"Ugh" 390Please respect copyright.PENANAWEzbT8juux
"Shh, he's coming to"390Please respect copyright.PENANAiAADBwKpbJ
David slowly opened his 390Please respect copyright.PENANARxuhuRxfVm
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 390Please respect copyright.PENANAU15XzZVCHl
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 390Please respect copyright.PENANAwpEvsr93xp
last so that he'd become blind.390Please respect copyright.PENANA1m0DdRlFJr
Sadly someone didn't 390Please respect copyright.PENANA0S0hV7qCB0
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 390Please respect copyright.PENANAwU8LyaVLpc
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a390Please respect copyright.PENANAZeJw5rBr91
gruff voice.390Please respect copyright.PENANAGxRouEoJxU
David braved opening his390Please respect copyright.PENANA4HwTzJD6fK
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 390Please respect copyright.PENANAgyIewal6eG
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 390Please respect copyright.PENANAxYWq37Fa2R
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 390Please respect copyright.PENANAc53asCTXNW
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 390Please respect copyright.PENANAW301U4eYeg
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 390Please respect copyright.PENANANZAkB18sS7
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 390Please respect copyright.PENANASlNbalmdqD
it was covered too much with a beard.390Please respect copyright.PENANAdgKGNdRy79
"A friend, especially to390Please respect copyright.PENANAJduCYnTPJt
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 390Please respect copyright.PENANAgXk2Tgk7PG
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 390Please respect copyright.PENANA6gLyxu1cnT
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 390Please respect copyright.PENANA1DhNN18MiR
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 390Please respect copyright.PENANA04PcENmnhx
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the390Please respect copyright.PENANAzFKymeIfqf
pressure on his arm increased.390Please respect copyright.PENANA1BhVCY2IDi
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 390Please respect copyright.PENANA5INjO9YAOt
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"390Please respect copyright.PENANADcqi2ii73T
~you'll pay for this, 390Please respect copyright.PENANA9g0zSuxpnW
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 390Please respect copyright.PENANADoqbbR0WqM
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 390Please respect copyright.PENANAIoy43eiKGM
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAzvQwJixI6t
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 390Please respect copyright.PENANAD646wNLG73
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 390Please respect copyright.PENANAHzXg3GHwyI
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 390Please respect copyright.PENANA2zaKHXnogl
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 390Please respect copyright.PENANApDmttecV26
David let his eye wander390Please respect copyright.PENANARlmqanFNxC
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAmeoTabqUps
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 390Please respect copyright.PENANApHDqt4Ajn1
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 390Please respect copyright.PENANAyFQmoO34I6
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 390Please respect copyright.PENANA2LX53579ga
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 390Please respect copyright.PENANAyXhtNs6VHS
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 390Please respect copyright.PENANAcJDpPN5RAv
arrogant pricks.390Please respect copyright.PENANABgEeCBQ3ST
David heard the flint 390Please respect copyright.PENANAK1xsgByu31
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 390Please respect copyright.PENANArWwsFG3chi
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was390Please respect copyright.PENANAzMkwiJkr2l
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 390Please respect copyright.PENANAhZjgV5lpD2
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 390Please respect copyright.PENANAF4e80SNm2j
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the390Please respect copyright.PENANAaFBYJ86zch
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 390Please respect copyright.PENANAgh9lFPOz48
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 390Please respect copyright.PENANAzchJ4vZTeV
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 390Please respect copyright.PENANAS8QRNc9qf7
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 390Please respect copyright.PENANAMIXA21udbK
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.390Please respect copyright.PENANA5O6bD6bYxd
The pain in his arm 390Please respect copyright.PENANAhzshoswHKZ
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 390Please respect copyright.PENANALq2tYJ6GgB
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 390Please respect copyright.PENANALZFdCQE174
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It390Please respect copyright.PENANATb3LBaMau5
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 390Please respect copyright.PENANAaY112x8is3
survived that fall."390Please respect copyright.PENANAqEBrtzHpd8
It took a second for 390Please respect copyright.PENANALgDIknpILI
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 390Please respect copyright.PENANAmkYLVTlALd
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 390Please respect copyright.PENANA92MztcBXyJ
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 390Please respect copyright.PENANANYf5ZXxRWZ
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 390Please respect copyright.PENANAYhf8feSCKA
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 390Please respect copyright.PENANAK2DeCBl5ex
