The Bounty Hunter Wars

Chapter 1
Tetrack pounded his hammer. The din of the arguing ceased. In front of him was a various assortment of faces. Many were familiar, but a few lacked his recognition. Never the less they had all came for the same purpose. All for the same purpose except for Tetrack. No, Tetrack's reasons were far greater than simply becoming a large a notorious group of Mercenaries. But his motives didn't matter at the moment. First, he needed to tie this group of miss-fits together, and secure their trust.

"Friends, most of you know why we are gathered here this day." He began with a standard opening to a speech, so as not to rouse anything until he had finished. "We, being the best of the best, are to form a guild of bounty hunters. We will except hirings from others who are against the concept of The Enforcers of Gigas Magna. We will press them, constantly killing, but leaving no clues. And we will push them verbally into a wall, so as to turn some of their members. They will start to wither, and then will finally fall. All this time, we will continue to grow, until we, the Bounty Hunters, the ones who truly know what goes on this universe, are the rulers of it."

"I have a question." Said a figure in the shadows. The green glow of his eyes struck the whole group with a chill, that rippled down their spines. "You said that this Guild was to be directed toward the destruction of the Enforcers. Tell me; have you had past feuds with them?"

"Now, listen I-"

"What is it that makes them your target?"

"Well, because they are our biggest threat to becoming rulers-"

"Are they? Because I'm sure I could tell you at least five more that are stronger then them. Is this organization really meant to make us the dominant group? Or do you have some personal goal you are trying to conceal from us?"

"What's your name?" Tetrack asked. He was tired of this cheeky newcomer using the Socratic Method on him. It was time he spun things around.

"Janneus." The being replied.

"Tell me, Janneus, if you were in my position, what would you do?"

"Simple. I would tell all to Bounty Hunt, and return with their earnings, and use that to build us up. Then strike out the lower groups. Never go up against one that is more powerful than you, when they aren't attacking you."

Tetrack was baffled. Janneus had been leaning against a pillar in the back, but now he stepped into the light.

"But then again, I'm not leader, am I?"

"No, you're not." Said Dracoinus, a very skilled Skrall he had picked up. Tetrack had appointed him second in command.

"Easy." Said Tetrack cooly. He was not about to be outsmarted by Janneus. "You may have a seat. If you step out of line again, believe me, the punishment will be severe. Now, the first thing we need is someone on the inside. But don't worry there, Janneus. I've already got that part figured out."

-

Boreal Enforcer of Gigas Magna, Toa of Aura, and Chronicler, leaned against a pillar, over looking the sea that was situated right against the hidden city of Gigas Nui. He heard footsteps approaching him. He turned to see Shayla and Fyxan talking about their responsibilities.

"Oh, hello Boreal." Shayla said. Her mechanical arms moved restlessly about, constantly alert for the enemy. Her other arms, her true ones, tried to stop them. But they had a mind of their own.

"Ah, Boreal." Fyxan said. "Brominax was looking for you. You're being re-assinged from Gigas Nui Security to Street Spy. They need you on the Mid Continent. Hurry there. I'll tell Brominax that you've left."

Boreal nodded and summoned a great blast of air to lift him off his feet and into the air towards the Mid Continent. But somehow he knew that this was not a good idea. Teleporting was always better. Flying across so much water is dangerous. Extremely dangerous.

Chapter 2
Silver, also known as Fyxan, walked through the beautiful marble halls of the city of Gigas Nui. It was his favorite place in the world, for it was a battle fortress, yet, one of the most glorious and relaxing places in the universe. A figure slightly larger than himself approached. His name was Kyrus, but codenamed Haze. He wore blue armor, and walked around Gigas Nui as if he owned the place. He hardly acted as if he were on duty. Which, Fyxan noticed, he should be.

"Haze, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be on guard. And as your commanding officer, I order you to-"

Fyxan's eyes flashed red. He could not control himself.

He lunged at Haze, and shook him. He then whipped out his dual saws, and began slicing at Haze, trying to lop his head off. Fyxan was not there. Something new had emerged. Other Enforcers around the place saw what was happening. The same red glow arose in their eyes. And as though they were not themselves, they began attacking each other. Shayla joined in. The battle was ferocious and confusing. Yet no one knew what was going on. Except one, who was watching the whole thing with a smile on his face, from within the shadows.

-

Janneus grumbled to himself. He felt like... Well, he couldn't exactly explain it. He had yet to make a name for himself, but he felt like he knew more about how it should be done than anyone else. And to be perfectly honest with himself, he felt bad about challenging Tetrack the way he did. He was superior, and his strategy was reasonably well known.

He shook the thoughts out of his head. He currently had a job to do. His ship sailed swiftly across the water. He was just leaving the island, when he saw a green figure flying overhead. He had done his research. If he was right, that would be Boreal, Toa of Air, chronicler of the Enforcers of Gigas Magna, and his first catch of the day. He summoned one of his powers, teleportation, for a strike style that had never been attempted. Swirling light consumed him. And when he re-appeared, he was right on top of Boreal.

They tumbled down to the island. Janneus made sure Boreal hit the ground head first. But the impact still flung him into a bush. But it was actually a great opportunity for him. He got up quickly and silently, and waited in the bush for the next great moment to strike. Boreal got up slowly, cracking his neck. He had barely opened his eyes before everything went black.

-

"ENOUGH!" Brominax's call came from everywhere, and nowhere.

