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Help Arrives
"Is this really necessary?" Turaga Lhikan demanded.
"Yes, Turaga," said Uhat. "The Toa are dangerous, you must close yourselves in the highest room of the tower."
"But, the Matoran..." started Vakama. Uhat interrupted him.
"We'll make sure nothing happens to them." he said. Vakama looked at him doubtfully.
"Listen," said Ilag. "We're sorry about what happened, I know, we should have kept an eye on the Toa, but..."
"No one is blaming you," said Nokama. "You did what you could, it's not your fault if the Toa Nuva escaped."
The Toa Leehar all nodded, and all of them stayed silent for a while.
"Well," said Utahop suddenly. "We can't waste time, let's go."
The Turaga nodded, then, one by one, they left the temple of Ga-Metru to reach the tower, watched closely by the Toa Leehar.
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"Sirkul..."
The white Ihar opened his eyes. Who was calling him?
"Sirkul..."
Sirkul's eyes scanned the room, looking for the source of the noise, but everything was jus a blur. He blinked, trying to focus the room around him, but there was no one to be seen.
"Sirkul..."
-Who are you?- asked the Ko-Ihar, but no answer came.
Sirkul closed his eyes, trying to put order in his mind. What was happening? Why was he here, why...
His eyes widened: the Toa!
Summoning all his strength, he started whining and barking, trying to get someone's attention.
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"Come on..." grumbled Pohatu, struggling to free himself. No luck.
"Pohatu leave that!" shouted Tahu. "It's no use!"
"We have to get out of here! We can't just leave the Matoran in the hands of the Le..."
"DO YOU THINK I LIKE THIS?" selled Tahu at the top of his lungs. "DO YOU THINK I LIKE SITTING HERE LIKE AN IDIOT, WHILE METRU NUI IS IN DANGER!"
Pohatu flinched, he didn't like it when Tahu started yelling like that.
"Fine," said Kopaka coldly. "Then what's your plan?"
"I don't have a plan," admitted Tahu.
"What?" asked Onua, turning to him.
"You heard that right, there is no plan. I don't know what to do!" he said, shaking his head. "The Toa Leehar were smart, we've lost."
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Hahli walked in the Ga-Koro temple, as if hoping to find answers there to what had happened. Toa Gali... and all the other Toa... traitors!
She leaned her back against a column and let herself slide to the ground. She had always trusted the Toa, and now, just because they had been in trouble, and away from the Turaga, they had joined Makuta! All of them.
"Why?" she whispered to herself, holding her head in her hands. It didn't make sense. It just didn't! But everything seemed to be pointing against them.
"They can say what they want," muttered a voice next to her. She turned around to see Jaller. "I don't believe them."
"What?"
"Takua would never join Makuta," he said. "He didn't do that even while we were looking for the Mask of Light, even though he abandoned his quest for a short time."
"But... the Toa Leehar..." she started.
"I never liked them in first place, and I don't believe a word of what they say. Takanuva is the Toa of Light, Makuta wouldn't want him in first place! I think they just want the Toa Nuva out of the way!"
Hahli stared at him, a thoughtful look in her light blue eyes.
"You're right," she said after a while. "But..."
She stopped, eyes wide as if she had heard something. "Did you hear that?" she asked.
Jaller listened carefully. At first, he couldn't hear something, then...
"Those are barks," he said. Hahli jumped up and ran towards the stairs, followed by Jaller. Now the whines and barks were louder.
"Come on," said Hahli, and they both went down the stairs.
Inside the small room in front of the chamber they stopped and listened for the whines. There was no doubt, they came from the chamber.
"Let's go," said Jaller, and pushed the door open. As soon as he saw who was inside, he let out a small gasp.
In front of him was lying a gray and white Ihar. It was badly wounded and his front, right leg looked even worse. Jaller was surprised to see a flickering heart-light in the middle of his chest. Next to him, Hahli clapped a hand on her mouth to stop herself from screaming. The dim, deep blue eyes of the Ihar turned towards them, staring at them with a piercing look that appeared to be able to look straight through them.
-The Toa...- he muttered.
"You talk?" asked Hahli.
-No time... the Toa...- the Ihar closed his eyes and let out a whine. This must have been taking all his strength.
-Leehar... bad... work for Makuta-
"The Toa Leehar work for Makuta?" asked Jaller, eyes widening. He had thought the Toa Leehar wanted the Toa Nuva out of the way, but this was just too much!
-Yes...-
"And the Toa Nuva?" asked Hahli, voice trembling slightly. "Do they have a deal with Makuta too?" Sirkul's eyes opened and turned to her.
-NO!- Hahli took a step backwards, surprised by this outburst of strength. -They are good... helping us...- He closed his eyes again, whining. Both Matoran looked at him, worried he would die in front of their eyes.