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 390Please respect copyright.PENANAiUNcY2imdq
that.390Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yymt2UEUi
"I don't know how I got 390Please respect copyright.PENANA4FTY1zzjC7
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if390Please respect copyright.PENANAEhcwwormNd
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full390Please respect copyright.PENANAmoNaOftTsE
truth390Please respect copyright.PENANAK4lorVYYaf
"I'm sure if he was a 390Please respect copyright.PENANA4Y91lyrFRd
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 390Please respect copyright.PENANAXWWt1o1PX0
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 390Please respect copyright.PENANAI0CWilRQxI
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 390Please respect copyright.PENANAZlVP6KwFmj
guessed that was Gob.390Please respect copyright.PENANAlRqKuqCU8y
"Not how mages work kid,390Please respect copyright.PENANAZqC23t6jA1
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear390Please respect copyright.PENANAIFuUQCnV5j
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 390Please respect copyright.PENANAZM9TCd9o1i
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 390Please respect copyright.PENANAr3xZQS1tZK
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 390Please respect copyright.PENANAyMRrDukqQP
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 390Please respect copyright.PENANAybLh52Lmwe
have a clear head so we should be safe.390Please respect copyright.PENANAwi6pcbAnWH
David was having trouble390Please respect copyright.PENANASz9RwtxYKK
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.390Please respect copyright.PENANAKjn5dfDFTR
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can390Please respect copyright.PENANAcdf2jTJzgD
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAlcNaQathhY
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and390Please respect copyright.PENANAMJy5vi2AND
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 390Please respect copyright.PENANAg1vRPBXVvG
definitely felt exhausted.390Please respect copyright.PENANAnd6UEqXSV9
Gob stared into Davids 390Please respect copyright.PENANAO2218d4clh
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 390Please respect copyright.PENANAHF8b2lhh7v
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 390Please respect copyright.PENANAj1EqREgMmv
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in390Please respect copyright.PENANAUbwtz8ft9K
a deadpan voice.390Please respect copyright.PENANAzVC2YDO2O1
Sighting David sat up, 390Please respect copyright.PENANAAmDQ1j96Ep
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 390Please respect copyright.PENANA4YMpYKqSU0
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 390Please respect copyright.PENANAsBG7sfm1tW
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 390Please respect copyright.PENANAz28j1oxx2u
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 390Please respect copyright.PENANAayNnztnrrD
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 390Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ7uOQpPRj
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.390Please respect copyright.PENANAiY1FNiUBqt
David took the herbs and390Please respect copyright.PENANAy53LKRf1TN
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 390Please respect copyright.PENANAsV5vDuEzwt
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 390Please respect copyright.PENANAxQNIpnU2k5
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 390Please respect copyright.PENANA0QDrfDzFCa
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.390Please respect copyright.PENANA2lvnDETGHG
"It's called blumeflor, 390Please respect copyright.PENANAdxbw7It2ZK
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council390Please respect copyright.PENANAORVozJQ5S0
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 390Please respect copyright.PENANAuaCKPXbmbM
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 390Please respect copyright.PENANAQwkFEmmRgN
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 390Please respect copyright.PENANAhP5dBet9NP
himself.390Please respect copyright.PENANAr1gapTcsN6
"It's a good way of 390Please respect copyright.PENANA2x3RUlACHH
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out390Please respect copyright.PENANAJm0z6avgAF
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."390Please respect copyright.PENANAgTDsanYsTw
David was going to ask 390Please respect copyright.PENANApJbebRZ8DR
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAQbSZOAQ7ZX
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 390Please respect copyright.PENANARKH00uYkI4
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 390Please respect copyright.PENANAVxHeWiAJut
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 390Please respect copyright.PENANADm7jCIwSwa
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 390Please respect copyright.PENANAQoR8cGwtcc
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 390Please respect copyright.PENANAyXjNqZ3zJi
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 390Please respect copyright.PENANA3HXXfIrrPN
stance. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAX6rtsUzgVA
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?"390Please respect copyright.PENANACmD5lB8Rhj
"Why would I lie about 390Please respect copyright.PENANAJWsQh0LQpr
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 390Please respect copyright.PENANABDcgTMMNIe
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 390Please respect copyright.PENANAnpKz013upY
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 390Please respect copyright.PENANAiK1bJFAhh8
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 390Please respect copyright.PENANAq54L2Hwgu5
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a390Please respect copyright.PENANAAZluRekr4x
