Ah Knights!

Chapter 2: Awkward Introductions

"Sweet Jesus I will never drink again…" Tina breathed not taking her wide brown eyes off of the blade two inches from her face.

"Really? Cause I think I could use another one…" Macy replied eyes still fixed as well, but where Tina was concentrated on the pointy weapons, Macy's gaze was drawn more to the knights behind them. She recognized those men; the only thing she couldn't fathom was what the hell were they doing in her basement.

"Who are you?" A firm voice demanded and Macy immediately recognized the voice; it was Arthur. "And where in God's name are we?"

Tina's only response was a strangled sound at the back of her throat. "I… I… I…" Macy stammered not exactly managing a full two words.

"Speak up!" Gawain demanded.

"I really think better without a sword in my face." She finally managed to blurt out. The knights looked to their commander who nodded for them to lower their weapons. Tina gave a sigh of relief but Macy laughed nervously as all eyes were on her waiting for an explanation. "Could you, um… could you excuse us for just a moment…" She grabbed Tina's arm and pulled her off to the side, they immediately began squabbling in hushed yet panicked voices.

"What the bloody hell is going on!" Tina demanded.

"How the hell should I know, what do you think this is? The Psychic Friends Network!" The two stopped mid bitch as they still felt eyes on them and both turned their heads to see the knights still watching them.

"Um…" Began Macy taking a few steps in their direction. "Go make yourselves at home." She was about to return to the conversation when she realized they weren't moving. "Shoo…" She waved her hand at them motioning for them to go away.

Arthur was the first to move, the other knights went soon after leaving the girls to talk while they explored their new surroundings.

"What was that?" Tina demanded as soon as the knights were out of earshot, she was looking at Macy as if she had just grown a second head.

"What?"

"That…" She waved her arm dramatically. "We find seven, count em," she waggled her fingers at Macy who slapped them away. "seven strange men in your basement and instead of calling the cops on their sorry asses, you treat em like their friends of the fuckin family." Macy just rolled her eyes as Tina continued her rant. "Look at them, they're carrying swords… Swords! For Christ sakes they gotta be fuckin nuts!" Tina stopped to take a breather.

"Is this your happy face?" Macy asked mimicking Gawain, of course Tina, never having seen the movie, didn't get it.

"What?" She demanded as Macy smirked. "I don't see the humor in this." Macy was thoroughly enjoying her friends melt down, usually Tina was calm and in control, the one with the plan as demonstrated with her little liquor run. But right now this was beyond anything she had ever experienced and her brain was stuck somewhere between shock and freak out.

"Tina, calm down." There was a short pause.

"That's it I'm calling the cops." Tina stated taking a step towards the phone on the coffee table but was quickly stopped by Macy pulling her back. "NO!" Macy held her firmly in place by both shoulders. "No, no, no, no, that would be bad, Tina, very, very bad."

"What? Why?" Macy looked into her friend's eyes, a very serious expression on her face.

"They're not real." Tina stifled a laugh at this comment; clearly the alcohol had gone to Macy's head.

"Well they sure as hell smell real." Macy ignored that statement.

"W-well… they are real… I mean they're here, but they're not 'real' people." She struggled to explain and by the confused expression on Tina's face, it wasn't going well. "Or… What I mean is…"

"Macy, you're not making any sense."

"You remember those knights I said made up for Kira Knightly being in King Arthur?"

"Yeah… so?" Macy gave her a pointed look. "You mean that…" She indicated vaguely as Macy nodded. "And the guys in the…" Macy nodded again. "The same?"

"And then some." Tina took a moment to process the information, apparently it was all a little too much to take in because her brain got suck again.

"No, I-it's impossible… Who? … What? …" She began to stammer pitifully. "Why? … How? Yeah that's what I'm looking for. How did this happen, this sort of thing dose not happen! At least not in a reality sense…"

"Tina! Get a grip!" Macy snapped cutting off her babbling. "Look, we can figure all of this out later, but you have got to slow down before you have a stroke, okay?" Tina nodded, on the verge of hyperventilation. "Okay, breath…" Macy reminded her as she continued to nod. "Breath with me…" The two took a couple of deep breaths and Tina began to calm down but the moment of peace was short lived.

REWIND AND FREEZE!

When Arthur moved away to let the girl's converse amongst themselves, the other knights followed his lead and began to explore their strange new surroundings. Arthur stood near the pool table watching the two young ladies with curiosity; Lancelot was with him leaning casually on the table. He too was watching the girls only more pointedly and less curious, a wolfish grin spread across his face.

Galahad and Bors had wandered over to the rack mounted on the wall behind the pool table; Galahad was eyeing the little cubes of chalk curiously when he received a poke in the ribs. He looked over to glare at Bors who was holding a pool que with a smirk and chuckling evilly at him.

Tristan, while wandering and looking at some paintings on the walls, had found something in the corner by the stairs that caught his attention. He bent over, bringing his face up to a clear glass tank and watched the brightly colored fish swim around. Dagonet walked over to the couch and poked at the puffy cushions suspiciously before sitting down, he then gave it a few test bounces before he settled back into the cozy seat.

