ULTIMATE BIONICLE
Chapter 2: The Quest for the Masks
"Where are we going anyways?" Lewa said impatiently. Everyone was starting to get really pissed off with that question. "I swear to Mata Nui, if you ask that one more goddamn time I'm gonna….." Gali suddenly cut Onua off. "Calm down Onua. And for the last time Lewa, Turaga Nokama asked me to gather all of you up to meet her in a temple in Ga-Wahi." "Who is Turaga Nokama?" Kopaka asked "She is the elder of the village Ga-Koro." "So there are villages here? How come we haven't seen any yet?" Tahu asked with curiosity. "I think the villages are pretty small in comparison to the island itself. This is just a guess though. All she really told me was a little about her, the village and for me to get all of you guys and bring you to the temple." She explained. "Please Mata Nui, let us get there soon." Kopaka thought to himself impatiently.
As they were walking up a hill they noticed the top of a structure. "Thank Mata, finally!" Pohatu said. He quickly ran up ahead. Pohatu's Kakama, the mask of speed, made it very easy for him to get ahead. Lewa had already levitated ahead as well. The other four Toa had reached the steps of the temple shortly after. "So this is it huh? Onua said. It was a fairly large structure made of stone with a dome shaped roof. It had many plants growing over it so it looked a slight colour of green. It sat near the edge of a cliff over looking the ocean.
"Finally you guys got here! I thought it was gonna take you forever to get up that hill." Pohatu said laughing. "Shut up Pohatu." Gali said sternly. Pohatu immediately stopped laughing. "Sorry about that but, I was only playing around. No need to get so mad." He said with a grin. "So do we knock or let ourselves in?" Tahu asked. "Well I say we knock." Lewa said approaching the very large stone doors. Lewa was about to knock when suddenly it started to open. They all stared waiting to see who was behind the door.
"Ah, you're finally here. We were beginning to think you wouldn't be showing up" A small red and orange being holding a fire staff said. "My name is Turaga Vakama, please come in. We have much to discuss." They then proceeded to enter the temple. Inside the temple was dark except for windows on the walls. There was a ray of light in the centre as well, that shown from a large opening in the ceiling onto a circular stone table with six chairs around it. Occupying five of the chairs were what they could only assume to be the other Turaga. "Somehow I had the inkling that this would be a sacred place." Onua said looking around. "But as it would appear by the emptiness, it is not." He continued. "That is true Onua. This is only in fact a meeting place where we discuss different matters in our villages. So, it is an important place, but not a sacred one." Vakama stated.
"How did you know his name?" Gali asked. "We know more than you think." Nokama said. "Yes but before we explain I would like introduce us properly." Vakama told her. "As you already know I am Turaga Vakama, and I am elder of the valcano village Ta-Koro. She is Turaga Nokama, elder of the seaside village Ga-Koro. He is Turaga Matau, elder of the tree-top village of Le-Koro, he is Turaga Onewa of the desert village Po-Koro, he is Turaga Nuju of the mountain village Ko-Koro and finally, he is Turaga Whenua of the subterranean village Onu-Koro." Vakama said as he pointed to each person. "We have been waiting for you to arrive, mighty heroes!" Onewa said.
"Pardon?" Tahu said in surprise. "What do you mean heroes?" "Do you mean to tell us that none of you know why you washed up on the shores of Mata Nui?" Matau asked. The Toa all shook their heads. "Maybe we should tell it from the beginning then." said Whenua.
"This is how the legend goes. Long ago the Great Spirit Mata Nui created this island as a place for his people, the Matoran, to live. We assume that Mata Nui created us himself since there are no known records of Matoran traveling to Mata Nui that we know of. The Matoran loved and worshipped Mata Nui for giving us such a lush and peaceful place to live, but a dark shadow was slowly looming over this island paradise. Makuta the Dark Spirit, and brother Mata Nui, was growing ever jealous of his brothers worship and started to plot against him. His power could not compare to that of his brother so he decided to use trickery instead, by putting his brother under a dark spell that made him fall into a deep slumber. Using infected Kanohi masks he controls vicious Rahi to wreak havoc upon the citizens of Mata Nui. But legend had it that one day six canisters would wash up on the shores of Mata Nui. Where they originated from no one knows but, we did know that within the canisters were heroes that would one day be awakened and unite to save us from the entity that is Makuta. That is the legend that has been passed down through generations of Turaga. We have heard this story since we ourselves were Matoran and our now honored to be the ones to bear witness to the birth of the Toa that will save us from the shadow that plagues our land." Vakama told them.
