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Chapter Twenty-Five:
The Battle for Moris Lane

Kopaka had fallen asleep minutes ago, Gali watching silently over him the whole time. She smiled faintly as she gently lowered him onto the bed a bit more, pulling a light blanket up over him. She brushed a few strands of hair from his eyes and pressed a kiss to his forehead.

Gali squinted her eyes and looked about the room. On a chair by a vanity she found her clothing, washed and folded. Her glaive leaned against the wall, polished and any damaged it had sustained was repaired. She smiled and eased out of her nightdress. She grabbed her clothing and dressed quickly, enjoying the free sudden free feeling she got from being out of the nightdress. She grabbed her boots from the corner and slipped them on silently. She turned back to the bed to gaze down at the sleeping Kopaka again and smiled.

She bent and picked up his trench coat and shirt up from the floor where he had dropped them earlier. She folded them, while humming a bit to herself and placed them on the chair where her clothes had been.

With that done the young woman left the room, closing the door behind her. She strode down the hall way towards the actual temple area. She gazed at the crystal alter, feeling it's pull. The sound of water filled her ears. Her eyes pulled away from the alter to look behind it. A small but beautiful waterfall tumbled along the back wall. There was one thing wrong however, it was mostly frozen. A tiny trickle of water had escaped and was sliding meekly into a grand pool at the base of it.

Her heart filled with sadness at the sight of the trapped water. She knew that someone evil must have stopped the flow. Gali looked into the still pond, her reflection dark as was the temple. She sighed and put a finger into the water. It was bitter cold and it had no soul.

Gali took a deep breath and stepped down into the pool. The freezing water came up to her waist, causing her to shiver. She pushed through the water towards the frozen waterfall. It stood there, a cold sad pillar, begging to be free. She reached out meekly and lay a hand against the pillar of water. It began to glow with a gentle ethereal light. The ice began to crack and shiver. Then without warning, the ice shattered, freeing the water. It fell warm and lively into the pool. The dark water became light and playful. Gali smiled as the water flowed into deep grooves that covered the floor, turning the temple into a sort of delta. Small water lilies opened up as the whole temple came alight with the reflections of the water. She crawled out of the pool and watched as more of the water began to flow down the large steps of the temple and reflected the sunlight inside. The alter began to glow a beautiful blue color as the sunlight hit it.

"Moris Lane."

Gali crawled out of the puddle to see Janus standing nearby, his fur shimmering in the light.

"You woke up the temple." He smiled at her. "how were you able to when all my efforts have failed?"

"I'm the Toa of Water, Janus.." Gali replied. "Things like this are my specialty."

"I see that now."

Gali bent and plucked one of the beautiful water lilies out of the pond. She placed it on the alter before taking a step back and bowing to it.

"Janus?" she asked without looking away from the lily. "how is it that you are all still here after all this time?"

Janus gave a small sigh and looked at the ground.

"I guess it's time you learned." He said. He sat down on a crystal bench that rested against a wall. "come sit with me. You have a lot to learn."

~*~

"Ages ago, when the war in paradise was taking place, the others and myself were warriors for Mata Nui. We were sort of an early version of you Toa. We each had an element. I was water. Kendarath was wind. –T- was fire. Punk was air. Nighthunter was shadow. And Huriko was light. We would use our powers over these elements to their greatest extent to protect our lord Mata Nui. But it wasn't enough, for Makuta soon sent against his Dark Lords. I remember that day. The had come at us with all their might. We didn't even know what had happened until it was over. the city in Paradise had been destroyed and it was all our fault.

Your mother had been taken by mistake. They had come after Mata Nui but had mistaken her for him. They held her for ransom. We refused of course to turn over Mata Nui. I had never seen the great lord so depressed. Without your mother he was lost, but for some reason he still refused to give up. You would cry yourself to sleep at night, because you didn't know where your mother had gone. You would usually fall asleep in your father's arms. It was so cute."

A distant look came over his face for a second. Then his eyes filled with anger and hatred

"When we refused to fall to their plans, Makuta sent his assassins, Trice and Linnex, after us. Gali, Kendarath, Nighthunter and myself are the last. The others…were murdered. I remember finding them, all dead. Their weapons still in their hands. Punk had died first. In the middle of the night. Trice came for him. He had bled to death, he wasn't quite dead yet when we found him. He had enough strength left to identify Trice as his murderer. _t- and Huriko had been killed while trying to protect you. Trice and Linnex must have thought it would be good if they brought you back to Makuta. Maybe Mata Nui would give himself up to save your life. The assassins failed. Huriko was able to trap them with a binding spell. Both had been mortally wounded however."

