07-24-2015, 04:08 PM
"Tahu! What are you doing?!" Kopaka yelled, holding his whirring shield up to block the incoming blow from Makuta Krika. The Toa of Fire seemed to be occupied with trying to hack his way through the door that was containing them within the Brotherhood's temple. The mighty Fire Sword Tahu wielded was certainly able to cut through mere stone and wood with absolute ease, but the gate was made from reinforced Antidermis. Naturally, the hot-headed Toa of Fire decided to remain stubborn, and continue his futile attempts. This did strike Kopaka as slightly odd...normally Tahu was more than eager to get into fights, whereas Kopaka was more suited to problem solving. What had happened where their roles had suddenly reversed?
The Toa of Ice's attention was snapped back to the melee at hand, as Krika swiped at him with one of his barbed appendages. Kopaka caught the leg against the flat of his sword, and began to try and push the hideous warrior of darkness backwards. Normally, he would have been able to freeze his opponent on contact, but Krika shared elemental control over ice, just as he did. Any attempt to freeze the Makuta would just result in feeding him power...yet another reason why Tahu should be the one fighting. Kopaka's eyes widened as Krika's Kanohi Crast flared with a brilliant light. A moment later, the Makuta's Mask of Repulsion sent Kopaka crashing into the wall next to Tahu.
"If you fought as hard as you thought, maybe you might stand a chance!" Krika taunted, his raspy voice barely audible over the roar of Tahu's fire sword. Kopaka rose back on to his feet with a groan. It was not normally in his nature, but perhaps, in this instance, he would need to work alongside the Toa of Fire to win the day. Kopaka would be loathe to report such teamwork to Hydraxon, but his pride rarely trumped his logic. As such, Kopaka gripped his brother's sword arm and wrenched it out of the flaming gash that had been cut into the gate.
"Tahu! Listen to me! There is no defeat more ignoble than that borne of ignorance! We need to play to our strengths!" Kopaka shouted, absentmindedly swatting away an icey spear that Krika had thrown. Tahu's flared with characteristic anger, but the Toa of Fire gave pause.
"Keep Krika occupied, and let me examine the gate." Kopaka said, nodding towards the Makuta. Krika appeared to be waiting patiently for the fight to resume. This behavior always made the Toa of Ice nervous; Krika was famous for his devious feints and traps.
"I do not take orders like some small Tohunga, Toa of Ice, so do not think yourself my superior. Allow me to prove it." Tahu said with a hint of satisfaction in his voice. With this, he surfed towards Krika, blasting a wall of fire in front of him as he advanced. The Makuta shrieked ina bestial manner and dodged to the side, towards the edge of a large, vine choked pool.
Kopaka proceeded to peer up at the gate, calling upon the powers of the great Akaku to see into the stone and Antidermis itself. It appeared as though the gate activated using a system of counterweights that were applied from the far side. There was a thick chain, however, that held a ratcheting mechanism in place. If that chain was cut, the gate would crash down into the space for it carved below. The only problem was how to get to the chain...
"Kopaka!"
"Just a few moments more, Toa of Fire, I-"
"Kopakaaa!"
"What?!"
"Wake uuupp!"
Kopaka's blue optics flickered back on, and suddenly he remembered where was. Omniverse...Coruscant...Library...Databank...Athena! The Toa immediatelt lurched upwards with a pained cry of anguish. The venom from the flying creature...his mechanical systems were trying to counteract it, but his biological systems were in agony. No matter. The vision had shown Kopaka his folly, and lessons forgotten. Play to your strengths, work as a unit. The Toa saw Flymon towering over the girl as she crouched, trapped under a pile of books and toppled shelving unit. The flying monstrosity was clambering up onto the steel racks, trying to jab at Athena with its blasted stinger through the narrow gaps.
Solve the problem.
Kopaka aimed his shaking sword arm at the shelving unit and unleashed a blast of ice at the angled structure. The mound ice grew and grew until in had leaned the book rack almost to a seventy degree angle. Kopaka's elemental energies were now spent, and Flymon's attention was back on him. Athena had an opening...Kopaka hoped she wouldn't miss it.
"Athena, Now!"
The Toa of Ice's attention was snapped back to the melee at hand, as Krika swiped at him with one of his barbed appendages. Kopaka caught the leg against the flat of his sword, and began to try and push the hideous warrior of darkness backwards. Normally, he would have been able to freeze his opponent on contact, but Krika shared elemental control over ice, just as he did. Any attempt to freeze the Makuta would just result in feeding him power...yet another reason why Tahu should be the one fighting. Kopaka's eyes widened as Krika's Kanohi Crast flared with a brilliant light. A moment later, the Makuta's Mask of Repulsion sent Kopaka crashing into the wall next to Tahu.
"If you fought as hard as you thought, maybe you might stand a chance!" Krika taunted, his raspy voice barely audible over the roar of Tahu's fire sword. Kopaka rose back on to his feet with a groan. It was not normally in his nature, but perhaps, in this instance, he would need to work alongside the Toa of Fire to win the day. Kopaka would be loathe to report such teamwork to Hydraxon, but his pride rarely trumped his logic. As such, Kopaka gripped his brother's sword arm and wrenched it out of the flaming gash that had been cut into the gate.
"Tahu! Listen to me! There is no defeat more ignoble than that borne of ignorance! We need to play to our strengths!" Kopaka shouted, absentmindedly swatting away an icey spear that Krika had thrown. Tahu's flared with characteristic anger, but the Toa of Fire gave pause.
"Keep Krika occupied, and let me examine the gate." Kopaka said, nodding towards the Makuta. Krika appeared to be waiting patiently for the fight to resume. This behavior always made the Toa of Ice nervous; Krika was famous for his devious feints and traps.
"I do not take orders like some small Tohunga, Toa of Ice, so do not think yourself my superior. Allow me to prove it." Tahu said with a hint of satisfaction in his voice. With this, he surfed towards Krika, blasting a wall of fire in front of him as he advanced. The Makuta shrieked ina bestial manner and dodged to the side, towards the edge of a large, vine choked pool.
Kopaka proceeded to peer up at the gate, calling upon the powers of the great Akaku to see into the stone and Antidermis itself. It appeared as though the gate activated using a system of counterweights that were applied from the far side. There was a thick chain, however, that held a ratcheting mechanism in place. If that chain was cut, the gate would crash down into the space for it carved below. The only problem was how to get to the chain...
"Kopaka!"
"Just a few moments more, Toa of Fire, I-"
"Kopakaaa!"
"What?!"
"Wake uuupp!"
Kopaka's blue optics flickered back on, and suddenly he remembered where was. Omniverse...Coruscant...Library...Databank...Athena! The Toa immediatelt lurched upwards with a pained cry of anguish. The venom from the flying creature...his mechanical systems were trying to counteract it, but his biological systems were in agony. No matter. The vision had shown Kopaka his folly, and lessons forgotten. Play to your strengths, work as a unit. The Toa saw Flymon towering over the girl as she crouched, trapped under a pile of books and toppled shelving unit. The flying monstrosity was clambering up onto the steel racks, trying to jab at Athena with its blasted stinger through the narrow gaps.
Solve the problem.
Kopaka aimed his shaking sword arm at the shelving unit and unleashed a blast of ice at the angled structure. The mound ice grew and grew until in had leaned the book rack almost to a seventy degree angle. Kopaka's elemental energies were now spent, and Flymon's attention was back on him. Athena had an opening...Kopaka hoped she wouldn't miss it.
"Athena, Now!"
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