Chapter 3- Exiles
Princess Zelda awoke in the middle of a grassy field. The last thing she remembered were those evil, malevolent red eyes…
Stop thinking about it, she chided herself, or else you're gonna pass out again. She noticed Link lying a few feet from her on her right. Several yards to her left was that gold and blue armored stranger. He must have saved us from that evil monster. But why..? She heard a groan behind her, and noticed that Link was awakening. She rushed over to his side t assist him. Once he was steady on both legs, she hugged him tightly. "Thank goodness! Are you alright Link?" He nodded in response, to weak to speak at the moment. They both broke their hug when they noticed a stirring from the armored stranger…
Mata Nui's eyes flickered open. Slowly, he rose. Noting he was still intact, he found Click the scarbax beetle lying on his shoulder. His sword was near his right arm. What happened, he wondered. It took him the space of four seconds to figure out who did this. Ignika…
Yes, came its raspy voice, I did it to protect those who might be harmed by the one who destroys all. Frankly, I don't think this will be enough. We must find the source and defeat it!
Yes, but…
"Um, excuse me!" Mata Nui whirled. He saw the two children from his questioning.
Wait a second… Ignika said it teleported those who would be harmed to safety. The Dark Spirit sought to obliterate those linked to the Great Beings. Does that mean… Ignika's voice echoed in Mata Nui's mind
We do not tell them anything.
Understood. I don't think they know of them anyway. The two children ran up to the Great Spirit. At first, they were intimidated- he was a good 87 inches tall, and was just big. Not fat, but big. There was no other word for it. But Zelda recovered quicker than her friend.
"Sir, I apologize for earlier. I was just protecting my people. I'm Zelda."
"I'm Link," said the boy next to her. Mata Nui stood for a long while.
"I'm… Mata Nui." The boy looked at him thoughtfully.
"I don't mean to be rude, but may we call you MN?" The gold and sapphire armored being nodded. Zelda spoke next.
"Thanks for saving us from that monster earlier. But who was he?" Mata Nui turned away from them, just as the painful memories flooded back into his mind.
"He is everything that creation is not… the ultimate source of pure evil, the master of the shadows, the Spirit of Death itself… he is called The Makuta." When he turned to face them, they were both hugging each other in horror. Mata Nui sighed. He waved his hand to cure the fear they felt, forgetting what the mere mention of Makuta's name can do. They broke apart immediately and blushed. Mata Nui smirked. Young love. He read their thoughts and knew about it. However, more pressing matters had to be brought to light. "As you can see, he is so powerful that the Dark Spirit's name can cause extreme horror." Zelda asked the one question that she knew Link was also thinking:
"How can we stop him?" Mata Nui turned his back to her grimly.
"No way to stop him has been found." Had he turned around, he would have seen a crestfallen Link and a close-to-tears Zelda. He pointed in the direction of castle town, which was surrounded in a haze of powerful elemental shadow. "Even the it may not seem like it, but there is a difference in power of the normal energy and his shadows. I call it annihilative shadows. It destroys all, or it 'creates nothing'. I'd really rather not go into a science lesson about it though." (A/N: Don't worry, I will.) Mata Nui paused for a moment. "The shadows he commands are unique. One bolt can probably destroy you completely, even the energy that flows through you." Zelda did not know what she could do.
This sucks! Now what? Do we just give up? She began to sob, quietly so Link would not get worried and be angry at their powerful new ally. Then the voice an aged being who seemed older than the stars, said
"Not that you know of." The princess and Link turned behind them and stared at the newcomer. Mata Nui beamed.
"Guardian," exclaimed a surprised Mata Nui.
"Is that not what you told them, old friend?"
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Author's notes- Okay, ready for a sci fi lesson! Okay, so as most of you hardcore BIONICLE fans know, Makuta has 42 powers in addition to his control over shadow. But when you read what his shadow could do now you're all like "What, Makuta ain't that powerful!" Well, you sir, may not know that, on Spherus Magna, Makuta found a way to amplify his powers to an almost god-like extent. So now, he may destroy matter, its polar opposite, and the particles of light, photons. It's my way of making a villain seemingly impossible to kill. But there is a way, just not on the exterior. Oh, and he has a lot more powers that will be revealed soon (my ratings are so gonna plummet :P).
