2007

2007 was the 7th year of Bionicle and the second year in the Bionicle Legends story arc.

Story
The story started off with the Toa Inika, moments after defeating Vezon when Matoro was prepared to wear it. However, the Mask desided it was not time yet and launched itself towards The Pit, which was the closest place to the Universe Core, which was where Matoro was to use it. This meant that the Mask had to travel through the ocean.

The Toa then had to follow it. They were revealed to location of the Stone Cord by Axonn, and they went down it into Mahri Nui.

Mahri-Nui
The story then mentioned Reysa, an Onu-Matoran Hydruka Guard, as he described the Pit in some detail. However, he was then dragged away and his status remains unknown.

However, as the Ignika travelled to the Pit through the ocean and not the Stone Cord, it arrived before the Toa Inika and was found by a Ga-Matoran resident of Mahri-Nui called Kyrehx. The Mask began to curse her as she was not a destined bearer. This continued until she just dumped it in the hands of Dekar, a Po-Matoran resident of Mahri-Nui. Kyrehx was then captured by Barraki Carapar and brought to Takadox, who hypnotised her into telling him about the Ignika. They then let her go and returned to the other Barraki.

Meanwhile, in Mahri-Nui, the village's leader, Defilak, had come up with an expedition to the bottom of the Pit in a submarine-like vehicle he had developed. A team consisting of him, Idris, Gar, and Sarda journeyed to the Pit, only to have their vehicle ripped apart by Takea Sharks. They were taken to Pridak, who ordered them to tell him about the Mask of Life. When they did not know what he was talking about, he left Sarda in a circle of sharks.

Then, while traveling down they were attacked and the cord cracked slightly, making a hole in it. The Toa then went out into the depths through the gaping hole, and almost immediatly the water transformed them into Toa Mahri, new fish-like water-breathing Toa. They got accustomed to their new armor and traveled down into the depths. Then they came across The Pit, a humongous jail housing evils such as the former Toa Tuyet. They came across a Po-matoran named Dekar and his friend Defliak. They showed them the way to Mahri Nui where the Toa made their HQ. On the way Toa Jaller came across a small ussal crab that reminded him of Pewku, so he befriended it. Then, Dekar told them to watch out for Barraki, six warlords who were banished for there crimes and sent to The Pit to be guarded by Hydraxon. But after the Great Cataclysm, they escaped and have been causing havoc since. So the Toa decided to round them up and put them back in The Pit, but what they needed was a jailer, so Dekar vouluntered to be the host of a ressurected Hydraxon. On the way to The Pit they were confronted by Pridak and Takadox who they fought, but lost. After the Barraki had their good laugh, they swam away for more destruction. When the Toa got to The Pit, a humongous sentient lifeform named Nocturn arose from a hole in the ground. Hydraxon said he was an escaped prisoner who's very dangerous, so the Toa tried to fight him off, but failed. Hydraxon let Nocturn have it, after he was jailed up and forgotten...for now.

Soon after Mantax and Ehlek broke him out and had a final confrontation with the Toa Mahri. Then, just before the fight, a possesed Maxilos and his pet Spinax came and tried to fight Matoro. Hydraxon started to fight Maxilos, but was brutally defeated. Jaller's small ussal crab them came to Matoro. He then used his power to make the crab huge, and after he dubbed it as "Gudunka". Gudunka then easily beat Maxilos, but Matoro was surprised to see that after Gudunka had beaten him, his possessor, Makuta, had came out and was ready to possess Matoro as well. Just then, Karzhani came out of nowhere (he had been following the Toa since they escaped old Arthaka(Karzhani's lair). So Makuta and Matoro made a short alliance and beat Karzhani to a pulp. But then, Makuta turned on Matoro, and while everyone else was fighting Barraki warlords, Matoro was fighting the leader of the dark Brotherhood. Matoro was defeated, but Karzhani arose again and began fighting Makuta, giving Matoro just enough time to escape and get the Mask of Life.

After getting the mask, and defeating the Barraki, he told his fellow Toa he would sacrifice himself to save the dying Mata Nui. The Toa, Axxon, Botar, and Brutaka then got all the Matoran of Mahri Nui into tunnels under Voya Nui. Then, the Toa combined all their powers and gave it to Matoro, which he then used it to cut the stone cord. As he and Voya Nui floated away, the Toa gave their farewells. Matoro led it into the planet core under Karda Nui. Then, as Voya Nui collapsed down a huge circular waterfall into the planet core, he put the Mask of Life on and used it to teleport his comrades to Metru Nui. He then used it to teleport Voya Nui back to Mahri Nui. He then jumped into the core and blew to oblivion.

Later, there was a ceremony for Matoro at the Great Colosseum in his honor. It was then that the Toa Nuva were given their new task: Go to Karda Nui, navigate through the Great Swamp, and awaken Mata Nui by searching for the Ignika, then activating it in the Codrex.

To be continued in 2008...