Tao has a plan to capture the Nomads — with the help of his Sentinel he will trap them in their own lair! In the Beast he watches on the screen as Arushka and Chip release Moshi and Noah and Geneva head towards the Mine. He and Jett race across the Red Desert chasing the signal, closing in.

Noah and Geneva manage to hide just in time, thwarting Tao. But inside the Beast Sutch continues to record the Sentinel's readings, logging the caverns entrances. Tao outlines his plan to Sutch and orders more Protectors and supplies of Thunderstone. He will get them this time!

Having secreted himself in a Protector vehicle returning to the Beast, Noah is shocked as a hand grabs him. Its Sundance. But now they are both trapped as protector guards surround them!