After leaving Spike's ship, Time Turner went up to the local tavern to get a drink. He needed time to clear his head. He ordered a shot of whiskey and gulped it down. He sighed to himself, "While it was nice to find a good-hearted captain. He was just too reckless sadly..." before ordering another few shots, trying to drown Spike out of his memory.

After wallowing upon his thoughts for some time, a shark came up and sat next to him at the bar and asked him, "Hey, ain't you from the Black Rose Dragon's crew?"

As Time Turner chugged down another shot, he answered, "Not anymore chum breath. What's it to you anyway?"

The shark growled at the insult, but said, "Well, if you ain't part of his crew no more, you want to earn some gold?"

Time Turner raised an eyebrow, "I'm listening."

"Got any idea where he's heading? A little information for a little gold." The shark put a sack of 10,000 gold pieces on the bar and pushed it to Time Turner.

Time Turner was conflicted. While he wanted Spike to learn a lesson, he didn't want to send these shark thugs after him. He said, "Thanks, I appreciate the offer, but I'm good."

The shark smashed his bottle against the bar and held it up to Time Turner's neck, "Well, we could have done dis the easy way, now we have to do it the hard way."

Time Turner sighed, "Why must things always come to violence? Well, it's the life I chose to live." before grabbing some cigarette ashes from the nearby ashtray and throwing it in the shark's eyes, causing him to stumble back in pain, dropping his broken bottle.

As the shark dropped his broken bottle, Time Turner grabbed it and smashed it into the shark's eyes, causing him to yell out, "All I see is glass and blood! You crazy bastard!" before trying to swing at Time Turner blindly, missing each swing without much effort from Time Turner to dodge them.

Time Turner swung at the stumbling shark with the butt of his gun, before shooting him in the chest, causing him to fall back and out of a window. He looked to the barkeep and handed him the gold the shark offered him, "That should pay off the repair bill for the window. I'll be on my way." As he walked off, he sighed, the whiskey didn't do much to drown the memory of Spike. And now with these sharks on his back, he wished he had a crew to help him stay safe. Pirates were almost never safe, but if you had a crew you could count on, you were safer than you would be if you're on your own.

Meanwhile, at Spike's ship, the crew was still a bit chaotic from the fight. Spike sighed, "I chased him away, he's right... I'm too rash..."

Rainbow Dash walked up to him and said, "Spike, everyone makes mistakes. Admitting those mistakes is the first step towards learning from them."

Spike smiled lightly, "Thanks Mythic Jewel, good advice albeit a bit too late. Come on, let's go into town and see if we can find someone to repair the mast. If Finn or the HMS Pinafore know I'm stranded, it won't be good."

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Right, I can see that being a problem. I'll head out with you." She secretly feared that Time Turner would tell the sharks about their predicament to teach Spike a lesson. She told Spike, "I'll be right back, I left my sword in the quarters." before running down to the below deck and checking to see if anyone was watching. When she was certain nobody was there, she took out a crystal orb and started talking to Twilight, "Twilight. I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that Spike is stuck in Flotsam until he gets his mast repaired. The bad news is that he's getting extremely emotionally stressed. He entered a fury state, that's what broke the mast."

Twilight sighed, "Well, Spike's emotional state could make things complicated, but this is the best chance we have at getting the Prince back. We'll have to be cautious, but we make our move at eighteen hundred hours, be ready."

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Aye." before putting the orb away and grabbing the sword she'd put next to her bunk in the crew's quarters, and heading back up to meet Spike and go out into Flotsam.

As Time Turner continued walking through town, looking for some way out of town. As he looked towards the docks, the only ships besides Spike's were Cutthroat ships, and ships belonging to the Red Claw Gang. The Red Claw Gang was better than the Cutthroats for one reason, they didn't have a grudge against Spike, but regardless, they were still a gang. Spike's crew may not have been upstanding citizens, but they all had a sense of morality. Gangs like the Red Claws and Cutthroats would leave you for dead the minute they think you're no longer of any use.

As Spike and Rainbow Dash wandered around town, looking for someone to repair the mast, Rainbow Dash thought to herself, "Am I really doing the right thing by forcing Spike to come back home? Even though he's made mistakes, he still enjoys this life... Is it really my right to tell him how to live?"

Spike noticed Rainbow Dash was spaced out and nudged her, "You ok Mythic Jewel?"

Rainbow Dash popped out of her thoughts and said, "Y-Yeah, it's nothing."

Spike knew something was on her mind, but didn't push further. He had bigger things to worry about than prying into Mythic Jewel's private thoughts. He had to get his mast fixed, and soon, or else the Cutthroats or the HMS Pinafore would realize that he's a sitting duck.

Meanwhile, Time Turner continued to walk around town, looking for another captain to help him get out of Flotsam. He took out his telescope and looked out on the horizon, to see what ships were coming towards the port. His eyes widened when he saw a ship that was bearing the Equestrian Coat of Arms. "The HMS Pinafore... Spike's in trouble..."

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