Legacy

 "I’m sure Hederon won’t let us escape that easily. She won’t dare let us escape that easily, not with the Legacy Stones."

- Ixa, Legacy

Legacy is a non-canon Short Story written by BZPower and C.I.R.C.L.E. member Koji.

Legacy
The flashing of lights as alarms flared all around them. Small, silver and gray machines ran out, roughly the size of Matoran. They were well armed, with small claws on their hands, blades on their shoulders for close combat, and a cannon mounted on their back, able to come up to fire. The greenish yellow optical eyes glared out as they flew in, using rocket packs on their backs and wings on their shoulder areas for flight.

Toa Seles rolled through the dark gray facility, coming to a knee and lifting his hand. One of the machines exploded as the Toa of Energy manipulated the internal workings of the machine, detonating the kinetic energy as internal systems pumped.

One of the machines fell. Seles lifted his hand to attack another, but someone else intervened. It was Toa Yuna, Toa of Lightning. She lifted her claw weapon, firing a blast of Lightning into one of the machines that was lifting its cannon, blowing it down.

“I can’t believe they would use my machines like this!” Yuna muttered.

Seles shot her a glance, “What did you expect, Tela?” He questioned her.

“Lepeq, can you honestly say you’re enjoying that form?” The Toa of Lightning shot back, firing another blast at another machine, “These Zendiats! I’ll make Hederon pay for using them against me!”

One of the Zendiat machines came flying in, lifting its cannon. Tela glared at it as it fired, unleashing a black energy burst with thin crimson lines intertwined within it. The blast struck near the two Toa, creating a small explosion that continued to spread out, at the two Toa.

The two were yanked back as a Toa of Air in lime and dark green armor approached, wielding a staff weapon with a curved blade at the end of the shaft, and a dagger-like protrusion on the bottom with a small notch in it, as if to hold something. He drew his arm down, having saved them from the attack by creating a vacuum.

“Lepeq, Tela, watch yourselves!” He snapped, throwing his hand forward, slicing down the Zendiat with a blade of Air.

“Now they’re using my own Hadron Cannon against us!” Tela snapped, holding her weapon out in both hands. The claw weapon erupted into light, as did her body. The light from her body erupted into the weapon, which began to morph into the same staff weapon that Yuva, the Toa of Air held. Her armor was now dark and light blue, with long sloping blade-like shoulder armor coming down and similar armor going up on her legs. She wore a sleek mask, just like Yuva. The length of her weapon’s shaft was different, shorter, but the same weapon.

The three Toa looked back at three more Toa approaching. The one in the lead was a Toa of Fire in dark and light red armor, wielding a long shafted version of the same weapon. He had fairly traditional armor with nothing special. He was holding his weapon in his right hand, letting it rest on his shoulder as he walked closer. Behind him were two other Toa, a white and blue armored Toa of Crystal with a shorter shafted version of the weapon with clawed armor on his shoulders came next, with the white, blue, black and gray armored Toa of Sonics behind, wielding a weapon of similar length and bladed shoulder armor, as if to appear menacing, but it didn’t quite work, not with her feminine sleek mask to offset it.

The Toa of Fire continued to move closer to Yuva, Tela and Lepeq – who still looked like Seles. He looked at the three of them, “How’s it coming?” He questioned quickly, simply.

“Ixa, our escape is complicated.” Lepeq answered, erupting into light. His lighted body swirled around, the blades on his legs taking it all in, and then becoming a shaft weapon, just like all of the others carried, with a medium length shaft. It appeared at his legs, at his calves. He kicked it up into his right hand, holding it point down in his right hand. He was a black and gray armored Toa of Earth, in actuality.

“How is the escape going?” The Toa of Sonics asked somewhat meekly from the back, looking over the Toa of Crystal’s shoulder.

“They’re using my Zendiats!” Tela snapped, “So it’s not going we…”

“It’ll be fine, Princess.” The Toa of Crystal said, interrupting Tela, speaking calmly to the Toa behind him.

“Are you sure, Itosis?” She asked him softly.

Itosis nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.”

Ixa looked to them, and then back at the others, “Itosis, take Vi and head off ahead. Secure the next room. Lepeq, cover the rear. You got good with…” He shook his head, trying to think.