"You are all siblings, so you must work together when necessary, like a family." Nokama added. "So you're telling me that we are here to destroy and evil that has plagued Mata Nui for centuries? We're just supposed to go fight him just like that?" Lewa said questioning Vakama. "How do we even know where he is?" Onua added "Don't be so foolish Lewa." Matau said. "There is indeed something you must do otherwise you will fail against Makuta. Before you are ready to fight Makuta you must each gather all six Kanohi masks of power. Once you have, you must then go to the Suva in your home village. The Suva is an ancient temple that is said to house great power to the Toa that finds all of their Kanohi." "How do we know where they even are?" Gali asked. "It will not be easy unfortunately. We only have a vague idea of where some of the masks are." Nokama said. Pohatu hit himself in the head as soon as he heard the statement. "Oh shit. That's just perfect!" He said in an annoyed tone. "Yeah, you guys are really helpful." Kopaka said to himself very sarcastically. He was currently leaning against the frame of a window, looking out at the sea. "We are done telling you what you need to know." Whenua said. "We have to be heading back to our villages now. We wish you the best of luck! Be careful of the infected Rahi! They can be very dangerous and Makuta will most likely be using them to try and stop you from getting masks! Come by the villages anytime and we will assist as best we can!" they said as they left the temple.
The Toa then left the temple as well, and gathered outside to recap on what had just transpired. "What should we do now?" Tahu asked. "I suggest that since we are finding our own masks we should split up and find them ourselves." Onua said. "But I really think we should work together on this." Gali responded. "What's the point? Kopaka and Lewa are already gone anyways." Pohatu added. And with that, he was gone as well. "I'll see you guys around then." Onua said as he left. This left just Tahu and Gali alone. "What do you think of all this?" Gali asked. "Well if this is our purpose on this island then I say we do what we were sent here to do." He replied. "I suppose you're right. Goodbye then Tahu, I'll be seeing you." Gali said before she dove off of the cliff and into the sea. "Time to get searching." He said. Tahu then proceeded to leave the temple grounds.
Later…..
Onua found himself walking above the surface in Onu-Wahi. He was searching for a mask that an Onu-Matoran claimed to have seen lodged in the side of a cliff. There were no tunnels at that time that went this far, which is why he had to walk on the surface. He had been able to see the cliff for a while. He was just taking his time in getting there. When he finally got close he indeed saw a mask. It was an Akaku, the mask of X-ray vision. "I guess that Matoran wasn't a fool like the other ones said after all. Good thing I listened to him." Onua said as he started to walk towards the mask.
Onua was about 10 metres away from it when without warning he felt an immense pain on the right side of his body as he was flung like a rag doll. "Errrr…" he grunted, getting back on his feet to identify what had gored him. Standing before him was an infected Kane-Ra bull. "This is going to be interesting." He said. He readied himself and stared the bull in the eyes. They both started to move sideways in a clockwise direction never taking their eyes off each other, waiting. Onua didn't know when it would strike again. He had to keep his attention on the bull.
It charged at him again but he quickly dodged it. It turned around and continued to charge. "Guess I'll have to grab the bull by the horns." Onua said with a grin. He stood his ground, readying his large clawed arms to catch the bulls head when it hits him. The Kane-Ra smashed into him. Onua tried to push it back with his great strength but he was skidding backwards while still on his feet, holding its head. He looked back to see himself heading towards the side of the cliff. "Oh shit! If I don't do something quick I'm gonna get sandwiched!" He thought to himself.
Onua then put more strength into his legs and arms trying harder to push back. It started to slow down. "Time….to…. STOP!" with great force he lifted and pushed the bull, sending it flying backwards. The Kane-Ra let out a roar as it was flung backwards, landing on its side. Onua turned around to see that he was inches from the wall. "That was too close." He said with relief. "Now to finish this." He said turning his attention back to the bull.
