While traveling across the desert Gabe falls into a secret underground chamber and some locals open fire on the others when they attempt a rescue. They escape and meet with a local ruler, Omar, who offers to help but is more concerned about finding a missing fortress then Gabriel. Judson and Mac track down Gabe and use their scuba gear to enter the quicksand tunnels and rescue Gabe. They find a hidden chamber with a magical scepter that Omar has been looking for all along. They're locked in but manage to escape, only for both parties to get lost in the maze. In a fight Omar is lost in the quicksand and the scepter emerges unscathed.