Reed gets to work on the army's teleporter

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Back at the secret US Army base, Reed must have watched the movie in the meantime because he's not the least bit surprised to find Susan and Johnny, now capable of doing vaguely astonishing things. Like Johnny, for example, being alive after seeing her charred body. Resurrecting has become very commonplace, no need to raise an eyebrow about it anymore. In any case, even if the atmosphere is a little strange, Reed explains why he ran away without keeping his promise to return to Ben: he felt guilty, and therefore wanted to avoid making everything worse with another one of his ideas.

Haaaan! It's Kikinou!

Ah? Oh, no, wait, that's just lame.

Well, in any case, suddenly cured of his desire not to screw things up, , and bam! In ten minutes (this is not a joke, and in reality, it's even less, as he himself points out to remind us how bad this movie is), he has everything in place, by the way! The army can therefore immediately dispatch five soldiers to Planet Zero, to begin studying the area. Which is done promptly, under the curious eye of our four heroes. They follow the exploration on the cameras which, barely begun... sees the sensors alarm. A job function email database living thing is approaching! And a humanoid one at that!

"  I knew... you'd come back...  " Viktor's voice says.

He's alive! In bad shape, as he limps and drags himself along, but alive!

Of course, he's also equipped with a super bad guy cape, probably found under a grain of sand or made from pebble cloth and hand-woven. That's how Viktor is. Fashion.

Quick! The mission is canceled, guys, bring Viktor back to Earth immediately! The guy, in bad shape, is laid out aboard the small team's brand-new transporter module and brought back to Earth, where he is immediately sent to the base's infirmary. The doctors bend over him, a little worried at the sight. Jean-Jacques Baxter requests a detailed report.

"  So, what's his condition? Is his body stable?
" "I'm afraid he's undergone some sort of profound change, a mixture of lacerations caused by the strange energy of this planet, severe burns, and remnants of his old suit fused with his flesh in—
" "Good heavens, be clearer, Doctor!
" "Very well: Viktor Von Doom now looks like some kind of Shredder after a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle bukkake. " 

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Jean-Jacques Baxter, however, goes to the bedside of the wounded man to try to understand: how did he survive? What awaits us there?

“Come on, man, talk, what!”
“Raaah… you want… you want to know everything about this planet, don’t you?
” “Yes, everything! Your information will help us conquer it!
” “Conquer it? It’s MY planet! The energy, it took me inside, made me survive, made me powerful! And if you couldn’t stop yourselves from coming back, then the only way to stop you… is to destroy this miserable planet that is Earth.