A New Hollow

The Bloody Cove

Zataheta's foot sunk slowly into the Sand as he stepped into the cove, his faint orange eyes looking, trying to find his targets. His recent hunting excursions through Hueco Mundo had lead him here, there was this once small group of Hollows that he wanted.

All that he wanted from them was their flesh, their masks, to find out what they tasted like and to consume their strength, this thirst for power was being further driven by the unending rage he had developed upon regaining what memories he could. The only feeling that had been filling him now was an anger for his own weakness in life, his own suffering, and how despite working to uncover it, he wanted to forget about it all over again.

No more, these Hollows couldn't run and hide from him any longer, they couldn't escape him, he had followed them here from the Menos Forest and the Vast Desert of Hueco Mundo and he had no intention of letting them go.

"Come... Fight me... Try to... Eat me! I... Am here... I have... Come for you!!!"

The Ape Hollow shouted, his shrill voice echoing throughout the cove as he activated his Paquete Líder, getting ready to destroy them. With each step he took, his muscles bulked, and grew, ash surrounded each arm and leg, spreading through his back. He leaned back on his feet and opened his maw, unleashing a ape-like roar as he smashed his own fists against his chest, calling out a battle cry to these 'Savages', as he saw them.

There they were, the four Hollows that he had been tracking, some kind of Bull-like Hollow, a Serpentine Hollow, one that seemed to be a Hawk with wings, and finally, there was his main prise, it was another Ape like Hollow, much like himself. The four gathered, though they seemed to be not too strong, each one bosting a fraction of the strength he had gained during his hunts.

Zataheta began to smash his fists against the sand, bringing it up, causing a cloud to cover him and conceal him as he let out a deep guttural howl. The next moment, the Ape Hollow that was Zataheta burst through, barrelling through the cloud to the Bull Hollow who tried to get ready, trying to hold him back but the enraged beast smashed into it, head first. A crack formed on the Bull's mask and blood seeped from the sides of it while Zataheta grabbed onto him and threw it over his shoulder, into the sand.

The Hawk Hollow tried its best to help, lifting up and flying to it's ally, but for some reason, no matter how much it flapped its wings, it couldn't move. It looked down to find Zataheta holding onto its leg before pulling and smashing it down into the ground, followed by a jump and landing onto it's mask, crushing the creature further.

The Serpentine Hollow and the other Ape tried to attack Zataheta, the Serpent wrapping around his legs and pulling them closed, trying to constrict him while the Ape pounded on his back. Zataheta managed to keep one hand free through the struggle and wrapped it around the Serpent's throat, holding it as it kept attempting to squeeze. The beast opened it's maw and began charging what appeared to be a Cero, the crimson orb quickly forming as the Hollow tried to escape but it was too late, the beam ripped through it's torso, severing it.

Zataheta rose from the death he had caused and turned to face that Ape Hollow that had reminded him of himself, it was smaller, each punch causing some minor damage but it didn't matter much. The Ape Hollow slashed at it's lower chest, the force of which knocked it to the ground as Zataheta moved over it, staring down to his lesser.

"You... Will join... Me... You will... Become part of... Me...I will... Be strong..."

Those were the last words it heard as Zataheta's maw opened up and bit down onto its head, taking a large chunk from its mask and ripping it off, swallowing that delicious Hollow. He could feel himself changing, he could feel it in his body, and so he gathered the bodies and continued his feast, devouring each and every one of them. Forcing them to join him, to be consumed by him, and for his strength to grow.

He had never thought that he had gotten to this point, but he managed to, he pushed past each and everything his own mind had setup for himself, found his purpose, and now started his path to act on it.