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Lizzy stepped through the portal, and out into a grey, stone filled world, lit by the eerie light of a setting sun. All around her were stones, a fallen ruin of a once grand building. To her right was an ancient stone structure. She gasped as she realized: it was the Toa Suva that brought six Matoren together and made them into the Toa Metru. That meant she was in the ruins of the Great Temple in Ga-Metru, on the Island of Metru Nui.

"No Freaking Way!" she shouted. She had dreamed of coming here. But in her dreams, the building was glorious and fully built, full of light and laughter.

As she picked her way through the rubble, she noticed something. The Temple had not fallen down; it had been torn apart. Sadly, she traced a scorch mark on a fallen column, saw a claw mark on a floor tile, heard an echo of a beastly roar reverberating through time. All around her, a fine layer of dust and ash still coated every surface. She raised her eyes, taking in the glorious architecture, following the curved dome, until she saw where the roof had been blasted apart. There was a large burn mark on the ceiling above her, greyed with time. She closed her eye, remembering what had happened here, centuries ago, and one word rose to her lips.

She whispered the name that still struck fear in old Turaga's hearts.

"Hordika"

Lizzy sighed, and moved on, her feet leading her closer to the Suva, until she stood near it at the center of the fallen Temple. As she stared at the stone, she took in the intricate carvings. She dropped her bag near to the stone and stepped closer. She narrowed her eyes and brushed away the ash and dust, her eyes tracing a familiar figure in the carving. The Toa, who had given to her, her power, was shown, in relief, with the rest of her team. Next to the Atriz, there was another team, unfamiliar. Lizzy continued on to the next one, brushing off more dust and dirt. More Toa teams met her eyes. She was fascinated by all the different names and teams. She soon found the Toa Mata, the original, less powerful versions of the Nuva, then the Toa Haga. Later on, the Toa Metru were shown. Then she noticed a side branch that traveled down the stone. She crouched squinting at the dark carvings, unable to discern what it showed.

In her hand, her necklace, with the charm, glowed with a sudden brilliance. She looked at it, then back at the carving. Now she could see the bas-relief. She was shocked. There in the grey stone was a carving, with a caption. It read: The meeting of the Old and New, in a truly dark hour. It showed the Rahaga, the former Toa Haga, and the Toa Hordika, the poisoned forms of the Toa Metru. Lizzy looked at the carving for a good while, trying to understand.

The Haga were a part of the old Toa teams, Lizzy thought, like the Atriz, but the Metru are considered one of the new teams. That means…

She jumped up and ran her finger over the upper carvings, searching.

"A-ha, found it."

The Toa Nuva along with their Phantoka and Mistika forms were the next carving after the Metru, followed by the Inika, with their Mahri forms.

"So the Nuva are like a bridge between the old and the new… the Mata became the Nuva… ok that's cool." Lizzy grinned. "It's like a condensed history of the Toa, all on this stone. I wonder how it got here, since no one was here during the Hordika and after that until just before the Inika. Hmm…"

Her eyes flicked over, past the Inika. There was another set of figures. They looked similar to the Atriz, but slightly like the Nuva. A single word was etched beneath, and the young teen stared at it.

Rahini

Slowly she lifted her hand and reached a trembling finger out to trace one of the figures. She shivered, a sense of foreboding or foreshadowing sweeping over her. In her hand, the necklace charm glowed bright, as she whispered the word.

Surprised, Lizzy looked at the charm. The glow grew brighter and brighter, till the entire ruin was filled with light. The necklace floated up out of her hand, and hung in mid-air in front of her. In her mind, a voice echoed.

First of the Rahini, good luck on your travels; strive against shadow, your team to unravel.

You bear the mask that commands light; go where darkness breeds and there you must fight.

The necklace flared once more, and then floated towards her. Lizzy kept still as the charm touched her skin, just above her chest. There was a discharge of energy, which caused her to gasp, and grab at the charm. As she tried to grasp it, the ends of the necklace connected around her neck, searing her skin with another discharge that followed the chain around, causing her to cry out in pain and shock. Then the bright glow faded.

Lizzy tried to pull the necklace off, but soon found that it was connected to her skin. She dug through her bag and found a small hand mirror. She angled it down and looked at the necklace. The skin around the charm was red, irritated but otherwise unharmed. The charm itself has fused to her skin, looking like a miniature version of a Bionicle's heart light. As she brushed her fingers over it, she flinched.

"Weeird…" she breathed, then brushed it again. Shuddering at the feeling, she touched it once more with the tips of her fingers. She felt as if she was stroking her heart. With a jerk, she realized that she was pretty much doing just that. I guess I will always know when I get injured. I wonder if I can still get a broken heart, or if that even means the same thing. Oh well.

