"So," Lancelot began as they watched in horror as the darkness spread towards the kingdom from far, far away. "it was all part of Merlina's plot."
"It keeps spreading." Percival observed, making Ogilvie gulp and pin his ears.
Maurice shook his head. "It's only a matter of time before the kingdom is consumed."
"Gah!" Gawain gritted his teeth in defeat. "The Knights of the Round Table...must we simply stand and watch our kingdom's ruin!?"
"Gawain…" the female cat knight wanted to speak up until a certain hedgehog spoke.
"What?" Sonic was bewildered by the Knights as he stood on a mount higher than the rest. "Are you guys gonna give up just like that? Is that the best that chivalry of yours can do?"
Of course, the male echidna knight was offended. "How dare you?!"
"Listen," the emerald-eyed azure hedgehog came down. "it's like what Ogilvie said before; Isn't there to being a knight than serving a king?"
"How would YOU know what I Knight should do?" the jade-eyed azure hedgehog growled, folding his arms. "YOU are no knight,"
"He is," Caliburn reminded. "He had defeated King Arthur and proved to be a true knight,"
"I'd say that he is nothing but a BLIND knight,"
"Ric…" the lime-eyed azure hedgehog sighed, biting his bottom lip as he nervously watched his older brothers start a scene.
The middle triplet felt annoyed by the insulted. "What? Are you talking about the fact that I had no clue about Merlina's plot? No one knew she would do this!"
"I DID!" the eldest yelled. "I TRIED TO WARN YOU THAT SHE WAS UP TO NO GOOD BUT NO! NEITHER YOU NOR OGILVIE WOULD EVEN TRY TO LISTEN TO ME!"
As he spoke, his jade eyes were turning purplish-pink and crystals were starting to appear from the depths of the earth. The youngest gulped as he shrunk to Lancelot's side, afraid of the aftermath of his older brothers' bicker.
"YOU KNOW WHAT?! IF YOU DID KNOW THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP MERLINA?! IF YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS, WHY DIDN'T YOU CRYSTALIZE HER IN THE SPOT?! DO YOU KNOW WHY?! CAUSE ALL YOU HAD WERE USELESS SUSPICIONS THAT LED TO NOTHING!"
"Gentlemen, please," Caliburn tried to calm them down. "Let us sort this out in a calming manner…"
"SHUT UP!" the two snapped, catching the sword off-guard as it jumped and floated to the other knights' side.
"AT LEAST I HAD SUSPICIONS ABOUT HER!" the crystal-manipulating hedgehog shot back, furious. "OGILVIE WAS CLOSE TOO BUT YOU?! YOU WERE FOCUSED ON BEING A HERO! YOU TRUSTED HER LIKE SHIT! YOU DID HER FUCKING REQUESTS LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!"
"SHE NEEDED HELP!" the azure speedster pointed out. "AT LEAST I HELP OUT, UNLIKE YOU!"
"ME NOT HELPING OUT?! OH, EXCUSE ME, I FUCKING HAD TO ATTACK SIR LANCELOT AND KING ARTHUR LIKE A DOZEN TIMES! YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND, FOUGHT WITH YOUR DAMN SWORD AND ACTED WEAK TOWARDS SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOUR FIANCÈ! WELL, OPEN YOUR GODDAMN EYES CAUSE HE AIN'T HIM!"
"WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM IF I LOVE HIM TOO MUCH THAT I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HURT HIS COUNTERPART?! UNLIKE YOU, WHO DOESN'T EVEN LOVE HIS FIANCÈ AND JUST USES HIM LIKE A TOY!"
"THAT IS NOT TRUE!"
"YES IT IS!"
The youngest triplet brother was getting scared and slightly angry that THIS was what his older siblings were arguing about at the time of struggle. With rage, he flew in between them.
"IT IS NOT TRUE, YOU ANNOYING IDIOT!"
"YES IT IS, YOU MURDERING FREAK-SHOW!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" With a lot of air force, Ogilvie pushed the two to the sides, sending them both to the ground.
