"Ugh" 439Please respect copyright.PENANAxDIpJRQv5e
"Shh, he's coming to"439Please respect copyright.PENANABiULIiUXtH
David slowly opened his 439Please respect copyright.PENANAyGhSyhs7dn
eye but as he did so he was blinded by the sun, so doing the most 439Please respect copyright.PENANAJVsEqyGkP3
logical thing a one eyed man could do, he went to cover his last eye 439Please respect copyright.PENANAdtzEG5kToH
last so that he'd become blind.439Please respect copyright.PENANAiz27wkkKeC
Sadly someone didn't 439Please respect copyright.PENANAEbiPs1eNjy
like that idea all that much as David was kicked before he could 439Please respect copyright.PENANAp4Vlhf20oK
properly move his arm and was pinched to the ground. "Don't move!" Came a439Please respect copyright.PENANAZl38L5XvqV
gruff voice.439Please respect copyright.PENANAEAxAkpWhq1
David braved opening his439Please respect copyright.PENANA1vGnx79dGB
eye and was greeted by a black hole, looking beyond that he could see 439Please respect copyright.PENANAyroiZrBGu3
the metallic shape that belonged to a musket and looking even beyond 439Please respect copyright.PENANAm7A9klj0L1
that he could see a human shape, staring at him with unblinking, dark 439Please respect copyright.PENANAmXxqsMYIm7
eyes. "Who might you be?" Came the gruff voice again. David wasn't able 439Please respect copyright.PENANAtCHML4gu61
to discern whether the voice came from his friend with a gun there or 439Please respect copyright.PENANAwpbqZsqWQE
someone else. David could see his jaw move but not the mouth itself as 439Please respect copyright.PENANAAZxMD7aW0l
it was covered too much with a beard.439Please respect copyright.PENANAOTLVViU6UZ
"A friend, especially to439Please respect copyright.PENANAfsKfV0Yvc7
those who hold guns to my head." David risked a smile, usually humor 439Please respect copyright.PENANASXMTCIpO1f
and a light attitude would get him out of most situation or at least 439Please respect copyright.PENANAUglMbBdZjK
ease the tensions enough for David to get an in. People tend to 439Please respect copyright.PENANAK4Q26g7iLv
underestimate you, when they believe you're just a fool. Sadly this 439Please respect copyright.PENANAcVwm5u3XPQ
didn't seem to have worked with this particular type of character as the439Please respect copyright.PENANAiwUx52psXk
pressure on his arm increased.439Please respect copyright.PENANAKV2JRImBjD
"Ow, ow. Shit!" David exclaimed. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAYMkYWsuSbS
"Now, again, who are you?" The voice came once more "I won't ask for a third time"439Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6mInPUMuX
~you'll pay for this, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAOJLOHnUPfA
you overgrown idiot~ David closed his eye and tried to extinguish the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAkoFieCtAYh
look of pure hatred. He couldn't do anything right now, but the moment 439Please respect copyright.PENANAyQvKtaEIqM
would come. Right now he had to look scared, but should he go for the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAS5d6bIprTk
truth aswell? ~After all truth is only something you say when you can 439Please respect copyright.PENANAkq5kLioYjS
think of a good lie.~ Before he decided either way David would need to 439Please respect copyright.PENANAnqAunzoMYC
find out if he was dealing with empire soldiers, he didn't imagine they 439Please respect copyright.PENANA02o76x4t2b
would look kindly upon a smuggler delivering weapons to their enemies. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAmonPjgmy3T
David let his eye wander439Please respect copyright.PENANABq7mxTxA73
a bit around his surroundings; he couldn't turn his sight far as the 439Please respect copyright.PENANA2xCO0af0dc
weapon was pointed right at his head. But he could get a better look at 439Please respect copyright.PENANACjC1sVjF82
his assailant and his clothes, definitely not a uniform or anything a 439Please respect copyright.PENANAgdk00nhtDO
soldier would wear. Looked more like random pieces of clothing put 439Please respect copyright.PENANA7N3VRaVzmq
together, definitely stitched and not very well looked after. Empire 439Please respect copyright.PENANAlofXHxTcb6
