It crashed on the ground and Luz groaned. She started to get up after a short black out and grabbed her sword, looking around to see her plant cocoon broken and her Palismen friends with her.

"Amethyst! And you, ya little rascal!" Luz said, sitting up to hug them.

That brought some comfort as they perched on her shoulders before noticing Golden Guard's staff near her. As she grabbed it, Luz heard a groan and looked up to see the Golden Guard laying a small distance away from her. Luz gripped her sword and was about leave when she heard a voice.

"Ms. Kikimora, we've found the palismen!" A woman said as Luz turned to her voice.

'Kikimora?' Luz thought, remembering her as she went to the sound.

"Excellent, and what of the Golden Guard?" Kiki asked.

Luz moved to the sound to find members of the Emperor's Coven surrounding the palismen nest and a captain handing Kikimora his mask.

"I hate to say it but I fear he might not have survived the crash." Kikimora said, "Regardless, we need to get these back to the castle. I will bring them to the store house for the night while you look for the Golden Guards body."

"Yes ma'am." The captain said with a nod before she told the others.

"I can take them." Luz said.

She was about to, but Amethyst stopped her. The dragon growled to Luz and she could somehow understand her.

"Huh? But why?" She asked her dragon palisman.

Amethyst pointed her head towards a direction away from the Coven guards. Luz turned to see Kikimora away from the group, blowing a whistle that looked like a finger.

"That's disgusting." Luz said.

The human was soon even more disgusted as a dragon entirely made of fingers came flying down and landed beside Kikimora.

"Excellent, my pet. You did well securing the Palismen." Kikimora said as she petted the dragon. "Now all you need to do is find the rest of the Golden Guard and claim your treat."

Making her point, Kikimora held the helmet up to the dragon to let it sniff it and eat it.

"Why would she want to Golden Guard dead?" Luz asked, "Doesn't matter, I need to save the palismen, not the guy that threatened my found family."

Amethyst growled at her.

'I know you're a good person and I know you wouldn't leave him to die like this.' Her growls translated as Luz groaned.

"You're right, I hate it that you're right." Luz said as she turned the Monado into a necklace, looking to the Golden Guard. "Let's wake him up and get out of here."

Luz looked at his unconscious body.

"He couldn't be any older than sixteen." Luz said.

She leaned close to his face... then slapped him.

"Wake up!"

He woke up with a grunt and saw the human leaning next to him, with two palismen in her shoulders and his staff in her hand!

"You!" He said before Luz covered his mouth, wrapping it shut in vines to her body being in plant mode.

"Listen and listen good, you are a jerk but I am not. Which is why I'm going to save your from Kikimora, who apparently wants to kill you. So nod if you understand and want to get out of this alive." Luz said to him softly.

Luz remove her hand in disgust, the vines retracting as well.

"Did you just lick my hand!? I am trying it help you!" Luz said as she slapped him again.

"Why should I believe you?" Hunter said before they heard the finger dragon roar.

Thinking quickly, Luz grabbed him by his cape and forced him out of it before tossing it and pulling him away.

"What do you gain by helping me? No one would willingly do this to a stranger," Golden Guard said.

"Because unlike you, I'm a good person!" Luz said as she led him away from the dragon, mumbling to herself. "It's only been a minute and I already regret my decision."