"Ugh" 372Please respect copyright.PENANAvbiHcR21DP
"Shh, he's coming to"372Please respect copyright.PENANAGjN5hZdKYp
David slowly opened his 372Please respect copyright.PENANAhWkx9utmzJ
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 372Please respect copyright.PENANARBBH3sYJMy
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 372Please respect copyright.PENANAo6E0R0t494
last so that he'd become blind.372Please respect copyright.PENANA896rTzHOWJ
Sadly someone didn't 372Please respect copyright.PENANAoCKoe59MPs
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5zuV7U6oUr
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a372Please respect copyright.PENANAU72qaGtbfL
gruff voice.372Please respect copyright.PENANAlCw2XuG0EB
David braved opening his372Please respect copyright.PENANAPS6vnnYSWb
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 372Please respect copyright.PENANAbCTwcelOqZ
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 372Please respect copyright.PENANAthfBVyiig7
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 372Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8ODxWNa4t
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 372Please respect copyright.PENANA75uApKCTqG
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 372Please respect copyright.PENANADt9v53vMB0
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 372Please respect copyright.PENANA33yEgwRn0C
it was covered too much with a beard.372Please respect copyright.PENANANIcs4XyQiY
"A friend, especially to372Please respect copyright.PENANA1EqDEpNVoF
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 372Please respect copyright.PENANAKDtzBKiuQo
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 372Please respect copyright.PENANArrbVouCP2P
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 372Please respect copyright.PENANAxRdRp0eG2t
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 372Please respect copyright.PENANAwycERRSzUe
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the372Please respect copyright.PENANA5S6fUjh4FJ
pressure on his arm increased.372Please respect copyright.PENANAWMEBWTQExY
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAtVdrHUncdR
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"372Please respect copyright.PENANAFpjQGydfK8
~you'll pay for this, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAMiOcEX4ijM
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5o4x1ku8tK
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 372Please respect copyright.PENANAvZIzwmFotb
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAAt7x28k3GK
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 372Please respect copyright.PENANAKgXLJ68JGJ
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 372Please respect copyright.PENANA2PBNbCIs9J
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 372Please respect copyright.PENANAle927jIENh
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAhEugWtLx22
David let his eye wander372Please respect copyright.PENANAszkvN31iIN
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 372Please respect copyright.PENANARDmmdld2GH
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 372Please respect copyright.PENANAK55aZsnpdQ
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAq0obpKEGew
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 372Please respect copyright.PENANAV1gM9VlkHV
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 372Please respect copyright.PENANA1val7h512b
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6f0g3sCjEp
arrogant pricks.372Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8a2gYFTmN
David heard the flint 372Please respect copyright.PENANAJwGtyzc7uK
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAf1oZHsMqIy
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was372Please respect copyright.PENANAOu47SOOdDY
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 372Please respect copyright.PENANAVIHZHUChLq
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 372Please respect copyright.PENANALnMPaQHLRY
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the372Please respect copyright.PENANAepxjfdEsyv
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOpDpjMThOF
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9qPZCOVeMX
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 372Please respect copyright.PENANASafhDf4qQN
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 372Please respect copyright.PENANAFFGWn4AeZv
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.372Please respect copyright.PENANAdoPy6A6WAp
The pain in his arm 372Please respect copyright.PENANABbkt0IeFoO
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 372Please respect copyright.PENANA2WL2tZcKGF
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 372Please respect copyright.PENANAMweAB3EkHp
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It372Please respect copyright.PENANADZbgGgShew
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 372Please respect copyright.PENANAxymjwB9mN1
survived that fall."372Please respect copyright.PENANAyugWQOxJ80
It took a second for 372Please respect copyright.PENANAvmkBOlPD88
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 372Please respect copyright.PENANAxmFD75wnmS
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAfh2IMzmUEU
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 372Please respect copyright.PENANAt6ihJ0Sv8Y
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 372Please respect copyright.PENANAUY8cQD6DPk
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 372Please respect copyright.PENANAqIUGnf5ZVm
