"Ugh" 565Please respect copyright.PENANAAJ9RWHUZ6n
"Shh, he's coming to"565Please respect copyright.PENANAv3xTpdnRI4
David slowly opened his 565Please respect copyright.PENANAQbkz0v4Ygw
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 565Please respect copyright.PENANAApC3D5IQsO
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 565Please respect copyright.PENANAu1XhNeixYp
last so that he'd become blind.565Please respect copyright.PENANA8qlB0Z4DDk
Sadly someone didn't 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJZdL1wSPZs
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 565Please respect copyright.PENANAQJagma2Ciu
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a565Please respect copyright.PENANAlEWjXVdQaI
gruff voice.565Please respect copyright.PENANAcQvReyxArW
David braved opening his565Please respect copyright.PENANAX13qHCSbQG
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 565Please respect copyright.PENANAVBQiVb8YcA
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 565Please respect copyright.PENANARPU4blh5Wh
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 565Please respect copyright.PENANAtOXjEF6DwO
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 565Please respect copyright.PENANAiAuVC3Z8Qd
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 565Please respect copyright.PENANAuIwor0mjPb
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 565Please respect copyright.PENANAwIqQBZXINa
it was covered too much with a beard.565Please respect copyright.PENANA6cjOcwQE7N
"A friend, especially to565Please respect copyright.PENANAilbE5H4Gxj
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 565Please respect copyright.PENANAr1QaxLF7Ho
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 565Please respect copyright.PENANAtZV7raumiJ
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 565Please respect copyright.PENANANMpeDGLmua
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 565Please respect copyright.PENANA2womrIfwak
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the565Please respect copyright.PENANAHpb9w1rKZJ
pressure on his arm increased.565Please respect copyright.PENANAPud7CChWQn
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAZ25P3jNrGc
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"565Please respect copyright.PENANAD5NwLP6sWr
~you'll pay for this, 565Please respect copyright.PENANAfU9rI3HJ1o
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 565Please respect copyright.PENANALHjGa0aGR2
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 565Please respect copyright.PENANAKN0TW5tfEu
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 565Please respect copyright.PENANAqLltjZ8XMS
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 565Please respect copyright.PENANA1xUvV2zIIe
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 565Please respect copyright.PENANAEiVJTqmqdg
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 565Please respect copyright.PENANAvnSSyfNMAw
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAVD9TgGBw2F
David let his eye wander565Please respect copyright.PENANASpRxLeVaKb
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 565Please respect copyright.PENANASftXdCCaCb
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoaUf0qq7A4
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 565Please respect copyright.PENANA4mC9waCtd4
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 565Please respect copyright.PENANAE1cPeWn9xp
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 565Please respect copyright.PENANAZCbjy3AT0s
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoXwyYnqVI0
arrogant pricks.565Please respect copyright.PENANANmIpbo02In
David heard the flint 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoRo9y0j4FO
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 565Please respect copyright.PENANAqgvKfBDi6X
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was565Please respect copyright.PENANANvtUsC7qV4
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 565Please respect copyright.PENANAD5ht06lSgK
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 565Please respect copyright.PENANAuq0clIEgW4
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the565Please respect copyright.PENANADbZvd3bEdy
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 565Please respect copyright.PENANA5EoGFH04YN
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 565Please respect copyright.PENANAIIZ5JzCZzp
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 565Please respect copyright.PENANASzLzosfzxD
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 565Please respect copyright.PENANAqVuuwHmXk0
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.565Please respect copyright.PENANAzF3kWox20d
The pain in his arm 565Please respect copyright.PENANASHkuRggmit
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJUZTMW3om5
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJVjFJ7ekgg
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It565Please respect copyright.PENANAcSm4QZeLQy
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 565Please respect copyright.PENANAiQtheK9bh6
survived that fall."565Please respect copyright.PENANAWtH8xpDaLv
It took a second for 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJXGEHA4jHc
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 565Please respect copyright.PENANATBM76gPLZq
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 565Please respect copyright.PENANAHNAAWWLcHF
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 565Please respect copyright.PENANAVgcIAyoJ9N
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 565Please respect copyright.PENANAC2OTBgZWQA
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 565Please respect copyright.PENANAW8IL9MsB3b
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 565Please respect copyright.PENANAsxaOjJ6Uvh
