Chapter 8
"You!" barked Tahu as he and the other Toa formed a half-circle around Sara and the Turaga "How is it that you're still alive?"
"We don't have time for chit-chat," said Turahk "Jussst hand over the girl and we'll be on our way."
There was a slight pause as the Toa (except Lewa) and Turaga looked at each other surprised by the fact that the Rahkshi can finally talk and that they were after Sara.
"And for what reason would we do that?" asked Takanuva
"Oh, no reassson," said Lerahk "That isss if you want to put your peoplesss' livesss at risssk. For their sssake, I sssuggessst you give her to usss."
"Then take her," said Kopaka "That is, if you can get her from us."
"It will be our pleasure." said Kurahk
Both teams drew out their weapons and then charged at each other. As the Toa and Rahkshi fought against each other, the Turaga gently pulled Sara away so that they would be at a safe distance. The sound of their weapons clashing together echoed throughout the entire temple and beyond. At first, everyone was fighting each other one on one (Or in the Toas' case seeing that there's seven of them, two people had to fight one Rahkshi). But as the battle continued, some people gained on each other (like two or three people on one person sort of thing).
Gali blocked Panrahk's staff as he tried to strike her swiftly but to no avail. Panrahk pushed against his staff so hard that it made Gali go flying backwards. Luckily, instead of just falling to the ground, Gali started to do several back flips when her hands came in contact with the ground. When she stopped, she stood her ground and waited for Panrahk's next move. Panrahk shot several bolts of energy out of his staff at Gali. Gali, determined to strike back, ran towards Panrahk dodging the bolts. One of the bolts she dodged, she managed to do a front flip over one bolt that was very close to hitting her. As she flipped, she felt the heat of the bolt beating against her back. She landed, ran at Panrahk, jumped and kicked him across the head.
"You know, I think I liked them better when they only hissed." commented Pohatu to Onua
"I second that." replied Onua
Meanwhile, the earth and stone Toa were back to back facing Guurahk and Turahk. When Guurahk shot a cone of dark energy out of his staff, Onua used his elemental powers to bring up a large wall of earth which blocked the attacked but disintegrated in the process however. Onua then brought up another wall of earth at the same as when Pohatu brought up several very large rocks. Instead of throwing their elements at the enemies in front of them, they turned around and threw their elements at the enemies that weren't in front of them. Guurahk, after quickly recovering from the attack, ran up to Pohatu and smacked him across the face with the back of his staff.
"Pohatu!" cried Onua
Meanwhile, Kopaka was nearly backed up against a wall facing off against Lerahk and Vorahk. He was a tad bit outnumbered; but not outsmarted. He secretly pushed his free hand against the wall and created a small trail of ice that climbed up to the ceiling and secretly formed a group of huge icicles. That time he had dropped his guard on purpose letting Vorahk use his staff to push him up against his neck into the wall and suck out some of his energy.
"Not ssso tough now are you, Toa?" asked Vorahk
As his energy was being slowly drained from his body, Kopaka started to chuckle. Vorahk looked at him puzzled. Suddenly, a small pebble-sized chunk of ice landed on top of his head. He looked up and to his surprise saw that the icicles were beginning to break off because of the vibration from slamming Kopaka into the wall. Kopaka, with whatever strength he had left in him, kicked off Vorahk bumping him into Lerahk. Suddenly, the icicles dropped down and from the ceiling and formed two cages around the two Rahkshi. The Rahkshi shrieked in fury while trying to break out of their cages while Kopaka, who used the wall to support himself due to his energy being drained, merely smirked.
Meanwhile, Takanuva and Lewa took on Kurahk one attacking from the front and the other attacking from the back. Kurahk effectively blocked both attacks from both sides. Kurahk then bashed Takanuva with his staff causing to Takanuva to move backwards. He then turned around and tried to swing overhead at Lewa but missed. Suddenly, a familiar voice came from nowhere.
"Hey, slug-head!" said Tahu from on top of a pillar
Tahu then jumped from the pillar on top of Kurahk and wrestled him to the ground.
(AN: I'm cutting it off from there because this is taking way too long for me to work on.)