soldiers may have been arrogant pricks but they were disciplined 439Please respect copyright.PENANA7zwRwMw8Y7
arrogant pricks.439Please respect copyright.PENANAsbQkRQsIkE
David heard the flint 439Please respect copyright.PENANAnnHXfeKtmp
being pushed back, apparently the man got tired of waiting and David 439Please respect copyright.PENANActEN5NxQPL
started talking before his brains decorated the ground he was on. "I was439Please respect copyright.PENANAUglyniOQXS
part of the crew trying to get weapons to the rebels round here. We 439Please respect copyright.PENANATz4RnU3XZZ
were shot down and then...I don't know, I woke up here, must've fallen 439Please respect copyright.PENANARagwSW86Js
out or something." David said trying to sound confused and scared at the439Please respect copyright.PENANA13k0DLgriQ
same time. Which wasn't hard, he was very confused. He didn't know how 439Please respect copyright.PENANAFg3PwP2V39
he got here, he remembered his little episode with Jester but that just 439Please respect copyright.PENANA3ypAeghgl9
left him with more questions. David was also scared, last thing he 439Please respect copyright.PENANAfvZVEQuIe0
remembered before jester was falling out of the 'flying fish' and no 439Please respect copyright.PENANAIRJBJnuMPK
matter his luck he should've died from that fall, yet here he was.439Please respect copyright.PENANA7SJGsYGDdt
The pain in his arm 439Please respect copyright.PENANAy3gbX1Riro
eased off and David was about to breathe a sigh of relieve when the 439Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y1wX8Kyuq
muzzle of the musket hit him straight in the nose, making his head spin 439Please respect copyright.PENANAJLaAeMSjE4
and see stars in front of his eye. "I saw the corrupted ship falling. It439Please respect copyright.PENANACFOD9JqE13
wasn't anywhere close, so you're either lying or a mage to have 439Please respect copyright.PENANA2i85HMmOvM
survived that fall."439Please respect copyright.PENANApUlPkgUpit
It took a second for 439Please respect copyright.PENANAPbreuRfYmC
David to remember that the Imperials called their channelers, mages. An 439Please respect copyright.PENANA1TJoTS5lbO
old word for something that David didn't remember. Another thing David 439Please respect copyright.PENANAtMnUjLcaXR
had to remember was that if they were rebels they most likely hated 439Please respect copyright.PENANADYUU3ppf8w
mages. After all, as far as David thought, you'd need to be at rock 439Please respect copyright.PENANApIb8nOJfUm
bottom with no chance of losing anything to go against a whole 439Please respect copyright.PENANA9S11kpBGIE
government. And those who can't channel in the empire are people like 439Please respect copyright.PENANAJKIMMRPmEU
that.439Please respect copyright.PENANAx3bCzfwQmn
"I don't know how I got 439Please respect copyright.PENANA7JA8aGttx6
here. I just remember falling of the ship." Which was the truth, even if439Please respect copyright.PENANAmC2OmjZq14
not the full truth. "I also ain't no cha...mage." David risked the full439Please respect copyright.PENANA2x6r7OroP4
truth439Please respect copyright.PENANApTYP9rbVE6
"I'm sure if he was a 439Please respect copyright.PENANAClAuXmNbl4
mage he'd probably have killed us by now, summoned demons and the like, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAGKuhODLyFB
wouldn't he Gob?" David tried turning his head towards the youngish 439Please respect copyright.PENANAil2dYLW4rF
voice but had no luck. The man holding the musket grunted though, David 439Please respect copyright.PENANAy38lFVMYnC
guessed that was Gob.439Please respect copyright.PENANAtV7keN0Wg7
"Not how mages work kid,439Please respect copyright.PENANApv7kYX5unh
they'd need to gather their energy from the ether and they need a clear439Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8ATPN3q8x
head for that and be upright. Otherwise they're inviting all kinds of 439Please respect copyright.PENANASqSFk9rQIr
corruption and most mages I've met are mostly concerned with 439Please respect copyright.PENANAOxFTukK7wd
self-preservation. And as long as I keep hitting him in the head." Gob 439Please respect copyright.PENANA9WEZe6F8q1
smashed the muzzle into Davids nose again to prove a point. "He won't 439Please respect copyright.PENANAZpFGmjNGsA
