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Chapter 7: Jeepers creepers

Butcher's eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning as I planted my feet and faced him.

"You arrogant twat, I'm happy to oblige. After all, I am in the mood for some fried cunt!!" He smirked and then looked confused as his eyes locked with mine for the first time since my two souls had become one.

He quickly shook his head and fired a beam of light directly at my peepers.

It hurt and temporarily blinded my vision more than I expected, but in both of my lives, I have always been one for the theatrics. I smiled and didn't let the pain show. I could see his discomfort rise as no apparent effect other than me being slightly pushed back was appearing.

"Ooooh, that tingles. Maybe you can use it to scratch my balls for me the next time I'm busy fucking your wife?" I taunted in order to hide my grimace of pain and encourage him to make a dumb move.

Holding eye contact much longer would make me blind for a few hours if I wasn't careful; I needed an excuse to stop.

"AHHHHHH, YOU CUNT!!!" He screamed in response.

The strength of his laser intensified, and he charged forward, throwing a right hook at my face.

'There's my excuse.'

Having successfully made him make a mistake, I swiftly blocked the attack with my left hand and dodged the lasers from his eyes.

"KEEP MY WIFE OUT OF YOUR FUCKIN' MOUTH!!" Butcher spat with venom dripping after every word.

'Oof, sensitive much.'

I casually ignored his feral attacks and smoothly slid under him. From there, I placed my hands behind me against the floor and kicked him with both legs in the stomach.

"Ughhh!" Butcher groaned in pain as his body flew upwards and through the ceiling.

With the momentum from the kick, I flipped myself into an upright position and waited for gravity to do its work.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Butcher screamed as he descended rapidly back through the hole he had made in the ceiling and towards the ground.

'Now for the fun part.'

As he neared my position, I perfectly timed a punch against the side of his jaw.

The savage jab caused him to crash into the metal sarcophagus I had called home for years, destroying not just him but also the symbol of my captivity.

I walked towards the wrecked chamber, and as I neared, I could see his butchered body attempting to stand.

"Stay down, final warning." I said authoritatively with some pity at the state he was in.

"I-I-I could d-d-do this-s-s all day, y-y-you fuckin' prick!!" Butcher stuttered with a whistle due to a broken jaw and teeth.

I admired his will, but I was no longer interested in fighting.

Seeing my lack of response, he attempted to use his injured arm to sit up and continue the battle. All he succeeded in doing was falling back onto the floor.

"I'm not interested in fighting a cripple whilst being catcalled, so save your whistles for the ladies, and I'll let you and your friends get back to your circle jerk." I said with some boredom at the lack of difficulty I had faced during this fight.

"F-F-Fine, it's your-r-r win. I'm fuckin' knackered a-a-anyways. I could use a lie-down." Butcher whistled in response.

Having come to an understanding, I turned around to take Dawn and Jamie out of this hell hole.

I didn't take more than two steps before being thrown onto the floor with a severe stinging sensation on the back of my head.

'That fucker lasered me from behind. Unluckily for him, all my pity is now gone.'

"Now, why would you go and do that." I whispered with a dark look on my face.

'Like my father used to say, a man's word is his bond. I guess it's my place to show Butcher the value of one's word.'

Deciding to end this in a quick and educational manner, I picked myself up from the floor and turned to face the fucker who backstabbed me with his eyes. Gives a whole new meaning to evil eye.

"Now we are even, you tosser, don't fuckin' mention my Mrs again." Butcher spoke clearly with his now healed teeth.

'Let's see how much damage compound V can handle.'

Ignoring his words, I rushed forward, grabbed his legs and re-enacted my favourite hulk scene.

I smashed his body multiple times onto the concrete floor and then stopped and watched with delight as he attempted to crawl away.

Stepping on his mangled legs, I observed in interest as the temporary V in his body struggled to heal him.

Done with the fun, I leaned forward, gripped him by the hair and whispered in his right ear, "I warned you."

As my words settled into his disorientated brain, he attempted to respond with something other than a groan of pain.

"Cunt." he finally mumbled in response as his body twitched and his consciousness faded.

Tired of talking to this idiot, I let his head drop onto the floor with a harsh thump and then turned to look at the shocked faces of Milk and Frenchie.

