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I do not own either lego bionicle or this plot they both are owned by the lego company and this story plots Author Biohazard Technologies all the right's go to their respective partys i own nothing sadly

please note that i rated this story m for this chapter and one or two others

THIS CHAPTER IS NOT VERY KID FRIENDLY AS I HAVE WRITTEN MORE VAMPIRENESS AND IN GREAT DETAIL. ^.^ FOR AGES 13 AND UP THANK YOU! THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE WILL LOVE THIS! KOPAKA IS SO LIKE LESTAT WHEN HE GOES VAMPIRE AND GALI IS A BIT LIKE LOUIS!

Chapter Eleven:
Nightmares and Morning Light.

Lewa strode quietly down the dark hallway of the Ta-Koro inn, oblivious to the fact that it was midnight.

He had just woken up from a horrible nightmare and was still very skittish. He had tried to wake up Onua but the Toa of Earth just rolled over and kept on sleeping. At this he decided to go see Gali, for he knew she would comfort him no matter what time it was.

He clutched his stuffed Kahu bird tightly as he made his way towards Gali and Kopaka's room.

The two Toa hadn't said anything when they were deciding who would bunk with who. They had just chosen a room. When asked about it, they said they wanted the quiet. It seemed reasonable, as neither of them snored.

Lewa shivered in the darkness as he got closer to their room. Those two could really make it cold.

Lewa gathered what little courage he had before slowly opening the door to their room.

His quiet entrance immediately earned him Kopaka's katana pressed up against his throat.

Lewa dropped his stuffed animal and gazed down the blade at the shirtless Kopaka. He gulped.

Kopaka, seeing who it was lowered his sword a bit.

"What are you doing here?" Kopaka whispered dangerously.

"I-I" Lewa stuttered.

"Well?"

Lewa shivered. Kopaka sure looked scary in the dark. The Toa of Ice's pure white skin didn't even reveal his presence.

"I had a nightmare and came to see Gali." Lewa whispered.

Kopaka growled and sheathed his sword.

Lewa bent and scooped up his precious stuffed animal.

Kopaka looked back into the room, Lewa followed his eyes.

Gali lay on the bed closest to the far wall. She lay on her back amid the many blankets, her silky hair flared out on the pillow graciously. The fingers of her right hand her curling about a few strands of her hair. The front of her white 1700s styled shirt was unlaced giving it a low neckline that really didn't show much.

The whole picture was enchanting.

Kopaka looked at Lewa, his moonstone eyes hard.

"She's sleeping," He said. "It took her forever to fall asleep and I'm not about to let you wake her up."

Lewa shivered. Their room was very dank inside. He could feel it just by standing in the hallway. Well, that's what you get for letting Ice and Water bunk together.

"B-but this is important." Lewa protested. "I think it's my Foresight."

Kopaka sighed and went back into the room, he came back wearing a long sleeved, button up white business shirt. It remained unbuttoned.

Kopaka quietly closed the door behind him and faced Lewa.

"Ok, tell me what you saw."

Lewa blinked.

"Well, there was this man, dressed all in black, he had black hair that touched the floor and evil grey eyes. With him were the Dark Lords. And there hanging from a cross was Gali. Only she wasn't quite Gali. She had Silver hair and eyes. Her wrists were chained to the arms of the cross and there was barbed wire wrapped around her legs going all the way up to her hips. There was blood everywhere. She looked exhausted. There were these little demons that danced around the cross and there was this strange pedestal with a big glass bowl on it."

Kopaka was now convinced that it was Lewa's Foresight. The green Toa was obviously seeing either something from the past or a friend they would meet on their quest, because the woman obviously wasn't Gali.

"Then what?"

"Then the man in black walked up to her with a knife and slashed open the woman's chest. She didn't even scream. He then reached into her chest and pulled out her heart, it was still beating! I don't know if she died or not, all I remember is the man putting her heart in the bowl and pulling something shiny out of it. It looked like a dead crystal shard or something. That was when I woke up."

Kopaka looked at Lewa for a while, running it all through his mind.

He sighed.

"We'll talk about this some more in the morning Lewa." He said, his eyes softening ever so slightly.

"Let's get you back to bed."

Lewa's eyes widened and he clutched his stuffed animal tightly to his chest.

"But what if those demons come and get me?" Lewa asked.

