The next morning...Meanwhile, Marko was searching for the user controlling the alien troops.
He saw a girl administering treatment to Chucky, who was badly injured.Marko realized this place was where Zaid was born and raised — the Yellow Door area.
He thought to himself, "First, I will inform Zaid, and he will decide what must be done." But then Marko heard the voice of Boxery.Marko exclaimed, "Oh, Boxery, you have now become a betrayer of Ariko.
I will never spare you for this sin. Be ready for what you did."Without hesitation, Marko started moving again toward the Ooka tribe to tell Zaid that his suspicions about Boxery were correct.Meanwhile, Ruka was near the Yellow Door, tending to Chucky's wounds. A few minutes later, she mixed some blueberries and fed them to him.
Boxery scolded her, "Why are you helping him? He is your enemy! He destroyed everything you had; he deserves this."Ruka replied, "I know that, but Zaid is not fully in control — Ariko is controlling him. And I am sure that he is not the Zaid I know.
"She added, "Boxery, Chucky must be alive. If he dies, Ariko's plans will be fulfilled, and I don't want that to happen."Ruka then said, "You must give your powers to Chucky, not Leio. If you patch up with Zaid again, the result will be horrible — worse than anything we have seen.
"Boxery said, "Giving my power is nothing. It's my royal blood that's poisoning my body. When Zaid wants to use royal blood, he does it."Ruka begged, "Can you help me connect to the Coordinate World to talk with Ariko? Maybe we can stop this and save my Zaid and my life."Boxery replied, "That's not possible.
They also stole my powers of the Coordinate World. If it were possible, I would have gone there and hidden myself too."On the other side, Marko reached the Ooka tribe. He came out of his transformed alien body.Zaid came out of the tent and asked, "Who's doing this?"Marko said, "Lord Zaid, you were right. Boxery has become a betrayer against you and Ariko.
I found Chucky near the Yellow Door, in a tent. I saw a girl — I don't know who — tending to Chucky's wounded face."Zaid asked, "What? A girl? Are you sure?"Marko said firmly, "Yes. I'm telling you everything—it was true."Zaid was shocked.
"How is it possible? Ruka can't come back. How could this be?"Zaid then said, "Okay, you may go and take a rest.
You did your job well as commander."Then Zaid entered Ruka's tent. He saw the last thing he gave her for their child: a black scarf for the baby. But he could not save her — he began crying and broke the scarf.