"Good job Sparks!" Shouted Hal. "I would punch you right about now, if only you weren't Karnage's protégé." Hal was still overcoming the tug-of-war fight, being dragged out while in the middle of business (with most of the pirates watching this) and getting a 2 hour tounge lashing from his captain.
"MY FAULT! You flicked me in the ear! And don't say you were joking because you haven't been nice to me at all today!" Sparks shouted.
"Yeah well-mmph!" Sparks had his hand over Hal's mouth.
"Before we get into another fight, look over there." Sparks pointed at Gibber who was watching them.
"Huh? Alright Gibber there's nothing to see here. Now get lost." Said Hal. Gibber shook his head. "What? Why not? Don't make me come over there and pound you."
Gibber came over to Sparks and whispered in his ear. "What's he saying?" Asked Hal.
"He sent you to babysit us!" Sparks exclaimed.
"What!" Hal shouted. Gibber whispered more in Sparks ear.
"He promised you what!"
"What did Captain promise him? Huh? Tell me?"
"Will you just hold on! Now what was that?" Gibber whispered more in Spark's ear.
"Well?" Hal was starting to get on Spark's nerves (Not that that was any different than any other day.)
"He gave Gibber 200."
"200 what?"
"Dollars!"
"What!" (that was allot of money back then.)
"I think Captain's really serious about us getting along. He wouldn't pay 200 dollars for just some way to make his crew get along."
"Maybe he's just crazy." Gibbers ears perked up. He ran off to find the Captain about what Hal had said. Acting quickly, Sparks took a 20 dollar out of his pocket. Gibber looked back at it with greedy eyes.
"Listen Gibber! Do you see this 20 dollar bill in my hand?" Gibber nodded.
"What are you doing? Helping me?" Hal whispered. 'This is so weird.'
"Yes." Sparks turned back to strike a deal with the canine. "Now then, answer this question. What did you just hear?" Gibber leaned over in his ear and didn't say anything. "I'm glad you understand." He handed the money over to Gibber. Sparks knew that Gibber would do practically anything for extra money, even if he was going to get paid a lot of money.
"Sparks, why did you do that?" Hal asked.
Sparks shook his head. "As I said, Captain is serious. We need to learn to become a family. And I know one thing about family…"
'Don't say it. Don't say it.'
"…that we help each other out."
"GAHH YOU SAID IT!" Screamed Hal. Both Gibbber and Sparks gave him a strange look.
"Huh?" Sparks said.
"KEEP AWAY FROM ME!" Hal yelled. Just like this morning, he had started running at top speed. Sparks tried to keep up, but just ended up getting dragged, again. Gibber chased after them. His stamina was never too high and he was very slow when it came to running. After Hal took a fifth turn, he gave up.
"Whoa hold on!" Sparks put his feet to the ground, but just ended up falling on his butt. He then noticed three pirates that were eagerly talking and did not notice Hal whatsoever. One of the pirates was Maddog. There was another one that looked like a pilot of Khans, but was wearing black cargo jeans and no shirt. He wore a gold earring on each ear. "Look out!" To late. The panther-like pirate were pushed down to the ground and trampled by the contents of a large tabby and a young indestructible coyote. Maddog was being dragged by Sparks, who's shirt had gotten caught onto a shackle of Maddog's. "Good to see you again."
"What the heck's going on with him? Lunch won't be served for another 3 hours! I didn't fill his room with sewage!"
"You're a whip Maddog. All I said was that a family like us has too stick together!" That made Hal stop immediately and fall to the ground, head buried in his hands, crying.
"We're a family?"