Nightbug08 and Feline Freak: I'm glad I'm keeping you hanging by your toes with my suspense but I can't tell you now what'll happen because that'll give away the rest of the story…(Which is probably four or five chapters…)

Chapter 13: The Last Ones

It had been hours since Eli and Kopaka had seen Tahu.

"He couldn't have gone that far. I only noticed he was missing a few moments after we passed that rock formation that sort of looked like Lewa's head," Eli laughed sadly. "He was with us a few moments before that."

"He has to be here somewhere," Kopaka tried to reassure her.

"We've looked almost everywhere we've walked in this cave."

"So he has to be here," Kopaka said quietly, trying not to believe the possibilities…

"He has to be here," she said again.

"Somewhere…" Eli wrung her arms around Kopaka's neck and buried her face in his shoulder. Kopaka stood there, trying to keep his breathing steady. He was rubbing her back to comfort her. He held her closer, glad that Tahu wasn't around to see this. He could feel his heart pounding in excitement and happiness. He hoped she couldn't feel what he was feeling. The two stood there for a few moments. Kopaka had his eyes closed until he felt another presence in the cave. He slowly opened them but could see no one.

"Eli, Eli, Eli…" Tahu's voice rang out from with a strange hint of evil in it. Eli spun around and a pair of red eyes emerged from the shadows.

"Tahu, Tahu, Tahu…" she mimicked with a shocked and relieved but icy tone.

"Good to see you're having a good time," Tahu snarled.

"Why does it have to be like this, Tahu? Why so angry and rebellious?" Eli asked in a whiny tone.

"You just sent me tumbling into an endless abyss…And besides, who says I'm really Tahu?" he asked walking up to her, face to face.

"Uh, oh," Eli heard Kopaka mumble under his breath. Tahu's magma swords suddenly appeared glowing a dark, almost black, reddish color in her face.

"Remember me, Toa of Slush?" Tahu sneered.

"I might…" Kopaka answered coldly. Tahu walked over to him, staring into his just as cold eyes.

"Well, then…let me refresh your memory," Tahu snickered, bringing his glowing swords. Summoning her arrow, Eli crept up behind Tahu. She swung her hardest. Tahu had heard Eli and he spun around, catching the arrow in his fiery hands, timing her swing.

"You…" Eli said, narrowing her eyes.

"Picking a fight?" he asked, amused, watching her take a step back from him. Tahu grinned and threw a ball of white-hot fire at her. Eli back-flipped away from it. "Running away?" he laughed.

"You wish!" she said. The weapons glowing brightly and so began the battle. Kopaka stood there in awe. For a female, she was pretty strong witted.

No offense to Gali, he thought. Suddenly, he felt the most extreme pain on the back of his head. He took another blow from another, unseen person or thing behind him, and felt the power drain from his body, feeling weaker and weaker by the second. His Konohi Akaku crashed to the ground and then he fell unconscious.

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Eli swung hard, knocking the stranger against the wall. Dazed, he could not get up for a moment. She turned to say something to Kopaka, but he was no longer there.

"Kopaka?" she called, searching for his glowing blue eyes. "Kopaka!" she called again. "Oh, no!" she gasped as she spotted his Konohi Akaku wedged in between to stalagmites. She raced over to it, her heart pounding. She kneeled down, picked it up and clutched it to her chest. "Oh, no…" she repeated.

"Night, night, sweetheart."

"Huh?" Eli said, turning quickly. Just as she turned, Tahu's magma swords connected solidly with her stomach, sending her sailing across the room he used so much force. She knocked against the wall, falling unconscious, just like Kopaka.

"Sleep tight…" Tahu laughed and slung her over his shoulder, with the Konohi Akaku still clutched tightly in her hands.