ULTIMATE BIONICLE
Chapter 26: A Moment Interrupted
The Legion of Toa stood in a group, staring at the trio of titans that stood before them. The Matoran had fled inside a cave. "You're outnumbered." Tahu said to Nidhiki. The five elite Vahki then leapt off the cliff and landed among Nidhiki and the other two.
"We may be outnumbered," Nidhiki said with a grin, "But you're outgunned." Nidhiki said, gestured to the behemoth, Krekka, and the cybernetic nightmare, Vorak.
"We're giving you all one last chance." Nidhiki said. "Join now willingly or we'll take you ourselves. Make your choice."
"We'd rather die than join the likes of you!" Vakama shouted defiantly. Nidhiki scoffed. "Then you shall suffer the same fate as Vorak. It makes no difference to me."
"Vakama," Tahu muttered, "You, Whenua, and I will take on Vorak." Tahu instructed. "No," Whenua said, "I want Rorzakh."
Vakama sighed, "This is no time for petty feuds." Whenua frowned coldly at him. "This is not petty, it's personal." He said very seriously. It suddenly came back to Vakama the pain that Whenua had gone through, and knew full well that it was a horrible thing to go through. Vakama nodded in agreement, "Ok, just make sure you make it count. You're not the only one who went through that."
"I know," Whenua said, "You… and Nokama went through it; Nokama more than either of us." Whenua then cracked his neck, "I'm gonna enjoy this."
"Do not forget," Vakama reminded him, "It is against the Toa code to kill an enemy." Whenua did not respond.
"Anyways," Tahu said to Vakama, "You, Onewa and I will fight Vorak." Tahu looked to the other Toa, who had all been listening. "I'll take on Krekka." Nuju said. "I will too." said Gali. "I'll take Keerakh." Kopaka said. "I'll fight Zadakh." Pohatu said immediately after. "I want Bordakh." Nokama said, pulling out her weapons. "I'll fight with Nuurakh then." Takanuva said.
Lewa and Matau both grimaced and looked at each other. "I guess that means that I've gotta team up with a weak Toa like you huh?" Matau said tauntingly. "Don't start this crap now!" Tahu shouted at them. "You've both got to work together to fight Nidhiki. End of story!"
The Legion of Toa then broke off into their different teams, to fight with their enemies.
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Whenua and Rorzakh were running at each other, going full speed. Rorzakh leapt into the air, getting ready to kick Whenua. Whenua crouched and skidded across the ground, dodging Rorzakh's attack. Rorzakh landed and turned around, grunting angrily. He ran at Whenua again and swung his staff at him. Whenua ducked, and then swung one of his earth-shock drills upwards, hitting Rorzakh in the chin. He staggered backwards in pain. Whenua then jabbed his right drill forward, hitting Rorzakh in the chest. He then jabbed his left one, and swung his right; hitting Rorzakh in the face and sending him toppling to the ground.
Rorzakh looked up at Whenua in pain. Whenua was breathing hard; his eyes filled with hatred and rage. "There is no way I am losing to a weak Toa like you!" Rorzakh yelled angrily, slowly getting to his feet.
Rorzakh ran at Whenua again and once again swung his staff. Whenua ducked out of the way. Rorzakh then did and under-hook and punched Whenua in the stomach as hard as he could with his silver claw. Whenua lurched forward; holding his gut in pain. Rorzakh then jumped up and kicked Whenua in the face. Whenua fell backwards through the air and landed on his back.
As Whenua stared up at the sky in pain, Rorzakh suddenly appeared above him and jabbed the point of his staff into Whenua's gut. "GGGGAAAAAAKKKKK!" Whenua yelled in pain, as he let go of his weapons and clutched the end of the staff, trying to lift it off. Rorzakh stood there sneering, pushing down harder on the staff. "I'll admit, you gave me a scare there for a second. But I always knew you were just a Matoran in Toa armour." Rorzakh said contemptuously.
