Chapter 25: Hueco Mundo ( B View) Part α

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"Mmhhhh... Tousen have a look at our monitors. See if there aren't any other surprise lurking around."
"Yessir."
"Now where were we? Yes, total domination of the entire universe. It sounds impossible you may ask but rest assure you are grossly underestimating my abilities if you deem it such way."

The bunch sitting there at a table fit for royalty, half a mile long filling bodies in chairs. Aizen, self-proclaimed king of the universe had contacted several beings across dimensions to see who would be fit for his vision. He searched far and wide for people with potential, along with his Espada and right hand men, Gin and Tousen, there was nothing he couldn't conquer. The first to reply was Wolf. A space bounty hunter, Wolf cared not for morals only for the pursuit of what makes the world go round. Aizen prior to contacting each recipient individually stated that should anyone become a liability to his vision, they would be cut down. A statement that did not threaten Wolf as years in the black market gave him intuition in when to bail out on any mission. He dared not to go against Aizen as he knew of the Espada's and Aizen's reiatsu alone but considered the money being flaunted at him too valuable to pass up. Wolf agreed and brought the only one he could trust, Panther Caroso. Caroso was stationed in Venom's outskirts ready to enact whatever Wolf demanded of him, two people are better than one and Wolf decided not to split anymore of the prize than he had to.

The next to join the Menace was Nergal and his bandits of Morphs. Nergal turned down the money, he had no interest in anything material. This had picqued Aizen's interest asking him why he would volunteer if especially his life could be in peril when joining. Nergal's response was simple. The Dragon's Den. Stated to be the only one sided portal and gate in the entire universe, Nergal knew his potential could grew if he could get Aizen to open the gate if he was recruited. Even having the chance to open the gate filled Nergal full to the brim with joy considering he had some bones to pick with those still into the Dragon's Realm. It was then when Nergal decided to create his last two Morphs to be his last line of survival, "Hyu" and "Tyne" were two Morphs capable of twisting reality with Light and Anima Magic, respectively.

The next to join was the King of the Koopas, Bowser. He had forced to bring his children too. Although, none of them wanted to come. In fact he had to leave them outside as he ordered Ludwig to take care of them despite being the only one moderately considered in villainous affairs, it appeared none of the other siblings had a care for it. Lemmy was at the very top of the monument on a backstand on his circus ball wanting to see how long he could balance before falling off. Wendy popped open her mirror to make sure she didn't have any of her lipstick smudged. Roy was fast asleep, he snored so loud it aggravated Iggy's pet Chain Chomp. Oh, but Iggy wasn't there to calm him down he was instead tinkering with his maniacal toys. They sparked and buzzed around. Morton scarfed down an entire cake. An. Entire. Cake. And Larry was playing racketball at the front doors of the building. This? This is what Bowser has in sights for me Ludwig moped as he was forced to babysit a bunch of... well babies. Only Bowser Jr. was allowed in sight under best manners only. He only understood his dad had joined Aizen's army to ensure his race's own protection. There was a shortage of Koopa's, famine was running high in the castle and a tactile nuclear weapon actually decimated the population. Bowser could only infer it was from the Mushroom Kingdom. A last resort of course, but it was the best protection Bowser could afford.

Veran felt a cold presence, perhaps an apparition. Where could this spectral being lie? No... it was Stark's gaze, his retinas embalmed into Veran's very being. She worried for why she was being targeted but knew General Onyx had her back. Still, it was a suicide mission for them.
Being Ganondorf's top henchmen, above Twinrova. As so the Prince of Darkness brought them over to the conglomerate. Ganondorf joined Aizen under false pretenses, accepting a mere lump of cash as a rouse to double-cross Aizen whenever he had the possibility.
Veran and Onyx had their own reasons for joining too.

Weirdly enough, it was not Aizen who had Dick join the Menace, it was Szayel. When his Fracciones reported back, Verona and Lumina had brought an unconscious blonde man. Lanky and apparently smart enough to have broken into the laboratory, Szayel decided to keep the man as a test subject. He gave both morbidly-round Fracciones a cracker for their effort reviewing the monitors to see that the man was knocked out when the seal on the lid for Strangeness and Charm allowed the specimen to flow out into the air. Perfect he thought. Strapping the man onto a test platform he poured several concoctions on him coming back overnight to observe and elaborate to find a memo notifying that his name was Dick and despite being captured, he broke free from the lab twice to steal the volatile substance. Reluctantly enough, Szayel had sent Medazzepi to capture the enigma. Szayel interested in his potential had talked it over with Aizen to have Dick collaborate with him on the study of Strangeness and Charm. Of course, Szayel having the luxury of studying the compound and Dick gathering it for him.