"They're falling down on the job, hard," Nico agreed. "I can only hope the Skrull invasion pulls their heads out of their butts, because they either need to do that or they need to step aside and let people who aren't morons take over."

She shook her head. "It's bad enough that Alex's lie about calling them was plausible, it's worse when actually getting their attention is a disappointment."

She wasn't going to defend the superheroes of her world to him. Not after everything they'd done -- or failed to do -- for her and her friends.