"Ugh" 563Please respect copyright.PENANAmiIApWJWei
"Shh, he's coming to"563Please respect copyright.PENANAS7cSqWeOG7
David slowly opened his 563Please respect copyright.PENANA2jB9XWGOZI
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 563Please respect copyright.PENANAuaFCh64njf
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 563Please respect copyright.PENANAiLAfQ0E30i
last so that he'd become blind.563Please respect copyright.PENANAWQ4BtgNJsK
Sadly someone didn't 563Please respect copyright.PENANAGBipLz5SdR
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 563Please respect copyright.PENANAGXvkm8NAWZ
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a563Please respect copyright.PENANAAYxDqzdkid
gruff voice.563Please respect copyright.PENANABcpQwcS5vO
David braved opening his563Please respect copyright.PENANAWkB2gd9WqZ
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 563Please respect copyright.PENANA60bVxfD4rI
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 563Please respect copyright.PENANADVCN7Ec2Yp
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 563Please respect copyright.PENANA6LedTVi7EV
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 563Please respect copyright.PENANALtxQolLZmX
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 563Please respect copyright.PENANAVCJbqQhmux
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 563Please respect copyright.PENANAn46M5dxm3D
it was covered too much with a beard.563Please respect copyright.PENANAzjuvectEZT
"A friend, especially to563Please respect copyright.PENANATTQk9eZnLx
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 563Please respect copyright.PENANAQsnBjxX3jO
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 563Please respect copyright.PENANAyTnswYRsWj
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 563Please respect copyright.PENANAiI0LIGw18n
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 563Please respect copyright.PENANABC9AGL54db
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the563Please respect copyright.PENANACLtI632UPY
pressure on his arm increased.563Please respect copyright.PENANAcvSDORfF5p
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYRIxZP1zSU
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"563Please respect copyright.PENANAvjLyE0bUbp
~you'll pay for this, 563Please respect copyright.PENANABwQzdCQBC7
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 563Please respect copyright.PENANAzMNihiSLB3
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 563Please respect copyright.PENANAhuTVyxyYSz
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 563Please respect copyright.PENANA5tfQ6ZdT05
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 563Please respect copyright.PENANAZgMDf2Bhi3
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 563Please respect copyright.PENANAHeeVrdClve
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 563Please respect copyright.PENANAqmZNw07mSX
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAkqjzJTdEo1
David let his eye wander563Please respect copyright.PENANA9HBc3dqMKj
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 563Please respect copyright.PENANAkk0ADXvoMF
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 563Please respect copyright.PENANAxNePpknJ5X
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 563Please respect copyright.PENANAwFbYKKQig7
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 563Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ2AYzNCm8
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 563Please respect copyright.PENANArAaKa5HGLG
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 563Please respect copyright.PENANAF2UexyGyMq
arrogant pricks.563Please respect copyright.PENANAzcvM42pM98
David heard the flint 563Please respect copyright.PENANA6wXPgEe94P
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 563Please respect copyright.PENANAvPfwC83ptF
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was563Please respect copyright.PENANAiefUB1COxv
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 563Please respect copyright.PENANAMuuXwiyy37
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 563Please respect copyright.PENANAddtbzNryHm
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the563Please respect copyright.PENANA6XdgEM5dp8
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 563Please respect copyright.PENANAu1zF4eqmuO
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 563Please respect copyright.PENANADHqOKSeFMU
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 563Please respect copyright.PENANAB5m1rkrAxn
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 563Please respect copyright.PENANAzkMfZZIEAb
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.563Please respect copyright.PENANAJik5pPj3uP
The pain in his arm 563Please respect copyright.PENANA13gr4EOOi7
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 563Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZTy99ehas
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 563Please respect copyright.PENANAND1PalTTCM
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It563Please respect copyright.PENANALt6XIgsEK0
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 563Please respect copyright.PENANAFKyawPCwoj
survived that fall."563Please respect copyright.PENANASMgM1MVtgZ
It took a second for 563Please respect copyright.PENANADVky5vdtmw
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 563Please respect copyright.PENANAxq6O3sOs8i
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 563Please respect copyright.PENANAuFgwDFXISc
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 563Please respect copyright.PENANAcJs3r2hTHS
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 563Please respect copyright.PENANAEBe1Cw9wCj
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 563Please respect copyright.PENANA1L9nFIutFx
