"Yes, I am the client, Kaby Melon." Said an old man with grey hair.
"Melon?!" Joey started.
"You have a yummy name!" Marshall said, drool appearing from the side of his face. Katie smiled warily while Chase rolled his eyes, shaking his head.
"Is food really the only thing you think about? Not to mention rude!" He said, but Kaby just shook it off, laughing.
"It's okay, I get that a lot," He said, smiling at them. "Now then, let me tell you about this job. My request is to destroy the book in the possession of Duke Everlue, DayBreak. Or burning it, that works too."
"Burning it? Then how come I don't just burn down the whole mansion?" Marshall asked, a happy grin on his face. Chase glared at him.
"Because that's destruction of property, idiot! You'll get charged for that!" He said.
"May I ask for the reason of burning the book?" Katie asked, ignoring her teammates. Marshall scoffed.
"Who cares? It's 200,000 jewels!" He said. Kaby blinked.
"200,000? No, it's 2,000,000 jewels." He corrected, and nearly all three choked on their spit.
"2-2,000,000?!" They gasped.
"Yes, weren't you aware? I asked your guild master to up the reward money." Kaby said, cocking his head to the side, but the PAW Patrol members didn't hear him. Namely, Marshall and Joey were in their own world, trying to work out how much money they would receive.
"2,000,000 divided by four is...?!" Marshall gasped. "Crap! I can't even do the math!"
"It's simple! I get 2,000,000, and you get 2,000,000 and Katie get 2,000,000 and Chase gets the rest!"
"IDIOT! THAT'S NOT HOW MATH WORKS! AND BY THE WAY, CAT, KATIE CAN'T GET 2,000,000 IF YOU AND YOUR GREEDY BASTARD OF AN OWNER GETS HALF AND HALF! THAT'S LITERALLY IN THE NEGATIVES!" Chase shouted. Kaby just laughed while Katie sighed.
"But...why?" She asked. Almost immediately, the lighten mood changed and Kaby frowned, fist tighten against his thighs. The three wizards looked at him, concerned and serious, as the old man bowed his head.
"I...want to destroy the book at all cost. I cannot allow that book to exist." He said. It took a moment before Marshall's face was set on fire, startling Chase while Joey and Katie looked at the fire mage curious.
"Okay, I'm all pumped up! Let's go, Chase!" He shouted, grabbing Chase's hand and was out the door.
"Wait, why the hell are you grabbing me?! Katie's the one we need!"
Meanwhile, Joey can't help but snicker.
"He liiiiikes him." He said, grinning while Katie giggled and walked out the door, following Marshall's dust trail. Kaby stared at them as they go, feelings of pain and anger rushing through him when he thought about the book, DayBreak. Gritting his teeth, Kaby turned away from the window and walked to his kitchen, lost in thought. DayBreak must be destroyed. It will never exist ever again. He thought.
Meanwhile, with the three members, it didn't take long for them to find where Everlue was hiding, and was now hiding behind a tree.
"Okay Katie, we're counting on you." Marshall said, and Joey nodded his head.
"Aye." Katie rolled her eyes.
"Gee, way to make a girl feel welcome." She said, giving them a glare.
"Ignore them, Katie. Obviously, you're a much more powerful wizard than you give yourself credit for," Chase said, placing a hand on her shoulder. The blonde gave him a smile just as the dark mage lean down to whisper into her ear. "And besides, when we receive the money, make sure to leave Marshall with nothing."
"Oi! I heard that!" Marshall said, glaring at the dark mage who smirked. Katie giggled again before walking towards the mansion. The other two watched her go intently, knowing that if something happens, they'll be ready. Reaching the door, Katie let out a breather, and ringed the doorbell.
"Hello! I've come because I heard you were recruiting maids!" She said, waiting for an answer. Receiving none, she continued. "Is anyone home?!" Just then the ground behind Katie started to crack, and immediately, Chase was on the offense as they watched something coming from the ground. Before long, something did shot out from the ground and landed with a heavy thud next to Katie. Katie paled at the sight of a very, very, very large woman with short pink hair that were tied in small pigtails, and the maid uniform she was wearing, well, really didn't suit her well - especially around the chest area.
