"Ugh" 389Please respect copyright.PENANAa57mDgNiLA
"Shh, he's coming to"389Please respect copyright.PENANA2Np5B81DCx
David slowly opened his 389Please respect copyright.PENANArPHGQeSsno
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 389Please respect copyright.PENANA1xpHS5xC7i
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 389Please respect copyright.PENANAnhINM0NSVn
last so that he'd become blind.389Please respect copyright.PENANArnaet2H4gX
Sadly someone didn't 389Please respect copyright.PENANAMV6UxxzMwo
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 389Please respect copyright.PENANABRMq79mvMS
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a389Please respect copyright.PENANAWteLW87PmO
gruff voice.389Please respect copyright.PENANA7sG79DzaTs
David braved opening his389Please respect copyright.PENANAM246SIrUC1
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 389Please respect copyright.PENANAP5xK17R4cm
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 389Please respect copyright.PENANA4AFNEShiFn
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 389Please respect copyright.PENANA2obfSWSE4O
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 389Please respect copyright.PENANAagYUkmGGjE
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 389Please respect copyright.PENANAP7avNdfJI2
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 389Please respect copyright.PENANAAf5tsd44d6
it was covered too much with a beard.389Please respect copyright.PENANAicMr1w88AO
"A friend, especially to389Please respect copyright.PENANADZlsnf8Fq7
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 389Please respect copyright.PENANAIZm6pDZXKy
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 389Please respect copyright.PENANA2qjaUFqrbq
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 389Please respect copyright.PENANAUUBSlgI4Ug
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 389Please respect copyright.PENANAJPKblniaoL
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the389Please respect copyright.PENANAkc551OSEkw
pressure on his arm increased.389Please respect copyright.PENANAnks4LLKQFq
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 389Please respect copyright.PENANAROK0TNt1ed
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"389Please respect copyright.PENANAmkTd0wEYdM
~you'll pay for this, 389Please respect copyright.PENANA685rkSXhZu
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAsnR0y7vneM
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 389Please respect copyright.PENANAz8WN4H643o
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAOTOKH30R0a
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 389Please respect copyright.PENANACTz0tOajgq
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 389Please respect copyright.PENANAPoClrVogaE
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 389Please respect copyright.PENANA8b1jFhsGlp
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 389Please respect copyright.PENANAqwq6F1Xa7a
David let his eye wander389Please respect copyright.PENANAJSmFHKBPrd
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAJ01iqjDeaG
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 389Please respect copyright.PENANAOrTOETQxVR
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 389Please respect copyright.PENANARy1ZPd9IyG
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 389Please respect copyright.PENANAeDHIQztfVj
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 389Please respect copyright.PENANAleLxPZ0n6N
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 389Please respect copyright.PENANAChaJe9LbZI
arrogant pricks.389Please respect copyright.PENANAIwdH6Gw0pc
David heard the flint 389Please respect copyright.PENANA90c36j0cM7
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 389Please respect copyright.PENANAUJi0FcFuw6
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was389Please respect copyright.PENANAJK1peX9sDy
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 389Please respect copyright.PENANA24sldydeai
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 389Please respect copyright.PENANAWhhcejIPIW
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the389Please respect copyright.PENANAbRtW57zeCk
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 389Please respect copyright.PENANAYi9xwu6I9S
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 389Please respect copyright.PENANACtqiswHVNV
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 389Please respect copyright.PENANAQlIXB2Nqzl
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 389Please respect copyright.PENANA0BCxRTA1K7
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.389Please respect copyright.PENANAkQCNEFZ8uI
The pain in his arm 389Please respect copyright.PENANALP94K3QZQy
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAd2YkpAJA60
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 389Please respect copyright.PENANAAQTMftA7q9
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It389Please respect copyright.PENANAqSzFqwYjU8
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 389Please respect copyright.PENANA98Nq4zc4ZQ
survived that fall."389Please respect copyright.PENANAVApixg2bnN
It took a second for 389Please respect copyright.PENANAERR7IC10zQ
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 389Please respect copyright.PENANAQJ5zwe4dca
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 389Please respect copyright.PENANAvI5EY0GgXw
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 389Please respect copyright.PENANAFXrAOooiAK
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 389Please respect copyright.PENANAydTVKEYlZB
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 389Please respect copyright.PENANA04xjDImGaS
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 389Please respect copyright.PENANAgbs6k1uQGb
