Chapter two: One by one
The sun soon rose and the Toa gathered at the chief's hut, he stood and crossed his arms, looking over the six Toa and Jala "One of you is missing..." He said as the Toa began looking from one to the next.
“Lewa is missing…” Pohatu said, looking to Onua
“Missing and late...He’s never late.” Onua thought for a moment
“Maybe our brother is just sleeping…” Gali remarked as Kopaka shook his head
“I scanned his hut already, he isn’t there…”
“Well we must go look for him.” Takanuva said as the matoran leader nodded in agreement
“Yes. but not all of you, your leader must choose who will look for the Toa and who will go with my guide”
Tahu sighed, looking back at his fellow Toa, he pointed first at Pohatu, then Onua, and finally Gali “The three of you will search for Lewa, Takanuva Kopaka and I will go to the cavern entrance.”
“Good plan...but why do I have to go with you?” Kopaka questioned
“Because the mask of life is bound to be a difficult task, the three of us are the strongest, we will have a better chance.” Takanuva interrupted before Tahu could pick a fight. Kopaka smirked
“You’re right I suppose.”
Gali, Pohatu, and Onua soon left, heading into the wilderness to find their brother, Tahu, Kopaka, Takanuva, and Jala all waiting outside the village as a matoran stepped out “Congu sorry for wait, Congu needed to prepare.” said a stocky green matoran, with three large, animal like toes on his feet, and a staff in his hand “Follow Congu, Congu is one who found big door.”
The five walked for hours, climbing through the mountain range as Congu froze, sniffing the air “Quick quiet, Piraka…” He got down on all fours, moving slowly up the hill, the Toa following behind him, what they saw was a group of six, clearly aggressive beasts, with giant mouths and jagged teeth. They growled at one another as they walked, jumping down a ledge and out of sight.
"What were those things?" Tahu asked as Congu stood, standing on his toes and trying to see if the creatures were still near.
"Piraka...nasty trouble..." He said, his voice low.
"Piraka..." Kopaka thought "The former dark hunters..." He stood, pulling out his ski swords "They're here for a reason...let's find out why..."
"No! Congu knows they are too strong fierce, three Toa and two matoran can't win fight." Congu said, standing in front of Kopaka "Piraka nasty evil, rumor has they plan to kill each other after they have what they need seek." He continued, Kopaka smirked, looking to Tahu and Takanuva.
"Come on...if they are looking for the mask of life, then we need to learn what they know on the subject" Kopaka said as he pushed past Congu.
"Kopaka is right...as much as you hate to admit it Tahu, you know he is, come one, Jala, Congu, stay close..." Takanuva said, stretching, he stood, following Kopaka, Tahu and the two matoran close behind.
"What are we doing sitting around?!" Reiadak shouted, slamming his fist against the wall.
"Maybe if you would stop yelling and let Zaktan think, we'd have a plan already!" Avak yelled back, the two standing, their faces not far from one another's.
"Do something about it Avak" Reiadak smirked, gripping the hilt of his blaster.
"Stop it both of you..." Thok sighed, standing and cracking his neck as a body was thrown against the wall in a flash of green, the Piraka stood, aiming their blasters at the doorway as a tall figure stepped in, they eased up.
"Galvator...welcome back..." Thok smirked as Zaktan stepped past him, looking up at the figure.
"What news...and who is this?" Zaktan asked, Galvator resting his scythe on his shoulder.
"Seven Toa and a matoran arrived last night...the ones I warned you about..." He looked to the unconscious Lewa "This is one of them...the Toa of air." He sighed as the Piraka chuckled.
"This is one of the toa you warned us about? They don't look strong." Hakann laughed, Galvator swung the scythe, the point getting stuck in the wall, the blade running along Hakann's neck.
"Remember...it took only one Toa to defeat the Makuta..." Galvator said, glaring at Hakann.
"Right...Galvator...my bad..." Hakann said, struggling to keep his neck away from the razor sharp blade of the scythe as Galvator released it, resting it back on his shoulder.
"Now, three Toa have gone looking for this one, and the other three saw you fools, so they are on their way here...Thok, I want you to take this Toa to the shore and hold out till I arrive, the rest of you, get ready for a fight..." Galvator sighed, stepping out and heading off, the Piraka smirked, looking to Thok who rolled his eyes.
"Don't screw up you fools..." Thok said, grabbing his weapons and picking up Lewa "Let's go ugly..." he grumbled, stepping out and making his way in the opposite direction of Galvator.
“Well...now that they’re gone, what do we do?” Avak asked, looking at Zaktan, who glanced at the rest.
“Listen up...Galvator gave us our orders, and unless we want to die, we had better do as we’re told.” Zaktan sighed as Hakann groaned.
“Honestly Zaktan? Why don’t we just go get the mask of life so we never have to deal with him again?! We could kill the bastard!” Hakann yelled, as Vesok grabbed him by his back spines and threw him against the wall, finally Vesok broke his silence.
“Because Galvator is a servant of the Makuta, one of his most powerful, so much in fact that he earned the name Makuta Galvator, the harbinger of death, the only reason he hasn’t killed us is because Galvator was told to bring the mask of life to Makuta.” Vesok looked back at Zaktan who smirked and gave him a nod.
“Well why didn’t you just say so…” Hakann groaned, rubbing his head as he stood “In that case, what makes you think he won’t just kill us after he has the mask?”
“We know he will, that is why when we get to the mask, we plan to trap him in Irnakk’s chamber.” Zaktan grinned as Reiadak paused.
“Shh…” He said as he glanced around “Those Toa...they found us…”
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