of Shovels and Knights (Shovel Knight stories)

Tinker Knight - Working day

- So you first walk in my clocktower and get rid of a good part of my sorveillance, making some of the clog systems stop or straight up messing them and then you come asking me to repair your harpoon and because there's a scratch I have to pay??? - 

- Exactly,  I will send you the bill through one of my minions but if you prefer I can directly take it off from your workers's pay off. - 

- BUT THAT'S--!!!! How--?!? - 

- Fine I will send you the bill, payment will be on our next meeting at the Tower, goodbye Thin Man- 

Tinker Knight was still not knowing how to reply until he saw the bounty hunter walking off his office, when he threw a wrench on the ground in frustration. 
He always had his own issues being respected but since he was forced to join the Order, it sure didn't get any better; beside producing an entire army for the Master he had to repay any kind of structure, mechanism and weapon of the entire group and if they would have at the very least told him beforehead when they would come- 

- But no, always crashing in and ruin my work and leaving as nothing- - he thought out loud while picking up some paper projects left when he stood up in the rush. And because Treasure Knight almost broke the desk with his harpoon. 
However, that was... curious. It wasn't the first time his hand was jammed but this time it was simply detached, the chain broken. He remembered the pirate saying something about his battle against this Shoevl Knight, a guy the Master mentioned quite a few times--- was him such a treat, that even her seemed to be-?
Naah it couldn't be. It... sure could not be. 
Right?
...

- Hey Master, we heard some yelling coming from here, something happened?- 

- No, but thank you for coming. Cogslotters, clean up the lower levels from the scarp metal Treasure left and double the robots. Nobody should enter unless they announced, if it's the case use the cog shooters, you have my permission. Now back to work! - 

He was waken up by some tudding sounds, coming from below. He didn't put too much thought on it at first, probably some of those Electrodents or Clockamelon bumping into the walls, but he had to interrupt his project design after something which sounded like a burst broke the rythmic clogs sound and decided to take a look... only to see the stairs's mechanism had been ruined, locked from the outside. 
How great. The noise was getting louder. 
Assuming nobody was around to open him, he walked towards one point in the room, where the floor wasn't on great conditions, and there he jumped on his mobile gear and tried to break out from there.
Not a pleasant thing to do; he was already imaging having to rebuild the structure while floating up, and regretted that decision in the same moment he pulled back the lever and he crashed through the floor, falling down where the sounds were coming from. 
He snapped out of the confusion caused by the hit soon after realizing the whole place was filled with dirt, robots rolling over in panic between wood and broken wall pieces he left and stones; the air was filled with dust and... smoke?
His worried were confirmed where he noticed on a corner melted and cutted metallic pieces which seemed to resemble some of his inventions.
Between all the members of the Order, why him???
He didn't took long to find the hole from where he entered and started to follow the footprints and destroyed machines he left on his path before disappearing through another tunnel. Wonder what he was looking for, he sure seemed determi-
He could only feel the floor under his feet trembling before being thrown to the ceiling and fallen over the other knight.

- What... are you doing in heRE??? -

- I would ask you the same thing, you were lucky the flame on my helmet wasn't burning!! - 

- Don't talk to me in that way, why you can't just ask for the explosives instead of digging into the bases?? You know this tower is older than any other bulding in this valley and--- -