Kopaka looked at him, his eyes shimmering softly at the young Toa.

"They can't get you Lewa, you're the almighty Toa of Air. You can just blow them away."

Lewa smiled weakly.

"Come on."

Kopaka gently led the green Toa back to his room. Lewa sat down on his bed and looked at the sleeping Onua.

Kopaka wandered around the room quietly, checking the closet and looking under both beds.

"Nope, no monsters here." He said.

He gently helped Lewa lay down and pulled the covers up over the young boy. He looked down at Lewa.

"You get some sleep." He said. "They can't get you, I won't let them."

With that he ruffled Lewa's hair and left the room closing the door quietly behind him. He leaned back against it and rubbed the bridge of his nose, where a headache was forming.

He made his way back to the room he shared with Gali in silence. The blue Toa really hadn't said anything to him since yesterday.

He entered the room and welcomed to cool foggy darkness. He smirked at the light fog that hung in the room, hi night vision kicking in. The fog had been created when the room temperature had dropped because of their presence. It fit their mood perfectly.

Kopaka quietly removed his shirt and tossed it onto the chair where his trench coat rested. He flopped face first onto his bed and lay there with his arms folded beneath the pillow.

"That was a very kind thing you did."

Kopaka stiffened at the quiet sound of Gali's voice.

He hadn't even heard her wake up!

"I heard you checking his room." Her voice was barely audible.

"I only did what I thought you might do."

"You're very good at it." She said. "You'd make a wonderful father."

Kopaka's eyes widened slightly.

"What are you talking about? Children hate me."

"The ones in Le-Koro didn't."

"Feh. They didn't know any better."

"Why must you scare people so much?"

"It's my way."

That's when he felt it. A trace of cool fingers gracing up his back in a massage sort of way.

Not used to this kind of contact, Kopaka flipped over on reflex and grabbed her wrist. Unfortunately his momentum carried over and pulled her down on top of him.

Both sat there in surprise. Gali had fallen on him in such a way that it had put their pelvis' into direct contact.

Kopaka half sat, half lay on the bed , his legs spread. Gali lay across his stomach and chest .

She groaned slightly and pushed herself up onto her elbows, massaging her wrist.

Kopaka cringed.

He knew he had put too much power into his attack when he had felt the bones of her wrist shift ever so slightly.

She tucked a few strands of hair behind one of her pointed ears and continued to rub at her wrist.

"You see?" Kopaka said after a moment. " That's why I scare people. To keep them away from me."

Gali looked at him, her royal purple eyes shimmering with a strange light.

She crawled up onto her hands, her wrist obviously meaning nothing to her. The Toa of Water got very close to him.

"You don't scare me," She whispered almost inaudibly into his ear.

Kopaka's eyes widened slightly and he looked at her.

Her eyes were closed and a small, barely visible look of satisfaction was on her face.

From the look on her face, he was certain she could hear his heart hammering.

Kopaka looked away from her face and swallowed. He suddenly became very aware of the low neckline of her night shirt. He looked away then had to try to not look at the smooth creamy skin of her long, graceful legs.

He tried not to flinch and the butterfly like touch of her fingers as the moved gently up his chest and gently traced the veins in his neck.

He shuddered slightly at the delicate touch.

Kopaka wasn't used to this kind of contact as he had never let anyone touch him unless they had no choice.

Gali slowly buried her face in the crook of his neck and nuzzled it gently. Kopaka shuddered again as his vampire nature battled against his true nature for control. He fought against it viciously. His vampire nature was telling him to ravage her and he didn't want to do that.

He closed his eyes and continued to fight it even though he knew it was a losing battle.

He opened his mouth to warn her of what was happening when she suddenly clamped a hand over his mouth.

Gali lifted her head from his neck and scanned the room, her eyes sharp and dangerous.

He reached up and removed her hand, holding it in his. His battle forgotten for the moment.

"What is it?" He whispered into her ear.

She looked at him.

"We are not alone." She whispered.

"What do you mean?"

"There's something here. Something evil."

She went quiet. That was when he heard it. A slight scuffling outside the door, a mild snorting. The sound of miniscule clawed hands clawing at the door.

Kopaka froze.

"What is it?"

"I think it's an Iistek."

"A what?"

