Author's Notes: Yay! I'm updating… meh. Nothing really happens in this chappie either. I'm still at introductions. Hehe… I'm doing the introduction for the Bionicle characters. But don't worry, the Guardians will come in soon… as in when something actually happens. Yay!

Disclaimer: Don't own W.I.T.C.H., don't own Bionicle, blah blah blah…

Toa Inika Jaller frowned as he reviewed their battle plan with Garan, the chief of the Voya Nui Resistance Team.

"I don't know, Garan, Matoro can't stay alone if he's spying, and… no offence, but I don't think Dalu would manage to protect him from danger."

The Onu-Matoran scoffed. "Are you saying you don't believe in Dalu's skills? She's a warrior, Toa!"

"And the Piraka are former Dark Hunters, Matoran." replied the Toa Inika.

But who could protect Matoro if not Dalu? He doubted any of his fellow Toa would want to stay by a limp body all the time. Then again, he could be wrong… making decisions was so frustrating. He didn't really blame Turaga Vakama for momentarily deserting the other Toa Metru. And what if he made a mistake? Everyone was counting at him. Sure, he was a leader as a Matoran. He was the Captain of the Ta-Koro Guard. But this was different. The Ignika was powerful, dangerous even. He couldn't afford to make mistakes. And besides, the Ta-Koro Guard always had Toa Tahu to back them up.

But then again, now he was a Toa. Despite the responsibility, he still had the privileges of owning Toa armor, and, well, a mask with special abilities. His mask was the Calix, Kanohi Mask of Fate. It allowed him to accomplish deeds seemingly impossible. Like finding the Ignika… or not.

"Then we'll have Piruk spy." said Garan. "Matoro can stay with you Toa."

Jaller nodded. "Fine. That's great. Now, tell me more about the protodermis lake over here…" he said, pointing at an extremely detailed map of Voya Nui.

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Toa Inika Hahli paced around the beach, seemingly uptight and stressed out. After a good couple of minutes, she finally slumped down on the sand and threw her arms up towards the air in an exasperated gesture.

"Well what is it?" she half-asked, half-screamed. Strange thing was, she seemed to be talking at thin air, as there was no one anywhere near her.

Then she felt it. Her Kanohi Elda, the Mask of Detection, suddenly sent her a jolt of pain, resulting in a horrible, sudden headache. She recognized this sign. It meant something was coming. Most likely Dalu, the warrior of the group.

The Toa Inika of Water was downright puzzled by her mask ability. Sure, knowing everyone's position was cool and all, but did it have to be so damn painful? Still, at least it prevented anyone from sneaking up on her…

Hahli sighed. Did she ask for so much excitement in her life? No. She was an average Ga-Matoran once. Then, she was chosen to represent her village in the kolhii tournament along with her best friend Macku. Strangely enough, they had somehow managed to win the tournament, and then she was chosen as the new Chronicler when the former Chronicler, Takua, put on the Kanohi Mask of Light and transformed into a Toa. Then they had rediscovered Metru Nui, and moved there to live. But did the peace ever last? No-brainer question. When Jaller had asked her to come with him to aid the Toa Nuva, she had agreed without really given it much though. But what was there to think about? Someone had to save the Toa.

But the lightning was so… unexpected. And now, she was a Toa herself. Was she ready for this task? Only time would tell…

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Toa Inika Kongu glared at the offending Ta-Matoran. "You really bad-think I look-seem bad-weird?" he asked in Treespeak, the slang used by all the inhabitants of Le-Metru.

Balta gawked at him in disbelief. "Wha-what? I never said such a thing!" he protested.

Kongu crossed his arms across his chest. "Nay, but Matoran think-bad it! Bad to criticize Toa-hero!"

"… Eh… sorry?"

"Matoran not sorry to Toa-hero Kongu! Matoran just fake-pretend to be sorry!" accused Kongu.

Balta sighed. That was why he insisted to not be left alone with the Toa of Air, but Garan paid no attention to his protests. The Toa's Kanohi Mask of Telepathy, the Suletu, was really getting to him. Couldn't he have been left with Nuparu or someone like him?

"Oh, so now Matoran prefer Toa-brother Nuparu to Kongu!"

Kongu didn't really like it any better than Balta. Knowing all the negative things people thought of him was annoying. Thing was, he didn't know how to turn off his mask ability.

But Nuparu got the Mask of Flight instead of me… True enough, the Onu-Matoran had the Kanohi Mask of Flight, which was absolutely illogical to the Toa of Air. He was the one who had spent his entire life flying on Gukko birds! In fact, he was the Captain of Le-Koro's Gukko Force! Nuparu had always lived underground messing around with his inventions. It just wasn't fair.

He scowled as he caught another stray thought from the Ta-Matoran. Deciding not to bring it up, he turned away and walked until he was far enough to not hear anymore of the stuff going on in Balta's head.

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Toa Inika Matoro breathed in, and let it all out again. He repeated the simple exercises once more.

Ever since he became a Toa and had figured out how to use the Iden, his Kanohi Mask of Spirit, he had felt more at piece with himself. His Kanohi allowed his to detach his spirit from his body. While in that intangible form, his body was vulnerable, a great disadvantage. But he now viewed himself as a balance of body and mind. The visible and the invisible.

Opening his yellow-green eyes, he stretched his arms and thought of Turaga Nuju, who was still back on Metru Nui. The Turaga didn't talk in the Matoran tongue. Sure, he was able to; he just preferred to speak Rahi. As a result, he needed a translator by his side: Matoro.

