BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle

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BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle

Books
Series	BIONICLE Legends
Author	Greg Farshtey
Publisher	Scholastic
Sources: ISBN 0545080797

BIONICLE Legends 11: The Final Battle is the eleventh installment in the BIONICLE Legends book series. The book was released in October 2008, and ends the 2006-2008 story arc.

1 Synopsis
- 1.1 Mata Nui
2 Characters
3 See Also

[carve] Synopsis

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The book begins by detailing, in brief, significant parts in the BIONICLE history. The recap ends at the point of the Toa Nuva combating against the Makuta in the Swamp of Secrets, and diverts attention onto Tahu, who was fighting against Makuta Vamprah over the swamp. The silent Makuta had suddenly vanished into the mist, leaving the Toa of Fire on every sense of alert. Suddenly, a flash of shadow over the swamp caused Tahu to roll and attack blindly with his powers, but turned out to be a false alarm. As he continued to fly, he heard a Tridax Pod being launched at him. Quickly, Tahu used his Kanohi Hau to shield him from the falling leeches, which landed on the shield and continued to feed on the energy of the shield. Disgusted, Tahu skimmed above the swamp waters, then abruptly disabling the shield, causing the leeches to fall into the swamp.

Meanwhile, Lewa, Onua and Kopaka were locked in combat against the Makuta under a stand of trees. Alternating attacks at the Makuta, Kopaka and Onua found themselves being told a joke by Lewa. The joke was about three Matoran with a basket of Bula berries, who were confronted by a swarm of Nui-Rama, and how the Matoran had discovered that the Rahi were actually interested in their berries, which they gave up, and thus escaping from the danger. When he was faced by two confused comrades, Lewa explained that the moral of the story was actually questioning why the Makuta wanted. Eventually, Onua concluded that they must have a purpose in mind, for the Toa Nuva were not killed by their powerful foes yet.

Meanwhile, Krika confronted Gali elsewhere in the swamp. Gali demanded to know what the Makuta were doing, and Krika replied by breaking through the bars the Toa of Water created using her Nynrah Ghost Blaster, drained part of her energy, and carried her to another part of the swamp. There, Krika gave Gali a Tablet of Transit, and pleaded Gali to leave, or she will doom all that she care for to "a future more horrible than you can imagine".

Elsewhere, Pohatu and Photok battled against Makuta Gorast. The Makuta refused to submit to his attack, and responded by throwing the Toa and Matoran at the energy field surrounding the Codrex, causing them smash violently onto the shield and blasted backwards. Gorast then used her Kanohi Felnas to disrupt Pohatu's elemental powers, burying the Toa and Matoran under a mountain of rocks.

At another part of the swamp, Tahu continued his fight against Vamprah, who had re-emerged. The Toa of Fire searched around the swamp ground in hopes for material which can help with his battle. He discovered a pile of rotting vegetation nearby, and remembered Turaga Matau's words about setting rotting vegetation on fire. With an idea in mind, Tahu stopped flying and hovered in the air, with Vamprah continuing to fly towards him. As the Makuta came to the right distance, Tahu tossed a fireball at the plants, which created a large explosion of swamp gas which sent the Makuta reeling and soon clinging onto a tree to prevent himself from falling into the swamp.

Trapped inside a tiny pocket under the mount, Photok desperately attempted to awaken the unconscious Pohatu. When shaking the fallen Toa had no effect, Photok began hitting the Toa with light blasts. His initial two attempts failed, but the third, more powerful attempt, worked. Conscious once more, Pohatu fused the rocks together, then used his powers over stone to levitate out of the swamp. Once they were far enough, Pohatu unleashed his powers once more, and cracked their stone prison in half. The pair then soared off, and was soon met with Tahu. Pohatu, who had seen Krika carrying Gali away, asked Tahu whether he knew of what happened to the Toa of Water. Tahu responded that he did not, and ordered Pohatu to find her, as he was the fastest, of which Pohatu accepted.