But all could locate Brominax's location. They looked up from what they were doing. Fyxan was the first to drop the red from his eyes. And one by one, the same happened with all the Enforcers.

"Now I don't know what happened, but I trust it won't happen again!" he continued. "If it didn't happen to practically everyone I had, I would have you all out! Now I would like each of you to write a full report of what happened, and why in Mata Nui's name did you try to murder each other!"

A small matoran came in and whispered something in Brominax's ear, making his eyes light up.

"Everyone, I do not wish to alarm you, but Boreal's life tester has stopped transmitting."

Chapter 3
Boreal was missing. Brominax had declared that if he could not be found soon, he would be considered dead, for all evidence pointed to such things. There is no way to deactivate a life tester. It's as small as a bug, shielded, and protected with the toughest armor in the universe. How could it be shut off unless he truly was dead? But Brominax refused to believe it was so. Boreal was one of his greatest friends. There had to be some way... that he could be alive.

-

Tetrack cut the transmission. His spy within Gigas Nui had just reported that the effects of his latest project, a poison, that when released into the air can make one go mad, worked. And that all enforcers in the room with the poison had been affected. So it worked, that was good news. But Brominax was able to stop it with just a few words of reality. It first needed to be stronger, and second, it needed to fill all of Gigas Nui. Both would not be an easy task.

Draconius came in.

"Tetrack," He said, "We've caught the Chronicler."

-

Ora, Bounty Hunter, ran across the halls of the Bounty Hunters' Guild. Past familiar faces. He was a matoran, but probably one of the most powerful ones in existence. He carried the tablet with him. Nobody knew of his doings, except for he, himself. As he neared his location, he slowed, as a Bounty Hunter walked by. He nodded to him, and once he was out of sight, continued running. He finally reached the plain wall he was looking for. He whacked it with his elbow, and it spun around, taking him into a new room that he had added, for he had been one of the ones to construct this base. He ran forward to the elevator, and pressed the down arrow. The doors opened, and he stepped in. On his way down, he thought about what he was doing. Making contact with the Terri was a very dangerous attempt, but one he would try to do. The doors opened once more, and he ran down the hall, eventually coming to his final destination. He inserted the tablet next to the other three, completing the square. It lit up in shining green light, as did the engravings in it. Then the markings began to move, to form a new shape. It was the symbol of the Terri. It was a triangle, with a circle on the inside. Then it projected a green image. A being appeared on it, with it's back facing him.

"My lord?"

The Terri Lord turned. "Hm?"

"I have completed contact!" He replied.

"And you are..?"

"My lord, I am your faithful servant, Ora." The Terri still seemed confused. "One of the ones you instructed to rescue you, to return you to Aqua Magna!"

"Oh yes. I was confused. It's been so long, and It appeared as if you were making the transmission from Gigas Magna."

"I am." He answered. "But I will bring a teleportation device to you, if you will simply tell me where you are."

"I am afraid," The being answered. "I don't know. We cannot break free of our void to find out our exact location. Only one has been able to, and he has not returned. Poisonot . But you can help us. Our symbol that you just created. You can send us what we need through it. You must aquire all three pieces of the power triangle. That will give us enough power to break free."

"That will not be easy sire. For all three pieces are hidden in three different places, in the most dangerous parts of the universe. Not to mention, the Bounty Hunters are already looking for them."

Chapter 4
The dream was weird and disorienting. A dark being ran across his view. Boreal followed. The being rounded a corner, and Boreal still followed. Then it jumped into a cloud of shadow, which was obviously un-natural. He jumped in to, and instantly, his surroundings changed. He was facing a statue of a large being. The dark being was there, too. Boreal saw him smile.

"Hello, Boreal." Said a voice

"Huh?" He replied. "Who are you, and where am I?"

"He is very odd." Said the shadow figure.

A voice that seemed to come from everywhere, but mostly from the statue said, "Pehaps, but that does not matter. Soon I will be free, and I will rule, and not even the most powerful of beings will be able to stop me. But to release me, I need the power triangle pieces."

"Yes, yes, m'lord. I know very well. And this Enforcer must be able to help us. He will find the first third for us. If he doesn't, he should believe us. There will be hell to pay!"

"Very well. You, Boreal?"

"What do you want from me?" Boreal asked.

"There is something I need you to do." The statue replied. "You must find the power triangle piece hidden within your base. Go, and do not waste time, for as my comrade said, if you don't, there'll be hell to pay!"

-

Shayla typed at her computer, with endless speed. She barely realized what she was doing. All she knew was she HAD to find Boreal. She... felt like she needed to have him. They had been great friends. And she would not stop until she knew he was alive.

"Hey," Fyxan whispered, leaning over her shoulder. "What are you doing?"

She rubbed her eyes.

"I've been up all night, going over this."

"What is it?"

"It's the numbers of Boreal's life tester, I've been cross checking all possible injuries with their test reults right before he... disappeared."

Fyxan frowned.

"Listen, maybe it's time you gave up. Boreal has been missing for a day and a half. You'd think we'd have some report, or our scanners would pick something up. But sorry, nothing. But hey, while you're at the computer, could you tell me where Brominax is? I can't find him."

"Yeah, sure." She typed in a few things. "Oh my-"

"What is it?"

"Brominax, his life pulsar has stopped."

