One's Destiny

By Fatala

Makuta-"The Toa of Destiny shall be mine! Muh ha ha ha!"

Fatala-"Umm . . . Makuta?"

Makuta-"Yes?"

Fatala-"How are you gonna get the Toa of Destiny if you don't know who it is?"

Makuta-"Hmm . . . You have a point there. But it shall not matter; the Toa of Destiny shall be mine!"

Fatala-sigh-"Whatever. Well it's finally time for spring break, Yeah! Time for R, R, and R; Rest, Relaxation, and Reaking Chaos. I'm happy to announce part 3 is finished, so enjoy."

I don't own Bionicle but the plot and original characters are mine.

Chapter 3: Rescue in Ga-Koro (Part 3)

The cell in which Takanuva, Nuju, and Onewa were being held was now a pile of stones and rubble with no signs of it's prisoners or anything else. The rubble slowly began to shift before Onewa broke out from under it followed soon by Nuju and Takanuva.

"What the heck happened?", asked Takanuva looking around at the destruction. Bright flames, which ranged from red to dark blue, danced amongst the rubble that use to be part of the central hall. He remembered talking with Nuju and Onewa as they were telling him about how they had come back when everything suddenly had exploded into a mass of fire and stone. Onewa was now helping Nuju to stand up. The Toa Metru of ice had taking the most damage of the three, not only from the rocks but mainly from the intense heat.

"Whatever it was should keep those Hadrokshi busy for atleast awhile.", commented Onewa breaking his and Nuju's chains. Takanuva did the same, then he noticed something moving amongst the flames.

"I think you spoke a little too soon." Nuju and Onewa turned to see a squad of Hadrokshi coming towards them.

"I suggest you two stand back.", said Nuju stepping infront of them. Onewa was about to say something as Nuju began to concentrate. Almost immediately the temperature began to drop rapidly despite the raging flames. The Earki on his chest began to glow white as the falling rain suddenly changed from snow into icy hail. Takanuva and Onewa wisely began to back away from Nuju, knowing that if they stayed too close to him they would freeze to death. Shrieking in the pain the Hadrokshi began to freeze until they were completely frozen in a thick layer of ice. Once they were frozen the hail began to chip away at them 'til they shattered into a million pieces. As soon as they were completely destroyed Nuju fell to his knees exhausted the Earki's glow slowly fading. Takanuva and Onewa rushed over to him as the temperature began to return to normal.

"You alright?", asked Onewa helping Nuju up again.

"Yeah . . . just tired. It took almost all my power to keep the temperature down with this raging heat." Takanuva looked out at the flames which burned brightly as if the cold had never touched them. 'What could be causing this blaze?', he thought to himself.

"Ahhh!", screamed Kuroga as he was hurtled back into a wall. 'Curse that Toa!', he growled to himself as he got back up; the armor on his left arm was now a scorched black color. Staring angerly into the blaze he could see Vakama coming again. 'What's going on! The rain should have put out those flames by now!', Kuroga thought worriedly. Vakama couldn't remember felling this much power surging through his body before, but yet it all felt eerily familiar. Kuroga got back up and charged with his claws ready to tear threw Vakama. Pushing the thought to the back of his mind he dodged Kuroga's attack with ease. As he spun around to attack again Kuroga drew a sword from subspace and slashed it at Vakama's chest. Being unprepared for the surprize attack Vakama was unable to dodge as the sword struck his chest slashing his armor and taking a chunk out of his Earki. Crashing to the ground Vakama suddenly felt very weak as his power began to drain away. The fire Earki slowly stopped glowing as the raging flames began to grow weaker. 'What's going on!', Vakama asked himself confused. "So that's your secret. I should have known a Toa like you would use such an obvious trick.", Kuroga laughed cruelly. "It's so pathetic that you would believe those superstisious tales. Hah hah hah!" Vakama cringed at Kuroga's laugh, which sounded like shredded glass.

"Woah!", Whenua yelped as he dodged another incoming attack. He then delivered an earth-shattering punch into a Hadrokshi's face, crushing it's skull. Matau was busy blowing threw the Hadrokshis' ranks with the small tornado he had created while Nokama was forcing them back with steady jets of water. Jaller and Hahli were meanwhile taking out those who happened to get past the Toa Metru's attacks. Suddenly a Hadrokshi broke through Nokama's water barrier.

"Ahhh!", she screamed as the creature was about to dig it's claws into her.

"Hey! Ugly!" The Hadrokshi turned to see a giant slab of stone flying towards it. Once the Hadrokshi was knocked away Onewa, Nuju, and Takanuva came over.

