"Ugh" 374Please respect copyright.PENANAIel3ltNgt2
"Shh, he's coming to"374Please respect copyright.PENANAFk1xVUSeFR
David slowly opened his 374Please respect copyright.PENANAGe9RYsxrlX
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 374Please respect copyright.PENANAElfjoJi4B5
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 374Please respect copyright.PENANAXvzawHLQL4
last so that he'd become blind.374Please respect copyright.PENANAzk1MoIGiZZ
Sadly someone didn't 374Please respect copyright.PENANAlwEm3Ya87A
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 374Please respect copyright.PENANA8D6JVipsYy
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a374Please respect copyright.PENANAMCLseabe2L
gruff voice.374Please respect copyright.PENANAmLTcb6biMe
David braved opening his374Please respect copyright.PENANA3MGMUfJjjr
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 374Please respect copyright.PENANAJp9QoFEdrV
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 374Please respect copyright.PENANAP8lLsef7f9
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 374Please respect copyright.PENANAcnJS3AzUmI
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 374Please respect copyright.PENANAMY30esFpQa
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 374Please respect copyright.PENANAIuU16gUM3K
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 374Please respect copyright.PENANAgnCRs7IZ9G
it was covered too much with a beard.374Please respect copyright.PENANAB5gG8sf6SY
"A friend, especially to374Please respect copyright.PENANA5Hf7NqXQj5
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 374Please respect copyright.PENANA5YeDTxcCaY
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 374Please respect copyright.PENANAqva9lo71Hl
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 374Please respect copyright.PENANATjuthxT7nx
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 374Please respect copyright.PENANA4tCzGP4nyx
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the374Please respect copyright.PENANAcSOBQ1tBk9
pressure on his arm increased.374Please respect copyright.PENANAcbHlkT2L52
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAce3aGJSZJT
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"374Please respect copyright.PENANAUR9YLTRaWG
~you'll pay for this, 374Please respect copyright.PENANAGgUIwDb94S
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAW5aaP4zysk
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 374Please respect copyright.PENANA8FDxO80KvT
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAiQk8GHPvuh
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 374Please respect copyright.PENANAPe2JdZ3nDV
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 374Please respect copyright.PENANAW33BsJ5cha
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 374Please respect copyright.PENANAqfFaa3pVtN
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAGVCend6D9k
David let his eye wander374Please respect copyright.PENANA1Um9R7NyU4
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAbpDzPWKGo2
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 374Please respect copyright.PENANAfMDFF6IOp7
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 374Please respect copyright.PENANAnghcbeK88M
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 374Please respect copyright.PENANAXGAGJsaHOS
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 374Please respect copyright.PENANAHpR0OSl1eg
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 374Please respect copyright.PENANAY6AbLYKDwb
arrogant pricks.374Please respect copyright.PENANABkhRVbfg15
David heard the flint 374Please respect copyright.PENANA1S7eixW44b
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 374Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZV5qz2gNn
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was374Please respect copyright.PENANAKB0WzGPRQ0
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 374Please respect copyright.PENANANLclbz6z3R
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 374Please respect copyright.PENANAOCYyyP2FPR
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the374Please respect copyright.PENANAQz06MdK6YQ
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 374Please respect copyright.PENANAJT4JWdEays
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 374Please respect copyright.PENANAc3xLW3yQEQ
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 374Please respect copyright.PENANA7RQwmPUql9
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 374Please respect copyright.PENANAgGfw5hr5OA
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.374Please respect copyright.PENANAEAeruG40DG
The pain in his arm 374Please respect copyright.PENANAsVL1y8U5gb
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 374Please respect copyright.PENANA8JrAKwhEDZ
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 374Please respect copyright.PENANATRrPvJriNp
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It374Please respect copyright.PENANAT6Qr7CopTn
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 374Please respect copyright.PENANAiJPO4HPhB4
survived that fall."374Please respect copyright.PENANAe44sr8NutL
It took a second for 374Please respect copyright.PENANALLgNFEciFA
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 374Please respect copyright.PENANAdRd8iPqoHw
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 374Please respect copyright.PENANAyrP6CWE9KV
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 374Please respect copyright.PENANAOVyuoW0Oe8
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 374Please respect copyright.PENANAbnoeXMs0oI
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 374Please respect copyright.PENANAs8u7GaLy2U
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 374Please respect copyright.PENANAJKRvSF0M5A
