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Chapter Nineteen:
What Dreams May Come

Gali's eyes flew wide and she sat upright in bed, panting and clutching at her heart, which was burning in agony.

She screamed without even knowing it and practically threw herself from the bed with her wild thrashing.

The door slammed open and Kopaka raced into the young woman's hut.

He was quickly followed by Tahu, Nokama and Maku.

Kopaka leapt onto the bed and pinned the dangerously thrashing girl with no regard to his well being.

"Be careful Kopaka!" Tahu called as he tried to get a grip on Gali's wrists. "Try not to hurt her!"

"I'm doing my best!" Kopaka called back over Gali's agonized screams.

"She's in terrible agony!" Nokama called as she hurriedly poured a strange green powder into a glass of water.

"Maku," she said. "Go get us some Miras leaves."

Maku nodded and raced outside, she soon came back carrying three small leaves.

By this time half the village was awake and standing outside trying to see what was wrong with their beloved Toa.

The other Toa, minus Lewa, had gathered in the hut near the door.

Tahu and Kopaka had finally managed to restrain Gali, who had stopped screaming but was panting and crying.

Nokama came over and handed Tahu the glass of water, which had now turned a pale pink in color.

"Make her drink this, it'll relax her enough for sleep."

Tahu nodded and gently helped Gali drink the pink medicine.

The Toa of Water drank it obediently, but still moaned in terrible pain as the cold liquid raced down her scream torn throat.

Nokama looked up at Kopaka.

"Get her shirt open, I'll need to do this quickly."
Kopaka nodded and unlaced the top of Gali's nightshirt. He only opened it enough to reveal a terrible looking gash that laced over her heart, leaving Gali her modesty.

"My god!" he cried upon seeing the wound. "Where in the name of Mata Nui did that come from!"

"She did it to herself." Nokama said as she began to lay layers of wet and medicated cloth over the wound. "she tried to rip her heart out to make the pain stop."

The Toa all looked at her in shock.

"What do you mean?" Onua asked in fear. "Where did this pain come from?"

"I have no idea." Nokama replied. "My guess would be that it has something to do with Gali's past."

By this time Gali was very near sleep and her head was resting gently in a worried Tahu's lap.

"What do you mean, Her past?" He asked.

"I don't quite know yet as well Toa Tahu," She replied. "But the other Turaga and myself have begun to believe that Gali, may be the Avatar that we seek."

Many people gasped.

"I pray that we are wrong."

Kopaka looked at her.

"But why is she hurting?" he asked.

"Because of her Chaos Control." Nokama said. "She has little control of it. The forces of the Chaos Control will tear at her life force if she cannot control them. This is the effect it will have on her."

"But she used Chaos Control a few days ago." Pohatu said. "Why didn't this happen then?"

"Because she wasn't as weak as she is now." Maku explained.

The others looked at her.

"Turaga Nokama told me that the forces of the universe will only take their toll once the bearer of the power becomes too weak to fight back against the repercussions of using that power."
Kopaka nodded.

"That makes a weird kind of sense actually"

"It does?" Pohatu asked.

Onua slapped him lightly on the side.

"Think about it for a minute."

"I can't." Pohatu said with a smile. "The gerbil in my head has died."

"Huh?"

"If the gerbil is dead, how is he gonna run in the little wheel that makes my brain work?"

"Good point."

"If I wasn't over here, I'd smack the two of you." Tahu growled.

Pohatu and Onua only smiled at him.

Kopaka narrowed his eyes at them.

"Now is not the time guys." He said quietly. "Nokama, what do we do with her for the time being?"

"Let her rest." Nokama sighed. "She'll need it."

The Toa nodded and settled Gali back into bed.

The tohunga returned to their homes as did Nokama and Maku.

"One of us should keep watch over Gali and one of us should keep watch over Lewa." Tahu said. "I wouldn't be surprise if that kid will wake up in need of a hug."

The other Toa nodded.

"I'll take Lewa." Tahu said

"I'll take Gali," Kopaka said. "I think it would be best that way"

Tahu nodded as did the others.

"It is agreed." Tahu said. "We watch until they awaken."

With that Kopaka was left alone with the sapphire beauty that now lay more than half asleep in the bed.

Kopaka pulled a chair up next to the bed and unbuttoned his shirt so he'd be comfortable.

"Did I hurt you?"

He looked at Gali, his face its usual emotionless mask.

"No." He said, his deep voice gentle.

"Then where did that scratch on your cheek come from?"

Kopaka put a finger to his cheek, it came away with a thin line of blood on it.

"I guess you got me with one of your nails." He said. "I didn't even notice it."

Gali smiled weakly.

Kopaka rubbed at his cheek with the corner of his shirt and looked back at Gali.

"You need to get some sleep."

"I can't"

"Why not?"

Gali rolled onto her side, so that her back was to him.

"I am afraid," She whispered. "Of what dreams may come."

She closed her eyes tightly, a few tears leaked out from under her eyelids.

