when everyone comes to, they realize that hakann and thok had forced the weakened brutaka to reveal the location of the mask of life. axonn arrives and begins to go after the two piraka, but jaller tells him to swallow his pride and let others help, to which axonn agrees. realizing that the best way to stop the two is to return brutaka's power to him and that the piraka are the only ones who know how to do that, the two groups form an uneasy alliance. while the piraka work on the zamor sphere that will depower hakann and thok, axonn warns jaller of the mask's guardians and hands him a glowing zamor for "protection". at the same time, the matoran are continuing their search, and they find records of voya nui's history - it was long thought that many were lost when some of the land sank underwater, but these records say that they may still be alive underwater as a prelude to the mahri nui story.