that.374Please respect copyright.PENANAPkHj7jw3ZO
"I don't know how I got 374Please respect copyright.PENANA1Yhz8QJFkj
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if374Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ1K836Hcg
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full374Please respect copyright.PENANAk7L0XS20vl
truth374Please respect copyright.PENANAiFPrrbewkn
"I'm sure if he was a 374Please respect copyright.PENANAQjriOPjF94
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 374Please respect copyright.PENANAb02zi6FSwA
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 374Please respect copyright.PENANAmt6tEqxfEd
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 374Please respect copyright.PENANAA9yxBNFson
guessed that was Gob.374Please respect copyright.PENANAnxJZ8WaP7x
"Not how mages work kid,374Please respect copyright.PENANAnnRBnHA5qw
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear374Please respect copyright.PENANAWs2AvkpAMc
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 374Please respect copyright.PENANAt9ZSNWGG98
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 374Please respect copyright.PENANAA5DKNSmzrS
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 374Please respect copyright.PENANAu8DN2XoS5q
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 374Please respect copyright.PENANADyDwcZFPK4
have a clear head so we should be safe.374Please respect copyright.PENANAri8YkKKa6z
David was having trouble374Please respect copyright.PENANAgDyk9iKN0a
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.374Please respect copyright.PENANAOHIrlt786M
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can374Please respect copyright.PENANAge5g4B8Pc2
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 374Please respect copyright.PENANA9IqvrjltCl
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and374Please respect copyright.PENANAQuEJnJfOmM
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 374Please respect copyright.PENANAtxE0wiKzlE
definitely felt exhausted.374Please respect copyright.PENANAPhjy3kkytL
Gob stared into Davids 374Please respect copyright.PENANAmEXpq28iJc
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 374Please respect copyright.PENANAizqcrud9GP
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 374Please respect copyright.PENANA63csLJr9JR
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in374Please respect copyright.PENANA3MWpG49uxw
a deadpan voice.374Please respect copyright.PENANARUrXMlFbYS
Sighting David sat up, 374Please respect copyright.PENANAsxdh0jV1MT
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjRGLaYjcsZ
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 374Please respect copyright.PENANArQnwpZ2vH9
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 374Please respect copyright.PENANATtkAItpZb2
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 374Please respect copyright.PENANAF6Dm02TZhA
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 374Please respect copyright.PENANAmhqHGblNck
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.374Please respect copyright.PENANAhBDN7lxGC4
David took the herbs and374Please respect copyright.PENANAl2Uq5CIvFS
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 374Please respect copyright.PENANAh1JRiaDaYC
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 374Please respect copyright.PENANA23dmSbHNn1
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 374Please respect copyright.PENANAoZOj013DIn
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.374Please respect copyright.PENANAfF8fKru4OR
"It's called blumeflor, 374Please respect copyright.PENANAxz9xHTO7nO
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council374Please respect copyright.PENANAh4geESDo70
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 374Please respect copyright.PENANAcLwINn7cMh
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 374Please respect copyright.PENANAp7zB2CBHmW
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 374Please respect copyright.PENANApISzj6YeN6
himself.374Please respect copyright.PENANASldgZppWht
"It's a good way of 374Please respect copyright.PENANA5d26m2XWzu
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out374Please respect copyright.PENANACoYSe5yUqT
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."374Please respect copyright.PENANAVBEkaC6jG5
David was going to ask 374Please respect copyright.PENANAgtwMTeGc0h
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAoy2kLNueJw
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjyUXJTU1f8
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 374Please respect copyright.PENANAkSig1FlGT1
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 374Please respect copyright.PENANAZNpzHwjuWa
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 374Please respect copyright.PENANAqTR0WV8afz
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 374Please respect copyright.PENANAxoilfbr1Xq
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 374Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ4iic2oRc
stance. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAkYXvFntqkz
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?"374Please respect copyright.PENANAmIiVjZ8nZt
"Why would I lie about 374Please respect copyright.PENANAzYdCnNj8Wg
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 374Please respect copyright.PENANAF48oTh848a
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 374Please respect copyright.PENANAVBvLyGUmWA
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 374Please respect copyright.PENANACGTUsHm9ww
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 374Please respect copyright.PENANAn2XZTmhl5q
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a374Please respect copyright.PENANAe4CWij3huW
good way to do it.374Please respect copyright.PENANAZp6h7zyLFz
