Disclaimer: I don't own Bionicle as usual.

Imprisoned!

"What?" gasped Tahu.

"Don't pretend you don't know!" hissed Akapok. "You promised to Makuta to hand over the Turaga in change of your life!"

"WHAT!"

"I'm sorry Tahu," said Ilag. "But we've heard you! Your plan won't work."

Tahu stared up at her, understanding and hate rising in his face. Suddenly, he threw himself on the pretty Leehar, yelling at the top of his lungs, but before he could do anything, Uhat grabbed him and threw him against the wall. Then he stepped over to Tahu, who was getting up, pinned him against the wall with his claw and slapped him across his face.

"Don't you dare try and do that again!" he growled, slapping him again. "Don't you dare try and hurt Ilag!"

With that, he chunked the claw out of the wall and let Tahu slip to the ground. Then he pulled up the Toa and twisted his hands behind his back, binding them together with a laser bind before taking away the Kosnero. Tahu didn't even try to struggle, and Uhat saw something in his eyes that he had be longing to see from the first moment they had met: defeat.

One by one, all the Toa, Nuva, Olda or still Matoran, were taken. Utahop laughed evilly when he saw that Gali was already tied up, then he untied her, bound her hands unnecessarily tight together and pushed her towards the exit, so that she lost her balance and fell to the ground. The blue Toa didn't say a word, her eyes did all the talking.

"What about the pups?" asked Auno. Nairof stared at him hatefully.

"Tie them too, they are Makuta's followers," said Uhat with a nasty grin. "But leave the Ko-Ihar. He's as good as dead anyway."

Kopaka suddenly wished he wasn't tied up and still had the Ilsao, to freeze Uhat's big mouth shut. If he had ever thought no one could be more annoying or full of himself as Tahu, now he was proven wrong.

The Leehar let a rope slip under the Ihar's collars, then tied all the Ihar together, so that they all could be pulled with one, short leash. Then, Utahop suddenly had the idea to tie the two Matoran, Kopaka and Takua, to the Ihar. The laser bind was released, and the two Matoran were tied to an Ihar each with a strong piece of rope. After this was done, the Toa were pushed out of the chamber, Uhat and Tahu on the lead.

Before he was brought out of the chamber, Kopaka shot one last look at Sirkul, his old friend.

Vakama and the other Turaga stared sadly at how the Toa were brought out of the secret passage. Those who had protected them for all that time on Mata Nui... fallen in the time of a week. Away from the Turaga to help them make the right decision, they had failed their hardest test.

"Why, Lewa?" he heard Matau whisper. He looked over to the others, non of them could believe this was true, and all of them wanted to be somewhere else, but they had to see with their own eyes.

"Turaga," said Uhat. "Here they are."

The Turaga stared at the mixture of Toa Nuva, Toa Olda, Matoran and Ihar, a confused look on their faces.

"These," said Utahop, pointing to the Ihar. "Have worked for Makuta the whole time, it was them who convinced the Toa to set this deal. It's mostly their fault, but the Toa fell for it, and look how they were repaid! Only Tahu is still a real Toa Nuva!"

Suddenly, Onua managed to free himself from Auno's grip and ran towards Whenua, only when the Turaga backed away did he realize it was a mistake. Auno caught him and pulled him back.

"You see?" he growled. "They use each occasion to try and catch you!"

No more was needed, now all the Turaga believed. Onua closed his eyes, thinking, Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! over and over.

With that, Uhat pushed Tahu forwards and brought the Toa away. Vakama stared sadly after them, until Lhikan laid a hand on his shoulder.

"It's not your fault, Vakama," he said. "Not everyone can be such a good Toa as you were."

Vakama shook his head. "It doesn't make sense, they fought so bravely on Mata Nui. And now..."

"Without anyone as a lead many people take the wrong way," said Lhikan. "This just proves they weren't really Toa, and that if they hadn't helped Makuta yet it was only because of you."

"And all this because of that thief!" snapped Onewa.

"What do you mean?" Whenua questioned him.

"If that thief hadn't stolen the Ilsao, and brought them on that island, this wouldn't have happened!"

Nuju clicked and whistled something. Matoro, giving a short glance towards the Toa Nuva, translated.

