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I do not own either lego bionicle or this plot they both are owned by the lego company and this story plots Author Biohazard Technologies all the right's go to their respective partys i own nothing sadly

Chapter twelve:
Onu-Koro's Magic.

Nirvana was not happy.

She flung a ball of boiling water at the nearest wall.

"How could this happen?!" She demanded.

Linnex flinched.

"I don't know Nirvana, now calm down."

Nirvana looked at Seledon. He lay on a bed, still unconscious from his encounter with the Toa of Water.

"Calm down?!"

Nirvana got right in Linnex's face.

"How can I calm down when I have been upstaged by little more than a child?!" She asked angrily, "How could she do something like this? She doesn't have the power!"

"She has more power than you know."

Both looked at Seledon, who was sitting up in the bed groggily.

"You're awake." Linnex said.

Seledon nodded than gripped at his sore neck.

"You wouldn't believe how much strength she had. She practically ran me down!"

Nirvana glared at him.

"Well it's your own fault! You shouldn't have gotten caught!"

"I couldn't help it!"

"Save it!" Nirvana glared at him again. "We shouldn't have let you stay! You, apparently, aren't what you used to be anymore. Pathetic!"

With that, Nirvana whirled and left the room.

Seledon looked up at Linnex, who was staring after Nirvana.

"What now boss?" He asked.

"We do nothing until you've recovered."

Linnex looked down at him.

"I will send more Iisteks to watch their every move."

Linnex left the room in silence, leaving Seledon to recover on his own.

~*~

The Toa made their way through the Onu-Koro caves silently. All of them were on complete and total guard.

Onua and Gali had gone ahead to scout. Tahu lead the pack, Pohatu and Lewa took up the middle and Kopaka brought up the rear guard.

None of the others had been happy about the Iistek when Gali had told them at breakfast. She had, however, left out her little "encounter" with Kopaka.

For this, Kopaka was grateful beyond belief.

Kopaka sighed and looked behind him down the dark tunnel.

That was funny.

He was sure he had heard something following them. He shook his head and continued on wards.

Something wasn't right.

He could feel it.

He rubbed at the head ache that was forming between his eyes and wondered about how Gali and Onua were faring.

~*~

Gali ducked behind a rather large boulder.

Something had been following her and Onua for the past hour, she was sure of it now. Onua looked at her questioningly when she pulled him behind the boulder.

She put a finger to her lips as a signal for him to be quiet.

He nodded silently.

Gali crawled up on top of the boulder without a sound.

She saw it.

A tiny light on the ground, skittering towards them, looking for them.

She narrowed her eyes at the Kofo-Jaga.

"You're mine." She whispered.

Gali dove off the boulder with all the speed and grace of a cat, her glaive was in her hand before she even hit the ground. She brought the blade around and slashed at the small rahi. She knew by the flash of light she saw when her glaive hit it, that she had destroyed it.

She flinched when she saw the tiny body she had cut in half.

"I'm sorry." She whispered. " I slashed too hard."

She kneeled and said a small prayer over the dead rahi.

She got to her feet and rejoined Onua, He didn't say anything to her for a while.

"Tell me," He said after a while. "Tell me about the Iistek."

"What is there to tell?"

"Tell me how it got in."

"It scratched it's way through the door."

"Hmm.. that sounds like what's been happening in Onu-Koro!"

Gali looked at him in surprise.

"What do you mean?"

"Some of the residents of the village have woken up in the morning to find that their doors have small holes in them. We were beginning to think that the holes were the work of Kofo-Jaga but now I see that it wasn't."

Gali kept walking and didn't reply.

"If the Iisteks get into a house will they hurt the residents?" Onua asked.

"Only if the residents have something Makuta wants. Besides, the worst they could do is bite you or claw you."

"What happens if you get bitten by one of them?"

"It really hurts."

Onua looked at her.

"That's it?"

Gali looked at him and nodded.

"They aren't poisonous."

"Oh," Onua said. "I'm still worried though."

"You should be. Iisteks are very dangerous when they are in large groups." Gali said. "Were they to go after Turaga Whenua, he wouldn't stand a chance. They'd destroy him in thirty seconds flat. Maybe even less."

Onua looked at her in fear.

