Dark Origins

This is the second story listed in Dark Origins. This story tells of Makuta Serrakaan's early life, and exactly how he got his fearsome reputation.

Prologue
The leader of an infamous Mercinary group was running for his life. He was known for his courage, but what he saw stripped it all away. Earlyer that year, he was leading a raid to Xia. He claimed half the island and stole many things that were deemed valuable from weapons to artifacts. His attempts to power got bolder, and more contingent on certain events. When his miscalculations lead to the failure of a mission of conquest and destroyed half the island, drawing the attention of a very well known organization, and when you got their attention, that was usually very bad for you. He had lost alot of his crew in the accident that took place on his failed mission, so, in order to make sure he would not be attacked by opposeing forces, he retreated to his secret fortress on the island of stelt. It was a well fortified place that was supposed to be hidden, but the organization that was after him had an uncanny talent for finding hidden things of the sort. He had seventy men left and they were all on guard duty, they had been all day. Night was now approaching, and the guards were very tired, and suseptable. He was sitting in his quarters when suddenly he heard a blood curdleing scream from one of his guards. He ran outside and the captain of his forces ran up to him.

"What's wrong?" He aked the captain.

"We just found the remnants of one of our squads. They are all dead, and they were covered in blood. What are we going to do. They must have found us."

"Go to the gate and wait for orders. I will go to my quarters and await any updates."

The captain went to the gates as he said he would and ordered another squad to be sent out. Three men went one way down the wall of the fortress and three others went into the oposite direction.

"I can't believe that a whole squad just vanished, they must have been scared of the dark."

"The captain said that they were found dead near the beach. He didn't say how they died."

"That's kinda kreepy. But hey as long as we stay together we should be fine."

One of the men turned the corner of the wall and when his comrades turned the corner two seconds later, he was gone.

"WOW, how did he do that? He's probabley trying to kreep us out. Come out, you're being so scary. See we are shaking in fear."

"What's that coming down the wall?"

"I don't know."

They walked over to see that blood was dripping from the wall. And they looked up they saw a body falling toward them. They leaped back and screamed. It was their missing comrade.

"Oh no...... Oh Gosh no!"

"We're dead! We're all dead!"

Chapter 1
There were many more screams heard from outside the fortress. So many. They all ended in a girgleing sound which was the sound of them choking on their own blood. They were uncrotolably fearful of something they couldn't see. They were running in all different directions. At one momment a black blurr streaked through the middle of a group of guards, quckly dragging the guards one by one onto the darkness. They were constantly screaming. Nothing could save them. The captain opened the gate to send out more guards to fight, but when he looked behined him, they were all dead, and standing over their bodies was a being. He was tall, hooded, and cloaked. All in black. Blood red eyes peaked from under the hood. The captain felt as though his heart was going to beat out of his chest. Suddenly blood began to run from his mouth and eyes, cutting off the scream. Their leader saw this from an open window and was stricken with fear. He had never seen anything like this one. He ran for a distress signal to call all his ships out at sea. He called them all back to the island and as soon as he did he ran for his ship. He turned around to see if he was being followed. He turned back and saw the being in black standing right in front of him. He looked into his eyes and saw all he ever feared. He then died, drowned in his own blood. The ships were headed inland and the being looked at them without even a hint of fear. He was not going to let a few massive ships stop him from his mission. He walked to the beach to prepare to destroy the ships, and then he would leave the island as he only needed to wipe out the mercinarries entirely. He looked at the ships and smiled, he wanted to see their horrified looks as to what he was about to do to them.

Chapter 2
He looked in the direction of the ships and simpley smiled. All he had to do was simpally kill them and leave. And that's exactly what he did.The crew of the ships were on their way. They were getting themseleves ready, from the signal they had received, it was urgent that they be ready to fight.

"I can't believe that one person could take out the whole squad. I guess it's always up to us to clean do the extra work."

"Look. There is somone on the shore. Who the heck is that?!"

"It's the person who is responsible for all of this, set our course in his direction."

They looked at the shore and suddenly a very large tidal wave came from the shore and was about to engulf three of the ships. It completely turned them over, then a vortex that went from under the water, came up from underneath the ships causing a whirlpool. The vortex suddenly went away, causing the whirlpool to close on top of the ships that were traped in it. Then the being on the shore launched a bolt of lightning so powerful that it blasted through the hull of two ships, causing water to get in. The ships began to go down really fast. As if they had somehow become much heavier. Once they sunk, there was only three ships left.

"OPEN FIRE!!!!!" Yelled the captain of the ships. They launched their catapults in the direction of the being and there was a direct hit. Once the smoke cleared, there seemed to be absolutely no harm caused to the being on the shore. He suddenly raised his head and a blast of heat came from his eyes boiling the water under two of the ships. Then another wave came and sent the two ships slamming into eachother and they both started to sink into the boiling water. The men were screaming from the pain of the water. The last ship was still headed in the general direction of the island, when a wave came from behined the ship and sent it slamming into the rocky shore of the island. The being was knowhere in sight.