Janus stopped, unable to continue for a moment. He buried his face in his furred hands. Gali could hear his breathing get shaky. She knew he was very upset about this.

"They had all perished here. In this temple. They are unable to leave this island because of it. This is the last safe haven for us. ."

He looked at her.

"and you are our last hope."

He put a hand on her chest, directly over her beating heart. She covered her hand with his as a warmth came from her heart.

"you have him within you. "

Gali nodded.

"But how do I get him to come out?"

"I cannot tell you, for I do not know. " Janus replied sadly. "I wish I could help you Lady Gali. But alas, I cannot"

Gali sighed and looked to the alter again. She wondered if her father was well. Mata Nui had an awful sleeping curse on him! How could he be alright!? Gali almost smacked herself. She watched as Lewa and Punk, the two had become fast friends, strode into the temple chattering happily and marveling at the sudden liveliness of the grand temple. Tahu stepped out of the shadows and went to sit on a bench outside. He was strong again, but he still walked with a slight limp. She heard the sounds of Pohatu and Onua playing koli outside and her chest swelled with pride.

"I need to go assist Huriko." Janus said suddenly. "If you'll excuse my Milady."

The fox bent and kissed her hand, causing her to blush lightly. She watched as he glided off into the shadows of the temple. Gali sighed and rubbed at her temples.

"Hey Gali!"

Lewa rushed over to her, Punk following close behind. Lewa's hair wasn't up in it's usual spikes so it hung delicately about his shoulders. He smiled at her and motioned towards his bow and arrows.

"We're going hunting! You want to come?"

"No thank you Lewa." Gali replied with a smile. "I think I'd just like to sit here in the temple for awhile."

Lewa looked a little put out but he smiled anyway.

"Ok, maybe some other time then?"

Gali gave a small nod and watched as the two ran off, now that Gali got a good look at Punk, she realized that the young priest was a little transparent. She worried about how Lewa would react when he found out his new friend was not alive. She hardly noticed when Tahu walked back into the temple and sat down next to her, favoring his leg.

"Gali," he said.

Gali looked at him, her eyes shining. The Ruby Toa looked at her, his red hair tumbling about his ears. He truly looked like he had been very injured. He was pale and a little thinner.

"Hello Tahu."

"Did you do this?" Tahu asked motioning to the newly awakened temple. Gali nodded in response and looked down at her hands, which were folded in her lap. She sighed and looked around.

"I just don't understand it Tahu."

"Understand what?"

"This whole thing. Me being the Avatar and what not." Gali replied. "Why me?"

"Who knows." Tahu said gently. "We may never understand why we were chosen for the roles that we play in life. We may never want to understand. And I know accepting it may be hard, but eventually we are going to have to."

"Tahu." Gali said. "I don't want to die.."

Tahu remained silent for a moment as the realization that his friend may die hit him. He gently took her hands in his, noticing that the young woman was shaking with unshed tears.

"Don't be afraid Gali," He said. "If you do die, I promise you won't be alone. I'll be there with you."

Gali looked at him and couldn't help but smile. She hugged him tightly.

"Thank You Tahu." She muttered.

Tahu nodded and got to his feet, he turned to walk back to his room but instead he was thrown to the floor by a wicked shockwave, as was everyone else present.

"Tahu!" Gali screamed as she picked herself up from the floor, Tahu was slowly beginning to get up but it looked like he was about to pass out.

"What the!" Onua suddenly cried from outside.

Gali caught Tahu's eyes and he nodded to her. She raced outside only to find the dark lords standing in a semi circle in front of the temple, Mirukar slowly lifted up an odd looking staff that he had caused the shockwave with and smirked. Nirvana looked at her and blew a cheeky kiss.

"Why have you come here?!" Demanded an enraged Huriko as he raced out of the temple.

"Simple." Linnex said. "We've come to pick a fight."

"Well this is the wrong place to pick one!" Onua yelled as he dug his hands into the earth and ripped up a large slab of rock, preparing to throw it at them.

Jareth suddenly shook his head.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Trice stepped out from behind him and threw something small and green onto the ground. It was a badly beaten Lewa. He was unconscious and a livid bruise was beginning to form on the side of his head.