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 563Please respect copyright.PENANAicNNXkal3P
that.563Please respect copyright.PENANAiNPpwBV8o3
"I don't know how I got 563Please respect copyright.PENANAFHG7BReDDQ
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if563Please respect copyright.PENANA8pRZmncgt8
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full563Please respect copyright.PENANAnOKyXgQ4DK
truth563Please respect copyright.PENANAqJkJXfDrXA
"I'm sure if he was a 563Please respect copyright.PENANAmiHSbgpAl8
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 563Please respect copyright.PENANABszpRU4BhO
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 563Please respect copyright.PENANAM3oNhsPu6b
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 563Please respect copyright.PENANAMmne8KArwZ
guessed that was Gob.563Please respect copyright.PENANAtlprj4dSlt
"Not how mages work kid,563Please respect copyright.PENANAagX5QSHIfG
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear563Please respect copyright.PENANA09IqbqKMZY
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 563Please respect copyright.PENANA7usqnX7KjL
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 563Please respect copyright.PENANAtFVIsx1L1e
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 563Please respect copyright.PENANAERTLUggDTa
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 563Please respect copyright.PENANAeto9ubBuKJ
have a clear head so we should be safe.563Please respect copyright.PENANATjyfdXCHhh
David was having trouble563Please respect copyright.PENANALraAqicBpF
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.563Please respect copyright.PENANAhtz3r6p5QV
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can563Please respect copyright.PENANAS71kSgaNBP
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 563Please respect copyright.PENANAqNkXCUFp4Z
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and563Please respect copyright.PENANAK6O7iaIsnV
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 563Please respect copyright.PENANALCkB7Hbjjs
definitely felt exhausted.563Please respect copyright.PENANAF7N3jRdZRN
Gob stared into Davids 563Please respect copyright.PENANAWTr2WTGIx0
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 563Please respect copyright.PENANA6a4J7qdh2w
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 563Please respect copyright.PENANAokqnFmXjH5
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in563Please respect copyright.PENANAcrePqkl1Sx
a deadpan voice.563Please respect copyright.PENANA06SgEkyNz1
Sighting David sat up, 563Please respect copyright.PENANAj6cR6qRN64
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 563Please respect copyright.PENANA2wBwu366dv
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 563Please respect copyright.PENANAcoxkE9GOF7
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 563Please respect copyright.PENANACtoNEQCdJx
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 563Please respect copyright.PENANAprR6ZDVbKM
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 563Please respect copyright.PENANA7G6P6liaSj
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.563Please respect copyright.PENANATZJSJQWCL3
David took the herbs and563Please respect copyright.PENANA9yfBXGfmTj
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 563Please respect copyright.PENANAaXyKmdC92c
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 563Please respect copyright.PENANAE6QHk6N7pa
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 563Please respect copyright.PENANAyAwXejgfez
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.563Please respect copyright.PENANASoyGU6CSnF
"It's called blumeflor, 563Please respect copyright.PENANAVkRGV6G2U9
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council563Please respect copyright.PENANAPYPowNnWZR
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 563Please respect copyright.PENANAkDeSXBTQ8J
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 563Please respect copyright.PENANATWPUvuDblk
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYbVitclm4D
himself.563Please respect copyright.PENANAN8htPvuGhe
"It's a good way of 563Please respect copyright.PENANARttmfUvtXQ
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out563Please respect copyright.PENANAP8vlYn81RE
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."563Please respect copyright.PENANAid0sgreZch
David was going to ask 563Please respect copyright.PENANASqkJQczend
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 563Please respect copyright.PENANANCj9WxzFYX
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 563Please respect copyright.PENANAdHMitpqaO3
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 563Please respect copyright.PENANAIPQ3sEGVdZ
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 563Please respect copyright.PENANAc1BOJPueP8
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 563Please respect copyright.PENANAnS0YNzD2Ri
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 563Please respect copyright.PENANAK33PgSqZXz
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 563Please respect copyright.PENANAEh7Q5CCWtl
stance. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAALjZ1mzk5D
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?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAD2EdeeL1ti
"Why would I lie about 563Please respect copyright.PENANAzE1OmMVdX2
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 563Please respect copyright.PENANAEpmB4xUCnW
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 563Please respect copyright.PENANAi2HUKxGNJP
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 563Please respect copyright.PENANABiNhgOOKL9
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 563Please respect copyright.PENANA045VMaLsXS
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a563Please respect copyright.PENANAWYLMccrGOo