have a clear head so we should be safe.439Please respect copyright.PENANAzfwgZYEpjv
David was having trouble439Please respect copyright.PENANABWivMe9hGD
breathing through his nose, he felt like it was broken in a few places.439Please respect copyright.PENANA8YZIuDz6Uk
Thus he had to exhale through his mouth just to keep his calm. "You can439Please respect copyright.PENANAVvE2srJ9Ko
keep hitting me but you won't get any other answers, because it's the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAFk4oqPUbH0
falling truth!" He exclaimed. David tried projecting both exhaustion and439Please respect copyright.PENANAhzGD1NjV4A
fear into his voice. While he didn't really feel that scared he 439Please respect copyright.PENANAEEK0M4JVcD
definitely felt exhausted.439Please respect copyright.PENANAHzFPBzaZPd
Gob stared into Davids 439Please respect copyright.PENANAbXn2YD6L5B
eyes and seemingly made a decision, he rummaged in his pocket and threw 439Please respect copyright.PENANAMgVoGipGok
some herbs to David, withdrawing the musket from his face but still 439Please respect copyright.PENANAUGLP6tOnVc
holding it aimed. "Swallow some of them and maybe I'll stop" Gob said in439Please respect copyright.PENANA4gwe9sKEcB
a deadpan voice.439Please respect copyright.PENANAvjRK3T3dHD
Sighting David sat up, 439Please respect copyright.PENANA1ExM1LlYGw
his bones cracking and feeling sore. The blood finally flowing from his 439Please respect copyright.PENANAkouAQTbM2J
nose onto his chin, David had to spit some of it out as it went inside 439Please respect copyright.PENANA3G9GawskEv
his mouth. He looked at the herbs and was very tempted to ask what they 439Please respect copyright.PENANAoKqCWM122O
were. But he was pretending to be scared and he didn't imagine asking 439Please respect copyright.PENANAnkKRnwaBnb
would give him an answer, at least an answer that didn't consist of him 439Please respect copyright.PENANAAGJk8o9x3I
getting kicked or hit by the weapon again.439Please respect copyright.PENANA5ESt6a2eR6
David took the herbs and439Please respect copyright.PENANAGASGVfG4lx
swallowed them without chewing. He didn't feel any different after 439Please respect copyright.PENANAxBXgzA4d7a
taking them, Davids first thought was it was some sort of drugs but 439Please respect copyright.PENANAyQg4lXejFD
looks like he was wrong. Gob must've saw Davids confused look as he 439Please respect copyright.PENANAs9XhR6QYXh
explained, not only for Davids benefit but for the others there as well.439Please respect copyright.PENANATIRyHMO48X
"It's called blumeflor, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAlwpK3dheJS
blocks the mage from reaching out to the ether. Pretty rare, the council439Please respect copyright.PENANAnBdpBWBCoD
has tried to burn out all seeds. Of course there's always a way of 439Please respect copyright.PENANA9nDO106fw9
getting a hold of something when you really want it." David could hear 439Please respect copyright.PENANAkuBIjRDwHa
some pride in that voice, which he could understand being a smuggler 439Please respect copyright.PENANAcwH5yiyJpb
himself.439Please respect copyright.PENANAlP9cP0HwOJ
"It's a good way of 439Please respect copyright.PENANApUOHaug6Bs
making mages useless for an hour or two, but a better way of finding out439Please respect copyright.PENANAoAGu6BRady
if they're mages. It causes them immense pain apparently."439Please respect copyright.PENANAsX2pVexHd7
David was going to ask 439Please respect copyright.PENANA49m6XROqif
why didn't he just give it to him immediately but he kept his silence. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAixXRAppAgL
He risked getting up and, for once, Gob didn't protest by hitting him 439Please respect copyright.PENANAheQR1qIRRC
with that musket, not that he lowered it either. This Gob was a 439Please respect copyright.PENANAWgUpyNpHX2
dangerous man, he knew a lot about ether channeling, definitely more 439Please respect copyright.PENANAmJalhT0QMT
than someone who heard about it in whispers and rumors, he had a flower 439Please respect copyright.PENANAqIkkmeZiTi
that disabled channeling, a flower which David hadn't ever heard off, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAE6OFK4Mx5V