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 372Please respect copyright.PENANAQDizwb4Bpb
that.372Please respect copyright.PENANAgQZV8Fmaqw
"I don't know how I got 372Please respect copyright.PENANAluyON5i33z
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if372Please respect copyright.PENANACcgSBAES8u
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full372Please respect copyright.PENANApjMKxeSUAQ
truth372Please respect copyright.PENANAO1fdWqpEoV
"I'm sure if he was a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAc3RbiOicig
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAMyUnYjDC5f
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 372Please respect copyright.PENANAsyo2I8RYYe
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAFpGYiqUnxX
guessed that was Gob.372Please respect copyright.PENANA5jKKYqDw3N
"Not how mages work kid,372Please respect copyright.PENANAFdlVWszpoJ
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear372Please respect copyright.PENANAvp4S85jg54
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 372Please respect copyright.PENANALJL8WIt4QS
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 372Please respect copyright.PENANAwnUJIcvVvo
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 372Please respect copyright.PENANAkkgnuRg2zu
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 372Please respect copyright.PENANAK7zop9TjrJ
have a clear head so we should be safe.372Please respect copyright.PENANAYtDjjQh5ZU
David was having trouble372Please respect copyright.PENANAnzZ0lhuSdO
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.372Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ih7Ee0adI
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can372Please respect copyright.PENANAiofvePimPx
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAssDTElbnpy
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and372Please respect copyright.PENANAqUG9WRyDhw
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIDA4mneMwF
definitely felt exhausted.372Please respect copyright.PENANA7b3C18wF76
Gob stared into Davids 372Please respect copyright.PENANASqGezdLliv
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 372Please respect copyright.PENANAHFhGjSETNl
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 372Please respect copyright.PENANA43xnRxVCLC
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in372Please respect copyright.PENANACLnfFuGGhP
a deadpan voice.372Please respect copyright.PENANAltDrPyhPsp
Sighting David sat up, 372Please respect copyright.PENANA7Y8A6xkQxG
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 372Please respect copyright.PENANA51gDypHUUv
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 372Please respect copyright.PENANAoKEpnEQJms
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 372Please respect copyright.PENANARlJYuGaVwR
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 372Please respect copyright.PENANAXPjh01IGuK
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 372Please respect copyright.PENANAyAWRVyLtr9
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.372Please respect copyright.PENANAFksilRX3Ci
David took the herbs and372Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZTnQtW8hU
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 372Please respect copyright.PENANAGtU2YvkHmg
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 372Please respect copyright.PENANArXWztPWfRs
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 372Please respect copyright.PENANAmI89XfKuiy
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.372Please respect copyright.PENANAwEabIq6bY8
"It's called blumeflor, 372Please respect copyright.PENANA3wVxUMod3w
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council372Please respect copyright.PENANACXrlZgO8tZ
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 372Please respect copyright.PENANAGvEWnO2e15
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9sf9w7rxHG
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 372Please respect copyright.PENANADo20KGWcHP
himself.372Please respect copyright.PENANAYinU9xxVrl
"It's a good way of 372Please respect copyright.PENANAxMaeH8XeW0
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out372Please respect copyright.PENANADlonWCwYIK
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."372Please respect copyright.PENANA7HW1QGY26q
David was going to ask 372Please respect copyright.PENANA0niWkV1t03
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAiE6VDMWm1x
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5jugwvkZuW
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAZoUOI5AHOX
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 372Please respect copyright.PENANAnLaDb2JmJO
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 372Please respect copyright.PENANAk1diJN8thL
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAeVIapjtkXm
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 372Please respect copyright.PENANA7McgKilXpN
stance. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAFr4L9dyusT
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?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAVDdolJ7eyr
"Why would I lie about 372Please respect copyright.PENANAGU85UTv3F4
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 372Please respect copyright.PENANAVmvfDjcoWf
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 372Please respect copyright.PENANA57XpM71Mx6
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 372Please respect copyright.PENANAWJAGPS0tlv
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 372Please respect copyright.PENANAcOx9avmcTJ
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a372Please respect copyright.PENANA0yFAZg8U03
