The Hunt Begins!
Judge Claude Frollo slammed his gavel down on the silver table. "Order! Order! The Court of the Alliance is now in session! All rise!" the entire assembly rose for the judge. Frollo's soldiers swarmed everywhere, making sure that weapons were not to be found anywhere---these were villains they were dealing with after all. Pete sat in a square box, surrounded by soldiers. His trial was not expected to go well. All of the assembled villains had hoped to use the creature that was calling itself Tine to ascend to power over their respective worlds.
"The crime?" Frollo asked.
"The crime, Your Honor, is ruining the Grand Plan that our group has been working on for over a year!" cried Randall Boggs, who was acting as bailiff. The wormlike creature slithered over to Pete. "What were you thinking? Kindness, you say? Since when has kindness been a trait that we admire?"
"Uh…well…I…" was all Pete was able to say. He wasn't worried about his sentence. Maleficent had already used her power as the leader of the vile group to assure that his sentence would not be carried out until he returned with Roman Numeral Thirteen. By that time, he hoped that they would be much more forgiving. Now the problem was just being able to withstand the questions and the rude and snide comments.
"I for one knew that this was going to happen" said Hades. The god of the Underworld was enjoying himself immensely. He had been gloating with an "I told you so" attitude since he had arrived. Now he was testifying in Pete's defense. "But, let's not get carried away guys. After all. I just got a word from the Fates, that they almost cut Sora's Thread of Life. This means that the experiment came pretty darn close to killing him."
"Close, but not close enough!" boomed Governor Radcliff huffily. "Let's end this. I say, whoever wants to withdraw their support from Maleficent say it now!"
Maleficent was shocked. "What? This wasn't part of the deal?" she snarled to Frollo. The black robed judge shrugged. "I'm afraid we all came with an agenda, Maleficent. And agenda which you promised to fulfill in this Roman Numeral Thirteen. He pounded his gavel down. "Fine! This trial is no longer about Pete! But there will be order in this court! Now, who will withdraw?"
Hands were raised. Soon almost everyone had stood. Except for a few.
"I think that this Roman Numeral creature would be interesting…if only we could get it to follow orders" said Randall.
"As I already said before, Thirteen would be useful in exterminating those wretched pirates" said Lord Beckett. "I will continue to support the project." He smirked. Of all the villains assembled here, only a few of them knew Maleficent's real plan. She made a show of being angry when a large group of them bailed ship. But she had been expecting this. They were worthless cowards. Hades, Randall, and he himself were among the ones Maleficent had decided to share power with. She was planning to create a race of these darkness/human beings. Now the plan was just temporarily on hold.
"I'll stay too" said Percival Mcleach. The poacher smiled nastily as he thought of all the rare animals he could lay his hands on with the power of Thirteen. Mcleach was another one of the chosen.
As the other villains went through the Dark Corridors to their own worlds, these four stayed behind with Maleficent and Pete.
"Really planned that one out, didn't you" Mcleach said. "So, can this big idiot actually get his hands on that monster?"
"I believe he can" said Lord Beckett. "If doesn't, we can always find something to lure it back here."
"I'll do my best!" Pete said.
"I know a group" said Randall. "They call themselves 'Xavier's Flyers. They live in the lands around Villain's Vale. I think we can get their help to contract a job."
"They won't, if they know what they're capturing" said Hades.
"Oh, I think they will" said Beckett. "I heard that their leader used to be a member of Organization XIII."