Here's another update! Turned out a lot shorter than I intended, and took a long time to get it done. Sorry. :( But the REAL action's coming next chapter! :D Thanks to my reviewers InTheLight1396, Amilla Evelan, leveluplewa, Rocketfist, TigerToa, Alex, Mata Nui's Number One Fan, and TeridaxII. You guys are all awesome. :)

Disclaimer: Bionicle isn't mine. Linda and the other human are.

Lewa snatched Linda's sketch pad back and started to play with the edge of the page. "What other stuff have you scribble-drawn?" he asked.

Linda's eyes widened. He crossed the line before; now he can't even SEE it anymore! She lunged and grabbed Lewa's arm, trying to take her book back. "Give it back now!"

"Brother," Gali cleared her throat. "You should probably let her take it back. She does not like it when someone takes something belonging to her. Trust me, I've seen what she'll do."

Lewa thought over her suggestion. He usually didn't think anything over, but the human dangling on his arm gave him reason to spend two seconds mulling it over. And in two seconds, Linda was able to pry her precious stolen treasure out of his green fingers and hug it to her chest, glaring at the Toa of Air.

Lewa shrugged and tried to grin at the girl. She just turned and walked back to her rock and sat down, not looking at Lewa. The other Toa returned to discreetly discussing the issue of humans on the island. Lewa just stood there, watching Linda return her book to her bag and slap it shut. What's her mad-problem? He wondered. Humans make no truesense at all.

Linda carefully tucked her sketch pad into her bag under her other belongings and fastened it securely shut. Seriously, what is that airhead's problem? She thought, still irritated. It makes no sense. She sighed, crossed her arms over her chest, and observed the Toa as they talked and argued. She mentally took note of their stances and watched with interest as they interacted with each other. It must be nice to be a Toa, she thought. Being able to command the elements, being looked up to as heroes. She noticed Tahu sneak a glance at Gali every other second, like he was making sure nothing had grabbed her and dragged her away into the jungle since the last time he had checked. Linda smirked, but quickly wiped it off when she remembered Tahu telling her about when Gali was attacked. It made sense that he would be so worried about her wellbeing. I'm still pretty sure he likes her that way, though, she thought.

What would it be like to have someone so concerned about her safety? Someone who wouldn't think twice about doing something like melting half of someone's face off to protect her? Linda sighed. That would be nice, but she had learned long ago that there was no point in wishing for something she was unlikely to receive. Relationships like that were for other people, people with true parents and real families. She may have friends, but she had learned that in the end, she had to look out for herself.

He woke up on a hard table that felt like stone. He tried to sit up, but found something was holding him down. All he could see was darkness around him.

Where am I? What…why can't I move? He wondered blearily. What's going on?

Something in the darkness shifted and approached. A form darker than its surroundings stood over him, two blood red eyes looked down on him, taking in the human's blackened arm, crooked leg, and scarred, disfigured face. A low, harsh voice filled the chamber and his mind, "I can see why you have come so far, human."

The young man was suddenly filled with a sort of awe. "You're…the one…who spoke to me…" he coughed out. The dark being's head bobbed slightly.

"You have earned strength and power beyond what this body alone can give you."

He looked down at his arm and leg. "What…do you mean?"

"Your injured limbs shall be made stronger than they ever were before."

Something seemed unnatural, in the worst way possible. He realized with a shock, as a set of clawed fingers descended to hover over his face, that he had been a fool, a pawn.

Images and sounds roared through his mind as pain unlike any other ripped through his form. He saw the Toa die agonizing deaths, one by one. He heard Tahu's pained and enraged scream, Gali's death cry, Lewa's final breath. Then the girl appeared. Her eyes were filled with rage, pain, determination…and hatred. She pulled out a knife and charged, weapon raised to strike. Then he saw a black metal hand shoot out and grab her by the throat. As her eyes bulged, her mouth gaped open, and her lips turned blue, he followed the arm with his eyes until he came to his own shoulder.

"No," he gasped. "I didn't…I don't want this!"

The girl went limp, and he dropped her, backing away a few steps. The voice laughed darkly.

You seemed to want it badly when I spoke to you in your cave.

"You said nothing about killing her! I only wanted to kill the Toa!"

And so you shall. You will make a marvelous pawn.

"What? NO! I…I am no one's pawn! I… I am…I am…

…I am Makuta's humble servant…"

Onua frowned and knelt to feel the ground's vibrations. Tahu turned.

"What is it, Onua?" He asked, sensing the answer wouldn't be good.

"Something's happened," Onua answered grimly. "I don't know what, but I'm sure it's dangerous." Onua frowned deeply. "I believe we may be dealing with another threat very soon."

An image appeared in Linda's mind: a young man with a face half-covered with burn scars. Her heart seemed to stop for a moment.

Tahu said he was dead, she thought. But what if he isn't?

A/N: Yes, not that great chapter. Sorry. Again. But I have high expectations for the next one!

Okay, did the part with Mr. BFI creep anyone else out? Because I got scared writing it! Probably didn't help that it was at midnight and I kept thinking of a Nightmare on Elm Street trailer...

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