Did you want to go solo or in a team? Either choice was optional. Wanted to play fast and quick or slow and cunning? Fine by the guild. Wanted to wait a month or so to take another job after you just finished one? Enjoy your vacation days. Some would say it was a bit lazy, but to the members of the Red Lightning, they were just embracing the top virtue that everyone loved: freedom. Freedom was what the Erebus Islands were all about. The freedom to do whatever you want with the right to fight back against those who stood in your way. It was anarchy, pure and simple.

Its total anarchy alright.

Aquilina was still struggling with her hangover as she continued to curse Marc under her breath for interrupting her breakfast; a feat she had been doing since they left The Rotten Barrel. Azura was busy looking at herself in a mini mirror while manipulating her mane with her horn. All while Windward was doing his best to make it look like he wasn’t staring at Azura’s flank which was covered by her usual robes. Too bad the pervy grin he was giving was preventing that. And Yasahiro wasn’t there... because that was just typical behavior for him.

I think I'm gonna like these guys...a lot!

“Don’t worry, you won’t be working the ship. Your job is just to protect me and help me when we reach the island,” their scarred employer said from the quarterdeck where there was a large steering wheel with a metal block in front of it. Curious, Spike walked up to see what was going on and his eyes widened at what was in front of the steering wheel. It was a bunch of buttons, knobs, and levers on a metal board that was connected to the floor. “This ship is gonna take us there herself.”

I ship that moves entirely on its own...interesting....

Windward, flying to a nearby door where clanking noises could be heard, opened it up and gasped at what he saw. “It’s one big factory down here!” The group, minus a sitting Yasahiro, gathered around and saw that the stairs lead to a room filled with cogs, pipes, pistons, and more. It looked like a mini-factory then the inside of a ship. “The ship is a machine that moves on its own! Something like this had to have cost a fortune!”

It must have.

“Aye, it does,” their captain replied as he smirked, “but there’s a far more important fortune that awaits us.” He put his talons to a nearby lever and pulled, allowing the boat to move out of the pier and straight into the ocean blue. “And this time I’m not going home without it.”

Can't wait to see how this plays out!

A Doctor Who reference? Oh boy.

Yay! Adventure!

Well let's hope that the item that can blowup a star is forever lost. Imagine it being used on the one Celestia controls. Now that Spike is out on the high seas I wonder if Spike will be spotted by ponies loyal to Celestia and Luna and they recognize him?

Nice set up. I am interested to see where this leads to.

“The Hoof of Omega? What’s that?” Spike asked.

“Eh, some powerful object from another world or something that can cause stars to go supernova. My uncle heard it from a funny dressed pony with an umbrella and a big blue box,” Aquilina answered.

I always enjoy a good reference. One of these days I am going to see all of Classic Doctor Who. One episode at a time.

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Nah, it's ok, it already got used to destroy the planet of the angry pepper pots.

Betcha five bits that Hoof of Omega becomes critically plot-relevant.

Nice chapter.

9134685 But that didn't destroy it

Exllcent chapter wonder if Spike is planning to use the phoenix tears on twilight , spikes friends are really cool too and nice doctor who reference

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Phoenix tears do not work on the dead

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Okay thanks for telling still can't wait to see wwhere this goes

So what did Marc assign Spike to do in the past? Judging from the flashback it was about a mine and several guards.