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... long while. Only after rehearsing what she might say to her boss did she grit her teeth and press it.

The signal flickered once—then connected.

Gene's visor-lit face appeared on the other end almost instantly.

"Did you recover Professor Selvig?" he asked straightaway.

"No… no, we didn't," Wanda muttered, clearly deflated. "We… kind of messed up."

She quickly gave Gene a summary of what had happened—the unexpected arrival of Amora and her hulking brute of a ...

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