I stared up at Keetongu. His large body was plated in orange armor, and his crimson eye looked down at me and Roodaka. Keetongu let out a growl, then, with footsteps of thunder, advanced towards us.
I was ready to fire a blast from my staff when Matau, Vakama, Onewa and Whenua rushed in. They stopped dead in their tracks at the sight of Keetongu, then advanced forward.
The large orange beast growled again at the sight of the Hordika, reached out his hand, and picked up Matau.
Matau, having been a test driver in his Matoran life, was used to dangerous situations like this. However, what he saw next froze him with fear.
He was dangling almost a foot away from Keetongu's chest plate. But it wasn't the height, or the sheer size of the monster, that scared him.
Where the chest plate should have been was a cockpit. And inside, pushing buttons and waving hello, was someone who he had hoped he would never see again.
Sidorak.
"Vakama!" called out Matau. The Toa Hordika of Fire took no notice, so he decided to try again.
"Vakama! You're an akilini-headed firespitter whose masks look like Maha droppings!" Matau shouted.
That got Vakama's attention. Just not in the way Matau would have preferred.
The Hordika roared loudly and fired a burning-hot Rhotuka at Matau. The Rhotuka caused Keetongu to clench his fist that was holding Matau in pain, which revealed the hidden cockpit to the others.
"Keetongu is mechanical?!" I exclaimed, dumbstruck. "But... how? It's simply not possible!"
Roodaka seemed equally as surprised as the rest of us, and stared in horror at the evil monster her darling Sidorak had become.
Sidorak took no notice, and, with the push of a single button, sent Keetongu's fist down at me.
I closed my eyes as Keetongu's robotic fist plunged down towards me, waiting for the inevitable.
I was going to die.