"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.