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 374Please respect copyright.PENANAXiLznvpuwG
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."374Please respect copyright.PENANAQdZca69LxF
"So you are a liar."374Please respect copyright.PENANALmPUIZTDvk
"Bring me to the ship! 374Please respect copyright.PENANArG8eJSYs7u
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll374Please respect copyright.PENANACFMsDZumpi
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 374Please respect copyright.PENANAqxpHtC3a82
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"374Please respect copyright.PENANAKiBt8uqLqc
Some of the feet 374Please respect copyright.PENANA0veBcKWnzQ
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 374Please respect copyright.PENANAcC6Eryuno4
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 374Please respect copyright.PENANArp5m9H1w0E
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."374Please respect copyright.PENANAAAmYopNtwQ
"The weapons were in a 374Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ7Cqh92nY
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 374Please respect copyright.PENANAfWQRECHZe7
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 374Please respect copyright.PENANAh2jpbsOfsG
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 374Please respect copyright.PENANAZRVKzpvCMj
important duties?"374Please respect copyright.PENANAsoMu7XJhou
Gob shook his head. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAG8v86J6OIG
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 374Please respect copyright.PENANAEJxGm7U0n6
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjmlgLRz3N8
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 374Please respect copyright.PENANAJicIzvNZLc
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 374Please respect copyright.PENANAfK5vOCogly
up. "Y..yes Gob?"374Please respect copyright.PENANA9fkZyLZcyx
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 374Please respect copyright.PENANA70lKX8DcCq
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 374Please respect copyright.PENANA8LSVmcVU66
tie our friend here and then join us." 374Please respect copyright.PENANA2KXnFwj1jn
"Yes, sir!" The young 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjUs4iiCdhe
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 374Please respect copyright.PENANAGhcC0qnJ9r
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'374Please respect copyright.PENANAbdnBHhZ2i4
David smiled, atleast 374Please respect copyright.PENANAL4nXhUr3G3
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 374Please respect copyright.PENANArLLpFZtNyF
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 374Please respect copyright.PENANAAQ8sqjdnQr
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 374Please respect copyright.PENANA514y8gpslL
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 374Please respect copyright.PENANAcqpELkkNJS
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."374Please respect copyright.PENANAcGIKslXgu6
David nodded as if 374Please respect copyright.PENANAouolfkdzsI
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to374Please respect copyright.PENANAx3pKboHm6z
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjfFguZbg8p
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 374Please respect copyright.PENANAhzG1lR2iRL
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 374Please respect copyright.PENANA2WozH7vgtd
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 374Please respect copyright.PENANATry4Ieh76W
"Denis!" Gobs voice 374Please respect copyright.PENANASa6ZblnCjJ
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjSvQp8wleP
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 374Please respect copyright.PENANA6O90fLJRf1
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 374Please respect copyright.PENANA52XFyXci6C
in a circle.374Please respect copyright.PENANAY0dw2l1Dwf
David could easily untie374Please respect copyright.PENANAAQX5m7qXFt
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the374Please respect copyright.PENANAbsbR12QTAN
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty374Please respect copyright.PENANAu5IbOXDz4N
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 374Please respect copyright.PENANAv9HpDYdTa2
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.374Please respect copyright.PENANA2uehB2dika
David must've dozed off 374Please respect copyright.PENANAwdVTiHBvZB
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with374Please respect copyright.PENANATVmHjzhHni
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 374Please respect copyright.PENANAwd38Kj0GXv
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjTjuGkMzE8
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 374Please respect copyright.PENANA5N32xBjYWT
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 374Please respect copyright.PENANAXz9gfu85hc
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a374Please respect copyright.PENANAF8PkPmUOqo
difference, we'll be able to find them."374Please respect copyright.PENANA6oKmdlEl7D
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"374Please respect copyright.PENANA0rMHo4svAE
"Who'd know?"374Please respect copyright.PENANALOn6tM3PuF
"You" David said that as374Please respect copyright.PENANAPhhSaP2sfu
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 374Please respect copyright.PENANADxowXXSTeE
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 374Please respect copyright.PENANA3u33VytmnA
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had374Please respect copyright.PENANA5b7iy2u8UX
a choice so David took a gamble.374Please respect copyright.PENANAeg1EaCjYfQ
It seemed to be paying 374Please respect copyright.PENANAiECZKRIWQ0
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook374Please respect copyright.PENANAyuTp2EoBdf
