meanwhile, the other three toa nuva land in the swamp of secrets. they decide to split up, and onua comes across a giant nui-kopen. slamming it with his fist, it falls into the swamp water, and emerges as a completely different looking creature with tentacles. before it attacks, onua's body suddenly does not listen to his will, and he witnesses a yellow makuta approach him. bitil explains that his nynrah ghost blaster took over onua's mechanical parts in his body, then summons duplicates of himself, and they take onua, who is under their control, to krika's lair for interrogation. in another part of the swamp, tahu encounters an enormous spherical structure embedded in a fallen stalactite. he approaches it, but is abruptly blown back by an invisible energy field, and a white makuta looms over him and prepares to feed.