The Kids encounter a strange Man who has been chased up a tree by a tiny horse and refuses to come down until it is gone. Knowing that the Man has important information about the Cloud for them the Kids have to find a way to get him down. When they do the Man tells them that inside the Cloud are the Takers, real bad fellas, and if they want to stop them they're going to need to get to the Thalu, a sacred place of great power, before the Takers do.