Wanderin' the desert

My claws shrank back to nail size. "Of course, your royal Quincy-ness" I said sarcastically, and lead the way down the hallway a bit more until we came to a ladder. I climbed it, and entered a room through a trap door. It was dark, and had many glass jars put on shelves that seemed endless. I raised my arms like i was singine "Hallayuja" and said, "Welcome to the scientist's storeroom, where many of my fraccion friends are chopped up and displayed on these very shelves."

Drake's smile diminished as he said "Szayel... Kills his own subordinates? Why?" Drake looked around for an emergency exit in case someone came in while they were doing this.

I shrugged. :Dont ask me what kind of sick things are in his mind. Oh look, it's Whatshisname in this jar!" I pointd to a jar that had a mangles scrawny head in it. "We used to prank Szayel when he wasnt looking." I now realized that I had become more comfortable with saying his name. I was beginning to heal.

"Lets hurry up and get out of here.. I dont feel to comfortable because were still in las noches..." Roy's main intent was getting out... He would finish his experiment later and conduct research for the behavior of espadas.

"You Arrancar have really twisted senses of humor. And I'm with Roy here, we need to get out. All the extra Hollows may have been a trap that we overcame, but where there's one trap, there's bound to be more. Xenax has the thing with traps and I don't know why, but if he can't kill them in hand-to-hand, he'll start trapping anything and everything. Just stay on your guard and prepare for the worst. He has this really sick and twisted sense of humor." Drake got ready for any traps that may spring.

OOC: Because Alexx is the one who made this, I think I'll give her controls over the traps, because I don't want to mess up any plans of hers with any of my traps.

OOC: She doesnt have any plans other than helping Ren escape, so whatever traps you want to put in here is fine as long as they dont kill either one of them.

I nodded, and looked around, shelves everywhere i look. "If anyone has a natural sense of direction, I could really use being pointed in the way of southeast. Otherwise, I'm not sure which way to go next." I said while looking about the room. I could feel the sensors of cameras in the gigantic room, but knew we were out of their sight by a milimeter at least.

Drake sniffed the air for a second and said something indecipherable and pointed South-East. Drake then said jokingly "Even if he's got his downsides, Kage Ryuu does have a good sense of direction."

OOC: I didn't plan too. Now to start scheming... And planning. But mostly scheming...

OOC: lol

"Thanks, and I've been wondering...what does Kage Ryuu resemble? Like how I'm a raptor and Ren's a falcon and, I know ths sounds odd because I have this info, Hitsugaya is a dragon." I started off in the way Drake pointed out, watching for the room I saw in my vision from the stone Ulquiorra gave me.

"Kage Ryuu's a black dragon made of tendrils of darkness. And a raptor? That's actually pretty awesome."

"Thanks. It also kinda explains why I'm such a fast runner and have such deadly claws." I stopped on front of an odd piece of wall. This has to be it. I can sense him. I thought. My companions could sense a lighter side of spiritual pressure but was stronger than mine.

Drake sighed and said "I hope that's Ren or someone else you know. And trust. Trust is good."

"I know it's him. It's his reiatsu and he's suppossed to be in a room like this one." My claws extended, and I slashed the door into pieces, revealing a room much like the one I was captured in. An arrancar was chained to the far wall, blindfolded, and had been beaten mentally. His faded red hair had been cut shorter than before, and no mask was to be seen on him. "Ren!" I rushed in, and cut the chains, Ren falling forward as if he didn't even have the strength to stand or kneel. I reached into my bag, pulling out a hollow mask with the texture of feathers all over it, placing it over his eyes. "Get up, you lazy bird." I said. I slung his arm over my shoulder and left a few scratch marks on the wall that resembled a calligraphic A. I dragged him out of the room. "I'm surprised there's no security other than cameras here. I was expecting more of a challenge."

"Yeah, but what if it's a trap? And what happened to him? Why didn't he have a mask? Who did this? I have a lot of questions, but let's go before someone comes in here to capture us, seeing as they could easily be watching us right now. Though one question is important, is he alright? He looks like he's in a pretty bad shape."

Roy simplied looked at the body and stared for a small period of time... "Sad, How was his mask able to be removed? And why was it removed.... Whats so special about this person specifically?"

"I know he's alright, he's been through worse before. And...the answer to your question isn't easy, Roy. Ren knows things others higher up don't want people of his rank to know about. And his mask was torn off to keep him quiet, a..test, if you will. If he could find somone to repair his mask, he would have gained a new rank and earned the right to know these things." i said, and added in a muttered voice, "Like what Szayel planned to do that day" I started dragging him along back the way we came from. "In any case, I'll answer all your questions once he's healed and back to my cavern, I jus hope he'll make it that long without a Mix."