"What did you do to him?!" Pohatu raged. He ran forward to Lewa's side and rolled him onto his back to get a better look at him. Onua dropped the slab of rock onto the ground and stared at the scene in shock.
Gali glared at the Dark Lords. All of them were smirking and looking very smug with what they had done. Huriko looked at Lewa for a moment before glaring at the Lords again.

"Leave this sacred place. Now!"

A ball of light formed in the Mage's hand and he threw it at the lords. They all leapt into the air just in time, for a second later the ground where they were standing exploded as the ball of light hit it. A blast of fire shot out of Linnex's hands as soon as he landed and slammed into the Mage, sending him flying back into a wall of the temple. Several throwing knives suddenly shot out of the shadows and embedded themselves into the lords shoulder. Linnex cried out and ripped them from his shoulder just as a flash of blue fur tackled him.

Janus snarled and reached for Linnex's throat with his clawed hands. Linnex tried to push the fox off of him but he couldn't dislodge the angry water mage. A shot of wind tried to blow the fox off of Linnex but it missed horribly when Pohatu tackled Trice.

A blast of ice shot out of the temple and hit Jareth in the side. The Dark Lord of ice snarled and turned only to be punched in the jaw by Kopaka. The two ice titans fell to the ground before engaging in and terrific duel. Kopaka removed Gali's glaive from it's place strapped to his back and threw it to her.

She caught it deftly and whipped off it's sheath. She charged at Nirvana, who met her half way. Glaive crossed Arcane staff powerfully, sending of a jet of sparks. Gali swung her glaive around, trying to disarm Nirvana but the dark Lord whirled, catching Gali painfully in the hip. Biting back tears of pain, Gali slammed Nirvana in the stomach with the staff of her glaive. Nirvana squeaked and bent over a bit. Gali delivered a heavy kick to the other woman's chest knocking her back even more. Nirvana groaned and struck out at Gali with the heavy, jeweled end of her staff. It connected hard with Gali's shoulder, causing her to scream.

Tahu had managed to stay conscious and was able to get up. He half ran, half limped onto the battle field trying to get hit by one of the rocks Onua and Seledon were heaving at each other between fist fight. The Ruby Toa grabbed on to the badly beaten Lewa and dragged him back into the safety of the Temple. Nighthunter and Kendarath were waiting there to patch him up.

"Where's Punk?" Nighthunter asked.

"I don't know!" Tahu replied, "I didn't see him!"

"I shall go and search for him" Nighthunter said, her pitch black skin gleaming a bit in the dull light of the temple. In a moment she was gone, vanishing into the shadows.

Kopaka charged at Jareth, slashing at him with all his strength. The dark lord dodged the attack and swung up with one of his own. Kopaka dodged it just in time as it was about to slash open his chest. Out of the corner of his eyes, Kopaka saw Janus take a wild swing at Linnex with his claws, his claws were followed by a burst of blood from Linnex's face.

Janus ducked under a wild rage driven blow from the now bloody Linnex. The red head took another swing at the fox only to be slammed in the chest by one of the mage's fists. Janus stepped back as the dark lord cursed at him, trying to wipe the blood from his eyes.

"Maybe this will clean you up!"

A ball of bitter cold water formed in the fox's hand. He hurled it at Linnex. The water connected solidly with the lords chest and sent him flying twenty feet back into a tree, putting him out of commission instantly.

He was knocked to the ground, however, when Mirukar brought his staff down heavily on his collar bone. The dark lord was about to crush the fox's skull when a jet of fire threw him to the side. Tahu ran out of the temple, buster sword ready to cleave the dark lord's skull In two. Mirukar barely raised his staff in time to block the blow. Tahu however, had the advantage and was able to put all his strength into pushing down on the staff, forcing Mirukar down.

The lord tried to kick Tahu's legs out from under him but Tahu anticipated the attack and slammed his heel into Mirukar's knee, causing him to cry out as his kneecap splintered.

Gali was still fuzzy from the attack on her shoulder but she still managed to slam the end of the shaft of the glaive down onto Nirvana's shoulder. Nirvana struck back with a fist to Gali's stomach. Gali cried out and smacked Nirvana's side with the flat of her blade. Nirvana hit the ground panting, her arcane staff rolling away. She gazed at Gali in horror.