Chapter 3
The men got off their ship. There was no way that it could sail, and no way that anyone survived the catastrophe that occurred just seconds ago.

"What are we going to do? We're stuck here with a massively powerful being with no way to leave."

"I think that's what whoever he is intended to do."

"Ha, as if he could beat all of us."

'What the heck do you mean!!!!! Were you there, he just utterly destroyed all of our ships!!!"

"You don't really think he did all of that do you?"

"Do you have a better explanation?"

The mercinarry was about to summon a reply when he heard a scream off shore. He and several others ran toward the scream and saw it was one of the men from the secret fortress. H was running / limping toward them and he fell down when his foot tore off in the sand. He was covered in blood.

"Leave!!!!! Leave now!!! PLEASE!!!"

He started to cry as he lay in the sand. He was torn and broken. There was hardly anything left of him.

"Leave him here, we have much bigger problems."

They looked toward the direction in which he was pointing and saw a tall being in a black hooded cloak standind on a cliff looking at them. They started to run back to the ship as fast as they could go.

"Don't leave me here!!!!!" Said the man covered in blood.

"PLEASE!!!!!!!!!"

One of the men turned back to help him, but when he got back to him he looked into the eyes of the person standing on the cliff, and suddenly he started to scream. He fell on the ground and started to scream and cry as blood began to run from his eyes and mouth, then he began to drown in his own blood. The others were still running to the ship, not dareing to look back.

Chapter 4
They ran for the ship as fast as they could. They knew that it would be suicide to go to help their fallen comrade, so they just kept running. There was suddenly a large explosion and the ship began to sink back into the water. There was now nowhere to run. They looked back and they got out their weapons. They began to blast numerouse lazer fire at the hooded monster. It lept away and was leaping from rock to rock on the shore, eventually they stoped fireing and that was a grave mistake, as when the monster landed it unleashed a storm of lightning in their direction. It stuck several of them and incinerated two of them. They began to run more inland, thinking that they would be safer. One of them fell to the ground as if his body were to heavy to carry, his armor crushed him against the ground and after this, it looked as if somone crushed him under a rock. They kept running, and eventually got into the forest on the island. There they thought they could hide for a while, but in their hearts, they new it would only be a matter of time before the monster found them. They had hidden in the forest for a few days, and they knew it was only a matter of time.

"I never thought I would ever be put in a situation like this. I thought that they settled matters peacfully, not by killing all those involved."

"Well we did commit a very great offense against them, if only we knew better than to raid a Makutas fortress for lute."

"How are we going to leave, there isn't a boat, there is no one coming for us, and there is no way we will be able to kill it."

"You know, I think that thing is actually a Makuta."

"No, Makuta don't go on missions that their servants can't handle."

"Well whatever it is, it will more than likely kill us, we need to be more smart about this and plan our next move."

"And exactly what do you expect us to do, fight it."

"Maybe, if we can evade it for a while, we will make it go away just out of not being able to get us."

"Oh no, oh Gosh no!!! We need to get out of here!!!!!!!!!

They looked at one of their comrades and he was dripping in the blood that was pooring from his mouth. It had found them.

Chapter 5
They began to run as fast as they could. They heard something in the trees, but it was so dark they couldn't see it. They kept running, but one of them fell on the ground, and he was quickly dragged into the darkness behined them. There were now only three of them left. They were still running as fast as their legs could carry them, when they could hear their lost comrade screaming in the darkness. When they eventually got out into the open, a shadow hand reached out of the forest and grabbed one of them by the legs and dragged him back in. Needless to say, he was screaming the entire way. The final two ran away from the forest and onto the beach. They suddenly caught a glimpse of it leaping to a rock above them. One of them opened fire with a plasma blaster when a shadow hand reached from above and lifted him out of sight. The one that was left was a little smarter than the rest. He knew that giving into fear and panic was the last thing he should do, so he maintained his composure and still ran for his life. He continued to run when he realized that maybe he should just stop running, and face the fact that maybe he wasn't supposed to survive.

"Well, here goes everything." He said, as he droped his gun and stood still on the sand. He stood there for a little bit over a minute. He knew that it was somewhere nearby as his fear was growing almost to a point where he couldn't keep his emotions under control. Suddenly he looked inland and saw a very tall figure headed quickly toward him. He knew that this was going to be the end.

Chapter 6
He braced himself for impact, as he was about to be struck, and more than likely dragged into some cave where he would bleed to death from some gruesome injury. He waited for about a couple seconds and then realized that he was still alive. He waited for a little longer, and nothing happened, he oppened his eyes and saw that the hooded figure was standing right in front of him. It was looking at him with a very focused stare, as if he were studying him. He dared not look into the eyes of the monster, as his comrades already paid in blood for that mistake. He waited, nothing was happening. Then suddenly, the monster grabbed him by the throat and forced his gaze to meet with his. The terrible red eyes were looking strait into his. He was still looking into his eyes as if he were looking at a very rare creature. He apparently did not intend for him to die, as he wasn't bleeding anywhere yet. He looked into the monsters eyes, and saw not what he expected. He expected to see rage and beastleness, but instead, he saw calm, wisdom, and understanding. He appeared to be actually sentient, so he obviousley wasn't a creature. Could it be possible that this supposed monster was really a Makuta? The being, Makuta or not, dropped him to the floor and teleported away. He didn't know why the being let him live, but he hoped he would never have to experience again what he had experienced in the past few days. And that, was absolute, and pure, fear.

