(I suppose it's time to drop in on Erick once again for more distant foreshadowing.)
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(Erick's Evil Plan To Overthrow Black Heart: Somewhere in a middle-management office dimension, just left and down the Twilight Hall)
After the brief distraction of Ren, Xander, and Valdus' fight, Erick's first "Interviewee" arrived.
A loud knock sounded on the door to Erick's office, "Come in..." he said in a sing songy voice. The knob turned and a massive being approximately 10 feet tall walked in, the door transformed to accommodate his size. Sitting down in a chair far too small for him, the being, a giant saurian with the appearance of a Tyrannosaurus Rex lowered himself.
"This the only chair you got, runt?" he growled annoyedly at Erick, who shrugged and nodded.
"So..." Erick began, "You've been working for Black Heart for about....1000 years...correct?"
"Yeah. I'm not likely to switch bosses for a little upstart like yourself." He came back.
"Mhmm, so. Tytus, the Mighty was it? You run the enslavement facility that breaks the wills of those Black Heart captures?" Erick looked at a clipboard and raised his eyes every so often at Tytus.
Tytus smashed his gigantic fists on the desk, "Make your point. NOW!" a powerful roar exploded from him and blasted Erick and his desk against the wall. "Look, bubby, I just want to offer you...freedom." he hastily explained.
"Freedom? How so?" Tytus was now interested.
Erick began to propose a deal "I mean...still get those slaves you like for the expansion of your kingdom and all those pit fights you have, but not actually answer to Black Heart."
"And a cut of that power he drains for myself?" Tytus bargained, Erick leapt up "That's IT! See, I want to knock that old freak down...and slow down his little process, there are an infinite amount of universes out there, why should HE get all of them?" he appealed to Tytus's ego. "Yeah. That. I can have as big a kingdom as I want. Right?"
Erick nodded, and smiled devilishly "Yep. But, I still need the Powered people Trafficking to continue. Black Heart'll still be around. Just....answering to me."
Tytus stood up and the chair fell apart, he made his way to the door, "I assume this plan includes the other Regents? And we still need to keep the Stone Hearts protected?"
Erick simply smiled and leaned back in his throne, "And a bit of time...but what is that in the face of making the Multiverse our playground for eternity?" he asked as Tytus exited the room, before he left Tytus smiled a gigantic toothy grin "I'm in. Good luck with the others."