It was now sunset and the sun was halfway over the horizon. Next to the ship on the edge of the wooden dock sat Carrie gazing at the sunset. Behind her was a monkey arguing with a chicken, but she tuned out the sound of there voices creating a peaceful atmosphere. She took a deep breath taking in all the different smells surrounding her. Columbus then walked up to her and stood next to her.

"A moment of peace before we move on again." He said.

"It might be the last one I get for a while."

"Were are the others?" Columbus asked looking around.

"Simba's resting, Dante and Jamie are probably... making good use of the time they have here and Lexy is waiting for Gumball to come back."

"Were did he go?" Columbus asked curiously.

"Him and Lexy got into an argument and he walked off, but he'll be back, he just needs some time to clear his head." Carrie said slowly losing her smile.

"Well, it was a rough day."

They were both silent for a moment and watched as the tip of the sun fully set over the horizon. Columbus then wanted to say something, but thought about it for a few seconds and then decided against it.

On the roof of a little wooden house that was deeper into the small village port, sat Gumball and Penny. They were also watching the sunset over the horizon.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Penny asked.

"It sure is." Gumball replied, still looking at the spot where the sun used to be. He then turned his gaze to her.

"Thank you Penny for spending some time with me. I really just needed to get my mind off some things."

"Well, I'm glad I could help."

"It's a shame I have to leave tomorrow. I like it here, it's so peaceful."

Penny giggled. "I thought you were a pirate?"

"It was never my choice, I was forced into it."

"They pillaged your ship and took you captive." She said looking a little sad now.

"Yeah, but it's fine. I met a few people I can live with... Maybe it's about time I head back." He said looking at the ship.

"Ok, just remember your always welcome here." She said and gave Gumball a small kiss on the cheek.

With that he got down from the roof and started walking back. As he came to the dock the first thing he saw was Lexy sitting on the wooden floor, leaning against a create. At first she was looking down, but then noticed the person standing close to her. She looked up and saw Gumball standing there.

"G-Gumball!" She said and got up.

"Hey Lexy. Look, about earlier today-"

"Forget about it! I'm just happy your ok." She said with a heartfelt smile. Gumball returned the smile and they walked back to the ship.

The following day arrived and the Reclaimer had received some much needed repairs, although it wasn't fully repaired. The captain and the quartermaster stood by the plank connecting the two ships.

"After were done gathering supplies we'll come back here." Said the captain.

"I thought we're going to meet in Havana."

"We're still lacking the necessary crew for the Freeman's Tracker. We should be gone for no longer then two or three days."

"I captain." The quartermaster said and walked over the the Freeman's Tracker. Two men then slid the plank back on board the Reclaimer to allow the ship to leave. The quartermaster was to stay behind, being the only man the captain trusted to look after it.

"Loosen the sails!" A turtle shouted from the ships wheel.

The sails were dropped and the ship sailed off. In the lower deck Gumball stood by the steps leading up onto the ships deck, drinking a bottle of water. After lowering the bottle he wiped away a few drops left on his lips.

"So, who was she?" Simba asked from behind.

"Huh?" Gumball asked turning to face him. "What do you mean?"

Simba now had his clothes back on and was looking a lot better today.

"You left so angry and came back so happy. Meaning, you met someone. Which brings me back to my question. Who was she?"

Gumball laughed knowing he obviously couldn't deny it. "Her name is Penny."

"Is she cute?"

"Definitely." He said picturing her in his mind.

Simba laughed at Gumballs love struck face. "Focus man."

"Huh, Oh of course. How are you feeling by the way? Shouldn't you have stayed behind."

"A lot better. So much in fact that I feel more then ready to go out to sea again. Not sure how though."

Gumball grinned and drank some more of his water. He then offered some to Simba who took the bottle and drank some as well.

About two hours later the ship came across another pirate ship, but there was a problem. It was a frigate being chased by another larger frigate not to far behind it.

"Captain! Your gona want to see this!" The turtle shouted.

Captain Endo came out of his quarters and looked around. He saw the two ships.

"Get me my spyglass!" He Ordered.

A chicken brought him his spyglass and handed it to him. Captain Endo looked through it and adjusted it to see properly. He saw a black dragon about five feet tall. His face was curved much like that of a lizard, but with spikes right above his eyes. He wore long navy blue pants with no shoes or shirt and was signaling to them using white flags.

"There asking for help!" Exclaimed captain Endo.

"What are your orders captain?" Asked the chicken.

"Storm approaching!" Yelled the man in the crows nest.

