Negotiations proceeded apace.  The briefcases and crate were cracked open and samples of Dr. Omega's twisted inventions were compared against the relative purity of several implausium ingots.<br/><br/>"...really, Trepian, you're discounting the value of the Omega Ray Mark IX in small-unit operations!  And it's not as though you can't meet my price easily enough-"<br/><br/>"Surfacer, the fact that my might allows me ready access to such treasures does not blind me to the value of implausium!  Your baubles could be put to some small use, but<em>ten ounces</em>for each is just-"<br/><br/>"Wait, do you measure implausium in troy weight or-"<br/><br/>The polite discussion was promptly cut short as the roof tore open, sending dust settling to the ground, and leaving the seven villains staring up at some of Long Island's greatest heroes -- the North Fork Four.<br/><br/>"Told ya we had the right place," the blond-tressed Hyperia declared smugly, negligently tossing the chunk of roof aside.  Clad in blue and white spandex (with a white-on-blue "H" on her prominent chest) and blue boots and gloves, she hovered above the hole she'd made and grinned down at the negotiating table.  Beside her floated the psionic Metamind, a slim man wearing a domino mask and dressed in dark purple and black.<br/><br/>On one side of the gap crouched Copperhead, a slender, athletic woman dressed in dark scale-like armor with a matching cowl; she was already aiming a grapple-gun at the interior of the warehouse.  Opposite her, the last member of the team, Phosphor, peered down through wraparound sunglasses.  He hadn't summoned his aura of flame yet, leaving his ill-considered red-and-yellow costume and matching bomber jacket to clash horribly with the surroundings.<br/><br/>Trepian looked positively green with rage.  "Surfacer, if you've betrayed me..."<br/><br/>"What -- I -- no, of course not!  There's no profit for me in --"<br/><br/>The heroes tensed to leap, the ninjas began to dive for cover, the Atlanteans raised their weapons, and the Spoiler was much, much faster than any of them.