ULTIMATE BIONICLE

Chapter 25: Procedure Completed

"How much longer do we have to feed him energy?" Dume asked the Matoran scientist, who was walking along-side him. They walked down the halls of a facility, escorted by several robotic Vahki.

"Well, we've been feeding him the energy through his hands for almost a day now. It has caused many problems with providing power for the city." The Matoran explained. The name of the scientist was Catila. She was a Ga-Matoran who wore a Miru. "I didn't ask how long he's been hooked up for," Dume said in an irritated voice, "I asked how much longer he will need to stay hooked up."

"N-not much longer, Turaga Dume. But you are aware of how powerful this is making him aren't you?" Catila asked, trying to maintain a calm voice. "I am fully aware of how strong this is making him. It doesn't matter though. As far as I am concerned he will never be conscious again. He will be an almighty slave to my every command." Dume said, admiring the thought.

"But you do realize he will be stronger than even Nidhiki or possibly Krekka don't you?" Catila asked. "That is my intention my dear. By the way, how is Nidhiki? I assume he's recovering yes?" Dume asked Catila.

"He should in fact be joining you shortly." Catila informed him. They entered the observation room. The room itself was empty, but there was a large window on the wall, where one could observe the operation taking place in the adjacent room. Dume looked through the glass at the Matoran monitoring the subject.

"What of the Rahkshi that attacked me in my chamber? Is it still alive?" Dume asked. "I don't think it could have survived the fall, sir." Catila said. "But when they got down there its body was nowhere to be seen."

"Hmm. Bring me, Okaab." Dume ordered. "I want to see the blueprints." "Yes sir," Catila said, giving a respectful bow, and then leaving the room.

Okaab was a Po-Matoran technician who wore a Ruru. Dume had selected him in-particular for this project. Nidhiki suddenly entered the room. "I have a question concerning mine and Krekka's fee." Nidhiki said.

"That's no longer a concern." Dume said, his eyes not moving from the window. "I've made a deal with the Shadowed One. You work for me now."

Nidhiki cringed with offence. "Don't I get a say in this?"

"It is for the best I assure you." Dume explained. "If all works out according to the plan the Dark Hunters would never even dream of standing against us. Everyone will bow down to us. Of course, what you see we are doing to Vorak," Dume gestured to window he was facing. Vorak lay on the table; dozens of wires hooked up to his hands.

"As soon as he has finished getting stronger, he will be subjected to the procedure. Soon the Toa will all be subjected to it as well. And when the Vahki army is complete, everything will be perfect." Dume said with a proud grin.

Dume's attention turned to the doorway. Okaab was standing there; quivering at the site of Nidhiki. Dume gestured for Nidhiki to leave. He nodded in compliance. "Enter Okaab." Dume ordered. "Show me the plans. I want to make sure they are perfect."

Okaab opened the large, rolled up sheet that was under his arm. "Well we have refined a Titadermis plate that will replace his current back section that contains his Kraata. That will make it so no one can ever get to his Kraata again. His right arm will be much larger; being infused with a Rorzakh staff and a Kanoka launcher. His left arm will be relatively the same size with a six clawed hand, four of which will be made of electrical energy."

Dume smiled, "Start the operation as soon as you can." He ordered.

"Yes sir." Okaab replied.

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It has been a week since, and the Legion of Toa still resides inside the Canyon of Unending Whispers.

"Is that all you've got!" Nuju yelled, running towards Vakama, holding one of his crystal spikes above his head. He swung his weapon down, but Vakama blocked it with his launcher. Then using his other hand, Vakama blasted Nuju back with a blaze of fire.

"Come on, Nuju! You can beat him!" Gali cheered from the sidelines. Nuju looked at her and grinned, and then looked back at his opponent. Vakama and Nuju both started stepping sideways, facing each other off.

Nuju ran at Vakama again, doing a horizontal slash. Vakama quickly ducked, and then landed back on his hands and kicked upward at Nuju. Nuju did a back-flip; dodging the kick and landing back on his feet.

Nuju started swinging his crystal spikes at Vakama with great force, which Vakama had trouble blocked with his launcher. Then with an upward swing, Nuju knocked the launcher out of Vakama's hand.

Vakama stepped backward cautiously, due to his current lack of being armed. "What will you do now that I've got the upper hand, 'fearless leader'?" Nuju taunted. "Heheh, I'll admit you're good, Nuju. But now it's my turn!" Vakama yelled, firing a blast of fire from his right hand.

The blast caught Nuju off guard and he staggered backward. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Vakama ran forward and grabbed the handles of Nuju's weapons. Vakama then jumped and kicked Nuju in the chest, sending him flying backwards. "Now you're unarmed too." Vakama said, throwing Nuju's weapons to the ground.