that.565Please respect copyright.PENANAHKUWoCtua3
"I don't know how I got 565Please respect copyright.PENANA2WBBDYVYp7
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if565Please respect copyright.PENANADQ2L8hwUwO
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full565Please respect copyright.PENANAeqs4r942kz
truth565Please respect copyright.PENANAgrI20o2MbE
"I'm sure if he was a 565Please respect copyright.PENANANxmlorq4JW
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 565Please respect copyright.PENANAt4wyowhSIQ
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 565Please respect copyright.PENANAK6HhusWfcX
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 565Please respect copyright.PENANAptbxbZymfy
guessed that was Gob.565Please respect copyright.PENANAfT0dPAfbDv
"Not how mages work kid,565Please respect copyright.PENANAzLj3CKzlJW
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear565Please respect copyright.PENANAnTWmA6bOF8
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 565Please respect copyright.PENANAhFLq2J92dI
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 565Please respect copyright.PENANAMwpOx8vgXi
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 565Please respect copyright.PENANALXDme96YH7
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 565Please respect copyright.PENANAemfYuGXA1t
have a clear head so we should be safe.565Please respect copyright.PENANAioPgISSaCD
David was having trouble565Please respect copyright.PENANAagXzUqf96t
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.565Please respect copyright.PENANAGax50m9DYB
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can565Please respect copyright.PENANAuqCCYwmmH3
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 565Please respect copyright.PENANA63MnUyVz24
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and565Please respect copyright.PENANA7eqygPQ5ll
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 565Please respect copyright.PENANAbC29w6ccee
definitely felt exhausted.565Please respect copyright.PENANA7C4DVe6XeM
Gob stared into Davids 565Please respect copyright.PENANAloTUB5wBcN
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 565Please respect copyright.PENANAQMqXFqXwrv
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 565Please respect copyright.PENANA5EqWgvWSx0
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in565Please respect copyright.PENANACQLY9Wxwtw
a deadpan voice.565Please respect copyright.PENANADRhsbrMibl
Sighting David sat up, 565Please respect copyright.PENANActpM795lU9
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoct274AxbD
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 565Please respect copyright.PENANA0t6IHPju3v
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 565Please respect copyright.PENANAyAqJzGXbir
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 565Please respect copyright.PENANA4cVJBrUeRj
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 565Please respect copyright.PENANAorVdVIwsy7
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.565Please respect copyright.PENANA3tpbQCspi3
David took the herbs and565Please respect copyright.PENANA4l0xPXjheI
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJXFvDQFTM2
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 565Please respect copyright.PENANAlR2CsEfvJV
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 565Please respect copyright.PENANAd0pAoyFKd9
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.565Please respect copyright.PENANAdWegCu53CC
"It's called blumeflor, 565Please respect copyright.PENANARROFpVUKol
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council565Please respect copyright.PENANAko0cv9Uc2z
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 565Please respect copyright.PENANAhaLDM8OpWS
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 565Please respect copyright.PENANAgFoY9mIywk
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 565Please respect copyright.PENANAmHUMXJvKhn
himself.565Please respect copyright.PENANAccAXXakfsm
"It's a good way of 565Please respect copyright.PENANA9EVK5HCELN
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out565Please respect copyright.PENANAtIydjEshFB
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."565Please respect copyright.PENANAmIFjzIRl69
David was going to ask 565Please respect copyright.PENANAvrhxKaCm56
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAE8ny9EbXaI
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 565Please respect copyright.PENANAPyNw7n7g2E
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 565Please respect copyright.PENANAXPZlTuj6Jh
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 565Please respect copyright.PENANAjcIGEO7CKw
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 565Please respect copyright.PENANAINf5nkTbOA
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 565Please respect copyright.PENANA1HHtT0SCph
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 565Please respect copyright.PENANALZUMzAqsnF
stance. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAAqJXWELg25
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?"565Please respect copyright.PENANA4rp4cd8aJP
"Why would I lie about 565Please respect copyright.PENANAMCuflkovmU
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 565Please respect copyright.PENANA69nKXUwI9N
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 565Please respect copyright.PENANAVVJPbvkZAD
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 565Please respect copyright.PENANASn5SlhfIE1
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 565Please respect copyright.PENANAmWduLzwLQI
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a565Please respect copyright.PENANApIhq91z2jK
good way to do it.565Please respect copyright.PENANAJdx5ptShSb
