Having finally finished the suit that should allow him to safely use his gauntlets, Herman Schultz was ready to test them. Since he had no intention of doing so in public and possibly having already he had set up in empty warehouse, that he hoped to convert into a lab after having "acquired" the necessary funding and equipment.

Despite being certain his suit would work, he was still a bit about activating his gauntlets the first time. The second his thumb pressed down on the trigger of the right hand gauntlet, everything went white. His first thought was that something had gone wrong after all, but he quickly discarded it as he felt no pain. Just as sudden the white was gone and Herman found himself in what appeared to be a desert. In the distance he saw a humanoid figure and not knowing what else to approached it, with both his arms stretched out in front of him and his thumbs near the triggers just in case.

"I assure you Mr. Schultz, or Shocker if you prefer, there is no need to use your weapons. Not they would work anyway." the figure told him after they were in hearing distance of each other. "Who are you?" The man seemingly ignored him and kept talking. "This place exists outside of time. You and several others were brought here because reality was damaged, badly enough that unless fixed you're stuck here. However if you agree to help me fix it there is a good change you will be able to return to you dimension."

Herman thought things over for a few seconds. "I don't have much choice, do I. Either you're telling the truth or you're some kind of insane being powerful enough to teleport me." He was barely finished talking before he found himself in some kind of meadow along with some guy in metal armor and a huge helmet.