“Thete?” Lepeq questioned.

Ixa nodded, “Thete.” He said, “You got good with his powers, right?”

“I’m a good marksman, if that’s what you’re referring to.” Lepeq answered.

Ixa nodded, “Cover our rear. I’m sure Hederon won’t let us escape that easily.” He removed an object from his waist, looking at the fist sized stone in his palm. Everyone was wearing one on their waist, “She won’t dare let us escape that easily, not with the Legacy Stones.”

“Do you think we’ll have to fight…him?” Vi asked Itosis.

“Don’t let that concern you, Princess.” Itosis answered, nodding ahead, “Let’s go. I’ll watch you, don’t worry. I won’t fail in protecting you.”

“Thank you.” She said, smiling at him.

The two moved out ahead, rushing off with Itosis in the lead, keeping a protectively close distance to Vi.

As they moved ahead, Ixa, Yuva and Tela made their way ahead, more slowly, looking around the empty halls, checking to see if there was anything of importance, any hidden doorways, anything. Lepeq, now assuming the form of Toa Angelus of Technology, Thete, followed behind, Energy Blaster trained behind them.

Ixa’s group found nothing as they moved. Itosis and Vi were up ahead, checking around a corner, but signaling that they found nothing. Itosis moved on ahead, with Vi staying almost immediately behind him, out of habit, and on his suggestion so he could better protect her.

As Itosis and Vi moved on ahead, he stopped, scanning around the walls. As Vi made a noise, about to speak, he held his hand up, silencing her.

“Shh.” He said, glancing around, Legacy Blade ready. Hers was as well, but she didn’t look as certain. She looked more frightened about an unknown foe.

As Itosis continued to look around, Vi glanced ahead as he turned his head to the side. “There!” She cried out, putting her left hand over his shoulder, unleashing a blast of Sonics at the fast moving enemy.

Itosis looked ahead, throwing his left hand forward, sending a Crystal dart flying forward with expert accuracy. But their foe was much faster, spinning and dodging, sliding across the ground, and then leaping, tackling Itosis, knocking him away from Vi.

It was a silver and gray feral being, with tufts of fur sticking out between sheets of armor. It had a tail, a vicious maw, and all of the attributes of a Rahi, of a wolf. Vi lowered her Legacy Blade to the back of its neck.

“Get off of him.” She demanded, but her voice quivered.

The beast laughed and glanced at her, “Oh, Vi. The one who’s only here because Itosis pulled some strings!” The wolf laughed and leapt aside, sliding across the floor as the others came into view, even Lepeq, now training his weapon on the wolf.

“Who are you?” Ixa demanded, lowering his Legacy Blade.

Itosis climbed to his feet, “He’s fast.” He warned Ixa.

“The great Itosis complemented me!” The wolf laughed, mocking Itosis, “You are a good warrior, a good agent, a good member of the Foundation…I can’t believe you’re a traitor, Itosis.”

“I’ll go wherever my Princess goes.” Itosis hissed, “I made an oath to protect her on the day I met her!”

“Ah, that day. When her entire village was nearly killed because of her failures as a Toa!” The wolf laughed. It erupted into light, becoming a yellow and brown armored Toa of Stone. He had a yellow lower body with a brown upper body, yellow armor on his arms, and yellow hands. He had bits of gray to round off his armor’s color scheme, and wielded a short, somewhat ribbed sword with the same dagger protrusion on the bottom. His curved yellow arm armor had the same notches that the daggers did.

“You dare speak of my Princess that way, Iptis?” Itosis screamed, losing his composure. He drew his arms out, holding his Legacy Blade out in front of his body, snatching his Legacy Stone with his left hand and circling it under, snapping the stone into the notch of his dagger.

He shouted as light erupted from his Legacy Blade, washing over him in lightning blasts of light, morphing his armor and his body, “Toa Lewin!” He shouted, the light fading to form the green armored body of the Toa Angelus of Air, Lewin. His Legacy Blade had even become Lewin’s twin ended sword. He drew it back and span it around his hand before racing forward with a shout.

Iptis shook his head, “Itosis…this will be a pleasure.” He said, shoving a Legacy Stone into his left shoulder armor and turning his body, facing that armor at the transformed Toa. A projection of energy erupted from his armor, shielding him as Itosis approached. The Toa slammed into the energy wall, falling back.