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 565Please respect copyright.PENANA7vMVN5t7H9
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."565Please respect copyright.PENANAmBlJwasF9a
"So you are a liar."565Please respect copyright.PENANA6XaZEEGDG0
"Bring me to the ship! 565Please respect copyright.PENANAvQbuEGKX2x
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll565Please respect copyright.PENANAlkLF2w1vci
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 565Please respect copyright.PENANAbV1eEiwis4
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"565Please respect copyright.PENANAMDqAGzCI3h
Some of the feet 565Please respect copyright.PENANA2cxDoRScjQ
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 565Please respect copyright.PENANAuIFH7E2zDb
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 565Please respect copyright.PENANAxACsuvpdUI
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."565Please respect copyright.PENANAwR0OpzagPZ
"The weapons were in a 565Please respect copyright.PENANA4zRxGGVW23
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 565Please respect copyright.PENANA0uIioP8RP1
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 565Please respect copyright.PENANATtRFLNrtFW
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 565Please respect copyright.PENANAMxhrUXUD5m
important duties?"565Please respect copyright.PENANAakYClwsHBk
Gob shook his head. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoeUVNhRMSg
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 565Please respect copyright.PENANAyQe1aKRuJM
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 565Please respect copyright.PENANAEwWMAVRHYZ
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 565Please respect copyright.PENANAisGQZ0u2gM
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 565Please respect copyright.PENANA4xJU5Ivy6Z
up. "Y..yes Gob?"565Please respect copyright.PENANAsd1eyb8OOW
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 565Please respect copyright.PENANAiAQMTZ4gqt
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 565Please respect copyright.PENANA6B2xfWas53
tie our friend here and then join us." 565Please respect copyright.PENANA44zDvXYxyR
"Yes, sir!" The young 565Please respect copyright.PENANA9sUokDqWVG
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 565Please respect copyright.PENANAeyjrRVgsrH
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'565Please respect copyright.PENANAhvX3iaQGlM
David smiled, atleast 565Please respect copyright.PENANALG6jLmHfh6
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 565Please respect copyright.PENANAtTsTG2iwtQ
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 565Please respect copyright.PENANAicRZFbMENb
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 565Please respect copyright.PENANASbhTSXrFd6
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0e26BGO08
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."565Please respect copyright.PENANAxya072f9QL
David nodded as if 565Please respect copyright.PENANAv0vcHd6YTs
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to565Please respect copyright.PENANAdes0sjVzCF
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 565Please respect copyright.PENANA5OphO3wbk7
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 565Please respect copyright.PENANATyZQxvwSMX
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAF9wIkoInmK
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 565Please respect copyright.PENANAsYZqOHqOuX
"Denis!" Gobs voice 565Please respect copyright.PENANA8RBG20Hyyc
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 565Please respect copyright.PENANA8A330IGYLH
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 565Please respect copyright.PENANAitn3ha6fzP
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 565Please respect copyright.PENANAl886YWFPUy
in a circle.565Please respect copyright.PENANA5Wzz8aIqOF
David could easily untie565Please respect copyright.PENANAdSRKXMdFQi
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the565Please respect copyright.PENANAGOJM8v0hp8
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty565Please respect copyright.PENANAmeSHWr6pwl
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 565Please respect copyright.PENANAu6hqeeeiyF
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.565Please respect copyright.PENANAPfWK4Sst6h
David must've dozed off 565Please respect copyright.PENANAwuokN6Ch5j
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with565Please respect copyright.PENANAKweRA8h50i
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 565Please respect copyright.PENANAbEUK8pk1Lq
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 565Please respect copyright.PENANAajbb0LXWCQ
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoxVwvgxGIS
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 565Please respect copyright.PENANAZF6wRt7jiz
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a565Please respect copyright.PENANAixOusKWm4b
difference, we'll be able to find them."565Please respect copyright.PENANAppgCIlu27K
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"565Please respect copyright.PENANAk7bEbqHalw
"Who'd know?"565Please respect copyright.PENANAs5ck7ooUmz
"You" David said that as565Please respect copyright.PENANA6mAhBjkmLq
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 565Please respect copyright.PENANAMQEmSfevSi
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 565Please respect copyright.PENANAS9y8MRNT6F
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had565Please respect copyright.PENANADjPeuf9h2w
a choice so David took a gamble.565Please respect copyright.PENANAsgoNlY7rn1
It seemed to be paying 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJrQz1q16C8
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook565Please respect copyright.PENANA6wlSNbVmR4