that.389Please respect copyright.PENANAzGa8SK59nV
"I don't know how I got 389Please respect copyright.PENANAkwKcCwutEl
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if389Please respect copyright.PENANAK4AMbrqlpp
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full389Please respect copyright.PENANAx7W2ccUoJN
truth389Please respect copyright.PENANALhhXHKyGj1
"I'm sure if he was a 389Please respect copyright.PENANAhKvDGXSIX2
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 389Please respect copyright.PENANA52Zd5puzw3
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 389Please respect copyright.PENANAtzaljOBAF6
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 389Please respect copyright.PENANA00qMmHWlBx
guessed that was Gob.389Please respect copyright.PENANAEEarEJZsDH
"Not how mages work kid,389Please respect copyright.PENANA67qXEsilew
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear389Please respect copyright.PENANAEZXnNqxYGj
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 389Please respect copyright.PENANAE3fasknjnM
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 389Please respect copyright.PENANAxyg59IMv5B
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 389Please respect copyright.PENANA3Byl6gnxaQ
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 389Please respect copyright.PENANATiB5b0Oloj
have a clear head so we should be safe.389Please respect copyright.PENANATQrhvo9nzY
David was having trouble389Please respect copyright.PENANAF9iIck542X
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.389Please respect copyright.PENANA9CEdgroqZu
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can389Please respect copyright.PENANAHnhrPNqpSZ
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAKCNkmmE5vY
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and389Please respect copyright.PENANAXjGeeR8W1R
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 389Please respect copyright.PENANAuL4bbsvhsN
definitely felt exhausted.389Please respect copyright.PENANArAIkmiwz36
Gob stared into Davids 389Please respect copyright.PENANAHK1fT22zsQ
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 389Please respect copyright.PENANAsR4v2ZrMw7
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 389Please respect copyright.PENANA2KAC2cQLC4
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in389Please respect copyright.PENANAbbAlfXbXGZ
a deadpan voice.389Please respect copyright.PENANArKxKB1KKNM
Sighting David sat up, 389Please respect copyright.PENANA2W6nPUdvAQ
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 389Please respect copyright.PENANAZqtYZOqPFi
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 389Please respect copyright.PENANAfWROqI5zzV
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 389Please respect copyright.PENANAm1HEVtJekK
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 389Please respect copyright.PENANAiK6pTj2Zqy
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 389Please respect copyright.PENANApoXZqdw42G
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.389Please respect copyright.PENANAqpf0lIFWJV
David took the herbs and389Please respect copyright.PENANASjIlYwYya7
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 389Please respect copyright.PENANAdH0dOexk5D
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 389Please respect copyright.PENANAT2xiK3B7dz
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 389Please respect copyright.PENANADMpIojL4hN
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.389Please respect copyright.PENANA2T9HEe25V4
"It's called blumeflor, 389Please respect copyright.PENANAMLmnX0pIFG
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council389Please respect copyright.PENANA0r5EE6nVcy
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 389Please respect copyright.PENANAPvo0eQ1KS3
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 389Please respect copyright.PENANA4O04ojwfHp
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 389Please respect copyright.PENANABWcgGbtqeN
himself.389Please respect copyright.PENANAEf5F1Z1Kd9
"It's a good way of 389Please respect copyright.PENANAnUAaKebvGv
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out389Please respect copyright.PENANAP9ZbgS4sqO
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."389Please respect copyright.PENANAcOzZKQ5TbS
David was going to ask 389Please respect copyright.PENANAAR1HqqERRj
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 389Please respect copyright.PENANAyQmlEQ0q9W
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 389Please respect copyright.PENANAYKsxGMdPpI
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 389Please respect copyright.PENANAwRqjNALyKQ
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 389Please respect copyright.PENANABfzizde9My
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 389Please respect copyright.PENANANxKurArboY
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 389Please respect copyright.PENANAocL896gqKR
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 389Please respect copyright.PENANAaHWetYG5c8
stance. 389Please respect copyright.PENANAwiQk8iv7wF
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?"389Please respect copyright.PENANADbru7JNaYJ
"Why would I lie about 389Please respect copyright.PENANAhf2fYpml6V
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 389Please respect copyright.PENANAT6eKS83zll
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 389Please respect copyright.PENANArh0BdHxU67
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 389Please respect copyright.PENANAj7fCSQ28qN
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 389Please respect copyright.PENANAxNHr1R4Z41
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a389Please respect copyright.PENANAMIIre3bKeh
