A singing cowboy stumbles across an ancient underground civilization beneath his ranch.

The Queen orders Gene to tell her who saved him, but he refuses; after Gene sees the kids, he tells the Queen that it was Argo; the Queen is shocked, but forms an alliance with him and orders death to Argo.

The torpedo explodes knocking Gene unconscious; Queen Tika knows there is a traitor, and orders Gene brought back; Gene gets into a sword fight with guards; Frankie and Betsy are trapped by Beetson.

Gene is pulled to safety, and the Queen is rescued; the ray goes wild, destroying Murania; the Queen orders all to the surface, where everyone and the ranch are safe, while staying behind herself.

(Chapter 5)