"A very small demon, they work for Makuta. They are like hunters. They go out into the world and look for things he wants. They basically do his dirty work."

"Are they Rahi?"

"Hardly, they're demons."

"Demons?"

"Yes. Very small one's mind you, but very mean. They usually hunt in packs."

Gali froze.

She closed her eyes.

"Please don't glow, please don't glow." She whispered over and over again.

Kopaka, confused by her words, looked around. The crystal that hung from her neck was beginning to glow very slightly.

His hand shot out and wrapped around the gem to hide it.

"What are you doing?" He asked her.

"I'm looking for it."

"How?"

She didn't say anything for a moment.

"With my mind."

Kopaka said nothing.

It was then that a small hole formed in the bottom of the door. A pair of ugly glowing green eyes came through it.

"Gali," He whispered almost inaudibly into her ear. "It's in."

She gently lay a hand on his chest to signify that she already knew.

Kopaka watched it.

"Oh Mata Nui, what an ugly green." He whispered.

Gali said nothing.

"Why hasn't it found us? Or heard us? Or seen us?"

"Because they're stupid. Their hearing and they're eyesight is horrible. It can only see us if we move. But they have an amazing sense of smell."

"Then why hasn't it smelt us?"

"It does, but we don't smell like Toa to it."

"Why?"

"Because of the fog."

Kopaka thought about it for a minute and realized that it made sense.

"What do we do?"

Gali's eyes suddenly flew open.

All the fog and mist in the room suddenly light up very brightly.

There was a horrid shriek.

The light died down a bit.

Both Toa turned to look at the Iistek.

It was curled up against the wall hiding it's overly large eyes from the light.

It was hideous.

It couldn't have been more than nine inches tall. It had peachy brownish skin that was bumpy and warty in places. It's hands were small and had rather nasty looking claws. A small stubby tail grew out from the base of it's spine. It had a nasty face that was a cross between a monkey and a pig. It's lips barely closed over it's jagged and sharp teeth. It had a squashed pig like nose and it's eyes were large and pupil less. Not only that but it was completely bald.

"Ugh." Kopaka said at the sight of it.

"You said it."

"What do we do with it?"

"We destroy it of course."

"How?"

Gali's eyes narrowed at it.

The tiny demons began to shriek and squeal in pain. It's skin began to bubble in places.

Gali's eyes narrowed even more.

The Iistek's eyes began to bulge out of it's head and it's body began to inflate like a balloon.

With a POP, the Iistek exploded. What was left of it suddenly burst into flame. Kopaka threw his arms about Gali to protect her from the flames, which were quite large.

The flames died down of their own accord then vanished completely. There was absolutely nothing left, not even a blackened spot on the floor.

Gali relaxed a bit and blinked several times.

He looked at her.

"What if there are more?"

Gali suddenly went stiff again and closed her eyes. She was looking for them.

"No" She said. "No more."

With that she collapsed freely against him.

"What were they looking for?" Kopaka asked.

"Probably the shards or my crystal." She said. "Or they could have been looking for us."

"Why?"

"Because you have Dreamsight and I have Chaos Control." She replied. "If Makuta takes us out the others won't stand a chance."

Kopaka didn't say anything. He merely held her to him gently in the dim light of the still glowing fog.

Gali closed her eyes and lay her head against his shoulder. She was breathing a little heavily.

Kopaka looked down at her. He caught sight of her bare neck and was able to see her pulse beating through her veins.

The Battle over his Vampire nature was taken up again.

But it was over before it had even started. He gently lay her back against the mattress of the bed, never taking his eyes off the vein in her neck.

Gali relaxed against the cool sheets, too weak to notice what was about to happen.

Kopaka leaned in slowly and sank his fangs slowly into the crook of her neck. She fell limp as he did this. He hooked an arm behind her shoulders as a sort of support. He closed his eyes as her blood filled his mouth.

It was sweet and coppery. It sent a thrill through his veins. He swallowed her blood slowly, savoring it's warmth.

Gali's night shirt slipped gently off one of her shoulders, revealing the gentle swell of one of her breasts. She didn't notice this however, and if she had she wouldn't have cared. She was too caught up in the sweet sensation of having her blood taken from her.

