Well, now it has been a not-so-long while since I published a story; well, I hoped you liked last chapter, it was sort of an indroduction, the real mayhem starts in this one.

-'Thoughts'-

-"Titan speaking"-

-"Toa speaking"-

-"Others speaking"-

"How does it feel, to be on your own, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone?"-Bob Dylan

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(Toa Suva, Artakha)

"Wait a minute" Tarken said. "Weren't you supposed to be Av-matoran?" He spoke as he turned to see the three new Toa and their weird color amalgamations that were definitely not gold and white "Because believe me, I know Toa of light aren't red, black, silver or blue; and you're starting to look like intruders and not brothers" He added as he readied his trident and multi-barreled blaster.

"Yeah, you seem like you could use an interrogation" Likai added as she loaded her crossbow and readied her sword "I've got a few tricks that will definitely 'shock' you"

"Wait a minute now! What the hell are you two talking about? We ARE brothers-in-arms now!" Kreya replied as she franatically searched the storage caché for a weapon of some kind to defend herself from the possibly-coming attacks. "You saw it yourselves right now! WE. ARE. TOA." She added as she finally found a dualblade to channel whatever power she had.

"She's right! We just became Toa with that strange light! What IS wrong with you?" Kyros added as he prepared to fight with his -now huge- claws and his tail. "You can attack us only if you wish for a fight to happen, 'brothers'" He added with a slight tone of mockery towards the elder Toa.

(A/N: -If you're wondering about Kalnur, he's just there feeling something's wrong and wondering why his armor is changing color every minute or so-)

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(Daxia screenroom, minutes earlier)

"So, who do you think will lead the team, Botar?" Brutaka asked his protean companion and "superior". "Kyros or Kalnur? Because I think that both of them could make a good job, and I would be fine with either of them as team leader and I don't want to keep talking but my mouth keeps doing it and..."

"Brutaka, shut your mouth! Now! We need to pay attention to what's happening now, every plan has a flaw, and we have to spot this'" Helryx ordered his subordinate as the screen went shiny white from the crystal's light; but as the blinding light dissipated and the three members were able to see the new Toa, they ran way from the room and into the pods; disaster had to be averted.

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(Artakha's Suva, just where we left)

"You know sis, I think we should teach this fakes why it is a bad idea to play with fire. . . or lightning for the matter" Tarken told Likai as he ran and jumped in circles around the three newcomers while he shot fireballs randomly at them. "They do need to learn to dodge now that they're 'Toa', shouldn't they?"

"Agreed brother, we cannot let intruders go into the palace unchecked, what if they try to steal weapons, masks or power from us?" Likai added her usually overconfident tone, something that normally got her in and out of trouble, with a threat made of many volts of electricity; her usual method of sying 'Hi' to strangers. "You are about to be inmovilized, put into stasis, and shipped to Daxia for interrogation"

Suddenly, a barrier made of water, the height of the room itself, exploded out of nowhere, protecting the three new Toa, the 'unexpected' Toa of water that created it and the two titans that came along.

"I don't think you should do that Tarken" Helryx stated as calmly as she could. "These three are real Toa, something just went awry in the process, that's all"

"Well of course, how dumb of us, we should have left them wander here" Likai answered with her rarely seen sarcasm "Why don't you go flood something, Bluey?"

"THAT'S IT SPARKY! YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET A LARGE DOSE OF ASS-WHUPIN' AS SOON AS I CHECK ON. . . " But Helryx was cut short by someone else's screams, screams from someone who had discovered what exactly was wrong in the room: him.

"GAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!" Kalnur's shout could have woken even a Bohrok a Mio away "SOMEONE MAKE IT STOP!!"

It all happened too fast for anyone to react; one moment they were all looking at the screaming Toa with looks of fear or puzzlement, and the next one there was a hole where there used to be a wall, rubble was everywhere and elemental darkness was slowly fading so that they could see this.

In the distance, the screams could still be heard growing fainter and fainter, and a little path that had been blasted through the jungle was the only trail the missing Toa left in his wake.

