Turaga VAKAMA: Gathered friends...
listen again to our legend of the Bionicle.
in the time before time
in the glorious city of Metru Nui...
we believed our noble Toa would protect us
But they fell one by one...
as an unrelenting shadow
sought to enforce endless sleep...
so that he could create a time of dark order...
then awaken the world as their conqueror.
Kreka: The last Toa!
uh!
uh.
Huh?
Huh!
Aah!
Turaga VAKAMA: And so Toa Lhikan
delivered the sacred stones
to a chosen Matoran from each Metru:
Fire, stone...
-Toa! -Toa Lhikan?
Guide the others with your wisdom.
Turaga VAKAMA: in every city's life
there is a period of great building
where artisan builders such an Onewa
create wonders that confirm our faith
in the great spirit of civilization.
TOA LHIKAN: Builder, l'm counting on your courage.
Turaga VAKAMA: This city was not just built
from the construction of things,
but from the collection of history.
My friend Whenua the archivist
knew this more than most:
Don't archive it.
Whoa.
Turaga VAKAMA: it was an age
when brave Matoran like Matau
would selflessly test the latest innovations
with foolhardy courage.
Whoa-oh!
Whoa!
uh! uh!
Aah--uh!
Don't break it.
Turaga VAKAMA: But it also was a time of reason,
study, observance,
and looking into the future.
And few looked further forward
without seeing what was in plain sight
than dear Nuju:
What?
Toa Lhikan?
Follow the map, thinker.
Turaga VAKAMA: Ahh. it was a time of sharing,
remembering,
building, adventuring, dreaming.
But, above all
it was the time of my kind--
the time of mask makers,
those forr whom the art of creating great Kanohi Masks
from Kanoka disks
was all that they lived for.
Aah!
Matoran are vanishing. Deceit lurks...
in the shadows of Metru Nui.
Keep it safe.
This time...
your farewell will be forever...
brother.
You lost the right to call me brother long ago!
Look out!
lt's the end of the line, Toa.
uh!
Where do You think You're going?
TOA LHIKAN: Kreka! Heads up!
Brother!
Oh! Help me, please!
Compassion...
was always your weakness, brother.
Ohh!
TO A LHIKAN: Save the heart of Metru Nui,
the great spirit depends on You.
Ohh!
Time is short.
No, no! Wait!
Hurry, Vakama.
VAKAMA: Come back!
Aaah!
uh!
No-o-o-o!
uh!
lt's all my fault.
MAKUTA: I must have the Mask of Time.
Oh, what is this?
Whoa.
Huh.
Without You, we have no Toa.
Oh. Who will protect us now?
l should have done something!
You should not blame yourself, Vakama.
Uh, Turaga Dume.
You are a mask maker, not a Toa.
l have come for the Mask of Time.
Yes, uh, well, l am sory, Turaga.
lt's not yet ready.
Great Masks take time to craft.
Penaps You are using inferior disks.
l use the finest quality available, Turaga.
Uh, only Great Disks are more pure...
but they can only be retrieved by a Toa.
Of course. Pity Toa Lhikan is not here to help.
Bring the completed mask to the coliseum...
before the Great Contest.
The destiny of Metru Nui rests in your hands.
That's what Toa Lhikan said.
Ohh...the Toa Suuva.
Ohh.
-Aah! -Ohh!
Fire-spitter, did You wrong-turn?
You tell me.
lt appears we are not alone.
Well, Toa Lhikan summoned me.
Me, too.
lt appears we have all received these curious stones...
all similar, yet each unique.
Like us. All Matoran--
some just more handsome-looking than the rest.
Who's ever heard of a Matoran...
getting summoned to the Great Temple like this?
What will be asked of us?
We are all just strangers.
Ha ha. Some stranger than others.
your negativity pollutes this sanctuary, Builder.
Save the lessons for your class, teacher.
VAKAMA: Look, we're here for a reason.
Ohh.
Ohh...
l've never seen...
Toa Lhikan!
Whoa!
Would You look at that?
Faithful Matoran, Metru Nui needs You.
A shadow threatens its heart.
Prove yourselves worthy, Toa,
And fear not.
The Great Spirit shall Guide You...
in ways You could not imagine.
Hey.
Huh. Amazing.
Am l...a Toa?
lf we appear to be Toa heroes...
then we are Toa heroes!
Now, this is a Toa tool. Hah!
Ha ha ha! Always wanted one of these. Hmm.
Such perfect balance.
A disk launcher.
uh! Hah!
Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo ha ha ha!
Whaa--daah!
Ohh!
ONEWA: Nice move, Matau.
Need l remind You this is about honoring...
our responsibility to the Great Spirit?
Onewa's right
Mask maker, You saw Toa Lhikan last, right?
Well, uh...
Uh, what did he say we could expect?
He told me to stop the darkness.
That l had to save the heart of Metru Nui.
Then the Dark Hunters took him away.
lt was because of me.
No!
TO A LHIKAN: Save the heart of Metru Nui:
Find the great Disks.
What's with him? Heh heh.
All that smelting must've cooked his head.
l saw it. Metru Nui was destroyed!
The Great Kanoka Disks were headed right for me.
Thanks for dream-sharing, Vakama.
Well, according to ancient legend...
one Great Disk is hidden in each Metru.
And finding them would prove to Turaga Dume...
that we are worthy Toa.
So, we go on a scavenger hunt...
because a fire-spitter stood too long...
in front of his forge?
Visions can be a sign of madness, yes.
Or messages from the Great Spirit.
But as Toa, we cannot afford to ignore them.
-l concur. -Yeah.
-Then it is agreed. -Mm-hmm.
NOKAMA: Each will recover the great Disk
from our own Metru. and present it to Turaga Dume.
He will know what to do.
l'm doing this for Lhikan, no one else.
lt says here the Great Disks will be found...
by seeking the unfamiliar within the familiar.
Turaga VAKAMA: And so. whether it was madness
or messages from the great spirit
that Guided us
we undertook the greatest scavenger hunt
in the history of Metru Nui.
We werre justly proud of our new Toa stature.
And one by one in our homelands
we sought out, found,
and recovered these great Disks.
We never even feared the consequences.
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and courage enough for the whole city:
hf You measure a hero by effort alone.
we most certainly were great Toa.
But effort alone is seldom enough
forr legends.
Turaga DUME ON SPEAKER: it is with deep sorrrow
that I must inform You
of the disappearance of our beloved Toa Lhikan.
But. with the help of the Vahhki
order shall be maintained.
Trust in me...
and soon, all your concerns will be laid to rest.
Hmm.
lnteresting.
-Toa! -Toa!
Hello, Metru Nui!
l always wanted to loud-shout that.
Vakama.
Ha ha ha ha.
Matoran one day...
Toa the next.
No wonder You have not yet completed the Mask of Time.
Forgive the delay, Turaga.
NOKAMA: We present You with the great Kanoka Disks...
and pledge ourselves as the new guardians of Metru Nui.
Ah ha. Toa must prove themselves with deeds, not simple gifts.
Turaga DUME: Matoran of Metru Nui:
the Great Spirit has provided us with six new Toa...
who will undoubtedly demonstrate their worthiness...
on this field of honor.
Catch this... fire-spitter.
What a waste.
Cross the sea of protodermis and be honored as Toa.
NOKAMA: What's going on?
What do we do now?!
We use the mask powers the Great Spirit gave us!
Yeah, and just how do we do that?
Follow me! This way!
NOKAMA: Look up! Over there!
uh!
Aaaaah!
uh!
-ONEWA: Behind You! -Huh?
Time to quick-run!
NOKAMA: Aah!
Aah--uh!
uh!
Enough!
Ha ha ha ha!
Let us praise these jesters.
Perhaps they sought to entertain us...
during this... difficult time.
Or are they imposters...
No! We are Toa!
...responsible for Toa Lhikan's demise?
No, it was them! They took him!
Seize them!
What?
Now what?
Nuju, hang on!
Somebody!
uh!
NOKAMA: Brothers!
Vakama! The statue--
bring it down!
uh!
Yes.
Haah!
Heh heh heh heh.
uh.
The new Toa must not interfere with the plan.
They are mere Matoran in Toa armor.
As is our duty, we shall not fail.
VAKAMA: We've been betrayed:
NOKAMA: We've got to save the others!
To do that, we need to find our mask powers.
l agree.
But we have to get out of here.
Come on!
Huh.
What are You waitin' for?
Ah-hah! Whoa!
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Whoa!
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Ha ha!
uh!
Do You think they went this way?
Why do l bother?
MAKUTA: the Mask of Time
is not yet commpleted.
No.
But when the Great Shadow falls...
the Vahki will ensure every Matoran's fate.
KONGU: But the entire system could explode
if I reverse the flow.
Do it.
Then again, it--it might work.
