Over at Camelot that evening, King Fright Knight and the other Knights of the Round Table were having a meeting. Ever since Damian Grey's death, his seat had not been filled and they have divided the lands equally amongst everyone in the kingdom. At the moment, there was peace….but not for long.
The three rings on the stone where the sword once stood, continued to glow that night as the meeting continued.
"In the ten years since Sir Damian Grey's death, equality and freedom has spread throughout the lands." Fright Knight spoke. "The Soul Shredder, has given us the strength to stand up to all injustices."
All the knights clapped and cheered in agreement. Fright Knight continued, "Camelot has prospered beyond our greatest…."
They were interrupted by the sound of the roof being torn apart and suddenly a huge, four armed red and grey monster like ghost named Behemoth broke through the roof, blowing out all the candles in the room and landed gently on the table as it growled.
The knights grabbed their swords and stood ready as Pandora whispered, "It's Behemoth but….he hasn't been seen in these lands for decades."
As Behemoth set his eyes on Fright Knight, the king slowly and steadily reached his arm up and over to grab his sword. Just when it seemed he was going to grab it, Behemoth roared and grabbed the sword with his razor sharp claws, injuring Fright Knight's arm in the process.
Fright Knight screamed in pain as ectoplasm bled from his wounded arm. Behemoth then began to fly out of the roof with the Soul Shredder in his claws.
Walker and Lancer grabbed Fright Knight to help, but he shook his head and said weakly, "Never mind me. Find Clockwork and go after the sword!"
As Behemoth flew over the castle, the soldiers fired arrows lit with fire at him, but he was so fast and quick.
"Send word throughout the land! The Soul Shredder has been stolen!" Justeco ordered the soldiers at the top of the wall surrounding Camelot, in which they immediately sounded a horn.
The Knights of the Round Table either took horses or flew out of the gates to try and catch up with Behemoth and retrieve the sword. Clockwork appeared at the wall and shouted, "CUJO! Protect the sword!"
As Behemoth began to fly over the Forbidden Forest, a small green puppy suddenly charged and bit him right on the back, causing him to yelp in pain and drop the sword. As the puppy disappeared into the clouds, Behemoth roared in anger and dove for the sword.
The Soul Shredder landed deep in the heart of the thorn vines and Behemoth yelped as several thorn hands tried to attack him. Knowing he wasn't going to get the sword back, he flew off to go tell his master the bad news, unaware the same green puppy had seen where the sword had landed and flew off into another part of the forest.
At the sunrise of that morning, word had already reached Valerie's home that the Soul Shredder had been stolen. Tucker ran to her before she could reach the hen house and shouted, "Valerie, the Soul Shredder has been stolen!"
"What?!" Valerie shouted in complete shock.
"It happened last night. The Soul Shredder has been stolen." Tucker repeated.
Knowing that this was her chance to become a knight and do some good for Camelot, she raced towards the house to tell her aunt and uncle.
"Hey wait for me!" Tucker shouted and ran right after her.
After telling Maurice and Angela the news, Valerie then told them she wanted to go and find the sword.
"No! Absolutely not." Angela said in disagreement as she finished sewing an orange formal dress.
"But Aunt Angela, the Soul Shredder is missing and I must go after it." Valerie complained.
"That's a job for the Knights dear, not a young woman like you." Maurice said as he took down Damian's shield to polish it.
"But I want to be knight! I want to go on grand adventures, fight against evil and even rescue damsels in distress." Valerie pressed. She then asked, "What is a damsel anyway?"
Angela shook her head and put the dress on Valerie as she said, "Please hold still and try on your new dress I made you."
"I don't want a new dress! I want to save Camelot." Valerie complained. "If you guys just trust me and let me go, I know I could find the Soul Shredder on my own."
"The Knights will find the sword and they'll do it by working together." Maurice said as he continued to polish the shield.
"Valerie, maybe you should listen to them this time." Tucker advised.
"Oh come on! I don't want to just sit here and do the chores, fetch the eggs and take care of the house! Where's the glory in that?" Valerie said with her arms crossed.
Angela sighed and tried once more, "Valerie, one day you will learn what Camelot means. Until then, you will stay here with me."
"Oh alright! I'll just stay here and waste my life, not living my dream that I know my father would have wanted me to do!" Valerie snapped.
She ripped off her dress before running off outside. Angela sighed in sadness and looked down.
"I'll go after her." Tucker said and left to go be with Valerie, hoping to calm her down.
Angela turned to look at the woven picture of her, Maurice, Tucker and Valerie standing with Damian. Maurice walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulder in comfort.
"Are you alright my dear?" Maurice asked.
"I keep turning to ask my brother for help, hoping he would have some great wisdom on any problem I have. But then I remember….he's no longer here to help me." Angela answered.
She faced her husband and asked, "What are we going to do Maurice?"
"I don't know, but we'll work it out. Like we always do." Maurice answered as he hugged his wife in a loving embrace.