"Thank Mata Nui!", Nokama said happy to see them. "Where's Vakama?", she asked as her happiness faded into worry.

"We haven't seen him since before the explosion.", answered Nuju who was still leaning against Onewa. Hearing this Jaller began to run into the burning rubble of the central hall.

"Jaller?", Hahli looked around for her friend. "Jaller? Jaller!" Jaller could hear Hahli calling for him as he continued to run. The only thing on his mind was to find Vakama and try to help him the best he could. Takanuva noticed his friends departure and silently followed him into the ruined central hall.

Kuroga grabbed Vakama by his throat and lifted him off the ground.

"It shall be fun, ending your pitiful existance.", Kuroga said giving a toothy smile.

"I'm . . . not finished . . . yet!", yelled Vakama summoning the last of his elemental power to create a small fireball and threw it at Kuroga's face. Kuroga didn't even flinch as the flames hit. As the flames cleared Vakama could see that Kuroga's smug smile was now replaced by an annoyed snarl.

"Pathetic fool.", he sneared before digging his claws into Vakama's chest. Vakama screamed in pain as Kuroga's razor sharp claws dug deeper, blood steadily poured over them.

Jaller ran through the rubble and flames as the rain continued to pour down. He didn't know where he was going but he continued to run deeper into the central hall. Suddenly he stopped at hearing a loud crash from up ahead.

". . ." Jaller slowly approached the place where he had heard the noise. He pulled out his double-edged knife just in case, but it did little good. From out of nowhere came a Hadrokshi which knocked Jaller to the ground causing him to drop his knife. Jaller scrambled to get away as a clawed hand suddenly popped out of the ground and grabbed his leg. He suddenly found himself dangleing upside down as the two Hadrokshi glared at him. 'How could I fall for such a obvious trap?', thought Jaller mentally smacking himself. Then there was a sudden yell which caught both Jaller and the Hadrokshi's attention. Takanuva came running towards them with his staff drawn. He grabbed Jaller's knife off the ground as he ran in and attacked the Hadrokshi, freeing Jaller.

"Here.", he said tossing Jaller his knife. Jaller caught it and immediately stabbed it into one of the Hadrokshi's chest as it tried to attack. The other Hadrokshi was too busy fighting fighting Takanuva to notice his fallen comrade as he too slumped lifelessly to the ground. "Are you ok?", Takanuva asked breathing heavily.

"Yeah, thanks to you.", Jaller replied with a small smile. Suddenly a scream rang out through the area. Takanuva and Jaller immediately rushed towards where the scream had come from.

Vakama's chest heaved heavily as Kuroga retracted his claws. He gasped for air as the blood continued to ooze from his wounds onto the ground creating a large pool. All he could fell was pain; his lungs burned for air and his body ached in unbearable agony.

"Time to finish this.", stated Kuroga as he prepared to deliver the final blow.

"I don't think so!", yelled a voice.

"What? Argh!", Kuroga screamed as he was suddenly blinded by a bright flash of light. Stumbling backward he dropped Vakama as he sheilded his eyes. Jaller rushed over to Vakama as Takanuva went to attack Kuroga.

"Vakama? . . . Are you alright?" Vakama raised his head.

"Jaller?", he asked pulling himself up 'til he was on his hands and knees. Shifting his glance he could see Kuroga, who had recovered, fighting Takanuva. As he watched Vakama could tell the battle was leaning in Kuroga's favor. Takanuva's wounds were slowing him down consiterably and Kuroga was obviously using it to his advantage. Vakama suddenly got an idea, but there was one problem. 'If only I had my disk launcher!", he mentally yelled at himself. As if hearing his thought Jaller pulled out Vakama's disk laucher.

"I think you might need this.", Jaller said as he handed it over. 'It might just work.'

"Jaller, I have a plan.", Vakama said excitedly before explaining what his plan was.

Takanuva and Kuroga continued to trade blows back and forth. Vakama started to load his launcher with one of the four disks he had chosen. Then after making sure Jaller was ready he fired one disk after another 'til all four were flying towards their targets. As they hit the ground four clouds of dust surrounded the now confused Kuroga. Takanuva was just as confused at what was going on.

"Takanuva, get out of there!", called Jaller.

"Right.", said Takanuva not questioning his friend's advise. 'What ever Vakama is planning I hope it works.' Kuroga looked around franticly for a target.

"Where are you!", he snarled.

"Right here." Kuroga heard Vakama's voice say from behind him. As he turned around he was met by the site of Vakama sliding threw the smoke, his disk launcher primed, readied, and aimed at Kuroga's chest. Before he could make a move Vakama fired, the disk ripping through Kuroga's armor. Kuroga fell to the ground stunned and bleeding profusely.

