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Chapter Fifteen:
Sickness

Nirvana smirked cruelly as she watched Gali rescue Huki.

She couldn't help but chuckle when Gali lay there weakly on the sand, not knowing what was in store for her.

Nirvana tapped her long nails together.

This whole attack had merely been a decoy. Nirvana had poisoned the water that had rained down on the village. The poison, however, would only work on a female body.

And since Gali was the only woman in Po-Koro….

Nirvana chuckled again.

That wench deserved whatever that poison did to her.

How dare she ignore her.

How could anyone ignore Nirvana's voluptuous curves and smooth seductive voice?

She pounded her fist against the table, causing her crystal ball to shudder slightly.

"All who stand in my way shall fall." She said with an evil laugh.

"What's so funny?"

Nirvana looked at Trice, who stood in the doorway.

"Absolutely nothing." Nirvana said with a smirk.

Trice raised an eyebrow and left silently. Whatever she was up to now, he didn't want to be a part of it.

Nirvana gazed back at the crystal ball to watch Gali again.

"Absolutely nothing." She muttered, insane cruelty in her eyes.

~*~

Gali wasn't feeling well at all.

They had followed Onewa to his hut after she had rescued Huki. The Turaga had given them the shard and was now congratulating Pohatu on the fact that he was the keeper of the shards.

Gali leaned forward a bit and hunched her shoulders. She gripped the edge of the stool tightly.

She was burning up.

Her skin and forehead felt as though it were aflame. She felt sleepy and had a headache.

Her eyelids lowered to half-mast.

Her vision had started to blur.

Something was definitely wrong with her.

Maybe it had been something in the water.

But Huki didn't seem to be sick.

Gali shook her head and put a hand to her aching forehead.

"Gali?"

She didn't have the strength to look up at Tahu.

"Gali, are you alright?"

All eyes were on her now.

She could barely see Tahu as he knelt down in front of her.

Her throat was too dry to speak to him. She opened her mouth and tried to say something but the only thing that came out was a painful cough.

Her breath caught in her lungs and she descended into a fit of coughing. The heavy coughs wracked and shook her body heavily.

"Gali!"

She felt someone move her bangs to the side and lay a bitter cold hand against her forehead and then against her cheek.

"She's burning up with fever." Kopaka said.

He removed his hand, causing her to moan slightly at the loss of it's coolness.

Onewa came over to her. He looked her over before turning to Huki.

"Get the healer quick." He said.

Huki nodded meekly before rushing off to get the village medicine man.

"Lay her down." Onewa said to the Toa.

They gently helped the weakened Gali lay down on the bench.

"Gently now." Onewa said as he lay a pillow under her head.

Gali moaned weakly again as they lay her stiff body back.

Someone knelt down next to her and gently took her hand.

Her mind was such a mess of images and words that she could not determine who it was.

The healer rushed into the hut, he looked as though he had just crawled out of bed.

He made his way over to Gali and looked her over.

He poked and prodded her, he took her temperature and wrote several notes down on his note pad.

"What is it Nuka?" Onewa asked. "What's wrong with her?"

"It looks like she's been poisoned." The healer said.

The Toa's eyes widened.

"How?!" Tahu and Kopaka demanded at once.

"It was in the water." The healer said. "I found it this morning."

Huki squeaked in fear.

"Do not worry Huki." Nuka said. "It is a poison called Servus. It's made from the blood of a Nui-Rama and only works on females for some reason."

Huki heaved a sigh of relief.

"Is there an antidote?" Onua asked.

Nuka sighed.

"Yes, there is." He said downheartedly.

"Great!" Lewa said. "But what's wrong?"

"I don't have any of it." Nuka replied. "It's all in Ga-Koro, where it's needed."

Kopaka narrowed his eyes and was gone in an instant.

"Kopaka!" Pohatu called after him.

Onewa sighed.

"There's no question about where he's off to."

Tahu nodded and looked down at Gali. He knelt at her side again and took her hand.

"Don't worry old friend." He whispered to her. "He'll get the antidote and get back in time to save you."

~*~

Kopaka raced across the beach towards Ga-Koro.