good way to do it.563Please respect copyright.PENANAP55nZich6t
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 563Please respect copyright.PENANAUiYnV7V5dm
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."563Please respect copyright.PENANAh2VZG54cbT
"So you are a liar."563Please respect copyright.PENANAMmnWINk9m3
"Bring me to the ship! 563Please respect copyright.PENANA7xzVjAfbNW
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll563Please respect copyright.PENANAPWt5CIplDd
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 563Please respect copyright.PENANApBv43dxpiq
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"563Please respect copyright.PENANArGGCD5hlaw
Some of the feet 563Please respect copyright.PENANAgBOQnfm5OS
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 563Please respect copyright.PENANAUGJ66p8IaN
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 563Please respect copyright.PENANAIZHelZ7gBl
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."563Please respect copyright.PENANABGc48AhiS8
"The weapons were in a 563Please respect copyright.PENANATq4QqttR5j
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 563Please respect copyright.PENANALJVyLUCfpl
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 563Please respect copyright.PENANAWv6M7Yi3I2
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 563Please respect copyright.PENANAswMlwIbzCf
important duties?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAyFO9Q1o2NV
Gob shook his head. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAZnJhQMx3kP
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 563Please respect copyright.PENANA0olMQRg6qE
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 563Please respect copyright.PENANAGAd80hxRwn
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 563Please respect copyright.PENANAayvMApFVTj
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 563Please respect copyright.PENANA7uKJ5GC9vz
up. "Y..yes Gob?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAitnaU9IH7B
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 563Please respect copyright.PENANAjILZ3vvOMf
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 563Please respect copyright.PENANALDn7IEPRTy
tie our friend here and then join us." 563Please respect copyright.PENANAM3Rsy2dlO1
"Yes, sir!" The young 563Please respect copyright.PENANAk7rUmFmLQh
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 563Please respect copyright.PENANA5L0yjz2rtG
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'563Please respect copyright.PENANAOWRikld55w
David smiled, atleast 563Please respect copyright.PENANA8Px5oYCFF2
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 563Please respect copyright.PENANAf9IBD4Ha00
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 563Please respect copyright.PENANABqX4C8u3VV
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYOBxkNvSlF
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 563Please respect copyright.PENANAFVPTb2mskF
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."563Please respect copyright.PENANANTWS9lGNqS
David nodded as if 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYtw9K0zz9g
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to563Please respect copyright.PENANAfAwjgs8C6Q
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 563Please respect copyright.PENANAKAF08jksOv
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 563Please respect copyright.PENANAvQDlzT8GnZ
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 563Please respect copyright.PENANATN8xZfx9ph
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 563Please respect copyright.PENANAElKr71TtBC
"Denis!" Gobs voice 563Please respect copyright.PENANAzqkHkuLplb
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 563Please respect copyright.PENANAVmkGL6rRjh
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 563Please respect copyright.PENANAKkTzead4Ef
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 563Please respect copyright.PENANAVoQpU35Mdu
in a circle.563Please respect copyright.PENANAuVasyeo40Q
David could easily untie563Please respect copyright.PENANAWxEoovaWmi
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the563Please respect copyright.PENANAUR2NJL4Rzq
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty563Please respect copyright.PENANA1diVnb74IU
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 563Please respect copyright.PENANAEtHSxU7xSh
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.563Please respect copyright.PENANAQUcCURzcTw
David must've dozed off 563Please respect copyright.PENANAgmMhtm4PlX
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with563Please respect copyright.PENANACHNfQcuUpU
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 563Please respect copyright.PENANAqZJCbXoYRs
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 563Please respect copyright.PENANApO4vbA21Tw
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 563Please respect copyright.PENANAWOqghWLZFp
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 563Please respect copyright.PENANAIkpY1tqBJN
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a563Please respect copyright.PENANA99jLbullxy
difference, we'll be able to find them."563Please respect copyright.PENANA6zvTPoqqf8
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAksMbZVmotV
"Who'd know?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAkxHbpnhtHa
"You" David said that as563Please respect copyright.PENANAjf0Web45WV
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 563Please respect copyright.PENANA7SvYAE1H10
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 563Please respect copyright.PENANATHvymXnLeJ
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had563Please respect copyright.PENANAIX3XVFe1ZG
a choice so David took a gamble.563Please respect copyright.PENANA0zKdzNFgui
