The small muzzle-loaders, slow to service, fired only twice more with similar results before the two ships were nearly abeam. "Second mark!" Sunburst abruptly echoed, relaying the order. The purple and blue auras blinked out. A wide-eyed Rose took a deep breath; her powerful legs heaved her over the side into free air and her wings snapped out. Cook stood dead still, legs a little spread. Sunset squeezed her eyes shut, and in an instant her alicorn went from quiescent to blinding. With a flash and a bang of displaced air, the pair of unicorns vanished. Before the enemy's broadside gunners could react, purple and blue sprang back into being between the two ships passing almost close enough to touch.