ULTIMATE BIONICLE

Chapter 23: Narrow Escape

All thirteen Toa, four Matoran and Nuhvok ran through the halls of the prison as fast as they could. They could not stop, otherwise the horde of Vahki that was chasing them would catch up, and it such tight quarters it would be hard to fend them off. They used Kopaka and Whenua to try and guide them out, since both their masks had the ability to see through walls.

Suddenly, they reached a fork in the road; with six different passages. "Which one do we go through?" Vhisola asked. They Toa all had a look of panic on their faces, unsure of where to go, and feeling the pressure of the horde that would soon catch up to them. Suddenly Vakama got an idea. "Nokama, Gali, combine your powers and make a flood to wash them away." He commanded. "It might whip out their circuitry too." Onewa said in realization.

Both Gali and Nokama stood in the opening of the passageway, everyone else behind them. As they saw the Vahki get closer and closer they blasted water out from their hands. The water rushed down the hall way, washing away all of the Vahki. They could see all of them shorting out. Gali and Nokama then ceased the water. "Good thing they weren't Bordakh." Nokama said as she turned back to everyone else.

"Which way should we go though?" Pohatu asked. Suddenly Nidhiki emerged from the shadows of one of the passages. "Now really, why must you leave so soon? We still have so much time to kill!" He yelled, running forward and striking Tahu and Kopaka with his right claw.

Onua gritted his teeth in anger. "All of you leave! Tahu, Kopaka and I will take care of this guy!" He yelled. They all chose one random passage and ran down it.

Onua and Nidhiki squared off. Nidhiki stared at Onua contemptuously, wondering how this Toa could possible believe he had a hope of winning. They both waited for each other to attack. Suddenly Nidhiki was struck from behind by Kopaka, who had jumped up and hit him in the back of the head with his shield. Nidhiki grunted in pain, holding the back of his head. Then, attacking from the right, Tahu jumped by and slashed Nidhiki across the chest, landing next to his brothers.

"We have to make this quick." Tahu said lowly. Onua and Kopaka nodded in agreement. "Then let's give him a scorching cold grave." Kopaka said with a grin. Tahu and Onua nodded in understanding. "Go!" Onua yelled.

Kopaka and Tahu ran at Nidhiki. They suddenly crossed paths, and Tahu fired a huge blast of fire at Nidhiki. Nidhiki tried to shield himself with his arms. Kopaka then relentlessly fired ice at the insect like being. As Nidhiki struggled to withstand the intense combination of heat and cold Onua brought down the ceiling that was above him, crushing Nidhiki.

"Let's go!" Tahu yelled, gesturing for them to follow him down the passage the others had gone in.

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Tahu, Kopaka and Onua ran down the halls as fast as they could. It was a good thing that Kopaka was with them, otherwise they would not be able to see the other Toa and where they were going. Onua was a fair length behind them, since he was not as fast as they were in more open areas.

"The others have stopped running." Kopaka said to Tahu. "What did he say!" Onua yelled from behind them. "He says the others have stopped!" Tahu yelled back to him.

They continued until finally they could see the others in front of a huge gate. The hall they were running in connected to a large chamber. They could now see that the others were fighting a lot of Vahki. Onua watched as Kopaka and Tahu sped ahead to help them. Onua was about to speed up when suddenly something grabbed him from behind and lifted him up, starting to crush him.

Onua immediately knew that it was Nidhiki who had grasped him with a huge claw. Nidhiki tossed Onua against a wall. He smashed off of it and skidded across the floor. "You think you can make a fool of me!" Nidhiki yelled angrily. He picked up Onua again by a leg and started thrashing him against walls, on the ground and even the ceiling. He then tossed Onua up into the air and punched away. Onua skidded against the hard stone floor and slowly he started to get back up. Nidhiki fired energy from his mouth, which hit the ground right next to Onua; blasting him farther back. Onua lay there motionless.

Onua was about twenty feet away from the others but, they were too busy fighting off Vahki to even notice him. Nidhiki approached Onua and grabbed him with both claws and started to squeeze him inward. "Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrhhhh!" Onua screamed as his chest started to compress. Suddenly a black ball came flying out of nowhere, striking Nidhiki in the face. Nidhiki let out a cry of surprise and pain as it hit him. It caused him to drop Onua. The ball uncurled; revealing that it was Nuhvok.

Nuhvok then jumped on Nidhiki's face; punching and kicking at it with all his strength. He even threw in a bite or two. Nidhiki grabbed Nuhvok with his pincer and chucked him hard against a wall. Onua lay gasping for breath on the ground, watching Nuhvok hit the wall. His attention then turned back to Nidhiki, who was standing in front of him again.

Nidhiki looked over to Nuhvok, seeing that he was getting back up. "Today is your lucky day. You get to watch your friend die!" Nidhiki turned again to Onua. He stuck out the blade of his claw, and pulled his arm back. He then thrust it forward.

Onua closed his eyes, waiting for the impending stab. He heard a noise like the claw had stabbed through something. But he felt nothing. Onua opened his eyes. They widened at the site that beheld him. Nuhvok had jumped in front of Nidhiki's claw.

The blade had gone through his neck. Nuhvok looked down at Onua, a glazed look in his eyes. He smiled faintly, "Br…o…th…er…" He said in a low voice. Nidhiki then clamped down with his claw, causing Nuhvok to make a painful twitch, and then his eyes faded into blackness and his body went limp.

Nidhiki tossed Nuhvok's body away like it was trash. "Oh well. This time you won't be so lucky."

Onua got up to his feet slowly, the rage coursing through his body. "You… You monster!" Onua yelled. He jumped up onto Nidhiki's front legs and stabbed one of his chainsaws into his gut, keeping the blade running. He then stabbed in his other one. Nidhiki choked from the pain. He pulled them apart, the weapons coming out on opposite sides of Nidhiki's waist. Onua then kicked him in the chin, sending Nidhiki reeling backwards. Nidhiki landed with a crashed and did not get up.

Onua stood there panting from the rage. He then walked over to Nuhvok, and knelt in front of him. "You are no traitor… and how could I have even been foolish enough to think so." A few tears started to fill his eyes, but he managed to stop them. He picked up Nuhvok's body and headed towards the huge gate. All the Vahki had been beaten, and the Toa were waiting by the door.

Author's Notes: This chapter was a little shorter than usual, but I had to finish off the whole prison thing, and there wasn't much else.