and the man most certainly knew how to handle the musket judging by his 439Please respect copyright.PENANAjmeNSEHD63
stance. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAXnlTIPTiMK
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?"439Please respect copyright.PENANAO9FJhVbnA6
"Why would I lie about 439Please respect copyright.PENANAjJWjSb77QB
being on that ship? Everyone could see it burning down in the sky!" Gob 439Please respect copyright.PENANAfIhHZ763ST
looked like he was considering that so David pushed his advantage." I'm 439Please respect copyright.PENANAsUOFePL9Xu
as confused as you and scared to boot. I was on my ship and then I'm 439Please respect copyright.PENANAqo9MHS3Z6J
here alive while my crew mates might all be dead!" David had to win 439Please respect copyright.PENANAMDfBznKVjD
their trust, showing that he cared for the crew he spent time with was a439Please respect copyright.PENANAJKBMCbMlRE
good way to do it.439Please respect copyright.PENANAoJwYbsuGTy
"Oh and you have proof? The fact that you served on that ship?" 439Please respect copyright.PENANAtBtyFKJsqI
"The only things I have is what you can see, so no."439Please respect copyright.PENANAMLYAWdVz9v
"So you are a liar."439Please respect copyright.PENANALrZUdT6m1h
"Bring me to the ship! 439Please respect copyright.PENANAi4D8O8L5o6
You saw where it fell down and if there's anything still left of it I'll439Please respect copyright.PENANAkGv7TtWFMD
be able to show you where the weapons are. I'm guessing we were 439Please respect copyright.PENANAruxPYN6Kfj
supposed to deliver them to you anyway"439Please respect copyright.PENANAEqz7qIRSQy
Some of the feet 439Please respect copyright.PENANAZRbeQDOkHL
shuffled as if embarrassed to have been found out but Gob wasn't 439Please respect copyright.PENANAKQscalahLE
relenting. "Even if by some miracle the ship did survive, the soldiers 439Please respect copyright.PENANA3eyJqcXQA9
would have gotten to the ship first. They were right on its tail."439Please respect copyright.PENANARj7sMwX1J0
"The weapons were in a 439Please respect copyright.PENANA4qsflxzkTy
special hold! Only officers knew where it is, if any part of the ship 439Please respect copyright.PENANADgmhXAgzbb
survived that hold definitely did. Plus would the soldiers really care 439Please respect copyright.PENANA457Fdh0H34
after shooting it down or would they just leave it and go back to more 439Please respect copyright.PENANAxfyRAIlI2R
important duties?"439Please respect copyright.PENANANlXVIdvx0F
Gob shook his head. 439Please respect copyright.PENANA1gnRO6y0HJ
"They would, but..." He seemed to be deep in thought and David begun to 439Please respect copyright.PENANAnyWQLFCfXW
hope. "We need the weapons, if there's a chance they're still there I'm 439Please respect copyright.PENANAx25XWOe52f
willing to take it." Gob said nodding. "There's one thing to decide 439Please respect copyright.PENANAQradhz29p6
though. Denis!" The young man whose spoke up for David basically jumped 439Please respect copyright.PENANAa0Vo2iRsys
up. "Y..yes Gob?"439Please respect copyright.PENANAuBvBuIcxl8
"Don't call me Gob, I'm 439Please respect copyright.PENANA2HRFHJWsos
not as lenient as Francesca." He answered chidingly. "Grab the rope and 439Please respect copyright.PENANAWaIWKACMoB
tie our friend here and then join us." 439Please respect copyright.PENANAK245bE0nhX
"Yes, sir!" The young 439Please respect copyright.PENANAWwOo46Cdc1
man, Denis basically jumped into action grabbing the rope and running 439Please respect copyright.PENANAnKYVr28wLj
towards David. Giving a glance that basically said: 'sorry about this.'439Please respect copyright.PENANAuX9ExFGCxG
David smiled, atleast 439Please respect copyright.PENANAwGAXPWabNq
someone who should be easy to manipulate. "Don't worry about it, better 439Please respect copyright.PENANAXf5xDQE8Tv
safe than sorry, right?" David said easy going and not resisting. Denis 439Please respect copyright.PENANAV7gc9Y9En9
seemed to appreciate that as he put the rope around David and a nearby 439Please respect copyright.PENANAQMSG5ZVVKg
tree in the most loosest of knots. "Sorry about that" Denis said as he 439Please respect copyright.PENANA6YNNUvvNFu
