Finally you come to in an audience chamber of sorts. A coterie of five dark-clad women stand nearby, each sinister enough to make Maleficent seem an innocent schoolgirl by comparison. You catch fragments of whispered conversations, "the fifth," "not aware," and "unrealized potential..." Finally, the one you presume their leader - by virtue of an opal-studded crown and rod - speaks directly to you. Her deep, husky voice freezes your very marrow, making it difficult to focus on the words.

Despite losing the specifics of her speech, you get the gist -- they're planning on stealing your soul slowly and transforming you into one of their monstrous servants. A brief flashback to the earlier battle and you see the confused salaryman stumbling away: presumably he had been transformed just as they are planning to do to you.

Frightened nearly to death, you still retain enough of your wits to scan for an escape route -- something tells you that you wouldn't stand a chance in a stand-up fight with even one of the five, much less the whole group, but if you can make use of the element of surprise, you might just manage .... There! Behind and to the left about fifty yards away - an unguarded doorway. You just might be able to make it and hopefully lose them.

Then again, the girls managed to defeat the monster earlier and restore the transformed victim. Fighting could get you killed or worse, but if you don't resist, you should be able to be rescued later ... hopefully.