"Tell me again, why are we walking back to the guild?"
"Because there's no way I would get back on that metal death trap."
"But the guild is so far away from here! Why haven't you done anything about your motion sickness?"
"It's not something that can be overcome easily. Trust me, I have been trying." Marshall said, causing Chase to sigh, looking ahead albeit grumpily.
"Do you have any idea where we're going? The cat said this is the way to go, right?" He asked. Marshall nodded.
"Yep, I always trust Joey's sense of directions." The fire mage grinned, as Joey nodded his head. Chase just stared at them.
"We're walking through a swamp because of him!" The dark mage shouted. Joey huffed and folded his arms.
"Well, obviously! It's the way we go!" Joey said and Chase groaned, placing his head inside his hands.
"Right."
Afterwards, the two mages continued to walk through the swamp and were back on the road again. It was quiet, no one had anything to say, and just when they were about to pass a bush, it made a noise causing the three to tense up. Marshall was the first to react.
"Who are you?!" He shouted, jumping into the bush. Chase sweatdropped.
"Is he always looking for a fight?" He asked. Joey nodded, cheering on his owner.
"Aye! Go for it, Marshall!"
Out of thin air, both Marshall and a guild member, who's named Everest as Chase could recall, appeared, both of them looking angry and ready for a fight. It was then the dark mage realized something was off about Everest, and blushed, looking away from the blue haired ice mage. Why is she half naked?! He thought.
"You idiot! I was using the bathroom!" She cried out.
"Why did you strip before you found one, you jerk?!" Marshall asked, his magic going crazy. "There's no way there'd be a bathroom in a forest anyway!"
Everest glared at him, her magic also going crazy. "And weren't you the one barging in when a girl's going to the bathroom, you pervert?!"
"Pervert? That's rich coming from you, Strip Tease." Marshall growled. Everest growled back.
"Don't call me that you stupid hothead!"
"Ice Queen!"
"Flame Brain!"
"Popsicle!"
"Immature brat!"
"Exhibitionist!"
As the two continued to argue, their magic waving against each other, Chase just stared at them in disbelief, a sweatdrop appearing on his forehead.
"What are they, in third grade?" He asked. Joey smiled.
"Marshall and Everest are always like this, even in the guild! They're rivals!" He said. Chase shook his head.
"I figured." He said. Later on, after things settle down, the three mages appeared on a cliff, where Everest had been fishing. She had explained to them as to why they were meeting each other, and Chase nodded his head, understanding. "So you just finish a job?"
Everest nodded. "Yeah. Cutting through the forest to get back to Adventure Bay is a shortcut, you see."
"See? What did we tell you, Chase?" Joey grinned. Chase glared at him.
"And yet you didn't realize Everest was there?" He asked.
"There are some things you don't want to smell." Everest glared at the cat.
"What was that?!"
"Enough of you. Get on back by yourself already." Marshall said. Everest groaned, getting up.
"Of course. It'll be trouble if I don't get back soon." She said, making Chase curious.
"What kind of trouble?"
Everest turned to face them, a serious look coming across her face.
"Ace will be back shortly." She said, and Marshall and Joey choked, Marshall turning white again, while Chase cocked his head to the side, confused.
"Ace? You mean...her..."
"The woman known as the most powerful wizard in PAW Patrol!" Joey said. Chase's eyes went wide at that.
"R-Really? Just how powerful are we talking?" He asked.
"Let's just say, Ace can - and has - take down tons of monsters by herself, without breaking a sweat." Joey said. Chase's eyes widen even further as he started imagining what Ace looked like, and how strong she must be.
"Wow...I kind of want to meet her now." He said. "You know, I never actually seen a picture of her in the Weekly mag. What kind of person is she?"
"Scary." Everest, Marshall, and Joey said. Chase blinked at the response.
"Wild animal?" Everest guessed.
"Beast?" Marshall said.
"More like an evil demon!" Joey shouted. Chase couldn't help but imagine a shadow-y figure of a woman, stomping all over town, breathing fire, and shivered. "Not that big." Joey commented.
"But she's bigger than you think!" Marshall said.
"It's about right if you're talking about how scary she is," Everest said, her arms folded against her chest. "Actually, maybe it's even worse."
Still, the same image of a shadow-y woman, except slightly bigger and was now kicking mountains instead.
"Like, this bad," Marshall said.
"No, I think she could blow away a mountain into three pieces with a single kick." Everest said.
"Three pieces is exaggerating, I think it's more like two." Joey said.
"A woman that can blow a mountain in two with a single kick? That's pretty scary." Chase said, shivering at the mere thought.
"Anyway, we've got to hurry home." Everest said. Marshall jumped to his feet, nodding his head.
"Crap, let's go!"
But before they could leave, the ground below them exploded, and three mages gasped in surprise. Dust covered the air, and about time it started to clear, Chase had sunk into the ground on his hands and knees, Everest's lower half too, and Marshall head first into the ground.
"A wizard?!"
"Joey?!" Marshall called out, sand dripping from his mouth.