The person in the shadow chuckled.. But no one would be able to find out who, as they were able to disguise there spiritual pressure to lower levels amazingly.. "Lets go back to your cavern..." Roy waved his hand and he made a Garganta... Or at least they think he made a garganta... If you looked through, the garganta would show Alexx's Cavern... "Shall we.. Ladies first"

"How'd you...Nevermind. Lets get out of here." I went through the portal, Drake and Roy following. The Garganta closed behind us. "..Wait, something's wrong with this picture. This isn't my cavern..." I turned to Roy. "Where. The hell. Did you take. Us?"

Drake followed through the portal, and said "It might not have been him. If it was as easy as that to get in and out of his room, then either they trapped the escape route, or he isn't important to them. And what you said makes it seem like the escape would be trapped. And what reason would Roy have to purposefully lead us to a false location?" While saying this, Drake kept his Zanpakuto at a low spiritual pressure in order to hide that he had it out.

"I'm not sure, but I've got my eye on you now, Quincy." I stepped aside. "Well, lead then. You know this place better than us."

A slow rush could be heard as it came faster.. "I thought so.. I want both of you to protect each other..." Roys spiritual pressure spiked. And i rose.. And it was so high that you would find it rather unusual for a quincy to have an enourmous spiritual pressure likes roy's. It was on just a bit higher than that of a vice captain. Roy pulled up his shotgun as his hands were glowing and his hirenyaku rose. Another spiritual pressure was blazing... This spiritual pressure started fading in and out It went high then low of course the spiritual pressure was higher than Alexx, and Roys, and Drake's.... "Calm down dont show off...." Roy whispered The spiritual pressure went back into hiding.. As the 'fake' cavern basically faded away.. They would all be in the middle of Hueco Mundo... They were all in a pit... And walking into the pit was a massive hollow.. "You all escaped Las Noches... Now i will kill you here!" As the Giant hollow roared it split into mini hollows... About a good 500 "Now we fight" Roy knew that the Soul reaper and Arancarr could fly so he rose his hirenyaku high up and stared shooting rounds at the hollow raising himself higher just about so he could keep some type of advantage over the horde....

OOC: The garganta was slightly altered by the great spiritual pressure. The Hollow is a Menos that divided itself into 500 regular low level hollow like new basic hollow that are dumb-minded.. So they will only pose a danger in a horde like this. I think this battle can drag for a couple posts. Also the garganta was made by my guardian if you didnt know

Drake smiled as he said "Now it's time to really fight. Darken, Kage Ryuu, Bankai!" The tendrils that were his handle turned into a liquid, leaving him with the blade and original handle as the liquid darkness fell to the ground and disappeared. Drake then laughed and said "And tell me, Gillian? Adjuchas? What class is this? I think that a standard Gillian would be pretty easy, but an Adjuchas would pose a threat, would it not?" Drake smiled and laughed as if he almost felt pity for the Menos as a black dragon rose behind him. Drake then said "This is Kage Ryuu's true form. Now shatter reality and cloak the world with darkness. Rend." and a burst of darkness was launched, taking out a good 30 Hollows in one shot. Drake then said "Alexx. Move." as a large chunk of the ground started to glow near her. Kage Ryuu then roared as a tendril launched towards a nice group of Hollows, taking out a good 15. Drake then said "I got 45 kills. How many you got Roy?"

"Of all times..." I started to shake Ren awake, hoping he recovered already. "Wake up, you lazy pigeon, or I'm leaving." A group of hollows charged at me, and I sped out of the way. "Too late." Ren got swarmed by the group, but I knew he was only faking and could fend for himself. I drew my zanpakutô, and swept through a bunch of them, massacre as my trail. One came behind me, but a flurry of black feathers diced the hollow up. Ren finally joined the living.

Drake smiled and said "Now we are four. Hello Ren." as Kage Ryuu swept it's tail to strike at a bunch more Hollows. Drake then said to himself "I mean really now Kage, control yourself." Drake grinned as his eyes turned to slits again and his spiritual pressure fluxuated once more into that dark Arrancar-like state.

Roy raised his hand as his shadow protector Neo was right next to him.. You could see him as he was the same build as neo and from the far away distance he and Roy rose their hands at the same time as Neo mimiced his motions.. "Cero!" As Neo released a Cero it would make it appear that from a side view Roy made a cero... After that it took out a good 20 hollows... Neo would then recede to a hiding state... "Ive killed about 30 by now.. Just dont let your guard down" At best they would be mystified as to how a quincy used a cero.. Or appeared to use a cero

Drake then said "Hmm. A Cero? That's suprising." Kage Ryuu then roared again. Drake then sighed and muttered something. Kage Ryuu then laughed as he said "You are full of surprises, aren't you Quincy? Did you think I wouldn't notice?" he then used a tendril to destroy several more Hollow.

OOC: Yes, the dragon was just talking. Also, as Kage Ryuu was looking at a separate, higher angle from the others, he did notice Neo. He wouldn't reveal the fact that Neo exists though.