BC4 - Wave

“Nokama! You have to come quickly!”

The Turaga turned and saw Hahli. The Matoran was out of breath. “What is it, Hahli? Calm down and tell me.”

“It’s Gali Nuva. I saw her on the beach, and this huge wave came at her… She raised her aqua axes… but she couldn’t stop it! Her power over water is gone!”

Nokama frowned. She suspected something like this might happen when the Toa Nuva symbol was stolen from the village. “Where is Toa Gali now?”

“Still on the beach, last I saw,” said Hahli.

“Stay here. I will go to her. She will need someone who understands.”


Nokama arrived on the beach to find Gali stalking up and down, her aqua axes tossed aside like they were worthless fish bones. The Turaga had never seen her so angry before.

“Gali? Are you unharmed?”

The Toa of Water’s eyes flashed. “I cannot hear the water. I am deaf to the song of the waves, Nokama, the ebb and flow of every river and stream on Mata Nui. I walk this island, but I am no longer a part of it. No. I am not unharmed.”

Nokama bent down and picked up the aqua axes. “Your Toa tools are not to blame.”

“No, my brother Toa are,” Gali snapped. “I told them we should stay united. I told them there would be another menace and we would be stronger together. But Tahu and Kopaka would not listen… not even Onua stood with me.”

Nokama handed the tools back to the Toa. “And will raging like the storm change that? Be at peace, Toa. Remember, calm waters are the easiest to travel.”

Gali walked away and sat down on a rock overlooking the bay. “With respect, Turaga, that is easy for you to say. You do not know what this feels like.”

Nokama laughed softly. “You are so wise, Gali, yet know so little. You are swimming in my wake, Toa. There is nowhere you can go that I have not traveled before.”

Nokama walked to the water’s edge and dove into the bay, swimming with long, easy strokes. “One day I will tell you a tale, and you will understand. But for now… come with me.”



- BIONICLE Chronicles 4: Tales of the Masks, Chapter 4