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 565Please respect copyright.PENANAKZ0twy4Kch
wrong move and you're dead."565Please respect copyright.PENANA6qLdlEufXy
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."565Please respect copyright.PENANAh02nrANR7w
Gob grunted at that. "No565Please respect copyright.PENANAOgBfLdwmAV
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but565Please respect copyright.PENANAwU2YKHQo3G
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 565Please respect copyright.PENANAw0oExII6lu
draining from his hands. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAnXIrGXFbik
"I'll be able to walk 565Please respect copyright.PENANAxVczN8oImH
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 565Please respect copyright.PENANAepx1ZR9ZMo
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 565Please respect copyright.PENANAXWaznIaxd2
caused David to lose his balance. 565Please respect copyright.PENANA18IMiIyi1W
"The walk should only 565Please respect copyright.PENANAcvbttgVCpZ
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 565Please respect copyright.PENANAuArOeboL2W
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go565Please respect copyright.PENANA2VlAFNbagx
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 565Please respect copyright.PENANA7WcHzZZRmH
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 565Please respect copyright.PENANAJItpYkYOeM
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 565Please respect copyright.PENANAloo5o6i12l
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 565Please respect copyright.PENANA1M5QIXsLov
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.565Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ek6Ml9V27
To Gobs credit he wasn't565Please respect copyright.PENANAb9ea9Tyc56
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 565Please respect copyright.PENANAuIv7BRAswL
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoy23qHcBF3
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 565Please respect copyright.PENANAGDr9FoN9pD
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoSKkEgBB9N
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.565Please respect copyright.PENANA939XwSbBzg
First there was Denis, 565Please respect copyright.PENANAgXP9hOB7ob
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 565Please respect copyright.PENANA5F8v4OqyIw
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 565Please respect copyright.PENANAKuLKxQrNll
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 565Please respect copyright.PENANAz1EgInUqM8
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 565Please respect copyright.PENANAriJi1RJ3ug
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 565Please respect copyright.PENANA8Wskouvseb
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 565Please respect copyright.PENANAe4FE8VGG0i
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He565Please respect copyright.PENANA74cgYD21z8
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 565Please respect copyright.PENANA19PCuROQQX
All in all a group of 565Please respect copyright.PENANAKVaCBWg902
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 565Please respect copyright.PENANAFYhkDUmYTl
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 565Please respect copyright.PENANAOdXYMFQ9Ai
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see565Please respect copyright.PENANAD4MRX5sj8T
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 565Please respect copyright.PENANAvOnDyY87zD
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 565Please respect copyright.PENANANzIcuKvmcW
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 565Please respect copyright.PENANAdirUNdyLcj
stuff. 565Please respect copyright.PENANApRCLnriTCw
Sadly except the names 565Please respect copyright.PENANARiHEBp2glU
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,565Please respect copyright.PENANAck69n9vqiP
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 565Please respect copyright.PENANAa4ennFQXdY
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 565Please respect copyright.PENANA03zF7rdnQD
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 565Please respect copyright.PENANAff6hB37FVQ
childhood. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAZtCTJCFAtn
David also paid 565Please respect copyright.PENANA0TtBuxEIav
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 565Please respect copyright.PENANAkvDHwz63kT
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 565Please respect copyright.PENANAVJlvnJa8II
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could565Please respect copyright.PENANAF1BjcdugUQ
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.565Please respect copyright.PENANAETzf9VTFJj
The closer they got the 565Please respect copyright.PENANA7SrOUpHgrj
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate565Please respect copyright.PENANAh6RdGNRr6A
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 565Please respect copyright.PENANApuPDEqzCG0
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably565Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8xh6S91A1
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both565Please respect copyright.PENANAtDd6HWTJOM
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 565Please respect copyright.PENANAW3B5i1KLp4
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 565Please respect copyright.PENANA0nCHnRNd33
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 565Please respect copyright.PENANAVZ3pNvpzhb
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.565Please respect copyright.PENANAIEZ1C3VZsX
They were able to hear 565Please respect copyright.PENANALUv9nzzAJk
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 565Please respect copyright.PENANAyzRktLx759
