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Excellent.

The artificial cosmic rays are beginning to alter the broccoli's genetic structure.

Great. You're making monster broccoli.

I'm gonna end up fighting this thing, ain't I?

Seriously, Reed, why would you do that? What did broccoli ever do to you?

Come on, guys. You're acting like Reed's some kind of mad scientist.

How about a little trust in your leader?

- So is it safe to come out? - As far as you know.

And to answer your question, Johnny,

these rays should be a close approximation to the cosmic ray storm

that gave us our powers.

They're a little unstable right now,

but, theoretically, I should be able to use the rays

to isolate the transformative energy inside Ben and extricate it.

Me make Ben human again.

Come on, people.

Seriously, I'm buying all three of you dictionaries.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

If that's the cure, I'll stick with being orange and rocky.

HERBIE: Warning! Power overload in progress.

There is an energy disruption occurring outside the Baxter Building.

Emergency shutdown. Now!

(SUZY SCREAMS)

JOHNNY: Sis, you okay?

(GROANS)

(SCREAMS)

What?

My hands!

(SCREAMING)

Fire! Fire!

Susan, calm down. It's okay.

This is no problem. Just need to...

(BEN COUGHING)

What?

I didn't get any uglier, did I?

My hands, they're... They're human.

I'm human. I'm human again.

Yes!

Well, more human anyway.

The power overload must have caused the artificial cosmic rays

to switch our powers somehow.

Strange.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

I'm on fire, but that's okay.

Staying calm, not panicking.

Will somebody put me out?

(EXCLAIMS)

Stop! Johnny, grab my leg.

Hey, you've got my powers. Give them back.

Your powers are lame.

I can feel. I can feel this.

And this... And that.

Oh, no, no. You're doing it all wrong.

You have to tilt the...

Hey, I wanted to melt that.

I want my powers back.

JOHNNY: Huh?

I did that?

- Cool. - What in the blue blazes is that?

Incredible. So much energy.

Right. HERBIE, prep the Fantasticar.

Ben, Susan, Johnny, let's get out there.

People might be in trouble.

Well, that's okay. I've got more.

(PULSATING)

Reed, I'm sorry. I didn't want it to be like this.

Don't worry about it. Right now, our priority has to be

investigating the energy disturbance.

It could happen again and I have to be ready.

And?

And then we'll work on switching Johnny and Susan's powers back.

That's right you will.

(SNEEZES)

My hair's gonna be okay, right?

(BEN LAUGHING)

I forgot what a handsome devil I was.

It's okay.

Just breathe, stay calm.

(EXCLAIMS)

Out! Out!

JOHNNY: Ow! Ow!

How do you see where you're going?

I mean, I can't even see my feet.

Ow! What was that? The pizza bit me or something.

It was probably hot, Johnny.

Hot.

(CHUCKLING) Oh, yeah. It's hot.

I remember that.

And I thought you looked ridiculous when they made you out of rocks.

Shut it, invisi-boy.

What is that? Size...

extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra large?

(GRUNTS)

Oh!

That's okay. I can fix that.

Hey!

(JOHNNY LAUGHING)

That's it. It's clobbering time!

Just disappear!

JOHNNY: You still look ugly.

(JOHNNY AND BEN FIGHTING)

Oh!

I can fix that, too.

BEN: Come here, you.

JOHNNY: Hey, I can call you string bean!

Get off of me. Just disappear.

I've detected another energy spike.

It's gone further into the city.

Also, I've determined that the energy disruption

is what caused the cosmic ray experiment to overload.

It could be crucial to putting Johnny and Susan back to normal.

- SUZY: Well, what are we waiting for? - Let's go.

Speak, Miss von Bardas.

The Fantastic Four have just left the Baxter Building.

But of course they have, Lucia.

As dense as Richards is, he could not have missed my recent activity.

Not that it would do him any good.

By the time he understands what it is I'm doing,

his fate will be sealed.

Still, I am intrigued that he did not respond to my first incursion.

Never underestimate your enemies, Lucia.

Send a squad of Doombots to observe them.

At once, my Lord.

(ALL SCREAMING)

SUZY: Johnny, why does your pod smell like week-old pizza?

Hey, that reminds me.

Can you pass me a slice? It's in the glove box.

I can... Never mind.

Susan and Ben, your primary objective is to protect the people below.

Johnny and I will find a way to contain the energy sphere.

That sounds like my cue.

- Johnny, wait! - Flame on!

Uh... Flame on!

Oh, yeah. I forgot.

(SCREAMING)

Force field, force field, force field, come on!

Yes! Wait!

No! I said force field.

(GASPS)

I'm so good.

We have to contain the energy.

- We need force fields. Where's... - SUZY: I've got this.

No. I wanna go down.

(GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION)

BEN: You tried to make a force field, didn't you?

Shut up.

REED: Focus, everyone. Remember your new powers.

I meant to do that.

- And that. - Sure you did.

You're not very handsome, are you?

- You're welcome. - I'm okay.

Though I kind of feel like chewed gum.

Yeah. You look like it, too. That wasn't very nice.

Susan Storm, respect Ben's feelings.

- Please tell me I didn't just say that. - It's interesting.

Perhaps when our powers switched, aspects of our personalities did as well.

