When Apocalyptix was learning how to fight again he was distracted by the crowd slowly growing outside the Monastery. Once he got outside he saw the two new piraka toas fighting with master Dextrix. Surely this was just training. So, Apocalyptix went to go see what was going on. When he did he was surprised to find that the energy from the fight had transformed anything in range into a piraka toa including himself. He looked at master Dextrix but he hadn't changed so this must only affect younger toas he thought. All the matoran in the area had transformed into toa made with Piraka spine. And so the Series began