Chapter 7
Makuta Serrakaan just got back from his mission. Yes. It was him who killed all those mercinaries, and he did it without even the slightest hint of reluctance. He was never one to be seen being merciful, or regretful. He never truly cared of what happened in the outside world, and was rarely ever seen around Destral. He, like all the others, was made of the greenish black substance that formed all makuta. He, for some reason, was always diferent. He never spoke, unless it was with someone he deemed worthy to speak with. He was practically never seen or heard by anyone, and his fellow Makuta always respected him, and some even feard him. He was most renound in the outside world even though no one ever knew who did the things he did. The people who have seen his handywork and didn't know he was a makuta have named him the blood summoner. Some people even think that it was disease that killed the people that he assassinated, because there were never any marks of violence like a cut or a dent in armor. The victems of this so called disease died because the lost so much blood from inside their bodies, and those bodies are typically found drowned in their own blood. He was always called by Miserix if he wished someone to be killed. And Serrakaan never failed a mission. The Makuta always knew that when Serrakaan was called, someone was going to die. He was now headed to Miserix's throne room, and he may receive another mission.

Chapter 8
Serrakaan entered the throne room and waited for his presence to be acknowleged. He had just returned from a mission, and he was now awaiting orders from Miserix.

Miserix looked at him when he arrived and said." I expect that you have completed your mission. Well done. I do yet have another mission for you."

Serrakaan never spoke, but communicated using his mind. " What is it that you require?"

Miserix responded to his question saying." There has been a developement with a few warlords who have overridden their boundarries. It would seem that they are going to ammass together six armies to take over the Northern regions and quite possibly all that the can get their claws on. I have heard from a reliable source that the army that belongs to a warlord named Mantax has split into two groups. One group is headed to join with the other armies, and the other is waiting for orders on a remote island in the south. It is comprised of three hundered soldiers, quite enough for an army of toa to be overrun by. So I have made arrangements for you and two other Makuta to destroy that particular regiment before they join with the others."

Serrakaan listened, but not with much enthusiasm. He never liked the idea of partnership with other Makuta.

"Seeing as you do not prefer to work in a team, I have made arrangements for you to work with the most reasonable partners for you. Makuta Antroz, and Makuta Kholtreck. They will aid you in your mission. Is there anything that you would like to say?"

"The mission will be completed my master." Said Serrakaan, as he left the throne room without hesitation.

Chapter 9
Serrakaan was not as frustrated as he thought he would be. He thought that he would be partnered with someone that he generally disliked like Icarax, Benjarmin, Zygirld, or Mutran. But Miserix new that Serrakaan didn't work very well with others, so he paired him up with the two Makuta that Serrakaan had a little respect for. Makuta Antroz was always good at catching the enemy off their guard and using his powers to baffle them in their defense. Kholteck however was actually very similar to Serrakaan in more ways than one. He always was hooded and cloaked, and never spoke aloud to anyone accept the leader of the Brotherhood. He was very secretive, as would be expected of someone who never spoke, and Miserix seemed to have alot of respect for him and things reguarding him. Khotreck was never seen arround Destral. Some people even wonder if he even is a Makuta, but the power he displayed in combat clearly gave away the fact that he was a Makuta. However even the Makuta don't know his mask power. People have speculated it to be many things, as the things he has done in combat could not be explained by his Makuta powers alone. Miserix seems to not be surprised by his unusual abilities, so he may know what his mask power is. But in truth, nobody can actually see his mask, the only thing that they can see are white eyes peering through the blackness under his hood. His eyes also seperate him from general Makuta appearance, as no Makuta has white eyes like his. He was rarely sent on missions, and this occasion was no acception.

Chapter 10
Serrakaan, Antroz, and Kholteck all got to the island that held Mantax's army. They stayed a distance off shore so as to not give away their prescence, and the three Makuta discussed the means of destruction that was to be distributed to the army.

"We need to do something that will send them oof balance emediately. They are well organized, and will take some doing to destroy." Said Serrakaan.

Serrakaan and Kholtreck never spoke, but they comunicated telepathically.

"You are right, but how are we to disrupt so many of them when they may call out for a distress signal to the army on the Northern continent. We will need to kill alot of them quickly, and without hesitation. The attack must be constant if we are to catch them and keep them off balance." Said Antroz.

Kholtreck said nothing for a while, but both Makuta knew that his imput would be important. Kholtreck had a reputation for making plans that no-one could stop. He planned for every contingency, and never overlooked a detail.

