"Aw man, why do I keep getting beat-up like this…" Speedrick whimpered as Blaze dragged him through the forest in his tow truck form once more.

"It's because you don't learn," Blaze sighed.

"You REALLY need to learn some rules around here," AJ spoke. "Rule 1: No Flirting with Crusher… or with anyone else, for that matter. Rule 2: No Racist Shit. I'm not telling you twice on that second rule,"

"Ugh, is there no normal truck in this damn place…" Speedrick grumbled.

"That's why we're heading OUT of Axle City and somewhere else," Blaze smiled at his friend assuringly. "We're going to a kingdom to meet our friends, the King and all our knight friends!"

"Wow, first a ninja, and now a knight," Speedrick sighed. "Do you hog up all the jobs in this place, Blaze?"

"Let's just say that I like to have a lot of hobbies," Blaze shrugged as they drove off to the kingdom.

X

"Pickle, I thought we were going home, so I could rest," Crusher groaned as they drove through the kingdom.

"I contacted Gia, and she said that you needed some magical antidote to help with the hangover from the mind-controlling spell earlier," Pickle explained, looking through the stalls of the market place. "And I don't plan on leaving you alone at home because who knows what will happen?"

"Alright, alright…" Crusher sighed.

"Great! Now, let's look through this stall and—"

Suddenly, a familiar horn echoed through the place. Crusher groaned.

"Great, Blaze is here,"

"And when there's Blaze… Speedrick's there too." Pickle hissed. "How could this day get any worse?"

"Maybe we should hide out," Crusher suggested.

"Good call! Let's hide here!" Pickle took him by the tire and zoomed off to hide.

They hid just in time for Blaze, AJ and Speedrick arrive in the market place. The red truck detransformed from his tow truck form, causing the white truck to yelp as he was unhooked from the tow and landed on the ground with a thud.

"Argh…"

"Come on, Speedrick," Blaze helped him up. "Let's head to the castle. That's where the king and our knight friends are,"

"Mm-Hmm…" Speedrick thought for a while before grinning. "Hey, Blaze, you think that I can try to be a knight?"

"Well… I'm sure we can do something about it," Blaze replied with a smile, though the expression he exchanged with AJ said otherwise.

They led their friend to the castle and found the four knights of the kingdom, the Purple Knight, the White Kingdom, the Green Knight, and the Yellow Knight, as they all trained. Blaze waved over at them.

"Hey there, knights!"

"Greetings, Blaze and AJ!" Purple Knight greeted.

"What brings you to the kingdom?" Yellow Knight asked. "And who is your friend?"

"Guys, this is our friend Speedrick," Blaze introduced. "Speedrick, these are our knight friends. The Purple Knight, the Yellow Knight, the White Knight and the Green Knight,"

"Greetings, new friend!" Green Knight gave a smile. "An honor to meet you!"

"It's always an honor to meet me," Speedrick bragged with a grin. "So, you four are the knights of this kingdom?"

"Indeed, they are," they all turned to see the King drive over to them. "They are four of my bravest knights!"

"Greetings, your majesty!" Blaze and AJ bowed at the King's presence.

Speedrick sighed and bowed with them, just to seem 'polite'. The King smiled.

"Ah, Blaze, AJ! It's good to see you both again!" he then turned to Speedrick. "And you must be their friend! Welcome to the kingdom!"

"An… honor to be here," Speedrick faked a grin. "Say, I heard Blaze and AJ became knights. Mind if I try to be knight?"

"Anyone is welcome to be a knight," White Knight claimed.

"Indeed," Purple Knight nodded.

"Ah, so I CAN be a knight," Speedrick smirked as he grabbed a grey helmet from nearby and set it on his head. "What do I need to do?"

"Well, you will need more than a knight's helmet to be a knight," Yellow Knight told him.

"You must have your shield, your sword, and your armor!" White Knight said, handing them all to the white truck, who yelped at the weight of the armor and shield.

"Yikes!" Speedrick hissed, trying to balance all the gear. "So… helmet, shield, sword, and armor? That's it?"

