Disclaimer: Bionicle isn't mine, nor is the word frell.

The Truth is Revealed

While running up the stairs, Gali tried to picture the second door in her mind. If she was right about it, then she didn't have to torture her hooks again.

"Lewa!" she called. "I think the door is weaker than the other! If we throw ourselves against it, it should break!"

"And if it doesn't?"

"We'll be hurting all over."

The door appeared in front of them just a few steps later, a black figure against a nearly white wall. Lewa hoped Gali was right, because it looked quite solid to him.

"Ready?" he asked, turning to Gali. The blue Toa nodded.

"Okay, on the count of three. One, two..."

A scream pierced the air.

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Everyone in the room jumped and looked around, alarmed. But there was no one inside the room apart from them, even stranger, none of them had screamed.

"What was that?" whispered Turaga Nokama. Uhat shrugged.

"You tell us," annoyance could clearly be heard in his voice. This was the fifth time they were interrupted near victory. Why did whoever-it-was have to start screaming right in front of the door? But he didn't get time to think about it, a second later, the door cracked open, and Lewa and Gali burst into the room.

"You again?" growled Utahop. Then he raised his staff and aimed at the door. A jet of light shot from his staff and hit the wall over the door. Rocks flew throughout the room, and then the wall started to collapse on the two Toa. Utahop caught a glimpse of Lewa pulling Gali away before the dust invaded the room, covering his view.

A blurred figure approached him. even in the dust, he recognized Uhat. His leader bent down to him and whispered something in his ear. Utahop smiled, then, six figures left the room.

Vakama coughed loudly as the dust filled his throat, Utahop should better learn to think about what he was doing. The Toa Leehar of Stone didn't seem to have himself under control.

"Where are they going?" asked Onewa, next to him. At first, Vakama couldn't tell what he was talking about, but then he realized the Toa Leehar weren't there anymore. He shrugged.

"I don't..."

A scream echoed through the tower, followed by the sound of something heavy rolling down stairs and hitting walls. It was followed by shouts and noises of feet running down stairs. Then, silence.

The dust was starting to settle now, and Vakama could at least tell where the door was. He ran towards it and out of the room. Nobody was there, but he could hear the sound of people talking coming from the bottom of the stairs. The other Turaga joined him soon.

Suddenly, the murmuring stopped, replaced by a deadly silence. Signaling the other Turaga to stay where they were, he walked down the stairs. At the bottom, he found Uhat lying on the ground, half hidden by Auno, who was standing in front of him. He and the other Toa Leehar were looking at Lewa and Gali with deadly stares. Both Toa looked pale, and Gali was trembling slightly.

"Who of you was it?" growled Auno finally. No answer, the two ex-Nuva just kept staring at Uhat's body, like hypnotized. A terrible suspect began to make his way through Vakama's head.

"Who of you was it?" repeated Auno, voice raising slightly.

"What?" asked Lewa, awaking from his trance.

"I asked who of you was it, who of you made him trip?" repeated Auno.

"N-none of us!" stuttered Gali. "W-we were both down here!"

"It HAS to be one of you!" growled Auno. "No one else was inside the tower!"

Auno took a step towards the ex-Nuva, who both backed away. Doing this, he revealed something that Vakama hadn't seen yet.

Akapok's body was practically unscathed, but neck was bent in an unnatural way. If Vakama had been asking himself why he was dead, now he knew.

Auno took another step towards the two ex-Nuva, who just retreated further back. Then, without a warning, Auno turned his Rahkshi staff in a pair of quakebreakers, and dug them into the earth. Vakama couldn't tell what he wanted to do. First, the earth underneath the ex-Nuvas rose, making them lose their balance and fall. At the same time, the ground around the raising earth sunk. Sensing danger, Uhat jumped over to Auno and punched him hard, so that he lost consciousness. But it was too late.

A powerful earthquake shook the tower, making Vakama stagger and fall... right on Uhat's dead body! Then, as quickly as it had started, it stopped. But before he could get the chance to stand up, he saw a crack run up the side of the tower, a few seconds later, he heard some part of it, probably the ceiling, collapse and fall. The Toa Leehar turned around to see what was happening, spotting him.