The bull lay stunned on the ground, slowly getting back up. Onua quickly ran over and jumped landing on its head, pinning it back down. He jumped off and started rapidly punching it in the head. "RRRRRAAAAHHHH!" he yelled while continuously punching its head. The Kane-Ra let out a cry as Onua unleashed punches down upon it. Onua then stopped. He was panting immensely. He looked down at his claws. They were soaked in the Kane-Ra's blood. He tensed his fists then grabbed the bull's horns. He spun around and threw the bull. It went such a great distance that it went over the cliff. "Now I know its dead." He said with satisfied smile on his face. Maybe slight overkill, but he wanted to be sure.
Onua then climbed the cliff until he reached the mask. He then ripped it out from the rock wall. He put it on. It melded with his own mask, enabling him to switch between it and his Pakari, the mask of strength. "One more down. Four more to go." He said. He then continued climbing the cliff, continuing his search.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Ga-Wahi…
The Tarakava struck its mighty forearm towards Gali, but she quickly dodged it, swimming upwards. The rock wall that was behind Gali smashed when the Tarakava's forearm hit it. She watched the creature as see moved upwards through the water, unaware of the other Tarakava about to strike her from behind. It rammed into Gali with great force and smashed her into the sandy bottom of the ocean. The two Tarakava waited till the dust settled. When it did, Gali was nowhere in site. The Tarakavas looked around in all directions. No Gali.
Suddenly Gali came bursting out of the sand and lunged at one of them. She tackled it to the ground using her hooked claws to dig into its flesh. She hacked away at it until it no longer moved. As she turned around the other Tarakava swam at her chomping down upon her torso. Bubbles came out of Gali's mouth as she let out a cry of pain. She could see her blood leaking out of her bite wounds. With Gali still in its mouth, the Tarakava smashed her into a rock ledge. It let go and swam a bit backwards waiting to see if it had succeeded in killing Gali.
Using her strong legs she kicked off of the smashed wall and tackled down the Tarakava. As they tumbled through the water Gali got on top, and kicked the serpent down, sending it smashing into the sea floor. "Huh?" Gali thought to herself as she looked at the infected Kakama in her hand. It appeared to her that in the struggle, she had unintentionally ripped it off. She then looked at the Tarakava which after getting back up fled the area as if nothing had happened.
"That was weird." She thought to herself as she picked up and put on the Pakari she was trying to acquire before the Tarakavas attacked her. When she got back on shore she suddenly started to feel very light headed. Gali then winced from the pain of her wounds realizing that she had lost a fair amount of blood. Thinking it would be a wise thing to do, she decided to go back to Ga-Koro to mend her wounds.
When she got there she received medical assistance from a Matoran named Maku. "Maku, could you do me a favour?" Gali asked politely. "Yes Toa Gali. What do you wish for me to do?" Maku said. "First off, you do not have to be so formal just because I'm a Toa. Just call me Gali." She said. "Ok sure." Maku said. "Ok. Now could you please get Turaga Nokama for me? I need to talk to her." Gali requested. "Of course, I'll be right back." Maku said. "Oh, and thanks for the help." Gali thanked her. "No problem." Maku replied smiling.
A short time later Maku returned with Turaga Nokama. "I'm back." Maku said not realizing that Gali was asleep. Gali stirred then woke up. "Uhhhh, sorry that fight wore me down a little. Is Nokama here?" she asked tiredly. "Yes I am. I heard you wanted to talk to me." She said. "Yes, I did. I was wondering why a Tarakava stopped fighting me when the infected mask came off?" Gali inquired. "Oh, there's a very simple explanation for that. When the infected mask on a Rahi is removed, the Rahi will stop its violent actions and usually retreat. Sometimes they can even be tamed. But, some of them are just naturally aggressive. The Tarakava probably left because its partner was killed." Nokama explained. "That's useful information. I'll keep it in mind next time I encounter an infected Rahi. It'll save me a lot of trouble. Thanks." Gali said cheerfully. I'd better leave now since I'm all patched up. Thanks again Maku." And with that Gali left the hut.
Just leaving Le-Koro….
"WOOHOO!" Lewa yelled in the thrill of swinging and flipping from vine to vine. "If I find the Kakama that Turaga Matau was talking about then I'll be able to fly." (Levitation + SpeedFlight) He flipped off of a vine and landed on a branch. Using his feet he grinded along the twisting and turning branch until he reached the end, where he grabbed onto another vine and did a full circular spin before letting go and landing on a rock ledge surrounding a waterfall.
