Ted stormed angrily into MacLaren's a few days later. He walked over to the booth where Lily and Robin were sitting and sipping on wine. He slammed his suitcase on the floor and dropped into the booth next to Robin.
"What's wrong, Ted?" Lily asked.
"My newest project is gone!" Ted cried in frustration, flailing his arms around. "I spent days and nights working on this! This was an important one! I was supposed to present it to city hall by Friday and when I went to work on it today, it was missing!"
"Maybe you left it at home?" suggested Robin.
"No, I locked it up in my briefcase last night before I went to bed," Ted answered as Wendy the Waitress walked by. He flagged her down. "A bottle of your strongest beer, please?"
Wendy nodded as she went to go get Ted his beer.
"We interrupt this program for some breaking news," the TV on the wall blared loudly. "Dr. Horrible has made it to New York City and this video sent in to us confirms it!"
The video feed switched over to Dr. Horrible, in full costume. "Citizens of New York!" he began. "For those of you who know, Captain Hammer has been in the city for a while now. As for me, I've been here this whole time! I have lived among you worthless peons for years, now! And now that Captain Hammer has made his come back, it's time for me to shine again! Soon, you will all bow down to me again!"
The video then switched back over to the newscaster. "The NYPD has released a statement today saying that they will not rest until Dr. Horrible is in their custody. We now return you to our hottest new reality show, The Search for the Next Million-Dollar Heads or Tails Girl, already in progress."
The segment ended and went back to two women who were fighting and screaming at each other. Ted sat there and watched with his mouth agape.
"I don't believe this," Ted gaped as Wendy set down his Wharmpess Extra Strong beer. "Dr. Horrible is back and he's going to do something, I just know it."
"Puh-lease, Ted!" Lily said with the wave of her hand. "He's Dr. Horrible. I don't think he'll do much. He's just one guy."
Marshall and Barney came walking in, Marshall looking excited.
"Dr. Horrible is in the city!" he exclaimed.
"We know," said Robin, pointing at the TV. "We just saw his video on the news."
Barney, trying to change the subject, looked up to the TV with the two fighting women. "Look who's getting a spin-off!" he said.
"What?" Robin asked cluelessly.
"That girl wearing the cheetah print dress on that Heads or Tails girl show with the big knockers?" Barney asked, ignoring the subject of Dr. Horrible. "She's gonna get her own show, honka honka!"
"Barney!" everyone at the booth yelled.'
"It's true," Lily agreed with a nod. "Anyone who acts erratically on a reality show gets their own show."
"I think Captain Hammer should have his own show," Marshall added to the conversation. "But the big question is...how will it be produced? Live-action, or animated?"
"Dude," said Ted. "How big of a nerd are you?"
The evening went on. The gang continued to debate Marshall with his Captain Hammer cartoon which then moved to a discussion on a Captain Hammer movie and who should play the title role along with Dr. Horrible. This made Ted forget about his missing sketch for the rest of the evening and he went home after several more of those strong beers.
A month later, Captain Hammer had been tirelessly stopping crime all over the city. Robberies, muggings, burglaries, you name it. Captain Hammer got to the end of it. Along with that, many stores and shops began to fill with Captain Hammer merchandise and with customers demanding for Captain Hammer mugs and t-shirts. Delis and bakeries began to make specialty items and named them after Captain Hammer. Hammer Madness was sweeping the city.
Barney, on the other hand, had been plotting. With the large income he had from his job, Barney was able to buy materials for his next project in attempt to stop Captain Hammer. Other materials, however, he had to steal. He began to seek out a new matter called elementus (Disclaimer: Not real). He had plans to make a new kind of ray gun. His freeze ray had been a failure in the past, but this time he was hoping his new gun would be a success in taking over the world.
One evening, Barney dressed as Dr. Horrible set out to find the elementus and steal it for his new ray gun. The local museum was showing it off for a short period of time to the general public before it would be sent away for research. Dr. Horrible questioned why a material would be showed at a museum but then it was revealed to have been part of their science division.
Dr. Horrible crawled into the museum through the window of the museum, in full Dr. Horrible gear. Compared to Captain Hammer's physique, Dr. Horrible struggled to get in through the window with his smaller frame. He channelled all his strength into his upper body and finally managed to get in.
"I need to work out some more," Dr. Horrible said to himself, getting all his gear together. He slid his goggles over his eyes and began to slowly creep around the silent halls, lit in twilight.
He pulled out a small GPS navigator that appeared to be a cell phone and began to look for his way around the museum. Luckily for him, he didn't have to look very far. He saw something glowing in different colors, like a rainbow. He crept over to the lights and saw a stone, edges jagged and cross-cut, but shining in a rainbow light, sitting on top of a velvet pillow in a glass case. Dr. Horrible smiled to himself.
"Come to papa," he said as he pulled something out of his pocket.
He placed a small removable button onto the glass case and pressed the button, causing the glass to become translucent. Dr. Horrible carefully picked up the stone and retracted it to himself. He removed the button and placed the elementus stone into a small briefcase.
"Hold it right there!" boomed a familiar voice.
Dr. Horrible turned around and saw Captain Hammer, standing fifty feet away with his hands on his hips. "Drop that elementus!"
"Never!" yelled Dr. Horrible, turning to run but Captain Hammer's speed caught up to him and punched him in the back, sending him flying and knocking the wind out of him and causing him to crash into a taxidermist stuffed bear.
"I will not let you get away this time!" yelled Captain Hammer as Dr. Horrible struggled to get to his feet.
"Wanna bet?" Dr. Horrible taunted, opening the nearest window and jumping out of it.
While this was happening, Robin was doing a newsreport nearby at a Greek restaurant that was celebrating its fiftieth year in business. One of what Robin deemed as a "fluff story", a story that was good news, not of big importance, and most of all, shown as the last story on the news before they went off the air where at that point, most people probably have already changed to another channel or turned off the TV. Robin hated doing these stories.
"And so, for then next month, Yassou Greek Cuisine will be running specials for all their customers who come in," Robin concluded. "This has been Robin Scherbatsky-"
Robin was suddenly interrupted by Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer on a wild chase through the streets of the city. Robin immediately recognized who they were, so she pulled out a handgun and began to shoot.
"Gah!" yelped Dr. Horrible, using his steel briefcase as a shield. "What the hell are you doing?"
Because Dr. Horrible had the briefcase shielding him, he couldn't see where he was going, so he ended up falling into a nearby subway entrance...
Dr. Horrible eventually got away with the elementus after losing Captain Hammer. The next day, Barney went to MacLaren's feeling victorious.
"Hey, Barney," Ted, Marshall, and Lily all greeted.
"What up!" exclaimed Barney, sliding into the booth next to Marshall, who was reading something on his smartphone.
"Guys, check this out," said Marshall. "Dr. Horrible managed to get away with a rare stone from that museum."
"That can't be good," Ted mused, shaking his head. "What if Dr. Horrible has something up his sleeve? For all we know, he could use it to blow up the city!"
"Ted, the stone's not capable of doing that," Marshall explained. "The elementus stone is related to the seasons and weather."
"Hey guys!" said Robin, walking in. "You guys mind if I brought someone here today?"
Everyone said no and Robin gestured for her friend to come over. That was when Captain Hammer walked over to the table. Marshall's eyes widened and his jaw dropped in excitement while Barney's heart stopped for a brief moment.