Vakama saw Lewa seize the chance to attack Akapok, probably hoping to surprise him, but the leader of the Toa Leehar was ready, and reacted fast, grabbing Lewa and throwing him against Gali. Both ex-Nuva fell to the ground. Uhat stepped forwards, but couldn't get any farther, as a blue streak of energy jumped on him, followed by a green cat that started clawing at his legs. Awel and Ilag shot forwards, but tripped over something that Vakama couldn't see. The next second, they were yelping in pain and fighting against some invisible opponent.

A movement caught Vakama's eye. Gali and Lewa had managed to stand up and were now running away, Utahop straight after them, disappearing behind the tower. The Ihar hesitated a moment, then followed. Short afterwards, the remaining Toa Leehar had disappeared too. All except Auno, who was still unconscious.

A soft scream made Vakama turn around. The other Turaga were there, and all of them were staring at Uhat's dead body. It was then that vakama remembered where he was lying. He jumped off as fast as he could.

"Are you alright?" he asked to the other Turaga.

"Yes..." started Nokama. "But Lhikan... he's trapped inside that room!"

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Lewa backed away from the closing in Leehar, knowing perfectly well that behind him was a wall, but what other chances did he have? Next to him, Gali jumped back from one of Ilag's blasts, bumping her shoulder into his. Lewa staggered slightly, but stayed on his feet. Doing this, he saw that Utahop was now holding his climbing claws instead of his staff. Suddenly, a blast of air from Awel, that sent them both against the wall, arms raised. Utahop threw one of his climbing claws, that promptly trapped their hands together against the wall. Awel smiled and got nearer, staff raised.

Lewa and Gali took one look at the staff and started tugging on the claw, trying to get it out of the wall. But it was way too deep inside, it wouldn't budge.

"C'mon!" grumbled Lewa. Awel came closer and closer, eyes fixed on Lewa. He was going to start with him! Lewa looked around frantically, hoping for help. But the Ihar were nowhere to be seen, and Kopaka and Takua were probably busy trying to make sure no Matoran got near enough to get hurt. Awel was now right in front of him. Lewa saw the staff raise and shoot towards him...

But at the same time, a blue hand also shot forwards, grabbing the staff right under the blade and pulling it away from his face. Lewa turned around to see Gali fighting against Awel.

The Leehar shrieked and tried to poison her, but Lewa was too fast, grabbing the staff under Gali's hand and pulling it towards him...

So they fought for a couple of seconds, seconds that seemed like hours. When Awel tried to poison Lewa, Gali pulled the staff towards herself. When he tried to poison Gali, Lewa pulled it towards himself.

Finally, Awel seemed to have enough of it, and pointed the staff towards the wall. No way to escape now...

Suddenly, something dropped from the wall behind them, straight on Awel. Gali screamed in joy.

"Tahu!"

At the same time, a red flash shot from behind the rock, rushing to help Tahu, and Kal and Kishro put themselves between the Leehar and the two Toa. The Leehar roared in anger, Uhat went to help Awel, and the other two ran to Lewa and Gali, who defended themselves how they could. One thought filled their minds: where was Onua?

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Auno opened his eyes. His head hurt. He was going to have a nice talk with Uhat when this was over. Where was he anyway?

Looking around, he spotted the Turaga, all of them had their backs turned on him, and were concentrated on a battle farther away. He smiled, control over his powers or not, this time, the Turaga were dead. A small earthquake, and that tower would've fallen on them. Who cared if the earthquake extended all over the city!

He stood up as quietly as he could and got ready to dig his quakebreakers into the earth, he had to act fast, before the Turaga realized this was happening.

But before he could even raise his quakebreakers, a big, black claw grabbed them from behind, pulling them away. Auno turned around, coming face to face with Onua, and next to Onua was that stupid cat, Nairof.

"You don't mind if I use them, do you?" asked Onua calmly.

Angrily, Auno raised his hands, closing them into fists. Onua knew what he was going to do, and realized he couldn't let it happen! Using one of his quakebreakers as a stick, he placed it between Auno's fists and the ground, so that Auno smashed his hands against his own Toa-tool. The Leehar grunted in pain, then he too grabbed the quakebreaker, and let it run. Stupid thing to do. A burning pain shot up both Toa's hands, and they let go.