-Help the Toa Nuva- he shouted finally. -Help them!-
With that, he fell unconscious again.
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The Turaga walked up what once had been streets, grim looks on their faces. Around them, Matoran were whispering, seeing the Turaga being escorted by the Toa Leehar. Lhikan looked up towards the tower. He had always asked himself why they had built that thing instead of the coliseum, but now, it seemed one of the wisest things the Toa Leehar had ever done.
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"C'mon Hahli!" shouted Jaller from up the stairs.
"A second!" answered the blue Matoran, then she turned back to Kotu. "Will he make it?"
"I don't know," answered Kotu. "I don't know much about Ihar. They seem to be strong, but this one is in such bad conditions..."
"Just do what you can, alright?" pleaded Hahli. Kotu nodded, and Hahli ran up the stairs to Jaller, Macku and Hewkii.
After Hahli and Jaller had found Sirkul, Hahli had ran to Kotu, hoping that she could help Sirkul. Running back to the temple, they had ran into Hewkii and Macku, who were both looking for the Turaga (despite the fact Macku had been there when the Toa Metru had brought them away). Wanting to know why they were running, the two Matoran had followed Hahli and Kotu to the temple, where Jaller had explained them the whole story.
"Now what?" asked Hewkii.
"What do you mean?" answered Hahli.
"I mean: we know that the Toa Nuva are innocent, we know that the Toa Leehar are working for Makuta, we know we have to stop them and we know that to do that we must free the Toa Nuva," said Hewkii.
"But?" asked Macku.
"But we don't know where the Toa Nuva are!" he answered.
"Is it so hard to guess?" asked Jaller. "In that prison where the Toa Metru were too! We have to get there!"
"How?"
"How am I supposed to know?" growled Jaller. "We walk, we run... you live in Po-Metru, so you should know the answer to this!"
"Okay! Okay!" muttered Hewkii, raising his hands as if to guard off Jaller. "Let's go."
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Takua untied the last rope holding together the Ihar. Hoti had chewed through the rope holding his hands, then, in turn, he had released Kopaka, and then, one by one, the other Ihar, while Kopaka freed the Toa.
Now that they had finished, Takua decided to look around a bit. The prison was just like the Turaga had described it, the Toa Leehar had done a good job rebuilding it, it was as strong as it had been once, and without any exit. He sighed, it looked as if everything was lost.
He looked around, the others had already given up hope, so why shouldn't he?
Because that would make us the same as the Leehar! he thought to himself. That's why!
"What are we doing here?" he spoke out loud. Tahu looked at him.
"We're waiting for the Toa Leehar to take over the island, that's what we're doing," he answered.
"Why?"
"Because that's the only thing we can do!" he said, voice raising a bit.
"Then what makes us different from the Toa Leehar?" he asked. "What?"
Kal's eyes lit up, and Tahu looked at him as if waiting for an answer. Takua didn't give him any.
"What's your plan?" Tahu asked finally.
"I don't have any, but we could try and get outta here!" answered the ex-chronicler.
"Need a hand?" asked a familiar voice from outside the prison. Takua looked up in the face of his good pal, Jaller.
Yahoooooooooooooo! I was away for a while, and I just came back. Guess what I found? Bionicle. com has been updated, and those comics i had been waiting for six months are finally online! And luckily, they don't mean I made a huge mistake and now Metru Nui is actually inhabited by squeakin, furry gray mice now! (i know that those are normal, but not on metru nui!)
Anyway, thanks to all reviewers, and separately:
fred: miracles? nah, just boring logic.
starainbow: no problem. I dont count that as spamming. What happens... hmmmm... maybe the Ilsao kill the Toa Leehar, or a giant sewing machine appears out of nowhere and makes nice clothes out of Toa Leehar armors, or maybe just the boring: the bad guys were defeated, and everyone lived happily ever after. Im not sure myself. (though i AM quite sure the appearance of sewing machines is very unprobable)
regrem erutaerc: okay, you're the reader!
ToaMaster: -laughs- thanks,as for the guardian, you decide whether he's here or not.;-)
not-a-hacker: Ooookay. -turns to Amy- Is she always like that? Amy: ... (dunno, Im not Amy, i'll wait for the answer in your next review)
Slythergrl2004: Thanks, it was one of my favorites too, but now I just wish i never wrote about the Mask of Light. Avohkii (is it written like that?).
Lhikanliveson: I read part of your story and left a review.
Star AJT 84: Hehe, I know, I'm a jerk. In fact, I'm such a jerk that in the next chapter the Toa Nuva will be attacked by all the Matoran of the island because everyone thinks they're evil! Just kidding. I knew someone would realize there's something that doesn't fit. That's the major flaw in the Toa Leehar's plan.