~*~

Nighthunter raced through the trees, trying desperately to find the young priest. She met up with –T- in a small grove and they both raced off to find Punk. The Lizard raced along the ground, his nose poised to pick up Punk's scent.

He picked it up near the shore. The elf followed him as he raced toward the ocean. They burst out of the jungle and onto the sand to find a truly awful sight.

Punk was in a stand off with a massive Kane-Ra. The beast was obviously a summon as it glowed at bit. It pawed at the sand and snorted at the look of fear on Punk's face. The Rahi lowered it's head to charge but was thrown side ways when –T- charged at it and stuck a spear into it's side. It howled and turned, charging at him. –T- leapt out of the way with amazing agility. Nighthunter leapt down from the tree she was in and fired a volley of arrows at it. They struck it in the side causing it to scream again. Punk pointed his wing edged spear at the rahi and began trying to force it back. The Kane-Ra's blood soaked the sand as the three began to force it back into the waves.

The beast kicked and cried out but it couldn't get past them back onto the safety of the land. Nighthunter fired another arrow at it. The deadly projectile struck it in the eye. The Kane-Ra screamed in pain. Punk raced toward the thrashing rahi and removed each of it's masks.

"What happened?" Nighthunter asked after catching her breath.

"They came out of nowhere." Punk said. "They grabbed Lewa and summoned that thing. I couldn't get away from it."

"Wonderful." –T- said sarcastically.

"Yeah well we have a problem." Nighthunter replied. "they've attacked the temple."

Punk's eyes widened.

"We've got to get back!" He raced off into the jungle, followed by the others.

~*~

Nirvana half sat, half lay there, staring at Gali with wide eyes. Gali pointed the tip of her glaive at her.

"Nowhere to run." Gali said, panting.

"That's what you think." Nirvana said. "Hey Trice!"

Trice turned to look at her.

"Drop the bomb." Nirvana said. A wicked smile formed on Trice's face. Gali suddenly remembered reading the Book of Legends back in Ta-Koro. The only thing written about Trice was 'Drop the Bomb'. She had an awful feeling that she was about to find out what that meant.

Trice suddenly leapt into the air, a pair of pitch black demons wings bursting forth from his back. A ball of greenish light formed in between his hands. It increased in size until it was about the size of a beach ball. An insane smile lit up his face and he lifted it above his head. Gali's eyes widened in horror.

"TOA!" she screamed "SCATTER!"

The other Toa barely registered her scream when Trice rose higher into the air.
"DROP THE BOMB!"

He hurled the ball towards the earth with every ounce of strength in his being. It plummeted like an asteroid, heading right for the Toa. A tiny ball of pink light soared out of the temple, a dome of pink light suddenly surrounded the temple. The tiny light morphed into a woman sized Kendarath, her arms spread, as if she were holding up the shield.

The bomb suddenly slammed into the shield. The resulting explosion was fantastic. The sky darkened as the light from the explosion was brighter then the light of the sun. A immense shockwave, glowing green in color, slammed through the Toa, knocking them all to the ground painfully. Searing heat swept across the land, setting the jungle alight with fire. The roar of the explosion was more then loud, it was deafening.

At last the light faded, the heat let up and the roar stopped. Gali lay on the ground, covered with sweat. Her hair had curled from the heat and she was sure that other parts of her were singed. She barely noticed the blood trailing down the sides of her head from her ears. Her weak eyes suddenly flew to the temple. Smoke was swirling around it rather ominously. But, a pale light shone through it. The smoke cleared revealing the shield still up and Kendarath glaring daggers at Trice, she was panting but still intact.

Moris Lane stood!

Trice looked at Kendarath, panic written across his face.

"No…" he murmured. "It can't be."

"Leave this place" Kendarath growled. "Or you will deal with me."

Trice's eyes widened even more and he began to shudder in fear. He seemed to be frozen in mid air.

"Fine!" Mirukar snarled. "But we are not leaving empty handed."

The dark lord strode over to Kopaka and lifted him by the collar of his trench coat. Kopaka hung there, half conscious and covered with sweat. He was shivering and panting, to weak to fight Mirukar. The Dark Lord stripped the white coat off of the Diamond Toa and threw it to the ground.

"No!" Gali cried, she got shakily to her feet and tried to summon up a ball of water, but she was too weak. Nirvana smirked at her.

"He's mine now."

With a pale flash of light the dark Lords, and Kopaka, Vanished without a trace.

"Kopaka!" Gali cried.