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the386Please respect copyright.PENANAEPPrBNu71O
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left386Please respect copyright.PENANAFBKbVbHdgp
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 386Please respect copyright.PENANATjl7B1mdll
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.386Please respect copyright.PENANAanYPrZVjVm
"So, where's this hold?"386Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0PW8TgKwG
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAYat0S7otmx
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 386Please respect copyright.PENANAWzkTU66noS
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.386Please respect copyright.PENANAEeJEIYfSgX
"It's there and looks 386Please respect copyright.PENANAE36wI7SGGv
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 386Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9Hfk9c9Ac
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob386Please respect copyright.PENANAN2W7s2J8dU
"Corruption knows. They 386Please respect copyright.PENANA7Gu3fYSSsU
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 386Please respect copyright.PENANAMBP9rVlHKX
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 386Please respect copyright.PENANA5RQWEQ4ctJ
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 386Please respect copyright.PENANAhPziDBmpM7
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 386Please respect copyright.PENANAB4xI50jsDi
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.386Please respect copyright.PENANArDCnq4wh7o
David made a move to 386Please respect copyright.PENANALS4efGjnFi
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 386Please respect copyright.PENANA70GCwWvUmR
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 386Please respect copyright.PENANA5xlIMpOoU0
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 386Please respect copyright.PENANAd1e8Oy6oQk
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 386Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ107JXQgu
them. "I think we're in trouble."386Please respect copyright.PENANAzL0JpdkDtz
Gob pulled the telescope386Please respect copyright.PENANASxeaYGJOYp
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 386Please respect copyright.PENANAkPwTBewA0j
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 386Please respect copyright.PENANAOWCgQF8M3C
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 386Please respect copyright.PENANAG96uMUeyTT
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 386Please respect copyright.PENANAQhgZs5MS1q
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 386Please respect copyright.PENANAzoeVvH1qQz
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 386Please respect copyright.PENANAcqSOycr43L
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 386Please respect copyright.PENANAQM0GmDTb45
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 386Please respect copyright.PENANA8k7Za3ExnK
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 386Please respect copyright.PENANAyks2AZfvML
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 386Please respect copyright.PENANAC80i39XONs
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 386Please respect copyright.PENANA6qSe5rI79x
reason." He added the last part in a grumble386Please respect copyright.PENANA3zqUNeEvfn
Gob pulled away from 386Please respect copyright.PENANAhcJYyiHlks
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 386Please respect copyright.PENANA6xjyMFOyUB
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing386Please respect copyright.PENANAkxdW3tJqL1
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown386Please respect copyright.PENANARl501zcSeU
you in your own shit" 386Please respect copyright.PENANAUyfdE1T9rz
"Now form up and let's 386Please respect copyright.PENANAzZ4ZKl7mDs
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 386Please respect copyright.PENANAoMh8wyGOi8
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with386Please respect copyright.PENANAF0WNMmjnJ7
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a386Please respect copyright.PENANAjI0zY55PTx
long while.