Shadows of Your Light

Shadows of Your Light is Darker511's entry to ToaTusk's writing contest.

Prolog
Dazix waited at his tent. It was morning, and Dazix had just woken up. He had heard a noise, out in the forrest, and waited to see what it was. If his fears were correct, it was something bad. A mahi ran out, being chased by a Muaka. The mahi ran past Dazix, allowing him not to see the feasting of the Muaka. Dazix sighed. "Rahi. So animalistic and bloodthirsty." He threw one of his light boomerangs at the Muaka, causing it to run. After checking the catacombs, Dazix went to sleep, unaware that several figures were watching him.

Chapter One
Dazix awoke to several figures dragging him to a cart in the forest, then dropped him in. Hard. Dazix couldn't help but cry out, revealing the fact that he was awake. "Well, well." The biggest and ugliest said. "Looks like our bounty is awake." The others chuckled, unaware that Dazix threw both his Light Boomerangs at the Bounty Hunters, and whacked the one who had spoken with Dazix's cane. Dazix put his boomerangs away and walked back to the catacombs, smiling to himself. "Never underestimate an old Kanohi Dragon."

Dazix finally arrived at the catacombs, after two days. He found several corpses near the entrance. Once inside, Dazix found a Matoran crying as she buried a new grave. He knelt next to her and gave the grave his blessing. "They're in Artakha now." Dazix said. He looked around. Several other Matoran were burying others. Dazix saw one, a Ta-Matoran, who had his head and left arm ripped off. Dazix was disgusted. He stood then sighed. He wondered what Yiolu was doing. It was easier, probably. Where had he gone? Yiolu walked to a village. Dazix remembered his friends, Tusk and Tooky. Dazix couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't take the sobbing and the crying. The sorrow. He was leaving. He had to find Tooky and Tusk. "This is all because of the shadows." Dazix whispered to himself. "The shadows of everyone's light."