He surveyed the area. "Matau said there was a cave covered in vines somewhere near here." Suddenly faint buzzing noise could be heard. "What the hell is that sound?" Lewa said. He then levitated to the canopy to get a better look. "Oh…..crap." he said with concern in his voice. Off in the distance were what appeared to be a swarm of Nui-Rama, heading right for him. "Why me?" he asked himself, as he braced himself for the swarm.
"Wait for it…" he said as they got closer to him. When they got close enough to him, he quickly dove off of the tree, heading for the water filled bottom below. As he fell he swiftly turned around, looking up at the swarm. Using his wind elemental powers, he sent a cyclone of wind at them. It knocked off a few but there were many more, and they started to dive bomb right at him.
Using levitation, he stopped himself right above the surface of the water. When the Nui-Rama in front came close enough he moved out of the way, causing them to plunge into the water. "Stupid bugs." He said to himself laughing. Lewa's attention then turned back to the rest of the swarm. They were now circling around him in all directions, forming a huge ball. One by one they started darting at him from random locations. Lewa managed to dodge some but they were too unpredictable. As they hit him they left slashes and deep cuts in him, weakening him slowly. He started hacking at them with is axe. Lewa managed to hack a few out of the sky but, there were just too many. "At this rate they're gonna kill me first. Gotta think of someway out of this" He said.
Lewa made an attempt to dive into the water as a last resort. He personally hated water but desperate times call for this sort of thing. An orange Nui-Rama caught him though, and started to fly towards the swarm, which was now in a big clump in the sky. "They're gonna rip me to shreds!" he yelled. In the nick of time he got his arm that holds his axe free and chopped at the bug's wing. They spiraled down towards a wall in the circular canyon surrounding the water fall and lake. They smashed through a wall of thick plants and vines.
Lewa woke up some time later. He had no idea how long he had been out. The Nui-Rama that had grabbed him was dead from the crash and lying on top of him. He quickly got it off and stood up, wiping the bug guts off of himself. Lewa could still hear the buzzing of the swarm outside, "Man, these things never give up!" he said.
He then noticed behind him exactly what he had been looking for. "The mask of speed! Yes!" he said with excitement. Lewa then put it on. Switching from his Miru to the Kakama he then ran and jumped out the cave entrance. "Time to fly." He said. But to his surprise he could not. "Oh shit! I can't use them both at once!" luckily he hit the water before the swarm got to him. Lewa looked around under the water and saw a tunnel. "That's my ticket out of here." He thought to himself. Using his newly found mask of speed, he swam like a torpedo through the water and to his escape.
Somewhere in Po-Wahi…
Pohatu was running threw the barren wasteland that is Po-Wahi. He did not know the location of a mask. He was just enjoying running on the flat plain. It was his place. Pohatu felt very at peace here among the sand and stone, just running like the wind. Pohatu suddenly decided to stop, not for any particular reason really, only to take a little rest. "I wonder how the others are doing in their search." Pohatu thought to himself out loud. He was just walking over to a rock formation. It looked like a small jagged mountain. As he admired the formation his attention got diverted to a boulder in front of it. A grin appeared on his face.
Pohatu kicked the boulder with his powerful leg, sending it crashing into the formation. Satisfied with this random act of destruction, he turned around and continued to walk. As he turned he heard a rock crumble from the rubble. Pohatu turned his attention back to it. Emerging from the rubble was many Nui-Jaga. A nest of infected ones had been disturbed. Pohatu could hear the sound of what appeared to be breaking glass. More and more kept coming out of the hole. "That was a bad idea." He said with worry in his voice. "Running would be a good idea right about now!"
Pohatu was about to flea from what seemed to him to be a pointless battle, when he saw something sparkle among the mass of Nui-Jaga. It was a mask of shielding. "Oh crap! Why now?" he said "Guess I have no choice but to fight." He continued. Pohatu then dashed at the pack of scorpion creatures. "I'll have to do this quickly." He said as he kicked one in the face, imploding it with his large foot. Being the Toa of stone he is very heavy. When Pohatu kicks someone, it's like hitting them with a boulder. He was attacking the pack of Nui-Jaga, making his way to the mask. One of the scorpions jumped at him. Pohatu quickly turned and kicked a boulder at it, crushing its carapace and sending it flying.
