"Does anyone have any idea where we are?" complained Ichigo again. "Would you just shut up?! That was probably the 15th time you asked!!" yelled Rukia. She really wasn't in the mood to deal with this. Her body ached and she had no idea when this journey was going to end.

"Okay, who says it has officially been more than two hours?" Renji asked. Ichigo and Rukia raised their hand. Renji sighed, "Thought' so."

More time passed and the desert seemed to go on forever. "Geez, I wish this stinkin' Arrancar would make himself known to us already. Tell us where you are whenever your damn ready, hell, capture us! Just take me out of my misery!" Ichigo yelled at the sky. "Don't say that Ichi-," Rukia was interrupted by Renji's hand on her shoulder. "Just let him talk, there's nothing you can do."

And they kept going in silence until they felt the ground shake. "What was thaahhhhhh!!?" Rukia yelled. The ground came out from under them and they started to fall into darkness. "Are you happy now, Ichigo!? We finally got captured!" Rukia yelled over to Ichigo as they fell. "Shut u-!"

BAM!!!

They suddenly landed on the floor of a strange white building. "Danmit!" yelled Rukia because of course, with her luck, she fell right on her cut up, bloody back. She also ended up with two freakishly heavy men on top of her. "Get the hell of off me?!?" Ichigo and Renji quickly got off of her and helped the injured shinigami up from the hard, white tile floor.

"Hmm…this looks just like Aizen's place from last time," said Ichigo, "hopefully it's not build the same. If we find 20 billion hallways we're not splitting up. I do not want it this to end like this did last time, got it!" he finished, looking at Rukia. She just sighed, "I wasn't injured that badly, idiot."

"I hate Heuco Mundo so much," Renji sighed. They walked down hallway after hallway until they came to a large white room. Then they heard a drumming sound coming from the walls followed by a voice.

"Hello, Welcome to my palace. I am the one you are after, how did you put it… 'the rampaging Arrancar'," said a loud, low-pitched voice, "It seems you want to get me. But to do that, you must work your way up my castle. I would like to meet you three face to face on the top floor, so please do not die until you get there…especially the female shinigami. I greatly prefer that you did not die. I am absolutely dying to meet you."

The horrid broadcast ended, with everyone staring at Rukia's pale face clad with a petrified expression that scared Ichigo. "Rukia…"