Family

Chapter 396 Recruitment 6

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

(Author's Note: Special shoutout to RavenShade and The Cowardly Christina for their awesome character request and suggestions.)

Deep within the secret lair, the Lich sat on his throne in the body of Billy, with Crimson and Me-Mow by his side as Sylvester stood a few yards away from the throne working on one of his various machines. This particular machine had the power to pull up portals to view other dimensions and was supposed to allow communication with other beings. So far Sylvester had been successful in using the machine to get in contact with Him and Aku in their dimensions and now he was attempting to get in contact with Tabuu, who lived in Dimension 169 or Subspace as it was sometimes referred to. Sylveter hit a few more buttons on his machine and a portal began to appear before the Lich's throne. The portal displayed a large dark landscape and then a figure appeared floating in the air above.

"Tabuu." Said the Lich recognizing the figure.

Tabuu was a blue humanoid figure made of energy with an eye in his chest. He also had large blue/purple-tinted butterfly-like wings sticking out of his back. Tabuu looked at the portal and the Lich curiously.

"Greetings Tabuu. It's been a long time." Said the Lich as his eyes glowed neon green.

This got Tabuu's attention, who recognized the Lich by both his eyes and voice. Tabuu reached out and touched the portal, but couldn't go through it. A look of annoyance appeared on Tabuu's face.

"Yes we can only see and communicate right now, but soon I will eventually have the power to shatter the barriers that separate all of us and we can finish what we started all those years ago. Just be patient." Said the Lich.

Tabuu nodded his head in understanding and the portal closed. Valeena strolled into the throne room followed by Vendetta, Grudge, Blythe, Zynn, and Hexi. The Skull Witch and her followers approached the throne and kneeled.

"I am ready to serve you father and do your bidding." Said Valeena looking up at the Lich.

"I have a list of people I want you to recruit daughter. Take whoever you want to accompany you and set out." Said the Lich.

Crimson stepped forward and handed Valeena a scroll and a brown ring with ominous texture and a glowing yellow symbol on the face. Valeena studied the ring with interest.

"The Inferna Copula. I take it you want me to find Angor Rot and bring him here?" Said Valeena as she put the ring on a finger of her righthand.

"Correct the Inferna Copula contains Angor Rot's soul and will lead you right to him." Said Crimson.

"I shall get him and recruit the others you want." Said Valeena as she bowed and left the room followed by her little group.

The Lich and Crimson, were about to discuss some business, when the Lich's book suddenly began to glow and it flew open. A large amount of black liquid flew out of the book and began to form into two separate shapes. One of the shapes was an armored figure wearing head to toe dark blue armor with a helmet with a visor, with toe-like claws on their feet, a clawed lefthand and som kind of blaster for a righthand. The other being was a blue-skinned humanoid lizard creature with slicked-back dark purple hair, and yellow eyes. He wore a black outfit with a red waistband and matching trim, black boots, spiked metal kneepads, and shoulder pads made out of skulls. The lizard creature also appeared to be missing the middle finger on his righthand. Both newcomers looked around at their surroundings and then they saw the Lich and kneeled before him.

"Well this a nice surprise. Welcome back Toffee. Welcome back Dark Samus. Its good to see you out of that book and back in my services." Said the Lich.

"Its good to be back. I Toffee and my companion Dark Samus look forward to serving you once more." Said the the lizard creature as he and his armored companion stood up.

"Crimson lead our new members to some rooms and fill them in on everything that's going on." Said the Lich.

"Right away master." Said Crimson as he lead the two newcomers out of the throne room.

In another part of the lair, Valeena and her group were walking down a hallway, when they came across a tall hooded figure.

"Who are you supposed to be?" Asked Valeena raising an eyebrow.

The figure removed her hood to reveal the face of Maja, though her appearance had changed quit a bit. Maja wore the Tiara of Cleopatra as well as the necklace and scepter, which turned her black hair into a mass of snakes and she had consumed the Apple of Discord, which gave her red ruby eyes a golden glow.

"I am Maja the Sky Witch. It's so nice to meet you Valeena, I've heard quit a few things about you and I look forward to working with you. Oh and just to be clear, I'm the strongest witch in existence." Said Maja with a smirk.

A look of outrage appeared on Blythe and the other followers's faces at the arrogant statement. Valeena just smirked as she marched right up to Maja and stopped a foot away from her and looked the witch straight in the eye.