good way to do it.389Please respect copyright.PENANAYU7uTIEvIG
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 389Please respect copyright.PENANApa9pR1lfbh
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."389Please respect copyright.PENANAGA7TFikhCY
"So you are a liar."389Please respect copyright.PENANAmH0KR3DdNp
"Bring me to the ship! 389Please respect copyright.PENANAinc2mc96Yn
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll389Please respect copyright.PENANAkMhoqrXWP8
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 389Please respect copyright.PENANADhqB1VNIoa
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"389Please respect copyright.PENANAov0TkRLc0p
Some of the feet 389Please respect copyright.PENANAzDNiz6dLMq
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 389Please respect copyright.PENANAjPQslGAygJ
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 389Please respect copyright.PENANA8J0EPlI13p
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."389Please respect copyright.PENANAZj1XGeeRDb
"The weapons were in a 389Please respect copyright.PENANAm6yueLDgDh
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 389Please respect copyright.PENANAKFIZosRGcK
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 389Please respect copyright.PENANAwCt0OUgenF
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 389Please respect copyright.PENANApGdsuuc5OE
important duties?"389Please respect copyright.PENANAbaZ6gqzaw1
Gob shook his head. 389Please respect copyright.PENANA9fsc4bPY2g
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 389Please respect copyright.PENANAuhXialEE5m
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 389Please respect copyright.PENANAzRgrJ7dtJS
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 389Please respect copyright.PENANAA5BMkro8qa
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 389Please respect copyright.PENANACfM56JT3jL
up. "Y..yes Gob?"389Please respect copyright.PENANAOrKumen2aE
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 389Please respect copyright.PENANACZU9v9wTK7
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 389Please respect copyright.PENANA2u4deK7VPn
tie our friend here and then join us." 389Please respect copyright.PENANArQcWAhutC0
"Yes, sir!" The young 389Please respect copyright.PENANAPTdIxoUQUd
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 389Please respect copyright.PENANA0XDESQy3xX
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'389Please respect copyright.PENANAwvX72YAL6g
David smiled, atleast 389Please respect copyright.PENANANWZSP1CfDT
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 389Please respect copyright.PENANABRG46CdjrM
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 389Please respect copyright.PENANAOMXitTRgcA
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 389Please respect copyright.PENANAbhbOR7wO7b
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 389Please respect copyright.PENANAaxYBqnQ60m
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."389Please respect copyright.PENANAu3oe2SPWeR
David nodded as if 389Please respect copyright.PENANArWFjGttD5a
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to389Please respect copyright.PENANAMfl2hPDbzo
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAXzNMtce2nJ
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 389Please respect copyright.PENANAgZBnjoWXVv
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 389Please respect copyright.PENANACihlc2v1MZ
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 389Please respect copyright.PENANA196BmPpujQ
"Denis!" Gobs voice 389Please respect copyright.PENANA5KFSyMANAc
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 389Please respect copyright.PENANArGGEoTvjOb
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 389Please respect copyright.PENANAzCeaUFMG7u
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 389Please respect copyright.PENANAL6wFvP1rXW
in a circle.389Please respect copyright.PENANA5A0STOYJHr
David could easily untie389Please respect copyright.PENANAN5Fzp8NO9L
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the389Please respect copyright.PENANAiBL1zc6mgx
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty389Please respect copyright.PENANATXDSEJfR9d
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 389Please respect copyright.PENANABocyOOKmNU
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.389Please respect copyright.PENANAulD1uhbhGT
David must've dozed off 389Please respect copyright.PENANAkLlrhXnsky
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with389Please respect copyright.PENANApNHksmsZSL
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 389Please respect copyright.PENANAkezE68k4ir
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAdQFfCCrpHj
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 389Please respect copyright.PENANAMt3MQJa3aX
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 389Please respect copyright.PENANASzTZcRIhoc
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a389Please respect copyright.PENANAyWfd4yErfQ
difference, we'll be able to find them."389Please respect copyright.PENANAUFrbxKPrw9
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"389Please respect copyright.PENANA3r5kj9mBO4
"Who'd know?"389Please respect copyright.PENANAqzfTwgcfGB
"You" David said that as389Please respect copyright.PENANAiUr6gv3UVj
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 389Please respect copyright.PENANAUqs1DJHHHm
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 389Please respect copyright.PENANA4H50yPLFV6
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had389Please respect copyright.PENANAeOpzXeb4hi
a choice so David took a gamble.389Please respect copyright.PENANAK0GvLCi5Kc
It seemed to be paying 389Please respect copyright.PENANAAUtn4L8aqA
