Four cups of boiling and soothing tea where placed on a table as Saki, Asa, Silco and Thanos sat by it, the latter being the tallest and as such being an obvious sight to Saki's various henchman, who nervously placed the cups on the table until his master dismissed and told him in a stern tone.

"Make sure nobody disturbs us."

The Foot Ninja bowed and ran as fast as he could to the exit, slamming the door shut and leaving the four of them alone in the room. A silence overtook the room for a brief moment until the Mad Titan took hold of the cup in his large hands and took a sip, sighing in relief of the warming feeling the beverage provided.

His eyes turned to Asa "you have grown daughter. I imagine your time with Oroku here has helped sharpened your skills" he said.

Asa's face changed, as the ever familiar scar appeared on her face.

"Yes father. Asa and myself have grown even more powerful, there is more strive in this world. Sensei Saki has taken me on many missions with the goal of enhancing my abilities and now we are more powerful than ever before."

"I was talking to Asa, not you Yoru. Next time I like a heads up before you take over her body. Understood" Thanos replied sternly.

The ever cocky and confident War Devil simply nodded submissively as the scars disappeared from her face, bringing Asa back into consciousness. "Forgive me father, she still does that" Asa said looking down, clutching the tea cup in her hands.

"No need to apologize child, it must be hard living with a Devil in your body, especially one as…fickle as Yoru."

Saki slammed his fist on the table, getting everyone's attention "enough with the pleasantries Titan. Why are you here?" he demanded to know.

Thanos turned his attention to him, not surprised or fazed by his outburst. He simply put the tea cup down on the table and placed his hands together, the gauntlet with the shining stones clearly visible, with the one in the middle clearly missing.

"I need your help Oroku. I need your help for a very important mission" Thanos told him.

Saki smirked confidently "my help. My, my then you must be very desperate Titan" he said. Silco glanced over at Saki with a disapproving and distrustful glance but kept his mouth tightly shut, Asa tried to cage the situation.

Thanos sighed "that I am unfortunately. You see old friend, my daughter has really been involved in a terrible accident and is currently comatose, while that was going on. Kara, my granddaughter was taken by her father to another world. I want you to help me retrieve her."

Asa blinked uncertainly as she saw the situation unfold, listening to Thanos explaining his story. Saki on the other hand just laughed "do you really think I will partake in a rescue mission for a missing child. I am the Shredder, I do not partake in rescue missions! Besides you have all the resources you need. What is preventing you from getting the child back yourself."

Thanos turned to Silco, who nodded in response, the half-scarred man then spoke on his behalf "she is on Satoru Gojo's world."

Saki's arrogant and condescending smirk faded slightly, the realization setting in. He had heard the stories, the Collective's infamous fight against one man, a man who had gotten the best of them, all six of them.

"The one who beat you? So that explains it all. Regardless give me a good reason why I would help you Titan?" Saki asked. Thanos placed his hands on the table, looking straight at the Shredder himself.

"I will give you what you want. A way to deal with those meddling turtles and that rat! I know you have been struggling to continue your control because they keep getting in your way. I can give you the resources you need. A part of my for you to take over the world. Considering it a small push for you continue your ambitions, not much but enough for you to at least conquer this world."

Saki's eyes seemed to light up at hearing that. "Are you sure you are willing to give him this my Lord Titan?" Silco asked his master. Thanos turned towards his subordinate and nodded "no price is to great for the safe return of my granddaughter."

"Father!" Asa yelled as she stood up "what's going on?"

Thanos turned his head towards his adoptive daughter and stood up from the table, walking over to her. He towered over her and gently grabbed her hand before saying "your sister's life is hanging in the balance. And her daughter is on the world of our greatest opponent. That's why I came here, I need all the help I can get if we want to rescue her."

Asa felt Yoru inside her shake with anger. Of course this was about Weiss…father's favorite and her in Yoru's words "bastard daughter" Asa repressed Yoru to keep the nasty thoughts out. She owed everything to Thanos, he had saved her from a life of misery and loneliness, gave her a place to belong.

Yet she was still being upstaged…always upstaged by the ice queen.

"Wait," Yoru yelled in her mind "before you shut me out he said the girl was on Satoru Gojo's world! You know what that means Asa! That means he's there too…"

Asa jerked her head upwards and said "I wish to help as well. Let me join on this mission as well."

The Mad Titan raised his eyebrow "this is a very dangerous mission daughter, the risks are too great hence why I'm only sending my best on this mission…"

"Oh so I'm not good enough huh!" Asa called out.