Meanwhile, the Toa Ignika continued to guard over Icarax. The Makuta informed the Ignika of its doomsday countdown, and jeered at the fact that the mask did not know of it. Upon hearing the news, the Toa Ignika immediately sped off to inform the other Toa regarding its countdown, with Icarax forgotten and left behind.

Around the same time, Takanuva arrived at Karda Nui after his adventures in alternate dimensions. As he traveled over the swamp in search of the Toa Nuva, he soon discovered Gali and Krika. Spotting Gali lying on the ground and Krika walking closer to the Toa of Water, Takanuva fired a warning blast of light at the Makuta. Krika looked up, and acknowledged Takanuva's presence. He then turned intangible, with a face of sadness as he departed, as if he had finally accepted his fate. Takanuva then landed besides Gali, of which the latter began asking questions about Takanuva and the former asking of her status. Takanuva told Gali that he would tell her as they travel, and Gali responded by telling him that Karda Nui was under attack by the Makuta. Before she could ask Takanuva of his changes, Takanuva placed the Mysterious Sundial on the floor. He then shot a beam of light at the sundial, which casted a shadow which pointed to the direction where he must travel to, which would turn out to be the Codrex. The duo was then united with Pohatu, and went to aid the others.

On a small island on the swamp, Makuta Mutran grumbled over his misfortune of having his Shadow Leech vat and other equipment destroyed, and that it was "neither efficient nor ideal" for Mutran to work on the island, as he was working on a new creation. Meanwhile, his lab assistant, Vican, though afraid of Mutran, bravely confronted the Makuta and asked him what he was attempting to make on the island. Though irritated, the mad Makuta was also eager to show off his work, and informed the curious Matoran that he was re-creating a Rahi named Klakk. Almost immediately after he finished his brief talk, the vat containing the creature was shattered by the rampaging Klakk inside. The Makuta attempted to capture it, but failed. Instead, the Rahi directed a sonic scream at Vican, knocking him off his feet and for a few moments, unconscious. When he regained his posture, Vican was ordered by Mutran to capture the escaped Rahi. As he flew off, he noted that the effects brought on him by the Shadow Leech attack had been erased, returning to him the light he had lost.

Elsewhere, the Toa Nuva and Takanuva united. Tahu assembled the Keystones, and the Toa read over the instructions as to how the process of reawakening Mata Nui would take place. Once they were done reading, they were suddenly joined by the Toa Ignika. In a harsh, raspy voice of a being who had not used their voice for a large period of time, the Ignika haltingly informed the assembled Toa of its doomsday countdown. Takanuva then informed the Toa also that, when they fulfill their destiny and mission, the Energy Storms which plagued Karda Nui before Mata Nui was originally awaken would occur once more, devastating Karda Nui and killing all who are in it at the time.

The Toa decided that they must enter the Codrex first, and to do so, they united together and launched a joint attack at the Makuta. With the Makuta distracted by the attack, the Toa immediately flew to the Codrex, placed the Keystones in their places, and entered the Codrex without further problems. Inside, the Toa Nuva began to recall memories of the Codrex, and soon found the platform on which their Toa Canisters had once rested on. Tahu soon broke the mood, and Onua walked over to a panel of switches. He accidentally triggered the panel as he waved his hand over it, and the platform hosting the canisters gave way to a large chamber beneath. Inside, they discovered three vehicles - Rockoh T3, Jetrax T6 and Axalara T9.

Outside of the Codrex, Icarax began plotting to sabotage Teridax's Plan and take over the Brotherhood of Makuta for himself. He persuaded Krika to join him in the cause, and ordered him to use his unnatural intangibility powers to penetrate the shield and re-materialize in the midst of it. As the energy field only prevents itself from known forces, and Krika's powers came by mutation from the swamp, which meant it was an unknown force, the Makuta succeeded. As Icarax wished, Krika re-materialized in the middle of the shield. Stuck with an obstacle in its middle which it can not be rid of, the shield overloaded and exploded, destroying the shield completely. Dazed by the attempt, Krika fell to the muddy ground surrounding the Codrex. Icarax began to use his gravity powers on the Codrex, slowly flattening the spherical structure and imagining to himself about panicking Toa inside.