"And you must also have the skills to be a knight," Purple Knight added. "Skills you will need in fighting like being a good archer, a good swordsman—"

"…and not just cheating, like Sir Crusher has done!" Green Knight added.

"Lightning boy cheats, huh?" Speedrick sighed with a smirk.

"Oh NO, NO NO." Blaze gave his friend a dark glare. "Don't you DARE think of anything, Speedrick."

"What? I'm not thinking of ANYTHING," Speedrick acted innocent, but the mischievous look on his face said otherwise.

"Cheating is something that should NOT be tolerated," the King said.

"But you all have to admit; lightning boy is hot," Speedrick coolly spoke with a snicker.

"We will not… admit such a thing," White Knight gave a nervous cough, as did the Green and the Yellow Knights.

"Wait, you three… seriously?" AJ glanced at them in surprise. "Is Crusher a harem or something?"

"Anyway! What do you knights do, exactly?" Speedrick questioned.

"We joust, we train, and we go on adventures and missions for our king," Purple Knight replied.

"Do you guys also, oh I don't know, save princesses and stuff like that?"

"Oh, we do, but during occasions when it is necessary," Yellow Knight said with a nod.

"They 'save', not kidnap," AJ repeated with a light glare to their friend.

"Same difference," Speedrick huffed and took out a sword. "I need you knights to teach me how to use this thing! I'm gonna need some training,"

"Right this way, Friend Speedrick," Purple Knight led him to the training area.

Blaze shook his head as they watched their friend leave. "AJ, are we gonna tell him that Pickle is an expert in swordsmanship?"

"Honestly?" AJ chuckled. "I wanna get some popcorn after this,"

"AJ!"

"What? We watched Stripes beat him up for five minutes! How is this any different?"

"Because when Pickle gets mad, even Stripes fears him,"

"…true that,"

X

"So… we're heading to the palace, why again?" Crusher questioned with a raised eyebrow as they drove towards the palace.

"Because apparently the elixir we need can only be made by the royal alchemist, so… yeah," Pickle sighed.

"But Pickle… Blaze, AJ and Speedrick went to the palace…"

"And that's why I carried my swords with me," Pickle grinned.

Crusher sighed and nodded, trusting his boyfriend as they made their way inside the palace. They soon made it to the training area, where the knights were practicing while the King sat on his throne and watched all the action. Pickle cake forward confidentially and gave a bow as he presented himself.

"Greetings, your majesty!"

"Hello, young Pickle!" the King smiled and gave a bow of acknowledgement. "What brings you to the palace?"

"I need a special antidote to cure a mind-control hangover," Pickle said. "Does your royal alchemist have any?"

"Allow me to check," the King turned to his servant. "Check with the royal alchemist for any special antidotes for mind-control,"

"Yes, your majesty," the servant spoke before driving away.

"Thank you, your majesty!" Pickle beamed.

"It might take a while," the King told him.

"It's okay, we can wait," Pickle assured him before turning to the knights. "Woah! I think I'm over-counting, but is there a new knight in the field?"

"Oh yes!" the King confirmed. "Sir Blaze and sir AJ has brought a friend, Sir Speedrick—"

"Sir WHAT NOW?!" Pickle's jaw dropped.

"I told you that they were here," Crusher snorted.

"Ha-za!" Purple cried with a smile as the other managed to beat her in their training. "Good work, Sir Speedrick. You are becoming a great knight!"

"As I thought I would," Speedrick smirked and took out the visor of his helmet.

"Oh, hey, Crusher and Pickle," Blaze greeted as he, AJ and the other knights approached them. "I thought you two were heading home,"

"We just needed an antidote to cure Crusher's hangover after… THE INCIDENT." Pickle glared daggers at Speedrick as he gritted his teeth.

Speedrick shrugged nonchalantly and ignored the green truck. Instead, he paid attention to the dark blue truck and gave a flirty look.

"Hey, lightning boy~"

"What do you want?" Crusher grumbled, crossing his tires.