Before Auno could react, Nairof was on him, hissing and growing, clawing at his face, shoulders, arms and everything he could reach. Suddenly, Auno managed to get hold of him, and threw him away. Onua got ready to strike...

But Auno activated his Pakari Nuva, heaved Onua, who fought with all his might to get free. While struggling, Onua got a glimpse of the Turaga.

"Turaga!" he called. "Run! Go away! The Leehar..." But Auno threw him with all his might against the wall of the tower. Onua crashed through the wall, banged against the opposite one, and blacked out. It was too much for the Tower, it creaked and started to break. Ignoring it, Auno got ready to strike the final blow.

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Finally, Gali managed to pull the claw out of the wall, and threw it against Ilag's face. The pretty Leehar shrieked in surprised and anger, and threw herself against Gali, jumping over Kishro, that was trying to get her leg. Gali jumped to the side, pushing Lewa to the ground as she did, and Ilag crashed against the wall. Pulling Lewa up with her, Gali stood up and pulled him away from the wall and Utahop. The now three Ihar -- Hoti had reached them a second ago -- made sure they didn't get in the way.

"Tahu..." panted Lewa, pointing to the rest of the battle. Uhat, luckily, was too busy fighting against Thaukon, invisible again, to be a problem. But Awel had somehow managed to get on Tahu, and was trying to dig his staff in Tahu's throat, or any other part of his body, fear could clearly be read in the red Toa's eyes. Gali had the bad feeling that she had already seen this.

With no better idea, Lewa stuffed two fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly. It worked, Awel turned around for a second and Tahu used the chance to get rid of the Leehar, then he ran to the other two Toa.

"Where's Onua?" asked Gali.

"At the Tower," said Tahu, panting. A sound made them turn around, the Leehar had managed to throw off the Ihar and were approaching them. The three Toa went into battle stances.

"We have to prove that we are the real Toa," mumbled Tahu.

"How?" asked Lewa. "Their smart-plan is perfect! There was no one to see what happened on Miko Nui, nor on Metru Nui!"

"I wouldn't be too sure about that," said Gali suddenly. Lewa and Tahu turned to her.

"Follow me!" she said and ran towards the tower.

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Auno grabbed his quakebreakers and raised them into the air, planning to hit Onua on the head as hard as he could, but before he could do it, something whizzed through the air and hit his ankle. It felt like a thorn had planted itself there. But it wasn't a thorn, it was a sword.

Auno looked around, finally spotting two Matoran, Kopaka and Takua. Grumbling, he pulled out the sword and threw it as far as he could, before throwing himself on the two Matoran.

"Stop!" someone shouted. Auno turned around to face Vakama.

"What?" he asked.

"Why do you want to hurt those Matoran?"

Auno froze. Frell, he had to be more careful.

"They are Kopaka and Takua, Turaga." he said.

"Are you sure?" asked Onewa.

"Yes, I am sure, Turaga," he growled.

"They're still Matoran, though," said Whenua. Out of the corner of his eye, Auno saw Takua do a gesture that corresponds to sticking your tongue out in our world. This was getting more and more annoying. Auno also saw how Nairof was silently laughing his head off.

"They are on Makuta's side!" he screamed, trying to sound exasperated.

"Yeah, we know," said Gali, coming out from behind the Tower. "In fact, Makuta can't wait for the Toa of Light to be on his side."

The Turaga gasped and backed away from her. Auno smiled triumphantly, Gali ignored him and waited for the others to come, then she turned to Akapoa, and said firmly.

"I suppose you're in charge now that uhat is dead. I wish to ask one question to a Matoran. Just one, then we'll see who the real traitors are."

Akapok stared at her, his face unreadable. For a while, nobody said anything. The silence was interrupted by another creak of the Tower. The Turaga looked at each other nervously.

"Lhikan..." whispered Matau.

"What about him?" asked Tahu.

"He's trapped inside the Tower," answered Onewa.

Tahu turned to Uhat. "Did you hear that? Now quick! Decide!"

Akapok's eye flashed at Tahu, then he turned to Gali.