They all looked to the ships port side and saw the oncoming storm, the two frigates were sailing towards in. Captain Endo looked back at the ship and saw the other ship firing it's chase cannons and hitting the pirate ships rear. He used his spyglass and looked at it's flag.

"Dammit." He said under his breath. "English frigate! Move along side the pirate ship!

The men went to there stations and prepared for another battle.

Gumball and Simba ran up to the captain with worried looks on there faces.

"Captain." Gumball started. "Are you sure about this? we just fixed the ship."

"I know your new to this kid, but we've faced worse and this time we got back up."

"It's the storm we're worried about." Said Simba.

"Just do as your told." Captain Endo said and walked off. Leaving the two standing there looking as he went to the ships wheel.

The ship started to move in position. It came to an angle that allowed it to fire at the frigate, but it was out of rang. The seas waves started to move more aggressively as they closed into the storm. The other pirate ship received another battering from the English frigates chase cannons. The Reclaimer moved in next to her. Captain Endo ordered one of his men to signal them to move to there starboard side. They did as they were told and the Reclaimer moved in front of the large frigate.

"Drop The Fire barrels!" He ordered and two fire barrels were dropped in front of the frigate. Being unable to move out of the way in time the ship rammed the barrels and they exploded on impact.

"Move to port side and ready the cannons!"

The crew did as they were told and the ship turned. As it did the waves turned violent and the ship moved over the waves in an up and down motion. It also started to rain heavily. The English frigate turned so that it's port side now faced the Reclaimer.

"There preparing to fire captain!" One of the men noted.

"Brace for impact!" Captain Endo shouted.

The sound of cannon fire was heard, but it did not come from the English frigate. The pirate ship had fired it's guns and the cannonballs tore through the the larger frigate.

"Fire!" Shouted captain Endo and the Reclaimers guns went off and it's cannonballs slammed through the frigates hull.

"Reload! Quickly!" A crewman yelled.

Due to the decrease in men caused by the previous battle, Gumball and Simba had to man one of the cannons and started to reload it.

"Hurry!" Gumball shouted as they reloaded it.

It was now the larger frigates turn. It fired it's flaming cannonballs at the Reclaimer, but just then a large wave passed by causing the cannonballs to go through it. Most of them didn't make it all the way through and those that did caused little damage to the Reclaimer.

"Ready to fire captain!" A crewman yelled.

"Rogue wave!" The man in the crows nest yelled.

The turtle struggled to turn the ship port side to face the wave. He was pushed aside by captain Endo who turned it with all his might.

"Hold on!" Gumball yelled to Simba as they held on for dear life.

The ship tilted greatly almost falling on it's side due to the shear force caused by the speed of the turn accompanied by the violent waves.

"Stupid storm!" Simba shouted.

"Here it comes!" Yelled Carrie, holding on to one of the railings.

The massive wave first impacted the other pirate ship. It was hit on the side by the wave nearly knocking it over but still causing a lot of damage and much of the crew went overboard. The English frigate was next and it managed to take it head on, the same went for the Reclaimer who only just made it.

"We made it." said the turtle as he stood back up after being knocked down by the force of the wave.

They came to an angle were they could again fire at the large ship and this time they were in close rang.

"Fire!"

Nine cannonballs flew through the sky and hit the ships port side and some of it's rear. However, the ship was still standing strong, it moved so that it's port side cannons would face the Reclaimer. Before it had a chance to fully get into position the Reclaimer rammed into them with it's reinforced wooden ram. The impact created a shock wave on the large ship, sending crewmen flying back and even knocking some cannons out of position.

"Get ready to board!" The captain yelled.

"Delay that order captain! We got a water devil!" A crewman said.

The captain looked up and saw a cyclone approaching them.

"Get us out of her! Now!" He commanded.

The ship turned and started to sail away. It made it's way to the other pirate ship which remained stationery. The English frigate was also not moving as it's crew were still trying to get back up. The cyclone came in and tore away at the ship. It's sails were ripped off and crewmen were sent flying into it, screaming as they did. The Reclaimer got to the pirate ship and came up next to it. It came so close that it actually scraped against the ship and as it did crewmen from the other ship jumped on in hurry. The Reclaimer moved as fast as it could to get away from the cyclone, that thankfully went in the other direction.

Credits:

Dante: Dante Watterson

Saigon: Dante Watterson

Lexy: Lexboss

Endo: ArcLight Fire77

Kira: Arclight Fire77

Simba: Loinroar123

Columbus: The Double U

All TAWOG characters belong to Ben Bocquelet

side characters and other OC's me

Special thanks to:

Dante watterson for giving me some ideas.

Story Inspired by:

Assassin creed Black Flag

Pirates of the Caribbean

and my general love for pirate themed stories