"Aye..." Joey said, realizing he was caught, tied up, and ready to be stoked by a fire the three mages has yet to make. One of the mages grinned.
"We're gonna get us some protein for once!" He said.
"I'm so sick of fruit and nuts!" His twin groaned.
"Meat!" A huge chicken said.
"Looks delicious."
"Man, this guy's really shaking." The orange-haired guy said, poking Joey. The mage that had caused the explosion grinned.
"Sorry about this. Guess you're scared cause you'll end up in our bellies!"
"No, I'm not shaking because I'm scared," Joey said. "I have to go to the bathroom."
The wizards looked at the cat in disbelief. "Huh?"
"I might not be able to hold it in. If that happens that'll make me taste weird, I'm sure." Joey wept.
"Shut up. Do it." The mage said.
"Meat!" The chicken said and cast a fire spell.
"I want medium please."
"I can't stand it! Are you sure you want to do this? I'll taste weird." Joey said. The chicken cocked his head to the side, but before he could decided to whether or not fry Joey, a voice called out.
"Hold it right there!" The mages looked up to see Marshall, Chase, and Everest staring at them.
"Joey!" Chase called out.
"Thank goodness! I won't taste weird!" Joey cried out.
"You're still on about that?"
"You've got our friend there, bub," Marshall said, crackling his knuckles. "You may be hungry, but we can't let you eat him."
"You're also wizards, right? From what guild?" Everest asked. The shorter mage grinned.
"None of your business! Get 'em!"
With that, the mages charged after the three PAW Patrol wizards.
"Everest, let's do this." Marshall said.
"Don't order me around." Everest stated. The two glared at their opponents and dodged their attacks.
"Take this! Sand bomb!" The shorter mage shouted, the ground turning into sand and whirling around in the air. Marshall gasped in surprised as he was covered in sand. Chase watched him in horror.
"Marshall!"
"Leave him! Take care of Joey!" Everest said.
"Right!" Chase said, and began running towards the tied up cat. Meanwhile, Everest was facing off with the orange haired twin mages, and blocked their attacks, holding them off for as long as she could. Joey wept once more.
"Oh no, I'm going to be eaten by Chase!" The cat cried out.
"Shut up, cat!" Chase growled, trying to untie him, not noticing the chicken mage in front of him.
"MEAT!" He shouted, only to gasp in surprise when Chase promptly punched him in the gut. The dark mage glared at him.
"If you thought I was weak, think again you feather-haired bastard!" He said, loosening the ropes around Joey's paws. Now that he was free, both he and Chase ran away. Meanwhile, Everest looked around.
"Who's next?!" She called out, only to sweatdrop when she realized that the mage in front of her had a crystal ball.
"You'll get an unexpected visitor. The stars point to trouble with water and men." He said. Everest's eyebrow twitched.
"Fortune telling?" Then she punched him with her elbow. "Shut up!"
Chase blinked. "She's not even using magic? Wow!" Then he blushed. "Er, your clothes..."
Everest looked down and realized she was, once again, in her bra and underwear, making her blush and cover herself. "EEEK! Don't look!"
"I-I'm not!" Liar, liar, pants on fire. A voice chanted in Chase's head. Shut up, you. I'm not a pervert.
"What is with that girl?" The sand mage mutter to himself, yet he couldn't keep his eyes off of Everest's chest. Distracted, he wasn't aware of that his sand ball was coming undone until it was too late, and it exploded in fire. "Uh oh!"
"Look here, you," Marshall growled. "How dare you make my mouth all gritty!" Spitting, Marshall punched his fist together. "Take this! Iron fist of the Fire Dragon!" He shouted, lifting himself off the ground, fist aflame. The sand mage could only stare just as the attack hit him, and the ground before them exploded.
Seconds later, the mages were all tied to a tree.
"You didn't have to get so serious with these small fry," Everest muttered.
"How about I fry up that smart mouth of yours, you weirdo girl." Marshall said.
"I doubt you could. Not with those lukewarm flames of yours."
"Oh yeah?!"
Soon the two broke out into an argument once again, while Chase tried to gather information from the mages they defeated.
"Lulla..."
"Huh?" The dark mage cocked his head.
"The...lulla...by..." That's when the two mages stopped and looked at him.
"Eh?"
"Lullaby?"
Before anyone could say what happened, a shadow attack appeared and knocked all of them from under their feet.
"Watch out!"
"Too late for that, cat!"
The mages tied to the tree, however, looked scared as the shadow hand grabbed them and dragged the tree down, and then disappeared. The PAW Patrol wizards looked shocked.
"What the hell?!"
"Who is it?!"
"I can't sense them anymore already." Everest said. "It's someone crazy fast."
"Damn it! I don't get this at all!" Marshall said. Meanwhile, Chase had a dark look on his face. Lullaby? Isn't that? His eyes went wide. Please don't tell me that's what I think it is! He thought.
"Anyway, we better get going. Ace, remember?" Everest said, making Chase and Marshall freeze.
"Crap! We're going to be late!" With that, Marshall grabbed Chase and began running towards Adventure Bay, Joey and Everest running alongside of them.