finished tying it. "Gob just likes to be precise."439Please respect copyright.PENANAkh33BAUqgY
David nodded as if 439Please respect copyright.PENANAILeDzHTbR1
understanding. "Yeah, like I said better be safe than sorry. He seems to439Please respect copyright.PENANApDbvbj6YeL
know what he's talking about." The young lad seemed to look up to the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAWAm769le7W
big man, so David wasn't going to be antagonistic towards Gob, a few 439Please respect copyright.PENANAd5z3UvdRFt
chosen words would make Denis trust him. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAtnwu46Ag2r
"Yeah, he really does!" Denis answered eagerly, his eyes bright. "He was in the military before, I heard he served with..." 439Please respect copyright.PENANAV2onR5BMgJ
"Denis!" Gobs voice 439Please respect copyright.PENANAXrr2hROJbe
could be heard before Denis got to finish his thought." I told you to 439Please respect copyright.PENANA6jPMRTnDQB
tie him not to murder him with your voice, come here!" Denis offered a 439Please respect copyright.PENANAIWf2blbvnB
farewell nod to David and ran off to join the rest of his group sitting 439Please respect copyright.PENANALk3n0lUyZM
in a circle.439Please respect copyright.PENANA8iGHP4NS3k
David could easily untie439Please respect copyright.PENANATzNEGP3096
himself but where would he run? The isle was probably surrounded by the439Please respect copyright.PENANAnqBwaRSZU3
military and he didn't know anyone from around here. Plus he was pretty439Please respect copyright.PENANANUuMtMDRxx
sure he'd get shot before he'd be able to get far anyway. No as far as 439Please respect copyright.PENANAIwbhMIHuA5
he could see the best thing would be to bide time.439Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9rcS9tuOU
David must've dozed off 439Please respect copyright.PENANAq0wHg8qeqT
as didn't know how much time has passed before the group dispersed, with439Please respect copyright.PENANAB7EMQzXtjV
Gob making a beeline towards him. David gave him a smile, the most 439Please respect copyright.PENANAeXT6KcwrGJ
disarming one he could muster. "Like I said we're going to go for the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAj2kImdRKOq
weapons, the question's, again, is why do we need you? Even if you're 439Please respect copyright.PENANAjRKWaxLGGp
not a liar at best you're a liability. And if the weapons are in a 439Please respect copyright.PENANAWoflP2gpEY
hidden hold, I don't imagine a lot of the ship survived to make much of a439Please respect copyright.PENANAsTHjVx8OpS
difference, we'll be able to find them."439Please respect copyright.PENANAxYRTRQMpXo
"I thought you people rebelled for a cause, if you just murder me aren't you proving you're nothing more than common brigands?"439Please respect copyright.PENANABYvHykyj5S
"Who'd know?"439Please respect copyright.PENANAK10mNM0aLx
"You" David said that as439Please respect copyright.PENANALKEsv5sBAT
he looked into gobs eyes. If he was a military man he was either a 439Please respect copyright.PENANA1KVmKeESa7
deserter or someone who rebelled for a reason. And David didn't imagine 439Please respect copyright.PENANAKV1pxNVIgI
deserters would be quick to go back into the thick of battle if they had439Please respect copyright.PENANATCvXYy2Szc
a choice so David took a gamble.439Please respect copyright.PENANASKRjn3OEnr
It seemed to be paying 439Please respect copyright.PENANABR2y9JhH1D
off as the answer made Gob pause. He looked at his compatriots and shook439Please respect copyright.PENANAEB4LhV4FXv
his head. "I don't mind if you end up dead, but...remember this: one 439Please respect copyright.PENANAClUuTFkJcr
wrong move and you're dead."439Please respect copyright.PENANA4g5v0YziGc
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."439Please respect copyright.PENANA0QfuvF0nle
Gob grunted at that. "No439Please respect copyright.PENANAJo18mVHvEk
way to answer that right now, is it?" He untied David from the tree but439Please respect copyright.PENANAEX4SLBiADL
tied his hands together so tight that David could feel the blood 439Please respect copyright.PENANAiyM5mn5CDz
draining from his hands. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAfopQVm5Ql3
