Inside, Daniel, Sha'uri and O'Neil hurried to the pyramid's entrance. It was still closed. Daniel saw a small circle of white stone on the wall, pressed it and the great door slowly opened. The crowd screamed with happiness when they saw Daniel, O'Neil and Sha'uri come out. Kasuf and Skaara pointed up above them.
They watched the star-ship fly higher and higher. 'He's going,' Daniel said to O'Neil.
Suddenly the star-ship turned into a great white ball offire in the
sky. 'And he's never coming back,' O'Neil replied. Kasuf came to Daniel. 'For thousands of years we were his prisoners,' the old man said. 'Now, thanks to Dan-yur, he is only a cloud of smoke.' He lifted Daniel's arm in the air and thousands of miners shouted their thanks.