good way to do it.372Please respect copyright.PENANAiasVVm7RZ1
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 372Please respect copyright.PENANAB8rt9PJeEq
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."372Please respect copyright.PENANA3nFywXglu5
"So you are a liar."372Please respect copyright.PENANAQDclx7vaj6
"Bring me to the ship! 372Please respect copyright.PENANAxIE6b3Ajrh
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll372Please respect copyright.PENANAaFpIBL1K6h
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 372Please respect copyright.PENANAzu9txBXv01
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"372Please respect copyright.PENANA3VUrpLFHVB
Some of the feet 372Please respect copyright.PENANAJuCgZak6h5
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6Eqxay743v
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 372Please respect copyright.PENANAaImoJkdmb5
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."372Please respect copyright.PENANAkWtS7dFSk4
"The weapons were in a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAmxR1ZnN6Og
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 372Please respect copyright.PENANAmakus6L6Ac
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 372Please respect copyright.PENANApsa7OdwJt6
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 372Please respect copyright.PENANAzk5q2cf7ya
important duties?"372Please respect copyright.PENANA4JtMRhuZQN
Gob shook his head. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAUfhNhGLrtW
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 372Please respect copyright.PENANAyc9Hk7Rl2c
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 372Please respect copyright.PENANA1BP6goUySQ
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 372Please respect copyright.PENANAnoxA3E8Dwr
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 372Please respect copyright.PENANAT80ZQ1aChF
up. "Y..yes Gob?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAJxsTkk4AmU
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 372Please respect copyright.PENANA49LiYKDxVQ
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 372Please respect copyright.PENANAbjjuw0ABUC
tie our friend here and then join us." 372Please respect copyright.PENANAPR6YvUjIga
"Yes, sir!" The young 372Please respect copyright.PENANAKVF1k90Jfz
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 372Please respect copyright.PENANA7Caz2HzzkO
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'372Please respect copyright.PENANA1n8d9Cfl6R
David smiled, atleast 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9mBRgqwaRn
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6cYnWJnSS5
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOsnYvZnLIB
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 372Please respect copyright.PENANApllzNvMoLE
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 372Please respect copyright.PENANA3GMy6uns74
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."372Please respect copyright.PENANAxUOAgX0m32
David nodded as if 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIM44WF0ZyA
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to372Please respect copyright.PENANApLHumG7z2A
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAD8DkLR2rcN
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 372Please respect copyright.PENANAfBhh4jsboI
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 372Please respect copyright.PENANA41CEQlG1v6
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 372Please respect copyright.PENANAlYlJFoUchi
"Denis!" Gobs voice 372Please respect copyright.PENANApq8YgU3R0x
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 372Please respect copyright.PENANA14yaDcY9LI
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAN0k1G2qjga
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 372Please respect copyright.PENANA59S7gzbQNd
in a circle.372Please respect copyright.PENANAsXmPYRhTAL
David could easily untie372Please respect copyright.PENANAeql5zbOzp5
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the372Please respect copyright.PENANAlkxwCN5CiT
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty372Please respect copyright.PENANABRBCfiNg0E
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 372Please respect copyright.PENANANnChimR4JV
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.372Please respect copyright.PENANA6gWOVl6M5Q
David must've dozed off 372Please respect copyright.PENANAtu727WuboR
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with372Please respect copyright.PENANAw1d4sut4jP
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9LO8mSRsnU
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAMUQudjXrk0
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 372Please respect copyright.PENANAUsbt8hOCRT
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 372Please respect copyright.PENANATiU8hcJfTz
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a372Please respect copyright.PENANAEmxs3kRutr
difference, we'll be able to find them."372Please respect copyright.PENANAYOl7QGK1Ek
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAzFypq7G8Ic
"Who'd know?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAASp4meVSoT
"You" David said that as372Please respect copyright.PENANAOUS6OWCwVZ
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAweNpHrnWal
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 372Please respect copyright.PENANAZZ244StH0A
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had372Please respect copyright.PENANAsCiIwKaUh4
a choice so David took a gamble.372Please respect copyright.PENANApayYlA5YNL
