The freezing winds are blowing at my face. I hate Ko-Wahi. Who or what in their right mind would live on this darned icy hill? Where's Gali? I told her no masks would be here. I'm freezing, but I refuse to stop. I'll get to the top of this stupid mountain if it's the last thing I do. Dang Protodermis. I needed that Kakama.

Stupid Bahrag. This is all their fault. If they hadn't gone and attacked, us Toa could of had a few moments of peace. I hate this new form. It's too bulky.

Where's Gali? It's been too long since she went out of my sight. It's my duty to protect her as a fellow Toa. She's probably freezing literatly right now, because of the dang tempurature.

If I survive this, I'm NEVER going to go near ice again. So what if Kopaka's my brother? I don't care. He's a loner anyway. It's just too cold here. I despise the cold.

What's the point, anyway? It's just frozen water. Amazing I can love water so much after getting used to it, and the longer I'm in this frozen wasteland, I hate it more and more.

What's WRONG with me? I should be able to keep warm. I have this bulky armour, is it only for defense? It should be insulated or something. I wish I had the Exo-Toa again. Those were rather warm.

Where's Gali? Why am I complaining about my stupid discomfort? She's the one who matters. I can probably survive twice as long in this Tundra as she can. Ironic how much she loves water, yet when it goes below 32 degrees, it becomes an awful nightmare.

Kopaka is crazy. Just plain crazy. I wish I was Onua. It's warm down in Onu-Koro with the lightstones. Heck, Pohatu lives in a desert. Lucky him. And even if he's cold, the friction of him running can both get him out of the cold faster, and keep him warm. I'm making no progress at all.

"GALI!" I shout out. I realise I've been so stuck in my thoughts, I haven't bothered the most obvious thing. Calling out to her. No reply, of course.

My stupid power is on the blink because of the cold shrinking my will. If I could just use it, I could make all this snow dissapear. I wish I was back home, in my hut. It's nice and warm there. Could use a little more sun, but it's hot all the time back there. Just the way I like it.

I still don't know why I let her talk me into it. Seriously, why can't she ever pick somewhere calm to search? I guess that's just her. It shouldn't bother me, but it does. Of course, that doesn't really matter. I do know, deep down, I love her. No use denying it in my mind. I know what I know, and there's nothing to change that.

Why do I even worry about her? Most of the other Toa just figure I'm some egotistical hothead that doesn't care about anyone but myself. That's not true. I'm gruff sometimes, but it's for their own good.

I know I'm the strongest, and they do too. They just won't listen. I try to help them, but it's no use. Why do I bother? I should resign. I even heard Vakama mumbling something about a 7th Toa and a new leader. Feh, they'll be better then I ever was. I'm too mean to them, when I think about it.

I just wish right now I was back, joking around with Lewa. He's always been one of my best friends among the Toa, even though the Treespeak is incredibly annoying.

I wish I knew where Gali was. She's gonna die if I don't find her soon. If she does, I'll never forgive myself. Ever. Great, it's starting to snow harder. Just great. Stupid power on the blink.

It's getting harder to think. It seems like I'm getting colder and colder. The darned snow is up to my neck now. I think I'm starting to lose conciousness...

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It's getting harder to think. I'm struggling to stay awake. I'm the Toa of Fire. I should at least be able to stay concious. But what about Gali? She's probably collapsed right now, dying. It's all my fault. I should of talked her out of doing this stupid quest until we at least found the Miru Nuva or Kakama Nuva.

But it's too late now. We're here, and we're freezing. I don't matter. I would instantly die for her had I the option. But she's probably gone now. I'm a horrid Toa. I just hate that I could never tell her my feelings...

"GAH-LEE!" I scream, bursting out of some sort of coma. "GAH-LEE!"

I look down at my feet. It's gone now. Wait... My feet? I look down again, and I do see my feet. I look at my Magma Blades. They're glowing red. Somehow when I screamed the second time, they activated. I try agian. No use. I think it's the emotion that did it.

There's now about 20 feet of burnt grass around me. She's not in any of it. I kick myself again and again for not talking her out of it. If I only had one moment with her...

I, am a jerk, plain and simple. I led my fellow Toa to their death, undoubtably. What will I say to the others? 'Sorry, Gali's dead. Wanna go find some masks?'

I hate myself. I would kill myself right now if my dang Magma Blade would just turn on. I'm a useless moron. I didn't deserve Gali, anyway. I don't even deserve to be a Toa.

I'm hardly better then Makuta. Scratch that. Worse. He doesn't kill. He tries to, but doesn't. The worst he does is infect the Rahi. The Rahi can survive. Gali won't.