NOKAMA: Aaaah! Hang o-o-on!
uh!
uh! Gotta get...outta here!
WHENUA: Aw, this is just great.
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all l woried about was cataloging.
Now l go down in history as Metru Nui's most wanted.
You? l'm the one suffering here--
stuck with a Ko-Matoran big-brain...
and an Onu-Matoran stock boy.
Hey...whoa.
We will never escape.
our freedom is gone...
our future is hopeless.
Toa?
Giving up hope?
uh!
Everyone all right?
Oh! Sure, fine.
Just enjoying the view.
Whoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
NOKAMA: Vakama!
MAKUTA: Vakama!
Toa Lhikan?
Ah! Ah!
Ohh.
NOKAMA: Vakama!
Vakama!
Another vision?
How about less vision-seeing and more Toa-saving?
We're slipping!
Can we make it to that tower?
uh!
We're going to have to.
Yaah!
Do it!
MATAU: This is good! This is good! Yeah!
ALL: uh!
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Meant to do that.
That was fuu--uh!
Matau!
Oh...
Ohh!
Aah! Ha ha ha!
Has he found his mask power?
Ohh! Hoo hoo! Look at me!
l can--ohh!
Maybe not.
Wind...fly.
MATAU: Hey, Nokama, nice move back there.
NOKAMA: Very nice.
And check out these wings.
Whoo! Ha ha ha.
Hmm...
One of these Great Disks has got to be the Mask of Time.
Ohh?
Huh.
Remarkable.
Vakama? Come on.
What? Just a moment.
Vakama, we've got to go.
But the disks--
Look!
Toa Lhikan's spirit star:
Each Toa has one:
As long as it burns in the night sky,
Toa Lhikan remains alive.
lt is headed toward Po-Metru.
What about our captured Toa brothers?
We need Toa Lhikan to stop Turaga Dume...
and free the other Toa.
And how do You propose we quick-catch a spirit star?
Penaps a way has been revealed, rider.
Vakama!
What are these?
Storage containers...
but most odd-looking.
MAKUTA: Vakama:
The Matoran! They're in danger!
NOKAMA: What do You see?
Nothing, sister. Nothing at all.
Eh, cross-wired!
Turaga, l know You not.
your concerns should be with your own identity, not mine.
Freedom and escape are different objectives...
but both aren't easily realized.
You are stuck in here with us, so...
l have freedom, even in here.
But for escape, Toa mask powers are needed.
l doubt we will ever be in touch with our mask powers.
Oh, never doubt what You are capable of.
The Great Spirit lives through us all.
Vakama, your destiny no longer lies in sculpting masks.
You are a Toa.
Ahh, l'll never be a real Toa.
l can't even make a decent mask.
l'm just a cross-wired freak who has weird dreams.
Toa Lhikan, You got it wrong.
You will.
Have faith.
Ride's over.
-Ooh! -uh!
Stick close.
Bad things happen in the desert.
Oh, Matau, You don't know what You're talking about.
Fine. Don't listen to me, teacher.
Hello!
Hello, hello!
Guess they all quick-sped.
Builders do not abandon their projects...
without good reason.
Then where is everyone?
-Over here, Toa! -No! Kreka!
Aah! A Toa hero knows no fear!
Unh! uh!
Help! Vakama! Nokama!
There's a Toa down!
Kreka: What's going on?
Are You doing that?
Now what?
Bioquake?
Oh! Worse.
Kikanalo!
l'm out of here! Let's go!
Hey! What about me?
Matau, hang on!
Follow me!
Hmm. No! Get down!
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
No!
You fool!
l was wrong.
You were right, my brother.
Heh. lt's amazing what You can learn...
when You're not always speak-teaching.
What did You say?
l didn't say-- Why the mask-glowing?
Nokama!
Whoo! Whoo hoo hoo!
My mask power.
The chief wants to know...
why we are allied with the Dark Hunters.
Tell him we're not.
We seek a friend who's been taken by the hunters.
We are...
free to pass...
since we are both against...
the hunters who trespass...
the beauty of the Herdlands.
Heh. Beauty. Where?
And who knew Kikanalo could think-talk?
l just thought they were dumb beasts.
Kikanalo still think the same of tall green Matoran.
Hey, hey, hey, hey! l'm a Toa.
Wait, wait. Tall Matoran.
Ask him if the Dark Hunters trespassed with a tall Matoran.
Yes. They take many things to the Place of Unending Whispers.
That must be where they have Toa Lhikan.
They will show us the way.