Lizzy stuffed the mirror back into her bag, grabbed the bag and stood. She sighed, glancing at the Suva. I should go she thought, I have to find those "others" that Mata Nui mentioned who also answered destiny's call. Then maybe this will make more sense.

She picked her way carefully out of the Temple and down the bridge. In the distance she could see the skyscraper like buildings, and the beautiful sculptures (what was left of them anyway). She looked around, mostly to make sure that she was not going to be attacked by any Rahi beasts, and partially to see if there was any one around. She headed down the street that seemed to head right for the heart of the city. Lizzy wanted to see the Coliseum and see what she could find there. She also thought she might find one of the "others" on her way there.

As she set off down the road, Lizzy heard the sound of metal scraping against stone. The young teen spun around, settling into a defensive stance, her years of martial arts training kicking in. Behind her was a green figure, a Matoran. Lizzy gaped at the lone figure, which had frozen in his tracks when she had turned. The teen and the Bionicle eyed each other warily, not speaking, just assessing each other. Lizzy noticed that this particular Matoran looked slightly familiar, and not like a normal Matoran. Suddenly, the green figure lunged forward, a ball of light flashing from his out-stretched hand. Lizzy sidestepped and spun, avoiding the second shot, crying out in surprise. The Matoran shouted, his attacks driving Lizzy back towards a wall. Soon the girl was pressed up against it, panting from dodging the attacks. Over the wall behind her, another Matoran, this one white, jumped down, landing next to the green one and turning to face the cornered girl. Now Lizzy knew she was seeing things. This new Matoran looked like the Av-Matoran, Solek, while the Green Av-Matoren reminded her of Tanma, Lewa's Av-Matoran partner. He mind scrambled, trying to figure out how to communicate with the two Matoren. But she was spared the struggle when there was a roar behind the two. They turned, eyes wide behind their masks. A Muaka Cat reared behind them, roaring at them. The two Matoren dove to the side, as the Muaka bore down on them. The enraged Rahi swiped at Solek's retreating form, screaming out a roar as Tanma blasted its side with a well-aimed light burst. The Muaka swung around and charged at Tanma, who leapt out of the way, his jet pack giving him an extra boost.

Realizing his strategic position, Tanma began peppering the Muaka with light bursts from above, while Solek attempted to tangle up the Rahi's legs with a flexible wire cable. The Cat-like Rahi ignored the flying Matoren and lunged at Solek. Solek dodged to the side, but the Muaka's claw clipped the side of Solek's chest, sending the Matoran spinning away. He tripped over a rock and with a *Thud* hit his mask on a rock.

"Solek!" Tanma yelled. He swooped down to the ground and raced over to his friend. Behind his mask, Solek's eyes were thin lines. Tanma grabbed his friend and went to pull him to safety. The Muaka had other ideas. Tanma looked up as the Rahi stood over him, Tanma's eyes were wide, fear on his mask, as he hugged Solek's shoulders. The Muaka raised a clawed foot over the two Matoren. Tanma cringed, shutting his eyes as tight as possible, hoping that Muaka did not like to play with their food. As the Muaka slashed, a white and gold figure jumped in front of the two Matoren.

Tanma opened his eyes. In front of him stood the strange being he had been chasing, in its hands was what looked like a Toa Tool; a sword crackling with energy. The being (Lizzy) shoved back at the Muaka, causing it to become unbalanced and stumble back. Lizzy stood and raised her sword until it pointed at the Muaka. Her eyes narrowed as she fired off a blast of light, twice as bright as anything that the two Matoren had managed to conjure up. The Muaka roared as the bolt of light neared it, and then let out a shriek of agony as the bolt hit its chest, and it disappeared into a cloud of dust. Lizzy stood still as the dust settled, revealing the Muaka, shaking its head as if to clear it. On the ground in front of it lay a mask, rusted and cracked. Lizzy slowly set her sword on the ground and walked over to the Muaka, hand outstretched. The Muaka snorted and growled at the teen. Lizzy ignored its aggression and continued to approach the Rahi. Gently she set her hand on its face-plate, willing her hand to glow softly, and warm up a little.

"Go on, be free." She whispered to the Muaka. It snorted and spun away from her, charging off into the gloom of the ruined city. Lizzy turned back around to walk back to the rusted mask lying on the ground. She stiffened; Tanma was crouch near the mask, looking intently at it.

"Back off, Tanma!"