"How would they destroy him?"

"They'd rip him to shreds of course. But worst of all they'd do it while he was awake and able to feel pain. They take pleasure in that sort of thing."

"We have to hurry." Onua said.

Gali nodded and ran her fingers through her loose hair.

"Let's go get the others. We need to get there as soon as possible."

~*~

The Toa entered Onu-Koro as though they were soldiers in a futuristic landing craft.

They made their way into the village in a V sort of formation.

The Tohunga all gazed at them in confusion and awe for they did not recognize their Toa.

The Toa immediately made for Whenua's hut.

The Turaga was busy with one of the mining leaders when they got there. They entered the hut and waited patiently.

Gali too a seat on a stone bench and played with a few strands of her hair. She braided them gently.

She sat there patiently and watched the others as Whenua talked.

Tahu had taken to leaning against the wall and staring at the floor in thought. Onua was wandering about the room. Pohatu was trying not to fall asleep as he sat on the floor. Lewa was gazing out the window and Kopaka was sharpening his sword.

When the miner left, Whenua turned and acknowledged the Toa who all straightened up.

"Welcome Toa," He said. "I wasn't expecting to see you so soon."

"We're here for the shard, Turaga." Onua said.

"Oh, I forgot I had one." Whenua said

The short Turaga went to a chest that stood at the end of his bed. He lifted the heavy lid with a little help from Onua and began rummaging around inside it.

He pulled out a small leather, drawstring bag.

The Turaga opened the bag to reveal a small piece of the crystal. It was glowing gently like the moon.

Pohatu slowly took the shard and placed it with it's sister shards in the bag he carried.

"Well now," Whenua said. "What else can I help you with?"

Gali was paying attention to the conversation, until she heard a small snorting noise.

She saw it out of the corner of her eye, hiding in the shadowed area between the bed and a dresser.

"Iistek!" She cried.

She whipped out her glaive and got to her feet as Onua picked up the Turaga to protect him.

Gali raised her glaive and shot a beam of bitter cold water at the small demon.

Oddly enough, as the water hit it, so did a blast of wind, fire, ice and a baseball sized rock.

They had all attacked at once, except for Onua.

The Iistek screamed and ran out of the open door.

Gali, not about to let it escape, gave chase.

"I'll handle this!" She called to the other Toa.

The Iistek ran towards the mines.

For such a small creature, it was incredibly fast.

Gali growled and ran after it as fast as her legs could carry her in these close quarters.

She lost it however when she had made it into the open space of the cave.

She growled low in her throat and bit her bottom lip. She got down on her hands and knees and examined the soil beneath her feet. After staring at the dirt looking for it's footprints for a few seconds, something amazing happened.

A small strip of the dirt flashed a cool blue for a second, then was gone.

Gali narrowed her eyes and gazed at that section of the ground. It flashed again. This time she followed it with her eyes.

It lead behind a wheel barrow.

Gali was on her feet in an instant.

She leapt into the air and flipped over to the wheel barrow and kicked it out of the way. She brought her glaive down in a wild arc and decapitated the screaming Iistek.

Not about to let the Iistek regenerate, like she somehow knew it would. She dowsed it's body in freezing water then in boiling water.

She didn't even turn when she heard footsteps running towards her, for she knew it was the other Toa and Whenua.

"Tahu," Gali said. "Burn what's left of it."

Tahu nodded and burned the remains of the Iistek.

Soon nothing was left.

Gali sighed and ran her fingers back through her hair again.

Whenua approached and took a look at the blackened dirt where the Iistek had been.

"So that is what has been plaguing our village." He said thoughtfully. "I figured Makuta would resort to using these little monster, but I didn't think he would use them so early."

He looked up at the Toa.

"Don't worry, I know how to deal with this sort of infestation." HE said. "You had best stay here this evening anyway. I may need help with the process. Help only you can give me."

The Toa nodded and set off for the Inn.

~*~
Gali set her stuff down by her bed at the Inn.

She sighed and rubbed some sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand.

Once again, she was sharing a room with Kopaka. After today's incident with the Iistek he hadn't really let her alone. He hadn't said anything, but he had been watching her.

She guessed he was worried about her.

She shook her head.

