The woman groaned, opening her eyes. The moment her vision cleared, she spotted two familiar faces and one she didn't recognized.

"M-Marshall? Joey?" She groaned. Marshall and Joey grinned.

"Vivi! You're okay! What happened?" Joey asked.

"Rubble was worried about you, you know." Marshall added. Hearing this, Vivi deflated slightly, her eyes lowering. Rubble...my baby boy. She thought, before focusing on her memory, trying to regain her thoughts.

"My memory's a bit fuzzy, but...I remember taking this job, to make Rubble proud, and before I knew it, I was surrounded by 20 Vulcans," She said. Chase paused. 20? What happened to the rest of them? He thought. "I manage to beat them, but...the last one...did a Take Over."

"Take Over?" Chase asked, tilting his head, a bit puzzled.

"It's a body possession spell. Vulcans are monsters that survives by stealing people's bodies and taking them over." Joey said. Chase paused.

"Huh. Weird, that's the first time I ever heard about some sort of possession magic." He muttered to himself. He wondered why Humdinger never said anything about that. Joey had thought about telling Chase that Vulcans weren't the only ones with Take Over magic, but decided to go against it. Better as a surprise anyway! He thought, snickering. Hearing this, Chase gave him a wary glance. "What are you laughing about?"

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Joey said.

"Man, Vivi, you defeated 19 Vulcans! That's impressive!" Marshall said with a grin on his face. Vivi stared at him, blinking, before giving the DragonSlayer a smile.

"I guess it was..." She said, before realizing they weren't alone and spotted Chase. "I...don't remember you. Have you always been in our guild?"

"Er, I'm new, actually," Chase said, holding out his hand. "The name's Chase."

Vivi shook his hand, a gentle smile on her face. "Hello Chase. Welcome to the guild, eh," She paused and then narrowed her eyes at him. "Hold on, you're a dark mage, aren't you?" Chase froze, as did Marshall and Joey. Sweat started to appear on the dark mage's face, swallowing roughly, before nodding his head. Vivi continued to pin him down with the glare, before she broke into a smile. "Well, a friend of the PAW Patrol is a friend of mine. I take it that this is your first time on the job?"

"Actually, Marshall was the one that went searching for you. I only tagged along as a back up."

"And what a fine back up you are, Chase. I may not remember much about our battle, but I do remember you holding your ground against me," Vivi smiled. "You're a powerful wizard, I can sense that. You'll fit right on in with the rest of the guild."

Chase just blushed, smiling bashfully.

"Anyway, we should go. Rubble's already worried sick about you, and threaten to come here all on his own to search for you." Marshall said, tilting his head. Vivi nodded and was about to get up, but was stopped, not only by her injury, but by Chase and Marshall. "Let us help you." Vivi grinned and allowed the two wizards to carry her out of the cave.

Meanwhile, back with Rubble, he was sitting on the steps, tears in his eyes.

"Are you kidding me? The PAW Patrol is the weakest guild in all of Sunset Valley!"

"They do nothing, but drink and get beaten up!"

"When I grow up, I want to be a knight, not some dumb wizard."

"Wizards are a waste of time. Let's get out of here."

"Mom, you should go get a job!" Rubble said, looking at his mother with wide eyes. Vivi only stared at him, surprised, before smiling at him, soft and lovingly.

"Okay."

Rubble felt tears overflowing in his eyes, his body starting to shake. Please...

"Rubble!" Rubble looked up, and then he was taken back by what he saw. It was Marshall, Joey, and Chase, but more than that, it was his mother, safe and sound. He broke into a smile.

"MOM!" He screamed, jumping into his mother's arms for a hug. Marshall, Joey, and Chase smiled at the scene. "I'm sorry!"

"I'm sorry for worrying you." She whispered, placing kisses on top of Rubble's forehead.

"It's okay! I'm a wizard's son!"

"The next time those kids try to pick on you and say something bad about the PAW Patrol, ask them if their parents could beat 19 monsters on their own." Vivi said, smirking when Rubble's eyes grew wide and sparkling. Suddenly, he turned around, watching as the three members walked away. "Marshall! Joey! Thank you!"

"No problem!"

"Aye!"

"And thank you too, Chase!"

Chase turned around and smiled, waving goodbye. Turning back around, he couldn't help but smile at Marshall.

"That was a nice thing you did, you know." He said. Marshall blinked, confused.

"What are you talking about? You helped too, you know." He pointed out. Chase just shook his head.

"Yeah, but you were motivated to help Rubble, even if you don't realize it." He said. Marshall just stared at him, confusion on his face clear as day. The fire mage slowly turned to Joey in hopes the cat would understand him, but even Joey shrugged his shoulders. Chase just sighed. "Forget it. It's probably nothing anyway."

"You're a weird dark mage." Marshall stated, and Joey nodded his head in agreement.

"Aye."

Chase just smiled.

You don't even realize that you would fight tooth and nail to make sure Vivi was back with her son, in the same breath as you searched high and low for the father figure in your life, Derolth. Chase's smile got bigger. Marshall...you and everyone else in the guild are really nice people. I'm glad I decided to join, no matter how crazy you seem to be.

"Eh? Whatcha smiling at Chase?" Joey asked.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Chase said, repeating the same line Joey had told to him. The green cat hummed, not really sure what to make of the wizard before them, before shrugging it off. He had the feeling he would have to get use to Chase's quirks - just like Chase would have to get use to Joey's teasing.

All in all, he had the feeling that Chase and Marshall would be a wonderful pair.