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook389Please respect copyright.PENANANMvrJjl5Aq
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 389Please respect copyright.PENANAkWkTcTYHr4
wrong move and you're dead."389Please respect copyright.PENANALNi4l3UmXS
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."389Please respect copyright.PENANApMv5XjTNPb
Gob grunted at that. "No389Please respect copyright.PENANAayO6ACei7R
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but389Please respect copyright.PENANAYAVvfieQ7M
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 389Please respect copyright.PENANAoKyczSIGf1
draining from his hands. 389Please respect copyright.PENANADx94Xqpld5
"I'll be able to walk 389Please respect copyright.PENANAyAqX0pie1F
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 389Please respect copyright.PENANATWUyMtqKbl
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 389Please respect copyright.PENANA5DidyA0o64
caused David to lose his balance. 389Please respect copyright.PENANA9O3LxEjrRU
"The walk should only 389Please respect copyright.PENANAF9pnmLzPyB
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 389Please respect copyright.PENANAzr9j3TmC3i
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go389Please respect copyright.PENANAjISgTa7dDf
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 389Please respect copyright.PENANAZtBFmLlfDr
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 389Please respect copyright.PENANAOWh6riKEPt
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 389Please respect copyright.PENANA1cbxKhg48z
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 389Please respect copyright.PENANAPaLWThsV4j
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.389Please respect copyright.PENANA8mwnQmTfJE
To Gobs credit he wasn't389Please respect copyright.PENANAIL5YKRPFgT
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 389Please respect copyright.PENANAIurkx3RNWf
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 389Please respect copyright.PENANAjmgpd07hR6
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 389Please respect copyright.PENANAqfivtegUW8
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 389Please respect copyright.PENANA53TBMKgAok
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.389Please respect copyright.PENANAHVpEYZbS1H
First there was Denis, 389Please respect copyright.PENANAqVUyKyaS3T
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 389Please respect copyright.PENANAAeVsnjVowZ
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 389Please respect copyright.PENANA0MjQUFogiE
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 389Please respect copyright.PENANALNY4lpVJbS
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 389Please respect copyright.PENANAQRRrItQSpb
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 389Please respect copyright.PENANAxoASX7BPID
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 389Please respect copyright.PENANA80MQqY6XBs
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He389Please respect copyright.PENANAVcPgzfird4
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 389Please respect copyright.PENANA5ksMjNFKpa
All in all a group of 389Please respect copyright.PENANAX33u214hnu
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 389Please respect copyright.PENANA8l4BDGzQH0
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 389Please respect copyright.PENANArbGeg8fllz
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see389Please respect copyright.PENANAmzLyKOrGEh
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 389Please respect copyright.PENANAca0VyZlMA4
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 389Please respect copyright.PENANA5VSxZNEneg
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 389Please respect copyright.PENANAwtb4JTjEQv
stuff. 389Please respect copyright.PENANADvU8aCEoiu
Sadly except the names 389Please respect copyright.PENANALqhomypWw3
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,389Please respect copyright.PENANAyfxzTBtHsc
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 389Please respect copyright.PENANAhbctqaVJLy
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 389Please respect copyright.PENANAPZ2spvHE9H
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 389Please respect copyright.PENANAU99FDBpQBW
childhood. 389Please respect copyright.PENANAsQ13Vj627q
David also paid 389Please respect copyright.PENANAvWDlREVhhn
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 389Please respect copyright.PENANA78lStVTzil
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 389Please respect copyright.PENANAAIbPmv1VGK
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could389Please respect copyright.PENANARKkpqkExQp
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.389Please respect copyright.PENANADH4f6ca3oX
The closer they got the 389Please respect copyright.PENANA75PO2bYs9g
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate389Please respect copyright.PENANA0IYSJBXRNz
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 389Please respect copyright.PENANA9M71Jgtl9x
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably389Please respect copyright.PENANAHvrgurcxSC
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both389Please respect copyright.PENANA5kVburD8yC
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 389Please respect copyright.PENANAQi1lHnda7b
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 389Please respect copyright.PENANA92C4cE8Crd
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 389Please respect copyright.PENANAp35l22vWY0
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.389Please respect copyright.PENANAXC0IPYnQjS
They were able to hear 389Please respect copyright.PENANAfrFIxIEe25
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 389Please respect copyright.PENANAPQzMLTBky1