Chapter 5
Boreal woke up in a cell. Whoever had captured him obviously didn't know about his strengths. He summoned power from all around, and channeled it through his hands toward the door of the cell. It was a blast at least ten times more powerful than the average toa could do, and about a third of his full capability. But then to his astonishment, nothing happened. He cranked up his power to a full blast. Nothing.

"It's no use." Said a voice.

Boreal jumped. He had not seen anyone there, but there obviously was. A green figure appeared in front of him. He had been invisible.

"So, you thought you could break out? Well, to be perfectly honest I would have thought I could, too. These cells are a special creation of Tetrack's. Oh, Tetrack is my master. Or at least, he thinks he is."

"Thats enough, Janneus." A Skrall strode in. "Tell me, what is your name?"

"Boreal."

"Do you know who we are?"

"No."

"Why were you headed for this continent?"

"A change of guard."

"And if you could kill me, would you?"

"In an instant."

"Really..." He wrote something down on a clipboard he'd brought in.

"Sir, if I may do some questioning I might be more successful." Janneus replied.

"Oh really?" The Skrall replied. "Well, then. I'd be perfectly willing to let you under one circumstance; you don't harm him in anyway, not even give him a threat."

Janneus smiled. "Perhaps I should be going."

"Perhaps you should."

-

Shayla felt like she could almost cry. Btu she had to keep working. The computer screen in front of her was starting to look like nothing but a blur. She constantly checked to see if her scanners had found something. This time, they had. She quickly refocused her eyes and set her attention on the new info. It was a small power source, the type the order used for the life testers. It was completely new technology, and the life testers were the only thing that currently used it. It was in a place no enforcer was logged as being there. It wasn't much, but perhaps it was the remains of Boreal's life tester, or, she thought dreadfully, just Boreal's remains.

-

Shayla stuck her hand in the water, and pulled out Boreal's life tester. She showed it to Haze. She needed him, because he was their best analyst. He examined the tester.

"It would seem," he said, "Someone has figured out a way to stop the life tester's transmission. Perhaps some new device. This would assume that Boreal had more likely been captured. Boreal now has a fifty-one percent chance of being alive. But wait. The Enforcers are a secret organization. How would someone make a device specifically for shutting down a life tester if they didn't know we even existed. They wouldn't know we used such technology unless someone has blown our cover. Unless someone is working against us from within the order."

Chapter 6
Janneus took the widgets from Tetrack and counted the loot. Good, he thought, he had not been cheated for capturing the famed enforcer and chronicler.

"Anything else?" He asked.

"Perhaps you should be aware" Tetrack stated, "That we have the enforcer Brominax in our captivity."

"Why are we capturing these beings? Why not just kill them?"

"Because we want the guard to be lowered from the Enforcer's stronghold."

"And that brings me back to my question: Why not kill them?"

"Because," Said a new voice, which Janneus identified as Draconius', "If we kill them, they will merely be replaced. If the Enforcer's believe they are alive, they will not be, and the guard will be lowered the more enforcers we capture. But we cannot let the ones we have captured know that there are others that have been captured, so they don't try to escape together."

"Exactly." Said Tetrack.

"Then why dis-activate their life-testers? Won't they think they're dead?" Janneus responded.

"Oh, the Enforcer's are too smart for that. They will find at least one of the life-testers and will think we've made a mistake."

"Your plan involves a lot of gambling, Tetrack. But as long as I'm being paid, I can assure you, I will stay at your side."

-

Janneus walked away from the room minutes later with a new task: be part of a squad which was going to try and take one corner of the power triangle that is guarded by mysterious traps in a hidden temple and will most likely have a final guard the must be battled and then they must get away dodging all other traps they didn't already destroy, and get out be fore a giant door locked them in. Oh, yes! He thought. This will be so easy! He started up his ship. As did the others in his group. Draconius was leading them. They flew for a few hours, through which Janneus was extremely board, but finally, the fog in his window cleared, and there was the temple. He landed in unison with the rest of the small fleet. They all jumped out, and instantly Janneus wanted to run away. But it was not his own instinct that had told him to do so. It was something else. He looked around. A few Bounty Hunters were stepping back.

"Stand your ground!" Draconius bellowed. "This is the first trap. I'll bet that we'll have to deal with this and many more before we actually reach our destination."

Chapter 7
Fyxan rounded the corner and looked up from the data pad. The room before him was chaos. He stood dumbfounded as he watcher Haze fight Liquid (Liquid was Shayla's code name). Liquid fought harder than he'd ever seen her do so before. Other Enforcers were fighting too. So Fyxan did what Brominax would have done.

"ENOUGH!"

The room froze, and he found several pairs of eyes facing him.

Fyxan raised an eyebrow.

"Now I don't know what is going on," he continued, "But whatever it is, we must find out."

"We already have seven of our best analysts working on it, including myself." Haze stated.

"Yeah, well that just isn't good enough, is it? Put seven more on."

A voice coughed from behind him.

"Thank you Fyxan. But seeing as I'm second in command, I'll be taking this from here."

Fyxan gritted his teeth. He slowly spun around and found himself face to face with Forsk, his nemesis. They always were fighting for the same job, but Forsk had eventually aquired his position after some heroic deed back in the Kodax war that Fyxan had actually planned out. Brominax had given him all the credit.

"Did you hear what I said?" Forsk asked mockingly. "Move."

Grudgingly, Fyxan stepped to the side.