"I will return soon." Said Kholtreck, as he teleported away to scout the area, and plan for the doom of an entire army.

Chapter 11
Kholtreck came up with a plan to destroy most of the army in one strike, but it required a great usage of power to do it all. He, Antroz, and Serrakaan all were standing at three corners arround the army and Kholtreck raised his hand, then something began to happen. Two huge gaps formed in the ground all the way across the island allowing the ocean to swarm into the canyon that was created for the army to fall into. Antroz and Serrakaan acted in perfect harmony by causing a huge gust of wind using their power over a vaccume to send many more people falling into the flooding canyon. Kholtrck then blasted a gigantic white beam of heat from his hand and began to boil the water. The screams of agony were the signal for the three Makuta to attack the rest of the army. They all three used their power of weather control to summon lightning from the sky that came pooring down on the army that hadn't fallen into the canyon. There were still a few survivors. Serrakaan and Antroz teleported right into the bulk of them and started to kill them. Serrakaans blades were spinning faster than the eye could see. Heads, limbs, and other bodyparts were being cut off every seccond by the whirling blades. Kholtreck used his power of gravity to crush any who tried to get near him. All in all, blood covered the battlefield and every being accept the three Makuta were still standing. Kholtreck looked at the others who were both looking back at him a surprise. He had done some things with his powers that no Makuta had ever done before. Eventually they all left, going back to Destral.

Chapter 12
Serrakaan had gotten back to Destral as did Kholtreck and Antroz. Antroz went to find Miserix to tell him of the success with the mission, Kholtreck dissapeared as soon as the got to the island. Serrakaan went to his quarters to ponder what mission Miserix would send him on next. Usually it would be an assassin mission, but that is what Serrakaan did best, so it was nothing out of the ordinary. Serrakaan never really had concern for what missions he was sent on, he only knew that each one had to be completed. And so far, he has never failed. Serrakaan then sat down and decided to look upon his trophies. There were many. He had heads hanging on the walls of his quarters, and some of them were still rotting. There were seven hundered and twenty trophies in all. Some were heads, some were shields, and some were swords and other weapons. He had always looked at these and just looking at them gave him a sense of satisfaction. He was glad that he had a little time off of missions. And he would have alot of time to himself, until Miserix called upon him for another mission. Serrakaan went on numerose missions year after year, and for hundereds of years the blood summoner became even more legendary. They will scream for air, but their lungs will fill with blood.

Chapter 13
Serrakaan had just gotten back from a mission. He was sent to find the pirates who stole a shipment of brotherhood suplies and a very important artifact. He had killed the pirates, and found all of the supplies, but the artifact was not there. Miserix would not be pleased. He sent Icarax out to deal with another shipment and Icarax brought back their leader. Miserix was interrogating him when Serrakaan arrived.

"Where is it!" He yelled at the cowering pirate who looked at him with a horror filled glare.

"I don't know, I swear!!!" Said the pirate leader, in an agonizing tone.

Miserix looked into his eyes and saw what he had suspected. "Your lieing."

Miserix began to electrocute the person. His screams were heard throuout the fortress.

"OK!" He yelled. "I'll tell you!"

Miserix smiled and listened to the name of the location.

"Take him to the dungeons." He yelled to the two rakshi, as the dragged him out of the throne room. Miserix went and found Serrakaan and said.

"I need you to go to one of the southern islands, the second one in the chain. There will be a squad of pirates there guarding an important shipment that arrived earlyer this month. Kill the pirates and bring me the artifact. Is that clear?"

Serrakaan nodded and walked out of the throne room. He had no time to waste.

Chapter 14
Serrakaan took one of the fastest ships that the Brotherhood had and went to the island in the southern chain. He anchored the ship a little off the coast so that it could not be seen by the pirates.He then received a message from Miserix saying that the mission needed to be done as soon as possible. Miserix seemed to really want this artifact whatever it was, and it was Serrakaans job to go to the island, kill the pirates, retrieve the artifact, and return to Destral. He teleported to the beach and teleported as close to the entrance of the fortress as possible. As he approached the the gates to the fortress six guards came out to meet him with weapons trained on him. The guards thought that everything was secure until Serrakaan got within striking distance. It takes a little while to explain this but it really happened in a matter of four seconds. Serrakaan made a diagonal slice right through the torso of the guard in front of him, cutting him in half. He then followed through with another strike to the head of the guard next to the one he just killed and decapitated him. Two of the last four guards ran at him and he threw out his hand sending a surge of magnetism slamming into them which sent them flying into the wall. The impact of their bodies hitting the wall not only cracked the hard stone wall but when they bounced off, they left a blood stain behined them on the wall. Serrakaan emediately threw his blade at the last two guards and decapitated them in the process. The massive stone gates were shut tight. Serrakaan however did not see this as a problem and chaged a massive lightning bolt that shattered the gates and desintegrated the guards standing behined them. There were many piurates that came rushing to meet him. He kept walking forward, waiting for his next victem to approach.