"That's quit a claim there. Oh I can see you're strong, but all that power you have comes from several magical objects you are currently wearing or have in your body. They may make you strong, but they also make you vulnerable, if someone were to remove them your power would drastically go down. I on the other hand became strong through rigorous hellish training and allowed my body and mind to be open to receive the power my father gave me and the knowledge he passed down to me. The two of us got power through different means and if it actually came down to a fight between us, I would win. Lucky for you we're on the same side." Said Valeena before she turned and walked right past Maja.

Blythe and the others followed and Maja just gritted her teeth and clenched her hands into fists. How dare Valeena look down on her! Maja had gone through great lengths to acquire the powerful items she had and even without, she was still incredibly powerful. The snakes that made up Maja's hair hissed angrily. After a few seconds Maja calmed down and let out a dry laugh. Maja decided it was time to go on a special little trip to an enchanted forest and get some help with a very dark plan of hers. She used her magic to teleport out of the lair and took flight.

In another part of the lair, Valeena and her group came across Frost, Nero, and Dimentio and she decided to have them tag along, with their group to aid them on the mission. The group left the lair and headed to their first stop a small temple in the Jungle Kingdom.

Valeena and her group entered the Jungle Kingdom and noticed that something was a bit off about the place, when they saw a bunch of unhealthy looking trees with purple liquid leaking out of them and a river of the same purple liquid. Zynn and Hexi were intrigued by the purple liquid and wondered who was responsible for it.

"I heard the people of Castle Lemongrab are trying to build a base and airfield in the Jungle Kingdom, but the locals were against it and fought back. All these toxins we're seeing must be the forces of Castle Lemongrab's doing. A very affective strategy." Said Nero.

The group continued on, until they reached a temple-like structure that looked like it was falling apart. They entered and Valeena conjured up some balls of light to light the way as they went deeper into the temple.

"So what's the deal with this Angor Rot guy?" Asked Frost.

"His a troll my father cursed into serving him." Said Valeena.

"How did that happen?" Asked Vendetta.

"Angor Rot was once a member of a tribe of trolls that once lived in peace, until they were attacked by a group of rogue wizards. Angor Rot sought out help for his tribe and believed that if he knew magic, he could save his tribe. He sought out help from all kinds of magical places and sources and his search eventually caught the attention of my father. Angor Rot was approached by my father, who offered to give him magical power and tools for a price. The troll immediately took the offer having no clue what the price was. Father stripped Angor Rot's soul and placed it in the Inferna Copula and he gave Angor Rot magical powers and powerful object called the Shadow Staff. Angor Rot saved his tribe, but he was forever forced to serve whoever had the ring that contained his soul. Father had Angor Rot preform various tasks, until he ran afoul of Billy and Mandarin several years back and he was locked away here." Said Valeena.

The group continued on walking through the temple.

"So exactly how did you get adopted by the Lich?" Asked Frost.

"It was a long time ago. I was apart of a secret order that worshipped the Lich. My birth parents were apart of the order and I was just a child at the time. One day Master Crimson administrated a special test to the order. He had all the members of the order drink a cup full of liquid form the Lich's Well of Power. Many members of the order died and I was one of the few handfuls that survived the ordeal. Crimson taught the survivors magic and then he had all of us fight to the death. I was the last one left standing and I became the Lich's daughter and received special training from him." Said Valeena.

Frost, Nero, and Dimentio were a bit disturbed by Valeena's origin story, while the rest of the group was impressed. They continued on, until they reached a large chamber and saw a pile of strange rocks with runes written on them as well as a couple of chains sticking out of the pile connected to the floor. Valeena waved her hand at the rock pile and the runes vanished and the chains rusted away. The rock pile began to shake and something burst out of it. Everyone looked on in awe as a tall pale white stone skinned troll, with cracks and vines over parts of it's body stood before the group eyeing them. The troll had horns curving down, yellow glowing eyes, and wearing a loincloth. The troll was Angor Rot! Valeena pointed her hand with the ring at Angor Rot and the troll went stiff for a few seconds and then he bowed his head and spoke.

"What is your command?"

"Hand me your Shadow Staff, so I may send you to the Lich so you may serve him." Said Valeena.