"I'll be able to walk 439Please respect copyright.PENANA5X1JpJLIFV
faster with my hands untied, and no one leading me." David nodded 439Please respect copyright.PENANADXvDJ03BWl
towards the rope in Gobs hand. Which he so kindly pulled and almost 439Please respect copyright.PENANAnPpGWIcjo8
caused David to lose his balance. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAfIzqZddNpZ
"The walk should only 439Please respect copyright.PENANATm3BXCkLUg
take half a day, you'll be fine. Who knows if you don't make any sudden 439Please respect copyright.PENANAc2F50RfP1H
moves I might be nice and let you stay with us instead of letting you go439Please respect copyright.PENANAW6485cPwHG
into the wild." David shuddered at that, Looking around he could only 439Please respect copyright.PENANAFmxtlexpAU
see a thick forest around them. He never spent a lot of time in nature 439Please respect copyright.PENANA7EriW8hUgV
preferring cities, plus, judging by the look in Gobs eyes, David 439Please respect copyright.PENANAs1UQk3Roj3
imagined that if he did make any sudden moves he wouldn't really get 439Please respect copyright.PENANAtBhRsfZNpe
time to get used to surviving in the wilderness.439Please respect copyright.PENANAgollq1OUsA
To Gobs credit he wasn't439Please respect copyright.PENANACrgxYIWiWB
lying, the walk did take about half a day. During the walk David 439Please respect copyright.PENANAzwlfNnqHRh
managed to glean the names of the rest of the rebels while being led by 439Please respect copyright.PENANAPmotdwG7Jt
Gob, not that the man didn't try to silence them and have them keep an 439Please respect copyright.PENANA46uIPRrktb
eye out on the trees. The problem was that, except for Gob himself, the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAhdq2PeImfY
rest of his group seemed to consist of teenagers.439Please respect copyright.PENANAl6kJjxZp5O
First there was Denis, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAjnHH9g5mXR
the wide eyed youth who seemed to be very eager, but not much else. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAaivStDE6aS
Angela, who seemed to be the big sister of the group and second in 439Please respect copyright.PENANA6SmPRorRTX
command. She wasn't much of a leader but she really cared for the well 439Please respect copyright.PENANA7SrDe8rAIk
being making sure no one was hungry or cold. Then there was Rock, true 439Please respect copyright.PENANAHsKfczlFFW
to his namesake the youth didn't talk much. But he was sturdy, even if 439Please respect copyright.PENANAtAXrIuOMtF
not in character definitely in stature. Finally there was Tick, a 439Please respect copyright.PENANAVk6O2J3qpY
nervous young buy. Seemed even younger, and twitchier, than the rest. He439Please respect copyright.PENANASExJV87gS2
jumped at every noise and Angela was checking up on him the most. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAvGblVwJUxU
All in all a group of 439Please respect copyright.PENANAauVYOJtF0p
people that David shouldn't have problems either conning or murdering, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAo9DUznCMeb
or at least if Gob wasn't there. If he could get rid of him earning 439Please respect copyright.PENANAzO5PHqNNIV
their trust would become tenfold easier. The problem is he could not see439Please respect copyright.PENANAN0hWXHgsoJ
a way of getting rid of Gob. The group may have been ragtag and could 439Please respect copyright.PENANAGuoqirz7Fz
barely hold their guns properly, but they've had complete faith in Gob 439Please respect copyright.PENANAVtBMp12pyH
and his orders, to be fair to Gob he definitely seemed to know his 439Please respect copyright.PENANAnUpgnCHM1P
stuff. 439Please respect copyright.PENANATZ7gl8peTF
Sadly except the names 439Please respect copyright.PENANAqKo2Tf4tUs
David didn't manage to get any other useful information, from listening,439Please respect copyright.PENANAWJ14H2oWDs
as Gob kept most of the talking to a minimum, but their actions and 439Please respect copyright.PENANAJx1DqdeXoX
mannerisms told him a lot about them as well, David was always good at 439Please respect copyright.PENANA5bWrcHTqIy
reading people. He found it quite a useful skill to train since his 439Please respect copyright.PENANAv708mhLauu