Chapter 15
Three guards came and rushed Serrakaan. They had their swords ready to strike. Serrakaan sent a vaccume slamming right through them and then he launched a bolt of lightning at the three guards coming from the side. They of course died and then he leaped into the air and threw his blades in a spinning motion at the guards who came after him. They were all sliced in half and the blades returned to Serrakaans hands and then he crushed two more guards with gravity. He then sent a surge of magnetism through the air sending even more guards flying in the opposite direction. He then stomped the floor and a huge crack appeared in it and swallowed alot of the guards in a bottomless pit. He then sent a power scream that had all of them covering their ears in pain and horror. Blood came rushing out of the mouths of the ones who were in earshot and they slipped in puddles of their own blood. All of the guards were on the ground dead or dying after that, and soon Serrakaan saw a large door securely fastened. That must be where the artifact was kept. He blew open the door with a lightning bolt and there was one lone guard standing in front of a mask on a table. The guard rushed at Serrakaan and was going to stab him. Serrakaan reached out and grabbed him by the throut and slammed his head into the wall. Blood exploded from his head as he fell. Serrakaan grabbed the mask on the tabel, wondering why Miserix wanted one mask. But still, it was only a matter of time befor he found out.

Chapter 16
Serrakaan returned to Destral. When he got there he saw something that surprised him. About thirteen ships were anchored a mile near the shore, and none of them belonged to the brotherhood. He didn't stop however to destroy them, instead he went to the throne room and saw Miserix torturing a pirate laying on the floor in front of him. Serrakaan emediately recogized the pirate to be the one he spared one hundered years before on his mission to destroy a band of mercinarries. He was the only one Serrakaan let live, and Serrakaan knew that he had to save his life again. Serrakaan went up to Miserix and handed him the mask. Miserix smiled and said.

Good Serrakaan. I am well pleased." Miserix shot a glance at the pirate.

"Take care of him."

Serrakaan went walking toward the pirate, who seemed to recognize him. He had a horrified look on his face as he tried to crawl away, but Serrakaan grabed him, and took him away. Serrakaan took him to an island nearby and left him in a better state than he found him, although this time he was unconciouse. Serrakaan returned to Destral just in time, for when he got on land a very big demensional gate opened around the island and swollowed it. Serrakaan had no idea of what happened, but later realized that the mask he had must have been a Kanohi Almak. Now he realized why Miserix wanted, and Serrakaan could only imagine it's offensive capabilities.

Chapter 17
Serrakaan had lived for many years on Destral, and during those years only seldom was it that a convication would be called. He had never really cared about the problems that Miserix believed that the makuta could fix as a whole, working body, to help cleanse the universe of all that was evil. But Serrakaan was on a mission far from his island base on Destral when another convication was called. He had just killed the last of the people that Miserix had assigned him to kill, no more and no less. They had interfered with a very important shipment of goods to the Northern continent and it wasn't the first time that they had done so. They had interfered with many shipments on many islands, and it was only a matter of time for Miserix to hear about it. These people had killed alot of innocent people in the process of their thefts, and Miserix wanted them to stare death in the face for themselves, so he sent Serrakaan to do just that. Serrakaan had killed forty people by the time they realized he was even there. He used much stealth in his killings, and when a body, more like bodies, were discovered, it was quite clear that the blood summoner had come to kill them. They did everything they could to fortify the fortress. The only way to now access it was to use brutal force to destroy the walls, but this was not a problem for Serrakaan, for he was already inside. He killed all of them quietly and with maximum bloodshed.The leader of these theives had sealed himself in a supposedly secure room. If only he knew that walls won't seperate a Makuta from it's mission. Serrakaan appeared right in front of the unsuspecting leader of the theives. Their leader shieked a little and raised his overly large sword to face Serrakaan, to bad Serrakaan was in no mood for a fight. The thief rushed toward him and let out a loud yell as he ran. Serrakaan merely used his quick reflexes to smack the sword backwards toward the arm of the theif. He lost his arm to his own sword. Serrakaan then grabbed him by his throat and squeezed his claws into it. Blood started to run from the gaping holes in his neck as Serrakaan dropped him. His mission was complete. He suddenly turned arround and saw makuta Krika standing behined him.

"Such a gruesome way to kill someone, for someone who dlivers justice, don't you agree?"

Serrakaan spoke using his mind saying.

"What is it you require?"

Krika responded saying.

"Miserix has called a convication, he wants all makuta to be there as is tradition. If you are finished here I would suggest we head back to Destral immeditely."

Serrakaan nodded and took his ship back to Destral to hear what Miserix had to say. Krika had informed him that Teridax had something to do with why the convication was called, but he didn't know why. But it was only a matter of time before he found out.

