Two days later Alex, under the name of Tanthos, and Ben, under the name of Zimri, were walking out of an apartment in the worst part of London on the lookout for anyone who might even look like they would have information on where deMuse was. They didn't spend much time looking. Sooner they were hearing the rumors that deMuse was in the area looking for a recruit. They decided to split up and contact each other when one found him to let them know where they are.
Ben started to head in the direction that this particularly shady character had said that deMuse was staying in. When he got to the building there was a long line of people waiting to get inside for a chance at being deMuse's partner. Unexpectedly the line was moving faster than Ben thought it would be. Apparently, deMuse was very picky on who he wanted to be his partner, but then again who wouldn't be if you were on your way to becoming the top villain in the world maybe even better than Scorpia. In about 10 minutes Ben going to see deMuse or at least the person who was playing deMuse.
"Are you coming in or not?" said the person in the next room who had a slight French accent when it was Ben's turn to go in. Ben walked in and stood there while taking in the sight of deMuse. deMuse had a boyish face, with blonde hair, if Ben didn't know better he would have said it was Alex's twin, the only real difference was the color of his skin and eyes. "So, what makes you believe that you should be my partner?" deMuse leaned back in his chair with a smirk on his face, and waited for Ben's reply.
Ben was hopefully going to try a very different approach then the rest of the people who had come into this room. "I have no real reason to be your partner. I am only here because I believe that I can get more appreciation for what I do if I work with someone else then go off by myself at least at first anyways."
DeMuse was surprised by this answer. He was expecting the same answer as all the other people that they wanted to work with him because they had either nothing better to do, they wanted money or they wanted to travel the world. He stood up as soon as Ben was done talking and announced, "You are one of the best recruits I have seen all day." deMuse then made his way to the door and yelled out in perfect German, "I don't want to see any more people I found the one. Anyone else comes they die." He turned back to Ben and asked, "What is your name?"
Ben just gave this little smirk and replied, "You can call me Zimri." Zimri realized right then that a very dangerously powerful partnership had just been formed. DeMuse just smiled and shook Zimri's hand.
