Destiny Chapter 1. There's a chapter before this but I'm using that in the new version.

Five blades will cut the sky.That’s what the prophecy had said.As Ekumi was placed in the tomb he still sleeps in,it is said that he mumbled some words that made no sense to the Light Matoran,and his words had been written down as a prophecy of things to come.It gave the Matoran hope.Narmoto had always thought that it never meant anything.He preached it,of course.His duty as Protector was to protect the Region of Fire,and the prophecy gave the Matoran will to fight,but he had never believed in it.Now,though…it was coming true.
Five coloured streaks cut the horizon in all directions,one for each region of Okoto.Narmoto didn’t know that,but he could assume so.Judging by its angle,the pod that was at the end of each of the streaks was going to crash down around 3 miles away from the village.The pod was barely visable,but they all knew it was there.
Narmoto leaped down from the balcony of his house,landing on the ground to see a crowd of Matoran standing outside
“They’ve come at last!” One of them shouted “The Toa have come to save us all!”
“We cant be sure” Narmoto replied “Go tell Karda to arm the Guard.We leave in an hour”
The Matoran got to work.Karda was the leader of the Fire Guard,a group of Matoran who banded together to keep the Region of Fire safe.Karda’s family were all hunters by trade:seeing there’s no fertile land anywhere close to the region,they had to rely on the beasts of the region for food.Because of this,Karda had always been skilled with Elemental Revolvers,and had plenty in stock to supply the Guard with.Whenever Skull Spider’s are sighted,the Guard are deployed to take them out.That or Narmoto does it himself.
Soon,the Guard was ready.Narmoto met up with them on the outskirts of the village.Karda was a tough warrior,despite Matoran being famously small.His left eye was scared,the blue light of the other villagers replaced by darkness.
“We’re ready” he said “You don’t wanna take your armour for this one?It could get pretty hairy if this isn’t the actual Toa”
“I’ll be fine” Narmoto said.His weaponised armour,with it’s thick silver plating and shoulder-mounted Elemental Revolver,was back at his house,only responding to his mental commands.The only thing that always stayed on him was the mask.
“Besides” he said “If things do go wrong,I can just summon it to the battlefield”
“That’s if ya last long!” Karda joked.
“I’ll be fine” Narmotto said “Now come on,let’s go”
***
Narmotto stood infront of the sleek silver pod,Karda and the guard behind him.It wasn’t Okotian,that’s for sure.The design didn’t look like anything the Maskmakers would create.The pod had crashed down half an hour ago,and when it crashed the Guard surged to meet it.They’d been waiting for ten minutes,but nothing had happened.
“You sure this is it?” Karda asked “It dosnt look much like it’s gonna save us from Makuta,unless it’s gonna bore him into oblivion”
“Who else has silver pods that fall out of the sky?” Narmotto replied “It has to be the…”
Then the silver shell of the pod cracked open

Destiny Chapter 3. Note that in the chapter I haven’t posted here the Mask of Ultimate Power fiasco has already been explained.

Tahu stood in Narmotto’s house,very nearly hitting his head on the celling.The room was fairly bare:a bookshelf filled with unnamed books,a table with some writings,some foodstuffs and,most intriguing of all,a metal suit in the corner of the room.
Narmotto had offered Tahu a seat,but it turned out to be too big for him,so he just stood up.He could hear the sounds of the battle outside,the guns of the Fire Guard blaring. “Elemental Revolvers” Narmotto had called them.Gun’s was much more catchy in Tahu’s opinion,but he rolled with it.
Narmotto told him the story of Ekumi and Makuta,the Mask of Ultimate Power,the Prophecy.It was slightly overwhelming for Tahu:he only remembered 30 minutes of his life and now he was being told a race of tiny biomechanical people called Matoran had waited 1000 years for him.
“That’s why we need you” Narmotto said,after finishing his storytelling “The Protectors aren’t strong enough to fight Makuta,and most of the Matoran cant do anything period.Karda happened to have some Elemental Revolvers because he’s a hunter by trade…otherwise we’ve got nothing”
Tahu sighed “Look,I know no one else can help,but I’ve only just got here and cant remember anything about myself!I need time”
“And time you shall have” Narmotto said “You can wait if you want:train,get used to Okoto,remember who you used to be,but be warned:the longer you take,the stronger Makuta gets.For 1000 years he’s been gaining power,readying his armies,and soon he will strike.He know’s of your arrival:everyone does.You can run,Tahu,but not forever”
“I know that.It’s just…how long have I got?”
“Enough”
“Specifically?”
“Specifics are hard to come by.People say the Ekumi’s battle with Makuta was 1000 years ago.How are they sure it is not 1001 years?”
“Fine,you win.What now?”
“You go out there and fight”
“What?Now?”
“Yes.You think the Matoran will rally to you Toa if you just sit around with me all the time?Go out there and fight”
Narmotto opened the door and Tahu walked out.Then the door slammed behind him and locked.
“Geez,what a nice guy…”Tahu said.He could see the battle infront of him:Karda and the Fire Guard,as Narmotto had called them,were firing at a massive swarm of…something.Tahu couldn’t make out what it was.
“Ya gonna be a Toa of prophecy or are you just going to stand there like a cameraman?” Karda shouted over to Tahu “Get stuck in!”

