Tawrens tracks down Saunders (see ""Underground"") daughter, Sasha, because the group thinks that he may have left the prototype of his machine that can defeat Banning with her. While Tawrens tries to gain her trust Kard reappears and attacks Sasha. He to wants to find the prototype. Tawrens saves her and takes her to the yacht and Ethaniel and Laura. She thinks that they are all mad, wants nothing to do with them and walks out. Tawrens goes after her to try and persuade her otherwise. He also wants to be near her in case Kard reappears and tries to capture or kill her. Meanwhile Laura and Ethaniel search for the weapon that Banning has built that would shift the Earth's axis and destroy all earth life on the planet before he is ready to activate it.