The news of Homelander's massacre spread like wildfire around both Earths. Within moments, Homelander was the most wanted man on the face of the earth.
Hughie, Annie, and Becca watched on in horror as Homelander showed who he was so soon.
"I thought… that…" Annie stuttered.
"He… Actually… Did it…" Hughie said.
Becca went to the basement to check on Ryan who was still playing with his legos. He stopped what he was doing when he noticed his mother's obvious distress.
"Mom? What's wrong?" Ryan asked.
"We need to talk about your… father and what he just did." Becca said letting her horror and disgust evident on the word father.
The Justice League watched on in anger as Maeve looked on in horror.
"You didn't release the footage?" Batman asked Superman.
"No, it was Luthor. It had to be him." Superman remarked.
"Luthor?" Maeve asked.
"A story for a different time." Diana told her.
"What about Flash?" Aquaman asked.
"He's still fighting Thawne." Martian Manhunter said.
"Guy and I will head over to Earth Seven, he's been wanting a crack at Homelander since he first learned." Green Lantern said.
"I'll try and find Luthor. I might have a pretty good idea where he'll strike next." Superman said.
Mallory looked at the carnage that had happened. Robert Singer turned to her.
"How is the V24 coming along?" He asked.
"It's just about ready." Mallory said.
"You're sure? Some of the brass is a little nervous considering it was field tested by a fugitive." Singer said.
"A fugitive that fought our current fugitive." Mallory said.
"A minority in the Defense Department wants the Justice League involved." Singer said.
"Minority?" Mallory said.
"The brass isn't fond of them because they have no boundaries and that whole 'No Killing Rule' of theirs, to put it bluntly. Since they arrived, we had to stop the drone program for as long as they are here." Singer said.
Mallory sighed.
"Of course they did. Look, they're not needed. A few Marines on this stuff will be more than enough for Homelander." Mallory said.
Homelander was inside an abandoned Vought facility. He was sitting on the floor of an old lab, staring at the human shaped target branded with marks from his laser vision. He looked at the door, where he remembered Dr. Vogelbaum making faces to entertain him, but there was no one there. Only cold and dark loneliness. Homelander heard people talking with his super hearing, even from that far, he could hear them.
"... my husband was in that crowd…!"
"... he was my hero…"
"... I'm afraid…"
"... Everyone's afraid!"
You knew they would react like that. His own voice echoed in his mind. But when it actually happened, you couldn't take it. Could you? It was me who did it, the God, you? So weak, so human. Once a scared boy, now… A scared man! Homelander lasered the glass in front of him where was his only reflection. He left the room and walked through the dark hallways by himself. Unbeknown to him was the small robots following him with cameras.
Professor Zoom and The Flash raced all over the globe. They traded blows in Mexico, the middle of the Indian Ocean, both of the Arctic Poles, and more. Wally noticed Eobard was doing something. He was vibrating, trying to enter a new universe. Wally matched Thawne's frequency.
It was a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the middle of the US. Wally noticed a gigantic corpse in a red and blue ant costume lying on the plateaus. All of its skin was gone leaving a giant skeleton. Wally felt that he recognized the costume from somewhere but couldn't put a pin on it. There was a t-rex running around with a spider on its chest, he was covered in some living black goo.
They traveled to another universe, which appeared similar to Earth Seven. Although it differed medium-wise as he noticed the patrons inside a Vought-A-Burger.
It was a chase across the multiverse.
Dr. Sivana fixed the teleporting table of the Secret Society by himself. Arkillo sat beside the wall, tapping his fingers on the desk beside him. His yellow power ring was completely drained of its power, causing him to impatiently wait for Luthor's robot to retrieve his power lantern back from Earth One.
"Can you bring the invader back, now?" He asked Sivana.
"I can, but I will not before setting up a trap to assure her capture. Magic is quite unpredictable and lurks all around the Rock of Eternity."
"I've seen magic before, Earthling. It exists on many planets. But not on Earth Seven. She wouldn't know what to do with it. Bring her back. She's still bloodied and bruised still, I'll finish her myself."
"From what I recall, you were the least useful against."
"You don't know what you speak of!" Arkillo shouted and broke the desk with a punch. "It's this universe, my ring derives power from those who fear me but no one fears me here. I'm left with its energy and it ran out."
"Understandable, yet, this matter requires preparation."
"This matter requires initiative."
Arkillo rose from his chair and grabbed Dr. Sivana by the back of his coat. Sivana shot Arkillo with a laser gun. Arkillo dropped him but pressed the button in the teleportation table, bringing Stormfront. She punched Arkillo against the wall, cracking the shape of his body. Sivana saw her suit and immediately realized what had happened so he promptly used teleportation to escape from the room.
