Prologue

The night was dark, shadowless in the light of Okoto's moon shining down on the Mask makers city. Just that night the Toa Uniters had returned to the Giant Planet the Okotans saw every night. The Giant Planet was an unknown planet that no one cared about, however, the planet's size was so big that all the Okotans could see it from their homes. Ekimu the Mask Maker walked quickly as though he was being chased by his brother, Makuta, the evilest of evil ones. Makuta had once been a Mask Maker like Ekimu but when he put on the Mask of Ultimate Power, he became The Mask Hoarder.

As Ekimu reached the Temple of Time he saw an ancient text written in the strange language of Matoran on the middle podium. Ekimu called for a translator, Stoick, who ran over as fast as he could. "What can you make of this strange language?" Ekimu asked?

Stoick replied: "It is the language of the Matoran, the Great Creators of this world."

"What does it say?" asked Ekimu, with a hint of surprise in his voice.

"It says: "Let all who read this understand the Great Mask of Time has a lower half, resting in the world of Spheres Magna"

"What do you think it means?" asked Ekimu, confused.

Stoick answered, "I think whoever has the full mask can travel in time."

"If my brother Makuta found out about this 'Full Vahi Mask' we would all be in danger." Ekimu remembered that in the precious moments the Mask of Ultimate Power was on his brother's face, he could feel great power coming from the Mask and Makuta. This gave Ekimu a sense of terror for his people. He knew with more power Makuta would destroy the planet of Okoto.

Stoick, also fearing what Makuta could do to his people, asked "What must we do to stop this threat?"

"Send Eko, the Toa of Shadow, to find a new Toa on the Giant Planet. Together they can reunite the two halves of the Mask and save our planet" Ekimu replied nervously.

Stoick left Ekimu to find Eko and explain the mission.