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"Kopaka..."
"...?"
"...paka..."
"...Gali?"
"Kopaka, please wake up!"
A figure moved in the snow. What?...Where...?... he wondered.
Slowly, memories creeped their way into his head. The logical part of his brain started to try and carefully arrange them into distinguishable facts.
My name...
Kopaka.
...Location...unknown southern mountain range...yeah, real helpful, he thought cynically.
Burning...Wait, what?
Kopaka slid his hand down to his leg.
Sticky...blood...
More burning on his shoulder.
Crap.
Slowly, painfully he pushed himself to his hands and knees. Then with a shaky push, his feet.
Suddenly, a realization hit him.
GALI?! He frantically spun around, almost plummeting to the ground again in the process . Her...voice...
Oh, he thought. Things are..different now...
He pushed back the nightmarish memory clawing at his mind like an animal trying to break loose.
Fighting the growing sensation of the world spinning about, he limped to the top of the hill he was on.
Have...to get to that village...His mind told him.
The Toa of ice switched mask of vision on and began scanning the area. He stopped, though, when a flash of red appeared in the far distance.
Before he could get a better look, a wave of nausea and dizziness hit him hard.
Lay down before you fall down!, His brain told him.
Laying there in the snow with ears ringing and head spinning, he could only think how vulnerable of a place this left him in.
"Some hero I am, floundering around on the ground. Heh..." he muttered delusionally. Black slowly clouded his vision, and everything drifted away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Kopaka!"
He glanced behind to see the Toa of water running after him.
Great, he thought, so much for leaving the toa meeting easily.
Feeling strangely obligated, he stopped and turned to meet his fate. (Dummy, he thought, mentally kicking himself for being soft. Just go; you can outrun her!)
Too late.
She approached him, panting slightly, and pushed her dark hair back.
"What?" he asked tersely, anxious to get away from this confrontation.
"Kopaka, what. Is. Wrong?, she asked, slightly exasperated.
"...wrong?" he asked, trying to play dumb.
"Don't play coy with me Kopaka! I know you better; we ALL do. There's something more going on, and you're not telling us. It has to do with that incident with the Le-matoran, doesn't it? You can tell us!"
Kopaka's eyes narrowed. So much for playing dumb...
"Not. Talking. About. It.", he said stiffly. By now, his tone of voice would have sent the majority packing.
But, Gali wasn't the "majority", and wasn't about to back down.
"Don't give me that! If something is hurting you, we're you're family, and we want to help you. But we can't help if you don't let us!", she said, her voice cracking slightly.
Kopaka stared hard at her. Don't make me do this, Gali... Dang it, don't cry... He started backing up slowly, trying to get away.
She followed in step.
He turned around and began picking up the pace, fighting down the annoying emotions trying to surface.
Suddenly, Gali had had enough and shot a hand to his shoulder to stop him.
A memory shot into Kopaka's, mind then, crushing the emotional barrier.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!", he screamed at her, shocking them both into to silence.
The following moment was a dead silence, followed by soft whimpering from her.
With that, the Toa of ice spun around,sending his stark white hair shooting around him like a sudden blizzard. Run, run, run! His mind screamed.
And he ran.
Leaving behind a sobbing Toa of water...