Chapter 7: The Knucklehead and his Lies

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Three Days After: Almost Make It to the Deadline

It's been almost three days since the team has been tasked by Nimue to complete three tests in order learn how to beat King Arthur. During those three short days, they had to destroy a number of Underworld creatures, rescue some townsfolk, and give them some rings as an act of compassion. Now they are heading back to Nimue to tell her that they have completed their tasks.

"It's close, but it seems that you all somehow made it." Caliburn said to the Avengers as they're running back to the sacred lake.

"Too easy! Piece of cake!" Sonic replied with a grin.

"I second that." Yang responded.

"Wish all tests were like this, then I would have a better chance of graduating from Beacon." Ruby said.

"Maybe if you STUDIED more you, wouldn't find written tests to be so hard." Weiss tiredly glared at her little leader. As they continue roaming ground, they hear faint crying from the distance, prompting them to stop to investigate.

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"What's wrong?" Caliburn asked about why they suddenly stopped.

"We heard someone crying." Blake replied.

The crying then became a lot louder for them to hear. "I think it's coming from over here!" shouted Ruby so they could follow the source of the crying.

"Waaaaaahhh!" cried a little townsgirl.

"Hey! What's the matter? Are you lost or something?" Sonic asked the little girl.

"A great big dragon attacked my village." The girl replied.

"A dragon? Was it the Mist Dragon?" Blake asked.

"No. It was the dragon from the Crystal Cave." The girl replied. "It took my mommy and my daddy and everybody away…" She said before she started crying again. The group all felt bad for her until they went up closer to her.

"Do you know where the dragon is?" Ruby sincerely asked her.

"It's in the big cave at the bottom of that mountain." She said, pointing towards the mountain.

"All right, we're on it." Sonic said, with the girls agreeing to help out as well.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-To the Rescue: A Knight's Law

"Wait! Don't tell me you're all going off to slay a dragon now!" Caliburn asked.

"Of course we are." Ruby replied. "We can't just leave this girl's family being food for a dragon, can we?"

"Besides I always wanted to punch a dragon in the face." Yang said, getting her arm weapon ready.

"What of the Lady's tests!? You will never make it in time!" Caliburn asked to convince them to continue with their original goal.

"Yeah, maybe, but…" Sonic started talking. "We play by our own rules. Remember that." He said as they all started heading towards the mountain.

"You fools…"

"Yeah, we must be pretty foolish to help out someone." Weiss said sarcastically.

"Hang in there, kiddo! We'll get your folks back!" Sonic said giving a thumbs up before they all left the scene.

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Titanic Plain

The team find themselves at the Titanic Plain, a vast hinterland filled with long grasses and a blue sky that anyone could enjoy staring at. As they travel along the grassy fields, they come across some big Underworld creatures and some King Taijitu from Remnant. After they were defeated, they continued traveling through the plains until they met up with a knight at some stone ruins.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Sir Gawain Appears

"I don't suppose you're gonna let us by?" Sonic asked the red knight until they realized who he looks like.

"Well, well, well. Look who the idiot dragged in." The hedgehog mocked.

"Seriously. You look just like this this knucklehead we know and mock!" Yang joked, which pissed off the enemy knight.

"Ho! You both dare mock Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round Table? An act most unwise, my friends." Gawain said, putting .

"Did he just call me a Ho?!" Yang asked, bothered by comment.

"I think he did." Blake replied.

"OH NOW YOU"RE GONNA GET IT KNUCKLEHEAD!" shouted hothead blond with her eyes flaring red. Despite her friends' warnings, she dashed off to punch Gawain only for an unknown assailant knocked her back before she got the chance.

"Yang! Are you okay?" Ruby shouted, tending to her older sister.

"I think so." Yang replied, tending to her aching head as she gets up.

"Probably wasn't a good idea to go and just attack him." Sonic criticized the blond Huntress.

"Well, how'd you feel if someone called you a Ho?" She asked him.

"No time for that." Weiss intruded, getting their attention. "First, we need to find out who just attacked Yang just now. It couldn't Sir Gawain here, he was just standing there."

"Then maybe it was me." A voice from the heavens gathered the heroes' attention, which gives them all a surprised expression on their face as they recognize the person that landed next to Gawain.

"Ren?" Ruby asked the ponytail male in a dark green knight armor.

"No. My name is Sir Lie, loyal apprentice to Sir Gawain." He replied.

"Sir Lie? Sounds like a pretty lame name to me, dude." Sonic taunted, slightly angering the apprentice knight.

"I don't care who he is. He's gonna be sorry for knocking me back." Yang said, getting into her fighting position against Sir Lie.

"I'm ready when you are." Lie said as he also gets into his fighting position.

Blake decided to step in before they could start ransacking the land with their fists and blades. "Wait! We're not trying to pick a fight with you guys. We were headed for the Crystal Cave to save some people from a dragon." She informed the knights, but it doesn't seem her words convinced them in the slightiest.

"Bah! You cannot fool me with your lies. No doubt you're after the dragon's treasure." Gawain said, unconvinced.

"But we…" Ruby said before getting interrupted by Lie.

"Don't try to fool us! No lie you say will convince us to leave you here alive, enemies of King Arthur!" Lie said, getting his weapon ready.

"That's rich, coming from you." Yang said.

"I know right. It's fitting that the knucklehead would team up with a person that has "Lie" for a name." Sonic smirked, taunting to the two irritated knights to point of starting a fight with them.