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 374Please respect copyright.PENANA91KFvjCTGi
wrong move and you're dead."374Please respect copyright.PENANAn4SZs3B7bg
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."374Please respect copyright.PENANA6qCYLVE4b8
Gob grunted at that. "No374Please respect copyright.PENANAIAeso4331N
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but374Please respect copyright.PENANAl2IsHQT684
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 374Please respect copyright.PENANAApt8v8deEt
draining from his hands. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAOdKCUyMmsa
"I'll be able to walk 374Please respect copyright.PENANACtSCER6Aba
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 374Please respect copyright.PENANAoqrC7nmMXJ
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 374Please respect copyright.PENANAHwAQbvnblq
caused David to lose his balance. 374Please respect copyright.PENANA2YAzs4pzo1
"The walk should only 374Please respect copyright.PENANA35vu26HSlV
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 374Please respect copyright.PENANA2AdHhfRuNG
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go374Please respect copyright.PENANACJ1RerlIn5
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 374Please respect copyright.PENANAgvLDcLHnUT
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 374Please respect copyright.PENANAyNWJGpg9Ma
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 374Please respect copyright.PENANASYfWHuyDq5
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 374Please respect copyright.PENANAI4uOrKb9v2
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.374Please respect copyright.PENANA2YYybynncc
To Gobs credit he wasn't374Please respect copyright.PENANArDgobwobDt
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 374Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8xPnuLwep
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 374Please respect copyright.PENANADjq7YUWfd5
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 374Please respect copyright.PENANArjGM5fGkFL
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 374Please respect copyright.PENANALz2CFecXHm
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.374Please respect copyright.PENANAOyCHA7TxOA
First there was Denis, 374Please respect copyright.PENANAxlRmhQlv31
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 374Please respect copyright.PENANA4BYTfh1Dny
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 374Please respect copyright.PENANAMPINhc3qHp
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 374Please respect copyright.PENANAOmWVQ7gTjN
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 374Please respect copyright.PENANAZnTv0J63GE
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 374Please respect copyright.PENANAFuR1aycB8A
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 374Please respect copyright.PENANA5EZPlY3PSc
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He374Please respect copyright.PENANAvgXuRm9jVT
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAwsxN9EWHrW
All in all a group of 374Please respect copyright.PENANARRjAhq5REU
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 374Please respect copyright.PENANALBoWphG88B
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 374Please respect copyright.PENANAKxo2vZXbtP
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see374Please respect copyright.PENANAG54BdaEW4F
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 374Please respect copyright.PENANAKJALKpQcS4
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 374Please respect copyright.PENANApzDVXmnZZo
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 374Please respect copyright.PENANAZBj6E6Zcv1
stuff. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAt0vRwZP8aP
Sadly except the names 374Please respect copyright.PENANAx8TdFhlD9W
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,374Please respect copyright.PENANAQkRC1ts3V5
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 374Please respect copyright.PENANA71HawqxeWv
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 374Please respect copyright.PENANATjIutzQwz3
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 374Please respect copyright.PENANAnMazIlFy8n
childhood. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjn7YAOvCHo
David also paid 374Please respect copyright.PENANArpir2ruvyM
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 374Please respect copyright.PENANAOghmVPSC2N
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 374Please respect copyright.PENANAKD47tKsJmr
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could374Please respect copyright.PENANAorqKKhxXoT
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.374Please respect copyright.PENANAP8qJMcTVHc
The closer they got the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAxL087xGgnm
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate374Please respect copyright.PENANAMmtKVI4TK2
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 374Please respect copyright.PENANAfIKyi4Vw3O
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably374Please respect copyright.PENANAOD5WXCYyir
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both374Please respect copyright.PENANAcYiQqxEYkK
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 374Please respect copyright.PENANAyvfiAU16K7
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 374Please respect copyright.PENANAyYGHmBpFVo
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 374Please respect copyright.PENANA8kdoGG3N0O
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.374Please respect copyright.PENANAaptPTWhmkj
They were able to hear 374Please respect copyright.PENANA8j7E6BMJZE
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 374Please respect copyright.PENANAtjpL2ylcUc