Whoo hoo hoo hoo!
Only a great Toa rider
could tame a wild Kikanalo beast.
Ooh! uh!
lt seems a great Toa rider just got tamed.
uh!
Do not rely on your memory.
Look beyond your history and see what is.
Hey, l'm not a Rahi bat, OK?
l can see in the dark.
Oh!
Soon You'll be ready...
For a game of pin the tail on the ash bear...
record-keeper. Ha ha ha!
Uh!
l could toil at this task forever...
and still learn nothing for the future.
Today You can learn...
that building the tallest tower...
begins with the placement of a single stone.
Build a tower?
A thinker would never lay hands on stone.
They're too busy with their heads in the stars.
A Toa's duty is to all Matoran, regardless of village...
so You shall help both your brothers.
MATAU: Vahki--
hundreds of them.
NOKAMA: That must be where Toa Lhikan is.
What should we do?
How do we get in there?
l have a plan.
Oh!
uh!
That was a complete waste of time!
Without self-discovery...
You will never find your destiny.
This is every Toa's duty...
to the Great Spirit.
This whole thing was a load of duty if You ask me.
Sit down, Whenua.
Taking orders from a Turaga was one thing...
but from an overgrown hammer swinger--
Sit down.
-Sit down. -Aah!
Sit down now!
Aah! uh!
Aw, that's it.
You're history, Builder...
even if l don't know how You did that.
Stop.
Whoa! How'd You do that?
Huh?
-your mask! -your mask!
-your mask is glowing. -That's amazing.
Ahem. l believe it is time to depart.
Follow me, Vahki.
MATAU: Hey!
Hello!
Yaah! Ha ha ha!
Whoo! Whoo hoo hoo!
Yee hah hah!
Whoo-hoo!
Kreka, circle right.
Nidhiki, where'd the Toa go?
You must've let him slip-past.
Circle the other way-back.
Heh heh!
Huh?
Grr. Where did the Toa go?
You let him get by You?
Maybe he sneak-passed.
Hey, uh...
Aah!
Grr! Let go! Let go!
Where's the Toa?
How should l know?
l told You to go that way!
You told me to go the other way.
Hoo hoo hoo hoo! Shape-shifting!
Some mask powers are worth the wait.
Hoo hoo hoo! Yee-haw!
MATAU: Yah! Ha ha ha!
Whoo! Whoo hoo hoo!
Hey, Kikanalo, who's your mas--
l mean, who's your partner?
Eww!
Ooh.
The chief said, ''Not bad...
''for flat-walkers.''
They will cover our herd tracks.
Toa Lhikan will be forever in your debt.
lf they seal us in, how will we get out?
NOKAMA: Don't wory. We'll find a way.
Excellent.
Dume's mask has been useful.
Now for its final task.
The future will be mine...
even without the Mask of Time.
ONEWA: You? l'm the one suffering here.
All that lies ahead is shadow.
Hey, it has to be better than what's behind us.
Hmm!
your mask power.
Follow me, guuys.
our future just got a whole lot brighter.
Hey, Whenua, can that mask glow any brighter?
lt's already brighter than You, brother.
l think we're going the wrong way.
Relax. l know these tunnels like the back of my hand.
Hold up. l heard something.
uh! Ooh!
Rrrah la la la la!
Hey, turn out the bright light.
Matau?
Toa Matau...
to You, Whenua.
Shape-shifting?
Yeah, and You should hear Nokama translating Kikanalo.
So, we've all discovered our mask powers.
Everyone but me.
How did You know we would be here?
We didn't. We came for Toa Lhikan.
He's not here.
Well
Heh heh heh. Not exactly.
Toa Lhikan?
No, Vakama.
You are Toa. l am Turaga Lhikan.
Oh.
Uh, but why didn't You tell us who You were?
your task was to discover who You are.
Only with such knowledge...
would your powers reveal themselves.
Quick-stop. Where did your power go?
lt lives on in all of You.
Tell me--
the heart of Metru Nui--
You have it safe?
Well, we're rescuing You now.
You are so misGuided.
l am not Metru Nui's heart.
The Matoran are.
Then l failed You.
l told You. l'm a cross-wired freak...
chasing my dreams, wasting everyone's time.
l'll never be a real Toa.
-Vakama-- -Wait.
We cannot help Vakama.
He must learn to believe in himself.
Only then will he find his destiny.
Aah!
Turaga Dume?
The true Turaga Dume.
As l feared...
an imposter is posing as a mask
we all trust.
