Light at the End of the Tunnel

Synopsis
Halou must face his first real threat when a Vortixx named, Roodaka infects the Matoran with Visorak poison.

Prologue
Le-Matoran bustled about setting up streamers. Halou looked from side to side and smiled. The Le-Matoran Parties were the best. He walked into a hut and found Turaga Gloi instructing various Matoran on what to do. He turned to him and a look of hopefulness flashed upon his face.

"Oh, thank Mata Nui!" he excalaimed. "Halou, we have a tiny promblem."

"What's wrong?"

"Well, Kori was out collecting Jooga berries for the Jooga smoothies, but has been gone two hours!"

"He's lost? Again?" Halou groaned. "I'll get em'."

Holou exited the hut and sighed. Kori was always getting himself lost. This would the 8th time he had to be found again. Halou then crouched in a ready pose. He activated his mask and jumped. He soared through the sky at had leaped at least 60 feet in the air and landed on a large branch. Up here he could see all of Le-Barai. It was a village full of life. Giant trees grew and flourished. Lush flowers and fruits grew everywhere. On the trees where little tree-huts with bridges lined up in between. He marveled at the beauty of Barai Nui. He turned his back on Le-Barai.He got ready once again and leaped a 25 foot gap in between trees. He then spotted the Jooga tree and made his way down. He looked arround the bottom of the trunk and found nothing.

"Kori!" He shouted. "KORI!!"

He sat at the trunk and thought for a second usally Kori just got scared to come down and would call out. But not a single sound could be heard. Except the bird rahi chirping about. He picked a Jooga fruit and munched on it. The juicy and tangy flavor of the purple fruit tasted good. It had been months since he had eaten one. He heard thhe faint sound of river and walked towards he drunk from it. And sighed.

"Kori!" He shouted again.

Nothing.

"This sucks." Halou said outloud.

Then he heard a skittering noise behind him. He turned and saw giant spider. He gasped. It hissed. It lunged at him he dodged and jumped over it as it attacked again. The spider lunged again but this time he was ready. He kicked the spider in mid-air. It landed in a bush. Halou jumped over and landed on it crushing the life completely out of it. He looked at it sadly, not wanting to take it's life. He then heard a moan. He stopped breathly completly. He heard it again. Then he slowly crept to a bush. He moved the foliage and found the moaning body of Kori, his eyes closed behind the powerless Pakari he wore. then He opened his green eyes and stared at Halou.

"Hi." He said.

"Did that thing attack you?"

"Yeah. He sneaky-pounced me."

"It's okay. I'll get you back home." Halou said almost smiling.

He picked up Kori and carried him away.

End.

Characters

 * Halou
 * Turaga Gloi
 * Kori