Season 4 Episode 17: BIRTH OF THE RESCUE KNIGHTS!

July 20th, 2030

Claw had done the unthinkable, the forbidden: brought a dragon to Barkingburg. "We have to get in the air and stop Claw, get that dragon out of here!" Sweetie shouted.

"Hey, I'm the leader pup! I'm the one who gives orders to the other pups, and I only take orders from Ryder and Ben!" Chase protested.

"Chase, just listen to her!" Ryder commanded as he and Ben donned their wingsuits, leaping into the air.

The rest of the team followed suit, their jet engines firing back up and shooting into the skies. Ben and Ryder flew up to Claw, who was riding the dragon on a somewhat unstable looking mount. "CLAW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Ben yelled.

"I'm going to stop the Duke, make sure he never threatens the kingdom again, and reclaim my title of knight! Now where is that golden eagle jet?" Claw answered, before scanning the skies for the Duke's airplane.

"We already defeated him! We blew up his eagle jet and retrieved the gems!" Ryder urgently told him.

Claw's eyes widened in horror as he realized that he had broken the most sacred law of Barkingburg for nothing. "All right, I'll try and get him back to the Dragon Highlands! Have your team stay back, I don't want him getting agitated!" Claw quickly said.

Ben and Ryder nodded and flew back as Claw started to coax his dragon to turn around. He managed to successfully convince the scaly beast to turn around, but the turn was so sudden and sharp that it flung Claw and his unsturdy mount off of the dragon's back. The knight screamed as he fell through the sky. "MAGNET!" Arrby shouted, swooping down after the falling Doberman. The plane's bottom opened up to reveal a magnet, which shot out a ray at the plummeting pup. Attracting the metal of Claw's pup pack, Claw was sucked into the magnet, the impact sending a jolt through his body as Arrby communicated with the rest of the team. "I'm going to get Claw to safety and then I'll help you drive off the dragon! If that's all right, Captain Boss Mister Ryder sir?" Arrby asked.

"Affirmative, Arrby. Our priorities are keeping the people safe." Ryder replied.

The dragon roared, starting to fly towards Big Benji and the rest of Barkingburg now that Claw wasn't riding it and helping direct it back to the Dragon Highlands. "Everyone get in front of the dragon with your jets. Marshall, Everest, your water cannons and freeze ray will counter the dragon's fire breath if it decides to cut loose. Everyone else, open fire on the dragon if it doesn't turn around." Ben commanded.

"Open fire…?" Rubble gasped.

"You don't seriously mean…?" Rocky exclaimed.

"¡Dios mío!" Tracker yelped.

"We're going to have to shoot it. A dragon could burn Barkingburg to the ground and even if it didn't use its fire it could inflict severe destruction to the buildings." Sweetie grimly said.

Sure enough, the dragon opened up its maw and it started to glow. "Evvie, get ready!" Marshall yelled out.

"On it!" Everest agreed.

As the fire blast began to emerge from the gaping muzzle of the dragon, Marshall and Everest blasted it down with their water cannons and freeze ray. Falling a little bit out of the sky, the dragon flapped its wings and roared in anger. "Let's unload and hit it with everything we've got!" Ben suggested.

Reluctantly, the team unleashed their weapons on the dragon, bombarding it with gunfire, high pressurized water streams, missiles, electrical bursts, and cryogenic lasers. Through the smoke and explosions, they saw the dragon landing just outside the entrance to the castle, crushing the princess's birthday cake underneath itself. As the team swooped down to protect the princess and the castle, they saw the Princess come out of the castle holding a golden necklace of some sort, which shone and made the dragon freeze in place. "I order you to go back to the Dragon Highlands and never return!" Princess Bethany bellowed out.

To everyone's shock, the dragon grunted and flew back in the direction from where it came. "How did you…?!" Ben questioned once they were all on the ground.

Marshall immediately began to assess the team members for injuries. Ryder sank to the ground and sat down, worn out physically, emotionally, and mentally from the two intense rescues that had occurred over the previous twenty four hours. "The royal reliquary has several magic artifacts that are to be used in times of emergency, one of which being the Dragon's Tooth. It places a dragon under the command of the wielder. Thank god that Claw remembered it." The Princess panted.