The green Av-Matoran fell backwards, surprised by the sudden bark command.

Lizzy strode forward. Tanma skittered backwards as the human girl approached. Lizzy stood over the rusted mask herself, seemingly lost in thought. She stared at the mask on the ground for a while, then she sighed. Quickly she swung her sword up and brought it down on the mask. There was a flash of light and a shattering sound. When Tanma reopened his eyes, Lizzy was picking up the pieces of the broken mask. She wrapped them up in a length of cloth and turned to Tanma, taking a deep breath as she did.

"Hi"

"Um… Hi?"

"Are you alright? That Rahi didn't hit or anything did he?"

"No"

"Good"

Lizzy patted the top of Tanma's head. Behind them, Solek was finally coming to. Tanma forgot momentarily about the stranger in front of him and ran to his friend.

"Solek! Are you alright?" Tanma asked, shaking Solek by the shoulders, the white Av-Matoran's head rattling on his head.

"Iy-iy-yi'm-m ok Ta-a-anma. Quit it will ya." Solek struggled to get out of Tanma's grip. He seemed dazed still, and Tanma was definitely not helping. Lizzy laughed quietly, then stepped forward and gently pulled Tanma back.

"Yeah I don't think that shaking him to death is a good idea there." Lizzy said.

When Tanma pulled himself loose, Lizzy did not try to hold him back. The Two Matoran looked at the human girl.

"Ah yeah… um… I guess now would be a good time for me to introduce myself." Lizzy said sheepishly rubbing her head.

"You're a human, aren't you? Wow check it out Tanma, Turaga Vakama was right. The Destiny Heroes are real and they are coming to help out. She's one of them!" Solek nearly yelled, yanking on Tanma's arm. Lizzy laughed again, then quickly stopped.

"Wait what? You guys know about me?" Lizzy asked, shocked.

The two Matoren looked at each other, then turned back to the teen. "We'll tell you back at the village. Come on, we should get off the streets. It's not safe out here at night." They said to her, beckoning for her to follow. Behind them, in the depths of the City, echoed a Rahi's cry. Lizzy stiffened, looking at the ruins in the distance.

"He said that the others had already come through. They are alone out here and they may not know what is going on." She said softly, then she turned back to Tanma and Solek saying, "Where is the village? I have to find the others then we can talk."

They looked at each other again, whispering; Tanma seemingly reluctant while Solek was eager and trying to convince the green Matoran of something. Lizzy was impatient, she wanted to move on, to find the rest of her team. Solek finally turned back to her, a triumphant grin across his mask. Tanma on the other hand, was grumbling and groaning about being dragged into some ridiculous adventure again.

"We'll come with you! We know the city pretty well now and we can help against some of the bigger Rahi." Solek said, nearly jumping with excitement.

Lizzy thought a moment, then nodded. "That's probably a good idea. I know things, but actually putting that knowledge to use is harder. I would be great full for your help, Solek, and yours too, Tanma."

"Um… you know our names, apparently," Solek said, as Tanma started, surprised that Lizzy knew his name, "But we don't know yours."

"Oh yeah… ha-ha… Sorry," Lizzy laughed, then bowed slightly.

"My name is Elizabeth Toren."

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About an hour later, the three had approached the edge of the main part of Ga-Metru and were making their way down one of the clearest paths. All around them, the sounds of the night echoed eerily through the streets. Solek had kept up a steady stream of questions and answers with Lizzy, who had to continuously remind the enthusiastic Av-Matoran to quiet down. Just behind the two, Tanma walked cautiously, eyes flickering from the side to side, his whole being on edge. Being in the middle of a deserted Metru, full of vicious Rahi and Makuta Teridax's presence was not his idea; but still, Solek needed someone to keep an eye on him and the strange female, Lizzy he reminded himself, seemed clueless as to where she was going. Without warning, said teenager stopped walking in the middle of a street intersection, her ears picking up a faint echo. Solek, not expecting her to stop, crashed right into her, effectively knocking her over. Lizzy stumbled forward and fell to one knee, head bowed, listening.

"Ah Lizzy, s-sorry, I didn't m-mean t-to…" Solek stammered, but Lizzy held a hand up, while Tanma shushed the white Matoren.