Seconds later, a green and purple robot was teleported coming from Lex Luthor's side of the table. He carried a yellow lantern with him. Upon seeing Stormfront, the robot's arm turned into a massive gun.
"Alert. Intruder. Alert. Intruder." Said the robot and shot Stormfront. But its blast was barely a push against her new powerful body.
As Stormfront tore Luthor's robot apart with her hands, Arkillo attacked her from behind and pushed her away. He grabbed his lantern from the robot's remains and put his ring against it.
"In blackest day," Arkillo began, sputtering. "In brightest night…" He was interrupted by Stormfront grabbing his finger with the ring and breaking it. "Beware your fears made into light!" Stormfront turned Arkillo's body around and stomped his ribs, but he didn't stop. "Let those who try to stop what's right!" Stormfront proceeded to burn his body with lightning. "Burn like his power, Sinestro's…" Arkillo was hit on the jaw with his own lantern, "Mi…" He tried to finish, but Stormfront hit him again and again, and again until the yellow lantern was painted with his blood.
She flew away, breaking through the roof and taking the lantern. Arkillo lay on the ground, badly hurt but still breathing. Suddenly, his ring lit up in yellow light. Arkillo could still hear the sound it was making, and heard:
"Use improper to operate the power ring. Seek a new user."
His ring flew away from his finger through the hole made by Stormfront.
Hughie and Annie looked at Ryan who had just learned the horrible crime his father had committed.
"He's really a bad guy?" Ryan asked.
"Yes." Becca told him.
Ryan silently digested the information, when all of a sudden, the house's electronics turned off. Ryans' eyes started to nervously glow red. The adults had no idea what had happened until the door broke down. It was Butcher; Becca looked on in horror as the cold and blank look on his face confirmed Hughie's testimony.
"Billy?" She asked, trying to appeal to him.
The others entered the room as well followed by Lex Luthor.
"Mr. Campbell, a pleasure to see you once more." Luthor said.
Hughie nearly charged at Lex only for Annie to hold him back.
"I see that the League has allowed you to reunite with Miss January." He remarked before looking at Becca.
"Mrs. Butcher, it's nice to meet you. I am Lex Luthor." Luthor said. "I'm terribly sorry to have heard what happened to you." He added.
"What happened?" Ryan asked his mother.
Becca and Ryan stepped back.
"What do you want?" Becca asked.
"I came here to tie up loose ends, but it is rather regretful to see the League drag you into this. So please hand over the boy." Luthor said.
Becca refused.
"Go fuck yourself." She told him.
Luthor was taken aback by this.
"If I might ask, why? Especially regarding certain circumstances." Luthor said.
"You don't have the right. You turned my husband into a fucking puppet! I am not handing over my son!" Becca told him.
Luthor glared at her.
"Fine, kill them." He ordered.
Just then, a gust of wind entered the room.
"Not on my watch." Superman said, showing up in the doorway. He had managed to tie up the Boys with a lamp post, much to the delight of the would-be victims.
"Superman!" Ryan said smiling.
Luthor scornfully rolled his eyes at the boy's comment.
"Here to stop me, Superman? Even after I already did the work for you and the rest of your cohorts." Luthor said.
"Leaking that story caused innocent people to die." Superman said.
"Sacrifices must be made for the greater good. Though I assume that's a lesson you and your childish dogma would never accept." Luthor said.
"You say that like it's shameful Luthor. Not to mention what you have done to your new 'cronies'. You've stooped to a new low one on par with Brainiac, Mongul, and Darkseid." Superman said.
Luthor scoffed.
"They'll be thankful for what I have done. Do you really think they would be grateful to you?! They would spit in your face rather than thank you! Besides, Homelander's reputation has been sullied, and Vought's existence will soon come to an end. I did what they dreamed of in days, what they sought out for years." Luthor said.
"What's this about Vought? I thought you and Edgar were partners?" Superman asked.
"Hardly. I think their world could do without any of their products. Wouldn't you agree?" Lex asked.
"The V24, they'll send it out to the military, and after Homelander, you'll use them to kill Edgar." Hughie realized.
"As well as other people at Vought to make them look dangerous." Annie stated.
"If they get in the way of the soldiers." Luthor added.
"Enough." Superman said, grabbing Luthor by the collar.
Superman seemed surprised that Lex had no counter to this. All he heard was a beep. However, he noticed Luthor's arrogant grin.
"You forced me to do this to him, just so you know. What happens next is all in you." Luthor told him.