"Thank you." Forsk turned to the crowd. "Now, it appears we are fighting each other, but no one outside these walls are. Thus, we must assume it cannot be something in the air. It would have spread. Check the food and drink to see if it's poisoned. Any other suggestions are welcome. I will assume control from here on out. We will hold a funeral for Brominax and Boreal tomorrow."

"Wait" Said Shayla.

"You have something to say?" Forsk inquired.

"Well, we found Boreal's life tester. It was not connected to his body. Haze and I think that someone is trying to deceive us. I think this," She pulled out Boreal's life tester, "Is proof enough to continue our investigation on Brominax and Boreal's disappearances."

"Very well," Forsk said, "Miss Liquid. If you can organize a team of people to help you look into this, you are more than welcome."

"Haze has already offered." Shayla stated.

"And so have I." Silver smiled as he said the words.

Forsk just shrugged and started giving more orders.

-

Janneus leaped over the creature and landed on hard stone. The beast wailed. Janneus then turned his crowbar one the creature and released a blast of pure energy into the creature's eye. The other eye rolled up into it's head, and the beast crumbled. Draconius came out from the rubble the crash of the humongous beast's crash had made.

"Well that takes care of that." Draconius stated. "What's the head count?"

"We lost one in that last fight." Janneus stated. "So we're two down from when we started. But according to what I read, we should only have one more obstacle to go through before we get the Triangle piece. Problem is, it will be the toughest of all."

"Yes," Draconius said, "But think of it as a luxury. Once we get to the last one, this will feel like we fought a matoran."

"Hey!" Ora said.

Chapter 8
Shayla blinked furiously. She had been staring at the computer screen for hours now, and hadn't slept for days. But something came across her screen. It was another energy source.

It must be Brominax's Life Tester.

She had the computer locate it. The weird part: It was steps away. She looked in the direction the computer said it was: Brominax's chamber. She swallowed. No one was allowed in there. And now it belonged to Forsk. If she went in and he was in there, there would be a good chance of her getting kicked out. But she had to. She used her special access key card and went in. Forsk was nowhere. After looking around a bit, she found it. It's small size and dome-like shape felt smooth in her palm. She grasped it in victory, but this find led to more questions: "How could the kidnappers have gotten in here?" But the answer came to her just as fast as the question. The inside man. She cursed. But she also knew that there had to be a clue somewhere. She looked around a bit more. Then she found it: It was an access card. And not just any access card. It was a special forces access card. Only the highest ranking officials had access cards, except for this exception. The special forces. They were the most powerful and most tough beings in the operation, except for maybe Brominax.

She took the key card to her computer and plugged it into the slot. She had the computer decode who it belonged to, and soon his picture appeared: Jarrin.

Jarrin. She had never met him. But she was told he was one of the most trusted and skilled members of their whole organization. So that is where she went next.

-

"Jarrin, have you been missing this?" She held up the card.

"Oh, yeah! Where'd you find this?" He replied, seeming thankful.

"In Brominax's office. The same place I found his life tester."

"Mata Nui!" He put his hand on his head. "You don't think I did this! Do you?"

"Yes, I'm afraid I do." She replied.

"Please." Jarrin said. "Please consider that fact that it might have been stolen. I mean, what if the person who did it was an outsider who needed to get in and happened to steal mine first. Or, it could be someone who isn't very high-ranking that didn't have a key card. Any of these could be possibilities!"

"Yes, I suppose your right." Shayla gritted her teeth. "Better go show what I've found to Forsk."

"No!" Jarrin exclaimed, startling Shayla. "I mean, won't this mean he'll know you snuck in his office and think that I'm guilty?"

"Yes," She replied. "But none the less, it is my duty."

She walked off.

-

Jarrin stared at her in defeat. He knew Forsk well. Too well. And he knew that after he saw that evidence, no matter how much Shayla tried to convince him, he would find him guilty. Instantly, he whipped out a pen and paper and wrote Shayla a note and left it in her corders with a holographic transmitter. And instantly, he was running down the hallway toward the exit. But just as he rounded the corner to get to the door, the voice of Forsk rang our across the entire base.

"JARRIN IS A TRAITOR! TRACK HIM DOWN AND TAKE HIM OUT!"

The guards at the door turned and saw him. They fired their weapons at him. But he wasn't a special force agent for nothing. He dodged easily and grabbed one of their weapons with one hand and gave the guard an uppercut with the other. The other guard activated his mask power. Jarrin found himself falling up. He crashed into the ceiling. The guard had flipped gravity on him. But that was no use. He easily and gracefully grabbed his flame spear and hit his opponent with the butt of it. The guard crumbled and lost his concentration, making Jarrin fall back down to normal gravity. He then began running away. But Kyrus, the main analyst of the Enforcers, had seen him. He fired his Nynrah Ghost blaster at him to no avail, and them began pursuing him. Jarrin found it strange that he did not alert anyone. Haze (Kyrus) Whipped out two daggers and threw them both. Jarrin dodged one but moved right into the other: a skilled move for a being who was not trained in fighting. Jarrin fell over from the dagger's impact. Kyrus was on him in an instant and put his dagger up to Jarrin's throat.

"I'm innocent! I swear!" Jarrin yelped.

Haze smiled.

"I know."

"Wha-?"

"Thank you for the key card. It was most helpful. But now I'm afraid I must kill you. You know too much."

