BC2 - Water from Air

Gali nodded, watching as the Toa of Fire leaped off the edge of an opening in the floor. Moving forward with the others, she peered over the edge of the tunnel.

KA-BLAMMMMM!

Suddenly a stone door slid over the opening and slammed shut, blocking Tahu from view.

“Tahu!” Onua cried. “He’s trapped down there!”

Pohatu’s expression was grim. “And we may be trapped up here.”

The Toa spent the next moment or two trying to smash their way through the wall. But it refused to give, even after Onua’s pounding and Pohatu’s most devastating kicks.

Left behind without Tahu’s sword, the rest of them should have been standing in darkness. Kopaka was the first to notice that there was a reddish glow still lighting the tunnel. He pointed.

“Molten lava!” he shouted.

Spinning around, Gali saw that the Ice Toa was right. An enormous fireball was bearing down on them, filling the tunnel with its roaring, deadly energy. She desperately began pulling in water from the air around her, knowing that it was probably already too late. The only one who might be able to stop the lava now was —

“Stay back!” Kopaka yelled. “My ice can hold the lava at bay for a few moments.”

He aimed his sword of ice, freezing the lava solid. Gali breathed out a sigh of relief, though she knew Kopaka was right — his defense would hold only a few minutes.

Pohatu and Onua were still trying to break through the wall separating them from the armor. They pounded against the wall with power that could level a mountain. Still the wall stood, not even a scratch marring its smooth surface.

“It doesn’t shatter,” Lewa shouted suddenly. “Doesn’t shatter because it isn’t there!”

“What?” Pohatu gasped breathlessly.

Lewa waved his arms, a hint of his old exuberance breaking through. “There’s nothing you and Onua can’t bring down,” he exclaimed. “So if this wall is still standing, it can’t be real! Stop believing in it — and it disappears!”

With that, he stuck one arm straight through the solid wall. Pohatu blinked, hardly believing his eyes. How could this be? He struck at the wall, feeling the impact shake his whole body as his fist bounced off the impenetrable surface. Then he looked again at Lewa, who had disappeared halfway through the “wall” by this time.

Noticing that the other four Toa had disappeared through the wall, Pohatu took a deep breath. If they could do it, he could do it, too.

Stand aside, wall, he thought with a rueful smile. If I can’t get through you with my fists and feet, I suppose this way will do.

Trusting his comrades’ wisdom, he flung himself at the wall. This time, instead of bouncing off, he stumbled right through.

He found himself standing with the others in a small chamber lit by a strange greenish glow.

“What about Tahu?” Onua said. “We can’t leave him back there.”


- BIONICLE Chronicles 2: Beware the Bohrok, Chapter 14