Adam was quite pleased actually, that Charlie was going by herself. Not so much for her being on her own, but he could really use the time to get some supplies. Going west basically ripped apart one of the smaller sails. Seeing Charlie ride off, made him a bit worried. On the one hand he would feel better if they would follow her, but on the other hand she always seemed to know what she was doing and he trusted her judgement.
As soon as Charlie had gone from sight, Adam went on his way. Although he did not make it a contest he appeared to be the first one riding into the small town. The villagers looked at him with suspicion in their eyes and they seemed evenly displeased to see his companions riding in behind him. Not surprising, considered how we are dressed, he thought. Stepping into one of the shops he asked the lady for her best price on cloth and her frown turned upside down as soon as he opened his purse full of silver coins. Spending a great deal he took out quite a bit of stock for the Jolly Roger. With sensible sailing it would last them for 6 months, so he hoped he would get through the month without buying any extra.
When loading all the cloth and thread on his horse he looked at the others going about their business. He saw Maka buying her precious paper and Madison keeping an eye on them. It doesn't look like he is looking for anything... They got ready to ride back to the ship. They didn't take long so Adam would be surprised if Charlie would be back already. Almost nearing the ship Adam thought of asking the ladies, as scouts of the group, to go and see if they could catch a sight of Charlie. His worry still had not slipped away totally.
While almost back at the ship Maka seemed distracted by something in the distance. When Adam looked for himself he could see Charlie in the distance. She didn't look to well, even from such a distance. She was almost laying down on her horse and Adam could see the arrow sticking in her back. Even further in the distance he could see people on horses following her. He screamed at the top of his lungs: HOOK!!! After that he turned to Arya and spotted the twinkling in her eyes that always seemed to come up just before a fight. Arya, we need you to stay behind for Charlie, you're the only one that can help her now.
Then he rode of in Charlie's direction to stop the people chasing her. He took the axe from his belt ready to do some damage. If only I had been able to fix the ship earlier, we could have avoided all this, he thought as the attackers came closer. The moment he passed Charlie he could see she was in an even worse shape than he had originally thought. He sincerely hoped that Arya would be able to heal her. Seeing more and more people come up behind Charlie he was hoping Maka's bear would arrive to help them out.