"Leaders of humanity, my name is G'iah. To explain all this, I must begin with my race."
"We do not belong to Earth. We are Skrulls."
"Many years ago, the Kree Empire destroyed our homeworld and hunted our people relentlessly. We became refugees wandering the cosmos."
G'iah's voice was low and sorrowful.
"When we had nowhere else to go, we fled to Earth. Here, we met a dark-skinned human named Nick Fury, as well as a woman with tremendous power."
At the mention of Nick Fury's name, President Ellis's brow twitched.
"Fury promised us that if we used our special abilities to work for him, he would find us a new, safe home somewhere in the universe."
"We believed him. My family and many of our people shed our original bodies and put on human skin. We hid among you, becoming spies, informants, and soldiers, willingly working for him. Some of us even gave our lives for humanity's safety."
G'iah paused, a flicker of fury passing through her eyes.
"But Fury never fulfilled his promise, and we could only remain hidden in dark corners forever, living like parasites."
"This sunless existence gave rise to a radical leader among my people named Gravik."
"He grew tired of passively seeking peaceful integration. He believed Fury and humanity had both been exploiting us. He decided to seize living space through more radical means. He no longer wanted merely a corner to settle in—he wanted to turn Earth completely into our home!"
The conference room fell silent as G'iah continued.
"Gravik gathered a large number of exiled Skrulls from across the universe and established a base in an abandoned Soviet nuclear power plant."
"Using our racial gifts, we infiltrated every level of human society, step by step. From ordinary civilians to business tycoons, from