"Hmm, strange." Noted Reed as he scratched his chin. "Victor usually demands his subjects to at least ‘pretend’ to be at market to keep up appearances." Looking around once they entered the cobblestone town was barren of any activity; no people out and about or children playing, not even birds pecking at the streets. "Hey… You guys hear something?" Listening in on where Ben had pointed over the four could hear a light crunching noise, like branches being broken. Heading down the path the Fantastic Four noticed the sounds getting louder followed by a sudden crash nearby.

Turning the corner the four were stunned by what they found. There crouched in front of a fallen tree was Doom, ten times his original size and eating the leaves and branches off the oak like some massive herbivore. 30 feet tall and with a heavy long tail nearly as long curled behind him Doom broke another branch off and bit into it, chewing on the plant matter before scratching an itch in his side. He was completely covered in thick black fur, his hands and feet were now padded claws big enough to grasp a car tire. The only thing that remained of his former self for the Four to identify him as Doom was the tattered green cape stuck on a series of sharp spines lining his back.

Gulping down another bite he reached back down to tear off another branch but noticed the blue clad heroes finding him out in the open. "Victor! Man alive… Is that you?!"

Sneering at the Fantastic Four with barred fangs Doom stood to his full height and growled at his most hated enemies. Too fast to react to what came next Reed was struck with a backhand from the giant monster with enough force to send him reeling into a nearby shop window. "REED!" Preparing to fight the others struck out against Doom, who by now had switched his attention to Ben Grimm and body tackled the stone skinned man to the ground. With Johnny and Susan Storm blasting his backside with solid light and intense heat the Thing looked up at the raging monster and grappled with the former dictator.

"Come on fuzzy, do yer worse!"

Seeing him open his mouth wide Ben was shocked to see it get wider and wider, before Victor descended on him and forced him into his gaping mouth. Like a snake eating a stony rat Doom pulled Ben down his throat and swallowed him whole, lurching as he still felt the blasts of energy behind him. Left stunned the two siblings watched as Ben was devoured whole, but not only that, the impacts left behind by their powers although severe were rapidly healing right after Ben was eaten! Growing at the two as his fur regrew around him Doom snatched up the pair instantly and hoisted them in the air, licking his lips as he opened his mouth and forced Johnny down his gullet.

"NO! JOHNNY!"

Gulping down the fiery human torch Doom stomped over to the ruined shop and pulled out Reed’s unconscious form, slurping him down just as easily until his boots were the last thing to see before he too was gulped down. Looking over to the shocked and scared Susan in his left claw Victor Von Doom licked his fanged lips and prepared to do the same with her. Opening his mouth wide and dangling the woman over his lips Susan looked down his toothy maw to find a strange yellowish glow come from the path to his stomach, just before it grew to a blinding flash.

***

Sniffing the greasy trucker in his grip Captain America scoffed before dropping the man back to the gravel road, the portly man peeing himself and scurrying off into the road screaming for help. Slowly regaining their senses bit by bit the five giant behemoths looked around to find the scattered remains of paper wrappers and a truck that looked more like a metal banana peel than a trailer.

"Uh oh…"

"You’re telling me, BURP!" Seeing a tuna can fly out of her mouth Natasha clasped her claws to her lips in embarrassment. The rest slowly found out that they had eaten an entire truck’s worth of food in one sitting, and what’s worse is it showed on their now bulky frames. Easily over a couple tonnes in weight each they towered over the remains of the truck, bloated and full. Seeing the driver still running for his life back to town Steve went pale as the memories rushed back to him, sighing in relief that he didn’t do the deed.

"Let’s get to the mansion before we do something worse than empty a truck full of food."

"No argument here!" Making their way back up the road the five Avengers picked up the pace, worried when the next haze might overtake them at the worst time. Heading up the busy roadway they found that traffic was far more civil, eyeing the giants with a bit more trepidation before speeding up to avoid them. Looking up at the nearest road sign Steve frowned when he read the distance to the mansion. "I hope they have food… Just incase."