Haze lifted his dagger high, but Jarrin performed a move only the most trained could have accomplished. He rolled over under Haze and kicked backwards. The blade flew out of Haze's hands, and Jarrin was quickly back on his feet.

"You cannot beat me, Jarrin." Haze said. "I am not who you think I am. Kyrus is dead. I am a bounty hunter. And you cannot tell the Enforcers. They will never believe you. So run, Jarrin. Run as far as you can. But know that you cannot hide."

"It was you who released the poison upon us that made us go mad! But... how did you put it inside us."

"I don't think I'll tell you. See if you can figure it out."

And with that, Kyrus turned and headed back toward the base of the people he had betrayed.

Jarrin had the impulse to strike at him, but if what the impostor said was true and he was a bounty hunter, he probably wouldn't stand a chance. In hatred, he whirled around, and walked slowly into exile, the holographic transmitter in his pocket.

Chapter 9
Shayla sighed as she entered her courters. She had tried to persuade Forsk to think it over, but to no avail. But then she saw the note lying on her bed. She eagerly went to see what it was. It was from Jarrin. She opened it and read the letter.

Shayla, I know we've not known each other for long, but I feel you are someone I can trust.

The holographic transmitter next to this note is the only way you can contact me.

Do so as soon as it is possible, but do not let anyone find you under any circumstances.

Do it when you are out of the building, preferably on a mission alone.

I may need your assistance, if you are willing to lend it to me.

I'm sorry to leave, but you left me no choice as to what to do.

But there is something else you must know, that I cannot let anyone find out.

I have, in previous days, made an inscription on the wall of my courters.

However, it is in a code that I designed myself.

But I have inserted the decoder in the envelope of this letter, so that you may know what I know.

''And do not tell anyone. Not even Forsk.''

Brominax instructed me to keep it a secret, and for good reason, as you will soon find out.

BURN AFTER READING

-Jarrin

Shayla lowered the letter, and thought about what she may be getting herself into. Helping out a fugitive? But Jarrin needed her, and she now felt sure that he was innocent. She grabbed the decoder and holographic transmitter that came with the message, and then lit the not on fire with a bit of her laser power, then put it out with water. She then moved out of her corders and gracefully innocently walked to Jarrin's corders. She slipped in nonchalantly and found the inscription that Jarrin had told her about. She decoded it, and then looked at the results: "The Power Triangle piece is in Brominax's Throne."

She stepped back. She had lost her breath. The legendary Power Triangle. Each piece said to be extremely powerful, but when combined, it was ten times the power. And one of those pieces was actually IN Brominax's throne? The problem was: it was now Forsk's. Time to contact Jarrin.

Chapter 10
Janneus, Dracoinus, Ora, and two others stood there. Their group had dwindled down to these small five. Sure, the force hadn't been that large to start with, but this had been more difficult than he had expected. He battled like a mad being with the robot in front of him. It moved slowly, but it's armor could not be pierced by any of their powers, despite their great abilities. The robot also had devastating attacks, powered by the power triangle piece itself. Fortunately, the robot was incapable of even getting close to utilizing the full power of the triangle piece.

"Janneus, flank his left!" Draconius yelled. "He seems to not be guarding it some much there!"

Janneus realized he was right, and tumbled into position implicitly. He was starting to actually become fond of serving with Draconius. Their skills complimented each other perfectly. Janneus landed in a battle stance and unleashed a blast of electricity into an open socket on the robot.

It wailed in a metallic sound, and slowly turned to face him. Draconius seized the moment and struck the robot hard in the back, making the robot lose his step and make him off balance for only a second. It was all Janneus needed. He was on the robot in the instant, and slammed it with his shield, then whirling around and firing a burst of flame from his crowbar. The robot turned on a shield, and it was deflected. Draconius and Ora, being on the other side of the robot attacked. Ora launched a huge blast of power for someone his size, and Draconius fired his energized Thornax. It pierced the robot perfectly, and it was shocked with a bolt of electricity. The other two bounty hunters pounced, but were flung away from the sizzling robot in a zap of lightning and knocked unconscious. But the robot was almost dead. Janneus summoned a massive amount of power, and unleashed it all in one small piercing beam right in the center of the falling robot. It crumbled, and stopped sizzling with electricity. Draconius walked over the remaining metal parts of the robot and claimed the triangle piece in victory, holding it above his head.

-

Brominax was hit with the shock again.

"I ASK YOU AGAIN!" Exclaimed Tetrack in rage. "WHERE IS THE TRIANGLE PIECE!"

"I WILL NOT TELL!" Brominax growled back.

"HIT HIM AGAIN! FULL POWER!"

The being operating the control board turned two knobs, then pressed the dreaded red button.

Brominax was hit by another shock of lightning. The electricity coursed through every part of his body. The pain overwhelmed him. He yowled at the top of his lungs. His eyes were blinded with nothing but pure pain. He grabbed his neck as if being choked, all the while conscious of Tetrack's smile on his face.

The pain ceased. Brominax was still blind, and he found himself whimpering on the floor, curled in a ball. He had experienced great torture, but nothing like this. He didn't even know who was torturing him, except for his evil-sounding name: Tetrack.

"Now Brominax, let's hope you are ready to reveal some information." Tetrack said mockingly. "I'm surprised. Any average being would have died from a blast of such power. Now tell me, where is the power triangle?"

Brominax slowly raised himself from the cold stone floor with quivering arms, coughing.

