Unable to contact Mordo, his disciple and his demon elaborate a plot with a third ally to place a regular bomb in Strange's retreat. Mordo's assassins capture the magician as he hurls the bomb away, but gets hit by the blast. In Mordo's absence, the self declared deputy assigns herself the mission of studying Strange's amulet, his master's disciple to the task of analyzing his cloak, whereas the demon gets to probe the magician's mind. Sensing that the latter fell under Strange's control, she sends Mordo's disciples for assistance, but the prisoner manages to escape. She manages to recover the sorcerer's body, but as she attempts to use the amulet, he turns it against her. Her acolytes try to assist, but Strange's spirit form uses both his cape and amulet to defeat the evil trio one by one. After he forces her to release his body of its bonds, Strange erases all memories of black magic from the trio's minds.