Raible's friend Dr. Harvard reports from the sand planet that Galra are capturing the otherwise gentle Sand People, and converted them into dangerous Beastmen. The Golion team arrives on the planet, and meets up with Harvard and some Sand People. Fala befriends one of the Sand People, whom she nicknames "Sand", and gives him her bracelet. Soon afterward, Sincline attacks Golion and buried them with a sand tsunami and. He takes Sand, remakes him into a fearsome Beastman. Now Golion has the unenviable task of confronting their new-found friend in battle.