Chapter 18
Serrakaan returned to Destral, he walked into the huge courtyard of the Destral fortress right in front of the main tower. The Rahkshi cowered away from Serrakaan as he had the huge gates open before him as he entered. The gates shut behined him, the throne was a little ways in front of him, and it was empty. He could not deny how large this room was, let alone how large the fortress was, but it was not the largest fortress he had seen. He walked into a hallway exiting the throne room; he could see a few Makuta walking toward the elevator. He decided to go toward the the opposite elevator from the makuta, as he was not very social toward others, especially with Bitil, Krika, and Icarax. The elevators were basically a large slab of stone with a very heavy stone on either side, a small panel controlled which stone would lift or lower the elevator. Two very thick ropes conected the elevator to the preasure stones, so it was not very technical. The elevator raised him to the fifthteenth floor where the quarters were located, at least where his was. There were several floors dedecated to the quarters of the makuta, and Serrakaans could be reached from the fourteenth and fifthteenth floor. He went to a very large doorway, that needed a certain key to open it. He entered, going to a large shelf in the wall where he deposited his blades. They were both covered with blood, as he set them down, He reached for a cloth to wipe the blood off, as he did not perfer to have bloodstains on his belongings. He set them on their displays in front of his collection of masks, reminding him of just how those masks got there. After he set them down, he left his quarters and walked back to the elevators to be lifted to the convication chamber. He entered the doorway and saw that almost all the makuta had arrived. As he sat down he listened to what Miserix had to say.

" Teridax, as we all know, went to Metru Nui, to solve the problem between the matoran there. He had to do some gruesome things, that could have been ignored if the war was never started. So, I have decided to make sure that nothing like this would ever happen again. So, as of now, I am going to send each and every one of you to a certain island, an island that you will watch over for as long as need be.

Several Makuta did not like this new change, but Serrakaan made no objection. Miserix took each of the Makuta asside in the convication chamber to tell them of which reigion they would watch over. Miserix eventually took Serrakaan asside, and began to speak with him saying.

" I know you are not the caregiving type, so I have decided to give you the island that is the farthest in the chain of the southern islands. You will moniter the population of matoran there, the population is small, so you will not have to deal with many problems. Another reason I gave you this island is because of how secluded it is from outsiders. It will be a perfect place for, Him, to live unnoticed, and undisturbed. I will still require the majority of the assassin missions to be made by you, as you do not leave any evidence indicating the Brotherhood. Will this be sufficient, or do you need to negotiate other options?"

Serrakaan accepted the offer, as he was not ever going to turn down one so grand. He went back down to his chamber, and delecately held one of his blades as if it were made of glass. Perhaps he cleaned the blood off prematurely.

Chapter 19
When Serrakaan got to the island he was none the less intregued. He had seen the island before on missions, but never realized just how suitable it was for him and his purposes. He saw that the matoran population was about thirty three people, and that they were all matoran of sonics, and seeing as the like to keep to themselves, it would be easy to coexist with them. Serrakaan built a vast fortress farther inland. He made it so that most of it's interior was in the mountain, but the gate and as well as a few towers were visible from the outside. He made for himself a throne room, deep in the fortress, so that he would generally not be disturbed. He also had his quarters, where he slept and kept all of his personal things. He also had a trophy room, and that was filled with all sorts of vile things. He had a library of knowledge that he had accumulated over the years and wrote down. He also had a training chamber, an armory, and a dungeon deep under the fortress. He also had interogation rooms, and pretty much anything you might find in the fortress on Destral. There was one more thing that he made in the fortress, and that was a very large chamber so deep that it would be considered close to the center of the island. He had numerose secret chambers in the fortress, but this was the hardest one to locate, and it was also the largest. Exactly what he kept in this chamber is unknown, but it must be something incredibley valuable. He now sat on his throne thinking of what to do next. Wondering if anything exciting would come his way. He was about to go to his quarters to sleep until he heard something, and when you live in a place with matoran of sonics, it would be quite rare to hear noise. He got up and walked outside to see three matoran walking around. He wished he could end them, so that he could gain their fear and respect, but instead he appeared in front of them, and looked at them. They returned his glance, but they were alot more worse for wear then he was. It looked as though that had just fought something and barely got away. He could read in their minds that something was on the island, besides him, that they had not seen before, so he decided to find out what it was.

Chapter 20
Serrakaan soon realized that there was a dominant rahi on the island, and that it had caused alot of caose with the vilagers. It was very large, with a long tail, and fire coming from it's mouth. Serrakaan had only ever seen one of it's kind before, and he eventually subdued it with his mind, and a few years after that, he had it under his thumb, as if it had always been his personal pet. He had it stay close to the fortress as a guardian, even though he didn't really need it to guard his fortress, it amused him. Serrakaan also spent a few years creating a device that would cast perpetual darkness arround his territory. He had some issues with the matoran always spying on him and creating rumors of who he was so he had the beas consume anyone it saw on sight. A much better fate compared to what Serrakaan would do to the person he caught spying. Eventually the matoran lived in fear of the dark territory, knowing that those who entered, had hardly any chance of getting out. The matoran never crossed the limit, which was coming apon a river that flowed in the dark territory. It was a most horrible place to go, and even a more horrible place to die. However the beast would not be able to destroy anything that it came across, as it would soon realize.