“The Legacy System can do so much more than what you foolish traitors think!” Iptis laughed, removing the stone from his armor.

He groaned in pain as a blade of Air sliced his chest.

“You…you were playing me!” Iptis shouted.

Itosis smiled and came to his feet, drawing his double ended blade back, “Come on, Iptis. I’m smarter than that.”

The other Toa began to move closer, all of them except for Lepeq drawing their Legacy Stones and putting their blades out, putting their Legacy Stones into the notch of their weapons, all with the same circular arm motion, all in unison.

“Toa Angelus!” They all said as one, all of their blades erupting into light, sending it to wash over their bodies, forming their new armor as they copied the abilities and powers of the various Toa who had been monitored by the Void Foundation, the group they were currently betraying and trying to escape from. They had seen the evils of the Foundation, even though all had joined for their own reasons, all of them just. But Hederon had revealed her true intentions, forcing them to leave her base or violate their own morality.

Ixa was the loyal Toa who had joined in order to protect those weaker than him. He saw the Foundation, as they appeared before him, to be his best bet. They were helping the Matoran become stronger, so of course he joined.

Itosis knew the "Madam Director", so he joined. How he knew her was another question altogether, though. And it was through him that Vi was drafted. He had saved her during a mission when a Rahi attack had nearly killed her entire village and her. He saw her weakness as something that needed to be rectified, and that she needed protection, so he pulled strings and drafted her, always staying by her to help her, always referring to her as his Princess.

Lepeq was drafted when he encountered a Sleeper and saw the Foundation dealing with bringing the escaped subject back. Instead of killing him, he was drafted, and he happily accepted after learning that they were helping the Matoran.

Tela joined because she was a tinkerer, and the Foundation needed support. She created the Legacy Blades, the Zendiats, and the tubes and chemicals that the Foundation used on their subjects, as well as some means of repairing and rebuilding subjects. She only wanted to tinker, and saw that she was helping others to reclaim their lives by being rebuilt. Her true main reason for defecting was when she found out that they weren’t given another chance at life, but rather, that they were becoming weapons.

And Yuva joined because as a Matoran, he knew Stiez, who became head of the Recla Nui branch of the Void Foundation. Stiez had pulled strings to draft his old friend. Yuva was happy to just have a direction in his life, but was defecting with the others.

All of the Toa worked together, usually, almost always on protection detail for scientists as they traveled, or for patrolling the base. They had a general idea that they were to be soldiers, but for what, they didn’t know.

But now they were all defecting before they found out. And as one last act, they stole six of the newly developed Legacy Stones. They knew there couldn’t be many more, since Iptis had one, and presumably there was one more out there, but they weren’t certain. The Legacy Stones stored the powers and abilities of those that the Foundation had studied. The six Toa had each been trained with them, using the abilities of only Toa they knew of. The Toa Angelus, Toa Recla, Toa Seiza, Toa Silas, Toa Sewin, the Toa of Doppel Nui, both generations of the Toa Cyril. The Foundation even had data on some other Toa, but they never really practiced with those since the Foundation didn’t have as much data on them.

As Iptis was proving at this moment, he had the ability to use a Legacy Stone in his unique Legacy Blade, and could use other forms besides Toa. He was a Toa of Stone, but had used the form of the X-Rahi, Wolf, from Recla Nui. It was anyone’s guess at what forms he had.

As the lights faded as the team used the Toa Angelus forms, Ixa took on the form of Toa Tala, Toa of Fire. Yuva took on the form of Toa Seles, Toa of Energy. Tela took on the form of Toa Gaila, Toa of Water. Vi took on the form of Toa Rien, Toa of Spirits.

Lepeq was Toa Thete, Toa of Technology. Itosis was Toa Lewin, Toa of Air. Six of the total of eight members of the Toa Angelus stood together, all of them ready to fight.

Ixa wielded the large blade, the Flame Buster. Vi also used the same weapon. Tela wielded an arm mounted Water Bow. Yuva had only his fists, while Lepeq had his handgun, and Itosis had his double ended blade.