good way to do it.390Please respect copyright.PENANAyoomspiCld
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 390Please respect copyright.PENANAoX6u1AU3XK
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."390Please respect copyright.PENANA3LI3Vf07gK
"So you are a liar."390Please respect copyright.PENANAEGs2aqbdFI
"Bring me to the ship! 390Please respect copyright.PENANAPyiGhTtrIY
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll390Please respect copyright.PENANAybH2OrAww6
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 390Please respect copyright.PENANAjuPZIm0Cec
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"390Please respect copyright.PENANAFC0KjYigoV
Some of the feet 390Please respect copyright.PENANAqysS7kKhq7
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 390Please respect copyright.PENANAigrz4HEL9s
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 390Please respect copyright.PENANAtWXocIr3Hf
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."390Please respect copyright.PENANARdG92tPn5B
"The weapons were in a 390Please respect copyright.PENANACPpI1UTBpA
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 390Please respect copyright.PENANAXCithcUxkb
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 390Please respect copyright.PENANAhiyK0QGL2Y
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 390Please respect copyright.PENANAZtwwyJRNKU
important duties?"390Please respect copyright.PENANAGi1DEV5Ie5
Gob shook his head. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAZKfcLrmpvN
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 390Please respect copyright.PENANAUaAqp1xg3Z
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 390Please respect copyright.PENANAFrYR7KS49F
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 390Please respect copyright.PENANAOykMhHOr3P
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 390Please respect copyright.PENANAhGoziHmQCh
up. "Y..yes Gob?"390Please respect copyright.PENANAu3wU234Bqt
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 390Please respect copyright.PENANAm9NTRt6aRJ
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 390Please respect copyright.PENANAN3Lu9AAbg8
tie our friend here and then join us." 390Please respect copyright.PENANAQaxHY7UD6r
"Yes, sir!" The young 390Please respect copyright.PENANA0F0JXkIsQX
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 390Please respect copyright.PENANAoJJjOJ0HMC
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'390Please respect copyright.PENANAYUWNNKUVhS
David smiled, atleast 390Please respect copyright.PENANAprbQs71OFA
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 390Please respect copyright.PENANA9plihV5gDH
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 390Please respect copyright.PENANAWB4Y5L2oap
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 390Please respect copyright.PENANAxhh8qY7d47
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 390Please respect copyright.PENANAqQyYLWPf7b
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."390Please respect copyright.PENANAoaNuFpjVHX
David nodded as if 390Please respect copyright.PENANAIQ1V1WbsWm
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to390Please respect copyright.PENANAu9KBDQMQvG
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAaiCNoEqCeH
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 390Please respect copyright.PENANAozu7ikYgnN
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 390Please respect copyright.PENANADqKhczyvtd
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 390Please respect copyright.PENANAOxO53UeV4Z
"Denis!" Gobs voice 390Please respect copyright.PENANA4seOEQQcz7
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 390Please respect copyright.PENANAw50fIYDQCd
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 390Please respect copyright.PENANAc4kWNNx9q9
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 390Please respect copyright.PENANAxigdJijUKG
in a circle.390Please respect copyright.PENANApdzswcBQbz
David could easily untie390Please respect copyright.PENANAr2c3Ct2GOP
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the390Please respect copyright.PENANAZY6qp9vfZZ
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty390Please respect copyright.PENANABQnHD0kx1w
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 390Please respect copyright.PENANApUIFQDPzyK
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.390Please respect copyright.PENANArrj2hQOXt7
David must've dozed off 390Please respect copyright.PENANAEl92xtZkqc
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with390Please respect copyright.PENANAFaAoRZ2Ade
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 390Please respect copyright.PENANARS7QLBEynZ
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAgwoEjEimpw
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 390Please respect copyright.PENANAWuPZ5jDjfp
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 390Please respect copyright.PENANAsOa09zZwOV
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a390Please respect copyright.PENANAH8RJVAU4kb
difference, we'll be able to find them."390Please respect copyright.PENANAEZzkZl16hC
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"390Please respect copyright.PENANAwKp8zAjYvW
"Who'd know?"390Please respect copyright.PENANAvo3ixvxJZf
"You" David said that as390Please respect copyright.PENANA9acnZw1Uuo
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 390Please respect copyright.PENANA9RaiGK6ZDr
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 390Please respect copyright.PENANA89newA7H5h
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had390Please respect copyright.PENANAiG92dprR2V
a choice so David took a gamble.390Please respect copyright.PENANAHE5hjFuvZa
It seemed to be paying 390Please respect copyright.PENANAJqjMtbZH0M
