Another thing she hadn't been expecting: Some guy dressed in red, white, and blue throwing a shield at the alien she'd been about to pummel. The round disc arcs back through the air to him almost like a boomerang and her target goes down hard.

Huh. Well, that's effective.

Turning to shout out a quick thanks, she notices that he's... staring at her, like he's never seen a woman before. She is pretty unusual looking, but this is New York City and there are aliens out here, he should really—

In a split second, she raises a stolen energy gun and sends a bolt not even a foot away from his side, knocking down a creature who'd been raising his own weapon at her companion. "Get your head back in the game, sugar!"