Why does this have to happen to ME? Nothing ever happens with Onua. Heck, Pohatu either! Kopaka, well, has a bad enough attitude to consider a punishment, and Poor Lewa seems to get infected by several things. But none of them have lost a loved one. I hate me. I wish I was dead.

I kick at the snow. In the few minutes I've been thinking, the burnt patch is already filling up with a few inches. It's crazy up here. I shiver. I hate the cold and myself. Why do I bother struggling to stay alive? I should just lie down and die, like the scum I am...

Wait. What's that ahead? It looks sorta like a collapsed blue figure. I think I just melted the snow again. I touch my sword. I quickly pull back my finger, it's somewhat scalded. I can make out what looks like gleaming blue armour, also. I run ahead.

"GALI?" No answer.

"Great", I mumble "She's dead."

"T-tahu?" Groggily replied the voice I love.

"Gali? Are you okay?"

"I dunno... I kind of collapsed on my leg."

I gently lift up her leg. She winces a little, so I put it down.

"I'm afraid you're- we're gonna stay right here."

"Y-you don't have to stay, Tahu. I can heal my leg as soon as my power s-starts working again..."

There she goes again. Never thinking of herself. I'm fighting the urge to hug her right now. I wish I didn't have to, but she'd think it weird.

"When do you think that'll be?'

"I dunno... The point is, you're more important to the team then I am..."

"Don't say that! I'll stay out here with you as long as it takes for your leg to heal, powers or not."

"You really don't have to..."

She stopped talking and closed her eyes.

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"Gali?"

"Hellooo..."

Great. She's unconcious again. I nudge her with my elbow. Silence.

"Cmon, wake UP!" I nudge her harder.

She blinks.

"Sorry... I'm t-too cold..."

"That doesn't matter, as long as you're safe."

She sits up and puts her arms around me. My eyes widen. What's she doing?

"What're you doing?"

"Not catching my death of cold, nitwit." She laughs a little. That beautiful laugh alone warms me up a good amount.

"How does this help?" Man, I'm stupid. She does what I've been hoping for for AGES, and I try to stop it.

"This way we share our body warmth. It doesn't bother you, does it?"

I sit there silently for a while. "No, of course not."

She pulls me in a little closer and holds me tigher. A shiver crawls down my spine.

"Er, my back is sorta cold, so if you don't mind...?" She blushes a little.

"Of course..." I say, and then put my arms around her. That shiver slides down again.

She pulls me even closer. Man, someone up there likes me a heck of a lot.

"Y'know, for someone who's so strong, you sure are gentle..." She puts her head against my chest, slowly falling asleep.

I look up. I notice it's rather dark now, and gotten sort of cold. I didn't notice, for obvious reasons.

By now, she's slowly breathing, arms still around me, head still on my chest. I slowly lay down, supporting her completely. My breathing eventually slows, as well, and I fall asleep.

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I'm awake. Well, not awake, but concious. In her sleep, apperantly Gali has gotten about as close as possible. Then I notice the weight above my head.

"Crap."

The snow is above our heads who knows how high. A small cavern is around our heads due to the moisture of our breath, to the best of my reasoning. I can see absolutely nothing, in the pitch black darkness. I pack some snow around with my leg until I feel Gali's with my foot. I kick her gently, and feel some movement.

"Why'd you wake me..." Gali mumbles.

After a moment, she's fully concious.

"Man...", She says. "What HAPPENED?"

"Apperantly Ko-Wahi doesn't stop snowing at night..."

"Well how're we gonna get out of here? We'd probably have suffocated due to lack of Oxygen if it wasn't for my Kaukau Nuva, but even so, it isn't too comfy under here."

I concintrate my energy into the Magma Blades on my back. Again, no use.

"Dangit, I HATE the cold."

I wriggledmy torso a little to at least have the light of my heartlight. After a few minutes of uncomfortable wiggling, a small amount of light flows into the small cavern. I see that Gali's wincing.

"Are you okay?"

"No... I must of wriggled my leg into a painful condition when I was asleep... It hurts so badly... But we can't get out."

My heart- no, not my heartlight- hurts horribly at imagining Gali in such pain. Suddenly, I hear a dripping noise.

"What's that?" She says, with an obvious tint of pain to her voice.

"I-i don't know." I say truthfully. I then am aware of the scalding pain on my back, and the fact it's no longer incased in snow.

"Wait.", I say. "I think my swords are starting to work again.

"That must hurt..." She says, giving me a little squeeze with her stuck-in-place hands around by back.

"It's probably nothing compared to your leg..." I say, realizing what obviously triggered my power again.

After a few drippy minutes, we're in a 5-foot deep Crater.

"How do the Ko-Korans STAND this?" Gali says. "And how do we get out?"

TO BE CONTINUED.