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook390Please respect copyright.PENANALl1gCQsHAE
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 390Please respect copyright.PENANA7GjddICneC
wrong move and you're dead."390Please respect copyright.PENANAmbQjJwTMtc
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."390Please respect copyright.PENANAsJDBBGUdes
Gob grunted at that. "No390Please respect copyright.PENANArCUgq5IQdz
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but390Please respect copyright.PENANAnfbxSFByDw
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 390Please respect copyright.PENANAm5iPPPorwu
draining from his hands. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAqVRrUaMkVE
"I'll be able to walk 390Please respect copyright.PENANA9u5azuSnah
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 390Please respect copyright.PENANAoNImXmRSuj
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 390Please respect copyright.PENANA4ctbKm31Oh
caused David to lose his balance. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAofOxbtfW7e
"The walk should only 390Please respect copyright.PENANAxQH8Y8xLYr
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 390Please respect copyright.PENANAa7qAL9Yykj
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go390Please respect copyright.PENANATy4xurjQB0
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 390Please respect copyright.PENANAb4XTHPdMKj
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 390Please respect copyright.PENANAGXvkWi7Fns
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 390Please respect copyright.PENANAjAClybFBDj
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 390Please respect copyright.PENANAqsuPw6czNN
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.390Please respect copyright.PENANA1iURVyb5Sx
To Gobs credit he wasn't390Please respect copyright.PENANAXUWBet1yJl
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 390Please respect copyright.PENANAfFmnCNX1cq
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 390Please respect copyright.PENANAOisqwv9eEZ
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 390Please respect copyright.PENANAXACP19irPn
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAeqb4PyokUO
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.390Please respect copyright.PENANAkbGvTboCK7
First there was Denis, 390Please respect copyright.PENANAXAUk24K8JV
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 390Please respect copyright.PENANACNT9OaSAXD
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 390Please respect copyright.PENANALLtZoDFp9U
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 390Please respect copyright.PENANANY2rzWjcBr
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 390Please respect copyright.PENANAOcTh53MuqL
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 390Please respect copyright.PENANA0bSTXZ9RmD
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 390Please respect copyright.PENANAmnYlg2O8Qt
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He390Please respect copyright.PENANA5yFA19stc2
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAvT63as2KV5
All in all a group of 390Please respect copyright.PENANAE0ojbZvNvf
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 390Please respect copyright.PENANAZFhT8HOyM1
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 390Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3xJDcoWDc
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see390Please respect copyright.PENANAdstL2z1qYb
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 390Please respect copyright.PENANAmrqhDkWp71
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 390Please respect copyright.PENANAI8Xw4fWaGW
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 390Please respect copyright.PENANAsz1BgxItpw
stuff. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAwnhKwRaQjG
Sadly except the names 390Please respect copyright.PENANAeGAgoi9vw5
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,390Please respect copyright.PENANAcz4rgHAxqo
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 390Please respect copyright.PENANAZRyDpBmuLv
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 390Please respect copyright.PENANALuBH94xZa0
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 390Please respect copyright.PENANAOz0U2BtcSA
childhood. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAWGbUY4NRNi
David also paid 390Please respect copyright.PENANAYK53OLaY4F
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 390Please respect copyright.PENANAcZE4t1ifJg
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 390Please respect copyright.PENANA5AtKbWQ2oT
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could390Please respect copyright.PENANAwQ91RF0PFU
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.390Please respect copyright.PENANAjwWVZS8p2H
The closer they got the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAxijvVRDBkW
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate390Please respect copyright.PENANAhkcqoT1i2K
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 390Please respect copyright.PENANAc0FNfswcK7
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably390Please respect copyright.PENANAH8R8XsaNDk
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both390Please respect copyright.PENANApzmBEujIHl
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 390Please respect copyright.PENANADjWiMCbzLU
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 390Please respect copyright.PENANAeeYVDBu0q6
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 390Please respect copyright.PENANAn2vixQ0WdQ
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.390Please respect copyright.PENANAzLNQ9qxGsf
They were able to hear 390Please respect copyright.PENANApMo3ko7Pj3
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 390Please respect copyright.PENANAl2EZyV2nRg