The Toa of Ice frowned. He hadn't thought about Nuju when he had accepted to leave with Jaller. And now that he was a Toa, he didn't have time to translate a Turaga's words. Besides, he had a world to save. It seemed so hopeless though…

"Good day, Toa." said Piruk's voice.

Matoro turned to him and smiled. "Hey there."

The Le-Matoran was rubbing the claws he carried with him together, creating this annoying screeching sound. It was some sort of nervous habit of his. "Everything's fine, Toa."

Matoro nodded. "Great." He walked away. Turning for a brief moment, but still walking, he waved. "Catch you later, Piruk."

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Toa Inika Hewkii grinned. He was practicing his newfound elemental abilities.

He willed a rock to sprout out from the ground. The rock was coated in electricity, which was perfectly normal. Okay, not so normal. Toa Nuva Pohatu didn't have electricity coating his rocks. But Hewkii wasn't Pohatu.

Since the Toa Inika transformed when they were hit by a lightning bolt, they couldn't use their elemental powers with lightning accompanying them. Which was fine with Hewkii, of course. The word 'Inika' meant 'energy from a star' in the Matoran language, whilst the word 'Piraka' meant 'thief and murderer'.

The Toa took a couple of steps backwards, then charged towards the enery-coated rock. His goal to kick it, and just before contact with the rock, his Kanohi Mask of Accuracy, the Sanok, activated itself.

The rock flew through the air at an amazing speed, before hitting a tree at the exact spot Hewkii had aimed for. The rock bounced off and rolled on the ground for a moment, and Hewkii could clearly see that it had left quite a mark on the tree. He laughed in triumph and did a funny little victory dance.

As a Matoran, Hewkii had been a famous athlete and champion at the game of kolhii. He had always been a team player, and he rarely lost.

"Just what are you doing?"

"Ah!" exclaimed the Po-Toa, startled. He spun around to find himself face to face with Kazi, the Ko-Matoran. "Don't sneak up on me like that!" he said harshly.

Kazi rolled his eyes. "Riight, sure. I snuck up on you… "

Hewkii narrowed his eyes. The sarcastic Ko-Matoran could be annoying sometimes…

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Toa Inika Nuparu gazed at Velika's contraptions curiously. He had always been an inventor, and inventions still fascinated him. He couldn't ask the Po-Matoran any questions about them though; Velika was sort of… weird. He always talked in incomprehensible riddles that no one really seemed to understand. Except Garan of course. And Kongu, who just scanned his mind with his Kanohi Mask of Telepathy.

Come to think of it, Kongu was probably still mad about the fact that he got the Kanohi Mask of Flight. Nuparu couldn't help but smirk slightly at that thought. But the Kanohi Mask of Flight, the Kadin, was tricky to control. Once airborne, the former Onu-Matoran had trouble getting on solid ground again.

Velika turned to him slowly, a funny look on his face.

"…Yes?" asked the Toa of Earth uncertainly.

The Po-Matoran wordlessly popped some sort of weapon into Nuparu's outstretched hand. "Zamor Sphere Launcher." he said simply, before turning back to his work.

Nuparu's eyes widened at the weapon in his hands. As he turned it over and examined the fine detail it had been crafted with, he couldn't help but hold his breath in fascination. He'd seen weapons before, but now this one belonged to him…

Velika then turned back to him. "The Zamor Spheres hold the power of the liquid of life, capable of reversing the Piraka's poison."

Nuparu gazed at him for a while, before asking, "You mean… the Zamor Spheres are made out of protodermis, which would reverse the effects of the Piraka's antidermis… and free the Matoran of Voya Nui!" he exclaimed eagerly.

Velika nodded.

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Axonn and Brutaka. Two Guardians and protectors of Voya Nui, and both members of the Order of Mata Nui. But ever since the Great Cataclysm, the event in which Mata Nui fell into a deep sleep and resulted in the island of Voya Nui breaking off from another continent, Brutaka has believed that Mata Nui has abandoned them.

So now Brutaka has allied himself with the Piraka, and Axonn with the Matoran.

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Zaktan the Snake, Hakann the Bully, Thok the Drifter, Vezok the Beast, Avak the Trigger, and Reidak the Tracer.

The names of the six Piraka. Those who, upon arriving to the lair of the now missing evil spirit Makuta, who was also the brother of Mata Nui, learnt of the legendary Ignika. But there is a seventh Piraka. A being who was created when a Staff of Fusion shot Vezok backwards, resulting in a defusing. The remaining result was the seventh Piraka.

He had betrayed the other Piraka and came to Voya Nui before them. And he had found the Mask of Life. But when he touched the Kanohi, he was somehow drawn into its grasp. He wears it now, and is fused to the back of a spider-like creature named Fenrakk. He serves the mask now, and became one of the Ignika's legendary guardians.

His name: Vezon.

Author's Notes: Methinks I'm going to kill someone off.

(awkward silence)

What? I like killing people! …OMG that totally came out wrong. I mean, 'I like killing people!' how crazy does that sound?

Yeah… anyhow…

(more awkward silence)

So… you guys ever watch the Bionicle Music video? It rawks, seriously. Eh… here's the link in case yur interested:

http :// www. lego .com /eng /bionicle /onlinemovies . aspx ?lcpbionicle OnlineMovies PageItems (insert equal sign here... u guys all know what that is, right? The thing with the two lines...)15

Yeah. Just remove the spaces. :)