Several hours later Pohatu and Onua were working furiously to remove the barrier that Onewa had made as a Toa to keep some deadly water Rahi from reaching Mata Nui. The barrier, however good it had been at the time, was completely blocking Metru Nui off now, and had to be removed.

"Does it bring back memories, Nokama?" asked Gali.

"Indeed it does, Toa Gali. Some wonderful… and others terrible."

XXX

Kopaka looked at the water of this natural canal. It seemed so still and peaceful now that Pohatu and Onua had finished their noisy work. He then remembered what the Turaga had said, about losing a Matoran in this waterway. He activated his Great Mask of X-Ray vision, and called to Gali to tell them to stop the boat. He then called Gali over.

"I need you," he said. "To share your water-breathing power with me. You can do it. Remember the Kanohi Nuva special ability?"

"You mean to share the mask's power with those nearby?" Gali asked. "Okay, but I've never had to use that part of it before."

"Just do it," Kopaka said.

Gali reached out with the mask's power. She told Kopaka to dive in to see if it was working. It was.

Just as he had seen, a Matoran's body rested there on the seafloor, a Matoran's mask next to it. The Matoran wasn't dead, he realized, as he scanned him. His mask had fallen off before he could have drowned, and the mask had been off long enough for him to go comatose first. Kopaka dove deeper, grabbing the figure of the small Onu-Matoran in one arm, and the mask in the other. However, as he grabbed the Matoran, he realized that he had left Gali's mask's sphere of control, and was beginning to drown himself. He rocketed to the surface and gasped for air as he threw the Matoran and mask onto the boat deck.

"Don't," he said, "Don't ever let me do something that stupid again."

Gali silently agreed with a small smile.

XXX

"Mavrah? Mavrah, are you alright?"

The Onu-Matoran's eyes slowly flooded back to luminosity, and the first thing they saw was the face of an unfamiliar Onu-Matoran Turaga.

"Are you okay?" asked Turaga Whenua.

Mavrah immediately began asking, panicked, who all these people were around him, until he saw Onepu's familiar face.

"Onepu, my friend, what happened? Who are all these people? What's going on?"

Onepu, unsure about how to explain, responded, "Ask Turaga Whenua."

"Turaga-?"

"Come, Mavrah. This will take some time," said Whenua, with a small laugh.

XXX

My lack of chapter or story title at the top is intentional. Also, some explanation is needed, as to who the heck Mavrah is.

In Bionicle Adventures #5, Voyage of Fear, Mavrah first appeared. He was once an archivist, but longed to study conscious specimens, which couldn't be done when all the Rahi were in stasis. A special project, involving some 10-bio-long (45 feet) serpentine monsters was his perfect chance. But, the project only went for a month, before Turaga Dume (the real one) deemed it too dangerous, and ordered the Rahi released and driven out. Mavrah, heartbroken and angry, escaped with the Rahi and several Kralhi (predecessors to Vahki) to the caverns of the Great Barrier before the Vahki forcibly drove them away. There, he tried to stop the Toa Metru as they tried to escape Metru Nui, thinking that they had come to bring him back. A wave took him when he realized that the fighting had to stop, and he has not been seen since.

Also, according to the Bionicle Encyclopedia, if a Matoran goes too long without his mask, he goes comatose.

Feline Freak: Sorry about the "Ja-Ja" deal. I couldn't help it. Don't worry, it stops next chapter.