The Four Horsemen

Competitors is the fifth episode of Knighted.

Anecdote
"Sometimes when there is something you really want to do, you just have to wait for the right opportunity. But opportunities are hard to come by in tough times, so does that mean you aren't allowed to do what you want to do?"

- Paper

Plot
[Paper is working at something in his basement. He has a computer turned on and is currently working with a saw. He slices a large chunk of metal in half and then picks up the two halves in his gloved hands and places them in a bucket of water. He takes off the gloves and then types something into the computer. He outs his gloves back on and then walks over to the bucket. He takes out both of the chunks of metal and places them on a board. He turns a light on over them and then sits down in a chair to wait. He takes off his gloves again and puts them on the table. There is a beep from the computer. He rolls the chair over to it and then clicks on a message that has popped up.]

[Paper]: Video call? At 4:15 in the morning?

[He clicks on a button which brings up a video call with Rose.]

[Paper]: What do you want, Rose?

[Rose]: Remember that thing I asked you to help me with?

[Paper]: You mean rescuing your friends?

[Rose]: Yes. I may have found the perfect opportunity.

[Paper]: Explain...

[Rose]: My brother got a job as a security guard. He's a member of the Red Wind Riders, too.

[Paper]: Of course he is...

[Rose]: So when should we do it?

[Paper]: How about tonight?

[Rose]: Sounds great...

[Paper]: What do you think this is...? We're going to rescue your friends... not anything else...

[Rose]: Yeah, I know... What are you working on...

[Paper]: I was just doing some tests with a metal...

[Rose]: Okay, well I got to go now. See you tonight...

[Paper]: Bye.

[The video call ends. Paper stands up from the chair and goes over to the metal under the light. The light has dried the chunks. Paper puts on his gloves and picks up a sanding machine. He turns it on and begins to smooth the surface of the metals. Several metal ships get shot forward as he sands, but they all land in a protective tray. After a few moments, he stops the sander.]

[Paper]: That should do it...

[He walks over to the far side of the room and opens a container. The container is filled with mostly ice. There are two beakers at the top of the ice. One has a blue liquid and one has a red liquid. He picks up the beaker with the red liquid in it.]

[Paper]: This will either work... or kill me...

[He gulps and then takes a small amount of liquid into a vial. He slowly pours the vial over on of the chunks of metal. The reaction turns the metal into a red color and makes the surface bubble, but it soon hardens leaving a bubbly texture over it. Paper picks up the chunk and places it on a board labeled Finished. He walks back over to the container and places the red liquid in it. He picks up the blue liquid and repeats the process up to the point where he pours the liquid over a chunk of metal.]

[Paper]: Let's try this...

[He begins to pour the liquid over the metal. The second the liquid comes into contact with the metal, it makes the metal expand very quickly. Paper backs away and then looks and notices a sample of an unknown mineral on the other side of the room.]

[Paper]: I'm doomed.

[The metal touches the mineral and the mineral spreads all over the still expanding solid. Eventually, the pieces of metal bursts in an explosion. Paper gets knocked back against the wall and falls unconscious as the metal scraps go flying every where. The only things left standing are the lab equipment and computer, which were in a protective shell of a material, and the red bubbly metal that Paper had created moments ago. The camera zooms in on the metal.]

[Theme Song]