A/N: Thanks to Nobility for her review and to all of you who took the time to look at my story. But enough of that, this isn't the Academy Awards and I'm going to stop wasting space and continue with the story.
Prison
Chapter 2
Onua crept forward in the darkness with Lewa on his right and Gali on his left. The only sound they heard was the dripping of water from the damp ceiling above them. They were lucky that the armory was on the same floor or else it would have been more beneficial to leave them behind. Pohatu was stationed near the back in order to make sure Tahu and Kopaka didn't go at it again. Pohatu sighed; the defeat at the hands of Piraka had left the Toa Nuva in a state of shock. Tahu was more irritable than ever and even Pohatu lost the level of confidence he once had. Perhaps this situation was what the Toa Nuva needed to get back the valor they thought they lost.
Currently Lewa was the only one with his weapons out which was for the best. He actually had one kantana out and was switching it between his right and left hand depending on whether the hallways moved towards one direction or the other. Onua was currently trying to sense any movement through the ground. Nothing, that's great. This is place makes me almost lose any hope at seeing light again. We have to get above ground; then we can think this escape out better. At least we're out of the cell and we have our weapons. But what use can the tools be in here, when we are outnumbered by our enemies by so much. Onua thought. Tahu tensed suddenly and everyone had their weapons out.
"What is it?" whispered Kopaka.
"Nothing I guess, though I could have sworn I saw something move in the shadows. We have to get out of this prison, it's starting to plan tricks on my mind." Tahu groaned with utter annoyance. Normally his prerogative would have been to chase after what ever was hiding in the dark. Unfortunately bravery was useless in such a dark place like Destral. Kopaka scanned the area with his Akaku Nuva; he saw nothing so Tahu must have been seeing things. So where would our next exit be? It's taking a longer time then expected. Well that is to be expected with Onua leading. Still I wouldn't openly fight for leadership of this team or Tahu would create a needless argument. Kopaka thought as they continued down the hall. Finally they reached a point where the floor started to slope upward.
"Wow I never thought the noble masks would be as useful as right now," Pohatu whispered to the others as he accessed his noble Ruru. When no one answered he kept silent. They continued to press on and eventually came across two rahkshi who were guarding a stairwell.
"Quiet my friends, I'll distract them," Lewa whispered to the rest of the team as he picked up a stone off the ground. Lewa scanned the area ahead of them and noticed another hallway down about hallway. Timing it so closely enough that the rahkshi were looking away he threw the stone down the connecting hallway. He saw the Rahkshi tense up so he retreated back behind the corner. He looked back towards Onua and nodded. Onua knew what he meant and started sensing the movements of the rahkshi through the ground. The two rahkshi moved down the hallway where the stone was thrown. When the two rahkshi moved far enough down the hallway Onua stepped forward and motioned for the others to follow. They moved towards the stairwell ever so quickly, but quietly. When they reached the stairwell they moved up the stairs hoping that it would lead them to the surface. At last the Toa Nuva had a lucky break with the stairs and it led them above ground. They moved to an empty storeroom and locked it tightly behind them and ripped the flags off the wall and stuffed them under the doorway.
Pohatu was rummaging through some boxes in the storeroom and found what he was looking for. A map of the Destral prison, this is exactly what they needed for this situation.
"I found it, a map of this fortress. Now we can figure out a way out of here and we won't have to rely on guesses anymore!" Pohatu nearly shouted with glee. The other Toa gave him stares for nearly alerting their captors to their presence. "Sorry, next time I'll just keep my mouth shut."
"Don't worry brother, no can hear us right now. So let's see this map you're talking about." Lewa said putting his arm around his friend and comrade's shoulder. So Pohatu placed the map on the table that the toa had cleared off. The Toa stood analyzing the map for about 15 minutes. Then Onua spoke up after scanning the map.
"Ok, it looks like we have three exits we can use to escape the prison. The first being the main door."
"No it's too risky that kind of exit will attract too much attention, attention that we would be better off without," Kopaka said icily.
"That's exactly what I thought. The only to escape through the main door without being noticed would be in some sort of transport. The problem with that is we neither have enough time or power to fight our way out, if things go sour. Another escape route we could use is the tunnels. The only problem with that is we will have to go back underground if we are to reach them."
"I don't think anyone of us have the will to go through their again," Gali replied to Onua's second option.
"Agreed, I don't want to have fight our way through those awful tunnels," Pohatu shivered.
"Ok then, that only leaves us one more option. We will have to escape through roof of this place and then move down the walls. Luckily the stairwell we have used will lead us straight to the top. Afterwards we will have to go the seaport to steal a ship," Onua sighed as he gave the team their last option.
"It looks like a better idea than the rest of them. I for one can't stand those tunnels. The front door idea is void also. Even I am not foolish enough to try that." Tahu agreed.
"Are you sure Tahu? Because last time I checked it was your actions that got us here." Kopaka replied with ice in his voice.
"Kopaka this is not the time or place to fight with Tahu." Gali cut in before it got out of hand.
"Sounds like we have a plan fellow Toa, perhaps we should move on before the leader of this place notices our absence from our cell." Lewa said trying to get them focused back on the matter at hand.
"He's right it's time to break out of this place. We don't have a lot of time before they notice our escape and go on alert." Onua answered.
The Toa were close to freedom but freedom always has a price. Who would make the sacrifice for the others? Our heroes will find themselves short of a friend when the finally escape the hell that was Destral. Then again this is Destral there is always a price. Here in the prison it's paid in blood.
A/N: Thanks for reading the second chapter of Prison. Your opinions would be much appreciated. Expect the next chapter soon. I don't like keeping people in the dark anyways.