Whenua cringed with pain, and let go of the end of the staff, knowing that there was no hope of getting it off at this point. Whenua then realized his one chance for survival, but it would be hard to accomplish. However, Whenua wasn't just gonna let Rorzakh defeat him so easily. He refused to be submitted to the procedure that Vorak had gone through.
Whenua smashed his right fist into the ground. Dark green energy started to manifest underneath the ground. A glowing green crack started to make its way towards Rorzakh. "What the hell is that?" Rorzakh said with puzzlement. The crack stopped underneath Rorzakh. "Tremor Blast!" Whenua managed to choke out.
The energy erupted upward from the ground. Rorzakh let out a pain-filled cry as he was blasted far and high through the air, away from Whenua. Whenua slowly staggered to his feet, holding is gut; which was still in immense pain. Slowly as the adrenaline returned to Whenua's body he started to forget about the pain as he made his way over to Rorzakh, a proud smile on his face. "I actually managed a Tremor Blast." He said with pride.
Whenua stood before Rorzakh. He was smouldering and badly hurt, but alive. Whenua lifted Rorzakh to his feet. Rorzakh swayed back and forth in a painful daze. Whenua cracked his knuckles and then punched Rorzakh in the face. He then punched him again, and again and again and again and again and again and again, slowly pushing the Vahki back. Whenua then started rapidly punching Rorzakh in the stomach. Then with a final strike he delivered a powerful uppercut to Rorzakh's jaw.
Rorzakh fell backward; collapsed among the sand and stone. Whenua could see that the Vahki was still alive. Whenua stared down at the Vahki for a long time, contemplating what he should do. "Hmm…virtue." Whenua then left the Vahki lying there.
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Krekka swung his large fists violently at Nuju and Gali. They leapt backwards in unison; dodging the attacks. The more Krekka missed, the angrier he had gotten. He flipped the Kanoka launcher that rested on his shoulder and started firing in all directions at Gali and Nuju.
The dust settled and Krekka stared anxiously through it; checking for the two Toa. But they were nowhere in sight. Suddenly Krekka felt as surge of stinging pain as Nuju jumped onto his back. Nuju was holding on by digging his crystal spikes into Krekka's shoulders.
Krekka writhed in pain as he flailed and tried to get Nuju off. Suddenly, from Krekka's front, Gali fired a huge blast of water at Krekka, projecting him backwards into a rock face. Nuju had jumped off in time. He landed next to Gali and smiled, "Nice shot." Gali smiled back, "Thanks."
Krekka burst forth out of the rocks he was buried under with a roar. "Die!" He yelled, sprinting at the two Toa. They both leapt out of the way in opposite directions. Krekka kept on running; following Gali. "Oh no!" Nuju yelled, when he realized.
Gali landed, and Krekka delivered a devastating punch to the Toa Nuva of Water. Gali was knocked flying and skidded across the sand. Krekka smiled with satisfaction and slowly started to lumber over to her. Nuju jumped forward and dropped kicked Krekka in the back with two feet, causing Krekka to stumble forward. Nuju then flipped to Krekka's front and leapt up and hit him in the jaw with one of his crystal spikes.
Nuju looked up at him panting. Krekka wiped his bleeding jaw, and then made a snarling expression. He kicked Nuju in the chest, knocking him onto his back. Krekka then grabbed him by one of his legs, and then turned around and tossed Nuju as far as he could. He watched as Nuju got smaller and smaller, and then smash into a canyon wall.
Satisfied, Krekka turned back around to Gali. Out of nowhere he saw Gali jump up and slash him in the face with one of her Aqua Axes. Krekka roared in pain. Gali then slashed him two more times in the chest and stomach. In anger, Krekka grasped Gali by her shoulders and lifted her up. He brought his face and inch away from hers. "I will crush your body to nothing." He grunted.