I was thinking that too, but I got hungry and forgot to tell you.

Here's the plan. Johnny, use a force field to contain the energy.

Susan, pour as much flame into the sphere as you can.

Try to overload it.

I wanted to do that.

(EXCLAIMS)

(SCREAMS)

Got you. That's what you get for being a hothead.

Did you get a reading? What are these things?

Yeah. I mean yes.

But it's just hard to focus.

- Is this always what it's like for you? - Yeah. But you get used to it.

Now, let me see that.

Okay. HERBIE's made a match to the energy type.

The sphere is utilizing the same inter-dimensional energy

as the power gauntlet.

It's just inverted.

Uh...

And I don't know what that means.

That's because you used words with more than one syllable.

I'm sorry. That was mean.

No, no, that was funny.

If the properties of my power gauntlet were inverted, it could...

It could latch onto something in another dimension.

- It could bring it here to Earth. - Bring what here?

Given the energy flares we're seeing, something of great power.

HERBIE, was there any measurable power difference in the two spheres?

Yes, Doctor... Thing.

The second energy sphere was 41.3% larger than the first.

But the frequency of the energy pulses quadrupled.

Whatever it is, it's getting closer.

And it's only going to get worse.

Well, I don't know why you're all standing around.

You know it's gotta be Doom.

He's got one of those power gauntlets, doesn't he?

HERBIE: Alert! Energy disruption detected.

3. 1 miles south-southeast of the Latverian embassy.

Okay. Let's go get Doom!

Intriguing.

My Lord?

The Fantastic Four have stumbled their way across my intentions.

Although Richards is still clueless as to the power I seek.

But more interestingly, Richards and his team

do not quite seem to be themselves.

Would you like to destroy them?

Yes, I believe so.

At once, my Lord.

REED: Johnny, will you knock it off? I'm trying to fly here.

I've so mastered your powers, Sis.

But guess what? They're still lame.

SUZY: My powers are not lame.

It's growing. That's bad, ain't it?

Whatever Doom is pulling through, it's coming.

Well, I know I shouldn't say this, but it can't really get worse.

Can it?

Okay. I think... I think this will work.

We might be able to kill two birds with one stone here.

No pun intended. The energy the sphere is emitting

is similar to the cosmic rays that created us.

If we siphon off some of that energy,

we can use it to recharge the generator from my experiment earlier

and switch Johnny and Susan back to normal.

You know you're out of breath saying all that.

So what's the dangerous part of this plan?

Well, we have to do all of this inside the sphere

and shut it down at the same time.

You know, Sue's powers aren't that lame. Maybe we should think about this.

Reed!

We got Doombots.

- Flame on! - Flame on!

Don't get used to that.

(LAUGHS)

DOOMBOT: Target, Human Torch. Weapon, extinguishing pole.

Not this time, tin heads. Take a nap.

Error, identification failure.

(WHOOPING)

DOOMBOT: Target, Invisible Girl. Weapon, concussion lasers.

(LAUGHING)

Too fast for Doombots.

Okay, and I hate to say it, but that was hot.

Target, the Thing. Weapon, kinetic power absorbers.

Yeah. I get that.

Make me hit you, then clobber me with my own strength.

Not this time, Rock'em Sock'em.

Well, that is flattery.

Doom designed robots just to fight me.

This is something I always wanted to say.

It's clobbering time!

BEN: Hey! That's my line!

Look, here I am! No, wait!

No, I'm not! Here I am!

You missed me again.

Ha ha!

We have to get into the sphere. We're running out of time.

I need you to create a tunnel with your force fields.

Do you think you can do it?

Hey, if Sue can do it, so can I. I'm not afraid of some stupid...

Sphere.

Okay.

DOOMBOT: Error. Target powers are not consistent with known profiles.

A dapt. Target powers have switched. Change targets.

(GRUNTS)

I got you, Suzy.

(GRUNTING)

Susan, Johnny, get in there.

I'll be right behind you with the energy siphon.

All day you've only been talking about Johnny and Suzy.

You're not gonna switch back, are you?

No, I'm not taking my powers back.

You deserve this, Ben. This is your chance to be human again.

Well, you know, more human.

Reed, I don't know, I...

Thank you.

I... I can feel it. The power.

It's there. It will be mine!

LUCIA: Lord Doom, there is a problem.

(GROANING)

You can do this, Johnny.

Just imagine... Just imagine you're making the hottest flame you can.

(GRUNTS)

Sue! Reed! I can't hold this!

Yes, you can! You have to! We have to collapse the sphere.

Do it, Reed. I got this covered.

Ben! No, get out of here!

If you're inside when this goes off, you'll be...

There's only one way any of us are gonna survive this.

Together.

I may not stay my handsome self, but at least we'll get to stick it to Doom.

(STRAINING) Not that handsome!

(GASPS)

You okay?

Yeah.

Please make this work.

Flame?

(WHOOPS)

(GROANS)

Ben?

Yeah. I'm okay.

Ben, I don't know what to say, but I promise you I won't give up.

I know you won't.

(WHOOPS)

What do you think Dr. Happy's doing over there?

REED: More importantly, I wonder what it was he was trying to get his hands on.

(GRUNTS)

- My Lord, are you... - Richards will pay for this.

No, this is not over!

This is just beginning.