BC1 - Smash Bluff

His heart pounding, Pohatu leaped up the slopes, gathering speed – careful not to go too fast. He didn’t want to overshoot his target.

He lost sight of his quarry for a few minutes as he tromped through a narrow valley. Grumbling at the snowdrifts, which came up to his waist in some spots, he glanced upward. At the top of the valley, a rocky bluff hid the higher slopes from his view. He clambered up toward it, finally leaving the deeper snowdrifts behind. Brushing the snow from his body, Pohatu gazed at the precipice standing in his way. If he had judged the distance right, the other Toa should be on the snowy slope just on the other side.

“Time for a shortcut,” Pohatu murmured. “I don ’t want him to start skiing down that hill and get away from me. Besides, I might as well start getting used to this power of mine…”

Taking a deep breath, he hunched his shoulders and raced straight at the solid stone.

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Rumble… rumble… CRAAAAAAASSSSH!

Kopaka’s ice blade was up and ready as the rocky bluff exploded. But there was no time to dodge as enormous boulders rained down around him.

“Watch out!” a voice cried from somewhere in the storm of stone.

Kopaka lifted his shield, protecting himself as best he could. When the eruption of stone stopped, he found himself trapped between several huge boulders.

Glancing up, he saw a figure about his own size gazing down at him, resting his weight on one of the large stones. The stranger wore a bronze-colored mask, and the eyes behind it were concerned and a bit sheepish.

“Sorry about that,” the stranger said. “I was practicing. Are you all right?” “I would be,” Kopaka returned icily. “If you weren’t standing on me.”

The stranger jumped back a few steps, then stretched out his arm. “Let me help you out.” Kopaka was already pointing his ice blade at the nearest rock. He was annoyed that the stranger’s sudden appearance had taken him by surprise, caught him with his defenses down. He would not make that mistake again.

“Thank you. I don’t need help,” he said.

Focusing his energy, he channeled it through the blade. A thrill ran through him as the rock around him froze solid, becoming brittle and glassy.

The other figure was still watching him anxiously. “Let me do it,” he urged as Kopaka lifted his blade again. “It’ll be faster.”

Kopaka frowned, already tired of the stranger’s pushy chatter. “I said, I can do it myself!” Bringing the blade down, he smashed the icy boulder into smithereens, freeing himself.

The stranger looked impressed for a moment. Then he shrugged. “Yeah, well, you missed one,” he said, kicking at one remaining boulder.

Kopaka blinked as the huge stone went sailing off toward the horizon. Whoever this stranger was, he was strong – incredibly strong. Kopaka supposed that meant he had to be one of the other Toa that Turaga Nuju had mentioned.

But Kopaka had no interest in meeting other Toa.

Turning away from the stranger, he continued on his way. The Matoran had told him there was a mask at the top of this mountain – the Place of Far-seeing, they had called it. He meant to find that mask as soon as possible.


- BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa, Chapters 5 and 6

(Note: It's likely that Pohatu smashing the bluff here is not entirely thanks to being propelled by the Mask of Speed, and more likely related to his physical strength, which is implied in other sources to be higher than some of the other Toa.)