"There! I think we've found another one!" cried Tahu. He moved closer to the moss-covered crevice at the edge of the cliff. There, poking out of the mountainside was a strange looking Kanohi mask. It was bronze colored and had a smooth sheen to it. It also looked oddly similar to a human face.
Pohatu came over to the crevice."Yep, that would be mine!" he said triumphantly. He used his little pickaxe things to carefully yank out the mask. It glowed even more in the afternoon sun. "Now we have 7 out of the 7 Kanohi masks found! "he said to the watching Toa Nuva.
You see, Turaga Vakama had gotten word of a strange new set of Kanohi masks. These new masks had a strange, unknown power that could be useful to the Toa, though they did not know what it was. And of course the Turaga didn't want the masks to fall into the hands of Makuta; who knows what he would use the unknown powers for. So the Toa Nuva set out to find the masks and keep Makuta or his minions from getting them. Legend also said that only the Toa Nuva could wear these masks, so the Toa had to watch their backs as well.
Anyway, the first one was somewhat simple to find.Tahu's mask had been buried in dried lava, deep in the volcanic region of Ta- Koro. There were no fierce creatures guarding it.Pohatu's had been simple as well. For him, getting a mask out of the side of a mountain was no trouble at all. Gali's had been found tied up and stuck in old seaweed at the bottom of the lake, and she just barely escaped with it from a fierce lake Rahi.Lewa's had been carefully guarded by a mean-looking Nui-Jaga, who had almost bitten his arm off. Kopaka's was no exception. He had had to climb all the way up to the top of icy Mount Ihu and free his mask from a large block of ice. Onua's was buried in earth, way below Onu- Wahi.Takanuva's was way underground between Ko-Koro and Le- Koro. But now all the masks were found and the Toa could test them out.
"Don't you think we should wait for the Turaga to look them over?" Gali asked worriedly. "We don't know what power lies in these Kanohi masks."
Tahu snorted. "No, I don't think we should wait. They might not let us wear them. Besides, how powerful and dangerous can one mask be?"
"She's right, you know," said Onua quietly." I mean, we've never seen masks like these before! They might be like the Kanohi Vahi, the Great Mask of Time, where there's so much power that it's to hard to control, remember?"
Tahu scowled. "Well, if you didn't plan on wearing the masks, I guess this was a complete waste of time!"
Pohatu agreed." I mean, it's not like mine was hard to get or anything, but I'm just curious to put it on."
Gali sighed." Fine. I suppose they weren't meant to be like the Vahi.I just hope they don't end up spontaneously combust or something like that." She put her mask up to her face.
Lewa interrupted ."Wait, sister! I think we should all put ours on at the same time, just for luck. It always worked before!"
The other Toa Nuva agreed. "Well, here goes nothing," muttered Kopaka.
"One, …two,.. Three!" They snapped the masks onto their faces.
The effect was almost instantaneous. All the Toa felt overwhelmed and moved by the sudden rush of power, speed, movement and light. They felt as if they were flying high over the sky and over time and over light at an immense speed. Kopaka could no longer see the other Toa Nuva beside him. He could move at all hardly, paralyzed by a sudden wave of light. He (and all the other Toa Nuva) felt a sudden rush of power again, but this one seemed to be sucking all the power out of them. His body was tingling all over. His head and mind hurt. Kopaka wondered if they still had the masks on, but he couldn't move or feel his face.
Takanuva had practically fallen asleep, if that was possible, the way they were traveling and all. But he had a feeling that he, all the Toa, were no longer on Mata Nui anymore. Suddenly, he hit the ground hard. Thump! His head hurt even more. With an odd sense of drowsiness, Takanuva went unconscious.