A while later, back at Four Freedoms Plaza, Mr. Fantastic listened to the story from the assembled heroes.
"Incredible" he said "so Doom used a ray to steal your powers and transfer them to himself. That explains everything."
"Yeah, but if metal mouth is that powerful, how are we gonna beat him?" Thing asked.
"The best way is to restore the powers to our friends here" Mr. Fantastic explained "we need to get Doom's device and reverse it."
"I could've figured that out" Thing said "but how exactly are we gonna do that?"
"By returning to Doom's lair" Mr. Fantastic said "but this time, now that we know what we're up against, we'll be better prepared."
"Wow, can you guys believe we're actually meeting the Fantastic Four?" Jenny asked "this is like a dream come true!"
"How do you know these guys anyway?" Jake asked.
"Oh my mom goes on and on about Reed Richards" Jenny explained "he's supposed to be like, one of the smartest guys on Earth. My mom really looks up to him, and wishes she could be as great as he is."
"Tell your mother I appreciate the adulation" Mr. Fantastic said "but anyone who could design a robot as unique as you is quite the genius herself."
"I'll let her know you said that" Jenny replied.
"Now then, I know some of you don't have powers, which means Doom's ray didn't affect you" Mr. Fantastic said "and you are going to play a very large part in my plan."
After several hours, the combined heroes and villains again gathered outside Doom's fortress.
"Are you really sure you want to do this?" Raimundo asked several of the gathered villains "you could back out now."
"And let that metal man get away with stealing our powers, I don't think so" Ebon replied "but once we're done with him, our little alliance is over."
"Yeah, yeah, we know the drill" Kim said "do people really talk like that in real life, or is it just villains?"
"I think just villains" Numbah One answered.
"Okay, just remember the plan" Mr. Fantastic said "keep Doom distracted long enough for us to reach the power siphoning machine."
"That's not going to be a problem" Jenny said "its' payback time!"
"For what, he didn't steal anything from you" Sonic said "you're a robot."
"Why can't you let me have my moment?" Jenny asked.
"Okay everyone, get ready" Mr. Fantastic said, "we need to do this in three…two…"
"One" the Thing finished, smashing down a wall of the fortress. "Sorry, but I got tired of waitin' for ya to finish counting."
"Unfortunately, your rash decision will just accelerate Doom's arrival" Mr. Fantastic explained.
"Let 'im come, I'm ready for that metal maniac" Thing replied.
"Are you?" Doom's voice sounded from nearby. The gathered fighters observed as Doom levitated down from a high point on his fortress.
"I expected you'd come back, but I never anticipated you'd be this stupid" Doom said "did you learn nothing when I defeated you last time, that you have returned to lose again?"
"You're the one who's going to lose" Thing said "in case you ain't checked, we outnumber you."
"Perhaps" Doom said "but, with my powers, I'm not too concerned about the odds."
So saying, he fired ectoplasmic blasts and eyebeams at the gathered heroes.
"Remember the plan" Mr. Fantastic reminded them, "just keep him busy long enough."
"No problem" Jenny said, activating a shield "hey Doomboy, is that all you got? I can block anything you can throw at me."
"You forget, little robot, that I control all the powers of nature" Doom said. Suddenly, a cloud emerged over Jenny and began to snow furiously on her.
"Brrr, circuits…freezing" she said, her shield slowly retracting; Doom then blasted the robot girl with his eyebeams, further damaging her.
"Is this the best you can do?" he asked "a pathetic female robot?"
"Let's see how you like this!" Numbah One said, letting loose with the GUMZOOKA.
"You fight me with gum? You are stupider than you look" Doom said, frying the gum with Father's heat powers.
"Not as stupid as you think" Numbah One replied "now!"
"Sword of the Storm, wind!" Raimundo yelled, letting loose a mini-tornado that temporarily knocked the despot off his feet. Taking advantage, Kim jumped up and did a somersault, then landed feet first on Doom's chest.
"Ow! Mental note, never kick a guy in armor" she said, moments before Doom regained his footing and grabbed her.
"You shall pay for this!" he shouted, before he heard a whistling noise.
Suddenly, two explosive Batarangs embedded themselves in his cape; Kim quickly jumped to safety as Doom tried to remove the projectiles, but they exploded before he was able.
"Well, I guess that takes care of…" Numbah One began, until the smoke cleared, revealing a damaged, and angry Doom.
"A clever trick" he commented "I shall not leave any of you alive to do it again!"
Meanwhile, unknown to Doom, Mr. Fantastic & the Invisible Woman had snuck past him in the melee, using the latter's invisibility powers, and had entered his base.
"I'm sure the machine he used to steal the powers is still here" Mr. Fantastic explained.
"Don't you think Doom would've destroyed it by now?" she asked.
"That would be the smart thing to do, but Doom is incredibly egotistic" Mr. Fantastic explained "he'd keep the device around if only to steal more powers from someone else, perhaps even us. If that's the case, then we can find it and reprogram it to return the powers to those outside. I just hope they can keep Doom busy for that long."
In the final chapter, Doom pulls out all the stops against his gathered foes. Will they be able to survive the onslaught of powers?