Miserix was walking the shores of the island with dissappointment in his eyes. He knew that Serrakaan would not befriend the Matoran, but he did not expect him to kill any who came in his territory. Miserix forced a matoran to lead him to the river on the island, and if it were not for Miserix's imposing stature, there would be no way that the matoran would go. The matoran led him down a winding path and told him stories of the dark being that lived in this place, and how knowone ever saw him and lived, accept for one, and the expeirience was so horrible that that particular never left his hut again for anything, and always had terrible nightmares of that night. Miserix then began to say.

"Well I have not seen anything that would suggest......................."

He stoped as he saw a body covered in blood right where he was about to place his foot. It was fresh.

"WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE, IT'S COMING, RUN!!!!!!!!!! "

Chapter 21
Miserix grabbed the spastic matoran by the back of the neck when he tried to run away. The matoran did not know this but he was quite safe with him.

"Listen!!! You are going to lead me to that river, and you will keep control of yourself!!! And if you don't, I will just leave you here to be killed, understood?"

The matoran shook his head in aggreement. They went on side by side, heading out of the forest and right to the edge of the river. The matoran turned right on his heel and started to run back but Miserix grabbed him.

"Where do you think your going?"

" I lead you to the place you needed to go! And now It's time for me to leave!"

"Where do I go if I want to find the hooded being?"

"Follow the river inland, and you should find him. But don't expect to live very long, that thing will kill you as soon as it sees you."

" I doubt that. You may go."

The matoran ran as fast as he could into the forest, as he headed strait back to the camp. Miserix continued onward and looked up the river and after a day of walking he got to a large lake, and at the far side of that lake, was built a fortress, a very large fortress. Two bridges were extending to a platform in the middle of the lake, and one bridge was extending from the platform to the gates of the fortress. Before he got to a bridge the guardian beast raised out of the water and raored at him. Miserix responed by summoning a large bolt of lightning from the sky. It struck the creature head on, and seeing as the creature was in the water, it was quite painful for the beast. He stoped the lightning curcit from continuing, afterward, the beast dove into the water and did not rise again to face Miserix. Miserix then walked onto the bridge and got to the center platfrom. The large gate to the fortress opened up and a hooded being walked out onto the bridge toward Miserix. Eventually he got to the central platform and stoped right in front of Miserix.

"I am not very surprised that you would intimidate the matoran so much, I am however very surprised that you would kill the ones that came into your territory. But, I guess I should not complain, seeing as you give me the most satisfying results for my assassin missions. And speaking of such, I have a mission for you."

"What is it that you request?"

Seeing as the league has just been brought down, there has been a few rebelions by one of the captains that worked for the league. He has a sufficient force of people working for him, and to simply put it, I want you to kill them, all of them."

"Why do you not just have Teridax do it, after all he was the one to destroy the league."

"Because, I want the one who will leave less evidence indicating the brotherhood, also, Teridax has been acting strangely since the event with the League, I am getting a little suspicious of his behavior. It is somwhat rebelious, and I don't I don't like it. So I am sending you, understand?"

" Yes I do. Do you wish for me to take the captain prisoner?"

"No, just kill him."

"Very well then, I will report to Destral after the mission is completed."

"Very good, and remember, leave none alive, kill everyone there, and then destroy the fortress afterward."

Serrakaan nodded and his only reply before walking back to his fortress was.

"It WILL be done."

Chapter 22
Serrakaan went back into his fortress, and he eventually went to his armory. He went with he double bladed staff. It was taller than Serrakaan, which means it was taller than two toa combined. Serrakaan then went to his solar room. This room contained models of islands, extreamely accurate maps, and other things. He located the island on the map and found the perfect aproach to the situation. He saw the fortress in which the captain was hiding. He then spanned the frtress with his mind and found the location in which the captain was most likely to be. He then went down to the bottom floor of the fortress, and went to his specialized ship. He walked on board and directed it's coarse to the island. It went strait toward the correct location, and anchored a mile away from the island. Serrakaan looked and smiled at the fortess, he then formulated a plan to assault the place. It was going to be difficult to kill all of them, but he was sure it would work. He then teleported to the island and stopped right on the peak of the mountain opposite of the fortress. It was now time to strike. With a flick of his wrist he sent perpetual darkness covering the island. He was now going to get to work. The captain walked out onto a balconie and looked arround. One of his guards came out and said.

"Terrible weather we're having."

The captain looked at the guard and frowned.

"This is not a natural occurance of the weather, something is causing this. Shut the flood gates and prepare the seawall for the worst. I will be in my quarters in the mean time.

He stated to walk away when suddenly a tidal wave started to errupt from the sea. It then slammed into the sea wall, shattering it, something then opened the flood gates, letting the monsoon into the fortress.

Screams could be heard all over the place from above on the balconnie, and the waters were steadily riseing.

"I said close the flood gates!"

