ULTIMATE BIONICLE
Chapter 4: Beware the Bohrok
Kongu stood before the Toa breathing heavily. He was very tired from running so far to get to them. Kongu was holding a machete which he had used it to cut through the thick forest that is Le-Wahi. "Under attack from what?" Tahu asked again, this time getting impatient and anxious. Onua was thinking to himself. "I don't understand. We just destroyed Makuta, and nearly died doing it. Maybe…" "Bohrok!" Kongu suddenly yelled, making the Toa all jump.
"What the hell is a Bohrok?" Pohatu asked. "There's no time to explain right now! We need to get back to Le-Koro before they kill everyone!" Kongu yelled, now very urgent. "Hop on to my back and hold on tight." Lewa instructed him. Using their masks they shot off into the sky towards Le-Koro. "They?" Gali suddenly thought to herself.
After a while they could see the village clearly. There was fire in multiple places and motionless bodies scattered in different areas. The Toa landed on the wooden paneling that made of the streets of the village. Large sections had broken off in areas and were lying on the forest floor. "My god…" Onua said in a low voice. Some of the huts had fallen with the sections of flooring as well. Some bodies could be seen among one of the wreckages below.
"Turaga Matau? Arkam?" Kongu called out grabbing onto a tree and sliding down towards the wreckage. No one responded. It was quiet here. The noises that were usually abundant in the region of Le-Wahi had ceased. All that could be heard was the slowly blowing wind. "Search for survivors." Tahu told everyone. Gali was already dousing fires with water. Kongu observed the bodies on the ground. He knew those Matoran. They were hunters who often gathered food for village feasts. Now they were dead. He looked away closing his eyes in sorrow, and then started to dig through the wreckage.
Lewa observed his village. He could see Matoran brutally slaughtered. His heart started to race as his anger slowly intensified. He started to tense his fist in anger. Suddenly he started to calm down. Gali had placed a comforting claw on his shoulder. "It's ok." She said to him. "I'm sure they'll be some survivors." Lewa sighed and lowered his head. It did not look good to him. Gali then left his side to continue her search. "They couldn't all be dead…could they?" Lewa thought to himself.
"Uhhhhh……" a low grunting was heard from under a wrecked hut. It immediately caught Lewa's attention. He quickly started digging through the smashed wood and leaves. After digging for a while he found who had made the noise. It was a Matoran wearing a light-green Huna, mask of invisibility. His skin looked burned in some places, but not by that of fire. It was something else… "I found someone!" Lewa shouted.
Kongu immediately turned his head towards the sound of Lewa shouting. "Could it be?" He said to himself, quickly climbing back up the tree. He ran over to where Lewa was crouching. Kongu took a look at the Matoran. "Arkam!" he shouted helping him up. "Are you ok?" Kongu asked him. "I was worried they had killed you. Did some of the Matoran escape to the hiding place?" Kongu asked, bombarding him with questions. "There's a hiding place?" Lewa thought to himself. "Thank the spirit." "Kongu…do you mind not asking me a million questions right now? I need some time to collect myself here." Arkam said.
Arkam sat down on some leaves. "Where's Matau?" Lewa asked. "I…don't know." Arkam said. "He was fighting I know that, but I was smashed into the hut before he went down. Assuming that he did that is." Arkam explained.
"I'm fine." A voice suddenly said. They all turned their heads. Turaga Matau was standing before them. "Matau!" Kongu shouted, jumping on him and hugging him. "Please get off of me." Matau told him. Kongu stopped hugging him. Matau was holding his buzz saw staff. The saw part had blood stains on it. Matau's mask was nowhere to be seen, and he looked very battered and cut. Lewa smiled though. He was just happy to see that he was still alive. But he still had great concern in his eyes for the others, and Matau could see that.
"Don't worry Lewa. A lot of the Matoran escaped. The ones dead before you are those who chose to stay and fight." Matau told him. Lewa let out a sigh of relief. "Now I have something to show you. All of you" Matau said, gesturing to the other Toa. Lewa called over the others. After a brief reunion, they followed Matau to the other side of the village.
"Observe. This is what attacked our village. This is a Bohrok." Matau said gesturing to a strange insect-like creature lying dead on the wooden floorboards. "What in the…" Pohatu said. The Bohrok was green and had a round body. Its hands were pincer like and it had red eyes and two tusks, there was also a strange red thing that looked like a mask behind a layer of transparent shell on its face. "What the hell is this?" Tahu asked. "It is a Lehvak. A Bohrok of swamp. A swarm of these attacked the village. We managed to kill some." Matau said.