Nuju got up and loosened his shoulders. "Alright, but let's see how you handle this!" Nuju pushed his hands outward and fired a large blast of ice towards Vakama. Vakama reacted by doing the same with a blast of fire. The two streams of elemental power collided with each other, one trying to overpower the other.

"That's it, Nuju! You've got him on the ropes!" Gali yelled. "Come Vakama, you can beat him!" Nokama defended.

"I'm not so sure about that." Whenua said. He was standing to Nokama's right. Onua stood on the other side. "Why do you say that?" Nokama asked. "I don't know," Whenua started to explain, "It just seems that Nuju is more intent on causing Vakama harm than Vakama is to him. But that's just what I think. You're the telepath. You tell me what's really going on." Whenua said.

Nuju and Vakama continued to push back at each other as hard as they could. Vakama's knees were starting to buckle under the pressure. Suddenly, Nuju took one of his hands away. Seeing it as a good opening, Vakama put more force into his blast. Nuju quickly rolled out of the way and fired a blast at Vakama's legs.

Vakama stopped his fire and stood there struggling to move; the bottom half of his body frozen. Nuju walked up to him with a satisfied look on his face. "Ok, you win Nuju." Vakama said, panting from exhaustion. "Not yet." Nuju said. He then picked up one of his crystal spikes. "What are you doing?" Vakama asked, sounding worried.

Nuju walked up to him and kicked at Vakama's legs, knocking him off balance and sending him to the ground. Nuju then swung his ice crystal, down upon Vakama. All the other Toa lurched forward for a second, concerned that Nuju was about to kill Vakama.

Vakama opened his eyes. The ice crystal was mere inches away from his face. "That's when the fight would've ended." Nuju said, helping Vakama back to his feet. Vakama laughed edgily. "I thought you were gonna kill me there for a second."

Nuju chuckled. "I may take a sparring match a little seriously but I would never turn my weapon on one of my comrades with the intention of killing them."

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"So the Kane-Ra bull slammed into me, but I managed to catch it just in time, before it could smash me again," Onua was telling Nokama as they sat against the canyon wall. The other Toa were nearby, Whenua leaned against the wall with his eyes shut and his arms crossed a few metres away from them.

"I started to push back, until I lifted and tossed it backwards through the air." Onua continued. "Wow," Nokama said; her eyes wide with amazement. "Kane-Ra bulls are really big. You must be really strong." Nokama said, sounding impressed.

"A Kane-Ra weighs at about half a ton." Whenua said, having overheard the story. "But it is Onua's Pakari that makes him strong. I bet you could never do that with your mask off." Whenua scoffed. "How about I show you just how strong I am!" Onua said, getting up angrily. "Okay, let's see what you've got!" Whenua said, walking over to Onua tauntingly.

Nokama got in between them. "Stop this right now! You have no reason to fight over something so trivial!" Whenua had stopped as soon as Nokama stood in the way.

"Get out of the way, Nokama." Onua said. "I wouldn't want you to get involved in this." He continued angrily. "I'm not moving, Onua." Nokama said defiantly. Onua sighed. "I'm sorry, Nokama."

"You two need to stop this foolishness!" Nokama said. "I want the both of you to shake hands and forget about it right now. Though Onua made a look of disapproval, he walked up to and stood in front of Whenua and outstretched his hand. Onua waited impatiently. Whenua looked down at Onua's hand, and then looked at Nokama. She was looking at him expectantly.

Whenua's expression was emotionless and cold. He simply turned around and started walking away. Onua turned around and shrugged his shoulders. "I think he may be more stubborn than Kopaka is about actually working with somebody."

Nokama sighed and hung her shoulders. She looked up at Onua. His expression suddenly looked anxious and fearful. "What is it?" Nokama asked, starting to feel a little scared.

"Move now!" Onua yelled, running forward and pushing Nokama out of the way. She hit the floor, feeling a little rattled. She saw Whenua turn around towards the commotion on the other side of Onua.

Suddenly, a huge blast hit Onua and smashed him into the canyon wall. "Onua!" Nokama yelled in surprise.

Whenua ran over. The other Toa were making their way over quickly as well. "Are you alright?" Whenua asked Nokama. "Yeah, I'll be fine." She replied. She knelt down beside Onua.

Whenua looked up at the canyon wall parallel to them. Up on the ledge were three figures. The ones on the right and left Whenua immediately identified as Nidhiki and Krekka. The one in the middle, however, he was unsure of. The middle one suddenly leapt down to the ground, landing about fifteen feet away from Whenua with a crash.

Standing there was Vorak, altered from his previous form.

Author's Notes: Sorry for the lack of updates over the past week or so. I was away on vacation. But now I will hope to get back into fast updates again. To view images of Vorak's new form, click on the homepage link in my profile.