Chapter Four - A New Enemy
After the encounter with the three Rahvok, Turataga mentioned what Kopaka had been thinking about. There seemed to be six Rahi, and they finally found out that they were called Rahvok, after encountering another Rahi living on the island. Nokama used her Mask of Translation to talk to it, and found out about their new foes. They also discovered that the Rahi had seen Lehvaki, the Rahvok from the skies, spying on them. After that, Tahu suggested they minimized talk of plans without the guarantee that the Lehvaki couldn't report them to its master. Turataga, once again, held the answer. He just put a time field over the group, so that to anyone outside of their group, they were talking too fast to be understood. First, though, some questions needed answering.
Turataga was pelted with questions about his tool, the Elemental Cannon, and how and why he transformed the six Matoran who found the Great Kanoka disks into Toa, and sent them to Mata Nui. The Toa of Time answered the questions, explaining fully anything the Toa and Turaga didn't already know. His cannon was powered by a chamber with a molten protodermis core, surrounded by a frozen exterior, held in place by a sandy wind, with the force of earth holding it all together. His dreams foretold danger to the new island, and found the six Matoran, Ehrye, Nuhrii, Ahkmou, Tehutti, and Vhisola, still in spheres, and transformed them into Toa using power from the Great Temple. He then sent them to Mata Nui, where they finally awoke, forgetting their past lives and only with the knowledge of their new identity and the threat of Makuta.
Finally, enough of Ga-Metru's houses were repaired enough for all of the Matoran to sleep in, so they began work repairing some important structures, such as the Coliseum. The Matoran, however, had seen the might of the Rahvok, and stayed at the Great Temple every night, and only went to work on the Coliseum under the guard of the Toa. There were no attacks for a week, and the Toa were getting nervous. Tahu was getting particularly agitated.
"Grr, what is Makura waiting for? He knows his Rahvok could probably wipe us out, so why doesn't he send them out after us?" "Perhaps he is too scared to attack-fight." quipped Lewa with a hopeful grin. Tahu scoffed. "Not even Makuta was scared of us. What makes you think Makura is?" Nokama shook her head. "Maybe he is waiting for us?" Kopaka put a hand up, turning the Toa's attention to him. "I think he is actually building new Rahi, Rahvok or otherwise. We've seen what the Rahvok can do. Perhaps he is creating something more deadly than them." Pohatu, wanting to lighten the mood, interjected, "No way! Just how much power can fused Rahi make?" "I think we're about to find out!" Onua yelled as a scream erupted. Matoran were running out of the Coliseum, and they were shouting "Rahvok!"
The Toa rushed inside to find not six, but seven Rahvok, the seventh glinting in gold armor, much like Takanuva. The Turaga instantly ordered all Matoran to the Great Temple. The Toa stood in formation, whipping out their tools quickly, waiting for the fused Rahi to make the first move. The gold one snarled, then held up his staff. The name Tahkarak exploded into the air, and an aura of gold energy enveloped the Coliseum. Turataga immediatly unleashed a time aura on the Toa, but they still moved at the same speed. He tried again, but Tahu spotted it. "The gold Rahvok! Tahkarak! That aura was an anti-time aura. Time attacks won't work here." Turataga readied his cannon. "Then we'll just do this the old-fashioned way!" He unleashed a burst of water at the Rahvok, but Gahbok but up a barrier that blocked it. Turataga unleashed an ice burst, but again Gahbok's barrier absorbed it.
Pohatu launched a stone at it, and the Rahvok was knocked aside. "It can only absorb energy attacks. It can't handle solid objects." Pohatu said with a wide grin. Turataga grinned back, and sent out a gust of wind. Lewa joined in, unleashing a huge twister that swirled the Rahvok around. When the cyclone stopped, the Rahvok landed in a heap. Only Bahkshi and Vohrok remained, unfazed. Their weight kept them on the ground. The proceeded to unleash their attacks, sending spires of earth at the Toa, and rocks the size of houses threatened to crush them.
After Turataga dodged the fourth rock flung at him, he just sent ice at them, which enabled him to punch them to pieces safely before they hit the ground. Kopaka picked up, and Turataga shouted that they needed help. He then turned, leaping out of the arena. Tahu watched him go, rage building. He couldn't believe it. A Toa, running away, and leaving his allies alone? He unleashed his rage by sending an enormous fireball at Vohrok. His attack distracted the black Rahvok, stopping its attack. This made it easier to dodge the twenty foot spires launching out of the ground. Out of nowhere, Lehvaki swooped in, ramming Tahu to the ground. Before Tahu gould get up for a counterattack, a massive fire jet knocked Lehvaki out of the air. Tahu turned, startled, to see another Toa gliding in. It was a red Toa, with golden armor. When he landed, he detatched his tools, seperating them into two huge twin magma blades, twice as big as Tahu's. He winked at Tahu, then rushed at Gahbok, who was helping Tahki corner Lewa and Gali.
Tahu turned around to see Kohrokshi unleash a burst of ice at him, too close to block. Another jet of ice intercepted it, and Tahu looked up to see Turataga leap back into the fray. Tahu saluted him, then turned to finish the fight with Kohrokshi. Turataga and Takanuva were teamed up against Tahkarak, but they were in a stalemate. Tahkarak's armor shrugged off their attacks, unleashing bursts of light which Takanuva blocked. If anything, the Toa were slowly losing ground. After about an hour of fighting, the Toa were backed up against a Coliseum wall, the seven Rahvok closing in. They all combined their energy, and fired at the Toa. A golden field stopped the blast, and the Toa Nuva turned to see the new Toa's mask glowing. The blast backfired on the Rahvok, and they were blown out of the Coliseum. The shield dissipated, and the Toa stared in wonder at the newcomer. They only know of one Toa with a Mask of Shielding. Toa Lhikan...