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 390Please respect copyright.PENANAUTH1ri6eGk
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 390Please respect copyright.PENANAo3rQVc4ChB
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.390Please respect copyright.PENANAE4VPZM9WKd
"Get down, behind the 390Please respect copyright.PENANArhqumZcX7X
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 390Please respect copyright.PENANAdphcXGMHkQ
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying390Please respect copyright.PENANA7Vj9yeJAZg
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and390Please respect copyright.PENANAp9qi68tXgf
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 390Please respect copyright.PENANAQO3v6Sbg4j
nicely with the surroundings.390Please respect copyright.PENANAiYeS8hPj0t
With a groan David 390Please respect copyright.PENANA6kKPodtZ3P
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at390Please respect copyright.PENANA8ciN5BBp4C
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 390Please respect copyright.PENANAClqZ9c2FEj
grunt. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAqmjSS1Lii0
They all had to cover 390Please respect copyright.PENANAywGQd6iDIz
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 390Please respect copyright.PENANAvYkwCjzF4W
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 390Please respect copyright.PENANAMwII9AggG0
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 390Please respect copyright.PENANA8eki1em01s
them.390Please respect copyright.PENANAtBb0LDt1Db
With a tug of the rope 390Please respect copyright.PENANALSBnPCo7Yr
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 390Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ892z262G
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the390Please respect copyright.PENANAmCMokwQDeL
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left390Please respect copyright.PENANAgrG3NEtX9c
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 390Please respect copyright.PENANAFZCJ8ocNli
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.390Please respect copyright.PENANA7a2SHnHXwS
"So, where's this hold?"390Please respect copyright.PENANAkGCcwnKxV8
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 390Please respect copyright.PENANA4PCzMexFIL
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 390Please respect copyright.PENANACZM9YuBTo0
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.390Please respect copyright.PENANAOzSFUPaEkZ
"It's there and looks 390Please respect copyright.PENANAzjwyzn4ii2
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 390Please respect copyright.PENANAT1xQsOhiGi
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob390Please respect copyright.PENANA2cTF4VmugP
"Corruption knows. They 390Please respect copyright.PENANAJo6tga80YH
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 390Please respect copyright.PENANAy9Bz1yOqfp
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 390Please respect copyright.PENANADRXoiUUQSI
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 390Please respect copyright.PENANAaKrEMKY6he
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 390Please respect copyright.PENANAKAUNDSE8vH
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.390Please respect copyright.PENANAts9uMmFSr4
David made a move to 390Please respect copyright.PENANAD9cjEcxwJN
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 390Please respect copyright.PENANApr1AnZDRoS
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 390Please respect copyright.PENANAJc0SRqQBLy
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 390Please respect copyright.PENANAVj4ERO1H3z
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 390Please respect copyright.PENANAVcGj3nj95f
them. "I think we're in trouble."390Please respect copyright.PENANAUDOuF2NODo
Gob pulled the telescope390Please respect copyright.PENANArOgKnrIT3a
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 390Please respect copyright.PENANAPzIQhcGn4z
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 390Please respect copyright.PENANAg3a3eJVdLh
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 390Please respect copyright.PENANAeR2aNygPEr
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 390Please respect copyright.PENANAc5VSIKvP9F
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 390Please respect copyright.PENANANL4SXhF6bm
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 390Please respect copyright.PENANAjcDo9cvRID
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 390Please respect copyright.PENANAGYRBGAjaKU
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 390Please respect copyright.PENANAdUwbAplL14
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 390Please respect copyright.PENANA2YBLjDoppo
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 390Please respect copyright.PENANAoogzLHq8L6
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 390Please respect copyright.PENANAScbnCthdUn
reason." He added the last part in a grumble390Please respect copyright.PENANAnahpJm7IXs
Gob pulled away from 390Please respect copyright.PENANAh8Qj4h2SyK
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 390Please respect copyright.PENANAXLaVEQjzVN
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing390Please respect copyright.PENANA6Gq4Z0ddFP
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown390Please respect copyright.PENANAA16TzsGpSv
you in your own shit" 390Please respect copyright.PENANAa7Kd3wFU00
"Now form up and let's 390Please respect copyright.PENANAJVP8IIx0oz
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 390Please respect copyright.PENANAnqerTPgP69
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with390Please respect copyright.PENANASih6rwYYtZ
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a390Please respect copyright.PENANAwmFZ2BC6XW
long while.