The Many Deaths of Toa Tuyet

The Many Deaths of Toa Tuyet was a story written by Greg Farshtey and posted on BZPower. It can be read here.

Story
In Ta-Metru, a Ta-Matoran had mysteriously died. Toa Nidhiki informed the group that he had been murdered, and he carried a tablet reading "Toa Tuyet".

Lhikan and Nidhiki went to Tuyet to ask her about the death, and she replied that she didn't even know any Ta-Matoran. Nidhiki theorized that someone was trying to give Tuyet a message.

Meanwhile, Kongu was on his way to work when he found a dead Le-Matoran in the street, also holding a tablet with Tuyet's name on it. Again, they confirmed he had been murdered. Lhikan went again to Tuyet, who told him about the Nui Stone, a powerful artifact that had wound up on her home island. She explained that the Dark Hunters wanted the Nui Stone, came to her home island shortly after she had left it, and figured she had fled with it. They told her that she had one week to give it to her, and they were counting it down with one murdered Matoran a day.

Dark Hunters were found on Metru Nui, sure enough, namely "Devastator", "Gladiator", and a shapeshifter who took the form of a Keetongu. Nidhiki and Lhikan captured them, and learned from them that they had no idea of such a countdown. They were after Tuyet, but were not responsible for the murders.

A Ga-Matoran was killed next, drowned in a canal. Tuyet claimed she had heard a scream and ran out to find the Matoran dead. Lhikan realized that was impossible, because the Dark Hunters had been captured that morning, but Nidhiki stopped him from pointing it out so Tuyet wouldn't think they were on to them.

Lhikan confronted Tuyet an hour later, pulling the Nui Stone out of a wall in her home. Tuyet got her hands on the Nui Stone and began to use its powers, becoming incredibly powerful. Nidhiki arrived and the two Toa defeated Tuyet, capturing her and destroying the Nui Stone. (Little did they know, tiny shards of it would stay embedded in her armor till her death and for a thousand years more than that--the Makuta of Metru Nui would take one of these shards, hoping to recreate the Nui Stone with the Staff of Artakha.)

Tuyet was sentenced to the Pit, and she died in the Great Cataclysm. Exactly how she died is unclear; some say she fought alongside Hydraxon trying to keep prisoners from escaping. Others say she just got unlucky and died before she made it out of the prison.

Characters

 * Lhikan
 * Nidhiki
 * Tuyet
 * Turaga Dume
 * Jaller (mentioned)
 * Kongu
 * "Devastator"
 * "Gladiator"
 * Unnamed Dark Hunter
 * Botar (not referred to by name)
 * Hydraxon (mentioned)