Mata Nui Comics

2003 - BIONICLE Comic 10: Powerless!

Adapted by Michael Larson. Edited by Jeff Douglas.

Kopaka Nuva, Toa of Ice—bringer of winter, and a hero of Mata Nui—possessed abilities and a Kanohi Nuva that gave him great powers.

Unfortunately, flying is not one of them, he reflected dismally.

Time seemed to slow to a crawl as he fell between the enclosing walls of the valley, watching the width of the crevice rapidly shrinking. I’m not certain why my ice powers have deserted me, he thought, readying his ice blade. But if this does not work, I will not have time to worry about it.

He flipped his blade sideways, and as the encroaching stone walls converged, both tips began scraping the walls, before encountering more resistance. Louder and louder they scraped and screeched in resistance but miraculously didn’t snap. Come on… come on!

Pain stabbed from his wrist through his arm, and for a moment, Kopaka feared he would black out. Clinging to consciousness, the Toa felt his descent slowing until, after what felt like an eternity, he finally ground to a halt.

Too close… much too close! he told himself. Pulling himself onto his blade, he instinctively called on his powers to form an ice ledge.

But the ice did not form.

Isn’t this great, he thought bleakly, realizing there were no natural ice ledges as far as he could see. The Toa of Ice will die because of how he lived… alone.

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Before Gali’s startled eyes, the waves rose two, three, four times its size, towering as high as a small mountain. Thrusting out her arms, she commanded the waves to ebb, but they did not obey. She realized that her dark thoughts about her brothers must have poured energy into the tide, but now they rose out of control, beyond her capacity to stop them. And now—

The wave crashed down, sending her flying from the summit she’d been standing on, and devastating the shoreline. Trees were ripped out of their roots, and countless flying Rahi attempted to escape, only to have their wings drenched under the tidal wave.

Gali was thrown against a stone wall where she lay dizzily for a few moments as she recovered. When at last she stirred, she rose.

Her heart sank as she saw what she had done.