"Hey!" Sonic growled. "What was that for, Gil?!"
"You two are acting like children! Like idiotic children!"
"Maurice started it!"
"And I'm ending it! Seriously, it doesn't matter who's fault it is! All that matters is that we find a way to stop Merlina, right, Ric?!"
No answer came so the brothers turned to see their older brother sitting on the grass, chanting words as his eyes glowed full-on purplish-pink.
"Uh…Ric?" the youngest triplet gulped and hesitantly moved forward. "Y-You okay?"
"Avada… gorinta…" Maurice spoke in a hoarse manner as he looked up at his brothers. "… kalika… momosen… tekilli… ilonko… polvort… settrus…"
"Uh oh…" the middle triplet backed up and stood to run.
"Maurice…don't!" the lime-eyed azure hedgehog tried to stop the spell being casted.
"Gil, watch out!" the emerald-eyed azure hedgehog grabbed his little brother as their older brother levitated, his body surrounded with crystal magic.
"… revolu… CRYSTALLO!"
Suddenly, blasts of crystals shot the group. Lancelot and Gawain hid inside a bush, Percival dodged the crystals, Sonic ran to avoid getting hit, while Ogilvie blew some of the crystals back at the eldest.
The battle went on until finally, Nimue appeared, destroying all the crystals and catching everyone's attention.
"Lady Nimue!" Caliburn gasped.
"That is enough," she said. "It is pointless to point fingers,"
"Yeah," Sonic nodded, taking a risk by stepping forward. "We still need stop Merlina,"
"Sir Sonic is right," Nimue nodded with a smile. "and there is still time if you act now."
She held out her arms and a virtual map appeared in front of them on the ground. Maurice's eyes turned back to normal as he shot his younger brother a dirty look before paying attention to the map as four dots blinked at it's corners.
"Use the scared swords to form a barrier around the castle." the Lady of the Lake explained.
Sonic threw the knights' swords on the ground and the Knights of the Round Table grabbed them.
"Ooh…" Ogilvie's eyes widened in awe at the map. "Cool…"
"If you freaks wanna waste your time on this then go, knock yourselves out," the eldest triplet huffed before turning and walking over to Nimue. "As for me, I'm staying with her,"
"You can't be serious!" the middle triplet was bewildered by his older brother's words. "You are this team's strength! We need you in this mission!"
"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!" the jade-eyed azure hedgehog took out his sword and broke it in two.
The younger brothers gasped as their triplet brother threw the broken sword on the ground then turned away.
"Sir Maurice has no loyalty to his team…" Gawain whispered to Percival.
Maurice's ear flickered before he threw a long crystal shard at the red echidna, who yelped and jumped out of the way to not get hit.
"I HEARD THAT!" the crystal-wielding knight growled.
"Fine then." Sonic glared at his older brother. "If you wanna betray us like this, go on! WE will save this kingdom, not you. It doesn't matter,"
"Sonic," Ogilvie poked his older brother's shoulder. "Can I go with Lancelot?"
The older triplet stifled a laugh as he nodded. "Alright, go on ahead,"
The youngest triplet beamed, giving his brother a hug before running to the ebony knight.
"For the kingdom of Camelot and its people!" Percival raised her sword and the others raised theirs.
"For the kingdom and its people!"
Sonic grinned. "I'm counting on you three. At least you guys are more countable than SOMEONE over here…"
The eldest triplet gave his brother a death glare as the female cat knight turned to the azure speedster.
"Sir Sonic," she asked. "what will you do?"
"Once the barrier's up, Gil and I'll look for a chance to jump in to take down Merlina," Sonic replied with an agreeing nod from Ogilvie.
Percival was shocked, glancing at both brothers. "Surely you two jest!"
"Nah." the youngest azure knight winked. "It's just how we roll."
"Most of us…" Maurice rolled his eyes.
"Fare thee well." the feline knight nodded. "We too shall fulfill our appointed task."