"Oh you know he is," Lyle answers, making a show of rolling his eyes as he settles in with Brainy. "I keep telling him it's my turn, but he won't let me have a go."

That's the second half of the code -- all the Legionnaires knew that Lyle had no interest in running the entire team. The Espionage Squad was his baby, but the team as a whole was better left to the likes of almost anyone else.

This situation was sounding worse by the minute.