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“Cool as Ice” | Wall of HistoryNow came the hard part...
getting the miniature iceberg out of its hollow and down the slope to the lagoon.
Little by little, Kopaka froze and then chipped away the outer wall of the hollow, until all he had to do was push the large chunk of ice straight out and over the edge.
There was no time to waste.
The lava was already eating away at the edges of the ice floe.
Without hesitating, Kopaka leaped down onto the ice.
Using the blade as a paddle, he rowed toward the island with all his might.
The ice continued to melt, but Kopaka kept his gaze focused on his goal.
By the time he reached the rocky little ledge, his ice “boat” had melted away to about half its original size.
More than half,
Kopaka told himself as he leaped onto the island and scooped up the mask.
It’s still more than half there.
That will be enough.
Especially with the added strength of my new Kanohi to help me row.
He jammed the Mask of Strength over his face, feeling its power seep through him.
Still, he hesitated as he stepped back onto the floe.
It would take him almost as long to row back to shore as it had taken to get here.
Would the ice last that long?
Just go!
he chided himself.
There’s no other choice.
Jabbing his blade into the lava, Kopaka put all the strength of his new mask into his effort as he pushed away from the island.
I’ll make it,
he told himself firmly, squashing the thought.
Whatever it takes, I’ll do it.
If the floe melts away too soon, maybe I can freeze enough of the lava to hop across the rest of the way a step at a time.
Or...
As he jabbed his blade into the lava again, he misjudged and hit the edge of the floe instead.
The force of the blow sent several large chunks of ice flying, one straight toward him.
The Ice Toa didn’t have time to dodge it.
The ice chunk connected solidly with the side of his head, knocking him to his knees.
He clung woozily to the ice, fighting to retain consciousness.
But darkness seeped out from the corners of his mind…
Suddenly, an intense vision overwhelmed him, sweeping away the floe, the lagoon, the heat, and everything else.
First he found himself looking with a bird’s-eye view over all of Mata Nui.
The image suddenly rushed closer, almost as if he were falling straight toward the slopes of Mount Ihu in the center of the island.
The image shifted slightly to one side, swooping down one of the mountain’s slopes until it reached a large clearing.
There, Kopaka saw a great temple built out of stone.
Then a strange, echoing voice spoke out of the darkness.
“Welcome, Toa of Ice,”
it said, fading in and out as Kopaka struggled to free himself from the vision.
“Do not be…
...your mind can journey to…
...behold the future of…
...you and the others shall…
...all the Great Masks of Power…
...together and defeat…
...three shall become…
...path of wisdom…
...myself, Akamai…
...of the warrior…
...only by uniting…
...farewell…”
With that, Kopaka’s mind snapped back to reality.
He found himself on his hands and knees on the floe, still clutching at the rapidly shrinking chunk of ice.
That little accident was bad luck on top of bad judgment,
he thought bleakly as he finally faced the truth.
The ice floe wasn’t going to make it back to shore.
That meant he had two choices...
Try the frozen-footstep method, or wait as long as he could and then attempt an enormous leap to solid ground.
He decided that the second plan had a more likely chance of success.
But the distance to shore seemed impossibly far…
Kopaka reminded himself that he now wore the Great Mask of Strength.
Perhaps it would give his legs the extra power they would need to propel him such a tremendous distance.
Perhaps…
Gathering his strength, Kopaka got into position and then waited.
One long moment, then another, then another, coolly patient as he gauged the footing beneath him.
All he needed was enough to push off from...
“Now!”
he shouted, leaping forward with all his might.
The energy of the Pakari flowed through him, giving him extra strength.
But it wouldn’t be enough.
That Great Mask of Levitation would come in awfully handy right now,
he thought bleakly as he felt himself start to fall toward the bubbling lava.
“Kopaka!”
a voice shouted from the direction of the shore.
Kopaka glanced forward, but saw only a flash of green as he suddenly felt himself caught up in a blast of wind.
'Aaaaaaah!'
he cried as he flew helplessly through the air.
He smashed into the ground face first.
“Sorryoops, brother,”
Lewa's voice said from somewhere nearby.
“I didn’t have thought-time to plan a softer landing.”
“Ugh,”
Kopaka groaned.
Every limb in his body ached.
But he was still in one piece, and unmelted.
“It’s all right, brother Lewa,”
he added, realizing that it was Lewa’s wind gust that had saved him.
“I owe you one.
I shall not forget this.”
“Anytime, brother,”
Lewa said.
“And at least I see you got a mask out of it.”
Kopaka nodded, touching the new Kanohi on his face.
He wondered if he should tell the other Toa about his vision.
What had it meant?
Who had sent it?
Was it a foreshadowing of something important, or merely a trick sent by Makuta?
Whatever it was, it nearly got me boiled,
he reminded himself.
Isn’t that the best evidence of all that it must have come from Makuta?
Disturbed by the thought, he remained silent about his vision as Lewa chattered on about finding his own Great Mask of Strength in Onu-Wahi.
“Had to fight a nastyugly Rahi to get it, too,”
he said cheerfully.
“But I suppose it was worth it.
Gave that quickbreeze I sent you some extra oomph.”
Kopaka nodded.
“These Rahi, they seem to stop at nothing to guard these masks.”
“Oh, this fellow quickstopped as soon as I knocked off its own mask,”
Lewa said.
“It panicfled into the depths of the tunnels everquick.”
“Really?
Hmm.”
Kopaka filed that away in his mind.
It could be useful to him later.
That reminded him.
He still had masks to find.
“My thanks to you again, brother Lewa,”
he said with a formal little bow.
“Now I must take my leave and continue my search.”
“Oh! I almost mindlost why I came looking for you in the first place,”
Lewa cried.
“I just luckymet Onua and Pohatu downmountain.
Onua has called a meeting.”
Kopaka frowned.
“But I haven’t found all my masks yet.”
“None of us have.”
Lewa shrugged.
“We're all learnfinding that this searchquest is trickier than we thought.
That’s why Onua wants to get together.
I'm not one for groupworking, but I think he may be right.
We need to compare notes, do some teamplanning.”
Kopaka opened his mouth to protest again, but shut it before speaking a word.
How much time might he have saved just now if he’d had Lewa along in the first place.
Or Tahu, or Onua?
He sighed.
As much as he hated the idea of joining in on some big, happy, crowded Toa-fest, the facts were staring him in the face.
The mission would be more successful if the Toa attacked it as a team.
“All right,”
Kopaka said at last.
“Let’s go.”
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Previous chapter: BIONICLE: Cool as Ice
Next chapter: BIONICLE: Call Me Chronicler
This one required some narrative thinking and planning. In the end, I went with the vision of the Toa Kaita.
The Toa Mata were made by Marie Plush and Frosty Dr.
Steam Workshop: ionicle: Toa Mata (steamcommunity.com)
Kanohi Mask models were made by Lehvak Nuva and released on the Steam Workshop as models for Garry's Mod by him in cooperation with Marie Plush.
Steam Workshop: ionicle Mask Models (steamcommunity.com)
Download the Toa Kaita from the link down below, made by MegaRex-04.
Steam Workshop: ionicle Mata Nui Saga Pack 1 of 6 (steamcommunity.com)