"Bohrok are creatures that we thought were only legend. They are insect-like creatures that have an unusually high level intelligence. Though the average Bohrok is relatively stupid, they are capable of communicating intellectually and in our language. They use things similar to your kanohi, called krana." He pointed at the strange mask. "Their krana grant them different powers and abilities and just like the kanohi do for you. They are also, just like the kanohi, living things themselves. There are six different types of Bohrok. The earth; Nuhvok, swamp; Lehvak, water; Gahlok, ice; Kohrak, fire; Tahnok, and stone; Pahrak." Matau explained.
"Where did they come from?" Kopaka asked. "It is not certain where they came from. You have to understand, we weren't even sure if they existed or not. The only explanation I can think of is that Makuta is still alive, and he has somehow gained control over the swarm and unleashed them upon us." Matau said. "That's impossible!" Tahu yelled. "We saw him die!" He had been destroyed right in front of them. Tahu was sure of it! "Apparently not." Matau said, starting to scratch his head. He suddenly put his hand out and his mask rose out of some rubble. It floated towards his hand. He then grabbed it and put it back on. "Only Makuta would be able to control the Bohrok." Matau said crossing his arms.
"How is he alive?" Pohatu asked, getting impatient. Suddenly it hit Onua like an avalanche. "What if it was all a trick? What if he lured all of us into Mangaia, so he could attack each village while they were defenseless!" This struck a cord in each of the Toa. He was right! What if it was all a trap! What if write now each village was suffering the same fate Le-Koro had, or worse…
"We have to get back to our villages!" Pohatu said urgently. "Matau, what chance do we have against a swarm on our own?" Gali asked. Matau looked into her eyes, and didn't say anything. She understood what he meant though. "I see. Well we can't all be in six places at once, so we have no choice but to split up." she said. "Until we meet again then." Onua said. "Good luck to all of you." He continued before taking off into the air. The others left as well except for Lewa and Gali.
"Gali, what do I do?" Lewa asked. "Stay here in Le-Koro. Gather up the Le-Matoran from the "hiding place" and prepare them for another attack." Gali told him. She then ran off towards the waterfall canyon that was near to Le-Koro. "Ok, where are the others?" Lewa asked. "Follow us." Arkam said. "Yeah, we'll lead the way." Kongu added contently. "What about you Matau? Are you coming?" Lewa asked. "No. I will stay here and rest. Just get back soon." Matau responded. Lewa gave him a thumbs-up, before fallowing Kongu and Arkam.
"I wonder how Makuta could have possibly survived" Gali thought to herself as she ran through the forest. She then reached the edge of the canyon and dove off. "I just don't understand it…" She then plunged into the water. Using an underwater tunnel, she started to swim to Naho Bay in order to get to Ga-Koro as quickly as possible.
Jala, a Ta-Matoran with a yellow mask of shielding, stood on the top of the eastern wall of Ta-Koro. He was looking out at the burnt forest that made up the relatively small region of Ta-Wahi. He wasn't staring at anything in-particular, he just enjoyed the view. Surrounding the wall was a mote of lava, making it a much protected village. The only way in or out was either the main gate or the vast tunnel that eventually connects to Onu-Koro.
Jala being the captain of the guard in Ta-Koro felt it was his sworn duty to protect his village and had much confidence in their natural defenses. "Jala! Jala!" a voice suddenly shouted out to him. "Hmm?" he said turning around. Standing before him was Vulca, one of the guards around the wall. Vulca wore an orange mask of illusion. He looked very tired, like he had run around the whole wall just to get to Jala. "What is it Vulca?" Jala asked him.
"Tahu is back from Mangaia! He wishes to speak with you!" Vulca explained urgently. "Lead the way." Jala said. "Wow, I can't believe the great Toa Tahu has actually requested my presence!" he thought to himself excitedly. Jala followed Vulca to the front gate. Standing in front of it was Tahu himself. Turaga Vakama was there as well. Tahu had a very serious expression on his face.
Jala's excitement faded. Something didn't feel right. "You requested my presence Tahu?" Jala asked. "Yes I did." Tahu replied. Vulca went back to the eastern wall. "I need you and your men to set up defenses around the entire perimeter. Set up catapults, snipers, any type of projectile weapon we've got. And arm the warriors with combat weapons as well." He told him. "Why what's the matter?" Jala asked confused. "There is a strong possibility that Ta-Koro will be under attack." Tahu said. "From what?" Jala said now very concerned. There was suddenly a loud crashing noise coming from the eastern wall.