"We did, but something opened them! And now they won't close"

"Well make them close."

Said the captain, as he walked into the fortress. But little did he know, that standing just above the door he entered, was a tall, dark, being watching his every move. As he walked to his throne Serrakaan jumped down from the top of the door and looked at the captain. The captain turned around to see Serrakaan standing there, looking at him. The captain then screamed for his guards.

Several guards rushed into the room.

"We need to get you to saf...................."

They suddenly caught a glimpse of Serrakaan, who just looked at them, and when he did, blood started to gush from their mouths, eyes, and ears. The captain started to run downstairs, but Serrakaan grabbed him by his head and threw him into the far wall. The captain got up and raised his sword to face Serrakaan. But then he looked into Serrakaans eyes and dropped his sword. Blood started to slowly run from his mouth when Serrakaan grabbed the captains blade and stabbed him through the back and all the way into the wall, leaving him unable to move from that spot. Serrakaan had to leave, seeing as the place was falling down around him. He got to his ship and all he saw when he looked back, was the tower falling into the water. His mission was complete.

Chapter 23
Serrakan was now sailing to Destral on his ship. He was sitting on a chair on the deck while pondering why Miserix sent him a message right after he had finished his mission. It was a message sent via rahi that stated.

"Come back to Destral emediately."

"Teridax has summoned a convication, and I will need you here."

"If teridax is going to do what I believe he will, I will need you to back me up."

"Be ready to do what must be done. Meet me at the outer edge of the cliffs near where the visorak prowl."

"We need to talk."

Serrakaan was quite surprised to hear the tone come out from what was written on the tablet. It would seem the Miserix was worried about something, and when he was worried about something,no matter what it was, it would never bode well for the Brotherhood. Serrakaan eventually arrived at the docks on the island and walked out onto them. He was emediately greeted by Zygirld, who came up to him almost cheerfully, and said.

" Teridax has called a convication, he wants everyone to be there, including you, so hurry up with whatever you are doing and come with me to the chamber, now!"

Serrakaan did not like how her tone made it seem that she was in authority over him, so he walked away.

"Did you not hear me, I said come with me!"

She started to walk after him until Serrakaan turned arround and looked at her. His gaze suggesting his frustration.

"Leave, now."

She looked at him with a fearful look on her face, but after a seccond, she recomposed herself and walked away. Serrakaan went to the certain spot where Miserix said he would wait for him. Miserix was standing there, and acknowleged Serrakaans presence.

"Look at this place Serrakaan, how hard I have worked to keep it respectable, look how hard I have fought to keep the Brotherhoods reputation in check. The things I have done to help this world, the things that I should have done as well. Now I fear that it will all be taken away from me. Teridax has called a convication and that can only mean one thing, that he wishes to assume control. He will no doubt have the Makuta take sides in the affair, and I want you to do something for me, consider it your final mission."

Serrakaan looked at Miserix and said.

"What is your request?"

Miserix replied to him saying.

"In the event that Teridax has you chose his side or mine, I want you to go with him."

"Master, if I may tell you, I don't give a second thought to join Teridax, why do you wish this of me?"

"Because, Teridax will have plenty of Makuta join him, at least enough to repell me, and the ones that do join him will have no influence from me. You see, your final mission, is to stay on his side for as long as possible. To make him think that you are his most trusted servant. Do everything he says or asks, as if he were me. But, I only require you to do three things. In his new position, he will want to know everything I do. So number one, do not let him find out about the scrolls that tell of how to recreate a Makuta, keep the knowledge of their existence to yourself, and destroy them should he ever find them. Two, tell him that your assigned reigion is in the Northern continent, do not let him know of your true reigion. And three, Should he ever find out your true base of opperations, destroy everything that used to be there, and move to another place, one that he won't see, this will require you to leave the Brotherhood, but ax thought that he had everyones divine loyalty, in the end I knew, he would pay for what he had done, by my hand or by anothers.as you know, it is of the greatest importance that His existence be kept a secret. He is to not ever know about this conversation, or the things we dicussed. Understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

"As the conversation was finished, myself and Miserix went to the convication chamber. Teridax was waiting with many of the others, after the late arrival of Icarax and Benjarmin, the disscussion began. Teridax spoke like a madman, planning to assume control of not only the Brotherhood, but the entire world as a whole. His plan was deceitful, and suicidal, but despite this, most of the Makuta aggreed with him, and Miserix showed his displeasure, by starting a small fight with Teridax. Then, the momment of truth came when Teridax made an ultimatum to the other members to join him. Miserix gave me a look, and told me in my mind to do what was right. So I stood up and went with Teridax. After a while, all the Makuta came to Teridax's side, and then Teridax had Miserix taken away. It was all I could do to not try and help Miserix, he had been more to me than just my master over the years, and to see him being dragged away, powerless, enraged me. But if I was to honor him in his death, I would carry out my final mission. However, I think I could grow to trust Teridax, as he has impressed me by doing what no other has. And I think I could get used to being his servant.