"The Turaga says that if the Toa really weren't trustworthy, this would have happened anyway, and that we have to thank the thief. Because she opened our eyes."

"Yes..." whispered Nokama. "But who is this thief?"

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"Try and guess what's gonna happen now, traitors," Uhat said to Tahu. The red Toa didn't answer.

"No? Well, let me tell you," he said. "When we became Toa, we decided to rebuild completely only two buildings, the most important."

"The Temple of Ga-Metru was one of these," said Akapok. "And so was the Coliseum, but in the end, we decided that every Metru could build its own Kolhii stadium, and we built that tower instead."

"So, what do you think the second building is?" asked Awel. No answer.

"It's a place where all thieves end, sooner or later, and where Lhikan was too..." said Utahop. The Toas' heads all spun towards him.

"Yes," said Ilag. "It's the prison... in the valley of the unending whispers."

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Sirkul laid in the chamber, his body hurting. The transfer to Metru Nui had weakened him, and his wound had started bleeding again. He tried to get a clear mind, to call for help telepathically... but it was no use, it wouldn't work. He tried to bark, but only a strangled sound came out. It looked as if everything was going to end here, after years and years of fighting, the Ihar, and the Toa Nuva, once a group of rebels, had to surrender to the same enemy: a bunch of cowards called Toa Leehar. Slowly, his mind floated away, and everything turned black.

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Utahop pushed Gali forwards, trying to make her fall into the prison. The blue Toa staggered and fell on Ilag, who was holding the bag with the Ilsao, so that they both fell to the ground. Utahop snorted and threw Gali in the prison.

"There!" said Uhat, pushing Pohatu, the last Toa, into the chamber, without releasing his binds.

None of the Toa said anything. Uhat grinned evilly.

"Well, I think it's time," said Uhat.

"Time for what?" asked Pohatu, talking for the first time since they had been caught.

"Time to take over Metru Nui, what do you think?" he said with a smile.

"WHAT?"

"This occasion is too good to be wasted," grinned Utahop. "You trapped inside there, the Turaga trust us completely, and so do the Matoran."

Tahu tried to stand up, but being his hands still tied together, he lost his balance and fell.

"What are you gonna do?" asked Takua.

"Do you really think we'll tell you?" asked Uhat, and with that, he closed the heavy trapdoor and walked away.


Told you this wasn't gonna take much time, and that chapters would be broken into smaller pieces now:-) Not much to say, this time... except that if you're asking yourself what the bones in chapter 6, Gali's scorch marks in chapter 11 and 12, and now the blood have to do with Bionicle, let me tell you that I'm not sure about the blood, but that bones and scorch marks are mentioned in the book: Tales of the Masks. Weird, I know...

Now, thanks to all of you...

Lhikanliveson: Yeah, I agree, Lhikan is cool (except when he's a Turaga and starts blabbing about things i dont understand...). yours must be the fifth story where the Toa Metru are restored, but I like the idea, i had it too, ya see. i like stories where theres a great bunch of chaos, no one knows what to do and theres a stupid object that keeps exploding or something and getting in the way (Ilsao:-). I dont know about the rebuild Metru nui part, i never really liked the city (Fans: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! An impostor!), im more in for wild stuff (Mata or Miko Nui). Back to the Present is a good title, better than "The Great War" or "The Final War" for sure. I'll be looking for it.

fred: Powers wont help here. the Leehar told the turaga the ihar convinced the toa to hand them over, and in change, Makuta would have saved their lives. all they can do is show who the Leehar really are.

ceestar: Thanks, actually, i dont know anything about sonic and KH, i just like being confused out of my mind! so, more KP as usual, and dont stop writing this. okay. i answer to reviews whenever i can think of something to say, i like it, and besides, i know its nice to be answered. its also the only way i get to chat, dad installed some boring Norton Internet Security thingy, and it blocks all pages that could be "dangerous":-(

Regrem Erutaerc: Uh, no, sorry. Vakama has nothing to do with tahu and the rebels (unless you count that time gali stole one of his a masks, or their last adventure on Metru Nui). you think THAT was an evil cliffhanger? what about this?

ToaMaster: Ooookay. actually, if there arent fake toa the ilsao would manage to make enough chaos to keep them busy. i just dont have anything planned, thats all. and i cant understand what the comics and books have to do with this.