It seemed to be paying 563Please respect copyright.PENANAzkUR7rGfmZ
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook563Please respect copyright.PENANAKN0TIEbO3r
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 563Please respect copyright.PENANADplaotGj6h
wrong move and you're dead."563Please respect copyright.PENANAO7T0rssZ1h
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."563Please respect copyright.PENANAqSCb3e910L
Gob grunted at that. "No563Please respect copyright.PENANAmyH10iTZcF
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but563Please respect copyright.PENANACgHwhYKSn8
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 563Please respect copyright.PENANAZTmsKOT85E
draining from his hands. 563Please respect copyright.PENANA7DluIU9d0C
"I'll be able to walk 563Please respect copyright.PENANALx1esp2cUa
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 563Please respect copyright.PENANAw9VlCZ1YDi
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 563Please respect copyright.PENANAxxfD18ZHJj
caused David to lose his balance. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAD72vI9EriN
"The walk should only 563Please respect copyright.PENANAqkKiFiVHur
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 563Please respect copyright.PENANAws3mmrmWeo
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go563Please respect copyright.PENANAWBXIsCQhlb
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 563Please respect copyright.PENANAbthoKU0mXI
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYv5aqDn6Ud
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 563Please respect copyright.PENANAhLYbINVmnf
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 563Please respect copyright.PENANATsGT0C1PlP
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.563Please respect copyright.PENANAW9MDnswtR9
To Gobs credit he wasn't563Please respect copyright.PENANALp187zMhkd
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 563Please respect copyright.PENANAcUfUGc5x3u
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 563Please respect copyright.PENANAoiMrULWSFh
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 563Please respect copyright.PENANAOrSpVtEOXB
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ4xUWG06o
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.563Please respect copyright.PENANAWp9VuUGgxZ
First there was Denis, 563Please respect copyright.PENANAIoT87qSoGO
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAK3IfsbeANX
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 563Please respect copyright.PENANAnunl0IJF3d
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 563Please respect copyright.PENANAlPNrtRKJII
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 563Please respect copyright.PENANA1FKK6T2TbM
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 563Please respect copyright.PENANA7bJbbUlfIh
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 563Please respect copyright.PENANAoKcmRFPGxv
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He563Please respect copyright.PENANADpfZ1h4Rtg
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 563Please respect copyright.PENANABFgm4svGI1
All in all a group of 563Please respect copyright.PENANAj3Zuc69OR3
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYrCkpgXq3s
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 563Please respect copyright.PENANAeIhz3RKz3Y
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see563Please respect copyright.PENANA062eq3Xz0b
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 563Please respect copyright.PENANAeVhE48yERV
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 563Please respect copyright.PENANAyRVdrtasr0
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 563Please respect copyright.PENANAX4dYRD5ynl
stuff. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAG8yOkgDagR
Sadly except the names 563Please respect copyright.PENANAbY3fJUpMhC
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,563Please respect copyright.PENANAtwnfgYzExP
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 563Please respect copyright.PENANAHEoUoN7L8B
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 563Please respect copyright.PENANAOwTME61itc
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 563Please respect copyright.PENANAWjqD1CbkG1
childhood. 563Please respect copyright.PENANApp6oqQX0Xz
David also paid 563Please respect copyright.PENANA8SDfOjIFtl
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 563Please respect copyright.PENANAf8eB4ua9MI
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 563Please respect copyright.PENANAFyuIK3oPPi
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could563Please respect copyright.PENANAIvLkBUSLfn
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.563Please respect copyright.PENANA6oxYNHWt5R
The closer they got the 563Please respect copyright.PENANAm4rsOlbAbE
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate563Please respect copyright.PENANAFhcr0kQRQm
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 563Please respect copyright.PENANA0HXwXRHz0G
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably563Please respect copyright.PENANAtCRQDoNCol
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both563Please respect copyright.PENANAiKF5bFAKPQ
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 563Please respect copyright.PENANAG5ZvraDSBI
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 563Please respect copyright.PENANAk2nLdIVQen
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 563Please respect copyright.PENANAa9A8fXmoKq
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.563Please respect copyright.PENANA3WznsBaN7e
They were able to hear 563Please respect copyright.PENANAJMHsBbGwjq
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 563Please respect copyright.PENANAlOzzOytP0D
