Reed Richards is diligently working around the clock trying to create a cosmic cube. He is shown passed out in his lab. Sue and her father Franklin believe that Richards is obsessed with the project. Sue notes that even though Reed does not need to eat, she strongly urges him to take a break for his own sanity. In 15th century Milan, a group of sorcerers imprison Diablo in his castle to prevent him from going further with his sinister goals. Diablo does not panic. He sees that he cannot break the barrier in his present world, so he focuses his alchemy on the future.