"Move." I said in an annoyed manner.

Frenchie backed away from Dawn with his hands in the air. "Look, mon ami, let's just calm down and go our own ways. Ok? ça marche?"

I began to answer, but Lady Luck, that fickle wench, decided that being positive wasn't in her cup of tea today. In what could only be described as a one-in-a-billion chance, Frenchie's exact movement made his foot hit an old boombox and, unfortunately, released a tune that not even the golden light could save me from.

🎵За окном кудрявая белая акация, солнышко в окошечке, алым цветом…🎵

Flashes of the torture I endured started to overwhelm my brain, and I began to wonder if my escape was just a dream.

"No, I've escaped. I'm safe." I whispered in fear as my vision went dark.

Out of the darkness, I could see the scientist laughing in front of me, scalpel in hand, and my hold on reality broke.

"Noooo! I won't let you do that to me again, you fucking monsters!!"I stated with determination as tears ran down my face. "I won't go back!! I fucking won't!!"

Energy began to build in my chest, and debris rose into the air as I prepared to let loose a burst of radiation from my chest at the scientist.

´Wait, something is wrong. This isn't real.'

Just before the wave of radiation exited my body, the illusion fell, and I could see the reality of a panicked and confused Frenchie in front of me.

Not wanting to kill him, I tried to stop the blast but only managed to reduce its effect.

The energy exploded outward with precision and gave him no time to escape when suddenly Kimiko appeared and pushed him aside using standard Truck Kun evasion techniques. Though in this scenario, the blast didn't send her to another world but instead sent her flying through a wall.

'It seems some things are destined to occur, interesting.'

I wasn't worried about her health as I managed to reduce the damage on time. Apart from some superficial burns and a few broken bones, she would be completely fine. Oh, and of course, no powers.

"Mon cœur!!!" Frenchie screamed as he ran towards the fallen body of Kimiko.

🎵…Чтоб увидеть мамочку и сестренку Танечку, шел тогда Витюшеньке…🎵

The music no longer had a hold on me once I had broken the illusion. However, it was still a shit song, so I took a moment to obliterate the boombox with a kick and then decided to reassure Frenchie, "She will be fine and back on your baguette quicker than I fucked up your useless friends."

He completely ignored me whilst cradling her body.

Deciding this charade was over for now and needing a safe space to process this shit storm, I moved away and headed towards Dawn.

Only to be stopped by Milk, who had the nerve to place a gun to my face. I raised one eyebrow in response.

"Milk, leave it alone. Now ain't the time." The recovering Butcher said with anger no longer in his voice. Instead, it sounded eager.

'Fuck me, I was sure he would be out of commission for a while; compound V truly is a miracle drug.'

"You know what he's done, Butcher. We can't let another fucking monster loose in the world." Milk replied with a tear running down his face and his gun trembling in front of mine. "Who knows what this freak will do to a child."

"We can't beat 'im, Milk." Butcher said in response.

I decided that this shit had gone on too long and gently pushed Milk to the side, "I don't have time for your nonsense, get in my way again, and I will kill you all."

I picked up the sleeping body of Dawn and allowed Jamie to nest on my right shoulder. As I was about to step through the hole Kimiko's body had created, I stopped and hesitated before I turned to look at the dejected Milk on the floor.

"I know it won't bring them back, but I truly am sorry for the hurt I've caused. Years alone and tortured make memories all you can focus on." I whispered with sadness in my voice to the shocked face of Milk, "One day, I hope I'll be able to show you that the monster I was is gone."

'The sappy shit should buy me some sympathy.'

Turning my head away from the tears streaming down his face, I made my way out of the lab.

"Oh, and don't worry about the kid, she's mine, and I wouldn't let anyone harm her." I shouted without looking back.

I ignored anything more they had to say and finally made my way out of the Russian outpost and into a world now alien to both my lives.

As I walked forward, I looked at the two anchors of my different realities. A hamster for Ben and a child for Ambroise, and I smiled.

'At least this time, I'm not alone.'

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Authors note

So here's the chapter I promised. Unfortunately, I published it a little late as I had trouble figuring out the language in the initial drafts.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter and if you have any ideas for things I should include in the story, let me know in the comments. I will take all suggestions seriously and may do a poll if the majority of the readers like an idea.