As he did that one of the scorpions thrust its stinger at him. Its poisonous point went digging into his back, injecting him with the deadly venom. "AAAAAHHHHHH!" Pohatu screamed in agony. He started feeling weaker and dizzy as the poison started taking affect, but Pohatu wasn't prepared to give up just yet. He continued his way threw the crowd of them, kicking and slamming them around desperately trying to get his mask. Unfortunately the poison made his reaction time really bad. The Nui-Jaga's were snapping their claws and thrusting their stingers at him injecting their venom and drawing blood each time.
Pohatu's vision started to blur as the stingers spread their poison throughout his body. Pohatu tried to kick one that was right in front of him. His vision was so distorted though, that he missed the creature completely. It jabbed its stinger into Pohatu's chest. He fell over onto is back. Rolling over onto his stomach, he made an attempt to get back up, but to no avail. He lay their helpless, too weak to get up, as the Nui-Jaga's started to surround him. "No…. I don't….want to die….like this, so….soon." Pohatu said with the last bit of strength in his body. The last thing he heard was the loud crumbling of rocks, before fading into unconsciousness.
Pohatu woke up in a daze. It appeared to be nighttime and there was a fire nearby, which was a couple feet away from him. He looked around confused. Pohatu still felt sick from the poison. As far as Pohatu could tell, he was still in Po-Wahi. "What's going on?" he said in a voice of low disorientation. "I thought I was dead for sure." He said sighing. "Oh, your finally awake." Someone behind him said. Pohatu jumped in surprise, quickly looking behind him. It was Onua. "I was beginning to think you weren't gonna make it." Onua said with a faint smile. He was happy Pohatu wasn't dead, though you could barely tell.
Onua was dragging some unidentified Rahi. It was too mangled to really see what it was. "What in the hell is that?" Pohatu asked with great question on his face. Onua paused for a second. "Dinner." He said after the few moments' hesitation. Onua then slung it over the fire. Letting it cook. He then sat down.
"What happened back there?" Pohatu asked. "I was traveling underground when I saw mounds of Nui-Jaga moving up to the surface. I also heard you screaming in agony at one point. I poked my head out of the hole to see what was up. I saw you getting repeatedly getting stung by them. So I dug a pit fall which caved in killing the Nui-Jaga, or at least leaving them stunned anyways. I grabbed you and fled, to get you to safety." Onua told him. "I guess I owe you one big time Onua." Pohatu said thankfully. "Don't worry about it." Onua responded.
After a short period of silence Onua suddenly said, "Oh, before I forget. I believe this is yours." He said holding out the Hau that Pohatu was previously trying to acquire. "You take it." Pohatu said. "I don't deserve it." He added with shame in his voice. "Nonsense!" Onua shouted. "I guarantee that no Toa in our group could have done any better than you did in a situation like that. Remember when Nokama said we need to work together when necessary? Well that would have been a necessary time for us to work together. None of us could have done that single handedly. Now shut up and take the mask!" Onua exclaimed, gesturing again for Pohatu to take the mask. Pohatu didn't respond for a couple seconds, and then he simply said, "Ok, if you insist." He then took the mask and put it on. "Now let's eat. The food looks done, and I'm starved." Pohatu said. They then began to eat the Rahi.
Meanwhile, in an unknown cavern in Le-Wahi…
Tahu rolled out of the way as the Muaka outstretched its neck in an attempt to chomp down upon him. The Muaka's head smashed into the rock wall when it missed. "Damn, I've been fighting this thing for hours and it still won't quit." Tahu said panting. He charged at it again slicing his sword at the tiger like creature. It let out a roar as the fire sword burned its flesh. In anger it quickly turned and slashed Tahu with its large claws.
The Muaka's claws slashed Tahu's chest, leaving two large gashes across it. Tahu leapt backwards in recoil, giving himself distance from the tiger-like creature and, a few moments to recover. He winced as he looked down at the large wound across his chest. "It's not too deep. I should be fine." He said observing the wound. However, Tahu should have paid more attention to the Muaka. He suddenly felt the jaws of the Muaka chomp down upon him. Tahu screamed in pain as it shook him back and forth in its mouth.
