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No sooner than Muerte reached the head of the table did another figure appear through the door. Nal, shrouded in the customary white espada garments, made his way slowly to a seat on the left hand side of the table.

"It's nice to see that I wasn't late for this little meeting." he said while stifling a yawn. Nal, being the newest member, knew nothing of his counterparts that would be joining them nor did he really care. He wasn't one for "socializing" and preferred to keep to himself. So instead of waiting for a reply from Muerte he plopped down in his seat while overlapping his arms and gently laid his head down.

The sound of chains were heard overhead as Reina descended in an elegant midair dance, stopped abruptly at the others face level by a chain wrapped around her ankle. She was dangling upside-down now but didn't seem alarmed or distressed at all, dangling six feet in the air. "Don't mind me, I am simply...hanging out"

"Of course you are," a voice snapped back from the main entrance to the room. The voice was later revealed to be that of Anastasia, as she entered the room. Both her arms were crossed in front of her chest as she sported a look of apathy.

She took up a seat opposite of Nal yet not too close to Muerte. As she sunk down to her chair, her arms remained in the same position they were in when she first arrived in the room.

''Excellent, all of the espada have gathered after many long years a seclusion, plotting and enduring those agonizing years of searching for my old comrades and master; new ones have appeared before me with exceptional powers as well.''

* The arrancar sat before his comrades, he was silent not uttering a single word but his mind was active, active with many thoughts of both conquest and peace. The room remained silent but for a brief moment before he speaks.*

I would have never thought that I would live to see the espada gather once more before me in unison rather than as foes. I will brief you on what we will be doing at this moment and that would be ''The Discussion of War'' War is coming and naturally the worlds during this time are quiet but this is also when different plots take root. The espada will take this chance of silence and strike, gathering as many souls as possible but knowing the shinigami, they will be onto us in a heartbeat.

* Muerte, with the snap of his fingers,a single garganta broadcast opens on the wall behind him; one side broadcasting the current status of the human which and the other side the current status of the area in front of Las Noches.*

The first broadcast shows the large city that will be attacked by our forces and the other reveals the approximate number of troops we hold in our current number of forces which is a total of one-hundred thousand hollows. However, only small portion of those numbers will be aiding us in our assault only ten-thousand will come with us and other amount will remain; now are there any questions, worries, complaints etc.

"Well just waking me up whenever you get ready to go." Nal said none to enthused with task that would take time away from his precious nap.

Reina raises...err, lowers her hand and speaks.
"I suggest we be the last to join in the war when it does arrive, that way we are justified."

Anastasia rose her head slighty as she carefully examined the projection of the human world.

"Who's going to stay back and watch over Las Noches? I sincerely doubt this form of assault needs all of us at once, or am I sadly mistaken?"

That would be a great strategy but in order to obtain the power to complete the Kūmón or the ''The air Gateway'' we need a vast quantity of souls, hollows would suffice but in order for this to work we'll need souls with potency. @Reina

No one will be left behind, shortly after this meeting is complete: the vast multitudes of hollows will enter the fortress and strip it of all the technology it has and all data that former espada Szayel Aporro Granz left behind regarding the espada, including data pertaining to all the missions the espada have been assigned to.@Anastasia

* Muerte rises from his seat and points to the garganta broad cast that then displays information about enemies and their appearances; he then speaks relaying information about them.*

There haven't been any sightings of rouge arrancar or shinigami in awhile; however, those who poss as the espada and are not apart of us officially should be dealt with either they submit and join us officially or die.

The shinigami are a major problem in our plans as well, they in particular are very skilled in thwarting our plans keep them in mind as they wield fighting potential and technology that rivals our own but we have numbers to our advantage and just as they rival us, we rival them.

The Vandenreich or Quincy, invaded our world, slaughtered our kind and caused a massive drop in arrancar numbers, these Quincy are characterized by their ability to fire spirit particles and absorb them to increase their power; face these individuals with precaution.

