CHAPTER 11:
Battle had torn the landscape into a ragged heap of rocks and bodies. The fruits of war bore poison on the land, the sea, the air, and the nations that fought it. It seemed the planet itself was being sapped of life, and a dreary cloud smeared the sky. Few lone figures dotted the moor after battle, searching for survivors by prodding the lumps between the rocks with spears. The foe was stabbed hard; the friends harder still.
Over the battlefield, a place once known as the Valley of the Maze, overhung a mesa, where the strategists of one side, the one known as 'good', fought the ones known as 'evil.' One of these said strat
CHAPTER 10:
The view from the Shoulders was magnificent. It was late afternoon and a single shaft of light illuminated the Order's Atrium. It was a massive room with ornate columns of marble and granite, with an immense dome at its apex. The beam of light shone through the spaces between the two largest pillars at the entrance to the rotunda.
The Order was directly behind Aridike. He had the prestige of guarding the door to the Amphitheater where the Order was currently beginning their week-long annual session. He could hear the voices of those on the floor. Helryx and Artakha were the voices he could distinguish. The others were muff
CHAPTER 9:
The desert night was cool; a refreshing break from the blistering heat of the day. Global temperatures had increased significantly over the years, making for an uncomfortable state for the day during the Warmer Period. Warmer wasn't the correct term now, Hotter was a much better fit. The opposite was also becoming worse; the Cooler Period of the year would be better named as the Colder period. Both seasons had become more extreme in recent times.
Some argued that the increase of industrial output was affecting the atmosphere, while others felt as if the planet was drawing closer to the Sun. Still others didn't feel the dif
CHAPTER 8:
The First stood up and took one step to the side and disappeared into thin air. Aridike was surprised and stepped forward to see where he had gone, only to find his own surroundings changed; he was in the Halls of Time.
A rumbling was heard throughout the orange-outlined walls of the Halls. A vase had fallen and spilt it's contents of something incomprehensible, but most likely flowers or something similar. The First was some ways down the corridor, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Come on, sonny! We have no Time to waste. I'll explain everything on the way."
The First began walking and Aridike rushed up to follow hi
CHAPTER 7:
Aridike plunged once again into the shimmering wall of quicksilver, his head thrown again into a spinning world of colors and shapes. Suddenly, he found his feet again on solid ground. The constantly changing outlines of the Halls of Time met his eyes and he felt relieved for a second. Then he remembered Voporak. His eyes darted around the room for some sign of the lumbering beast, and his ears listened in for the sound of his daunting roar of a voice.
Screaming instead reached his ears and a hallway with the Seventh standing in it reached his eyes. He gestured for Aridike to follow
CHAPTER 6:
Aridike found himself land on solid ground. He was in a giant open space with a metal floor and a vast skylight overhead. It was a huge arena, with thousands of seats for thousands of Matoran, but it was empty at the moment.
Aridike looked in awe at the massive structure, but then realized something. He was simply in Metru Nui. The Coliseum, to be exact.
*Why would the Fourth send me here? And exactly when is here; that may help answer this question *
Aridike tried to find a being to ask the date or some item that would indicate the era, but was startled by a huge clamor behind him. He twisted his head and was i
CHAPTER 5:
"Wha- Huh? Where am I?! Where is this place!? WHAT IS GOING ON!!?!?"
Aridike had found himself in a giant palace or sorts, but everything was made up of constantly changing outlines of all shades and tints of orange. He stood in the middle of a huge room with high vaulted ceilings. A countless number of hallways spread out before him on one side of the room, each going on beyond the eye's sight.
Aridike spun around to see if there was anyone around that could tell him what had just happened. He saw no one. Suddenly, he thought he saw a figure in the corner of his eye. It had run down one of the corridors. Aridike ran
CHAPTER 4:
Aridike laid on Fernids bed as the shadows surrounded him, with his guard 'supposedly' down. Suddenly, there was a glint of steel in the air, and a swift stabbing motion.
But their target had disappeared.
The would-be assassins were stunned at this development, but tried to remain professional and created a back-to-back triangle to find their prey. The three robed figures removed their hoods, and revealed themselves to be two Le-Matoran and a Vorox. The Vorox was obviously from Kabrua's tribe, as he kept a firearm at his side, and a net in his hands., not to mention the fact that he wasn't on a mindless rampage like most
Chapter 3:
Aridike had left Onu-Maras and started his journey to the Great City, Suva-Maras. He was to speak with Artakha about 'urgent business' that had come up. What it was, Aridike was left to guess.
His route took him through the Black Spike Mountains and Ta-Maras. The trek would only take three days or so, granted he could obtain better means of transportation at one of the hamlets in Ta-Maras.
As he walked the short distance from the edges of Onu-Maras to the closest Ta-Maras village, it was nearing nightfall. He decided he had better obtain some shelter. He found a kindly Agori who would allow him to spend the night.
"I
CHAPTER 2:
It had been some time since Aridike had first traveled with the Vahi, about a month or so. It was then he had discovered the true magnitude of the problem at hand. He remembered it something like this:
"What do you mean you don't know!?"
Aridike's future self paced in anxiety.
"What I'm saying is just the truth! There is something about the paradox that is wrong or something you did there that was different."
"And I'm telling you there wasn't. It was just as I had remembered it; I came in through the portal, I used the Vahi and my powers, and poof! Paradox over."
"But then why are we arguing over this!?! I neve