Mata Nui: The Online Game Walkthrough
“Mangaia”
Written by Mark Durham
1The battle for Kini-Nui is over. The Rahi are gone and the Matoran are victorious. My Company surround me, congratulating each other on our good fortune.
2“Rahi disappear, and Matau confused,” says Kongu, explaining their arrival at Kini-Nui. “Thought: Rahi fallback here, to destroy Kini-Nui. So fastfly we come, to aid!”
3“The Kini-Nui is safe now,” says Jala. “I think, though, that this day’s trials are far from over. The Toa are still underground.”
4“Something strange has happened in Onu-Koro,” says Onepu as I turn around. “Whenua says you should come there, and quickly. But not on foot.”
5“Take Puku! She followed us all the way here. I think she has been looking for you.”
6Puku does look eager to greet me. “Okay, girl,” I say to myself. “Let’s go!”
7We quickly arrive in Onu-Koro. It is good that Puku knows the way, for the tunnels have been barricaded. I seek out Whenua.
8“You are safe, Chronicler,” Whenua greets me. “That is good. The Prophecies, then, are still truthful.
9“They say Gali has called on you. There has been a disturbance in the Great Mine. The Golden Mask you discovered has disappeared, and a passage has opened there.
10“My workers are too afraid to go near it. We believe it is another entrance to the Makuta’s lair. It is your destiny to find the Toa, Chronicler, no matter what the outcome. I hope you have the courage to face it.”
11There does not seem to be anything else to say. I bid Whenua goodbye, and then I head for the Great Mine. I, too, hope I have the courage to face my destiny.
12When I reach the bottom of the Great Mine, the Golden Mask is indeed gone. I can now approach the pedestal.
When I push the button, the pedestal disappears into the floor.
When I push the button, the pedestal disappears into the floor. Suddenly, the walls retract far away from me. Now the floor itself is descending swiftly, down, down into the darkness below. It stops when I reach the floor of a large, dark chamber.
I work my way forward, past the damaged towers and the lifeless Manas, toward the large, open doorway.
Through the doorway, I see them. All six Toa have assembled around a swirling vortex of debris.
16“Makuta!” shouts Tahu. “We have come!”
17From the unseen depths of the chamber, a small Matoran steps forward.
18“What?!” exclaims Tahu in disbelief.
19“I have been waiting for you,” says the Matoran as he steps into the light. He is covered from head to toe in pockmarks, corrosion, and ooze.
20“But you — you are —” objects Tahu.
21“I am that which you are sworn to protect,” says the Matoran.
22“Tahu, it’s a trick!” interjects Kopaka. “We must destroy him!”
23“Destroy me?” says the Matoran defiantly. “You cannot destroy me. No more than you can destroy the sea, or the wind. Or… the void.”
24“You are like the sea?” objects Gali. “The sea bears life! The sea bore us!”
25“I bore you,” says the Matoran. “For I am Nothing. And out of Nothing, you came. And it is into Nothing that you will go.”
26“I stand with Mata Nui,” he continues, “side by side. I am his brother.”
27“The people of the world are builders. But look into their hearts… and you will find that they also have the power to destroy. I am that power. I am destruction. And I WILL destroy you.”
28“But…” says Tahu, still not believing, “you are but a Matoran!”
29“You expected something else?” asks Makuta. “Something like THIS?!”
30And as he says this, Makuta transforms himself, joining with the swirling debris. He reaches out with long twisting arms to swat away the Toa, one by one. Even the protective forces of the Hau mask can not protect Onua as Makuta’s arms approach him from behind and take him unaware.
31“Our only hope is to work together!” shouts Tahu over the now-roaring sound of the vortex.
32Tahu brings the full force of fire upon Makuta in a swirling inferno of flame. Kopaka likewise lets loose a stream of swirling ice. Gali directs a twisting torrent of water at Makuta. Lewa unleashes a vortex of his own in a strong gust of air. Onua summons forth a blast of earth that reaches the Makuta at the same time as a mighty shockwave issued forth from Pohatu’s stomping foot. The converging forces of all six Toa are too much for Makuta to bear.
33“You cannot destroy me,” says Makuta defiantly. “For I am Nothing.”
34And with that, the vortex collapses and Makuta is gone. It appears that the Toa have completed their task, for they are now being transported, one by one, out of the chamber.
35“But — what has happened to the Chronicler?” asks Gali. And then she too is transported away.
36I peek out from behind the now-lifeless pile of debris. There is a door at the other side of this chamber. I step through it and discover a room that stretches endlessly in each direction. The wall is not solid, but is instead a collection of stacked pods. I move closer to get a look into one of the pods.
37As I gaze into the pod to see what is inside, I notice something moving as if awakening from a very long sleep. Suddenly, it looks right at me and I get a funny feeling that perhaps I should not be here. The creature comes bursting out of its pod and faces me. As I turn and run, I hear another. And another. And another…
38I am running as fast as I can away from the creatures, desperately trying to find a way out of these chambers and back to the surface. Then I see it: a golden device with a missing piece. I know that piece! I have it in my backpack.
39I am searching desperately in my backpack for it. No, not the flute. Not the Heatstone or the letter or the ensign. Ah, here it is! The golden chisel!
40I place the chisel into the device. I am instantly surrounded by a bubble of energy and lifted from the floor just as the creatures converge upon me. I am floating up, upward out of the chamber. Then I am whisked swiftly along a dark tunnel. A door opens up ahead, and I am spit out upon a beach.
I am back where I started this adventure. Vakama is here, watching the water and waiting for me. I go to him.
“So. You have surprised us again, Chronicler,” says Vakama. “We feared your courage led you to a final adventure. But it seems you may have many more in the future.”
43“You seem afraid,” Vakama continues. “I know what you saw in that cave. Our Prophesies said the Makuta’s defeat would end our troubles. But the Prophesies have changed.”
44“Something yet darker looms ahead of us. But for now, put these thoughts from your mind. There are many reasons for the people of Mata Nui to rejoice!”
45“When we first met, and you found my mask — and my Firestaff — and indeed fulfilled requests for all the Turaga — you were thought to be an outcast.”
46“No Matoran travels from village to village, having adventures. The people of Ta-Koro did not trust you and feared your adventurous ways. They were certain it would bring us ill luck.”
47“But you have proven us all wrong, Takua. You stand like the Toa among Mata Nui’s greatest heroes. Come! Let us leave this windy beach and return to the light and heat of Ta-Koro.”
48“Many friends await you there.”
49I look up into the night sky. The red star has moved into its final position from the telescope panels. And then the sky erupts with many beautiful colors as fireworks go off in celebration. After my long adventure, it is good to be going home.