Chapter 23: The Golden Shock

"I BRING YOU TO LIFE!!!!" King roared as he raised his little paws into the air, looking at his army of plushies.

Eda tilted her head. "Okay, what is he doing?"

Luz giggled. "We told him he might be related to The Titan and this is how he's taking it. Isn't it cute?"

Eda chuckled. "Yeah, guess it is. So, uhh, you're fine with that Jean-Luc staying up in your room?"

"Yeah! Of course!" Luz smiled. "He treats King well and he treats me well! He even does some of the cleaning!"

"Hmmm, having a monster butler IS pretty cool." Eda said with a nod. "And it's been about a day so far since I, uhh, tried to attack him with a knife."

"He forgives you for that." Luz smiled before her phone buzzed. "Okay, I'm scared now."

"Why?"

"Everytime I check my phone? There's a brand new monster or something terrible like that!" Luz cried.

Eda sighed. "You're just being paranoid, kiddo. Check it."

Luz sighed before pulling out her phone and then her eyes widened. "...THIS IS THE GREATEST THING IN MY LIFE."

"What? What is it?" Eda asked.

"Amity invited me over!!!" Luz cried before she quickly swiped the notification and then answered yes. "Second date! Woo!"

"Oh! So it IS a date?" Eda smirked. "When do I get to meet her officially?"

"Probably soon!" Luz smiled. "Oh, I better get ready! She says this afternoon!"

She then rushed up the stairs and Eda laughed. "Young love."





Later that day, when the afternoon arrived, Luz couldn't wait. She was excited. Another date with Amity. This was more going to her house, but in her book, it still counted.

She was also slightly nervous. Amity mentioned that her father was there, and she hoped he was a nice person. Especially after seeing how nasty her mother looked in public photos of Blight Industries.

When Luz arrived? She saw a mansion. "Whoa...Amity's...rich! I mean, I knew that, but wow!"

She then went over and knocked on the door. "Hello?"

Then? To her delightful surprise, Amity answered. Her cheeks went pink. "Luz! You're here!"

Luz giggled. "The one and only! Can I come in? Your house looks great from the outside, so I can only imagine the inside!"

"Of course! Come on in!" Amity said before opening the door and then playfully doing a curtsy with the ends of her dress. "M'lady."

Luz laughed and did a bow. "M'lady!"

The two girls laughed before entering the manor, with Amity giving Luz a quick tour of the place. And then? Alador entered the living room, the tour's final stop.

"You must be the famous Luz!" Alador smiled as he walked over and held out his hand for a handshake. "I'm Amity's father, but you can call me Mr. Blight or Alador."

Luz smiled and then shook his hand. "It's nice to meet you! Your daughter's one of the best, uhh, friends I could ever ask for!" She said with a light blush.

Alador noticed the blush on Luz and his daughter's face, smirking. "Yes. I hope so. Are you girls hungry?"

"Very! Thanks for asking!" Luz smiled as she and Amity followed Alador into the kitchen.

But when they arrived into the kitchen, Alador suddenly stumbled.

"DAD!" Amity cried, rushing to her father's side. "You ok!?"

Alador began to breathe heavily. "A-Amity!! Your friend! R-RUN! SHE NEEDS TO LEAVE!!"

Luz's eyes widened. "W-Why do I need to- AGHHHHH!!!"

She suddenly screamed out in pain as she was shocked with red energy, and then fell unconscious, falling back through the kitchen entrance.

"LUZ!!!!" Amity shrieked before she and her father were surrounded in a red aura and started to float.

Then, Odalia and Golden Guard walked out, with Golden Guard grabbing Luz's hat and ripping it off, and then grabbing her by her shirt and lifting her into the air.

"L-LUZ!!!! LET HER GO, YOU GOLDEN BASTARD!!!!" Amity screamed, growling.

"Amity Blight!" Odalia suddenly cried and both she and Alador went quiet. "Do not be rude to our dear guest."

Golden Guard laughed as he looked at the unconscious Luz. "Oh, no worries. This little criminal has called me worse."

"C-Criminal?" Amity whispered before seeing the pointy ears on Luz.

"Luz Noceda...or as you humans call her? The superhero known as The Witch." Golden Guard said before Odalia began to lead him to her husband's lab.

"L-Luz is the...WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HER!?" Amity cried, trying to move, but she was frozen.

"You won't need to worry about your little friend, Amity. In fact, it's best if you just forget her." Odalia smirked before she slammed the door to the lab shut once Golden Guard was inside.

Inside the lab? There was a test tube of some kind, which Golden Guard used magic to put Luz inside, and then Odalia sealed it up.

"Remember what your emperor promised." Odalia said. "I help you take care of this criminal-"

"And we pay you handsomely. To the point where you won't need a husband to manipulate into making money for you." Golden Guard smirked before he used his staff to wake up Luz.

Luz gasped before she quickly banged against the glass. "GOLDEN GUARD!"

"Hello, Luz." Golden Guard said with a wave.

Odalia then flipped a switch before a mechanical arm attached itself to the back of Luz's neck.

"It's so SHOCKING to see you." Golden Guard said with an evil grin.

Luz became confused before she suddenly started to scream in pure agony, thriving and thrashing inside the tube as she felt pain. Almost never ending pain.

"Increase it. Her magic will keep her from dying." Golden Guard said. "Besides...I don't wanna kill her. I just wanna hurt her."

Odalia nodded before increasing the voltage.

Luz screamed and shrieked, feeling the pain only increase as she tried to get the mechanical arm off her neck, but she was feeling too much pain to do anything.

Golden Guard began to laugh and laugh. "This is why I do what I do! Because it is so SATISFYING to watch heroes fall!!!"

Odalia chuckled before suddenly? She was hit in the back of the head and then was knocked out cold.

Golden Guard snapped around before he growled.

Amity growled before shutting off the machine entirely. "GET AWAY. FROM MY. LUZ!!!!!"

Holding a bat, she smashed it against Golden Guard's mask, sending it flying off his head.

Golden Guard roared in pain, stumbling backwards, but Amity wasn't done.

Amity then held the bat down and then slammed it upwards into Golden Guard's crotch.

Golden Guard's red eyes widened and he screamed in never ending agony, falling to the ground and covering that certain area, still screaming in pain.

Alador then rushed in with a bat as well, smashing Luz free, and disconnecting her from the mechanical arm, and letting her fall into his arms. "Are you ok?!"

Luz groaned, but slowly nodded. "J-Just a few internal injuries..."

Amity rushed over, dropping the bat. "Oh, Luz!! I am so sorry!! I should've seen this coming!!!"

"A-Amity, it wasn't-"

Golden Guard then slowly got to his feet and flew off, blasting a hole in the roof.

Luz groaned as she got to her feet. "I-I gotta stop him."

"Luz! Your magic might not work when you're weak!" Alador said.

Luz was a little confused on how he knew, but she sighed and transformed, summoning her staff. "I can't let him get away with this."

Amity watched Luz's cape blow in the wind and her face turned red. "W-Wow..."

Luz then hopped onto her staff and flew after The Golden Guard, beginning their final duel.

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