childhood. 439Please respect copyright.PENANArNLUEni09v
David also paid 439Please respect copyright.PENANAfZy13O9Ms1
attention to where they were going. A tree seemed as much as any other 439Please respect copyright.PENANAUZBUkrMkuG
one for him but he tried to memorize any landmarks just in case. A 439Please respect copyright.PENANAHjnSR9RN2u
distinct scar on one tree, a nest of ants on a hill, anything that could439Please respect copyright.PENANAsTiG48c6XD
help him in case he needed to make a speedy escape.439Please respect copyright.PENANAJamdDKZXvK
The closer they got the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAY5V9lQ1CLo
more David could see various signs of the fallen wreckage. A metal plate439Please respect copyright.PENANATuXSEABjNN
here and there, a propeller hanging from the branches of a tree, an 439Please respect copyright.PENANA5tyNuuCG4t
eyeball as well as some splatter of blood, the rest of the body probably439Please respect copyright.PENANArh96YRqYJ0
scavenged by an animal. David avoided looking at the remains, from both439Please respect copyright.PENANAkfvXVmYL6K
the ship and his, former crewmates. He wasn't Squeamish around blood 439Please respect copyright.PENANARuZZQH6zRK
and he wasn't afraid he'd see one of his friends but whenever he looked 439Please respect copyright.PENANAZpLUtgjubf
it made him think that he was supposed to be there as well. That though 439Please respect copyright.PENANA9dABBoMG9h
made David shudder and turned his smile into more of a frown.439Please respect copyright.PENANAAjsEtAkNud
They were able to hear 439Please respect copyright.PENANAj6nqf9hbk9
the ship before they could see it. Not the flying fish that was burning 439Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6c8EEvxLV
down and lying in ruins but the empire ship. David knew from experience 439Please respect copyright.PENANAUDfsjitWtQ
that the newer ships did not make as much noise but the imperial ones, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAyhLCbijOM0
with their outdated void-engines made a huge racket.439Please respect copyright.PENANA1TFdGyQWew
"Get down, behind the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAx7lwA9ePCY
trees!" Came a hushed order from Gob as David felt his rope tugged and 439Please respect copyright.PENANADgeLVNRMR4
he fell to the ground with a grunt. David was sure Gob was just enjoying439Please respect copyright.PENANA0r4IyOAqHc
inflicting the pain at this point. Not like the soldiers were close and439Please respect copyright.PENANArp5XnsLrwZ
no matter how ill prepared the rebels were their uniforms meshed quite 439Please respect copyright.PENANAo8sahmlpmR
nicely with the surroundings.439Please respect copyright.PENANAQjf7lrwu32
With a groan David 439Please respect copyright.PENANAQwq2sBpmAQ
looked up, and saw Gob taking out a telescope out of his coat to look at439Please respect copyright.PENANA7kcVKyaiTA
the soldiers. "Camps, they're planning on camping here" he said with a 439Please respect copyright.PENANAajUpuow4sP
grunt. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAGEgHz3BNeC
They all had to cover 439Please respect copyright.PENANApS0Om08gz9
their ears in the next moment as the imperial ship took flight, gaining 439Please respect copyright.PENANA3TPaAvfwc8
aptitude first and then flying above David and his newfound friends. 439Please respect copyright.PENANAvs69GTU4lb
Luckily the ship was quite high so it didn't disturb the trees around 439Please respect copyright.PENANAXkUVxPMchW
them.439Please respect copyright.PENANAs8L0WmDymJ
With a tug of the rope 439Please respect copyright.PENANAA1osUY9CiG
Gob called David over to his vintage point. Slowly David crawled up to 439Please respect copyright.PENANAxcKCtMaFzF
Gob and clumsily held the telescope to his working eye. He could see the439Please respect copyright.PENANAptNv5Oc1S5
'Flying fish' his home for the past few years or at least what was left439Please respect copyright.PENANAjfRKy6ixBk
of it. David could also see the beginning of the encampment with tents 439Please respect copyright.PENANAfwosIpJ1Qv
being set up as well as some markings to establish a perimeter.439Please respect copyright.PENANAz31l52k702
