Bionicle-The Zarrak project
Chapter One
Birth in the Shadows.
Mavrah gave a great sigh, and flipped back the visor of his
protective helmet. He set down the welding torch he had been holding
for
the past 30 minutes, and admired his handiwork.
The thing was crude, yet Mavrah knew it would serve his purposes. A
thick metal ring roughly 6 feet in diameter, with runes carved into the
side
by means of the torch that Mavrah now eyed warily.
" I see know why Onu-Matoran are advised to stay away from such
tools1"
He said to no one in particular, " These crude instruments are for Po
and Ta
dwellers only1"
The ring was not of great beauty, Mavrah mused, but the great deed
that
it was about to accomplish would by far make up for its lake of eye
caressing.
With the help of Kax, the loyal Gua Rahi. Mavrah lifted the ring,
and
set it into the sheath that helps up the ring at a vertical angel.
Gua waved the tentacles coming out of her head, and said, " My
Lord,
how do you know this device will work?"
Mavrah pulled the helmet off, and scurried around to the computer
modem
as Kax began connecting wires from the ring to the computer, and from
the
ring to a separate platform on which 3 vats of energized protodermis
sat.
" Though your kind boast of being intelligent, " The Onu-Matoran
said,
" I am rather shocked to find how stupid you are."
Kax hardly flinched. She was used to such comments, and continued
to
connect wires, and the necessary tubes as her master continued.
" Though Energized protodermis is extremely unstable, it can be
channeled and bent to my will, because the substance of this ring is
not
from our world, Kax. And that is why it will work. In my years of study
I
have discovered that Energized protodermis agrees the most with things
that
are directly associated with humans."
Kax plugged the final wire into the back of the ring, and dared to
ask,
" What is this ring made of, Master?"
Mavrah paused.
" Iorn!" He said, eyes going mistily, " Is that not the most
beautiful
word that you have ever heard? It is a common metal on the Earth, and
the
means in which I required this are-"
Just then there was a loud KZZAAAAKKKK noise from one of the
protodermis
bins, and a tongue of liquid energy flared out. Kax was worried, but
Mavrah
seemed to be cooing to himself and the protodermis as he checked to see
if
all the systems were online.
" Soon...Soon. You will have your victims soon. Payment for this
small
favor, if you will. You allow me to keep 2 of the humans for my own
personal
study, and you may do what you will to the other."
The protodermis seemed content. It no longer flared, or even hissed
dangerously.
" Everything is good!" Mavrah said, with an evil grin on his face,
" All
that we are now waiting for is the consent of the protodermis to do as
we
ask."
Kax watched, horrified, as 3 streams of energized protodermis
flowed
though the tube, and powered the Ring.
The aura of power was fueling Mavrah, giving him a sence of
mastery. He
watched in fierce joy as the Ring blazed to life, emitting several harsh
sparks as it flared. The protodermis was working. Mavrah felt the rift
between the World of Bionicle and earth shift.
" Yes!" He yelled as Kax cowered in terror at the sight, " Go!
Bring
them to me! Pick whatever humans you like, and bring them to me!"
Kax realized she was in way over her head. She tried to run, but a
tendrill of protodermis wrapped around her.
'Not so fast, little Gua.'
Kax screamed as she realized the fact that when Energized
protodermis
does not grant powers, it burns.
Mavrah watched grimly as out of the ring came the forms of three
struggling humans.
" Damn it, damn it, whats going on?"
The other two were just screaming. Mavrahs eyes behind his mask
gleamed
with anticipation. With a flick, the three humans were thrown into the
vats
of protodermis.
He was enveloped in a sort of a gel. It completly surrounded his
body,
filling in the cracks of his mind. Struggling was no use. He was still
completly turned around. Memory. He needed to remember-
There was a horrible pain in his head. It seemed like something was
probing around in there, sorting, looking, filing.
Erasing.
'All you ever were' the voice echoed in his mind, ' Forget it. You
are
no longer human. You are mine. You are Zarrak.'
'I am Zarrak.' He thought sleepily, ' I am Zarrak...I...'
Thought blossomed into merciful blackness.
End of Chapter 1. Sorry, I know it's a weak start, but give me a
break
here. Please read and review, and I'll get chapter 2 up as soon as I
get 10
reviews.