“Interesting choice.” Iptis muttered, “Let me try…this!” He drew his arm around in a circle, snapping his stone into his dagger protrusion, into the notch provided.

As it erupted into light, he called out, “Epee!”

Light washed over his body, making him a bit taller, more muscular, more powerful. As the light faded, he stood as the crimson warrior, armed with about seven different swords and a clawed gauntlet. Epee, former ruler of Doppel Nui. Former aide of Makuta Eish – a member of the Foundation. He drew a crystalline sword and an electrified sword up and crossed them, waiting for the enemy to approach.

“Zendiats!” He shouted.

The walls began to open, revealing slots for the mechanical soldiers. They began to step out of the walls, all of them approaching, but without their cannons raised. They all held small stones in their claws. They weren’t Legacy Stones, but they were stones. The Toa knew of Duos Stones, of Corps Stones, but these couldn’t have been either.

What were they?

“You destroyed most of our Legacy Stones.” Iptis hissed, laughing, “We made these instead!” He nodded his head.

The Zendiats lifted the stones to their chests, to the gaps in their chest armor. They snapped into place, and then the chest armor closed around it. Their bodies glowed and began to morph into new forms.

“They aren’t too powerful, but they can help even the odds in this fight.” Itosis hissed.

As the lights began to fade, they were revealed as various warriors. Some were Eruo soldiers, while others were Batsuroids from Cyril Nui, as well as their upgraded Anaroid forms. Some were even Bashaa, the undersea drone species used as soldiers by the Phantasmal Raiders.

As the various soldiers surrounded the Toa, Iptis moved forward, lowering his blade, “Come on, Itosis. Let’s see your bladework!” He swung down, forcing Itosis to parry. His blade was sliced in half by the crystalline blade.

The various soldiers ran forward, forcing the other Toa to react. Lepeq used his firearm, while Yuva blew them away with energy blasts, usually by using their own kinetic energy, drawing it, and firing it off. Tela fired arrows of Water from her bow, while Vi and Ixa slashed them with their blades.

Itosis rolled away from Iptis’s attack and threw his arm out, creating a blade of Air around his arm. He drew it up, “Try cutting this.” He hissed, leaping forward to attack.

Iptis slashed his crystalline blade aside and slashed the electrified blade down instead. As the blades met, an explosion occurred due to the properties of the electrical current and the properties in the air, which was being drawn from a room filled with machines. Something wrong had been picked up on accident, and Itosis had no idea how to sort it out.

The explosion erupted, tossing both of them aside, forcing them both to change to normal. Walls began to explode as panels detonated. The entire corridor began to explode in turn, forcing the Toa to run for cover.

Itosis picked himself up and saw the team reverting back to normal. He saw Ixa and Lepeq running one way as Lepeq used a wall of Earth for defense. He saw Yuva and Tela using winds and moisture to try to keep the explosion away and stop the heat and flames, while Vi was alone, an explosion rippling forward towards her.

“Princess!” Itosis screamed, running for her and tackling her out of the way, taking the explosion onto his own body. The foundation of the building began to crumble, and the walls revealed other exits from other corridors nearby. The Toa were split as a result of their fleeing, only in pairs of two, wounded and tired from their attempted escape.

Things were about to get a lot worse for them.

Characters

 * Tela
 * Lepeq
 * Yuva
 * Itosis
 * Vi
 * Ixa
 * Iptis
 * Zendiats
 * Hederon (Mentioned Only)
 * Stiez (Mentioned Only)
 * "Madam Director" (Mentioned Only)
 * Sewin (Mentioned Only)
 * Seiza (Mentioned Only)
 * Silas (Mentioned Only)
 * Epee (Mentioned Only; form assumed)
 * Wolf (Mentioned Only; form assumed)
 * Eish (Mentioned Only)
 * Linke/Recht (Not Mentioned By Name)
 * Toa Angelus (Mentioned Only; forms assumed)
 * Toa Recla (Mentioned Only; forms assumed)
 * Toa Cyril (Mentioned Only)
 * Batsuroids
 * Anaroids
 * Baasha
 * Phantasmal Raiders (Mentioned Only),

Trivia

 * This story was written in commemoration of the author's two year anniversary in the C.I.R.C.L.E. canon.