Angor Rot pulled out a white, curved staff with purple-and-blue tints with a hooked end and a metal handgrip. Valeena took the staff and waved it through the air creating a swirling shadow portal appeared a few feet away. The witch handed the staff back to Angor Rot, who went through the portal and vanished. Valeena pulled out her scroll and checked Angor Rot's name off the list and checked who was next before rolling it back up.

"We're heading to the coast next, where will recruit our next guy and he will give us a lift to a special location."

The group left the temple and headed to the coast.

Back in the secret lair, Angor Rot stood in the throne room looking around, until his eyes landed on the Lich in the form of Billy sitting on the throne. Angor Rot immediately got into a fighting stance and leaped at the figure he believed to be the hero, who bested and locked him away. The Lich raised his hand and fired a blast of green fire that struck Angor Rot in the chest and sent him flying back. Angor Rot crashed to the ground, but quickly rolled and jumped to his feet ready to keep fighting. The Lich's eyes glowed green and that stopped Angor Rot in his tracks as he realized who he was fighting.

"Master! I apologize! I didn't recognize you in that form." Said Angor Rot as he bowed before the Lich.

"I will forgive you for that little attack. Your reaction has proven the use of this form. Billy's body is a very useful tool to my plans." Said the Lich.

"Billy's...body..?" Asked Angor Rot.

"Yes. Billy's body is currently my host and is a part of plans. I killed him and took his body as my own. As for Billy's soul, I gave it to one of my other minions to use it as he sees fit." Said the Lich.

"Very...good master." Said Angor Rot feeling a little disturbed by this.

Angor Rot might have hated Billy for what he had done to him in the past, but seeing and hearing what the Lich had done to the old hero was horrifying. Billy was an honorable warrior, who earned Angor Rot's respect. He deserved so much better, then what had befallen him.

Crimson entered the room and the Lich instructed him to catch Angor Rot on what was going in Ooo and what the organization was planning. Angor Rot cast one last look at the Lich, before he went to listen to what Crimson had to tell.

Miles away Valeena and her group arrived at the coast.

"So who exactly are we recruiting and how is this person going to give us a ride to this special destination you mentioned?" Asked Dimentio.

"We are recruiting the Ghost Zombie Demon Pirate LeChuck and we're going to use his ship to get to our next destination." Said Valeena.

"How does someone end up being a ghost zombie demon?" Asked Frost.

"LeChuck was a pirate who experimented in both voodoo and necromancer magic. He also somehow found a portal gate to the Nightosphere and stole a great deal of evil energy from there. The experiments and the evil energy turned LeChuck into a Ghost Zombie Demon." Explained Valeena.

"So how do we find this guy?" Asked Nero.

"I have my ways." Said Valeena as she picked up a seashell.

Valeena chanted a spell and put a few gold coins in the shell. A fog suddenly rolled in and Valeena tossed the shell into it. Everyone else looked at the fog not sure, what to expect. At first nothing, then a massive pirate ship came out of the fog and dropped anchor near the shore. The ship was crewed by an assortment of zombies, skeletons, ghost, and a few demons. Among them was a man dressed in a red captain's uniform. The man had pale green decaying skin, a few parts of his skin appeared to be transparent, glowing yellow eyes, and a beard made out of fire. He held the shell, Valeena had tossed, so he must be LeChuck.

"Who has summoned me and my crew?" Demanded LeChuck pointing at the group on the beach.

Valeena stepped forward and addressed the pirate captain.

"I am the one that summoned you. I am Valeena the Skull Witch, the daughter of the Lich. I have come on behalf of my father and his organization to recruit you. We are willing to pay you any price and grant you any wish or desire you have if you agree to join us."

"I heard of your father and his organization. You lot are really shacking things up in Ooo and I know what you're capable of. You have peaked my interest. I will join you and we can discuss my terms at a later date." Said LeChuck.

"Very well. I thank you for joining us. Now we need the use of your ship to get to a island has recently appeared a few miles from here." Said Valeena.

"Fine. All aboard!" Said LeChuck as a gangplank was lowered down to the beach.

Valeena and her group boarded and the ship set sail.

To be continued.

Glossary

Tabuu: Super Smash Bros Brawl

Dark Samus: Metroid series

Toffee: Star Vs the Force of Evil

Angor Rot: Trollhunters

LeChuck: Monkey Island series