It seemed to be paying 372Please respect copyright.PENANAyGt9786aTJ
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook372Please respect copyright.PENANAoJPGp7DG7F
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5vqxj4dQet
wrong move and you're dead."372Please respect copyright.PENANAlLTvi74CSV
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."372Please respect copyright.PENANALdee1Yx4Pi
Gob grunted at that. "No372Please respect copyright.PENANAIv5bSaeyf8
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but372Please respect copyright.PENANAcChrzLclXV
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 372Please respect copyright.PENANAl0SdgfjFM8
draining from his hands. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOFxAlkO3zH
"I'll be able to walk 372Please respect copyright.PENANAox8LvBiwYn
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5QB1CqqS2a
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 372Please respect copyright.PENANAfIJCIf68og
caused David to lose his balance. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAkO99PnYyTL
"The walk should only 372Please respect copyright.PENANAbzXkXT8Rwh
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 372Please respect copyright.PENANArIRMaETS8y
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go372Please respect copyright.PENANAKzgTWCnMzw
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 372Please respect copyright.PENANAonNwFGnHVj
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 372Please respect copyright.PENANAm03ZpjXYl2
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 372Please respect copyright.PENANA4mqiVMDpjl
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 372Please respect copyright.PENANAe4DbMZJ46Z
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.372Please respect copyright.PENANA62A7xxWQF5
To Gobs credit he wasn't372Please respect copyright.PENANA7sR2qzHEBj
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAtPNk4VJ4l5
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 372Please respect copyright.PENANAq8LEyWMsKp
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOlDCvDcljW
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 372Please respect copyright.PENANATROBakUdTj
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.372Please respect copyright.PENANAuvfmo9EzrX
First there was Denis, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAXteGfZV3Er
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAimrFzbIgAa
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5mUcuILqy2
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9QAjVq5zRw
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 372Please respect copyright.PENANAwjjfCbLsZY
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 372Please respect copyright.PENANAYxYiL1mHUX
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAkZAuIVNKOc
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He372Please respect copyright.PENANAwpiDiwAq01
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5FgFDw5ErS
All in all a group of 372Please respect copyright.PENANAsHspk9UfR9
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAvvq29ejEde
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6rRUNXZpJN
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see372Please respect copyright.PENANAQHKpM6WdOv
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 372Please respect copyright.PENANACEQ4rGAWFE
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIsAD0RpYsp
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 372Please respect copyright.PENANAnUSo8Yx9E3
stuff. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAVMZesYrXNx
Sadly except the names 372Please respect copyright.PENANAxdcHjjmhGM
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,372Please respect copyright.PENANASVyGZanK0l
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 372Please respect copyright.PENANAaY5IbKgTuk
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 372Please respect copyright.PENANAyAjYCBy575
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 372Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z8zEQKqsU
childhood. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAcxlGq1Qi8K
David also paid 372Please respect copyright.PENANAizXxk4R8zn
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 372Please respect copyright.PENANAjNYMcGWKej
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 372Please respect copyright.PENANAGCVaqwVh0x
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could372Please respect copyright.PENANALAPyJjtPDd
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.372Please respect copyright.PENANA4aiXrIl9uB
The closer they got the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIYtEF4ctJk
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate372Please respect copyright.PENANAcocHPVslcm
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 372Please respect copyright.PENANAnU86X1cHUT
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably372Please respect copyright.PENANA9UjKp7Iiqf
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both372Please respect copyright.PENANA3hjbQuC1he
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 372Please respect copyright.PENANAz7i11wGLDz
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 372Please respect copyright.PENANA3hJb0EGL2c
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 372Please respect copyright.PENANAqlN3uNEXmo
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.372Please respect copyright.PENANAO8aZvkz52u
They were able to hear 372Please respect copyright.PENANAWhXsv7C72b
