Karstyn leads his followers to a secret cavern behind a waterfall, where a nymph (Ada Nicodemou) offers the children water from a spring. After seeing that their secret waters are secure, they take Muraki away. But the children are unaware that they led the two remaining Venatu warriors, Saramongo (Rodger Corser) and Cappo (Duncan Aney), to the cavern, which they have been looking for all along. Saramongo kills Cappo and kidnaps the nymph.

Dar and Tao find the cavern and Tao takes a sip of water from the spring. He is instantly transformed into a 12-year old boy (Lloyd Will). Dar realizes that Saramongo must have been after the nymph that produces the water of eternal life. He tells Tao to return to the community of children while he tracks the Venatu warrior. Dar rescues the nymph and she tells him that she is under a spell that can only be broken if the riddle displayed in her cavern is solved. Karstyn realizes that Tao had visited them earlier with Dar, so he imprisons him with Muraki. She tells Tao the riddle from the nymph's cavern must be solved for the spell to be broken. Dar returns with the nymph to rescue Tao and Muraki, but Tao suddenly solves the riddle. He and all of the other children are transformed back to their adult bodies. Tao and Muraki share a warm hug before she and the rest of the other "children" suddenly disappear with the nymph.