Back where the other Toa Metru and Hahli were fighting something strange began to happen. The Hadroksi had suddenly stopped fighting and were now shrieking in pain. Their armor began to fade into a sickly grey color as they all started to drop to the ground dead.

"What's happening to them?", asked Whenua not understanding how this was happening.

"Never mind the hows and whys, we need to find the fire-spitters.", answered Matau. All six of them raced inside to find Vakama, Takanuva, and Jaller.

From the top of a high tower Aedalu watched them as they ran towards the central hall. Out of the shadows behind him came another figure and walked over beside him.

"I assume I'm correct in say that Kuroga failed?", asked the figure in a surprizingly feminine voice. She looked down to see the Toa, at seeing Matau her yellow eyes narrowed slightly.

"Not exactly Zerca. True he failed to kill the Toa but that was never his mission.", Aedalu replied smuggly as he pulled out the Mask of Time.

"Well atleast that fool did something right.", she replied with a smile.

Nokama and the other arrived to find Jaller and Takanuva watching Vakama as he walked over to the dieing Kuroga.

"The Mask of Time. Where is it?", Vakama asked his voice as cold as steel.

"Heh heh.", chuckled Kuroga opening his eyes.

"Tell me!", growled Vakama.

"Vakama . . .", Nokama was about to protest when Takanuva put his hand on her shoulder.

"You fool. By now the mask is on it's way to Makuta. . . . And theres nothing . . . you can . . . do . . . about . . . it . . .", Kuroga finsihed before passing away. Almost immediately the rai began to pour down again. Nokama slowly walked over to Vakama, who was still staring at Kuroga's dead body.

"V . . . Vakama?", she asked placing her hand on his shoulder. She slooked into his eyes only to see the pain and hopelessness in them. 'I failed . . . again.', thought Vakama sadly.

Seeing this Makuta chuckled evilly to himself. 'Soon, very soon. The Toa of Destiny shall be mine!'

To be continued . . .

(Now that Makuta possesses the Mask of Time do the Toa really stand a chance to save Mata Nui and Metru Nui? Will despair over shadow them or shall they continue on to bring hope back to their homes? Who is the Toa of Destiny? And what does Vakama's next vision have to do with him, his friends, the Earki, and the destiny of their world? All this and more in the next chapter of One's Destiny, Chapter 4: Despair or Hope?)

Kuroga-reads chapter-"You killed me!"-looks to see Aedalu laughing-"Its not

funny!"

Maya-"You do have to admit it is funny."

Kuroga-"No it's not! I was introduced last chapter and now I'm dead!"-glares at me-

Fatala-"Don't you glare at me like that! And anyways it's just in the story."-Kuroga begins to grumble-"Well anyways, while he's sulking theres something I wanted to mention. I had two ways of getting rid of the Hadrokshi drone: the one I put in this chapter and my alternate funny version. Here's my alternate versions, tell me which one you like better:

Back where the other Toa Metru and Hahli were fighting something strange began to happen. The Hadroksi had suddenly stopped fighting and were now shrieking in pain. They were engulfed by a strange blue light. Hahli and the others covered their eyes because of the brightness. After the light disappear they looked to see what had happened to the Hadrokshi but instead of seeing them they saw hundreds of small crabs.

"What's happening to them?", asked Nokama not understanding how this was happening.

"They seem to be Metro Crabs.", answered Whenua.

"You mean these little crabs were the Hadrokshi?", asked Matau picking one up and poking it with one of hisfingers. The little crab suddenly grabbed Matau's finger with one of it's pinchers. "Owww!", Matau yelled as he fanticly tried to shake the small crab off.

There it is. This was actually my first idea for what would happen to the Hadrokshi but then I decide for it to be more serious. But it's still good for a laugh."-runs away knowing Matau fans will be after her-

Maya-"Now it's time for reviews. I shall be doing the reviews today, Tsuzuki needed a vacation.

Eagles Heart, Greenwind and Cheesedude-Thanks for the reviews.

Shadow Dragon04-Hahahaha. I love it very funny. -

Dalek Gun07 and Bioniclefangirl-Thanks again you guys.

To everyone-I just want to say thank you to everbody who has read and reviewed. It's people like you guys who give me the insperation and energy to keep writing this story. So don't stop reviewing now."

Fatala-"Thanks Maya. Now I leave again to enjoy spring break, work on my RPG, work on several other stories and write the next chapter. Well good night everyone."

Makuta-"The Toa of Destiny shall be mine!"

Fatala-"Will you shut up already!"