When morning came, our heroes resumed their journey.
As they walked towards the Thorned Forest, they heard a screech.
"Ayden's spotted Excalibur!" exclaimed Garrett. "It must be near. Come on, let's go."
"Out of my way, losers!" said Daffy, pushing his way through Kayley and Garrett and towards the Thorned Forest. "Excalibur is mine!"
"Excalibur ain't yours, Daff." Bugs called out as he and the others ran to the entrance of the forest, where they found a baldric hanging on a vine.
"This must be from Excalibur." said Kayley.
"Where's my sword?!" shouted Daffy.
His angry voice echoed through the forest.
"Someone must have taken it." said Garrett as he examined a large footprint, although he can't see. "Or something."
"Now we'll never find Excalibur in time." complained Kayley.
"If we follow these tracks, we will." said Garrett.
Daffy shook his head in refusal. "Oh, no. There's no way we're taking a left turn into Albuquerque."
"But what if those tracks lead us to Excalibur?" asked Bugs.
"Oh, yeah." smirked Daffy. "Like the time you took us to the Himalayan mountains instead of Palm Springs?"
"Quiet!" whispered Garrett.
But Daffy kept on ranting. "Or the time you took us to the Arabian desert instead of Pismo Beach?"
"Shush!" hissed Garrett. "I need to hear."
Just then, an arrow flew past his waist.
Garrett grimaced in pain as he fell to the ground.
Ruber and his men had found them.
"Get them!" he shouted, charging at Garrett, who swung his staff at the evil knight.
Kayley helped him up his feet as she and the others hurried through the forest.
In all the commotion, a group of tree roots came to life and reached out to the trespassers.
While reaching to the exit of the Thorned Forest, Kayley looked back to see Ruber and his men closing in.
Thinking fast, she threw a vine into the arm of one of the tree roots and pulled on it, causing the arm to trap Ruber and his men, while Kayley and her friends escaped.