It then tossed him into a wall. He smashed into the wall, causing bits of it to crumble; he then fell to the floor. The Muaka started to approach Tahu. It could see that he was not moving. When it got close enough it started to open its mouth, preparing to devour Tahu. Then in the blink of an eye, Tahu got up and thrust is sword towards the Muaka's mouth. He shot a powerful blast of fire right into the mouth of the beast. It roared in pain as it was projected backwards from the volcanic blast. Tahu slowly got back to his feet and then observed the Muaka. Smoke was coming out of its mouth and it was not moving. Feeling that he had finally defeated the creature, Tahu continued down the passage.
In surprise the Muaka pounced on Tahu pinning him to the ground. "Damn! I thought I was rid of you!" he yelled, feeling the pressure on his chest. Its claws were lightly digging into him as well. "I've had enough of this!" Tahu shouted at it, freeing his arm that held his sword.
Tahu slashed his sword at the left arm of the beast, severing it. The Muaka leapt off of Tahu in writhing pain. Tahu ran towards it and jumped, did a flip, and landed on its back, stabbing his sword into it as he landed. The Muaka roared so loudly in pain that it was almost at the level of a sonic boom. It then let out a low yelp, as it fell to the ground and died. "Phew!" Tahu said in relief. His feeling of relief was cut short by the sound of rumbling. The whole tunnel started to shake and rocks from the ceiling started falling rapidly. "Oh, shit! With its last ounce of strength it must have roared loudly in an attempt to cave in the tunnel! I have to get to the end quick" Tahu said.
Tahu started to sprint down the passage. "I'm gonna kill that Matoran if he's wrong about this!" he said as he was running. He started to see a wall at the end of the tunnel. As he got to the end he saw what seemed to be a small shrine surrounding a Miru, the mask of levitation. "Jackpot!" he said satisfied that this whole experience wasn't a waste of time. Tahu put on the mask and then turned his attention back to the fact that the ceiling was collapsing. "Oh yeah, I forgot about that." He said chuckling uneasily. Tahu started to run when he heard a smash behind him. A giant boulder had fallen and was heading his way. "Oh shit! Just my day!" Tahu said sarcastically, as he was running
Tahu was running for a long time, and the boulder was slowly catching up to him. Rocks were falling everywhere as well. He was dodging rocks while still trying to keep up his speed. Suddenly he saw a distant light at the end of the long tunnel. "I hope I can make this!" he said with urgency. When he was just about a couple feet away from the exit Tahu looked back to see how far away the boulder was, and as he did this he tripped and fell, over one of the fallen rocks.
While he was falling forward he landed on his hands and did a flip forward and out of the tunnel. When he hit the ground on the outside he quickly rolled out of the way of the entrance and watched the boulder roll out and stop, smashing into a bunch of large trees. Tahu let out a sigh of relief. He was incredibly tired so he collapsed and fell asleep, right in the spot he was lying in.
Meanwhile, on the icy cliffs of Ko-Wahi…
"Thank you for letting me join you on your search Toa Kopaka." Matoro said with excitement. "I didn't. You just won't leave." Kopaka said with great aggravation in his voice. "So where did Turaga Nuju say the mask was anyways?" Matoro asked. "He said it was in a "place of far seeing", so naturally I assumed it would be at the top or somewhere around the mountain." Kopaka replied.
As they walked up the upwards spiraling path, it suddenly stopped at a perfectly vertical cliff of ice. "Guess we're gonna have to climb." Kopaka said. "Nope, we don't have to do that." Matoro said. "What do you mean?" Kopaka asked with a raised eyebrow. "I know a short cut." Matoro said. He then hit the wall in three places and a doorway opened. "It's our village's secret way to get to the top of the mountain." Matoro said. Kopaka shrugged his shoulders, and proceeded to follow Matoro into the passage. The door slammed down shut behind them.
