I will probably never write this so here is an outline for a short story for my Toa Metru/Toa team crossover lovers
The Toa are very stressed and trying to find help wherever they can
eventually Tahu, Gali, and Onua make their way to Artakha, who is maybe trying to return to his original island or maybe trying to start a new secret community with his Matoran, idk but point is he's doing his own thing. And as he did when Lewa came to him for help against Teridax, Artakha wants nothing to do with it
Tahu tells him off for not helping Lewa and at long last they all convince him to give some kind of help because Artakha needs to understand that the Toa Mata will all die if this continues. and Artakha pretends not to care, but he does a little, and that's all they need to chip away at him
and finally Artakha agrees, alright, he can't do much against something like Marendar, and they all already have the best armor and masks they can have, but Artakha is able to create Toa/imbue elemental energy. He used it to make the Toa Mata. so he offers to make several new Matoran into Toa
but the Toa stop short. because if Artakha just gives them new Toa, they will still be rookie Toa. they won't know how to use their powers yet, they may not know how to fight in their new bodies, they may not have their mask powers under control. And what they will be is targets for Marendar too.
so Tahu's heart is heavy, but he says no. because if the Toa are all going to die to this thing, he won't give it more of his friends to destroy. he explains all this to Artakha
Artakha pauses and thinks for a while. He says that he may be able to do something else. Instead of creating new Toa. Maybe he could give Tahu some experienced warriors again. He isn't sure yet if he can do it on this new world. but he will try
Tahu is exhausted and doesn't really know what this means, but he thinks maybe Artakha is going to somehow repair some Toa who have died or even build new ones who have experience built in. so they agree to this and leave. They take the long journey back home, hoping no one else will have been lost in their absence
and when they get home, Pohatu is right there at the gate waiting for them and asking them what the hell they did
they don't know? what happened?
he tells them you better just come see for yourself
There's a Fire Toa waiting outside the gathering hall. Tahu's never seen him before, but Pohatu turns and smiles at him as they get close, and the Fire Toa waves and laughs and shakes his head, tired and exasperated but smiling to see him
and Vakama just covers his mask and sighs and laughs again
Tahu races over to him, hollering like mad, and all but picks him up in his eagerness to hug him and look him over. It's you?? It's you??
What did you do? Vakama is asking. I had my time. We had our destiny
Well here's a second one for you, evidently, because Artakha gave you your power back, I didn't know he could, I never though - Vakama!!
world feels instantly brighter because together surely they can do this. With his Turaga? surely they can do this.
yes he's scared of the thought of losing Vakama to this too but more than that, he's bolder with him next to him, more ready to face anything
and it's not just him. Nokama's coming to greet Gali, and Whenua is joking about showing Onua his full strength at last, and Kopaka and Nuju are both shaking their heads at them from the corner, and Matau's probably overhead, who knows, he's hardly stopped flying since he changed back; Onewa's pretending to be mad about all of it, but Pohatu's having a blast
Artakha has returned the Turaga to Toa again: the Metru, Dume, and others still alive. There is a variety of reactions to this from the Turaga, but they remember their old strength. and even the ones who would prefer to be done with their fighting days won't stand by with a threat like this on the loose
oh sure in the end many of them will give up their powers again and go back to being Turaga. but right now. it's time to fight. like they used to
(cue Toa Mahri, Mata, and Metru combined antics. as the prophecy (me wishing it) foretold)
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