back in the swamp, bitil had arrived at krika's cave. onua silently realizes that he is no longer under control by bitil, and quickly gets one duplicate into a headlock. threatening to tear the makuta's head off, the other bitils blast him with energy. onua rises to see fifty bitils before him, and he then makes the earth explode beneath them. his concentration broke, only one bitil pursues the escaping onua, who uses his nynrah ghost blaster to create an energy field around bitil, sending him falling down to the swamp.