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Onua opened his eyes, 'Ow, what happened?' he thought. Then it struck him, the piraka, Brutaka, The stronghold, and most painfully, the blow.
At this thought, for a few moments, he panicked. What had happened to the others? The last thing he remembered was running towards the piraka and that massive brute, Brutaka. 'What a fitting name for him, considering that Brutaka had been the one to lay on the blow that rendered me unconscious.' Onua thought darkly. Suddenly a groan rose into the otherwise peaceful silence, interrupting his thoughts. At this sound Onua forced himself to raise his head even though his muscles complained sharply.
The sight he saw made him wish that he had never woken up.
Gali was chained to the far wall under harsh sunlight that streamed in from the high window above her, showing that the toa of water was conciseness, but barely. Tahu and Kepaka were bound together tightly, both looking as if they weren't enjoying it the slightest.
Lewa was bound with a great quantity of rope, on Onua's left, but struggling against his bonds half-heartedly.
But what panged him the most, more so than any other of these things was on his right. Though it had taken Onua a few moments, he realized under all those chains was Pohatu. Out of all the toa, he was closest to Pohatu. So now to see him this way… Onua looked down at his own bindings and finally recognized that, the Toa Nuva were completely and utterly trapped and there appeared to be no way, shape, or form of escaping.
Suddenly a door opened revealing a figure that Onua instantly recognized as Brutaka.
"Hello little toa." He said in a voice that at best would be described as nasty. With these words he waked to the place where Gali sat, leaned down, and lifted up her struggling, maskless face with one hand.
"Ah, what a pretty specimen of a water Toa." Brutaka stated. Gali simply glared at him with a look of pure hate that Onua had never seen on her features until now.
"You know, I used to know a water toa such as yourself," Brutaka continued, "she was quite the character, smart, compelling, skilled, prideful, and unfortunately she tried to stop me." Now Brutaka had leaned back on his hunches and was now stroking Gali's cheek. Mush to the aggravation of Gali and the anger of the rest of the Toa Nuva and himself. 'How dare he touch her like that!' Onua thought viciously, knowing his comrades felt the same.
"Do you know what happened to that particular toa?" Brutaka questioned in a dangerously calm voice, "I killed her in a way that I will demonstrate in a few moments."
Feeling nothing good was going to come out of this Onua continued to watch Brutaka for any sign as to what he was going to do next.
"Oh yes, and did I mention that I was going to demonstrate it on you?" At these words Onua watched with a sickly feeling in the bottom of his stomach as Brutaka's face lit into a grotesque smile.
"Don't you dare!" growled Tahu, furiously.
A snarl coming from both Pohatu and Lewa confirmed that they agreed whole-heartedly with what Tahu said. Kopaka was giving Brutaka an icy, death glare of such proportions, that it could possibly freeze over a few Rahkshi. He himself glared at Brutaka as well. Gali however had none on these reactions. She looked frozen with the feeling of impending doom.
However Brutaka just smirked.
"Do you really think that you can actually stop me from the state that you're in?" He questioned with a bemused expression as he stood up and slung his sword off his back.
Turning back to Gali he said "since you won't know how I killed her I'll just tell you." At this he paused, enjoying the effect before he continued, " It was simple really. I stabbed her through the heartlight, and let her scream, like this."
With a sickly smile he plunged his long blade through her heartlight. As he did Gali gasped, her eyes closed. But as he pushed the blade farther in she opened her eyes wid, and screamed. Her blood began to gush out of her body, and her scream pierced the entire room. Onua closed his eyes, not being able to face the scene in front of him. But he couldn't block out her cream just by turning away. It went on for what felt like centuries, the sound unearthly, sending shivers down his spine.
When he looked again the scream had died, Bruatka had left, and Gali lay slumped against the wall in a pool of her own blood. The sunlight still streamed in from the high window, though. It reflected off her spilt blood, showing her face, twisted in pain.
Onua felt his pain over leak out ofhis eyes, dripping onto the hard, cold floor.
"No!" Tahu screamed, his eyes overflowing with tears, the utter agony on his face showing his pain.
Suddenly the sunlight from the window spread, illuminating the room with its harsh glare.
"There is a way to save her." A voice soft and calm echoed throughout the room. "If you are able to protect her from the pain and suffering that she is about to experience in the next life then I will bring her back."
Suddenly the remaining Toa Nuva felt their bonds lighten and disappear, and they began to rise into the light.
"But if you fail, she will be lost forever, are you willing to take this chance?" the voice questioned.
"Yes." The Toa Nuva replied in unison.
"Very well then, but be warned, she Wll not see you. Nor will she remember her past life with you until I can restore her. Good Luck."
At these last words the toa flew into the light and towards a new quest, to protect Gali and bring her back.
Authors Note: Yes, I realize the characters seem a little OOC but I had to portray them this way to make the story work, unfortunately :(.
If you review please don't flame me, I would like constructive criticism not flames.
Lastly, I know I might have gotten a fact here or there wrong, but for the most part I tried to stick to the story so there.
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