The passage turned into stairs leading upwards. They were made of pure ice so it was a little difficult to get proper footing. The tunnel was very narrow; it was only about a little bit larger than arms length. They walked for about half an hour until they reached a dead end. "No problem." Matoro said simply. He once again hit three different places and another doorway opened. They stepped outside to the crisp cold air of the mountain. Once again the door slammed shut behind them. They were at the base of the peak of the mountain. The very peak of it was still about 25 feet upwards. "Wow." Kopaka said admiring the view. "This is defiantly a place of far seeing." Kopaka continued.
"Look up there! It's a mask!" Matoro said pointing at the peak. "Hmmm?" Kopaka said turning his attention to where Matoro was pointing. He saw what Matoro was pointing at. It was indeed a mask. It was a Kaukau, the mask of under water breathing. "How are you going to get it?" Matoro asked. Kopaka didn't respond. He just observed the mask. Matoro wasn't sure if he was thinking or lost in his own little world. "Uh, Kopaka?" he said. Kopaka suddenly shot a blast of ice that pretty much made a walkway from where he was standing to where the mask was.
Kopaka made his way towards the mask. He tried pulling it out. It was a little stuck at first but he managed to pull it out with minimal hassle, and put it on. Kopaka walked back down to where Matoro was. "That was a little too easy." Kopaka said suspiciously. "Maybe you just g…." Matoro was suddenly snatched in the arms of a Nui-Rama. It flew over the edge and started to dive bomb. "Kopaka, help me!" Matoro screamed, his voice echoing and becoming more distant. Kopaka ran and dove off of the cliff after the Nui-Rama. He suddenly thought to himself, "I should've thought this through a little better. It's gonna pull up and if I don't do something this might end badly for me!"
The Nui-Rama indeed did pull up, giving Kopaka not much time to react. Using quick wit he created and ice slide. Landing on his feet in such a way that he would not be overly harmed, he used his sword to continue the slide, using his feet to grind along it. Kopaka was slowly starting to catch up with the Nui-Rama. When Kopaka got close enough, he leapt off of the slide and landed on the back of the Nui-Rama. This greatly irritated the flying bug. It shook back and forth in an attempt to pry Kopaka off, but he managed to stay on.
Though Matoro was in the Nui-Rama's clutches, his arms were free. Kopaka put his shield away. "Grab my hand!" he yelled to Matoro. Matoro then thrust his arm to Kopaka's, and got a grip. "Now hold on tight, and what ever you do, don't let go!" Kopaka instructed him. Holding onto Matoro with his left hand, he stabbed his ice sword into the Nui-Rama. The sword froze the bug inside and out, killing it almost instantly. "You're grounded." Kopaka said to it with a smirk. He kicked it downwards towards the ground. He was no longer on the ground. "You okay, Matoro?" Kopaka asked put him on his shoulders. "Yea, I should be fine." Matoro responded. "Good because you'd better brace yourself because this is going to hurt!" Kopaka yelled at him.
Meanwhile back in Ko-Koro. "Do you think they found the mask you spoke of, Turaga Nuju?" a Matoran named Kopice asked. "I don't know Kopice. We'll have to see when they get back. "What if they don't come back though?" Kopice continued. "I have much faith in Kopaka's abilities. I believe they will return in one piece." Nuju said. Suddenly the faint sound of screaming was heard. "What the hell is that noise?" Kopice asked looking around. The sound got louder until, something smashed right into the snowy ground in front of them. Both Nuju and Kopice stood there speechless. They observed the crater to see Matoro rise out of it. He looked dazed and disoriented. He then snapped out of it and, with a look of shear thrill in his face said, "That was awesome! I have never had this much fun in my life!"
Kopaka slowly rose out of the small crater, grunting from the pain of the impact. Nuju and the two Matoran looked at Kopaka without saying anything. They didn't say anything because they were scared. Kopaka had the nastiest look on his face, anyone could ever see and he was breathing heavily. "THIS IS WHY I DON'T WANT MATORAN COMING ALONG WITH ME! THEN I HAVE TO RISK MY ASS WHENEVER THEY GET IN TROUBLE!" Kopaka yelled furiously at Matoro. He then turned around and left the village, not looking back. The sudden loudness from his rant had scared both Kopice and Matoro off of there feet, where they lay sitting in the snow. Matoro didn't know how to respond to it at all. "Kopaka is colder than the ice itself. He truly is Toa of ice." Nuju said simply, turning around and walking away.
To be continued…
Well that's the end of the second chapter. Please Review.