After the rally in a steam-bath room, General Ursus and Dr.Zaius spoke further about the "strange manifestations in the Forbidden Zone," including the disappearance of eleven scouts - "the 12th returned with incredible stories of huge walls of fire, strange violent earthquakes" and a shattered mind.The vain Queen approaches her Magic Mirror one more time to question it for reassurance:Slave in the Magic Mirror, Come from the farthest space, Through wind and darkness, I summon thee.Thade then ordered Attar's apes to follow and kill all the humans - "except for the troublemaker.I wanna talk to him before he dies." Attar revealed that the Senator's daughter was also with the group of humans - "she's helping them.Her telepathic prayer (something beyond the ordinary and mundane o get her family out of its "terrible rut" - whether murder or romance!) was magically answered by divine intervention and a God-like miracle: "He heard me! He heard me!" In a slow dissolve to the next scene, Charlie's trusting, excited, expectant face is superimposed on the fast-approaching, horn-blowing advance of a dark locomotive with thrusting wheels - bringing her uncle closer.