Shattered Boards Chapter 1

“Sir,he’s waking!”
“took him bricking long enough.how long has this one been in there?”
“The pod is dated 2037”
“35 years?I didn’t know the ark program was running that long ago”
“Nor did I,sir,but the ship this is from is very unusual.Its from the MBS Discovery”
“never heard of it”
“that’s what I don’t get,sir”
He opened his eyes and saw the two users who were talking about him.one of them,who he presumed was the leader,wore a suit with gleaming white armour covering a lot of it.the other was a girl with red hair,who was crouching down next to the status pod he was lying in.she wore scrubby engineering gear and had so many tools on her person it was hard to see her actually clothes
“Welcome aboard the MBS Survivor,Junior743” she said.
“wha…who are you?” Junior asked
“im Technician Gollymolly.This is Admiral Catwizard”
“and im Junior?”
Catwizard suddenly looked worried “You’ve forgotten your name?we didn’t find anything wrong with the status pod before you woke up…do you still know what a status pod is?”
“yeah,I do” Junior got up and stepped out of the blue cylinder.it closed and slid up the wall.It wasn’t out of place,though.stacks of status tubes lined the walls,the corridor seemingly endless in all directions.
“What is the last date you remember?” Gollymolly asked
“why do you need to know?” Junior replied
“standard procedures for users with memory loss”
“this is normal?!”
“we have collected thousands of status pods from over 20 Arks.There’s bound to be a few damaged ones in there”
“fine.the last date remember was the 22nd of April 2029.does that mean I have memory loss?”
“well,actually,yeah.your status pod says you were placed in there on the 4th of May 2037”
Junior looked at the status pod “so I’ve lost 8 years of memory?”
“we didn’t see any damage on the status pod” Catwizard said “You’re memory might have been deleted deliberately.if so,we’ll check in with the medideck”
Junior looked at Catwizard “so where are we in the boards right now?”
“right…”Gollymolly said “this is the bit a lot of people who were put in status around your time don’t take very well,so I’ll take it slowly”
“whatever it is,I can handle it”
Catwizard laughs “that’s what they all say” He points at a window “take a look”
Junior looks out of the window.all there is is black.an endless void. “so where are we in the boards then?”
“This may be hard to take in” Gollymolly said “but we’re in space.The Lego Message Boards have been destroyed for 30 years”

Shattered Boards Chapter 3

“it began around 2041” Catwizard said as they walked to the medideck. “normal day on the MBs,people chatting,roleplaying,that sort of stuff.Then,for seemingly no reason,it all came crashing down.The MB’s were hit by pretty much every disaster you could think of:Earthquakes,tornados,acid rain capable of melting buildings,that sort of stuff.we thought it was a one off thing,but then it just kept going.by the end of the month the LMB’s were a total ruin.The Mod’s called all the users to the Welcome forum,the only place not seriously damaged by what we now call the Scouring”
“wow” Junior replied “sounds pretty awful”
“it was.We knew we needed to abandon the LMB’s.we built 20 massive spaceships,each the size of a city and capable of holding the full population of the boards in status.These ships became known as the Ark Fleet.within a year the fleet was launched.by that time the LMB’s were just rubble.Soon after the launch,it just gave up: the planet’s entire structure collapsed.The ground crumbled apart and it imploded.There wasn’t any going back.”
“Once in space,the plan was to keep the Ark Fleet together and find a new planet to call LMB’s 2.But space is very hard to travel:within several days of the launch the Ark fleet was scattered across space,and pretty soon afterwards we learnt another major lesson: space isn’t very easy to survive either.the Arks were dying off one by one.now,20 years after launch,there are only 3 Ark’s we are entirely sure are active,5 that are unaccounted for,and 12 that we know were destroyed.we know that because we found their empty shells and retrieved their cargo”
“what destroyed them?” Junior asked
“we have no idea.They were all pretty different causes,though” Catwizard stopped outside a white door with a red cross on it,which Junior assumed was the Medideck.He was right:the door opened to reveal a gleaming white corridor lined with beds,robots armed with remedies and antibiotics moving around.there wernt many users around:a few lying on beds with robots treating them,a few hanging around chatting.One user,however,walked up to them and greeted them
“hello!” he said “Im Scientist Tennisdude10!Who are you,why are you here,and what are you doing here?” he sounded almost ecstatic
“You know me already” Catwizard said “this is Junior.He’s just woken up from status.We need you to check for signs of deliberate brainwashing”
“I didn’t know of Ark’s that deliberately memory wiped people”
“nor do i.thats what worries me”
“will you be able to get my memories back?” Junior asked
“you might” Tennisdude replied “it depends on how long you’ve been brainwashed for.Is it large chunks of memory you’re missing?”
“he’s missing his memory from 2029 to 2037 when he was put In status” Catwizard replies “There wasn’t any damage to the status pod,so we’re assuming it’s deliberate”
“ok.if you’d like to lay down here,that would be appreciated” Tennisdude said.Junior did so while Tennisdude started shouting after anti-memory wipe robots
“is it normal to have been deliberately memory wiped?” Junior asked
“no,it isn’t” Tennisdude replied “that’s why I enjoy reversing it.the process is beautifully monotonous and I never get to do it!”
“that’s enough,Tennisdude” Catwizard whispered “you don’t want to freak him out”
“you’ve already succeeded…” Junior muttered
“oh,sorry” Tennisdude walked over to the bedside as the robot walked over,armed with a large helmet that fitted over Junior’s head
“now” Tennisdude said “you’re just going to go to sleep ab…”
Before he could finish,Junior’s eyelids came down like an anvil and he fell to sleep

