Disclaimer: I don't own Bionicle. I plan to though.
A/N: Prison was actually one of the first ideas I came up with. Sorry for you TahuxGali fans. It is Lewa and Gali in this one. Secondly Lewa will not be using tree-speak for I need to convey the drama in this story maturely.
Prison
Chapter 1
In a place far away from any hope sat Destral, the Brotherhood of Makuta's main fortress. It was extremely hard to get into and almost impossible to escape. There too many hidden traps and weapons for a hero to escape in this dangerous city. 6 heroes sat in a prison cell trying to find a way out. Anyone with practical thinking would have deemed it impossible. For strength held no power here. You could fight your way out but then you would either be brought back to the holding cells or interrogation chambers. If the Makuta had lost all patience with your escape they would drag you off to the laboratories to become an experiment for the Brotherhood. These six heroes were not normal of the normal kind; they were the Toa Nuva and had often faced impossible odds before. The cell had almost no light. Likely due to the fact that they were at least 2 stories underground. The Makuta had capture a worthy prize for any Makuta but what they really wanted was that Mask. The Mask of Life was hidden somewhere in Voya Nui and the Makuta wanted to know where. Unfortunately the Toa hadn't given them any information. So the Brotherhood was content for now to let the Toa Nuva rot in a cell.
Tahu paced back and forth fuming. He was angry that his strength and courage was not enough to get them out of this mess. More importantly Mata Nui was dying and if the didn't escape this fortress he would die in three weeks time for that was all Matoro's sacrifice could allow. He felt a pang of guilt knowing that their capture had been his fault partly. His overly rash thinking had made him jump at the opportunity to kill some of the Makuta. The Toa Nuva were caught in a trap because of his error.
"Are you just going to stand there and pout or are you going to actually help. Wait I forgot it was your fault we're here in the first place." growled Kopaka.
"So what do you propose, that we charm our way out of here. You seem to complain a lot but you never actually help anyone. What was the word for it? I remember now, a hypocrite." Tahu shot back, sick of Kopaka's attitude.
"Maybe if you used your head for something other than running into things headfirst we wouldn't be in this mess."
"Are you implying that this is my fault because the last time I remember you agreed to go on this mission, which says a lot about you? That you're a spineless…"
"Enough you two, arguing isn't going to get us anywhere. So if you two would actually help with a plan of escape it would be much obliged," Gali said cutting Tahu from finishing off his sentence. She hung her head in disbelief as the two toa walked to opposite sides of them room and glared at each other. She walked back to the part of the cell where Onua and the others were coming up with a plan of escape. Each one held enough respect for each other that there was no bickering between them. Onua and she were always on the same level of intelligence. She knew that if anyone had a good plan of escape it would be him. She shifted her eyes towards Pohatu who was by far the best team player. Pohatu enjoyed teamwork saying that through it the Toa Nuva were impossible to break like a hardened protodermis. Lastly her eyes fell on Lewa, who every time she looked she felt her heart spring out of her chest. Perhaps it was because he was maturing a lot faster than the other toa. Perhaps because she had feelings for him she wasn't sure she could admit. For Gali, it was a lot easier to focus on the matter at hand than analyze her feelings for the other Toa.
"So Onua what do you think would be the best plan of escape?" Lewa asked trying to help out.
"Well my good friend, by my analysis of this fortress as we were dragged in I have been able to come up with a plan. We would first procure they keys to our cell. Then we would proceed to the armory where they have placed our weapons and armor. We would have to careful on our way out of here. If we create too much noise the Makuta will be on us like Zyglak on dinner. So no attacking unless it will help maintain cover," Onua explained. How will all this fit together? Onua knew that if this plan if did not work as he had planned it they would be starting at square one again. There was also the matter of acquiring the keys to their cell and the armory. How in the hell were they going to do this?
The other Toa were deep in thought also. Now it was just a matter of getting a grasp on the keys. Toa Lewa got up from leaning up on the wall and walked over as if had something important to say.
"Yes, Lewa do you have something to say?" Pohatu asked.
"Well, I think I found that might be useful in our escape," Lewa answered with a smile on his face.
"I can't believe it, you found a lock pick," Onua said with surprise in his voice. He had expected Lewa to come up with something this fast. Then he noticed that Lewa's grin grew even bigger.
"No, better than a lock pick my friend," He tossed something through the air and Onua grabbed it, when he looked down he found keys. They even had names and the number of the rooms. The guard must have been a real idiot to have his keys labeled. Onua thought to himself.
"Hey Tahu and Kopaka come over here, Lewa got the keys we need." Pohatu said to the two toa who had been spending their time giving each other dirty looks like teenagers who hated each. Now interested that they finally had a way out the walked over to where the rest of the team was standing. Now all they had to do was get ready to put the plan in motion.
"Ok, team when do we start our escape from this horrible place for I can't stand still any longer. If we do not move fast enough Mata Nui will stay asleep forever." Tahu said eagerly. Kopaka's eyes narrowed when he heard this. He knew that Tahu would once again try to take the reins of the team and probably lead them back to this same predicament. No, he wasn't going to let Tahu endanger the team again. If anyone should be leading right now it should be Onua.
"No Tahu you're not going to lead the team this time. If we let you lead we will be back here or worse. I think Onua should lead this mission because you'll let your foolish pride get in the way." Kopaka cut coldly. Onua was surprised; why would Kopaka advocate Onua leading the escape. Then he realized it was not only because Kopaka did get along with Tahu but because he saw how smart it would be if Onua was leading this expedition. "Ok, if everyone is ok I take the lead. Don't worry well get out of here. I'm sure that the plan will work and we will escape. No one will be left behind. No one willdie." He would be wrong. One of them would stay behind to ensure the freedom of the others.
A/N: So what do think? It could use some fixing up but I would like to know what people think of the idea. So I would like some reviews before I start working on chapter 2. Thanks for reading the beginning of Prison.