Lastly these creatures, I have not the slightest clue of their names but they will be dubbed ''The Unknown'' these are fairly large creatures,their bodies are completely white with pink cone shaped heads. I'm uncertain of what these things are as they have never entered our territory yet but take an interest in these creatures since nobody has claimed them to my knowledge thus they are fair game and they will act as substitutes to human souls.

Nal continues to sleep through the meeting not really caring about what is going on.

Chapter 2: Destruction....

The meeting was complete: the plan finalized and the mission was in play but through some unknown event regarding the strange black sphere called the ''Kuimon'': something changed while the hollows and espada were traveling through the garganta channel instead of arriving in the human world they arrived in the valley of screams. The disturbing change shocked most of the hollows, they were afraid to enter this world to afraid to move a muscle but there was something more terrifying in back of them which forced the hollows to move with an even greater fear.





The once serene sky became unwelcoming as it darkened, stillness halted the breathes of hollows, silence quelled their thoughts and what remained unheard became heard as loud spoken words hearts beats created dreadful rhythm's and numbness dulled their sense. The oddness occupied his mind: when did this change happen? one could only imagine what triggered these insane thoughts within his mind, compelling were these thoughts so much that he didn't notice how much he had changed externally.

The release of those dreadful thoughts changed him completely, he felt them go off his mind and thus it was this very negative thing that did the work for him, changing him, molding him into their liking now he was: No!, he had already been this ''thing'' something he had believed he long grew above during his stages of evolution as a hollow.

1:35 of song..


I'am not human...
I do not cry tears of happiness nor sorrow..
I do not look back at the past in hopes of an only peaceful future...
I do not fear death....Death I do not fear!.... FEAR DO NOT I FOR I' AM DEATH AND FEAR IS I!!!


This voice filled with contempt, consumed by hatred, fear and death echoed through the minds and ears of all willing the listen to it but none knew where it originated from, it could only be heard not located but those who could feel that particular coldness upon the back of their neck can describe the sheer magnitude of insanity circulating around them but then they would notice it: the location, source and the one who spoke in such a tone of voice.

2:41 of song

Upon the horizon just beyond their limit of sight was a grotesque figure, its flesh dyed black along with its bat-like wings lacking the fleshy membranes used for flight but its now severely elongated claws dyed crimson-red could be seen as well as it slowly came into few: the eyes of this demented creature belong to no one, it glared always without a purpose, allowing it's twisted stare to linger.



The tails twisted on its body as it hunched its back and deeply exhaled, releasing forth a profound blackness that descended and darkened the earth below:eventually, black ''rain drops'' followed shortly turning the ground and world around them into a darkened oasis, his power quickly began to spread eventually one would and could only see blackness in an apocalyptic kind of view: lastly he finally turns and grins as if striking a pose.*

As one of the last ones to walk out of the Garganta, Zahlee appears right as the monster turns to smile which in turn wakes him up rather quickly. "Hmmm..... You sure are an ugly little shit aren't you?" although it was a taunt he managed to keep his usual uncaring and calm like tone.

Just as the others around her were surprised by the change in location, Anastasia raised a brow when the armada of espada and hollow entered the realm of the valley of screams. She had a bad feeling about joining the espada in the first place, but her suspicion was on guard as the army stood still, halted in the air. The gate would soon close behind them, and the appearance of a most unpleasant creature would paint the world before them in complete darkness. Perhaps the most menaical part of this display was that the "thing" was smiling.

Anastasia sucked her teeth as the hollow around her quivered in fear. Yet she stood her ground, almost as if she were preparing to strike.

"Give me one good reason....," she whispered under her breath.

Don't be alarmed...

* The ''creature'' before them simply ''blinked'' back into surprisingly Muerte, revealing his monstrous and disturbing Segunda etapa state, it was like someone had changed the channel usually the process of reverting back into the sealed state would be slow but it was oddly fast nearly instantaneous! The oddness didn't stop there even though he had entered his final state, he couldn't remember what he had done or when he had entered the valley of screams: it all seemed like a blur to him, as he could hear a distinct laughter in the back of his mind.


What happened? We were suppose to enter the human world in order to harvest the souls from there and then blank! I can't remember a thing, its all just a blur! this place we weren't suppose to enter here at all something changed.


