On the enemy ship, the fighting was fierce and still a stalemate, but suddenly a group of men and pixies attacked the back line of the lizards on the quarter deck. They were frail, but they cut through the surprised lizard men from behind. Jack was holding his own against the enemy captain, but he wasn't doing much damage, and he was tiring. Jon carved a path to the captain's back and sliced him at the waist. It pierced the armor, but the scales on his back mostly blunted the cut. He snarled, "I was asleep last time, but I am awake and free now." The captain, seeing the scales of the battle shift, backed away from the two of them. He then jumped to the main deck and shouted orders. He pushed his way through the fighting to the fore castle and ordered his men who remained to form a defense around him. A few on the quarterdeck pulled free and followed him, but of the twenty-five who had been in that area, 4 were still fighting, and 3 had jumped free. There were maybe 30 enemy soldiers left, and many of those were wounded and tiring. With the newcomer slaves and able-bodied crew members, they number 40—and one angry wolf.
Nymeria was a storm of claw and fang. She was bleeding in several places but killing lizards with a feral gleam in her golden eyes. She killed two of the 4 fighting on the quarter deck and jumped into the middle of the fray on the main deck. The enemy captain could feel the battle slipping away, so he opened the fore castle door and drew forth a tall, slender pixie-looking mage. He held a blade at the creature's neck, and it raised a large grey gem in both hands. The gem sparkled and smoked as the mage intoned words. Jack and Brienne both charged the opening between them and the mage, and with a crackle, a shower of lightning burst forth, catching them both in the chest. They both dropped in a smoking heap, and a step away, Tormund bellowed and ran to them.
Nymeria leaped and took the hand and gem straight off in a bone-crunching sound. And Needle sprouted from the mage's face where Arya had thrown it. She shrieked, "Brienne!" The hand and gem clattered to the deck, and Nymeria circled the enemy captain. Arrows were peppering the remaining enemy combatants, and the 4 men at arms were slaughtering the broken enemy. Bronn charged up on deck and cut down 4 enemy in front of the captain, who turned to leap overboard. Tormund's axe split him down to his waist before he could move, and he wilted to the deck. The rest were mopped up in short order. Tormund ran back to Brienne and cradled her head in his lap. She fluttered her eyes open and coughed a laugh, "Get off of me, you lout." Bronn shouted, "This vessel is sinking. There is a great deal of treasure, booty, and foodstuffs in her holds. We need to clear it!"
Arya retrieved Needle from the dead mage's forehead and snatched up the grey stone from the deck. She hugged Nymeria and then went to check on Brienne. She and Nymeria then slowly walked across the plank and went to the cabin to collapse. Those crew that weren't dragging wounded and dying to the doctors jumped in to ferry goods and booty from the holds. Brienne and Jack were carefully carried to the doctors as well. As to the two lizard-man slaves, Bronn and Gendry stood over them, trying to figure out what to do. Thomas had gone to the captain's quarters to search for charts, and he appeared above deck shouting that he had found many. The larger of the two slaves snarled at Bronn as he tried to help the creature, and Bronn snapped, "Damned lizard man." The smaller one said, "We are not lizards, we are dragon kin." Much to Gendry and Bronn's surprise. Bronn narrowed his eyes, saying, "Right now, you are both chained slaves on a sinking ship. Will you both swear fealty to the Sovereign's crew here and now?" The small one said, "That one is a vicious killer and was chained here as punishment. Neither of us will ever swear fealty to a lesser race." Bronn studied the smaller 'dragon kin', saying, "You know our language, you could be very useful to us, but that one can sink with this ship. Will you at least swear to do no harm if you are freed?" The smaller one nodded, and Gendry freed him. The Sovereign's deck was cleaned of blood and viscera. The booty and goods were all laid out and loaded out on deck, after the formerly enslaved people gathered what belongings of theirs they could find among the goods. The enemy ship was cut loose, set on fire, and set adrift. The freed slaves all came aboard before the last plank was knocked away. The humans bent down and kissed the boat's deck. The pixies looked lost, and then Calancy came up on deck. She looked shocked and then ran happily to one of the pixies.