"I told you before T-Tetrack." Brominax replied bravely. "I will not tell. And I will never. Tell me who you are, and what kind of organization this is."

"We," Tetrack responded, "call ourselves 'The Bounty Hunters' Guild'. And trust me, were not a group to be trifled with. Tell me where the power triangle is, let us have it, and we'll be out of your way forever."

"I don't trust you."

"Fine. Hit him again."

Chapter 11
Shayla had made contact. She had gotten out of the building surprisingly easily, with the classic, ''I need to step outside for a bit, I feel a bit faint. ''It was actually quite sad how idiotic some beings could be.

The blue image, jerking and hissing from the static, showed a picture of Jarrin.

"Ah," he said. "You've made it outside. I'm glad. Now there is something I need to tell you, and it is of the most utter importance."

Shayla heard a whisper. "What did you say? Just now."

"I didn't say anything."

"Hold on, I need to check something out. I'll call back in a bit."

She shut off the transmitter and moved toward the sound she'd heard. The whisper was becoming more audible. Finally, she saw it: Haze was talking via holographic transmitter to some being who looked to her like nothing but a small, ugly little creature, but she listened in to their conversation.

"I've in-planted the Nano-Virus." Haze said to the being. "I've already tested it twice. It is working perfectly. A little too perfectly. Fyxan almost sliced my head off. If all goes as planned, by the end of this week the enforcer's numbers will be cut in half. That is when you must make your strike."

"Yes," said the being. "But we have not yet gathered enough forces for an attack of that scale. We need you to get that power triangle piece. And we need you to do it fast. Oh, and," He looked over his shoulder right at Shayla. "It appears you have a visitor to despatch."

The transmission cut off. Haze's eyes stared at Shayla's. He darted at her with amazing swiftness. He knocked her over, and she fell into a nearby lake. But the water was her strength. She willed the water to pull her with amazing speed. She was underwater with Haze, and they were battling ferociously. She fired her lasers at him, but he stuck out his hand and used a sort of shield power to block the blast. Then he quickly whipped out a blade and sent it spiraling through the water toward her. She dodged it, but it came around and began chasing her. She had to swim faster than ever before just to stay infront of it. Then she dived down even further, whipped around and hit the pursuing dagger with another blast of laser, exploding it. She then willed the water to take her back up to where Haze was, but when she resurfaced, he was nowhere in sight. She warily got out of the water. The instant she was, she was hit by a bowling mass. She felt a dagger trying to pierce her armor, and realized Haze had ambushed her. She whipped out her weapon and attacked Haze once more. He deflected the slash with his dagger, and it came down to the skill of the blade. But Haze seemed to have more skill then she'd originally thought. Haze started to get her to the disadvantage, and he was slowly pushing more and more off her balance. Then, realizing she needed to regain herself, she activated her mask of jumping and practically flew up to one of the tallest trees she'd seen on the island. And breathing hard, she gazed down at her opponent, who simply stood waiting for his prey.

-

Shayla was starting to get hungry. She felt in the mood for some Kiglo Papaya Juice. It was her personal favorite. But Kyrus was still down below the tree, waiting for her to come down. Every now and then, he would try to surprise her by launching a blast of power at her, but she easily dodged it all. It was becoming a very trying, and boring, time. But it was at that time that Kyrus looked like he had an idea.

"Ah, Shayla." He said. "Perhaps you would like to witness the first test of the Guild's newest weapon. My master, Tetrack invented it. It's microscopic. It's why everybody has been attacking everybody. But it doesn't just make people go insane. It's more of a mind controller. And you are almost willingly letting me control you."

He pressed some buttons on a device he had strapped onto his wrist.

"Infact, your holding it right now."

Shayla was confused. The only thing she was holding was her weapon, and tha- HER WEAPON! THE ARMORY! ALL ARE ALLOWED THERE!

But it was too late she felt her body suddenly moving against her will. She had her own thoughts, she willed herself to lash out and attack Kyrus, but she could not. Her body had lost all connection with her mind. Kyrus smiled, and activated her mask of jumping, so she came down from the tree.

"Now come, Shayla." Kyrus said. "Let's get you back to the base."

Hidden deep within Shayla's pack a beeping sound was coming from a holographic transmitter. But it was too late. Jarrin was on his own.

Chapter 12
Jarrin set down the holographic transmitter, and sighed whilst sitting on a rock. It was clear Shayla wasn't going to respond any time soon. But she had to know Kyrus was evil. She just had to. He set down his spear. And he was glad he did. It began to glow an eerie color of green. But it was brightest in one spot. Carefully, he grabbed two sticks and flipped his spear so he could see that spot. He squinted his eyes and looked as close as he could. And then he saw it. A dot. A small black and green dot so small that no one would have ever seen it. But there it was: the reason for all the madness. He finally had his proof. Now he could return to Forsk. He slowly picked up the spear with the two sticks, careful not to touch it, lest he be mind controlled, and began the long walk back to base.

-

Forsk sat on his throne, bored as ever, with a glazed expression on his face.

The door opened, and Shayla walked in.

"Master," She said, with a strange tone.

He suspected she was still mad about the whole Jarrin thing.

"There are intruders coming. You must order our men to grab their weapons and fight back."

She said it strangely. But if Brominax trusted her, so did he. He grabbed his microphone.

"All units, grab your weapons and go out to the front of the base for further instructions!"

