BL10 - Weapon Transform

The Bitil Onua held prisoner began to laugh. Then, with a mere shrug, he broke the Toa’s grip and sent Onua sprawling on the ground in front of the duplicates. “You fool,” said Makuta Bitil. “These aren’t just doubles — they are me. They are all me. Each one plucked from my past to aid me in the present. Instant army, ever loyal, and I can call on as many as I need. See?”

As Onua rose, he saw that six Bitils had become a dozen, then two dozen, then close to fifty. Some were standing, some flying, some resembled Bitil exactly and some hardly at all. But they all hated the sight of a Toa.

“Unfortunately, they — we — never seem to remember what we see in our own future,” Bitil continued. “Shame they won’t recall the moment of your death.”

Onua had made it to his knees. “Then I guess we better make it… memorable,” said the Toa of Earth.

Closing his eyes, he called upon his elemental power. Ruled by his will, the substance of the islet exploded, sending tons of mud into the air. Along with it flew Onua, rocketing up and away from Makuta Bitil and his legion.

When he felt he was high enough, he turned to see one mud-spattered enemy flying up after him. Shattered concentration had shut off Bitil’s mask power, sending his duplicates back to the past. Onua readied his Midak Skyblaster — and then discovered to his surprise that his weapon was no longer a skyblaster. It had morphed into something resembling Bitil’s launcher. Here goes nothing, then, thought Onua as he fired.

The rocket hit his foe head-on, but the effect was completely unexpected. A sphere of pure energy formed around the Makuta, cutting him off from Onua. The next instant, the sphere dropped like a stone, carrying Bitil all the way back down into the swamp.

Onua banked to the right and flew off. He had to warn the others that the Makuta were here in force… if it wasn’t already too late. But how to find Gali and Tahu?

Half that problem was suddenly solved. A huge fireball rocketed into the air far to the east. That was a call for help if ever Onua saw one. Angling his wings and triggering the rockets on his armor, he headed for battle.


- BIONICLE Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets, Chapter 2