And so the quest for the Rhotuka began. Each team of Toa and Rahaga searched their metru for Visorak, defeated them, and took their Rhotuka back to Hikan.
Soon, only one spinner was left to get. The Kahgarak's.
"Are we there yet?" asked Onewa
impatiently.
"Have patience, young grasshopper," Pouks
calmly replied.
The Toa Hordika of Stone frowned. Pouks was
incredibly annoying, always spouting out philosophical phrases that
made no sense. Oh well, he thought to himself, I guess I'll have to
put up with him if I'm ever going to be Toa Metru of Stone
again.
Finally, they stopped at the edge of a cliff
overlooking a tower which was being guarded by Kahgarak.
"Do
you remember the plan?" asked Onewa.
Pouks rolled his eyes.
"I invented the plan. The question is, do YOU remember the
plan?"
Onewa gritted his teeth. "Of course I do,"
he hissed. "I use my stone Rhotuka to start a rockslide, which
paralyzes the Kahgarak. You zip down and get one of their spinners,
then we head back to the tower."
"Good," replied
Pouks, "let's put this plan into action."
Onewa held
his Rhotuka between his two claw clubs and concentrated. The spinner
in front of him glowed tan, then magohany, and finally settled at an
amber color.
"Ready," Pouks whispered, "Fire!"
Onewa
let go of the spinner and it flew down the cliff, unnoticed by the
Kahgarak. Then, strong strands of energy shot out of the spinner and
into the cliff face. They were dissolving the foundations of the
cliff, ensuring that a rockslide would happen.
Finally, the
Rhotuka's job was done, and it flew back to Onewa, who put it away
for future use.
After a few moments, the rockslide started.
Huge
stone boulders bounced down the cliff and struck the Kahgarak, who
were too surprised by the attack to do something about it.
After
peering down into the settling dust to make sure that all the
Kahgarak were stunned, Pouks ran down and retrieved one of their
spinners.
Onewa smiled. "Great work, Pouks," he exclaimed, "Let's get this back to Hikan!"
Unfortunately, neither one of them noticed a small, red humanoid following them back to the Tower of Toa...