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 563Please respect copyright.PENANAjjG6YODikO
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 563Please respect copyright.PENANAugUjJgrDwl
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.563Please respect copyright.PENANAqXDD4v8qHx
"Get down, behind the 563Please respect copyright.PENANASBJ5uS580m
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 563Please respect copyright.PENANAO1xVRcSvzC
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying563Please respect copyright.PENANA5FkMlfsq5m
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and563Please respect copyright.PENANAYzlbmTscc1
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 563Please respect copyright.PENANADQq71sAlAz
nicely with the surroundings.563Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ynvwc2Ldj
With a groan David 563Please respect copyright.PENANAzWMsV4JCUt
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at563Please respect copyright.PENANAzlopG0M6cp
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 563Please respect copyright.PENANAd31zzy4fkK
grunt. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAooO10p0ak9
They all had to cover 563Please respect copyright.PENANAGyRjZEHlRt
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 563Please respect copyright.PENANAXcgAMB8Shk
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 563Please respect copyright.PENANAtqCSLzOW6y
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 563Please respect copyright.PENANAq3b6pt7pfR
them.563Please respect copyright.PENANAy5jGZ3y4s6
With a tug of the rope 563Please respect copyright.PENANApCH5DYQj2P
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 563Please respect copyright.PENANAKWcadhltJu
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the563Please respect copyright.PENANAanxUGVzla7
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left563Please respect copyright.PENANAl7p1Z0VzrA
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 563Please respect copyright.PENANAlOVmpQLuya
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.563Please respect copyright.PENANAxLuBoTNTfh
"So, where's this hold?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAKScGDgVT8t
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 563Please respect copyright.PENANAhSldYlOqXM
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 563Please respect copyright.PENANAGOUZXUc24G
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.563Please respect copyright.PENANAi5ZROQ2Apv
"It's there and looks 563Please respect copyright.PENANALW3ljvnaH9
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 563Please respect copyright.PENANAv1PqUOS84K
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob563Please respect copyright.PENANAvoyu9InWf6
"Corruption knows. They 563Please respect copyright.PENANAYPbxHsrYEe
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 563Please respect copyright.PENANACtt7puuOo4
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 563Please respect copyright.PENANA1zqKmeg1Dk
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 563Please respect copyright.PENANAwAOg5f180c
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 563Please respect copyright.PENANAJh6YYTL1sN
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.563Please respect copyright.PENANA0hjHc9FVjM
David made a move to 563Please respect copyright.PENANAaCtBtUZuo3
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 563Please respect copyright.PENANALfPGpeUJ1W
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 563Please respect copyright.PENANAOr3Rp3x4YO
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 563Please respect copyright.PENANAsq428aDV4s
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 563Please respect copyright.PENANA85ZKlsCoSt
them. "I think we're in trouble."563Please respect copyright.PENANAww6C9dTM9R
Gob pulled the telescope563Please respect copyright.PENANAHyB93KW5NV
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 563Please respect copyright.PENANAyxXuxzP1P4
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 563Please respect copyright.PENANAZi4gJDwhzN
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 563Please respect copyright.PENANApeShq21xsO
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 563Please respect copyright.PENANA9MopMsORSp
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 563Please respect copyright.PENANAIwjpsFoG9X
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 563Please respect copyright.PENANAsZbJK9BDHd
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 563Please respect copyright.PENANAvdBsqRn4SN
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 563Please respect copyright.PENANAzZWOxf3RZ0
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 563Please respect copyright.PENANAPuswPSTJ8n
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 563Please respect copyright.PENANAi9bsaGRyAU
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 563Please respect copyright.PENANAux07Emn0ab
reason." He added the last part in a grumble563Please respect copyright.PENANAViJZzQotja
Gob pulled away from 563Please respect copyright.PENANAuIGRQw34ce
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 563Please respect copyright.PENANA8egMFBSDcp
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing563Please respect copyright.PENANA3MkBMo0AWu
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown563Please respect copyright.PENANA390NfeSEYn
you in your own shit" 563Please respect copyright.PENANAqciKhlyX0R
"Now form up and let's 563Please respect copyright.PENANAuhZ4L2SneM
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 563Please respect copyright.PENANAb3Y6AKHDK7
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with563Please respect copyright.PENANADsfXsTAxpW
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a563Please respect copyright.PENANAgwYiDBqf3V
long while.