Super-Nova realizes Hawkeye is playing for time, and Hawkeye vanishes in a burst of energy. Though a horrifi ed Tigra and Hank Pym think Hawkeye disintegrated, Quasar saves him at the last second and returns him to his teammates. The Fantastic Four arrive, but their efforts against Super-Nova fare no better. The East Coast team also arrives and Captain America, after admonishing Mr. Fantastic for questioning his orders, orders his team to stop the others from attacking Super-Nova in order to prevent him from leveling Chicago with another explosion. Without consulting Cap, Reed signals Quasar and requests transport to Four Freedoms Plaza. As they depart, Super-Nova unleashes another power surge, which Firelord and the Human Torch absorb then release into space. While the battle continues, Reed collects Dr. Doom’s time machine from his old lab. Quasar takes Reed back to Chicago, and Reed offers Super-Nova use of the time machine in order to pursue Nebula into the timestream. Super-Nova agrees, recognizing Reed from his prior dealings with Xandar, and vanishes into the timestream. Reed’s efforts are cheered by all the heroes save Cap, who is incensed at Reed’s latest disregard of his command.