Inside, you can see the CEO of APEX MICROCHIPS, MR. GUITIERREZ. He's apparently with two other people, neither of whom you've ever seen or met. The one on the left looks perturbed, and the one on the right is sporting a snazzy TRENCH COAT.

You hear MR. GUITIERREZ's voice come from within, along with someone else's.

Gentlemen. It's Christmas Eve.
No, it's not.
Oh. ...Right, sorry.

You then hear a woman's voice added to the mix, despite not being able to see her. She sounds middle-aged or so, with a harsh undertone. She also sounds slightly flat or distorted, as if she wasn't actually in the room.

Cut the chit-chat, Armando; I'm a busy woman. Now, I do hope my scientists have been of service?

Oh, yes. Ever since we exchanged our, shall we say, convenialities, they have been extremely helpful, Ms. de Vries. In fact, if their findings are correct, it appears your research team has only scratched the surface of what we will soon be able to do!

Good. I do not wish to waste my time on hopeless ventures--you must make sure that this does not become one.

Far from it. We are actually ahead of schedule already. With dataDyne's excellent research teams and Apex Microchips' worldwide influence, there is no limit to what we can accomplish together.

Hrm. Well. At any rate, I am pleased that your offer to allow my scientists to work in your facility has been of benefit to us. I would like to therefore return the favor, and ask that you appoint an Ambassador to dataDyne. I have sent a courier to Apex, and you shall receive an envelope with a Blue Keycard inside any minute now.

Excellent! Go, girlfriend!

...What was that?

Nothing, nothing.

To be certain, none of your employees know of our true intentions, right?

That is correct--only the three of us in this room and you. Not even those working on the actual project suspect that they're helping our companies to one day take over the world. The entire planet at our beck and call! Yes, won't that be neato?

Wha...take over the world? You let out a silent gasp.

Or perhaps it wasn't so silent after all! GUITIERREZ notices you through the crack in the door!

SECURITY! ARREST HIM! LICKITY-SPLIT!

Tons of ALARMS start going off, and you hear footsteps running towards you from inside the CONFERENCE ROOM! This is bad--very bad! After hearing that conversation, you don't think that they're simply going to fire you anymore. Your very life is in danger! What on earth are you going to do?!

>> Use 8-BALL to ask what we should do

The MAGIC 8-BALL gives some helpful advice for once.

But how? The ELEVATORS aren't even on this floor anymore, and SECURITY is closing fast! You need to find a spot in the building that, for example, BACKUP-SECURITY VIA ELEVATOR won't be able to reach you!