She opened her eyes however, when she felt an extra weight on the bed and an arm go around her waist.

She Looked at Kopaka, her eyes full of questions.

He put a finger to her lips to keep her quiet.

"Ssh." He said. "Sleep, I'll see what I can do about those dreams."

~*~

Gali stood on a dead looking plain.

The sky was a pale salmon pink and the sun glowed a dead looking orange.

She looked down at the dead, rusty red soil then back out over the rocky, dry landscape.

A dead, hot wind blew and ruffled her hair.

She turned when she felt eyes on her.

Kopaka stood nearby, his trench coat blowing in the wind.

"Where are we?" He asked.

"Inside my dream." She replied. "This is the one that I haven't had since I was a Nuva."

He looked at her in confusion.

"I've never been able to remember what happens. All I know is that I'm going to be chased soon by a monster I've never seen."

"What do you mean? How could anything live here?"

"You really are here aren't you?" Gali asked.

Kopaka nodded.

"It's my Dreamsight," He said. "I said I would help you, so I'm using my power to do so."

Gali smiled at him weakly.

"That's very sweet of you."

As soon as the words left her mouth, the world darkened considerably as inky green storm clouds filled the sky.

"Time to run." Gali whispered.

A horrible howl suddenly raced across the sky.

"What the heck?!" Kopaka said.

The unearthly noise ripped through the air again.

"That's it." Gali said emotionlessly "That's the monster."

Kopaka looked off into the distance.
"I don't see anything!" He called over a blast of thunder.

"You won't." Gali replied. "You can't see him."

The pounding of hooves suddenly filled their ears.

Gali's royal purple eyes suddenly filled with fear.

"Time to go!" She cried.

Kopaka suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"No Gali," He said. "Now that I'm here, I'm going to help you fight this thing."

Gali struggled against him.

"No!" She cried. "You can't fight it! It'll kill you!"

"Gali! It can't kill you! This is just a dream!"

"It's not a dream! It's a message!"

Kopaka looked at her.

He was about to ask what she meant when a cloud of dust enveloped the two of them.

"He's here!" Gali cried.

Kopaka was knocked to the ground suddenly by a pair of heavy hooves.

A wicked laugh filled the air.

When the dust cleared, Kopaka found himself staring up into the glowing bloody red eyes of a massive undead black stallion.

The horse was pitch black in color, his hide was stained with blood and his bones were peeking out in some places. Blood dripped from his jaws, which was full of jagged and sharp teeth. The undead equines nostrils flared in anger and blood dripped down his nose. A twisted looking black horn rose out of the stallions' caved in forehead.

Kopaka's stomach turned at the sight of him.

But what scared Kopaka more was what was seated on the beasts back.

The man must have been near seven feet tall. His gleaming black hair would grace the ground were he standing and not sitting up high on the horses' back. His black robes flowed gracefully about him. His black eyes, however, were fixed on Gali.

He smiled wickedly, showing his fangs.

"Hello little Shadow of my brother." He said.

Gali's breath began to come in short gasps.

"Makuta." She said.

Makuta laughed.

"Yes little one!" He said. "'tis me again!"

"What do you want with me?" Gali demanded.

"What do I always want with you?" Makuta asked. "My brother's soul of course."

"What makes you think that I have it?"

"The fact that you are his daughter, that you are his Avatar."

Gali's eyes widened and she shook her head.

"You're lying." She protested. "YOU'RE LYING!"

With that Gali turned and ran.

"Gali!" Kopaka called after her.

The Toa of Ice quickly ran after her.

"You'll never catch her Toa of Ice!" Makuta's voice rang out. "She'll never listen!"

Kopaka ignored him and raced after her.

The inky clouds above suddenly gave way to a wicked storm.

The rain fell hot and unforgiving down on them.

He caught up with her just as Makuta decided to give chase.

His stallion gave another wicked and unearthly howl as its hooves pounded the ground.

Gali began to climb up over several shattered and broken rocks that led up to a cliff over hang that offered somewhat of a safe haven.

The stallion howled again and Makuta's laughter rang out.

Gali screamed as she slipped on one of the rain soaked rocks. A jagged rock tore into her side. Her blood splattered across the rocks.

Kopaka grabbed her wrist and help the injured girl up the rocks and onto the overhang.
He looked directly into her eyes.

"Gali," he said. "We need to wake up."

Gali nodded.

"But how do we do that?"

"Like this."

Kopaka suddenly grabbed her wrist and threw her off the cliff. He soon jumped after her.

Both of them were plunged into a horrible darkness.

~*~

Both awoke with a start.

Gali was shaking and scared but had no recollection of what had happened.

Kopaka did, however, and he was terrified that Makuta had been right in saying that she bore Mata Nui's soul within her.

He pulled the young woman into his arms and let her cry into his chest.

They fell into a deep, and thank fully dreamless sleep in that position and didn't wake up until the rest of the village did.