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[faceofthe4]

[Johnny's sitting awkwardly in front of the console in his suite.]

Why is no one freaking out about this? From the sounds of it, all of our powers are gone. Just like that. [He snaps. No flame appears. He throws his hands up in frustration.]

Seriously. There should be alarms going off. People should be taking blood samples and looking at ours cells. Someone should be creating some sort of system to track different.. I don't know.. thermal.. geo.. radio... something. Is it a sun spot? Aliens? We have no idea, because we're all sitting around trying.

Something's coming. Great. That might be the cause, but if it's not? We should probably figure this whole no-powers thing out before it gets here.

[He looks down at his hand and shakes it, as one might shake a Nintendo controller when the game glitches. He stops shaking it. Nothing happens.]

Oh COME ON!

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[subject223]

[ He’s quiet for a second, taking that in. So not the Johnny of his world then, he realizes. That one would know him. ]

My apologies. In my world, the Fantastic Four, the Future Foundation, works closely with the Avengers. I mistook you for the Johnny Storm I know.

My name is Steve Rogers. Where I'm from, I'm the leader of the Avengers.

[faceofthe4]

You're not the first to think that, Steve. Apparently the other Johnny is a lot more popular than I am.

[He sighs the tiniest amount at that, trying to sound more chipper about the whole his-other-self-is-more-popular thing than he actually is.]

So who are the Avengers?

[subject223]

They're like the Fantastic Four. A group of unique, amazing individuals - superhuman and mutant both - who fight the battles no one else can.

[ It's strange to imagine a world with the Four and not the Avengers. ]

There's nothing like us back home?

[faceofthe4]

Nope. We're the first and only superheroes in our world and I can't say I mind too much. Do you have any idea how many sponsors we'd lose if we were a dime a dozen?

[Focus, Johnny.]

Doesn't matter. You said you've lost your powers before?

[subject223]

Yeah. A few times. Not here, I'm a fairly new arrival. But back home, it's happened more than I'd like. To all of us at one time or another.

[faceofthe4]

What were the causes?

[subject223]

Gods. Magic. Viruses. Special serums devised by scientists. There are a number of ways people have tried to use to steal our powers. Many work. But what's been taken away can always be regained, no matter how impossible it seems.

[faceofthe4]

That doesn't help us right now.. Any idea what might be causing it here?

[subject223]

I'm afraid not. I'm still fairly new to the place. But I'm looking into it, and I'll let you know if I find anything.

[faceofthe4]

Thanks, Steve.

I'll be helping out in Stark's lab if you find anything or want to throw some ideas around.

[subject223]

All right.

I'll come find you there if I uncover anything.

[faceofthe4]

You think we'll get through this?

[subject223]

I know we will. After everything we've been through, a sick turtle and some missing powers aren't going to stop us.

[faceofthe4]

Thanks.