Glossary for chapter:

Peepers - eyes

Mon ami - my friend

ça marche - ok/ that work/ alright

Mon cœur - my heart


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
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Fun fact: Black Noir’s actor is also allergic to nuts, and this was the reason behind it being incorporated into the character.

Chapter 8: Aftermath: Butcher’s POV

I watched with hunger as my new favourite weapon of mass destruction walked out of the lab with a girl in his arms and that fucking rodent on his shoulder.

'He's gotten stronger, maybe stronger than even Homelander. He might just be the weapon we are looking for.'

Sighing at the shit show that had just occurred and thinking of ways I could use the cunt that caused it, I propped myself against the wall to relax after the intense beating I had taken.

'But why were his eyes glowing gold? Is it part of his new powers? And what was with the kid?'

A few seconds pass, with me slowly returning to peak strength as my thoughts occupy me. Whilst it disgusted me to have fucking temp-V running through my body. There was no denying its capacity to keep one alive and the rush of power I felt as I wielded the abilities of a god.

'I could get used to this.'

Grinning from ear to ear, I satisfyingly cracked my back as all my wounds rapidly and visibly healed. I could even feel parts of my brain that had been obliterated reforming. At that moment, a fog lifted from my mind, and fear of loss overwhelmed my power high.

'Shit!! Hughie!!'

Pushing past the tiredness and pain, I rushed to where Hughie had been flung.

'If he's hurt, that cunt won't 'ave anywhere in this world to hide!!'

Reaching his prone body, I instantly released a sigh of relief as I noticed his chest rising and falling.

'Thank god this idiot is alive."

Wanting to wake him up quickly, I gave him a satisfying kick in the ribs.

"Ughhhh, Annie, I'll save you!!" Hughie groaned out with pain.

'Another fuckin' supe that will need to be dealt with at some point.

"Stop your whining an' get up Hughie. We have things to do." I replied, hiding my concern behind a facade of apathy.

'I don't know if I could ever forgive myself if I lost 'I'm too.'

"Dad, let me sleep. I don't want to go to school." Hughie replied as he turned his body away from me, his arms covering the lump that Soldier Boy had left on the back of his head.

My worry was quickly replaced with annoyance at his desire to rest after his only contribution to the fight was beating the record for the fastest knockout. My temper rose even more as I realised he had the luxury and audacity to nap whilst my arse was handed to me on a silver platter.

"Get the fuck up, Hughie!" I growled as I leaned forward and slapped him across the face.

With a groan, he opened his eyes and looked up at me, rubbing his now sore cheek in confusion.

"Did we win?" He asked with a dumb grin on his face.

'I don't know why I even bother with this moron."

"Does it look like we fuckin' won?" I grunted as I moved aside to show him the fight's aftermath.

Hughie shakily stood up, and with palpable shock, he looked at the wreckage of the now unrecognisable lab.

"….Yes?" He hesitantly replied.

'Was he dropped as a kid?'

"No! We were less than ants to that cunt. We're lucky he didn't kill us." I responded in anger and partial embarrassment.

'Give me over a century, an' I could probably beat most cunts in a fight.'

Hughie turned away from me with a look of shame and inferiority I knew could bite us in the arse if we weren't careful.

'I'll need to deal with this and the vial he nicked later.'

Hughie looked up once more to survey the situation in the lab and sighed in defeat at what he saw.

"Even with powers, I'm useless." He whispered under his breath, possibly forgetting I was currently pumped full of temp-V.

Ignoring his inner turmoil, for now, I took a moment to look at the status of the other members of my team.

In one corner, I could see Milk sitting on the broken concrete floor with a blank look on his face and eyes that just stared emptily into space.

'Fuckin' Soldier Boy did more damage apologising than he ever could by killing the poor sod.'

In the other corner of the room, near my human-shaped craters, was Frenchie cradling the injured form of his supe girlfriend as he begged for her to wake up.

'One less supe in this world won't keep me up at night.'

"Kimiko, answer me. Why aren't you healing!!" Frenchie screamed, interrupting the thoughts of both Hughie and me.

