Back down in the villain base, Tess laid in her bed. She had been sitting there for some time now. Earlier that afternoon, not long after Hades left, a loud alarm rang through the building. She had wondered what that was all about, probably her sister, ex boyfriend, and Sarah escaping. But it had been a few hours since then.

So she just sat there, doodling in her note book. She wasn't sure what she was doodling, only that it was keeping herself busy. She had drawn up some outfits, some sketches of her defeating Sarah, even some of her being popular on tv. But it all just made her think about how much she hated her so-called friends and family. Why couldn't she get to be popular like the rest of them?

"Ugh!" She screamed as she tore the picture from the notebook and crumpled it into a ball. "Everything always works out for them, for once can't I just be the hero!" She chucked it across the room.

As the ball of paper flew across the room, her door opened. The ball of paper managed to hit the person square in the face, Cruella De Vil.

Tess quickly covered her face as she gasped, then quickly apologized as she got up from her bed. "I'm so, so sorry."

Cruella merely looked at her then at the ball of paper that was now on the floor. "I would suggest saving the fighting for the pesky hero's." she then looked back up at Tess and smiled at her new look. "Well don't you look just ravishing dahling! I should know, after all, it is my design."

Tess looked down at her outfit, then backed up at its creator "you made this?"

Cruella chuckled at the comment "Of Course dahling, who else would come up with such a fabulous idea?"

Tess rolled her eyes at the entitled designer. Though the outfit was cute, she still managed to find some flaws within the design. "Lovely, yes. But I could see some changes being made. Next time, might I suggest adding pockets. A girl needs a place to put her things."

Crellas face went blank for a moment as she thought about it. A smile then creeped along her face "I like the way you think, dahling. But enough with the fashion talk, I came to grab you for our meeting."

"Meeting?" Tess questioned.

"Indeed, now come along. We mustn't keep the others waiting." Cruella then exited the room.

Not wanting to be trapped like a prisoner anymore, she followed not far behind. Dozens of questions ran through her head. 'Did they want to hurt me? Are they backing out of the deal? See I knew this was a trap. Whatever it is, I'll just prepare myself for it' and that she did. With every step she played a number of scenarios in her head. If only she could predict the future, but only time will tell what shill face.

It wasn't long before they came across another door, similar to all the others in this dark, cold, stone base. Cruella opened the door and getured for Tess to follow her inside. Slowly she entered, and inside shocked her. The room was dimly lit, but every inch of the room could be seen. It was made of stone like the rest of the place and a cold wind blew throughout. Small tables and a variety of chairs lined the room. But what was the real eye shocker, was the amount of villains in one place. Never in her life did she see so many villains, not even when she was captured two years ago. Every villain, Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars was present.

Tess managed to stay calm as eyes stared and whispers about her emerged around the room. But she didn't respond or move, just stood there and waited for a command. Eventually someone was brave enough to speak up, only it turned the meeting into more of a wrestling match.

"Worst first, glad you decided to join us." Hades said with a smirk

"Worst first? What kind of nickname is that?" Gaston questioned as he took a sip from some sort of beer bottle.

"You haven't seen the video?" Jafar, who was next to Hades, questioned with delight.

"What video?" Gothel asked.

Jafar and Hades both looked at each other with a devilish grin. Hades snapped his fingers to create a projector screen while Jafar used his staff as a projector. What played shook Tess up inside. She watched as they replayed her and her sister tackling each other to the ground. It ended with them being pulled apart before it replayed over and over again. She listened as the villains laughed like it was some sort of joke. Was this what they wanted to do, humiliate her?

Tess felt her hands from into fit, her face scrunched up, she was fuming. Building with anger, she dashed over to the two like a bolt of lighting. Before the two villains could react, she swiftly jumped into the air and kicked Jafar in the left side of his torso. He screamed like a little girl as he let go of his staff and grabbed his torso. Tess then grabbed his staff and swung it into hades, only it went through his smoky body, making her swing do a full 360 and crash into the projector knocking it down. She landed, staff griped in both hands on the lower, flat side, faceing everyone in the room.