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 565Please respect copyright.PENANAUf0uurFb75
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 565Please respect copyright.PENANAS1o3dRYptn
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.565Please respect copyright.PENANAdbZjC6lyav
"Get down, behind the 565Please respect copyright.PENANAmvA4YDxUXy
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 565Please respect copyright.PENANAt0gFtJeoca
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying565Please respect copyright.PENANAZYde9qjQR7
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and565Please respect copyright.PENANANUwwLUiur2
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 565Please respect copyright.PENANAXwvQ9JdB6j
nicely with the surroundings.565Please respect copyright.PENANAtqGSH8lHsu
With a groan David 565Please respect copyright.PENANABUGOMBQ2mw
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at565Please respect copyright.PENANAjOr9XAtZHj
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 565Please respect copyright.PENANABh8sKbRPRH
grunt. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAHVpkcYvTDp
They all had to cover 565Please respect copyright.PENANAO9NsYfY4fj
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 565Please respect copyright.PENANALhyHOKhMcz
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 565Please respect copyright.PENANAr04logdTR5
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 565Please respect copyright.PENANAGBnVsmEZbQ
them.565Please respect copyright.PENANAbLitX1IoFI
With a tug of the rope 565Please respect copyright.PENANAMlhzqrMJT2
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 565Please respect copyright.PENANASlgTzf1hci
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the565Please respect copyright.PENANAjjxWSNF21L
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left565Please respect copyright.PENANASygxcd1wLd
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 565Please respect copyright.PENANAHeyZxLHTQQ
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.565Please respect copyright.PENANAanOcj3JZKd
"So, where's this hold?"565Please respect copyright.PENANAmB1kyO9E8q
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 565Please respect copyright.PENANAGDOnQSWZxn
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 565Please respect copyright.PENANAmtbBQMSx82
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.565Please respect copyright.PENANAQoWrUrd62w
"It's there and looks 565Please respect copyright.PENANAtu0dFER5Rm
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 565Please respect copyright.PENANA62gIuKSYcC
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob565Please respect copyright.PENANAcitWKYdhdz
"Corruption knows. They 565Please respect copyright.PENANAdDhTy3Riqo
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 565Please respect copyright.PENANAi5z2tA3QAw
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 565Please respect copyright.PENANAK7k6mKYEsl
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 565Please respect copyright.PENANALMoGYeeOOl
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 565Please respect copyright.PENANABXyhkpfW7S
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.565Please respect copyright.PENANAPgn42PA6UO
David made a move to 565Please respect copyright.PENANAexufozKMyQ
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 565Please respect copyright.PENANAsLbk4KLtul
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 565Please respect copyright.PENANAVmwf42yzRM
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 565Please respect copyright.PENANALMUtO8RZ4w
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 565Please respect copyright.PENANAR3y1JvQsdH
them. "I think we're in trouble."565Please respect copyright.PENANAUVeCc4uP0c
Gob pulled the telescope565Please respect copyright.PENANAxbMLVfEtzz
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 565Please respect copyright.PENANADT6Z0i0ZQ5
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 565Please respect copyright.PENANACcucUc09p2
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 565Please respect copyright.PENANAwehYIPsae1
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 565Please respect copyright.PENANAm6SDVagy3N
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 565Please respect copyright.PENANAsE3ek9dkzO
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 565Please respect copyright.PENANAnl4OcriWJM
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 565Please respect copyright.PENANAUPoHMNnleJ
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 565Please respect copyright.PENANALULooHJfWP
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 565Please respect copyright.PENANAoxEBnNOEqK
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 565Please respect copyright.PENANAuWE7vzAtfk
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 565Please respect copyright.PENANAh9Mqr41wIC
reason." He added the last part in a grumble565Please respect copyright.PENANAhwKPcIKoNN
Gob pulled away from 565Please respect copyright.PENANABV5evMU2CH
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 565Please respect copyright.PENANAo12s2PKUqW
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing565Please respect copyright.PENANAA8LYcHCW0g
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown565Please respect copyright.PENANABw4OPPwt8w
you in your own shit" 565Please respect copyright.PENANAKrRdcYS9UC
"Now form up and let's 565Please respect copyright.PENANAF6KwxqxZj0
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 565Please respect copyright.PENANA77GzQHDcAQ
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with565Please respect copyright.PENANAAlhotoRNbx
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a565Please respect copyright.PENANAFMothKNQ6S
long while.