BL10 - Delayed

“Onua, you’re not helping,” said Gali. Turning back to the Toa of Fire, she said, “Tahu, please tell me we actually have some idea of how we are going to deal with three Makuta.”

Tahu stopped walking and looked at Gali with a smile. “Watch this — little trick I learned from Pohatu.” He looked away from her, concentrating on a spot in the empty air. After a moment, he relaxed again.

“Um… nothing happened,” Gali pointed out.

“Wait for it,” said Tahu.

An instant later, a small ball of fire appeared in midair, right in the spot Tahu had been looking at. It shot down to the ground, starting a miniscule fire. Onua helpfully stamped it out.

“Pohatu and Onua would be best at it, but we all can do it,” said Tahu. “At least, I think so.”

“Do what?” asked Gali, growing exasperated.

“Let me try to explain,” Tahu said, keeping his voice low. “As a Toa of Fire, I control flame… I also control heat, without which you can’t have any flame. If I start the process of combustion in a spot, I can time when it actually happens. Then, once it does, I can make the resulting fireball go where I need it to go the same way I would any flame.”

Gali looked down at the still-smoldering patch of earth. “So you’re saying you can plan a fireball for later?”

“Exactly, the same way Pohatu can set a stone to crumbling inside without it actually collapsing until later. Maybe it’s a Nuva ability, I don’t know. But I do know we can use this to our advantage — and here’s how we’re going to do it.”


- BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets, Chapter 4