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 372Please respect copyright.PENANAT8aQy5wNxG
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 372Please respect copyright.PENANAG89rlTnR7k
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAuB4iZdXeWs
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.372Please respect copyright.PENANAEAn68bxgPa
"Get down, behind the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAez1amqDBGG
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOVfhT99Ryt
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying372Please respect copyright.PENANAP6Om8Dvnfb
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and372Please respect copyright.PENANAdHdmqoUWyV
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 372Please respect copyright.PENANAT89S9xoY5E
nicely with the surroundings.372Please respect copyright.PENANAERJrU5rpcm
With a groan David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAQVVX2b0LSk
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at372Please respect copyright.PENANA1mMBoxFigE
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2zgHAANeO
grunt. 372Please respect copyright.PENANARMqQsSTdU1
They all had to cover 372Please respect copyright.PENANAboxzaB61xW
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 372Please respect copyright.PENANANoyZo8zcu5
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAylXX6TVRnq
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 372Please respect copyright.PENANA5aKDrqYtDe
them.372Please respect copyright.PENANAsp899NPS9Z
With a tug of the rope 372Please respect copyright.PENANAf4L1OKYbme
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 372Please respect copyright.PENANASiGjcHSOue
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the372Please respect copyright.PENANAnjTaXIOMNX
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left372Please respect copyright.PENANAvk4sBh25J4
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6Z7zAV0gst
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.372Please respect copyright.PENANAlluxk3cbEg
"So, where's this hold?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAFErHQDgyKh
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAolo94cN7CP
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAtPXK7uXNuy
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.372Please respect copyright.PENANAuhXrXmzg7h
"It's there and looks 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6fCvaS81Af
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 372Please respect copyright.PENANAkWdduSrBSI
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob372Please respect copyright.PENANAekoTlSa4of
"Corruption knows. They 372Please respect copyright.PENANAoEa2p2XZ2Q
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 372Please respect copyright.PENANAL5Ez3uuL9V
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 372Please respect copyright.PENANA7GapMaTvu2
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 372Please respect copyright.PENANAuhwLLppvW6
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 372Please respect copyright.PENANAjezm5BlhWy
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.372Please respect copyright.PENANAYyJytHEvRk
David made a move to 372Please respect copyright.PENANA8qNkTtMuHD
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAXJO9yzYRfH
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 372Please respect copyright.PENANAjaCYiI0hfT
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 372Please respect copyright.PENANA4YGeywxY2N
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 372Please respect copyright.PENANAKTrBFIJ6en
them. "I think we're in trouble."372Please respect copyright.PENANA0VX9pzqVt2
Gob pulled the telescope372Please respect copyright.PENANAS56nhQAufx
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 372Please respect copyright.PENANA13dQ9zDFUJ
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 372Please respect copyright.PENANAcq5aA3lH8S
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAdhQSQ2U65l
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 372Please respect copyright.PENANAZ19Nx2isvM
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 372Please respect copyright.PENANAVAcfRd9TCp
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 372Please respect copyright.PENANA0Z4MtlCJCF
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 372Please respect copyright.PENANAdsAJ04CZV5
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIN8bJXKBYo
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 372Please respect copyright.PENANASEU62IxD9K
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 372Please respect copyright.PENANAMC6ITHKFLo
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 372Please respect copyright.PENANAx3r8VxFmKi
reason." He added the last part in a grumble372Please respect copyright.PENANAdn42W8qhZU
Gob pulled away from 372Please respect copyright.PENANAXLnpVkgSL8
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 372Please respect copyright.PENANAMHxjfQaCed
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing372Please respect copyright.PENANAbWO0nshaHf
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown372Please respect copyright.PENANAUEkHxMXLGk
you in your own shit" 372Please respect copyright.PENANAJnOzvqx1fI
"Now form up and let's 372Please respect copyright.PENANAKSjTnkjsKI
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 372Please respect copyright.PENANAroSM7HIfxe
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with372Please respect copyright.PENANASSc2faGWYS
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a372Please respect copyright.PENANAJzVwPiGx4R
long while.