“Well?” Catwizard said “did you learn anything?”
“nope” Junior said.it was an hour later and he’d just woken up “all I’ve remembered is that my name is definitely Junior”
“well,it was fun for me at least!” Tennisdude exclaimed.The way he said it kind of worried Junior,and by the looks of it Catwizard to.
“That dosnt sound good” Catwizard said “We have had a few people whose memory has been wiped deliberately,but they’ve all come out of the process remembering everything.We’ll have to take a further look at your brain.But in the meantime,we’ll set you up with accommodation”
Catwizard walked away and Junior got up and followed.
“Hope to see you again some time!” Tennisdude shouted as the medideck door slid closed.

Shattered Boards Chapter 4:

Gollymolly and Dumbledoor walked out into one of the large hangers on Deck 27. The room was at first glance nothing but a large space occupied by nothing but fighter craft for self-defence and repair ships for repairing hull breaches.However,looking up you could see a massive tangle of wires and cranes used for fixing and storing ships.The hanger didn’t have doors:the void of space was blocked by a wall of hard light that only let through anything moving above 70 miles per hour,meaning a fighter could fly through with ease but a normal cargo transporter would simple bounce off it.Also,although this wasn’t usually here,there was a large hole with several people looking down it.
Engineer Lolek4 greeted them as they came in.
“So,you’re the two the Bridge sent?” He said,clearly knowing the answer to the question “Glad to see they sent the best we have”
“Not the best” Dumbledoor replied “But pretty close.What’s the situation?”
“And oil pipe going to one of the main engines blew 30 minutes ago.We’ve patched it up with hard light,but you know what that stuff’s like.Give it a bit of pressure and it will blow like the physical one did”
The Arks weren’t designed to use the latest technology;they were just designed to get the users into space. As such,the main engines weren’t all the same make: out of the 20 that run kept the Survivor running,10 were widely used Ion drives,2 were extremely advanced fusion drives and the other 8 ran on good old oil.Catwizard knew the oil drives wouldn’t last forever,but until they found somewhere to land they couldn’t replace them.In the meantime,fuel from the other Arks would keep them running.
Molly crouched down and looked at the pipe,the sickly black liquid kept in by steel tubes and glowing blue hard light structures.
“What’s the technicians prospective on this,then?” Lolek asked.Technician and Engineer were both individual roles on-board the Survivor:Engineer usually dealt with machines,while Technicians usually worked on computers.However,the jobs regularly crossed over to the point where many had voted to combine the two.
“We’re putting too much strain on the oil drives” Gollymolly announced “We need to slow down the oil flow and rely on the other drives more”
“I’ll tell the bridge” Dumbledoor said before walking off to find some form of communication
Molly got up and looked at Lolek “Your squad going to fix this up?”
“Of course” Lolek said and shouted after some materials
Suddenly,an alarm went up.Pilots rushed into the hanger and jumped into their fighters.Molly had heard the alarm in her work in hangers too know what it meant.She looked outside of the hard-light that made for hanger doors and saw the other ship floating a few miles away from the MBS Survivor before running into the door and towards her emergency station in the central computer systems.
Aliens.