Rise of the Toa Rukua - Chapter 14

"I can't believe we're actually going through with this," complained Sasi, "We're going to get ourselves killed."  She, Zakita, and Jakorak were hidden in an alley, waiting for Tanire to give the signal to put Trelex's plan into action.
"I think it might work," Zakita said with a shrug.
"Shh!" Jakorak hushed them, "Do you want the Meheka to hear us?"
"Guys, get ready!" whispered Zakita, "Tanire just gave the signal!"
For what seemed like an eternity, nothing happened.  Then, small puddles of water began forming around the feet of the Meheka.  Gradually, the puddles grew bigger and bigger, until they began to merge with each other.  Still they grew, until they were all joined into one mini-lake, about an inch deep.  The Meheka were as yet unaware of the water they were standing in.
"Wow, kudos to Pronak.  That girl never ceases to impress me," Jakorak breathlessly.
"Hey, what's going on here?" shouted a surprisingly baritone voice from within the crowd of Meheka.  One of them had absentmindedly looked down at his feet and noticed the giant puddle.  At his warning, about thirty of the Meheka shot into the air.  Unfortunately for the rest of them, they were too late.
KZZZZZAAKK!  A jolt of lightning exploded struck the mini-pond, surging through the water and electrocuting the Meheka still on the ground.  Their loud shrieks pierced the air as Trelex's power surged through their bodies.  They collapsed to the street, dazed.
"My turn!" said Sasi with glee as she twirled her scythe above her head.  She plunged the blade of her weapon into the ground in front of her.  A trail of ice ran across the ground towards the puddle containing the stunned the Meheka.  The water froze the moment the ice trail reached it, trapping them within.
Some of the flying Meheka noticed the ice trail and started firing their blasters in its direction.  Zakita flew up into the air to meet them, his shuriken spinning so fast in his hands they were a blur.  He deflected most of the energy bolts, but one caught him in the gut.
"Uuugghhh," he groaned, wincing at the pain in his abdomen, "So you wanna play rough, huh? Don't say I didn't warn you."  With that, he hurled his shuriken at the Meheka.  Most of them were able to dodge the weapons, but one of them caught one on his wing, sending him spiraling towards the ground.
Zakita caught his tools as they returned to him.  "Nobody invades my town and gets away with it, you little punks," he snarled, "Not on my watch."
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Back on the ground, the rest of the Toa were running across the lake of frozen Meheka to the gates of the Suva temple.  Some of the flying Meheka were dive-bombing them, trying to prevent them from reaching the building.  The Toa were doing their best to fend them off, but they were finding it hard to fight an airborne enemy while running.  It didn't help that they were also running on ice.  Trelex was trying to increase the friction under their feet with his mask, but he couldn't concentrate on all their feet at the same time while fighting for his life.
"Why are they being so mean to us?" complained Aroda as he gave a Meheka a solid kick in the face, "We only want to get Hedak a new Toa tool."
"I don't know, Aroda," Pronak answered as she dodged a blast from a Meheka, "Just keep fighting, okay?"
"Okay," he replied.
Tanire used his elemental energy to bend and twist the mechanisms within the Meheka's blasters, rendering them useless.  Much to his chagrin, upon realizing that thir blasters no longer worked the Meheka simply changed their grip to the barrels of their weapons, revealing vicious-looking blades mounted on the stocks of the guns.
Jakorak activated his Mask of Deflection as he parried a slash from a Meheka's blade.  The unsuspecting Meheka flew backwards and crashed into one of his companions. when the ice exploded underneath his feet, sending him flying into Buna.
"Get off of me!" the Toa of Fire yelled.
"Sorry, big guy," Jakorak said, "Couldn't help it…"
"Look!" Trelex interjected, pointing at the hole in the ice where Jakorak had been standing.  Jakorak looked and saw a Meheka clad in thick armor with a huge, cannon-like weapon.  "Guys?" Trelex yelled to the others, "We've got a little problem over here."
"Who're you callin' little, you Toa scum?" The Meheka growled in a gravelly voice.  He raised his cannon and fired.  Trelex was barely able to dodge the blast, and it hit another Meheka behind him.
"Hedak!" Sasi yelled while , "Run, now!  This is your only chance!  I'll cover you!"
"Good idea, We'll handle this guy!" Jakorak said.
"Are you sure you guys can handle them?" Hedak asked as he knocked a group of Meheka out of the air with a blast of sound.
"Just GO!" Buna yelled.
Hedak and Sasi nodded and ran as fast as they could towards the temple gates.