Spike had finally woken up again, now with his strength returned to nearly full. He climbed out of his bed and walked up to the deck. He saw they were in Flotsam, and went over to Rainbow Dash to ask, "Forget about earlier today, what are we doing in Flotsam?"

Rainbow Dash explained, "Well, the next clue said we needed to find Gunn's old cabin boy, One Eyed Jack. Apparently he's the owner of the tavern here in Flotsam these days, a place called The Black Spot."

Spike nodded, "Let's get going then, get Time Turner and Morgan, I'm taking the three of you with me."

Rainbow Dash bit her bottom lip at the mention of the former name, earning a confused expression from Spike.

"Mythic Jewel, is something wrong?" Spike asked, concerned.

"It's just..." Rainbow Dash paused, wondering if now was the right time to tell Spike the full story or wait until later.

"Mythic Jewel, what's wrong?" Spike asked, hearing the concern in her voice and seeing the hesitation written on her face.

Taking a deep breath, Rainbow Dash told Spike about what had happened after they escaped the raging inferno. Causing Spikes face too morph into an expression of shock, concern, and then finally anger. Anger directed at Rainbow Dash for keeping this information from him.

"Captain-" Rainbow Dash said, easily seeing the anger etched across his face, but being cutoff immediately.

"Save it," he said a cold hard tone. "I must go to deal with this immediately," he said before storming off. When he found Time Turner, he said, "So, you think I'm a bad captain?"

Time Turner raised an eyebrow, "Who gave you that impression?"

Spike growled, "Don't fuck with me! Mythic Jewel told me what you thought of my decision! You don't like the way I'm running this ship; you can stay here in Flotsam!"

Time Turner growled back, "I have my reasons for thinking you were crazy! You nearly got all of us burned alive! If you hadn't told Anne to set the place ablaze, Bulk Biceps and Mythic Jewel wouldn't have needed those Mojo Potions!"

Morgan watched the fight from afar and whispered to Bonnie Anne, standing right next to her, "Should we intervene? The captain's temper often gets him into trouble."

Bonnie Anne responded, "Let's just keep our distance for now. If we need to act, we will."

Time Turner continued to yell, "Spike, I never said you're a bad captain! You're one of the best captains I've sailed with, but you don't think things through all the way! That's what cost you your hand, and what got Zecora killed!"

Spike's eyes widened in rage when Time Turner mentioned Zecora, and punched Time Turner in the face with his good hand.

Rainbow Dash could see Spike's eyes turning into cat-like slits. This was a byproduct of his Dragon heritage, when they get too angry, they go on a rampage. She'd seen one of those rampages when he was younger, and it terrified her. She never wanted Spike to act out of anger like that again, but she didn't know if there was anything she could do to calm him down at this point.

Adagio was in shock at the look of Spike's eyes, 'Nice going TT, you've sent him into a fury state!'

As Time Turner rubbed his face in pain, he noticed Spike's eyes, 'So this is the rumored fury state... This would be truly terrifying if he were a stronger dragon. Thankfully he's still young and fairly manageable. Now to just get him under control.' he thought as he tried to restrain Spike in a barrier of magic.

Spike hissed and battered at the magical barrier surrounding himself, easily causing cracks to form upon it thanks to his increased strength from his rage infilled state of mind.

"Shit, somebody give me a hand," Time Turner called out as Spike began tearing through the barrier.

"On it," said Adagio as she entered the fray and started using her siren powers to try and hypnotize Spike into a state of calmness.

Yet she didn't get more than a few seconds to try and calm him before he broke though the barrier with a newfound depth of strength and slashed at Adagio with his claws.

"Woah there, Captain." said Morgan, who leapt in and blocked Spike's attack with her sword. "You wouldn't want to hurt such a pretty lady," she halfheartedly joked. Hoping that her attempt at humor would reach his buried sanity and cause him to cease this rampage.

"Grrrrr," was the response she got as he then tried stabbing her with his sword hand. Forcing her to quickly shove herself and Adagio out of the way. Yet thankfully, as he tried moving to attack his two closest targets once more. He was stopped by his sword hand being deeply impeded in the floor of the ship thanks to the sheer force he put into his previous thrust.

"There's no way that will hold him for long," Time Turner warned as he watched Spike pull at his trapped arm, already hearing the groaning of the wood as the floorboard struggled to stay together.

"We have no choice. We've got to knock him out," Rainbow Dash ordered to everyone, though with pain evidently filling her tone of voice.

"Maybe I can try lulling him to a state of calmness again," responded Adagio, not wanting to hurt Spike.

"That won't work," Rainbow Dash said as she sadly shook her head. " He's too far into his rage now for that. We have to use force."

"I'll do it," said the booming voice of Bulk Biceps.

"Bulk, what are you doing up here? You're supposed to be in the hull resting," shouted a surprised Time Turner.