She could tell everyone was looking at her by the gasp that echoed the room. Though her hand was clenched around Jafar's staff, and her breathing was rather sharp. She closed her eyes and regained her composure. She dropped Jafar's staff to the ground, metal hitting stones echoed throughout the room.

When she opened her eyes, she found Maleficent standing right infront of her. Her face looked unpleasant by the display. But Tess countered it by showing a 'I don't care what you think' face. Maleficent's face eventually gave way to a creepy smile "I guess you do have what it takes to be a villain." she whispered so only the two of them could hear. She then turned to the rest of the villains in the room "it looks like we have a new member!"

(song "Welcome To The Forty Thieves" from Disney's "Aladdin And The King Of Thieves". By Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn. All rights go to the Walt Disney company. Some lyrics have been changed to fit the story)

"Congratulations, Tessa, you've joined our club." Hades sang as he walked up to her

"And everybody here agrees." Jafar said with misery as he took his staff back.

"We got the finest blend of nearly-honest villains" she noticed how all the sidekicks pointed to their villains.

"Welcome to the villain's lair." they all sang before laughing evilly. Tess smiled as she was pushed into the center of the room by Hades. She stumbled a bit, listening to the villains in the background. "A fraternity of thugs that you can trust, There's nothing up our easy sleeves"

"Got lotsa grub to share" the Evil Queen and came up and offered Tess an apple. To which she backs away into a chair behind her.

She was forced to sit down by Gaston pulling her shoulders into it. "Pull up an easy chair!" At least the chair was soft and fuzzy, since it was made of some sort of animal skin. Though Tess hoped in the back of her head it was fake.

"Welcome to the villain's lair!"

"Now you get to lie and cheat," Bill Syke sang as he puffed smoke from his cigar.

"Never hafta brush your teeth" Stinky Pete sang, a little too close to Tess. she smelt his breath and turned her head away, she made a face that looked like she was gonna vomit.

"But we always aim to please" Captain Hook sang as he twirled his mustache with his hook.

"Care for one another" Si and AM warped a paw around each other.

"You'll never miss your mother" Mother Gothel sang.

"Oh, I love you guys!" Tess said sincerely as she jumped from Gaston's chair.

"Scemin' up a scam, Out on a limb," all the sidekicks bursted out.

"Takin' whatever we please" Rattigan sang as he held up a coin too big for himself.

"And if you like to work" The Ringmaster sang followed by The Coachman "You're gonna love this work!"

"Welcome to the forty thieves!"

Maleficent pulled Tess close to her. Wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "Together we're the perfect team." She gestured to everyone around the room. She then Whispered in Tessa's ear. "Larceny is in the genes." She spun her around so their eyes locked onto each other. "Dare to share our common dream?"

"Live a life of leisure, Countin' all yer treasure!" Barbosa sang, as he tossed a coin into the air, catching it in his palm.

All the villains laughed as Maleficent guided Tess to a table in the middle of the room. "As an honorary member of the gang, that no one alive ever needs," she was then forced to sit down once again, this time by Maleficent.

"Ya gotta snatch and sneak" Pete sang.

"Or else your future's bleak" Scar growled.

"We got a lifetime contract that yer bound to keep" Ursual sang as she made a scroll appear on the table in front of Tess.

"You wanna save your skin, You better fit right in," a quill appeared in mid air. Inc dripped from the tip.

"Wel-wel-welcome to the," the guys sang.

"Wel-wel-welcome to the" the girls sang.

Tess grabbed the quill and signed her name on the dotted line. "Villlllains laaaaaair!" Everyone sang. They all then cheered.

"Right choice!" Maleficent said as she rested a hand on her shoulder. "Wellcome Tess to the first day of the rest of your life." she grinned as she handed her a wand. Tess smiled and gratefully took it. She was now an honorary disney villain.