"That's not what I'm saying daughter…"

"Because I will have you know that sensei Saki has taught me a lot in these past few years. Yoru and me have done everything possible to prove that we are capable, to become strong! And you know what father! We are absolutely capable, more then capable of handling this mission! Hell I bet we would be better suited for this then Weiss!"

Silco looked surprised by Asa's sudden spike in confidence, while Saki almost had a proud smile on his face.

"I am capable father! I can do this! My niece is on an unfamiliar world, you…and Weiss are my family! I can do this father believe me!" Asa spoke, breathing in and out slowly.

Thanos didn't seem surprised, instead crossing his arms before saying "I have never doubted your capability daughter. But are you certain?"

Asa nodded "yes father. Absolutely certain."

Thanos nodded, turning his face to Saki "and you Oroku?"

The man stood up "well how can I resist after your gracious offer. Besides, I'm curious what this Satoru Gojo is all about…I guess we will have to see."


"Alright everyone right through here!"

Gojo did not waste anytime after the whole debacle and one sided shouting match with Weiss to show everyone at the table what he had learned about the Collective. He took them to another place in the house, a door right next to the kitchen locked with a special coded lock.

Yang turned to Ruby "don't we need to check on Weiss and Jaune?" she asked.

"Huh oh yeah sure…we will do that later…" Ruby replied looking down.

"What with you sis?, you've been acting weird since we got here?" Yang said almost a bit to loudly. It was true she had noticed Ruby not being her normal upbeat bubbly self in a long time, she seemed to close herself a lot more.

"I'm fine Yang it's just…this has just been a lot and you know I kind of killed another version of my best friend…"

Yang understood that reasoning. Ever since what happened at Atlas everything had been a rollercoaster and she couldn't exactly hold it against her sister considering what she had encountered. After all Yang herself saw her long absent mom fight alongside the shady figures of the Collective.

Gojo opened the locked door with a code and allowed them.

The room was…well giant, filled to the brim with shelves with artifacts. Ruby's eyes immediately lit up as she saw the assortment of weapons. Immediately running towards them, Yang smiled to herself "some things never change" she said crossing her arms as she entered the room.

"Everything you see here was taken from the Collective at some point with thanks to your uncle and my student" Gojo explained as he gestured to Qrow and Megumi proudly. They shrugged it off as the rest of the team walked through the room examining everything in there. Nora immediately went over to a shiny box covered with eyes, picking it up and ogling it.

"Ooh what is this! Is it fun for parties?" Nora exclaimed.

"That is a prison realm, used to house very dangerous people. And it is currently housing someone very dangerous so please put it down!" Gojo said.

Blake studied the various artifacts on the right shelf. As she glazed over them she saw something very familiar. A mask of the White Fang….she stepped back slowly as she saw it?

"Blake what's going on?" a worried Yang asked. All Blake could do was point to the mask, making Yang also gasp a bit.

"Ah yes that was taken after we heard about Adam Taurus his death. If I recall he was killed by Mr. Arc on the other Weiss's world" Gojo said.

"Dude read the room!" Yang yelled at him as she took Blake's hand and left the room. Qrow gave a stern look towards his boss, who simply shrugged.

Ruby looked over the shelves with artifacts and asked "Mr. Gojo do you have anything here about those stones Thanos has…"

"The Infinity Stones. There's a book about it somewhere. Why you ask?"

"Just curious," Ruby said softly "I mean it's better to learn about as much as we can ask in case he shows up here to attack us!"

"Trust me girl. Thanos will not come here as long as I'm here! He's terrified of me" Gojo said pointing to himself with a cocky smile on his face. Ruby rolled her eyes. Yeah this man was apparently very powerful but he had an attitude that needed some serious looking at.

A sudden ringing echoed through the room. Gojo grabbed a small device that was apparently emitting the sound. "Ah it seems my students are here" he shouted before walking out of the room. Leaving an uncertain Ruby behind.


Collective Headquarters:

A portal opened in the headquarters on the giant farm belonging to the Mad Titan as he stepped through it, followed by Silco, Oroku Saki and Asa as they entered the barn.

At the table sat Raven and Zemo and they looked up as their leader had returned.

"Where is Harrow?" he asked.

Zemo sighed and threw a strange looking cane with crocodile heads on the ground "dead. We found him dead at his village. Seems like a wild animal attack but I think we know better."

Thanos placed his hands on the table and grunted "Gojo. He's trying to pick of our associates one by one..."

"My Lord Titan what will we do now?" Silco asked.

Thanos turned and walked over to a nearby cabinet, opening the doors and rummaging through it before pulling out a sparking box.

"What's that?" Raven asked curiously.

"Desperate times. Desperate measures."