Interested in what was happening, I walked towards Frenchie to see the cause of the hysteria. Either the weapon was dead, or she was alive. There was no in-between with that fucking supe. Whilst I didn't care if she lived or died, I knew losing her would make him lose faith in The Boys.

'He is irreplaceable, that crafty french fuck.'

Frenchie looked up at us with fear in his eyes as we approached.

"Why does she not heal!!" He yelled, his voice trembling.

His worrying was for nought as he was interrupted by his girlfriend coughing and opening her swollen eyes.

"Mon cœur, are you ok?" Frenchie said gently as he stroked her head.

She responded with a nod and tried to lift herself up, only to fall back into the arms of Frenchie with a groan of pain.

"Don't strain yourself, Kimiko. You need to get to a hospital and rest. That connard hurt you badly and somehow stopped your healing." Frenchie said with gritted teeth.

'Now that's interesting. Soldier boy might be more than the answer for Homelander. He might be the spoonful of fucking sugar an' spice that will make the powered fucks, become just your average everyday asshole.'

Kimiko's eyes seemed to widen in disbelief and hope as she looked down at her battered body.

A smile broke across her face as tears began to drip down like a broken faucet.

'Good, this way I don't break Frenchie's fuckin' heart by killing her after we deal with all the supes. If my plan works out, we won't require her powers.'

"Why?" Milk's voice suddenly whispered from his corner.

We all turned to look at the man whose spirit was visibly crushed.

"Why would he say that?" He again whispered as he watched the debris falling from the hole Soldier Boy had created in his escape, "Is it just another one of his sick games?"

'I doubt that star-spangled fucker gives a shit.'

Just as I was about to answer his pity party, my suped-up ears picked up the sound of vehicles and Russian voices approaching from the distance.

"We can figure that cunt out later. We need to leave before the Russian big guns get here." I said, interrupting any conversation that was about to begin, "Grab all the files an' documents you can, and let's scram."

"Soldier Boy нужно быстро задержать, а со всеми свидетелями разобраться!!!" A distant voice shouted as the sound of boots hit the ground just outside the compound.

"Did I fuckin' stutter, now!!" I shouted urgently when no one began to move.

With me once more having to take command for shit to go right, they all scrambled to get everything we needed. After the items were packed, we ran for it. Hughie and Frenchie supported Kimiko whilst I grabbed the absentminded Milk and dragged him along.

"Pull your big girl panties up, Milk. Now is not the time for fuckin' emotions!" I shouted as we carefully but quickly travelled towards our parked vehicle at the back of the military base.

'I'll need to make him remember the fucking reason we are doing this shit.'

Rushing past all the bodies, I threw Milk into the front of the van and let Hughie, Frenchie and Kimiko hop in the back. Looking over my shoulder, I could see the Russians blasting into the lab and knew every second mattered. Making sure we were all in the vehicle, I floored the gas pedal and drove out of that hell hole as quickly as possible.

"Soldier boy was always an hard bastard, but not like that. They must've done something to him. What you think?" I said to Milk as I kept my eyes and ears aware of possible pursuers.

Milk seemed to have woken up from his shock and shook his head before answering, "It's over, Butcher. There ain't no team for me to hold together no more."

He paused after that comment and then looked out the window at the passing Russian countryside, "You made sure of that!"

'Have I gone too far? Fuck no, if he thinks this is my lowest point, he will be in for a shock.'

I ignored the silence that filled the van and allowed a smile to spread across my face as I started to plan my first viable shot at avenging my beautiful wife.

'Don't worry, Becca. I'll see you soon.'

With every mile that separated us from the compound, the grin on my face grew wider and wider as a plan began to form.

'It might be time for a good old-fashioned team-up.'

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Authors note

I was luckily able to finish two chapters this week. So I hope you enjoy!!

Let me know in the comments if you want me to include more POVs. I was thinking of doing one for Milk when they reach Moscow, as it could be interesting to see how he handles the situation.

I have included a glossary below and will add any words people don't understand. If you want, I could also make a Glossary auxiliary chapter.

Thank you all for reading :)

Glossary

Connard - Bastard/Jerk (French)


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
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Fun fact: In the comics, The Boys also have special powers due to taking Compound V

to give them a fighting chance against the Seven.

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