Chapter 2- Interrogation

Surprisingly it was not long before Mata Nui entered a castle with similar guards. Each shot him a disgusted look as he passed.

Very well, Mata Nui, said Ignika, what is you brilliant plan?

I have read their unguarded minds. They aim to take me before a royal audience. With some diplomacy, I should be able to clear up this misunderstanding.

If that does not succeed, asked Ignika.

Simple, replied Mata Nui, I blast my way out.

And here I thought you were peaceful.

Quiet. We're here. Mata Nui stood before a young girl who was standing on a raised platform crafted from granite. She seemed close to 13 years old, dressed in a pink silk dress. She had waist length blond hair and soft, azure eyes. They seemed deep enough to match Mata Nui star blue eye sockets. However, most noticeable, her ears were spiked like that of an elf.

She is no human, thought the former Great Spirit. She began to speak.

"So, why have you blown a dent on the plains surrounding this fair town?"

"I came to seek a power in order to-," he was cut off.

"Hmph. Your greed won't go unpunished. Guards-"

"In order to protect it," said Mata Nui, with a little force in his words.

"Can't remember how many times I heard that one." Mata Nui shot an annoyed look at the source of the noise. It was a boy of 14 years, wearing a guard's uniform. He also had blue eyes, less deep than the girl's, and had spiked ears. The girl ignored his comment, but did not seem at all irritated by it.

"Very well," she said, finality in her voice, "I hereby sentence you to-"in the time it takes to blink, her mind was connected to a memory of shadow. Evil laughter rumbled in her mind. Darkness was everywhere. Crimson eyes that sang of doom formed from the shadow. She felt cornered by the Spirit of Death itself. It terrified her to a high degree. Mercifully, the memory ended. She was very unsteady for a moment, and fell to her knees. She hugged herself in sheer terror. The boy next to her gasped in shock and concern.

"Zelda!" He went to her side immediately. The princes, named Zelda, latched onto him very tightly. The boy glared at Mata Nui, whom connected Zelda's mind to a dreaded memory of his. "What did you do to her?" Mata Nui seemed unsurprised that this memory caused a reaction like this.

"From my memories, I showed her exactly who I wanted the energy to be kept from. This entity commands powerful and destructive forces." Just then, a deep, grating voice tainted with malice and madness reverberated throughout the throne room.

"I don't just command destructive forces," it said softly, "I am destruction." Pitch black shadow that was highlighted by electric red bolts surrounded the chamber and its occupants. Mata Nui was stunned.

"No," he breathed, "you can't be here!" The guards readied their spears, and the boy unsheathed his sword, keeping the princess behind him. Mata Nui himself unlimbered his own, unique blade and formed his shield.

"My foolish brother. Have you not realized that death cannot be brought to me when I already am it?" A guard decided to be even more foolish and yelled out 'why not'. A bolt of plasma erupted from the darkness and incinerated him in a fraction of an instant, if such a time frame were possible. "You shall not speak unless spoken to," commanded the shadows. Mata Nui had lost patience.

"Why are you here, Dark Spirit?"

"The same reason you are here. But the ancient power…," the shadow formed a pair of piercing crimson eyes that radiated pure malevolence. Zelda covered her eyes and turned away in horror. The eyes of doom narrowed its gaze to Mata Nui. "…shall be obliterated beneath my heel."

"NO," cried Mata Nui, "I cannot allow you to exterminate another race!" The next sound that came was more horrid than the screech of a nivawk, more frightening than the roar of a kanohi dragon-it was the sound of the shadows' laughter.

"How very noble, brother. However, as pleasant as this conversation is, I'm afraid it must end." The shadows began to hum ominously. "All those with ties to the Great Beings shall perish." The ignika, at this point, did not think, it simply acted.

Fighting him was a lost cause from the start, it thought grimly. Then, with simple outreach of its powers, teleported those with a link to his forgers away from the Spirit of Evil. Soon, they were back on an empty plain in the middle of somewhere…

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Author's notes- if you haven't figured it out already this text type indicates the voice of Makuta (I refuse to call him Teridax! He is too awesome for that!) . Oh and by the way, explaining Zelda's and Link's attitude, this story takes place around a week after the events of Spirit Tracks. I think I would be quick to judge too, if I was killed and was forced wander the earth as energy. I hope Bionicle fans caught the blatant reference in there…