"Uhat has done many mistakes with you guys," he said. "But I won't. No, you're not allowed."

"Why," asked Lewa. "Are you afraid that some darksecret might come out?"

"No."

"Then let her!" insisted Kopaka.

Akapok stared at the Toa, he didn't have any chance. What could the Matoran say anyway? They had always protected them!

"Fine then," he said. "But only one, no more, understood? And only to a Matoran from Metru Nui! I want to be sure that whoever it is doesn't have a deal with you."

Gali nodded and turned around to walk away, but Akapok called her back. "It's useless, you'll only find out that we've always protected them."

That's what I hope, thought Gali. She took a deep breath and looked around for a Matoran from Metru Nui. Finally, she spotted one.

Akapok stared at Gali, wondering what she had in mind this time. There was no way something could have come out, they had always done everything in secret, and yet, there was something that made him nervous. Maybe someone had grown suspicious about how much they knew about what was going on on Mata Nui? That idiot of Uhat had always been so careless... but no, it couldn't be that. Besides, how could Gali know which one was the right Matoran?

"You!" said Gali. The addressed Matoran jumped and looked at her fearfully. Did she hope he would be too scared to say that they had always protected them? Menace the Matoran so that he'd lie? No, she'd never do it. But then what?

When he heard the question, he felt as if someone had dropped him inside an active volcano. Why hadn't he thought of it? Why had he even imagined that Gali wouldn't have come out with something like this?

What Gali was a short, simple question, that anyone who had gone into hiding could've answered. If Akapok had told Gali to ask a Matoran from Mata Nui, then it would've been over, and the Toa would've been banned as traitors. But this way, everything went like Gali's plans.

For what she asked, was: "Who defeated the Visorahk?"


Okay, I know, it took too long. Sorry. But I couldnt get them out of that stupid tower! you have to thanks my brother if this chapter was posted. if everything goes well, the next chapter will come soon. To Onua fans: it was originally Onua who asked the question, but I accidentally knocked him out in the middle of the chapter, so I made Gali ask the question. If I had kept Onua it would've taken twice as much to write. Sorry Onua.

Now to my reviewers:

starainbow12: The lesson will have to wait for the next chapter, the classroom still isn't ready. (stares at the stupid joke and seriously thinks about changing name and starting a new account) (just kidding)

fredd: really? hmmm... i dont see many people asking for it... (maybe ill start writing it anyway... and post it in a couple of years)

Regrem Erutaerc: you still didnt give up, did you? as i already said, not in THIS fanfic (check bottom of the page) nah, turaga are acting a bit stupid here. bah...

ceestar: no problem with reviewing, i think ive got enough reviews for a couple of stories (that doesnt mean they arent welcome) sorry if it took so long

Dragon of Courage: im get so happy when i read that i fooled you reviewers about the leehar. do you mean when he starts shouting at gali or when he admits that he doesnt have a plan in the prison? anyway, both are the stress, mainly, though that with gali is because he hates thieves and all taht stuff i mustve repeated five times by now. glad you like it. (oh, and the leehar arent his sons as for stabbing he's ? no one knows where, so its hard to stab him)

ToaMaster: yeah, yeah, the love story. i read it, dont really like it.

Nova the Khalai: who's that? oh, its you. hi haze, looks like you started writing again. too bad i dont know star craft. dunno, the more i write, the more it gets longer. probably two chapters.

Okay, now don't go away. I know the interesting part is finished. But there's voting to do. I'm having ideas for a sequel and for the thief's story. Now, the sequel is just a half idea, while the thief's story is nearly completely done. I just have to fix a couple of details. Both will be posted AFTER i finish them, 'cause I don't want to have problems like I had this time. (at one point that I don't know, I suddenly realized that if i had done something that I can't remember then it would've been a lot easier to write the next chapter (true fact)) both will have pairings (yes, pairings), both will include the ilsao. both will take a lot to write, and I can't tell you yet which one will be shorter (this story, was supposed the be only, like, dunno how long, but less than twenty chapter anyway). IN BOTH CASES I'll work on CA first for a while.

Anyway, counting all requests:

Voting:
Sequel: 3
Story of the thief: 1