MAKUTA: Bring me
the Mask of Time.
lf this is Turaga Dume--
You don't want to know who's really in control of Metru Nui.
Vahki! Run now, talk later! Oh!
ln here! Unh!
Unh!
This won't hold 'em long! Unh!
ONEWA: We've got to find a way out!
But our only exit is blocked.
NUJU: Now what?
Then we make our own.
Come on!
What about Turaga Dume?
He'll be safe until we return.
Now go!
uh!
Aah! Aah!
Turaga DUME ON SPEAKER: Matoran of Metru Nui:
You are requirred to gather at the coliseum.
Rejoice
for today will be a momentous climax...
to your history.
Grip-tight!
MATAU: Hey Nokamma,
l see us taking a romantic ride-drive.
Ha ha. And You believe Vakama has odd visions.
Huh?
Ha ha ha! Hey, glow-head.
-Good job, brother. -Huh?
Turaga DUME: it is important that You cooperate
with the Vahki enforcers.
Where is everyone?
Quickly!
Turaga DUME: Too late, Toa.
The shadow has arrived.
Makuta, You were sworn to protect the Matoran!
l shall.
And when they awake...
l will be their great leader.
Deceit and self-interest...
will never be virtues the Matoran honor.
How very bold.
Now even the Great Spirit...
will soon
sleep.
We must find the Matoran.
Whenua, what can You see?
WHENUA: Matoran capsules--
thousands of them.
They're down below!
Whoa!
Huh?
No!
Can we save them all?
We can't take them all now.
We'll return for the others later.
Yes.
We must get them to safety.
Join me.
Toa!
Hey! Unh! Unh!
Remember me?
l'm trying to drive here! Get off!
Toa or Turaga...
your fate shall be the same. Lhikan!
Whoa! Hey! Get off!
Get Nidhiki.
Nidhiki.
Oh! Aah!
My thoughts exactly.
Whoa! Aah!
Hey! What's happening?
MAKUTA: Come, Join me.
Be part of my power.
Where to now?
Matau, take us over the edge.
Let's hope this thing floats.
Unh! uh!
Hey, it does float...
kind of.
You no longer need to mask-make, Vakama.
lt's time You accepted that You are a Toa.
Time--of course.
That's what the false Turaga wanted.
Follow the light.
VAKAMA: Follow the light.
our destiny lies in the light
beyond the great barrier.
Oh, no.
your journey must end.
By the will of the Great Spirit...
it has just begun!
Then perish...
in the real sea...
of protodermis.
Matau, stay true to the light.
Huh!
l got it!
uh!
Yeah! All right!
Nokama, quick-turn!
uh!
Whoo!
Hoo hoo hoo! Ha ha ha!
Nuju! Get me up there!
Ruh!
uh!
Huh?
uh!
Whoa!
The Matoran!
Hmm...
The Mask of Time.
You are a great mask maker.
You could have many destinies.
Come.
Join my brothers...
and me
l desire just one noble destiny...
more than any power You can offer me.
Then accept your doom.
Lhikan!
That was meant for me.
No.
This is my lifetime's journey.
yours lies beyond.
Trust your visions.
l am proud to have called You...
brother...
Toa Vakama.
My mask power.
Ah, at last.
Not this time.
No!
Without the Mask of Time...
it will take a lifetime's journey...
to find both our destinies.
Only yours will be brief.
uh!
Come on.
Come on!
Over here!
uh!
Makuta!
MAKUTA: l know where You are.
This way!
Show yourself.
Makuta!
Giving up so soon?
You cannot hide from me.
l don't need to. l'm a Toa.
No!
lf Toa Lhikan...
could not defeat me alone...
how could You?
Because he's not alone.
You tell him, sister.
That's right.
-Yeah! -Yeah!
ALL: Unity!
Look!
VAKAMA: Six spirit stars
NUJU: the great spirit proclaims it.
We are Toa!
Whoo-hoo!
We are Toa!
-Ha ha ha! -Whoo-hoo!
Toa Lhikan sacrificed his power for us.
Now we shall do the same for them.
Vakama?
May the heart of Metru Nui live forever...
for this is the island of Mata Nui...
named in honor of the Great Spirit.
Turaga VAKAMA: And so it was
as it is--
Matoran into Toa,
Toa into Turraga,
Turraga into legend,
Remembering deeds past
and bringing hope to the future.
Yeah!
Turaga VAKAMA: United in duty,
Bound in destiny,
This is the way
of the Bionicle.