'We have to act now; either that or we're screwed' Helryx thought as she assesed the odds of five Toa (water, lightning, fire, darkness and magnetism) and two Titans with teleporting powers against a single Toa of twilight half-crazed by his powers, at least for now. "Ok, we will pair up and follow the path our brother left; Tarken, you will go with Brutaka here and try to cut his path: slow him down using EVERYTHING you have, we will tend his health later" Then, she turned to face Likai. "Likai, you and Kreya will follow the path he leaves; track him down and if you can, make sure he doesn't leave the island" Finally, she turned to Kyros and Botar "Kyros, you, Botar and I will be the striking force in this; the moment Brutaka and Tarken manage to slow Kalnur down, Botar will take us to his location; hold back as little as possible, because he'll do the same, even if he doesn't want to"

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(Meanwhile, in Kalnur's mind)

'What the hell? Where am I? What is this? Why am I rampaging through an island that I barely know?' He pondered as he saw what happened as if from someone else's point of view.

'Oh, goody good! I feared you wouldn't wake up in time to see this' A voice said in a sneering tone as a faint dark outline appeared on Kalnur and took his shape, but it's color was diferent; instead of the white-and-gold design he had, this new "being" had a black-and-silver pattern. 'You should see what's about to happen "brother", we are on a colission course with Destral; we just need to raze this place before that'

'What the hell do you mean with "we", stranger? I don't know why you're here or why I'm out of my body, but you seem to know; talk or else!' Kalnur replied as he readied a sphere of light in his right hand. . . only to find that the stranger doing the same.

'You're threatening ME? Please! I'm you and you're me!' The "vezon" replied. 'You still haven't figured it out, have you?' And then he laughed; a long hollow sound, but laughter nonetheless. 'We are a Toa of twilight, right now, our body is struggling to take a side, and while we're outside it, it will just drive itself by instinct; I'll see you inside' And with those words, it disappeared inside the body once more, which in turn took a silver and black coloring.

'You'll take my body over my dead. . . oh, what the hell! Let's rumble!' And he re-entered his body to take it over.

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(With Brutaka and Tarken)

"I finally have the chance to beat, smash and/or blow up something without restriction and I end up being paired with a 'cold fire'!" Brutaka vented his frustration as he used his Olmak to open a gate that could take them to the end of the new path. "I don't like this, I don't even want it, but here's what were gona do flamy: I'm going to use everything I can think of, and if he still stands after that, I'll let you try to take what's left of him, agreed?"

"If you think we should do that instead of attacking him from different sides the moment we see him so that he won't be able to take us out that easily, fine, but I think we should follow my plan, after all, I thought about it" Tarken replied es he calmly checked that his trident was well sharpened and his cannons unblocked "What are we waiting for Brutaka? We should stop him, don't you think?"

-And with that they stepped through the gate and found themselves upon the strangest of sights.-

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(With Likai and Kreya)

"Okay, so here's what we're gonna do: we'll use a Kakama to get to wherever this guy's in and hopefully, Tarken and that giant guy will have him down, if not, we will attack him head-first; I don't know what your element is, but shoot him with it as we go" Likai told her obligatory partner as they trekked throught the jungle path. "Any objections newbie?"

"Yeah Sparky, I've got objections" Kreya answered as he gathered spheres of what turned out to be elemental shadow in her hands. "One: his name's Kalnur, and the giant's is Brutaka. Two: my element is shadow and we don't have a Kakama. And last: I don't think those eyes belong to anyone in the group." She added as she pointed to the trees on the side where three pairs of eyes watched them with hate.

"Oh, well" Likai answared as she took out her sword. "Let's go and say hi"

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(With Kalnur)

-There is a large landscape that makes up Kalnur's mind, and it changes each time you see it; right now, it's mainly a large swamp that evolves into a gigantic plain, but don't be deceived by it's looks, a mind is as complex as a labrynth inside a labrynth inside a labrynth-

'I see that you had the guts to come, Kalnur, I like it. . . plus, I'm getting bored and you'll make a fine entertainment' The vezon stated as if he always did that. 'After all, I know you and you know me, even if you think you don't'

'Oh, I'm glad I could liven up your day, it's a pleasure for me' Kalnur replied as he readied his newfound cannon in his arm. 'You know, I always imagined how my mind looked like and you know what? I like the "I'll kick your ass setting", it's perfect for ending this'

'Oh goody good!' The vezon did the same. 'Bring it on pansy!'