Although not panicking, the Toa had noticed the destruction of the shield and the Codrex being flattened. Worried, the Toa began formulating a plan, with Lewa, Pohatu and Kopaka riding the vehicles to combat against the Makuta, whilst the others remain behind to plot further. Before Kopaka could enter Jetrax T6, however, it was revealed that Makuta Antroz had managed to sneak inside, and hijacked the vehicle before the Toa of Ice could pilot it. Lewa and Pohatu immediately began pursuit after it, beginning an aerial combat. As the crafts flew, the Jetrax T6 crashed into a large Lightstone, charging it with energy and causing it to glow bright yellow. The three vehicles then rocketed out of the Codrex and into the cavern beyond.

Back inside the Codrex, Takanuva decided to exit the Codrex in order to evacuate the Av-Matoran population. He was then followed by Kopaka as well, and the Toa of Ice managed to capture Radiak, who had been flung from Jetrax T6 by Antroz in attempt to help the Makuta. Takanuva then took the Shadow Matoran from the Toa of Ice, with the latter going after the hijacked vehicle. Meanwhile, Tahu, Gali and Onua desperately labored in their task of reawakening Mata Nui. They soon decided that the process would simply take too long, as the process requires the Toa to slowly shock the Great Spirit from his slumber. The three Toa arrived at the idea of using the Ignika, who would be able to jolt Mata Nui awake with only one attempt, although it meant the mask would have to give up its newly formed body.

Holding onto Radiak, and joined with Tanma, Solek and Photok, Takanuva and his company found themselves with Vican, who had been looking for a Toa. The frightened Le-Matoran informed Takanuva of the Klakk, and its apparent ability to heal beings from Shadow Leech attacks. Given hope by the news, Takanuva asked for the direction in which the Rahi had flew off to, and began their search for the screaming Rahi.

Meanwhile, Icarax busied himself with fighting against Gorast and Vamprah. The Makuta warrior began his attack by blasting Gavla from Vamprah's back, causing the Makuta to lose his sight. Gorast however, struck Icarax's armor with her blades, in hope of causing his energy to leak out, but was shocked to find that Icarax was a biomechanical being once more.

Inside the Codrex, the Toa had decided to inform the Ignika of their idea of using it to reawaken Mata Nui. The mask took offense at the idea that he would have to lose his body as a result, and pinned Tahu against the wall in its fury, slowly killing the Toa of Fire. Onua and Gali frantically attempted to free Tahu from Ignika's grasp, but the mask kept hold. Desperate, Tahu increased the temperature of his armor in a second, causing the Ignika to drop its hold. The Ignika then advanced on Tahu once more, but Gali intervened, and questioned the mask about what had made him become a Toa. When the Ignika replied it was Matoro, Gali understood and told the mask that Matoro had sacrificed his life for the greater good and asked what the mask would do if it was in his place. The mask understood, and accepted the proposal, in return for being accepted as a hero.

Back outside the Codrex, the fight against Icarax continued. Now joined with Mutran, who had reluctantly joined the battle under the orders of Antroz, Gorast was able to formulate a plan. She ordered the master of mutations to send a stream of blank thought at Icarax, confusing the warrior, whilst she relayed her plan to Vamprah telepathically. Gorast then moved closer to Icarax, and lied to him that the Toa were about to succeed. Stunned by the possibility that his plot was about to fail, Icarax decided to teleport away and confront the Toa. As he teleported, Gorast grabbed the Makuta and caused his teleportation to go wild using her mask. Vamprah, now reunited with Gavla, sent a powerful blast of energy at Icarax as he was disappearing into a cluster of atoms, blasting the Makuta's atoms throughout the Matoran universe, efficiently killing the warrior.