Am I going to have to fight her?! No, she's wearing a maid outfit, so she must be working for Everlue. What the hell?! What kind of maids does he want?! Katie thought.
"A maid recruit?" The woman asked, voice sounding very deep, almost man-like. Katie was starting to have doubts.
"Y-yes..."
"It seems you came because of the advertisement our master has placed for maids." She said, and before Katie could say anything, another figure appeared, this time a short, somewhat bald, man dressed in a suit.
"Did you call for me?!" He asked. That's when he looked at Katie, who gave him the most sweetest, kindest, of smiles she could manage. "Let's see here..."
"Thanks for having me here!" Katie giggled nervously, trying not to freak out by the stare he was giving her. When this is over, I'm hitting Marshall over the head with my hammer a thousand times over! She thought and suppress the urge to let out an angry roar at the mere thought of her supposed comrade.
"No thanks. Go home, ugly." He said, turning his back around and waving a clear dismissal. Katie was shocked and nearly fell flat on her face. U-ugly?! Is THAT what he thinks of me?! This little-!
"Well, that's that. Go on home, ugly." The woman said, picking Katie up. Katie choked.
"You understand? For a person as magnificent as myself," That's when four other maids appeared, all of them weirdly shape and nowhere as beautiful as Katie thought they would be. What kind of fucked up place IS this? "Only beautiful girls will do!" Katie's mouth dropped as the maids gathered around the man, complimenting him and blushing. Katie just stared at them, speechless before bowing her head in shame.
"So much for sex appeal." Marshall said, giving Katie a disappointed glare. Chase glared at him.
"Oh, shut the fuck up! You know nothing about the opposite gender!" He shouted at the fire mage, who scrambled backwards and decided to shut up for now. Chase sighed and looked at Katie. "Don't worry Katie, that had nothing to do with you."
Katie looked at him with wide and sparkling eyes.
"It doesn't?" She asked. Chase scratched the back of his head, and gave her an awkward smile.
"Of course it doesn't! That guy has weird taste in girls, obviously." He said. Katie sniffled, wiping the tears that threaten to fall, and smile at him.
"Thanks Chase. You know just the right words to say to a girl." She said, smiling while Chase blushed.
"Marshall, I think Katie likes Chase." Joey whispered to the fire mage, but Katie heard that and narrowed her eyes.
"As a friend Joey!" Katie shouted, even when Chase started to blush even more.
"Alright! I guess it's time for Plan T!" Marshall said, slamming his fist inside his open palm, smirking.
"Don't you mean Plan B?" Chase asked, but Joey shook his head, answering him.
"The T is for 'Take them head on!'" He said.
"AND WHAT KIND OF PLAN IS THAT?!"
Meanwhile, somewhere far away from the three wizards...
"Tch. More wizards has foolishly shown up." A shadowy figure said, smirking at them from his crystal ball.
"Haven't they learned their lesson?" Another asked.
"And they're from PAW Patrol this time?" The main figure said, smirking. "Interesting..." That's when one of the figures looked over at Chase.
"Hey, isn't that a dark mage? Wasn't he from Catastrophe Crew?" He asked. The smirk widen.
"My, it seems like the PAW Patrol ended up picking a stray cat. Who knew the guild was so open minded?"
"More like, naïve. He's Humdinger's one-trick pony, able to bend the laws of nature itself, so it's been told."
"Oh? That's interesting. I wonder..." That's when the figure stood up, revealing it to be Everlue. He had a smirk on his face. "Boys, change of plans. You can kill all the others, but leave THIS one," He pointed at Chase. "Alive and bring him to me. He might be of use to me in the future and who knows who will pay to have that dark mage as their own."
The two figures before him bowed and then disappeared. Everlue looked at Chase with awe and morbid fascination.
"Pretty bird, you're mine. And you don't even know it."