"Enough! You have all defied King Arthur. This place shall be your grave, starting with you, blue apprentice!" Gawain said, dashing towards Sonic for a fight while Yang deals with his apprentice, Sir Lie.

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BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Through the Fire

"It is time you say your prayers, you thieving rat!" Gawain said, nose-diving above the hedgehog for a striking blow, but he was able to dodge it and deliver a counterattack. The two have a clash between their swords until Sonic jumps up and delivers an aerial spin to knock back Gawain. "You're not half bad. But don't fool yourself into thinking that you can defeat me!" He said as he gets back up and delivers a powerful blow that knocked Sonic back by about five feet.

"How'd you like that? Now for something a little more powerful." The echidna knight as he is about to perform his special attack.

"Did you hear that!? Well? Are you going to ramp up your attacks or not?!" Caliburn asked Sonic.

"You're right! It's time to stop playing around with him!" Sonic said as he gets ready to find the right moment to strike. Gawain then performs his own Soul Surge, Gail Meteor, in which he throws his own swords like boomerangs at Sonic. Instead of blocking them, Sonic uses his speed to dodge each attack, and before Gawain could notice, he was knocked back by a powerful sword slash from Sonic which defeats him. "Nooooo! How can this be?! He said on the ground, defeated.

Meanwhile, nearby, Yang and Sir Lie are having their own battle far from where Sonic and Sir Gawain are fighting. The two are fighting toe to toe, with neither letting up. Yang jumps up to punch the ground in hoping to knock off Lie, but he anticipated this and jumped backed to avoid any damage. He then uses his gun to shoot at Yang in order to distracted her before delivering a powerful kick to her face, but Yang was able to grab his leg and slammed him to the ground, dealing some damage. Lie rolled off before getting into contact with another of Yang's punches, and then gets back up.

"I'm not gonna let you thieves get away with this!" He said, shooting at the blond Avenger.

"We're not thieves!" She responded, guarding against his shots. "We were going to save a little girl's village people from being eaten by a dragon!"

After hearing her words, Lie stops his assault at Yang. "Are you telling the truth?" He asked her.

"Of course." She answered. "None of us had no idea that there was treasure at the cave. And I doubt any of us really cares about it, well, maybe Weiss anyways."

Lie ponders to himself for a while before speaking again. "If what you say is true, then I must see if you are capable of beating me first before rescuing those villagers." He said, getting ready to fight once more.

"All right then, I'll just finish this in one shot." Yang confidently smirked. As the ponytail knight comes close to her, she strikes down on the ground so hard with her ISO-repulsor-powered gauntlets, causing an earthquake which caused the green-colored knight to lose balance temporarily, and since he had no time to react or to jump away as the ground started to rise up, Yang comes in and finishes him off with one strong punch.

"How'd you like that? Was I capable enough?" She said offering to give her hand to pick him up, which he gladly accepts.

"Yes, it was. Now I can trust you and the others to save those villagers, so that little girl won't have to suffer like I did." He said, which confused Yang.

"Suffer like you did? What happened to you?" She asked him.

Lie was silent for a couple of seconds until he decided to speak up, "When I was young, my village was attacked by some dragons. Almost everyone was taken, leaving me and my friend all alone with nowhere to go. We defended ourselves for a couple of years, with little food and water, until Sir Gawain found us and took us back to King Arthur's castle. There, I trained under him, while my friend was training with Sir Percival. We hoped that someday we would gain the strength so that no one else would have to suffer like we did." Lie finished his story, still trembling in fear from what happened on that fateful day.

"I'm…I'm sorry. I had no idea." Yang said, sadden by his backstory. "So why don't you come with us? You can help us save those people."

"I would love to, but I don't think my master would appreciate it if I teamed up with enemies to the kingdom." He said as he looks back to see that his master has been defeated by Sonic. "Besides, it looks like either me or my master can't do much now. That is why I tested you."

"Well, that makes sense. I guess we should head back with the rest." Yang said as the two went back to the others.

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The two rejoined everyone as they see Sir Gawain and Sir Lie has been defeated. "Yang, you're alright." Ruby said, hugging her sister.

"What? You thought I wouldn't win?" Yang teased her before hearing the sound of Gawain slamming his fist to the ground.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-More to Be a Knight Than to Serve Your Knig

"To lose to a mere apprentice...I have been disgraced! Only death can remove this stain upon my honor." Gawain said as he gets ready to commit suicide to the head.

"My master! You don't have to do that!" Lie told him.

"I have to, and you should too!" Gawain told him.

Lie was hesitant to do it, until Yang knocked off his weapon from his hand, just as Sonic takes away Gawain's swords.

"That is NOT an option." Yang told him.

"I know! Gimme a break! What's up with all this drama?" Sonic asked.

"Silence! Silence, I say!" Gawain said, getting their attention. "A knight that fails their king is unfit to live!"

"Isn't there more to being a knight than serving a king?" Sonic asked him as he walks away with both of his swords.

"Huh?"

"We're outta here. People to save, you know?" Sonic said as they began their leave to the Crystal Cave.

"Hope you guys can save those villagers." Lie told them.

"Of course we will. We're Avengers. It's our job, after all." Yang smiled before catching up with her fellow Avengers.

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BGM-Sonic X OST-Sonic Drive

Ruby: Hey, everyone. My name is Ruby Rose. We managed to save the kid's village, only to learn that wasn't a kid but Nimue. Wait. So does this mean we're true knights, or will we be after we defeat the last Knight of the Round Table?

True Knights

Ruby: Whew! Boy, is this place hot or what?