Alikko had been told by Turaga Miyu that the most likely place to meet the other Toa was that the temple in the middle of the island. On the way Turaga Miyu had said there was a mask of power hidden in a cave not far form the village. She found the cave and entered it.
The cave was just big enough for one Toa to fit in and a few metres inside the cave was the mask. It was on the far side embedded in the rock, the floor was dropped away leaving only a narrow bridge to cross. "I hope I've got good balance" said Alikko and she started slowly across the bridge. As soon as she got on the other side she removed the mask form the wall and put on. Turaga Miyu had told her it was the Pakari Nuva, the great mask of Strength. She thought that she did feel stronger when she had put on the mask.
She left the cave and continued towards the temple. As she neared the temple she saw another Toa. Suddenly the other Toa was right beside her. "Hello my name is Zalku, as you can guess by my name I'm the Toa of Storms" said the Toa, whose armour was grey and Alikko said "Alikko, Toa of Thunder and Lightning."
They headed towards the temple where six other Toa were waiting. "Greetings. I'm Kahli, Toa of Water" said the light blue Toa and Storm said "I'm Zalku, Toa of Storms and this is Alikko, Toa of Thunder and Lightning." "I'm Razi, Toa of Fire" said the red Toa and the green Toa said "I'm Loki, Toa of Air." "Hanta, Toa of Stone said the brown Toa and the black Toa said "Okuma, Toa of Earth." "Kamo, Toa of Ice" said the white Toa and Kahli said "now that we're all know each other, we should plan what we're going to do." "We start looking for our masks" said Razi and Alikko said "I've already found one." "Well the rest of us haven't, we'll go our separate ways and get them" said Razi and Kahli said "I don't think that's wise my Turaga said we should work together."
As Razi and Kahli argued Alikko looked at the others trying to see what their personalities were like. Loki was talking to Zalku and telling him some jokes. Storm seemed to be rather chatty and seemed happy to make friends quickly. Loki seemed fun loving and probably try to cheer people up when they were down. Okuma was just listening to Razi's and Kahli's argument. Defiantly a deep thinker and someone who would think things through before acting. Hanta was kicking small stones which flew down the hill the temple stood on. He's strong, I wouldn't want his strength against me, thought Alikko and she looked at Kamo. She could already tell he didn't want to be here, that he'd rather be somewhere else on his own.
"I give up, your full of hot air" said Kahli, Razi smiled and walked away from the group. "What's his problem?" asked Hanta and Alikko said "probably thinks he's better than the rest of us." "I don't care what the hot head says I'd like some friend-company" said Loki and Alikko asked "what about you free?" "I prefer to work alone" said Kamo and he walked off. "I agree with you guys, travelling in a group is better" said Hanta and they all looked at Okuma. "Okay, I'll join you" said Okuma and Kahli asked "which Wahi is the closet?" "Mine since I was the first to arrive" said Loki and they all left the temple.
"What mask did you get?" asked Kahli as they walked and Alikko said "Pakuri Nuva, it wasn't easy to get either. The floor had dropped away and there was only a narrow bridge to get across." They were entering a dense jungle. The air was humid and several small insect Rahi scuttled by. They had only gone a few miles when they heard a scream. The Toa pulled out their weapons and ran towards the source of the scream.
A Le-Matoran was up a tree holding tightly to the branches as a creature slammed into the tree. When it saw the Toa it turned it's massive bulk towards them. "It's a Kane-Ra" said Loki and Kahli said "we'll distract it, you save the Matoran." Loki went up in the air as the other Toa distracted the Rahi. Alikko pulled back the string on her bow and a bolt of lightning appeared. She sent the bolt flying and it landed at the Rahi's feet. Electricity surged upwards and knocked off the creatures mask. Once the mask was off the Rahi seemed to be confused. Then it turned and walked away. "That was strange" said Hanta and Okuma picked up the mask. "This mask looks diseased" said Okuma, who dropped it and Alikko destroyed it. "Why did you do that?" asked Storm and Alikko said "from the way the Rahi acted when the mask was removed it was clear the mask was controlling it. So avoid someone putting it on and being controlled the logical conclusion was to destroy it." Loki and the Le-Matoran came over and the Matoran said "thank you great Toa." "Got a mask of levitation as well" said Loki and Alikko asked "why did it attack you?" "I was just heading back to the village when I saw the mask, when I tried to climb the tree it attacked" said the Matoran and Kahli said "it must have been guarding that mask." "Where now?" asked Hanta and the Matoran said "there is a mask of X-ray vision in Ko-koro." "Mister ice can get that one" said Hanta and Kahli said "shouldn't we warn him and Taho, there's bond to be more than one." "They maybe thick headed and stubborn but we'll need them when we face Makuta" said Alikko and the Matoran said "there is a rumour among the Matoran that Makuta isn't actually here." "We should spilt up, it will go much faster" said Kahli and Alikko asked "who will go where?" "I'll go after Taho, who else will go with me?" Zalku, Loki and Hanta went over to Kahli. "Looks like you and Okuma are going to find our ice brother" said Kahli and Alikko said "well let's hope their in a better mood than last time."