Having finally unmasked and confronted the hostile boardroom faction, Brian helps fight the foreign take-over bid in a desperate attempt to save both AEL and CCR - not to mention his own job. Meanwhile an unknown radical environmental group called Earth Warriors, threatens the opening of CCR's gold mine. With little to go on and the hours ticking down, Megan, Max, Shane and Caz urgently try to avert the threatened sabotage whilst reassuring a wary Hong Kong bank. Megan finally discovers why she can never find copper and in doing so, realises that she may actually hold the key to CCR's very future. And just when it seems Megan and Brian will finally discuss their feeling for each other, a serious road accident in the UK, sends Brian rushing back to join his wife Tess, at their daughter's hospital bedside.