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 374Please respect copyright.PENANArxz4xIxWO8
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 374Please respect copyright.PENANA9QMN5I7Nts
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.374Please respect copyright.PENANAu0lEHpYtQe
"Get down, behind the 374Please respect copyright.PENANACfJHtLCRGm
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 374Please respect copyright.PENANAcSWdv3g8N2
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying374Please respect copyright.PENANAygxhOWY0sT
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and374Please respect copyright.PENANAEYQ5AxZQa9
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 374Please respect copyright.PENANABidnEdHfjK
nicely with the surroundings.374Please respect copyright.PENANA4ptpradd87
With a groan David 374Please respect copyright.PENANA41XzdI5Mik
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at374Please respect copyright.PENANAlpga67pIor
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 374Please respect copyright.PENANABc3l4A8obq
grunt. 374Please respect copyright.PENANApR2aelLvPu
They all had to cover 374Please respect copyright.PENANAe6F0G0joVO
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 374Please respect copyright.PENANA3n7va9ydNX
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 374Please respect copyright.PENANAUvNNGAwiq4
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 374Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6Wj7RDaPh
them.374Please respect copyright.PENANAGxxTQc2ddt
With a tug of the rope 374Please respect copyright.PENANAz7bDdKQW6l
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 374Please respect copyright.PENANA7eOwWawVhd
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the374Please respect copyright.PENANA0cV4EG6h8u
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left374Please respect copyright.PENANA7kMYGy78rI
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 374Please respect copyright.PENANAD2gjWpwp9E
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.374Please respect copyright.PENANARSrwOpbteV
"So, where's this hold?"374Please respect copyright.PENANAFukvy0Ide5
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAId6tO3G7XX
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 374Please respect copyright.PENANAXfJ23heYxV
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.374Please respect copyright.PENANAH1wwcMOIqw
"It's there and looks 374Please respect copyright.PENANAJfdM4jE0Au
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 374Please respect copyright.PENANAKsNDrVtott
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob374Please respect copyright.PENANA1xAnwmKnlN
"Corruption knows. They 374Please respect copyright.PENANAuQlnHAHoMH
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 374Please respect copyright.PENANAMwdwIy16oX
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 374Please respect copyright.PENANAwfZWq8UVBC
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 374Please respect copyright.PENANAGaQwG6Zpwf
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 374Please respect copyright.PENANAk2eE8W6BRZ
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.374Please respect copyright.PENANA363L0gBWDg
David made a move to 374Please respect copyright.PENANAkAoROAhhnz
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 374Please respect copyright.PENANAN7RXR4nL3V
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 374Please respect copyright.PENANA6YH3we6ECu
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 374Please respect copyright.PENANA20KwOpZIm8
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 374Please respect copyright.PENANAjldifI40fX
them. "I think we're in trouble."374Please respect copyright.PENANAp46oqEnsid
Gob pulled the telescope374Please respect copyright.PENANAJnM5ZEbSbz
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 374Please respect copyright.PENANAzgZrCaTtCb
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 374Please respect copyright.PENANABZ1gSd4UTH
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 374Please respect copyright.PENANAfu8l93syOd
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 374Please respect copyright.PENANA6zWZkxYuQX
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 374Please respect copyright.PENANAUXJ0fiMwBB
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 374Please respect copyright.PENANA3U6sfbccMJ
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 374Please respect copyright.PENANAlRZ6NDAjL6
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 374Please respect copyright.PENANA4z5Sux6jg3
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 374Please respect copyright.PENANA3364eFANQr
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 374Please respect copyright.PENANAev969n1QHy
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 374Please respect copyright.PENANAkADvktvoJP
reason." He added the last part in a grumble374Please respect copyright.PENANAXd2ux8OHDk
Gob pulled away from 374Please respect copyright.PENANA5k2t0JGVWZ
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 374Please respect copyright.PENANAoWxy6Ycjvc
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing374Please respect copyright.PENANAXxfsTAtOVX
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown374Please respect copyright.PENANAFN2gIczvZE
you in your own shit" 374Please respect copyright.PENANAAtmiokcNgm
"Now form up and let's 374Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1V9Z7sVVX
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 374Please respect copyright.PENANA3xBfF9zbde
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with374Please respect copyright.PENANAqnQcBJHVBj
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a374Please respect copyright.PENANAG4OWcqnJMa
long while.