Secret Lab

In the ruins of Tajun, Kiina leads her fellow Glatorian Ackar and the stranger Mata Nui to a hidden chamber she had discovered near her village. They carry Gresh, who remains unconscious from his battle with the Bone Hunters and Skrall.

The cavern is brightly lit, and contains chambers that glow with the six elements of Bara Magna. The walls are inscribed with glyphs that Mata Nui recognizes, but the urgency of finding help for Gresh keeps him from lingering. A sound brings Kiina around to face Berix, an Agori “collector” who spends his spare time finding and fixing old things. Against her will, she allows Berix to tend Gresh, who quickly regains his strength.

The chamber was created by the Great Beings, who had left a familiar symbol in the wall. Touching the Three Virtues symbol – Unity, Duty, Destiny – Mata Nui is surprised when a massive door slides open to reveal a secret lab. More writing covers the walls, but the drawing that captures Mata Nui’s full attention is eerily familiar. It depicts a giant mechanical being, just like the one that even now enslaves his people. Mata Nui is on the right track.

The Glatorian look at their weapons. Shattered and useless, they are good for almost nothing. Mata Nui remembers how the Mask of Life transformed the scarabax into a shield, and offers to try something. Holding Ackar’s weapon to his mask, it is transformed into a blade of fire. Ackar gratefully takes his sword back while Mata Nui upgrades the rest of the weapons. Laying a hand on Mata Nui’s shoulder, Ackar says, “Thank you, friend.”

Mata Nui had never had a friend before.


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