He passed through the gate and headed straight for Nokama's house. He burst inside to see the Turaga sitting at a desk reading over a paper.

She looked up at him.

"Gali's been poisoned!" He said.

Nokama jumped to her feet.

"With what?!" She demanded.

"Something called the Servus poison. Heard of it?"

Nokama rushed out of the hut. Kopaka followed the short blue Turaga into a hut that was filled with cabinets and shelves that were covered with things in bottles and jars.

"Mika!" She called.

A blue tohunga stepped out from in between two book cases. She pushed her small glasses up onto the nose of her aqua Huna.

"Yes?" she asked in a quiet voice.

"We need the antidote for the Servus poison!"

Mika jumped and dropped the book she was holding. She bustled over to a cabinet and threw it's doors open.

She pushed several bottles aside and pulled out a small, stoppered phial that was filled with a strange reddish pink liquid.

"This is it." She said handing it to Kopaka. "What's it for?"

"Gali's been poisoned." Nokama said.

Mika gasped and looked at Kopaka, hard determination in her eyes.

"Pour half the contents into a cup of hot water and have her drink it. She can't take a breath though." She said. "Give her the other half in the morning. She won't want to eat anything for a while so don't make her. If she does want to eat than don't stop her, but she can only eat fruit, nothing else."

Kopaka nodded and left.

He summoned up his Kakama and raced back to Po-Koro, hardly noticing the dark clouds that began to fill the sky.

Nor did he notice the fact that the weather always seemed to darken when something was wrong with Gali.

~*~

Gali lay weakly on the bench.

They wouldn't let her go to sleep, she didn't know why.

Tears fell from her eyes as her body was shaken once again by a coughing fit.

She vaguely felt someone press a wet cloth to her forehead.

It was cool and comforting, like the ocean.

Lewa gently wiped off the sweat that was forming on Gali's forehead.

Ever since Kopaka had left, an hour ago, her condition had continued to deteriorate.

He looked up at Tahu, who was gazing out the door at the vast expanse of the desert, searching for Kopaka.

"Looks like rain." Onua stated as her looked out the window, his black bangs falling into his eyes.

Pohatu nodded blankly as he, too gazed out the window.

"It's him!" Tahu said suddenly.

All eyes, except Gali's, flew to the window. They watched as Kopaka ran into the village and took off his Kakama.

He ran into Onewa's hut and pulled the antidote out of his pocket.

He gave it to the healer.

Nuka set about building a fire to heat some water.

Kopaka turned to Tahu.

"How is she?" He asked without emotion.

Tahu shook his head sadly.

"She's getting worse." He said. " It's like what happened in Le-Koro, only worse this time."

Kopaka walked quietly over to Gali. He sat her up, despite the other's protests and sat down where her head had been. He set the pillow aside and pulled her into his arms.

She leaned weakly against his chest and clutched at the collar of his shirt.

Kopaka put an arm around her waist to support her and gently ran the back of his index finger down the side of her face.

Gali's eyes closed at the cool and soothing touch.

The other's gazed at this in wonder.

Since when was Kopaka so gentle?

The watched as her continued to run his finger down the side of her face.

Nuka suddenly bustled over to them.

In his hand was a cup of hot water that smelled like blood and gunpowder.

"She must drink this." He said.

Kopaka gently shook Gali.

She opened her eyes to reveal the fact that her pupils were so heavily dilated that only a ring of royal purple was visible around the edge of her iris.

"Gali," Kopaka whispered. "You have to drink this."

Gali looked at the cup, barely seeing it.

Kopaka helped her hold it and made sure that she took no breaths while drinking.

Once the cup was empty, Nuka looked her over again.

"Take her to the inn and put her to bed." He said. "She will sleep for the next fifteen hours."

Kopaka gently scooped Gali up into his arms and stood up.

He followed the other's to the inn, where they got their rooms. Gali was already asleep.

Kopaka, once again sharing with Gali, gently laid her down on her bed. With the help Onua, he got her out of her wet clothes and into her night shirt.

Kopaka pulled the covers gently up to her chest and watched her sleeping.

Kopaka took a quick glance at the stormy sky out the window before he too, went to bed.