as the toa inika fight vezon and fenrakk, the latter's ability to absorb kinetic energy is proving too much for the heroes; even when the toa figure out how to weaken the two without hitting them, fenrakk can just tap his leg on the ground to regain his and vezon's strength. eventually, the toa are able to drive fenrakk towards the chamber's lava, and vezon surprisingly encourages him to dive in. as jaller prepares to go after the mask, vezon reemerges, with his steed evolved into an even more formidable dragon called kardas. needing a plan of attack other than direct assault, the toa guess that the mask of life may have life and thoughts of its own, and kongu attempts to use his mask of telepathy to read the mask's mind. he finds that the mask has grown to despise vezon, and would happily abandon the madman in favor of a new, nobler guardian - matoro. when vezon learns of this he becomes enraged, allowing jaller to use axonn's zamor sphere. the sphere freezes vezon and kardas in space and time, allowing the mask to be removed safely.