There for they decided to kidnap one of the people from the real world who kept the peace so to speak to see if they could thwart the overlords plots . Sure using a villain to defeat a villain really is n't sound reasoning but it was the best they could come up with . They picked out their guy less on reputation since steal someone with a reputation would be a bad idea and more on how he did n't seem to do anything other than work so that meant he most be effective but did n't have any ties .

Question: Why was the villain working with the group ?
Answer: In order to trick the villain .In order to defeat another bad guy .In order to co - opt him .None of the above choices .