Captain Spinster had to bite back a scowl as he listened to them speak. These colonists had always been quite the uppity lot. They had the audacity to rise against the king over being taxed a pence. And the French were even worse for helping these rats in their efforts. But Captain Spinster wasn't surprised by the French assisting the colonists. What truly surprised him was Allister's betrayal of the crown.<br/><br/>That, and their ship being taken over so easily had stunned Captain Spinster to no end. But that would definitely not have happened had it not been for a traitor in their midst. Captain Spinster was never going to forgive Allister for this. Never. But he would hold his tongue and bide his time. For the sake of his men. For the sake of their families back at home. And for the sake of his pregnant wife in Liverpool.<br/><br/>Still, he was trying to figure out what game these pirates were playing at. Judging from the looks of their ship they were masquerading as a trading company, but Captain Spinster highly doubted that's all there was to it. He knew they supported the insurrection. He also knew they had ties to Allister. Captain Spinster had heard tales of American trading companies acting against the crown on the high seas.<br/><br/>His men all looked quite uncomfortable and some looked angry as they gazed at the opposing men.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Allister looked up and blinked when he saw that a woman had come into the holding cell. The room was already waist deep in water, but that made sense. The ship was sinking. She looked quite like an arrogant git as she circled around him and judged him.<br/><br/>"Of course I'm the one who has been tossing goods overboard. It's what I was instructed to do," Allister spat, frustratedly. He had served the cause well, and they choose to send him this mouthy woman? The more she spoke the more Allister detested her. She was the sort of American colonist he had heard about but hadn't yet met. Still, he had to keep his words in check. She was his ticket off the sinking ship.<br/><br/>When he was untied he rubbed his sore wrists and appraised the blade she held pointed at him. Allister was perplexed. He wasn't supposed to be a captive. He had been told that the revolutionaries were going to send people to help him escape the ship once it had been taken. He had expected a hero's welcome.<br/><br/>"Excuse me, why don't you put that sword where it belongs- in its scabbard. I"m not your prisoner. I was the one who unloaded the ship so you could find it at great risk to my own well being, I might add. And I don't quite understand why they would send a<span style="font-style: italic">woman</span>." He said the word as if it were some kind of insult.