"They've been around for a long time. Since before Stark outed himself as Iron Man the first time and kept the whole suit in a briefcase."
She was quiet for a moment as she debated how much to tell him. But really, what was there to hide? Osbourn had made most of it public anyway. "There was a group of young superheroes that called themselves the New Warriors. They weren't bad, but they needed funding and ended up agreeing to film a reality television show. They got in over their heads, taking on some villains way out of their league to help with ratings, and they died. One of the bad guys, Nitro, exploded and killed 612 people, including school children who got caught in the blast radius. Never had a chance."
"Tony Stark argued that if they'd been trained, it wouldn't have happened. He- I agreed with him. People who don't have superpowers are at a distinct disadvantage compared to those that do. His plan was to register people with abilities so that they could be held accountable for their actions. Tony went public with it, and Steve went out to publicly stand against him. Superheroes and mutants had to choose sides, only one side, Tony's side, had the government behind it. In the end, it was revealed that an alien race called the Skrull had been behind it all. They could shapeshift and had masqueraded as several of the superheroes in order to escalate the situation. In the end, even supervillains got involved, helping to defend Earth, and after, Steve surrendered so that no one else would die."
Sharon looked away and grinned wryly. "I guess I could have just said, 'interstellar big.'"
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She was quiet for a moment as she debated how much to tell him. But really, what was there to hide? Osbourn had made most of it public anyway. "There was a group of young superheroes that called themselves the New Warriors. They weren't bad, but they needed funding and ended up agreeing to film a reality television show. They got in over their heads, taking on some villains way out of their league to help with ratings, and they died. One of the bad guys, Nitro, exploded and killed 612 people, including school children who got caught in the blast radius. Never had a chance."
"Tony Stark argued that if they'd been trained, it wouldn't have happened. He- I agreed with him. People who don't have superpowers are at a distinct disadvantage compared to those that do. His plan was to register people with abilities so that they could be held accountable for their actions. Tony went public with it, and Steve went out to publicly stand against him. Superheroes and mutants had to choose sides, only one side, Tony's side, had the government behind it. In the end, it was revealed that an alien race called the Skrull had been behind it all. They could shapeshift and had masqueraded as several of the superheroes in order to escalate the situation. In the end, even supervillains got involved, helping to defend Earth, and after, Steve surrendered so that no one else would die."
Sharon looked away and grinned wryly. "I guess I could have just said, 'interstellar big.'"