Krekka started compressing inward on Gali's shoulders. She screamed in pain as she was slowly being crushed by the titanic being. Suddenly Nuju skidded to a halt beside Krekka, catching his attention. "Eat this!" Nuju yelled angrily pushing Krekka back with a powerful telekinetic blast. The blast made Krekka release his grip on Gali.
Nuju caught Gali in his arms. "Are you ok?" He asked with concern. She groaned with pain. "I don't think I'm too banged up." She said, smiling up at him. Nuju smiled back at her, putting her back on her feet. They looked into the distance at Krekka; he was slowly getting back up. "I've got a plan," Nuju said, "But we need to get up the canyon." He said, pointing upwards. "No problem." She smiled.
Suddenly water gushed forth from the ground underneath of Nuju and Gali. "Wow, your good." Nuju said, sounding impressed. They both jumped off of the water streams and onto the canyon ledge. They looked over the edge; Krekka was already below them. He noticed them atop the canyon wall and started to climb.
"So what's your plan?" Gali asked. "We're gonna distract him, and then jump out of the way at the last moment, tricking him into falling off the canyon." Nuju said simply. "You really thought ahead didn't you?" Gali complimented. "I'm from Ko-Metru. I always think ahead." Nuju said with a grin.
Krekka reached the top of the canyon and immediately ran after the two Toa. They quickly ran around Krekka and stopped about a foot away from the cliff's edge. Krekka turned around angrily. "Time to die!" He began running at them again.
"On the count of three, move." Nuju instructed Gali. She nodded in compliance. "1…2…3!" He yelled. Both Gali and Nuju dashed in opposite directions. Not showing any signs of slowing down, Krekka was about to run off of the cliff. However, Gali had not moved fast enough, and was struck with one of Krekka's arms; knocking her off as well. "Ahh!" She screamed.
"I'm coming!" Nuju shouted, running to where she was and diving off. Streamlining his body, Nuju caught up to Gali and grabbed her by the waist and held her close. "Hold on!" Nuju shouted. He turned over, making it so that he was on the bottom. "What are you doing!" Gali shouted.
They hit the ground with a crash; Nuju absorbing almost the entire force of the impact. Gali rolled off of him. "Nuju are you ok?" She asked anxiously. The area where he had hit the ground was cracked and smashed in. Nuju opened his eyes and slowly turned his head towards Gali. He smiled faintly. "I'm…glad to see that you're ok." He said. "Is Krekka down?" Gali looked over to the giant. He looked like he was out cold. "Yeah, he's down."
Gali smiled down at Nuju warmly, "Why did you do that?" Nuju breathed in deeply for a second. He wasn't in very good condition from that fall. "…I protect those that I love… I love you Gali…" Gali blushed light blue for a second and held Nuju's hand. She had never thought about the concept of love before. But couldn't help but return the feelings. She had spent a lot of time with Nuju over the past little while, and had grown very fond of him. They stared into each others eyes. Gali leaned forward, and hesitated for a moment, then moved in closer and their mouths met. The kiss lasted a few minutes, and then Gali finally pulled away slowly, smiling warmly at Nuju.
Nuju didn't want to speak. He felt so many emotions surging through him, it was almost overwhelming. It made him forget about the pain of the fall, and for the first time in his life he felt that he was truly happy.
Suddenly a blast came out of nowhere and hit Gali in the chest; knocking her away from Nuju. "Gali!" Nuju yelled, but the pain suddenly came back, crippling him from getting up. Zadakh, Bordakh, and Nuurakh appeared from behind Nuju. "Sorry to interrupt such a touching moment." Bordakh said deviously.
"You bastards!" Nuju snarled. Bordakh and Nuurakh lifted Gali by her arms. She was stunned and in a daze. "Don't worry," Zadakh said, standing over Nuju. "We'll take really good care of her." Zadakh then took off a chain that he had been carrying on a belt. Zadakh then kicked Nuju in the face, and Nuju's vision went black…