Kopaka's mind was filled with the images and words that made up Gali's memories. He saw things through her eyes for the first time. He saw himself as well. He was amazed at the feeling that accompanied the images of him. It wasn't warm and it wasn't cold. But it was comforting. It was trust pure and simple. But this same feeling didn't accompany the images of the others. There was a surge of mirth and warmth for Lewa. For Pohatu there was a mild warmth and a feeling of one smiling. For Onua there was a surge of gentleness and trust. For Tahu there was a strange mix. It was warm one second and cold the next. There was the feeling of love then of hate. Then there was kindness but no sense of the feeling of wanting to hurt him.

Gali was in much the same state he was. She was seeing the things that made up Kopaka's mind. She saw images of the other Toa as they were through his eyes. She saw what Kopaka saw when he first met Pohatu, she felt the same cold towards him as Kopaka had. She saw pictures of Lewa and felt the friendship and gentleness Kopaka held for the young one. She also felt his annoyance of those who were overly happy. She felt the same peace he felt when she saw the images of Onua. Apparently Kopaka had no real idea or feeling for Onua. There was a terrific surge of hatred that accompanied the images of Tahu. But there was also the feeling of great loss that had no real reason for being there.

Then there were the images of her. There were multitudes of them. They were everywhere.

They were images of her walking, laughing, running, fighting, swimming. And many more. There was an image of her laying on the floor soaking wet and naked when they had just become they Leyna. There was an image of her releasing her fury on the Tarakava at the beach then singing gently to Lewa as they cleaned his wounds. There was also an image of her sitting in that small lagoon. She looked sad and broken. The last of these images was of her leaning gently over him just as she had before the Iistek had arrived.

All of these images were accompanied by a feeling of confusion, pain, warmth, cool, protectiveness, and something that wasn't quite identifiable yet.

She moaned slightly and Kopaka took another mouthful of blood. What felt like electricity soared through her veins. She arched her back, pushing her front up against him.

Kopaka pushed her back down gently. His free hand quickly finding a way inside her shirt and coming to rest on the cool skin of her lower back.

His mind was suddenly filled with the strange knew knowledge that Gali possessed. He also realized what was happening and released her, withdrawing his fangs quickly.

He looked down at her as she lay there against the pillow, her eyes closed. She looked calm.

His breathing became heavy as his true nature took over yet again. His eyes flew from the two small holes in her neck to the calm look on her face.

His breathing became rapid as he realized what he had just done, he had betrayed her trust.

He was glad that he hadn't take that much of her blood but still furious with himself for losing control.

Gali slowly opened her eyes, they were dim and slightly clouded. That same sleepy yet satisfied look came over her face again. She looked up at him weakly.

"Why did you stop?" She asked weakly.

"Gali, I am so sorry." He said.

He put a hand to the two holes in her neck, they weren't bleeding, in fact they were already beginning to disappear.

"I don't know what came over me." He said looking away from her.

She lifted and hand and gently placed in on his chest.

"Now you know how I felt." She said. " Don't worry, I didn't hurt."

He looked at her as her voice faded away.

She had fallen asleep.

Kopaka couldn't help but smile faintly. He lay down next to her as quietly s he could and pulled the blankets up over them both. He gently put his arms around her and held her.

Soon, he too fell asleep.

~*~

Gali awoke the next morning with her head resting on Kopaka's chest, her hand curled up next to her face like a child's.

She then realized what had awoken her.

A small beam of early morning sunlight was shining in through the closed curtains across her nose.

She wiggled her nose but unfortunately the pale sunlight wouldn't go away.

She blinked groggily.

What had happened last night?

She remembered the Iistek quite clearly. It took her a minute to remember the fact that Kopaka had bitten her.

She put a hand to her neck.

The holes her gone and her strength had returned, but that didn't mean she wanted to get up. She groaned and buried her face in Kopaka's chest. After a Minute she ran her fingers through her hair and slipped out of the bed, only to fall on her bum.

Gali made a rather comical face at her frustration.

"Never doing that again, that's for darn sure."

She got to her feet and ran her fingers through her hair again before looking at the still sleeping Kopaka. She smiled slightly and brushed a few strands of his pure white hair away from his nose.

Gali ran her fingers back through her long bangs again causing her lovely hair to fall lazily about her.

"Better go wake everybody up." She mumbled to herself

With that she tied the laces of her night shirt, which only hung down to the middle of her thighs, and left the room.

She went to Lewa and Onua's room first.