Gawain was bent over at one of the end tables examining a very expensive looking lamp because being from another time and therefore technologically challenged his curiosity was working over time. He was hovering over it with his face close to the opening at the top of the shade. He noticed a decorative cord dangling at the side and instinctively had the overwhelming urge to pull it.

Now curiosity killed the cat, unfortunately for Gawain that expression came way after his time. So he gave the cord a sharp tug and the light came on, blinding the poor knight. He jumped back with a yell shielding his eyes with one arm and quickly drawing his sword with the other to hack the damn contraption to bits.

This caught everyone's attention, especially the two girls; they turned to see what was going on only to find Gawain standing over the lamp Macy's mom had bought in Italy just about to bring his sword down on it.

A blood curdling "No!" was all that was heard as Macy ran between Bors and Galahad and jumped at Gawain tackling him to the ground before the weapon could meet its mark. The room went silent, and the grin on Lancelot's smirk only broadened with this bold action.

Macy sat up brushing her long hair out of her face, her bold move had broken Tina's hysterical moment and she was the first to break the silence. "Whoa, go Mace…" The words had brought Macy back to reality then she noticed she was looking down at Gawain he had a surprised look on his face and she realized she was straddling him.

The color didn't even have time to find its way to her face however because before she knew it she was grabbed by the shoulders from behind and lifted off the knight. Struggling like a crazy person she was finally set back down on her feet in front of Arthur a moment later. She spun around to smack whoever it was that had grabbed her, but froze when she found the intimidating form of Dagonet towering over her. He stared down at her with a scowling look on his face and Macy shrank back under his immense size and hard gaze.

She had barely founded her voice as she slipped into shock. "You are a tall, tall man…" She said slowly backing away, she didn't get far however as she backed into somebody. It was Arthur as she turned she saw he had Excalibur unsheathed but not raised simply in hand and ready to use if needed.

"Why do you attack my men?" He asked in strong commanding tones, his smooth British accent adding to the effect; but it was all lost on Macy.

"Attacked?" Macy repeated indignantly, all shock from her encounter with Dagonet had disappeared. "I did not attack your men, okay, I stopped him. That lamp is a one of a kind antique, if anything happens to it my mom will have my head on a plate."

"Yeah!" Stated Tina stepping forward to come to her friend's defense. "You should be thanking her, she just saved his life." She waved a hand in Gawain's direction.

"Oh? And how's that?" Asked Galahad disbelievingly.

"If he had cut into that bad boy, he would've fried himself." The knights still looked at them doubtfully as her terminology was lost on them.

"That's true," Macy added, though she hadn't thought of it before. "The shock from the electricity would have killed him." Of course the knights had no idea what they were talking about. But Arthur studied them closely, they seemed sincere and well meaning but there was only one course of action.

"I am Arthur Castus," He stated after a brief pause. "commander of the Sarmatian knights." He sheathed Excalibur. "And you are?"

"I'm Tina." Replied the blond, who was slightly taller then the other one. "Macy." The brunette added.

"These," Arthur gestured to the men who had gathered around them. "Are my knights, this is Lancelot," He indicated with each name. "Bors, Dagonet, Galahad, Tristan, and I believe you've already met Gawain." Macy turned slightly pink and Tina fought not to laugh. "Now I'll ask you again, where are we?"

Macy paused, thinking of how to put it gently. "You're, um… you're in my basement." They looked at her bemused. "This is my house," she clarified. "You are…" She trailed off she didn't know how to tell them this wasn't their time; she didn't want them to freak out on her, unfortunately Tina wasn't up to speed

"It's, 2007." She stated automatically, which earned her a quick smack from Macy.

"But don't worry," Macy added sensing a melt down from the looks on their faces. "Once we figure out how you got here, we'll figure out how to," She paused not sure how to word it, they weren't technically from the past. "Get you back where you belong." She added, mentally kicking herself for what she was about to say next. "Until then… I guess you can stay here."

Arthur looked to his men to see what they thought, none of them said a word but they all seemed to silently agree. "Very well," Arthur replied tuning back to the girls. "We will stay with you until you can return us to our home."

There was an awkward silence, which was abruptly broken by Bors. "You got anything to eat?" The rest of the men seem to like this idea. This was not what either girl was expecting; somehow they'd pictured more cursing, and yelling and blaming of them. But the knights it seemed were in a state of mental shock just as much as they were.

"Ah, yeah." Replied Tina. "We'll go get that for you."

"You guys stay here," Macy went on. "And again, make your selves at home. But please, please put the weapons away. I would like my house to stay in one piece." She pleaded giving Gawain a pointed look.

"Very well." Arthur agreed, giving his men a look telling them to refrain from using their weapons.

"Thank you." Macy added thoroughly relived as she walked to the stairs, she quickly turned back. "And, umm, just for safety, don't push any buttons or play with any cords, okay." With that said she bolted up the stairs, happy to get away from the insanity.

Tina followed casually after her, grinning wickedly to herself. She had just seen the way Sir Lancelot himself kept staring at her female companion throughout the entire conversation. 'This is definitely going to be one interesting weekend' she thought to herself as she ascended to the kitchen.