Elsewhere, Takanuva and his companions had tracked down the Klakk. The angry Rahi directed a blast at Radiak, who was still held by Takanuva. The attack shattered the barrier which kept Light from returning to the Shadow Matoran, restoring him into an Av-Matoran. Witnessing and acknowledging the effects, Takanuva ordered the Matoran to track down the remaining Shadow Matoran and feed them under the Klakk's attacks. As soon as the four Matoran left, Makuta Chirox and Bitil attacked Takanuva, bringing down a hail of Shadow blasts. Losing himself to the side of Shadow, Takanuva attacked the two Makuta like a berserker, and in his fury, he was almost down by one the duplicates of Bitil which the Makuta had summoned using his mask. Luckily for the Toa of Light and Shadow, Kopaka came to his rescue in time, and stopped Bitil before he could attack Takanuva. However, Takanuva continued his rampage, targeting himself at Chirox, and going as far as tearing Matoran Kirop from the Makuta's back and throwing the Matoran down to the swamp beneath. Having regained Jetrax T6 from Antroz, Kopaka had enough of Takanuva's attack, and caught the falling Kirop. The Toa of Ice then confronted Takanuva, struggling to calm his fellow Toa down. He was able to succeed, and Takanuva informed Kopaka that, from what he had learned from Radiak, the Makuta wanted them to succeed in their mission, though for reasons unknown. Bitil then shocked the Toa into unconsiouness.

Inside the Codrex, the Toa Nuva's destiny was being fulfilled. The Ignika sacrificed his body, in return for powering Mata Nui with energy and reawakening the slumbering spirit. Left alone in the Codrex, Gali witnessed something pouring into the mask, although she did not know what. She attempted stop it, but failed in her attempt. Outside, the Energy Storms had begun. The tribe of Av-Matoran, now with all its members cured, had escaped from Karda Nui and headed towards Metru Nui. The Toa Nuva and Takanuva reassembled outside the Codrex, and escaped from Karda Nui using the three vehicles as fast as they could. However, the Makuta had no such choice. Very soon, the storm had increased to its maximum velocity, killing all the Makuta inside the large cavern except Krika and Icarax, who had both been killed by Gorast for betraying the Brotherhood before the storm had begun.

As the Toa exited from Karda Nui, they noticed a shudder in the earth, heralding Mata Nui's return. After some time of traveling, they finally arrived on their island city home, Metru Nui. A large celebration took place in the Coliseum, with more then a thousand cheering Matoran located inside the stadium, celebrating the return of the Great Spirit. However, as Turaga Dume made his speech about the success, a fleeting shadow passed over the twin suns followed by an ice-cold wind. The stars above the island city rearranged themselves into the shape of the Kanohi Kraahkan, Mask of Shadows, and the great voice of Makuta Teridax sounded all over the Matoran Universe. Teridax informed the assembled Matoran, Toa, Turaga, and the rest of the universe that he had taken over Mata Nui's body before the Great Spirit's spirit could return to it. By claiming dominance over the body, he also claimed control over the entire Matoran Universe, which is located inside the body. Teridax also informed the universe that their only hope, Mata Nui, had been banished into the Ignika, and consequently shot out of the body and into outer space. Now the ruler of the universe, Teridax guaranteed the universe misery and pain for all eternity.

[carve] Mata Nui

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Taken directly from The Final Battle.

And somewhere in the endless void between here and there, the Mask of Life flew. Free of the bounds of the Matoran universe, it had turned from silver back to gold once more. It carried within it the mind and spirit of Mata Nui, on a journey whose destination no one could know. But if anyone were able to hear the being within the mask, one statement would have been clear, ringing through the void like the tolling of a bell:

"I will return."

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[carve] See Also

BIONICLE Legends

2006: Island of Doom | Dark Destiny | Power Play | Legacy of Evil | Inferno

2007: City of the Lost | Prisoners of The Pit | Downfall

2008: Shadows in the Sky | Swamp of Secrets | The Final Battle

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