BC3 - Lightning Blast

“Hush,” Onua broke in, picking up a sound from somewhere up ahead.

A second later, something large and fast-moving crashed into sight from around a bend in the riverbed. It was the reddish-colored Bohrok-Kal, the one known as the Tahnok-Kal.

“Stand aside, Toa Nuva,” it hissed loudly as it came. “You are in my way.”

“We will not,” Pohatu said boldly. “If you want to go this way, you’ll have to go through us.”

Onua stepped up beside him, as did Gali. The Tahnok-Kal didn’t slow its pace. It merely raised its shield, sending several lightning bolts shooting out of it.

“Look out!” Gali shouted, but it was too late. The bolts hit the ground beneath Onua, flinging him into the air, where he tumbled over and over before landing with a heavy thud on the bank of the dry river.

“Oof!” Pohatu grunted as he landed beside him a second later. Nearby, Gali dropped heavily onto the hard-packed ground as well.

Onua blinked, trying to clear his mind. Pushing himself upright, he looked down into the riverbed just in time to see the Tahnok-Kal hurrying on without a backward glance.

The Toa of Earth squinted, willing his sun-weakened eyes to focus. “Look,” he croaked, pointing. “Is that…?”

The other two followed his gaze. Gali gasped. “A krana-kal!” she said. “The creature carries it beneath its face shield. So Lewa was right!”

Pohatu stared after the Tahnok-Kal as it disappeared around a bend. “That thing,” he said, sounding shaken. “It didn’t even slow down! It just knocked us aside and kept going.”

Gali climbed to her feet. “Come on, brothers,” she said wearily. “The only good news is that the Tahnok-Kal was heading away from the tunnel entrance. We’d better take advantage and get there before it does.”

Soon the three of them were hurrying up a rocky slope. At the top, Onua knew they would find the entrance, buried under a giant pile of rocks. After their battle with the Bohrok queens, an avalanche had completely covered the opening.


- BIONICLE Chronicles 3: Makuta's Revenge, Chapter 7