To their left came a faint echo. Lizzy's head inclined slightly to the noise, waiting to hear it again. The sound came again, a faint scream, and with that, Lizzy sprang up and ran toward the noise, Solek and Tanma chasing her. Lizzy ran steadily, focusing on following the sound of the scream and the other sounds that were now reaching her ears; the sounds of a fight. Hearing the sound change, Lizzy dashed down a side street, calling out "This Way!" to the other two, following her instinct to the sound. In front of her, a wall of haphazardly piled rubble loomed through the gloomy twilight. The two Matoran slowed to a stop. Only a Toa would be able to scale that mound. Lizzy on the other hand, charge straight at the rubble, forcing herself to go faster and faster. At the right moment, she planted her feet and launched herself upwards. Solek noticed that as she did so, her eyes, already a golden-copper color, glowed brighter. The young teen made her way up the side of the rubble heap, showing the flexibility and agility of a Toa. Below her, even grumpy Tanma was impressed. Then she disappeared over the top.

"Uh… LIZZY WAIT!" Yelled Solek. Tanma just shook his head and sat down to wait.

"She will come back to get us Solek, calm down." He said, grateful that he would not have to fight whatever it was.

"But what if she needs help, Tanma?" Solek said, still trying to find a way up the rubble.

"I don't think she will. It sounds like an ash bear. The Toa don't have a problem with those, and judging by what we just saw, she has some Toa power in her. She'll be fine."

…

On the other side of the wall, Lizzy jumped down to level ground and took off running again. The sounds were so much louder on this side of the wall, aiding in her search for the disturbance. Again, whoever the Rahi was attacking screamed again and the Rahi roared in anger.

"Oh God, Somebody HELP!" Screamed the voice. Lizzy heard and made one last turn. In front of her was an Ash Bear, as Tanma had so rightly guessed, and on the ground in front of it was a young girl, maybe about 15 years old, dressed all in blue. The Ash Bear was about to attack again, when Lizzy yelled.

"Hey Bug-Face!"

The Ash-Bear, turned, as Lizzy launched herself off of a boulder and flew through the air, pulling her sword off her back and slashing it downwards. Halfway through the slash, the sword lit up, blazing with light energy. Lizzy brought the flat of her blade down on the Ash-Bear's head hard. Below her, the Girl in blue scrambled to her feet and retreated behind a large chunk of a wall. Lizzy landed on her feet, as the Ash-Bear stumbled back, its paw rubbing its head., and it's eyes blinking furiously in reaction to the blazing sword in Lizzy's hand. Human and Rahi stared each other down, the Ash-Bear growling, while Lizzy was silent. The Ash-Bear, sufficiently recovered, charged the light powered teen, who leapt forward and swung her sword around. The Ash-Bear followed the sword, and Lizzy managed to summon a light blast strong enough to effectively knock the Rahi unconscious, knowing that if she tried to physically attack the Rahi, she would fail, not to mention hurt herself. The Ash-Bear fell to the ground with a resounding crash. Lizzy landed in front of it and walked closer to the unconscious form.

"As I suspected; He is using infected masks again. How typical." Lizzy muttered to herself, inspecting the Ash-Bear's head.

She raised her hand to blast the mask off, but tripped slightly and fell forward. Her hand made contact with the mask and there was a flash of light. Lizzy yelled, as a shock went up her arm, while the mask itself lost its rusty finish, and the color cleared up. Lizzy pulled her hand away, shocked. Somehow, she had just rid the mask of whatever Makuta had infected it with, effectively purifying it.

"Wow…" Said a voice behind the shocked teen. Lizzy spun around. The other girl had come out from behind the wall she had been hiding behind, and was slowly approaching Lizzy.

"Did you kill it? Is it dead?"

"No, I just knocked it unconscious so I could get this infected mask off of it."

The other girl just looked at Lizzy, who sighed, "I'll explain later."

They both nodded in agreement and Lizzy turned back to the Bear. She tugged at the formerly infected mask, which came off in her hand. The Ash-Bear grumbled and shifted, causing the other girl to shriek and run back behind her wall. Lizzy jumped back, worried that the Ash-Bear actually needed the mask. She set the mask down and turned back to the other girl.

"Come on. It should be out for a while. Let's go while the going is still good." She whispered. The other girl peeked out. Deciding that it was safe for the moment, the carefully walked to Lizzy, who pointed back the way she had come.

"I have a couple of friends back there, you should come, I'll explain on the way." Lizzy said, leading the other girl around the corner, "I'm Lizzy, by the way, Lizzy Toren."

"Katie Sailor. A pleasure, really. Thanks for the save. What was that thing?"

"I think it's called an Ash-Bear, but I'm not sure." Lizzy replied. "I wouldn't worry about it though. That blast should have knocked it out for a while."

Behind them, they heard the sound of the Ash-Bear waking up.

"Or maybe not."

"Might I suggest that now is a good time to run?"

"Yeah good idea."

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