"I don't think being a knight suits you~" Speedrick purred, moving closer to corner the dark blue truck to the wall. "Maybe you should become my princess instead~"

"EXCUSE ME." Pickle moved between them with a snarl. "If he's anyone's princess, he's MY princess."

"I am NOT a princess…" Crusher groaned.

"Wanna try battling me for him, cucumber?" Speedrick challenged. "If me or the other knights managed to beat you in a little sword fighting, I get to have lightning boy for myself,"

"Guys—"

"You're on, bitch." Pickle took out a sword and smirked. "I'm not a knight, but you're underestimating my skill with the sword,"

"Ugh…" Crusher shook his head. "I'm never getting a word in this, am I?"

"You're going down, cucumber." Speedrick sneered.

"YOU are going down, bitch." Pickle huffed.

"Nope, I will not," Crusher sighed.

"Guys, you don't have to do this," Blaze tried to reason with them.

But neither of them were listening as Speedrick drove over at one end of the training area with the White, Green and Yellow Knights. Pickle took out his wand and made a throne appear below Crusher.

"PICKLE!"

"Sorry, sweetie, but a 'princess' needs a throne," Pickle teased.

"I REALLY hate this day." Crusher growled.

"You doing okay, Crusher?" Blaze asked, driving to him with AJ and Purple Knight.

"I've always wanted to have a throne and be a royal, but not like… this." Crusher gritted his teeth. "This day is the WORST."

"Even worse when you and Blaze broke up?" AJ questioned.

"Worse than the day Blaze showed up."

"Okay, I'm offended," Blaze frowned.

"You SHOULD be," Crusher groaned. "I get why Speedrick is doing this because… he's been doing this the whole day, but why the knights tho?"

"They… have secrets," AJ sighed.

"Aye," Purple Knight agreed. "even I didn't know my comrades felt that way,"

"What the hell?! I'm not a harem!" Crusher shook his head with a groan. "I'm not even trying…"

"I'm sure Speedrick's going to regret it this time," Blaze assured him. "And this'll be the last time you face him,"

"Seeing the ridiculous smirk on his face says so otherwise," Crusher rolled his eyes as the jerk gave him a flirty look.

"Ready for battle!" the King announced as he raised a flag. "And… BATTLE!"

Speedrick smirked and immediately drove, sword flashing under the light of the sun as he aimed to attack. Pickle grinned and waited until he was near. He then took out his sword to block before smirking.

"Too easy…"

In a swift move, he disarmed Speedrick and managed to toss him over to the side then he didn't hesitate to beat him up and slice him with his sword. The other knights soon zoom forward to face the green truck, but Pickle just chuckled.

"Oh dear, oh dear…" he deflected one sword with his own with an eerie smirk. "You knights are adorable, trying to win Crusher like a price. Let me show you all who TRULY owns him…"

"And I thought it was the other way around…" AJ murmured.

"It is, but since not many flirt with Pickle as much as they do to me…" Crusher shrugged.

Pickle chuckled at that but didn't hesitate to fling away all the knights weapons before attacking with his own. In seconds, the knights were knocked out on the ground, groaning in pain.

"I win, bitch." the green truck sneered at the jerk before driving over to Crusher and the others.

"Nice job, Pickle," Blaze said. "but, uh, are they still alive?"

"Yes, yes, don't worry," Pickle giggled. "They're still alive. Just… in pain,"

"Your majesty, here is the antidote that you requested," the servant returned and handed the vile to the King.

"Oh, thank you!" the King took the vile then turned to give it to Pickle. "Just as you asked, young Pickle. But oh, you had defeated three of my best knights. You must have a reward for that!"

"I already do," Pickle smiled and used his tow to grab Crusher's throne, which had it's own set of tires underneath. "Come on, 'princess'~"

"Dammit, Pickle, I'm NOT a princess!" Crusher grumbled, cheeks flushing in embarrassment as he was dragged out.

"Should we… check on them to see if they're ACTUALLY alive?" AJ suggested as soon as the duo were far.

"Good call," Blaze agreed.

"Wait, what do you mean 'actually alive'?" Purple Knight gulped.