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 389Please respect copyright.PENANAZyY6ZLYBdd
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 389Please respect copyright.PENANAXm87q97M6m
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.389Please respect copyright.PENANAUBweTPs9Cn
"Get down, behind the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAS7FbwoQOJj
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 389Please respect copyright.PENANAcbJfDznVDB
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying389Please respect copyright.PENANA6cdU3075ln
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and389Please respect copyright.PENANApbvvIvQ9ja
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 389Please respect copyright.PENANAxl2Fc2dHFb
nicely with the surroundings.389Please respect copyright.PENANAVpeKnbXCyc
With a groan David 389Please respect copyright.PENANAKL4d6pwhBS
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at389Please respect copyright.PENANA2k6WOGpDoU
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 389Please respect copyright.PENANANUlyYKFjWJ
grunt. 389Please respect copyright.PENANASYYrCojDgE
They all had to cover 389Please respect copyright.PENANAoiOCyMU8wK
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 389Please respect copyright.PENANANnNPMHIiEn
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 389Please respect copyright.PENANAOzDF5mHUQQ
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 389Please respect copyright.PENANARJ1m9PqoP5
them.389Please respect copyright.PENANAUYTtJkrvyX
With a tug of the rope 389Please respect copyright.PENANAaygbP9FYLu
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 389Please respect copyright.PENANAMOTkeBl9lB
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the389Please respect copyright.PENANA24p8jQuGwd
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left389Please respect copyright.PENANAodtJPZvGih
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 389Please respect copyright.PENANAK96eeFDelq
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.389Please respect copyright.PENANAdKWfqfvrxO
"So, where's this hold?"389Please respect copyright.PENANAMBTlzWObuj
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAiUdKOpzWFv
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 389Please respect copyright.PENANAQLdFBBj58i
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.389Please respect copyright.PENANAqFYUBPhBQJ
"It's there and looks 389Please respect copyright.PENANAHWaRENLLHQ
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 389Please respect copyright.PENANAmarxIM4GPG
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob389Please respect copyright.PENANAruVFAgjiJo
"Corruption knows. They 389Please respect copyright.PENANAMUeSkrCOqk
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 389Please respect copyright.PENANAsNlgDlZhAf
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 389Please respect copyright.PENANAONzCbyxmv9
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 389Please respect copyright.PENANANOA8JiLego
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 389Please respect copyright.PENANAuKkphXdJJI
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.389Please respect copyright.PENANAD7Wvh48Tr3
David made a move to 389Please respect copyright.PENANACS3Uat3p5N
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 389Please respect copyright.PENANARYSoi6sIKK
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 389Please respect copyright.PENANA7G4uo167RQ
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 389Please respect copyright.PENANArLB1tdzvkk
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 389Please respect copyright.PENANA0V7uS7PrFX
them. "I think we're in trouble."389Please respect copyright.PENANA5smGvuyWHf
Gob pulled the telescope389Please respect copyright.PENANALNwiVYpSsW
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 389Please respect copyright.PENANAMakVEKz9Kf
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 389Please respect copyright.PENANA8d8RzT0Z3a
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 389Please respect copyright.PENANAezlFjrUjNV
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 389Please respect copyright.PENANANVDoSG676T
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 389Please respect copyright.PENANAczFShB8OUf
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 389Please respect copyright.PENANAjxOuPYKA1O
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 389Please respect copyright.PENANAajQnaOTGhQ
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 389Please respect copyright.PENANA8OmrZjr8F2
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 389Please respect copyright.PENANAbDLf5Ts8ig
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 389Please respect copyright.PENANAkatsiYkSCh
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 389Please respect copyright.PENANAhKEvU7iBl8
reason." He added the last part in a grumble389Please respect copyright.PENANAFZh6bOqDoq
Gob pulled away from 389Please respect copyright.PENANA1lRmbTyWJZ
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 389Please respect copyright.PENANAruuePwGh63
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing389Please respect copyright.PENANAhNlkV2CGFy
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown389Please respect copyright.PENANAKJKavcEEqn
you in your own shit" 389Please respect copyright.PENANAfp2eIpg2Nf
"Now form up and let's 389Please respect copyright.PENANAZgeEMhbIuH
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 389Please respect copyright.PENANAxXp6gtrcji
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with389Please respect copyright.PENANAZupHtSXoE2
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a389Please respect copyright.PENANADfbAHeMGbH
long while.