Distant screaming could be heard. "Bohrok! They're inside Ta-Koro. They're climbing out of the lava mote!" Vulca screamed to them. "Damn it, they've already broken through!" Tahu said starting to sprint towards the smashed wall. "Jala quickly! Get to the armory and arm as many Matoran as possible!" Vakama instructed him. "Yes sir!" Jala responded running off.
Tahu could see all the Bohrok. They were a swarm of Tahnok. They were destroying everything and everyone in their way. "No!" Tahu shouted running towards a Tahnok that was about to kill a Matoran. He swung his sword and hit it in the neck, decapitating it. "Arm yourself or hide now!" Tahu told the Matoran, continuing to hold of the Tahnok.
Tahu was fighting them all, on his own. There were what seemed to be an endless amount of them. Every time he killed one, it seemed like five more would emerge from the opening in the wall. Tahu did a sideways roll and slashed off the legs off of one of them, then got to his feet and stabbed its torso. Suddenly four of them jumped and latched onto his back. Their fire claws dug into his shoulders and back as they drove him into the ground. Tahu struggled on the ground as they clawed and tore at his flesh. "Grrrrrrr! Goddamn it!" Tahu yelled out in pain.
Suddenly the four Tahnoks were knocked flying off of his back by a boulder. Tahu got up to see Jala along with Vakama, Vulca and about sixty other Ta-Matoran, and they were all armed and ready to fight. Tahu smiled, they then all charged at the swarm. Tahu grabbed a Tahnok and lifted it above his head and slashed it in half. Grabbing another one that jumped at him by the leg, he threw it into a crowd of others. After a while Jala yelled to him, "We're losing men fast! We can't hold them forever!"
He was right. They wouldn't last long at all. "Have to think of something." Tahu thought as he slashed one in the face. "Use battering rams to drive the mass of them back through the hole in the wall! Try to force them back to the lava!" Tahu commanded. The Matoran grabbed some rams and started to smash it into them. Tahu was pushing them back with blasts of fire. The swarms of Tahnoks were slowly being pushed back into the opening. "What do we do once we've forced them through?" Jala asked while helping push one of the battering rams. Tahu thought for a second. "We'll blast the wall and see if that holds them off!" "Roger that." Jala said smiling.
The Tahnoks suddenly started to push with great force. The Matoran and Tahu were starting to lose their hold on them. "Oh…shit this is…not…good!" Tahu yelled greatly struggling to stay in place. "Need a hand?" a voice suddenly said. Tahu looked up into the sky. It was Gali! She must have seen the smoke and fire! She floated above the mass of Matoran. She then shot gallons of water out of her claws at the swarm. The water washed them through the hole, making them fall into the lava below. "That's not enough! They can survive the lava!" Vulca yelled to her. "No problem." Gali said. She then summoned a monsoon overtop the lava and, using water from her hands, she managed to harden the lava to rock.
She then landed among the exhausted Ta-Matoran. "The hardening process no doubt crushed all of them, and don't worry, it should melt again shortly." She said to Tahu. "Thank you Gali. If it were not for you I'm not sure if we would have succeeded." Tahu said great fully. "No problem at all." She replied, smiling contently.
Vakama looked around at the masses of injured and dead Matoran. His heart ached and the site of it. Vulca placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Turaga Vakama, many got away from the area." "I know Vulca, but I'd rather have none of my people die." Vakama said walking away.
"Tahu! Tahu!" Jala said excitedly, running towards him. He wanted to thank Tahu for all the help since they would have failed if it had not been for him. Tahu appeared not to have heard him yet though. Suddenly Jala stopped running and stared. "Wow." He said lowly. His eyes had wandered to Gali. "She's the most beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes on…" "What did you want Jala?" Tahu asked. "Huh? What?" Jala said snapping out of his daze. "What did you want?" Tahu asked again. "Uhhhhh…" Jala said slightly blushing. "Uh, n-never mind I can see that you're busy." He said quickly. "But…" Tahu said, but Jala was already gone. Gali and Tahu both looked at each other with confused expressions. "That was weird." Gali said. "Yes he is a rather odd one." Tahu added.
That's the end of Chapter #4. I hope u enjoyed it. Please review, I'd like to know what you think.
Note: At the part where Matau made his mask come to him I will explain. In this story, the owner of a mask has a spiritual bond with their mask. Therefore they can summon it to them when it is not with them. Also, they do not need the masks to live; it is more of a customary thing, as well as being a source of power and ability.