The Knothole Mobotropolis Exploits: New Teams Arise

(A/N: Last one up today. New potential pairings.)

Team Knight

Charles entered Mobotropolis with one goal in mind. King Acorn wanted him to gather himself a team, he'd get a team. Argus and Titus fit the bill perfectly. The two were wholly devoted to his little sister Aleena, he knew. He remembered, years ago, that both of them had been interested in her. Both of them had tried to court her in the past. Strange that she never chose either. Why couldn't she?

He knew that she loved both Argus and Titus dearly. Argus had been the captain of her personal guard, each one handpicked by her. He loved her children, and they had loved him. Aleena and the kids had spent a lot of time with Argus, when they were babies. Titus, well, at every dance they had ever gone to, Titus came out as the one she danced the most with, for he had skill, no doubt, just apparently not enough. He had made things fun for her, he wouldn't say challenged her, but was better than most. He read almost as often as she. The two could spend hours discussing things. There was the general. She had fallen in love with him over time, he knew she had. He had meant so much to her. She would have been content. Was that good enough for his baby sister? No.

Instead she had to go and meet the wolf. Instead she had to be swept onto the dance floor by him. Instead she had to be challenged by him, intrigued by him. Instead she had grown to care for him, to fall passionately in love with him, to marry him, and then to have her heart broken by him, to be betrayed by the man she had given all of herself to. If she had gone with Argus or Titus it would never have happened. If Sleet hadn't killed her husband, her life would have been a satisfactory one. At least she wouldn't be in this position she was in now. Then again, there was no guarantee to that. Robotnick would have risen up either way.

There was no point in thinking on the past, he supposed. What was done was done. Live and learn, and oh how Aleena had learned. She had suspected and then seen. He only wished she hadn't had to. He wondered, as he thought about it, what her thoughts were on the wolf, and what his were on her. He doubted highly, from the stories she'd told, that they were very much. Maybe she could finally move on if the wolf died; even if he lived. She deserved happiness again. Would any man ever be able to give it to her though, as Sleet once had? That was the million dollar question. He shook his head. Here came Argus' house.

Charles stopped in front of the door then knocked. He felt nervous to see his old friend once more, but there was no turning back now. The door opened, and Argus gasped. "Howdy Argus," Chuck greeted.

"Chuck, you've come back!" Argus exclaimed, grabbing him in a hug, lifting him from the ground. Placing him back down, he exclaimed, "It's been years old friend! How have you been?"

"I've been managing," Chuck replied. "I take it Aleena filled you in, though."

"Yes, she did," Argus solemnly confirmed.

"Listen Argus, I'm here to find you and Titus. For the sake of our rulers, I've been bidden to put together a small team of three. I thought instantly of you and Titus. What do you say? Ready to join Team Knight as the power member?" Chuck questioned.

"For Aleena, anything, as always," Argus agreed. "I'll bring you to Titus."

"Perfect," Charles said, with that the two ran off through the streets.

Titus heard the door being knocked on. He turned away from the drawing board curiously. He quickly moved to answer it. Opening up, he gasped, seeing who it was. "Chuck, Argus!" he exclaimed. "Charles, it's been years!"

"I've missed you too Titus. Look old friend, let's skip the details. For the sake of Queen and Mobius, King and Queen Acorn have bidden me to bring you two together once more, along with me. Argus is power, I'm speed, how's about you put your flying ability to the test for Team Knight? You must be out of practice after all these years," Chuck narrated.

After a hesitant pause, Titus replied, "For Aleena's sake I'll join you. And for the record, I still have it."

"Great, you can prove it later," Chuck replied. "For now, we're just supposed to lie in wait for any sign of trouble. If things get difficult around these parts, we try to deal with it. If it's something we can't handle, then the other freedom fighters can be called in."

"Of course," Titus agreed.

"Has Aleena headed back to, well, wherever they're holed up?" Argus questioned.

"If she ain't here, probably," Chuck confirmed.

"I'm worried about her," Titus admitted. "She told us Sleet had joined up with Eggman, that he was alive."

"She wasn't exaggerating," Chuck sourly said.

"She can take him. She's strong like that. Why she fell for him in the first place I'll never understand, but she's learned now," Argus confidently stated.

"That's not what concerns me," Titus remarked. The other two were silent, knowing perfectly well what he was insinuating.

"If things get too rough on her, we're here to step in," Charles finally said.

"I'll say. I can't wait to run my sword through him for what he did to her," Argus growled. Titus chuckled at the thought, picturing it as plain as day. Chuck sighed, looking uncertainly over the streets of Mobotropolis. Only time would tell what would become of them all.