* The oddness was unsettling to him, what could have caused his memories to fail this much? he thought. The surroundings didn't help either area's affected by his segunda etapa were completely ''gone'', leaving some areas completely desolate to the point no energy could be felt from them. The only something that woke him from within his thoughts were the large explosions in the distance.*


We have to be careful; somethings wrong its effecting my abilities and remains hidden even till now, if its an enemy we can't handle: I'll have our troops leave immediately and inform what alliances I have.''

'Well that looks interesting enough...." Zahlee said as the flames reflected through his solid black eyes. Institutionally his reiatsu started to fluctuate with nervous anticipation for what was causing such a commotion.

Her facial expression did not change when the creature reverted back to Muerte's original body. The cell of hollow under her command were still under alarm, even hesitant to follow further orders. A ring of explosions set off after Muerte reverted back, signaling a bigger threat coming their way. Anastasia rolled up her right hand into a fist, lightly placing it over the left side of her breast as a signal of salutation to Muerte.

"Your orders?"

We've come to conquer this world and harvest any soul we find; orders are to eliminate the threat and leave none standing!!!


The order was clear and brutal, showing no mercy to something one hasn't seen is a tad bit unwise, showing no mercy to an enemy who's battle potential could surpass one own powers is greatly unwise but something was off about Muerte, it wasn't something one could explain. The reiatsu fluctuated becoming weak to a near death state to a state surpassing that on of an espada; something else made itself known an oddity in fact, blackness oozed from Muerte's sleeves, eyes and mouth his skin seemed a bit pale and he looked a bit sickly as if a slow transformation was taking place.


The explosions intensified and the nearest one sent body parts cascading overhead, it was a gruesome site that made quite a few hollows fluster, it was then when the dust cloud from the explosion cleared but they saw nothing that could have caused it. The explosions seemed to just happen and the death of those soul reapers banished into this signified that something else was here and it waiting just ahead or a large rock formation that blocked the hollow armies view.


Move forward, pay no mind to what just happened just move forward.....

* The reluctant hollow army proceeded in their march, completely unaware of the unknown force ahead.*

Reluctant to follow orders just yet Zahlee lingers waiting for the others to make first contact. Something didn't feel right about this situation and he wasn't about to stay and fight something that could potentially end his existence in a matter of moments. So instead of blindly following orders he decides to fly upwards a little bit to assess the situation from above.

"Roger," she confirmed. She let both hands rest at her sides as she returned to the area she commanded.

With a quick nod, Anastasia proceeded to march forward, surrounded by what looked to be a sea of hollow. Most of whom have previously built loyalty under Anastasia, and have sworn to protect her at any costs. The march of the cell commanded by Anastasia stomped each foot in unison, creating a thunderous roar across the sky as the moved towards the site of the explosion.

Hide and seek...




* The rock formation ahead shatters after those words were spoken: red spikes erupted from the smoke, streaming towards the hollows hordes and piercing the marching hollow hordes before the four espada. The unknown being steps forth, revealing itself from the cover of smoke and blood, it opens its mouth, releasing forth a sound that only can be identified as metal rubbing against metal: an ear splitting screeching-cry which killed a multitude of hollows with spiritual energy weaker than its own.


The creature steps forward, pausing with very step moving each leg individually rather than all together, it pauses its body again, raising its head to face the three espada and grins, it speaks but words do not escape its mouth, nor could any movement be seen, it could only felt, its words seemingly becoming the four espada's own thoughts.




This creatures appearance was somewhat grotesque to those that were in their right mind! Donning colors of red, black and white, its weird body stuck out far to much and its fluctuating spiritual pressure made it hard to discern whether this creature was as powerful as an espada or weaker than the average hollow.


Hide and go seek....


The creature crouches and the many spikes upon its body stretched outwards, lashing out wildly in all directions. The whipping ''spikes'' had no particular target they just struck at random, it was as if, the creature could not control its power but it was a just a ruse, it manipulates the whips and they all come crashing down in an all out front assault. *