There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is a story by BionicleChicken, serving as yet another genre-merging with the regular BIONICLE storyline.

Chapter I: Let It Come Down
Jaller looked up at the sky while standing just outside of his hut in the village of Ta-Koro. Like all Ta-Matoran, he felt saddened by the lack of heat from the sun. It’s been several years since he found himself awakened on the beach of the island of Mata Nui. And several years after that, a dark being known as Makuta had cast darkness over the island. Now, the sky looked red and black, clouds of shadows hovering above.

The golden Hau-wearing Matoran made his way to a nearby campfire at one of the village’s squares. Surrounding the fire sat depressed-looking Ta-Matoran, who simply stared at the flames with deep thoughts running through their minds. Jaller sat next to the one known as Kapura.

“Who did we lose this time?” asked Jaller, exhaling heavily.

“We lost two more to a Muaka out there,” groaned Agni, a member of the Ta-Koro Guard. “It’s like every time we even step foot outside of our home, there’s something waiting to tear us apart.”

“I’m sorry,” said Jaller, with no idea how to respond.

The collective Matoran simply sat there for a solid five minutes. Nobody knew what to talk about. Food was growing scarce, and the blackened sky did no favors for the Ta-Koro crops that the Matoran tried to farm. A few lucky ones managed to survive, but overall, their numbers were few. Even the usually sunny areas of Ga-Koro, situated on Naho Bay, was having no so such luck. The natural darkness made the island a nozone for any Rahi smart enough to sense danger. Like the crops, few came through. These were the stupid ones that couldn’t tell what their natural sense were telling them.

Jaller could feel the evil Makuta watching him and his friends within the forest that surrounded Ta-Koro. Burnt black trees encircled the village of Fire like spikes that formed the bars of cages. Shadows overwhelmed what little light there were and seemed to envelop everything Jaller held dear, despite the light within all the huts, all the torches that lit the paths, and the campfires that littered across the village. Danger was everywhere. Any day (or night), some animal could burst into the village grounds and massacre all who lived there.

Then Jaller heard it; a sound like thunder. The others must have heard it as well, because they jumped and snapped their attention to the black/red sky above them. The possibility that a storm was coming floated in their minds. However, no rain came. There was no lightning either. It was then that the Ta-Matoran realized that the sound was only similar to thunder. The noise was more like a cannon being fired. A very big cannon in the sky.

Then they came.

Six lights made their presences seen through the blackness. They glew bright and brighter until six flaming objects burst through the dark. Jaller could see that the penetrations had created holes in the clouds. If he wasn't so focused on the objects, Jaller would notice the obscured stars behind the darkness. He would've realized that it was night right now. Like meteors, the objects descended at a very alarming rate, spreading out to cover more ground on the island. One of them hit the earth hard near Ta-Koro.

The ground shook on impact. Jaller could hear various Rahi beasts roar and shriek in surprise. Several birds could be seen in what little light there was flying away from where the object landed. In fact, where the site of the landing created a new source of light. A distant fire emitting smoke. Jaller heard footsteps coming towards the campfire and spun to face the source of it. It was the village’s leader, Turaga Vakama, leaning on his Firestaff as usual. His face had both concern and hope on it.

“Turaga,” said Jaller. “Something fell in the forest. Whatever it is, it made one hell of a thud that we could feel all the way over here.”

“I felt it,” answered Vakama. “Jaller, you and the Guard shall investigate the disturbance. If this is what I believe it to be, then we may be in much luck than I thought.”

“What are you talking about?” asked Kapura, staring at the Turaga like he was uttering nonsense.

“In time,” Vakama raised his hand. “First, I require confirmation.”

Jaller nodded obediently and nodded at Kapura and Agni. They nodded back and ran to gather as many Guardsmen as they could. Soon, there were a dozen Ta-Matoran armed with spears gathered around Jaller. The Captain of the Guard raised his own spear in leadership and led the company out into the forest. Their formation was like a circular phalanx. Jaller was in the very front, spear pointed forward. The group dashed towards the flaming landing site, a chill going up their spines whenever they heard some suspicious animal noises.

They made it safely and without any difficulty besides the shaky nerves. Jaller assumed that the landing of the mysterious object must have scared away the many dangerous beasts. This was good. A large crater laid out before him. The dirt within glowed with orange heat as steam rose from it. The company spread out around the crater, staring in awe at the object at the very center.

Jaller carefully stepped into the crater. At first, the ground was too hot to step on, but the second time was cool enough. Jaller made his way to the center of the crater, followed by several of the Guardsmen. Few stood around the crater, either preferring to keep their distance or to prevent any unwelcome guests.

The Ta-Matoran that were brave enough to approach the object stared at it in shock. It was the last thing they expected to see. They expected something metallic, maybe even made of rock. But what they were staring at was wooden. It was hexagonal but vertically elongated. It was large enough to store something that was twice as tall as an average Matoran. Despite its material, it looked barely singed besides the smoking surface.

"How did that survive a fall like this?" asked Kapura, staring at the thing with wide scared eyes.

What the Ta-Koro Guard was looking at was a coffin. It was wide open. But that was not the unnerving part. The unnerving part was the series of footprints leading away from it.

Characters

 * Matoran
 * Ta-Koro
 * Jaller
 * Kapura
 * Agni
 * Turaga
 * Vakama

Trivia

 * As Pirates combines BIONICLE with Pirate elements and the Westernverse combines it with Wild West elements, There Will Be Blood combines BIONICLE with Vampires.
 * Of course, there will be inevitable comparisons to BobTheDoctor27's zombie story Besieged.
 * The primary inspirations for this story are the TV series The Strain and the graphic novel 30 Days of Night.