Forsk grabbed his spear, and instantly his eyes lit up, as did his spear.

"Ah, I see. Good deception. Come on Kyrus, you can stop hiding, and now you may lead us to our doom, if you like."

-

The order had Fyxan puzzling. It seemed so... sudden. But he had to follow orders. He went quickly to the armory, grabbed his chainsaws, and waited outside for the "further instructions" Forsk promised.

As did all the enforcers. It didn't take long for them all to be there. And then they waited.

If only Fyxan could have seen the smiling face in the window above.

-

"Alright, Tetrack," Kyrus said. "It's all ready. And now the fall of the enforcers. I expect some big widgets for this!"

"And so you shall have them for your... Valiant work. Proceed."

The transmission cut, and Kyrus pressed the button, and the battle erupted in front of him.

-

Fyxan could not stop himself. He dodged his fellow enforcer's blow. It was a large, black-armored burly brute, with not much agility. But Fyxan found himself performing not nearly as well as he could. He was slow. He missed openings. Not that he didn't want. They were his friends. But he could not stop himself. And he needed to. Fast. There was no one to break them out of their coma. Nobody to yell "enough!" and rescue them. But that's what they needed. And suddenly, it came, screeching across the battle field.

" ENOUGH!" Fyxan stopped and looked towards the sound. And he found himself face to face with Jarrin. Jarrin the traitor.

Chapter 13
"The noise has awaken them." Said Forsk to Kyrus.

Those two and Shayla were staring through a window.

"Jarrin must be disposed of." Kyrus replied. "Give the order."

Forsk moved over to the microphone sitting on his throne a few steps away. Kyrus turned his gaze back to the window, and suddenly a massive amount of flame was being stuffed in it. Jarrin had seen him and launched a blast of flame at him. And now the plans were ruined. He lost his concentration. Shayla realized what happened and dropped her weapons. Then she opened the window and wailed, "Drop your weapons everyone! It is the cause of the madness!"

The enforcers all dropped their weapons. All the enforcers except Forsk.

"Wait," Forsk said, "Are you telling me the weapons are what are causing-"

"Drop it!" Shayla wailed.

But it was too late. Kyrus had regained his concentration and was now controlling Forsk. Shayla gulped. She was going to have to fight a trained enforcer and a bounty hunter, both without her weapon.

-

Janneus walked through the door. Boreal watched him with distain. In his hand he held a piece of the power triangle. Janneus had explained about their little adventure to go and retrieve it.

"Now," Janneus said, "If you do know where the power triangle piece is, this will make you reveal it. If not, well, then, you'll probably experience extensive pain to the head, vomiting, and or rupturing in the upper area. Electrical currents flowing through your body are possible, along with the feeling of a dagger being sliced right through your head. Oh, and you might die. Now, you may ask why we've not done this to Brominax. Well, simple; he escaped, thanks to the idiot Matoran Ora. He is basically the worst guard in the universe. Except for this one guy I used to work with a long time ago, but that's beside the point. Anyway, let's get to the torture, shall we?"

Janneus held out the Triangle Piece and closed his eyes. And the pain that Boreal felt after that was so awful, so terrible, that if it was described, one would not be able to stand it.

But there was one promise of hope that still hung in Boreal's mind at that time. The only reason he had to keep on living; Brominax was alive. But as the torture continued, he thought of another reason to live; to get his revenge on Janneus.

-

Forsk came at Shayla swiftly. He brought around his fire staff, gripping it at the base so the tip was more deadly. Shayla ducked to avoid it, then stood up and grabbed the hand Forsk was using to hold the weapon. She tried to smash the weapon out of his hand, but it would not budge. Kyrus was not doing anything, but he was yelling, "Forsk! Where is the triangle piece?"

To which Forsk simply replied, "I don't know!" and continued battling.

Which made sense. The only people who knew about the triangle piece were Brominax, special force members, and now her. She was still wrestling with Forsk. Finally, she used her laser arm to blast Forsk in the face. He let go of his weapon and passed it off to her. But that was it. Kyrus had control of Shayla now.

Kyrus quickly asked, "Where is the Triangle Piece?"

Shayla found herself moving towards Forsk's throne. She could not stop. Forsk wouldn't stop her either. He just had a dazed look on his face as though he had no idea what was going on, and didn't intend to get involved. As she arrived at the throne, she lifted Forsk's blade high above her head and brought it down into the rock. It split open, and there was the piece. She lifted it and began walking it towards Kyrus. And right as she was handing it to him, her hand was shot with a burst of flame. It flew out of her hand to her great delight, and bounced off the wall, came back to her hand, flew past that, and in to the ready arms of Jarrin.

"No!" Kyrus wailed. "Shayla! Get him!"

Shayla found herself moving toward him against his will. But Jarrin came at her fast, and brought his hand down on her spear HARD. It fell out of her hand and clattered on the floor. She stopped what she was doing and looked at Kyrus. Kyrus looked at Jarrin.

"Give me the Triangle Piece!"

"Never!" Screamed Jarrin.

Then the door opened behind Jarrin and in came Brominax, weapon in hand.

"What's going o-"

"DROP YOUR WEAPON!" Said Shayla and Jarrin in unison.

But it was too late. Kyrus already had control of him. Brominax leaped through the air and landed on top of Shayla. With one massive hard kick she was out of the way and sputtering on the floor. The he activated his Fehja, or Mask of Telekinetic Motion and sent Jarrin flying back, while keeping the Triangle Piece in it's previous position. Brominax then grabbed the piece and delivered it to Kyrus.