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(With Keya and Likai)

-The two Toa are facing a small pack of shallow cats that have gonee wild with the recent disturbance caused by our Toa-

"It bit me!" Likai screamed at Kreya as she kicked the second cat. "That son of a bitch bit me!" And she turned towards the remaining cat -who right now started thinking it would be a good idea to run-. "You, my little friend, are about to get a foot shoved up your animal butt so hard it will look like I'm wearing a boot made of you!"

-About five minutes later, the Toa continued their path followed by two sleek-looking cats and a very sore one; their destination: a crazed Toa about a Kio away-

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(With Brutaka and Tarken)

"Is he really?"

"Yes"

"And is that a?"

"Yeah"

"That long?"

"I've seen bigger ones"

"Should we try to stop him?"

"Let's wait, if he spots us, we attack"

"Sounds like a plan"

"Wait a minute, is he looking at us?"

"I think so"

"We should strike about now, ahouldn't we?"

"Be my guest"

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(With Kyros, Botar and Helryx)

-As they watch the jungle for any signs, the group suddenly spots a humoungus rising cloud of dust and vegetation just below of a thunderstorm-

"Um. . . Helryx? Isn't that our call to move?" Kyros asked the eldest Toa of the mission. "Because I recall big, explosion-created dust clouds are signs of battle"

"If you keep using that little smart mouth of yours Kyros, I'll make sure you can't use it for a day or two" Then she turned to his companion. "Botar, take us to the battlefield. Now!"

"Right away. For the new travelers, you might experience a slight sense of nausea and disorientation for some seconds, after that, we'll fight for our brother against our brother, thank you."

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(Kalnur's mind -again-)

'That bastard!' Kalnur exclaimed as he looked at the new gash in his armor, a hit far too close to be comfortable, and began shooting his blaster in a cover fire and took out his spear. 'I just need to hit him once! It's all I need and he knows it!'

'Yes, I know it, you know it, we all know it' The double answered as he took out his own darkened spear. 'But the question is: do you know how to endure impalement?'

-And Kalnur suddenly felt a gaping emptiness in his torax, but there was only a sound he could utter was one that expressed the opposite of the situation: laughter. That's right, he laughed as hard as he could, after all, he had just figured everything out-

-But outside, his body had begun cutting things randomly, but it had also spotted Brutaka and Tarken, and the fight with the rescue mission members had begun-

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(Outside with the whole team)

"Brutaka, hit him now!" Helryx shouted as she created a rapidly growing water vortex to shoot at the target. They had very little shots left, Tarken and Likai had used up nearly all their elemental energy and weapons, Lune was the only cat still conscious enough to attack, Kreya and Kyros were barely holding their ground, and Botar had to move constantly to avoid being hit.

"I can't do it Helryx! He's just too random to target or hit!" The giant said as he prepared to use his Olmak to send the color-changing Toa into another dimension until he calmed down. "We need to send him away!"

-But before anything could be done, twin burts of light and shadow were fired in opposite directions, effectively blinding or cloaking the group in shadow, and a clear voice spoke from the crater made in the battle-

"There will be no need for that Brutaka, we are no longer a threat for you."

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(In Kalnur's mind, just where we left)

'He , he. . . ah, that was fun!' Kalnur said as he calmly broke the protourding tip of his double's spear and took it out like nothing had happened. 'I mean, you almost got me there!'

'What? What's happening? I drove a spear through your chest! You should be dead! You MUST be dead!!' The double yelled as he backed away from his very alive foe. 'Get away from me!'

'Once you told me that I didn't understand; you were right, I didn't understand, but now I do, and you know what is there to understand?' Kalnur answered as he watched his double fading away. 'That the power is within me, and you're feeling the effects right now'

'You may have won, "brother", but remember this' The double said his last words in a threatening way. 'You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villian'

-With that, Kalnur regained control of his body, but the struggle had been too much, and his armor was a strangely appropiate combination of black, white, silver and dark gold, with a spear nearly twice as big as him in his back and a Mydak Skyblaster in his left arm-

"There will be no need for that Brutaka, we are no longer a threat for you"

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Well, that's definitely. . . something, I don't know what, but something; so well, what do you think about it? I need reviews to make it better, damn you people! -just joking-

In case you noticed: yes, the fight in Kalnur's mind is inspired by Ichigo's battle with his inner hollow, and yes, the double's last words are from the new Batman film.