A/N: I apologize for what was said in the last chapter by some unruly characters. I had no idea that Lizzy would post the chapter on her own… I was still waiting for the Beta'ed version to come back. But NOOO! She wanted the update now!... grrrr… I'm still mad at her.

Anyways, barring any unpleasant interruptions *glances nervously at the door, which is chained shut* please enjoy the epilogue to The Toa Rahini Chronicles: The Beginning.

Disclaimer: Still don't own… *Sigh… oh well

Epilogue

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Gali Nuva woke to darkness surrounding her, unable to see around her. With a groan, she sat up, her yellow eyes blinking, adjusting.

"Sister! You are awake now!" a soft voice announced from behind her. Turning, Gali saw Lewa sitting some distance away from her, against a cold, dank stone wall. Around his feet and hands were cuffs and chains forged from the hardest protodermis known to Bionicle. Looking around, Gali spotted the other Toa Nuva, in varying states of consciousness, all similarly chained. A sudden feeling of overwhelming weakness washed over the Toa of Water as she instinctively reached for her elemental power. Reaching up her run her hands over her mask, Gali was shocked to find that her Great Mask of Water Breathing had been taken from her face. She then looked to her hands and feet, finding the same shackles on her as on her brothers. Across the room from her, Tahu looked up forlornly out of a window set high in the wall at a pale moon that shed light that filtered softly down. Kopaka and Onua, chained close together, were inspecting the craftsmanship of the chains to find a weakness (or so she hoped). Pohatu was just waking up, while Takanuva was still completely unconscious, stretched out on a slab of stone that served as a bed. At the far end of the room, out of reach of every Toa in the room, were the Masks and Tools of all seven of the Toa.

Kopaka looked up to see Gali gazing at her own mask.

"It would seem that once again, we are captured and deprived of our strength." He stated, referring to the six Nuva's time in the dungeons of the PIraka on Voya Nui. Onua nodded, along with Lewa who sighed softly.

"And at the most inopportune time as well." Tahu burst out with, his metal fist colliding with the wall as he released some pent up frustration. Sparks flew from the metal on stone contact and the other Toa winced at the sudden brilliance in the gloom of what could only be a dungeon. "Vakama said that the young ones, the Destiny Heroes were on their way. They NEED us."

"For what, Tahu?" Queried Lewa. Pohatu rolled his eyes.

"We have been over this." said the brown Toa, "They will need us to help teach them to master their powers for their mission to purge what the Turaga call 'the Plague'.

"Regardless of our intentions, it would seem that we are now unable to fulfill that mission. If anything, they will come and find us. Something tells me that part of their duty will be to free us and then destroy the Plague." Gali said softly.

The other Toa nodded, falling back into their own thoughts.

Turning back to the window high above his head, Tahu gazed up at the shrouded moon, as dark clouds crowded the sky, blocking out the moon's faint light.

Hurry young ones, or there may not be any Toa Nuva to save. He thought, hoping that Gali was right.

Deep in the bowls of the fortress above the dungeons where the Toa Nuva were imprisoned, Shadows gave was to pure darkness. In a vast chamber filled with whispers of movement, a conclave was beginning.

Dim lights, colors of decay and death, glimmered faintly in the room, cast by the occupants seated in a circular manner. To one side of the circle, seated higher than the rest, was a light colored sickly yellow-orange. Above it flashed a pair of blood red eyes. The figure inhaled deeply, dark laughter welling up from his chest.

"Teridax has fallen once more, my brethren. And he has fallen to the hands of our old friend from the dawn of time. Let us welcome them back to the land of the living, and send them a gift."

The conclave shrouded in darkness let loose with shouts of laughter and jeers as in the center of the circle, a hologram of the Bionicle world shimmered into view showing the Island of Mata Nui in sharp relief. Eight dots pinged into existence, surrounded by six fainter dots.

Far below even the dungeons, a cage groaned open and a huge beast reveled in its new found freedom; freedom it had not tasted in many centuries.

A/N: yes it's short, but it is for a reason… mostly just to set up the next part of the story… Please Review!