"Thank you. Now if you don't mind, I'll be going now."

And with a smile, Kyrus used Jet Shoes that Shayla didn't even know he had, and flew out the top of the building, crashing through the ceiling, and laughing to himself in victory. And after he was out of range, Brominax regained his sanity. But it was at that time that the three still in the room realized that there was far more to this plot than there seemed. But to Shayla, who was just lifting herself off the ground, there was only one thing that mattered; finding Boreal.

Chapter 1
The floor was covered in Vomit. Boreal coughed, this time thankfully he didn't throw up.

Janneus laughed.

"Well, it seems you certainly don't know where the triangle piece is. But we have other ways of finding it."

Just then, Janneus' Holographic Transmitter beeped.

"What is it?" Said Janneus as he activated it and took it off his belt.

Boreal looked at the image on it. It was Kyrus!

"Haze! Haze!" Boreal shouted. "I'm imprisoned! Come help me!"

Kyrus laughed, and looked over his shoulder at Boreal.

"He still doesn't know?" He asked.

"No. Now, what is the news?" Janneus asked.

"Inform your master," Kyrus said, "That I have the Triangle piece and am on my way back to deliver it to Tetrack."

"I have the other piece right here." He replied. "I'll tell him."

The transmission cut off.

Janneus smiled.

"Well, it looks like you're not going to have to go through this again."

He lifted up his Triangle Piece.

"Good day to you. Oh, and you might want to clean up a bit of that vomit."

-

Tetrack sat in his chair in the conference room. He was reflecting previous events. But the past didn't matter, Kyrus was about to destroy the whole organization known as the Enforcers of Gigas Magna. Then another though entered his mind. He had constantly tried to shove it out of his mind. For thousands of years he had tried. But he couldn't. His creator, a great being named Axconox, had created him separate and unique from other Kodax. He was made about the same time, but with special orders from this great being; find the power triangle pieces. He had said that Tetrack would understand in the near future. And within the next three days he did. The Great Beings realized he planned to defect, and join the Core War. With a being of his great power, they could not let that happen. Spherus Magna would shatter sooner than they had anticipated, and the Mata Nui robot, along with other things they were creating to preserve life, would be destroyed. But being lovers of peace, they could not kill him. They imprisoned him in stone, a stone that could not be destroyed unless one had the greatest of power. That is why Axconox had wanted the power triangle. That's why Tetrack had been created; to rescue him from his fate. But Tetrack was smarter than that. The instant he had realized why Axconox had wanted him to do this, he ran away. He ran away to a far away place. The place that would later be known as Gigas Magna. And now that his objective was to collect the triangle pieces, he could not help but recollect these old memories. The door opened.

"Sir," Said the voice of Janneus, "Kyrus has the power triangle piece. He is on his way here. After that, only one more to go."

"Yes," Tetrack replied, "One more to go. But it will be the hardest one of them all to get."

"If you don't mind me asking," Said Janneus, pulling up a seat and propping his feet on the conference table, "What exactly should I be preparing myself for, when we go to get the final triangle piece? You keep saying it will be 'the most dangerous' and so on, but what exactly does that mean?"

"Janneus, don't you have duties to be attending to?" Tetrack asked, trying to get Janneus out of the room.

"Of course I do." He replied forwardly, "But I'm not going 'til you tell me, so tell me."

Tetrack sighed.

"Alright." He replied, "We are going to have to voyage there by ship. We cannot teleport there, for there is a teleportation block within about a thousand miles of it. We cannot go there by airship, because there are massive stalactites hanging from the ceiling of a cave we must go through. So thus, the only thing I can conclude is that we must go by ship, all the while braving the most dangerous of creatures."

Chapter 2
Brominax strode through the hallway, Forsk and Jarrin following him on the right side, and Shayla and Fyxan on the other. Brominax led them down a large flight of stairs, and deep underground, to a room that belonged specifically to Brominax. It was his personal room. But the meeting that was about to take place was far from personal.

"Alright, listen up." Brominax said sternly. "This meeting is about the triangle pieces, and a few other matters. But first off, does anyone know what we're up against."

All but Jarrin shook there heads.

"Well," Brominax continued, "I do. It seems we are up against a band of bounty hunters. No, more than just a band, at least three hundred I would guess. There leader is a being named Tetrack. He seems to be paying each and every one of his men, but how he got the funds to do so is beyond me. Shayla, after Haze, you are our best analyst. Your task is to learn more about this 'Tetrack'. Jarrin, your job is to return to the base at these coordinates-"

He punched some numbers into a data pad and gave it to Jarrin.

"-and rescue Boreal. I assume you haven't found him yet. And I also assume he was abducted by the same group."

Everyone nodded.

"As for Forsk, you are to lead a team to the temple, the legendary home of one of the triangle pieces. If the defenses are down, we know that the bounty hunters have it. And as for me and Fyxan, we're going up river."

Fyxan looked up.

"You don't mean-"

"I do. The trinagle pieces are almost worthless unless you have all three. So thus I must assume they will be after them all. So, Fyxan, prepare a crew. Forsk, prepare a team. Jarrin, a squad. Shayla, hurry up on that research, then try to catch up with us. This will be the most daring attempt ever, save that one thing I did in the war with the Kodax."