Kopaka had gone out with Onua to scout the village.

She looked up when she heard a knock.

Pohatu was standing in the open doorway.

"I'm gonna go see if I can help Whenua with anything." He said

Gali nodded at him.

"I'm heading down into the mines for a while."

"Why?"

"I need some time alone."

"Oh.

~*~
Gali wondered among the mine quietly.

She had put her hair back up to keep it out of her face.

She ran her fingers along the walls as she walked down the empty mineshaft.

It was colder here for some reason.

It wasn't a evil feeling cold, but rather a cool, soft cold.

She rubbed at her bare arms.

'Do you know this place child?' She heard the crystal say. 'You should.'

The jewel lit up bathing the long passage way in a cool blue light.

Gali gasped in shock.

The walls were covered with ancient hieroglyphics and lyrics. The very walls themselves were a story.

But what shocked Gali more, was that she could actually read the ancient language.

The whole thing was absolutely astonishing.

'Yes child. You have the power.'

Gali was at the end of the tunnel before she knew it.

There was a massive wall covered with even more pictographs.

She removed one of her knuckle gloves and ran her whole hands across the strange writing, admiring it, reading it.

"The Deepening Wall." She whispered.

'Yes. You know.'

Gali gently reached out ad touched a small glyph that would be overlooked if one had no knowledge of it's presence.

A small section of the ground a the base of the wall began to open and move back, revealing a staircase leading down.

Gali, without a second thought began down the staircase.

The jewel glowed softly, lighting her way, as the ground above them closed again.

As she walked, Gali gazed at the glyphs that covered the walls.

She began to feel strange. An odd memory rising in her. Her pupils disappeared as she began to see something else entirely.

~*~

She stood at the top of the fortress gazing down at the horrific battle taking place below. Her long platinum sliver hair ruffled beautifully as the wind blew up the castle wall.

She stared with tear filled silver eyes as those fighting below her perished for their cause.

"Cry not precious."

She looked at the man who stood beside her, gazing down at the battle.

It was the man in white.

He smiled at her gently, his grey eyes gleaming.

"They fight for what they believe. They fight for the world."

His voice was cool, gentle and soothing.

She looked down at the battle again, the crystal that hung from her neck glowing slightly.

"But," She said. "Why must they fight? Can they not just agree?"

The man sighed.

"I am sorry dear one." He said. "These are people who feel that the one who is strongest is right, when neither of them are truly right at all."

She looked at him, tucking a few strands of her platinum hair behind a delicately pointed ear.

"Have they not the power to sit down at a table and talk to one another as we do above?" She asked.

He shook his head.

"Unfortunately no. They were not made that way." He replied.

"I think they should at least try to overcome the way they were made."

He chuckled, a light tinkling sound like silver bells.

"If everyone thought the way you did, my love, there would be nothing left to live for."

She smiled weakly at him.

"I guess you are right, You helped make them after all."

He smiled at her, his white hair blowing gently in the wind.

"Yes, I did didn't I?"

He wrapped his arms about her. She leaned her head against his chest in comfort.

"But I also made you, My love." He said. "And you, unlike them, Have turned your flaws into a sign of perfection."

~*~

Gali stood at the base of the stairs. Her sight returning to her.

She gazed in awe at what surrounded her.

It was like a small temple of sorts, covered with cobwebs and eons of dust.

There were spiders and moths all over the ceiling and walls. The years had caused the writing that was carved into the walls to fade a bit but it was still legible.

Despite all this, it was beautiful.

There were small carved pillars that held the ceiling and the floor was made of polished white and grey marble.

There was a small alter upon a raised marble dais. It was made of wood , which had surprisingly held up, and was carved rather intricately, like ice.

She approached the alter slowly and gently blew the dust of it.

She sneezed when the years of dust took flight.

There, on the alter, was what had to be one of the most beautiful things Gali had ever seen.

It was a small platinum charm bracelet. It was hung with a single charm, a small crystal sword.

It was magnificent.

Gali, somehow knowing that it was safe, picked up the bracelet.

She knew then, just by touching it, that it belonged to her.

The young woman put the bracelet on her left wrist, where she knew it to go.

'Yes child, it is yours. Just like he said it was all those years ago..'