Chapter 13: Brothers in arms
Chapter 13: Brothers in arms
They had awaited everything as they arrived ready to fight but not the complete silence. Just a slight humming of running generators was heard.
“And this should be the place where they keep their prisoners?”, Lewa asked. “Well, not the best dungeon, I’ve ever seen.”
“But keep in mind that no one of them left it alive until now”, Tupua answered, “And now over think your opinion about it a second time.”
“They would get out very easy if they weren’t as stupid as one of the here present Matoran”, Tahu countered.
“Or a certain Toa of Fire.”
“Hush …” Only one whispered word of Kopaka made them shut up and now they heard it too.
“Sounds like something is dragged over the ground the floor above us”, Pohatu meant.
‘Or someone’, Lewa thought.
Tupua moved on to the next room. “At least we know where we should search for our friends next.”
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Two Combat Nektann dragged a red and green body over the floor. The Toa in their claws had red arms and feet, green legs and body. He wore a Miru, the Kanohi of Lewa, but it was red.
The creatures threw their victim back into his cell and locked the door. The mixed Toa slowly crawled backwards until he felt the cold wall behind him. He kept his normally tangerine coloured eyes closed and breathed deeply. How long had they held him imprisoned? He didn’t know anymore. He must have been without sleep for days now. First they took his energy, now they kept on asking him where the last Guardian was. He didn’t know, didn’t know anything anymore. All he still did was praying to Mata Nui everytime he had the chance to it but he wasn’t sure if he was heard.
He had nearly fallen asleep when he heard something strange outside of his cell. Voices that didn’t belong to the Piraka or the Ikuta. And one of them sounded impossible familiar.
“I’m sure it was here”, Kopaka said.
“And now it’s gone”, Tahu looked around hoping for any sign.
“We can just try”, Lewa suggested and opened a door. “This one is open and nothing strange is in there. Not suitable for prisoners.”
He wanted to get over to the next door but Onua held him back. “Are you crazy? Have you ever heard of thinking before jumping? What if a Nektann army or those Piraka thingies had been in there?”
“Oh …”, Lewa stopped shortly, “… haven’t thought about that.”
“I can’t work on like this”, Tupua sighed.
“One word against Lewa and you’re a dead demon”, Tahu menaced.
He heard right. It was Lewa’s voice. He tried to stand up but the decided that it would be better to rob over to the door at first.
Tahu and Tupua were about to start their old discussion again when Gali laid a finger on her lips. “Shut up both of you. Can’t you hear that? Someone is knocking at one of those doors. But it isn’t very loud. Onua, you have the better ears. Can you hear where it comes from?”
“Sounds like it’s behind the door Lewa was heading for.”
“You see?”, Lewa stated sulky, “I would have succeeded. Cause I have the sixth sense…”
Onua stepped over to the door. “Whoever is in there, step back as far as you can.”
He waited a short time, then activated his Quake Breakers and slammed them into the metal door.
Rui had just stumbled back some steps then let himself fall down to the floor, coiled up and protected his head while metal parts shot around him.
“You alright?” Onua climbed through the hole. Rui tried to get up again but stood still a bit wobbly so he had to lean against the wall again.
“I … I knew it … you would come back”, he stuttered and after he noticed Onua’s confused gaze he added, “Oh, excuse me … I’m Rui … and if you don’t know me anymore after all those years … and after what happened … I’m Lewa’s brother…”
“Brother?” Lewa wanted to jump through the hole but couldn’t get high enough and fell into the room. The mix form smiled slightly. “You’re still the same…”
“I’m sorry to interrupt you”, Kopaka’s voice was heard from outside. “I know that you have to tell each other very much, but it would be better, we search Sasha and then get you out of here first.”
“Wise words”, Tahu agreed, “Pohatu, Onua, support him. I don’t think he’s strong enough to make it out himself.”
“Do you know where she is?”, Tupua asked.
Rui slowly shook his head. “But I would presume that she’s still there where I had been several minutes before. There’s a hall on the third floor where they bring us from time to time. They desperately want to find out where Tupua is…”
“Uhm … we have a little problem now”, Pohatu mentioned, “Lewa’s bro can’t fight.”
“It’s impossible that one of us stays here with him. Splitting up is the worst we can do now”, Gali considered, “There’s no other way than taking him with us and one of us should always stay close to him.”
Tahu looked around. “If we talk about problems … where’s Tupua?”
Onua looked out of the door. “I think in his opinion we’ve talked to long … He’s on half way to the stairs.”
“Oh, this little …”, Tahu gnashed his teeth, while Onua only shrugged, “Let’s just follow him.”