"I'm so, so sorry…" Claw moaned as his head drooped.

"Sorry!? SORRY!? You broke the most sacred law of Barkingburg! NEVER DISTURB A DRAGON! Not only that, but your previous infractions have made it so that I have no other choice but to strip you even further!" The Earl snarled, exploding at the Doberman in anger for his latest mistake.

"No… NO! Y-you can't mean…!" Claw screamed in fear.

"CLAW. I HEREBY STRIP YOU OF ALL KNIGHTLY TITLES, AND EXILE YOU FROM BARKINGBURG… PERMANENTLY! Give me the pup pack!" The Earl angrily said.

Claw took a few steps backward as Arrby got between him and the earl. "What!? But Your Earliness! Sir Claw is the one who helped get the dragon to go away by helping the princess find the Dragon's Tooth! He tried to fix his mistake!" Arrby protested.

"I'm not going to listen to a pirate on what's right and wrong! Claw. Relinquish the pup pack, then leave and never come back." The Earl sternly replied.

Tears flooded Claw's eyes. He had lost everything… his girlfriend, his kingdom, his home, and his friends. "B-but… I… I just…" Claw blubbered.

He took off running, heading towards the woods and sobbing.

The Princess and the Paw Patrol were aghast. Even though Claw had done some bad things in the past, he did have good intentions. "I forbid you from looking for him. He is EXILED." The Earl growled before storming into the castle.

Bethany then turned to Rubble. "Rubble. I'm afraid this is a large request, but now that the dragons have been disturbed, we need to refortify the castle. Can you and the Paw Patrol help reinforce our home so that it can withstand dragon attacks?" Princess Beth requested.

"...Tomorrow." Ryder sighed.

The royal nodded her head in agreement. "It has been a rather daunting and grueling past day and a half for us. We will begin construction tomorrow." The Princess decreed.

The group then retired to their bedrooms for a long rest, not caring that it was the middle of the day. The pups began construction of the castle's reinforcements the next day, while Ben and Ryder went to the Mission PAW Headquarters to begin work on a new project. Sweetie and Rocky collaborated with them on the new gear, while Chase, Marshall, Skye, Zuma, Everest, Tracker, and Arrby worked with Rubble on the fortifications of the castle.

August 4th, 2030 (Two Weeks Later)

Days came and went. Both groups were working desperately hard to finish their tasks, and Ryder and Rocky had to lend extra hands and paws when Everest and Tracker got called back to Adventure Bay to handle the rescues there. The work was long and grueling, tiring them out. But it was worth it. Barkingburg Castle could now be fortified and armored up at a moment's notice, transforming it into the Castle Lookout.

"At least it won't be burned to the ground if a dragon comes and attacks. But what do we do when a dragon does come? Our jet weapons barely even hurt it!" Arrby worriedly said.

"That's where these come in." Ben announced, and several vehicles drove out to meet the PAW Patrol.

"Woah!" All of the pups except Sweetie and Rocky exclaimed.

"I present to you, the finest and most recent innovations in anti-dragon defense. With equipment specifically designed to counter the dragons and drive them off, or hurt them if need be, we'll be ready for them if they return. With alternate mode changing tech based off of Cybertronian transformation I've also made each of us dragon proof armor." Ben revealed.

The princess looked at all of the pups as well as at Ben and Ryder. "In order to properly defend the kingdom, you'll need a title that befits your new roles. And it is with great honor that I dub all of you the Rescue Knights. I dub thee Sir Ben, Sir Ryder, Sir Chase, Sir Marshall, Dame Skye, Sir Rocky, Sir Rubble, Sir Zuma, Dame Sweetie, and Sir Arrby." Princess Bethany spoke.

The team puffed their chests out in pride as they were given the titles. As Rescue Knights, the Rescue Force would have greater responsibilities and challenges than ever before…

Claw growled bitterly as he trudged through the forest back towards the castle. What had once been love and pride for his home kingdom of Barkingburg had turned into hatred and loathing. He would show them what it meant to make an enemy out of the greatest knight. He would make sure they would regret ever exiling him.