"So, where's this hold?"439Please respect copyright.PENANArZCWFTvNhR
Gob asked, still glaring at the soldiers as if he could see all the 439Please respect copyright.PENANA2cfBBWz0r6
details without the telescope. Without a trace of hesitancy David 439Please respect copyright.PENANAxr49PpieGI
pointed his finger to around the middle of the ship.439Please respect copyright.PENANAWAbrrbOi3L
"It's there and looks 439Please respect copyright.PENANAXl5rgvF9NW
like it's still mostly intact." Score one for David. "Why do you think 439Please respect copyright.PENANA1SNBJnLZYN
they're setting up around the ship?" He asked Gob439Please respect copyright.PENANAWLqaOsyryA
"Corruption knows. They 439Please respect copyright.PENANALJaY5kHu2a
might've found the weapons, and guessed they're for us, so now they're 439Please respect copyright.PENANA7Y7VpfKKav
waiting and doing a poor job of setting up an ambush. Or maybe they're 439Please respect copyright.PENANA4sTRSvA9DU
just guarding the ship till more reinforcements can come?" Gob answered 439Please respect copyright.PENANA6jqscoGdI0
looking sideways at David." I don't really care why. Now give it back" 439Please respect copyright.PENANATxYYeQYes6
he said holding out his hand for the telescope.439Please respect copyright.PENANAsP8z0kNDzq
David made a move to 439Please respect copyright.PENANARaznV3OCUj
hand the telescope back but something caught his attention, a soldier, 439Please respect copyright.PENANAVE9FrAdQsd
David wasn't sure why but something in his mind pulled him towards that 439Please respect copyright.PENANAAsmVlQGIqO
person. Ignoring Gobs growl David kept looking through the telescope at 439Please respect copyright.PENANAIitUxbAYW3
the soldier as he spoke to someone else and pointed a finger, right at 439Please respect copyright.PENANAsYsAZOo7Z1
them. "I think we're in trouble."439Please respect copyright.PENANAaUEpk3P9Hm
Gob pulled the telescope439Please respect copyright.PENANAwnlTyqXHRi
away from David with force and took a look and saw the same soldier 439Please respect copyright.PENANA1ifodByxHh
pointing and a group of others heading towards their location. "Nothing 439Please respect copyright.PENANAU8LGeJ8rur
we can do here anyway, we'll head back now." Gob said more for the 439Please respect copyright.PENANAc8DWegKeCb
benefit of his troops rather than Davids. He pulled David up with that 439Please respect copyright.PENANAOnYnbG2Dqd
rope, this time he was ready for it and didn't lose his balance while 439Please respect copyright.PENANAU5YmCBMp2E
standing up. What David wasn't ready for though was Gob pulling him 439Please respect copyright.PENANAhG6l2paPlA
close. "I still don't trust you." He whispered in a deadly tone. "I'm 439Please respect copyright.PENANAgl4nxVwHR6
not sure if you had anything to do with the soldiers seeing us or not 439Please respect copyright.PENANAZrjweg7eHS
but I'm willing to bet you did." He gave a big sight. "Even so, you're 439Please respect copyright.PENANAsgHO8txmIr
right. We're above leaving strangers to die, and she'd never forgive me 439Please respect copyright.PENANA8vXcPvO4YY
for leaving you to the imperials. At least without a good flying 439Please respect copyright.PENANAZSu0vRC8bc
reason." He added the last part in a grumble439Please respect copyright.PENANA9tUoQ5m28N
Gob pulled away from 439Please respect copyright.PENANAs33Pt6o1h9
David, pulling the rope to nudging David to follow him and continued 439Please respect copyright.PENANANN1AVOq2Ko
speaking in a rather fake cheery tone "So you're in luck, we're bringing439Please respect copyright.PENANAi5vDjquEh9
you to our home. So if you shit in it, I'll be more than happy to drown439Please respect copyright.PENANAa9adGNuWmZ
you in your own shit" 439Please respect copyright.PENANASd4AhXmzbZ
"Now form up and let's 439Please respect copyright.PENANAy1oIASpFys
go!" He barked, to the rest of the group as they proceeded further into 439Please respect copyright.PENANAf7jU6KthDM
the forest and away from the soldiers. Hopefully somewhere safe and with439Please respect copyright.PENANAYpOFVdzriX
a roof above, as David felt that he'd had his fill of the outside for a439Please respect copyright.PENANAlcmvCjm3aw
long while.