She smiled at them as both were tangled in their sheets sleeping peacefully.

Gali gently shook Onua awake.

"But mommy, I don't want to go to school today. "He mumbled. "I want to stay home and dig tunnels with you."

Gali raised an eyebrow and smiled at him.

"Come on Onua, " She said gently. "Day light shines again."

Onua grumbled something and began untangling himself from the sheets.

She went to Lewa next.

He was curled up in a ball around his stuffed animal.

She gently shook him awake as well.

"Lewa, Lewa sweetheart." She said. " Wake up, It's Morning Glorious again."

Lewa yawned and stretched at the sound of her voice.

"oh come on Gali," He whined. "I didn't sleep too good last night. Can't I stay in bed a little longer?"

Gali shook her head.

"No sweetheart, We have to make for Onu-Koro today remember."

"oh yeah."

Gali left the room so those two could get dressed.

Next she made for Tahu and Pohatu's room. She entered to find Pohatu still asleep and Tahu fully dressed in the bathroom. He looked at her and smiled.

"I was just about to come wake you guys up." He said

Gali smiled and wiggled her nose.

"beat ya to it!"

"Yup"

"You're awfully happy this morning." Gali said.

Tahu stretched, sending his ear length red hair tumbling slightly.

"That's 'cause I slept well."

"Well, Lewa didn't , so please go easy on him today."

"What happened?"

"Apparently he had a Foresight Nightmare, A bad one."

"oh,"

"You look better with your hair down,"

"thanks."

Gali looked down at Pohatu, who was still snoring away.

She smiled and shook her head.

"Why aren't you dressed yet?" Tahu asked.

"Just woke up a few minutes ago."

"oh,"

Gali ran her fingers through her hair again.

"There's only one way to do this."

She picked up Tahu's pillow and began to hit Pohatu with it.

Pohatu stopped snoring instantly.

"ACK! We're under attack! Abandon ship!"

She hit him again.

"Wake up!"

Pohatu sat up groggily and looked up at her through half lidded eyes.

"The gear fairy?" He asked. "But Huki said you didn't exist."

"Oi," Gali slapped her forehead and threw the pillow into Pohatu's face.

The Toa of Stone fell back onto the bed again.

"Thank you for defiling my pillow." Tahu said with a smile.

Gali laughed.

"No problem!" She ran her fingers through her hair again.

"You ready to head to Onu-Koro?" Tahu asked.

"I will be once I've Gotten my clothes on and had something to eat."

"Than you better hurry up," Tahu said. "I want to get this over and done with, I hate traveling through those caves, the village is fine but the caves are just…not welcoming.."

Gali laughed again.

"you'll live."

With that she left to get dressed.

Gali jogged back to her and Kopaka's room.

The Ice Toa was still asleep, which was unusual for him. Gali grabbed her clothes and ran into the bathroom for a quick shower. Once she was dressed and dry she came back out to find Kopaka sitting on the edge of the bed looking at her.

He smiled slightly when she walked out of the bathroom brushing her hair.

"Morning." He said.

"Good Morning your whiteness." She said with energy.

"I see you're feeling better."

She nodded.

"Get cleaned up and put your clothes on, we leave for Onu-Koro after breakfast."

Kopaka got to his feet and came to stand in front of her. She looked up at him and stopped brushing her hair.

Kopaka reached out and ran his fingers through the silky strands appreciatively.

"Alright, but only if you do something for me."

"What?"

"Leave your hair down today." He whispered into her ear.

Gali's eyes widened slightly.

"But it'll just get in the way!"

"No it won't" he said.

With that he took her bandana.

"Hey!"

He smirked at her.

"Are you going to leave your hair down?"

"Ok! Ok! I'll do it!" She said. "Just give it back!"

Kopaka gave it back to her.

"I'll never understand what's with you and that bandana." He said.

Gali didn't respond, for she didn't know either.

Kopaka brushed the backs of his fingers along her cheek before grabbing his stuff and heading for the bathroom

Gali stood in the middle of the room, her fingers on her face in confusion.

She blinked several times as she thought it over in her mind. She blushed at the though of what could have happened last night. She blushed even more at the thought of what his request could have been.

She shook her head and willed herself to stop blushing before running her fingers through her hair and running off to find Tahu and tell him about the Iistek.