"Hard to do that with all the noise being made up here and it looks like you need all the help you can get."

"No, my friend," countered Time Turner. "You're still not fully healed from your previous injuries. You can't do this."

"We really don't have a choice right now," was his response as he dashed towards the still struggling Spike and threw a punch towards Spike's head. Yet it didn't work as Spike quickly refocused his attention on the new threat right in front of caught the attack with his free hand, despite the clear difference in size and supposed strength.

"By Celestia," Bonnie whispered in absolute terror as she watched Spike's form begin to grow.

"RRRRGGHHHH," Spike roared as his body began to change, his once average looking body expanding that he inadvertently freed himself as the clasps holding his sword hand to the stump of his arm shattered. No longer able to accommodate his new and imposing size, nor his clothes for that matter. Much to the blushing faces of the girls who saw his exposed and ripped new form.

"I'd be all for this in any other situation," whistled Morgan. "But not here," she finished as she saw Bulk Biceps being pushed back.

"This is for your own good Spike," said Rainbow as she emphasized her statement by delivering a quick and powerful upper kick to Spikes head. Causing him to release his hold on Bulk Biceps and stagger backwards, which was quickly followed with a powerful punch to his stomach from Bulk Biceps. Sending Spike flying back into the main mast of the ship, snapping it upon impact. Forcing everyone save the dazed Spike to jump ship as the mast and sails fell, where it created a thunderous clap upon impact.

As the crew got up on the docks as the mast fell, Rainbow Dash yelled, "Spike!" hoping the mast didn't fall on him and crush him. She walked back towards the ship and heard light moaning.

Bulk Biceps got back onto the ship and used what strength he had left to lift the mast and sails so they could see Spike. He was unconscious, but thankfully he'd returned to his normal size.

Time Turner walked over to Spike's unconscious body and kneeled down, "I have never seen, read, nor heard of such a young dragon having that sort of power in their fury state! Whatever the reason for this insane level of power at such a young age, this only confirms my fears that he is dangerous."

"Save it," snapped Rainbow Dash as she carried the unconscious prince. "We have more important things to worry about right now then your personal issues."

Time Turner growled, "You and I both know I speak the truth. Spike's actions have nearly gotten us all killed multiple times."

Rainbow Dash set Spike down on a barrel, leaning up against the wall, and walked over to Time Turner, before glaring at him eye to eye. "Shut up! If you hadn't brought up Zecora, this situation would have never happened! You're treating Spike like he's a monster, and you have absolutely no compassion for him! He's young, he's new to piracy, and everyone makes mistakes, get used to it! If you don't feel safe around Spike, then just get the hell of this ship and find a new captain!"

Time Turner growled and looked to the rest of the crew saying, "I can't be the only one who feels this way, can I!?"

Bulk Biceps walked over to Time Turner, "I've got to side with TT on this one. I understand Spike's trying his hardest, but he's making too many hasty choices, and they never end well. I'm not saying he's a bad captain, but he's made a lot of choices that have put us and himself at risk."

Adagio walked over to Rainbow Dash, "I'm with Mythic. Spike's still young, and he has a flawed view of piracy. He needs more help learning how to be a true pirate without being too rash."

Morgan joined in with Rainbow Dash and Adagio, "Agreed Adagio, part of why I joined Spike's crew is because I saw potential in him as a duelist. I still see that potential, but he needs to unlock it properly, and we're supposed to be here to help him, we're not just here for the ride or to ditch Spike, we're crewmates, we need to help each other."

As the rest of the crew looked at Bonnie, she scratched her chin, "You both make compelling arguments. Spike's still young, and he's bound to makes mistakes, especially considering what fuels him is a thirst for vengeance. On the other hand, these mistakes keep happening, and they've been getting more and more threatening to our safety."

"So... that's what you think of me," Spike suddenly said to the surprise of everyone. "I was never knocked out, I just wanted to know what all you think of me without me interrupting." before being set down by Rainbow Dash and saying, "Time Turner, you're right, I've been putting us all in danger too often, and if you don't want to be on my crew anymore, you're free to leave. If you do agree to stay though, I'll make it so that we all have a vote in what we do next."

Time Turner sighed, "That's all well and good Cap- Spike. It's just... while you're not a bad captain per say, you're just too rash for my taste. Thus, I feel I must leave. Perhaps our paths will cross again one day." Before walking off the ship and waving goodbye.

Spike sighed in disappointment, he knew Time Turner was right about him, but that didn't make it any easier to say goodbye to him. "Mythic Jewel, Morgan, you're with me, we're going to go see Jack. Bonnie, Adagio, go into town and see if you can find somebody to fix the mast. Bulk, I'm sorry for interrupting your rest, go back to the cabin and get some more."

All the crew nodded saying, "Aye" before going to their assigned stations.

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