"Who?" Superman asked.
Until all of a sudden, Superman started to feel weak, and a green glow emanated from the back door room. Superman turned around and saw a now-freed Billy Butcher. Only now, his veins were glowing green.
"You… You… Didn't…" Superman told Lex.
"Infused him with kryptonite? Why yes, I did." Luthor said.
Superman released his grip.
"Now, Butcher, you have a new priority target." He ordered.
Butchers' eyes fired two kryptonite blasts at Superman, sending him out of the house.
Back at the Watchtower, Batman, Martian Manhunter, and Aquaman looked at the Compound V cure developed by Mister Terrific and the Atom.
"Are you sure it will work?" Batman asked.
"I'm positive, I've managed to concentrate enough to minimize the damage output." Terrific said.
Just then, the door opened, the Marvels and Stargirl rushed in.
"Captain, what's wrong?" Aquaman asked
"We got a problem!" Captain Marvel said.
"What's wrong, Captain?" J'onn asked.
"Stormfront got an upgrade!" Stargirl said.
This caught the attention of the Leaguers.
"Upgrade?" Batman asked.
"Stormfront somehow ended up at the Rock of Eternity, and now she has our powers." Mary said.
The three most reserved members of the Leagues' eyes widened upon hearing that statement.
"Put every magic user on alert. Even those in the reserve." Batman said.
"I'll notify John and Guy." Martian Manhunter said.
"Is there a way you can disconnect her from her newfound power?" Aquaman asked.
"Maybe." Freddy said.
"See if you can." Batman said.
Flash and Professor Zoom continued their chase across the multiverse, until, for some reason, they stopped. The Earth they were on had no life on it. Wally prepared to perform an infinite mass punch only for Thawne to phase through it. The punch obliterated a mountain turning it into nothing more than fragments. Thawne punched Wally in the gut and delivered an uppercut.
"Having trouble?" Thawne taunted.
"No, in fact, I think I figured out why we're stuck here." Flash said.
Wally began to siphon energy from the speed force. As Thawne did so with the Negative Speed Force. Thawne attempted to punch Wally, only for him to dodge it now on a different part of the planet.
"What?" Thawne asked.
"Want to know the difference between me and Barry, Eobard?" Flash asked.
His voice was coming from different locations, circling the sociopathic speedster. Thawne's dread started to grow.
"As fast as Barry was, I'm faster than he ever was." Wally said.
Soon Flash started to blitz Professor Zoom from all directions.
"So I guess that means I'm faster than you." He added.
Thawne was tackled by The Flash, who punched him millions of times in under a second. They were now back on Earth One. Specifically Keystone City.
"Home sweet home." Wally said.
"You were siphoning off on the Negative Speed Force to keep me there. Guess you overestimated yourself." The Flash said.
Thawne angrily lunged at The Flash only for Wally to grab him. They were now traveling in time.
Thawne looked around and recognized it.
"The 31st Century." He remarked.
Soon enough, Thawne was captured in a containment field set up by the Legion of Super Heroes.
"Thanks for the help, guys! I'll be sure to let Superman know you said "Hi"." Flash said.
"How did you set this up?!" Thawne demanded.
"When I first heard you were on the scene, I figured the future would have a better way to contain you. You're from the 25th Century, so I had Bart go there to help set this up." Wally said.
"Yet you still didn't save A-Train." Thawne taunted.
Flash solemnly looked down at the ground.
"Yeah, I couldn't. You deserve worse, but we all know you would just pop back. Living time paradox and all that. But for now, time to stop Luthor and the rest of your criminal buddies." Wally said before running back to the 21st Century.
In the CIA office, Colonel Grace Mallory watched Homelander's beating on the screens, being filmed by different military drones. Stand Edgar stood next to Mallory, accompanied by other Vought executives.
"Colonel," Stan said. "Despite previous bad blood, the alignment of our interest has certainly created a terrific opportunity."
"Eat a dick, Edgar." Mallory answered. "Homelander has been a liability for years and you're going to make more money out of this V24 shit than you ever made from him. What's he doing there?"
"I don't think even he knows it. Matter of fact, the Justice League not being able to find this location probably didn't even come to his mind."
That was true. When Homelander was born, there was no digital trace and all the documents had been destroyed for over 20 years. Legally, that lab didn't exist. It was nothing but a place Homelander could call familiar and all his.
"Alright, boys." Mallory said to the microphone. "Time to start."
Butcher proceeded to punch and kick Superman, knocking him into a car. Superman pushed Butcher back with his heat vision, using all his will to fight the kryptonite poisoning. He'd been in this situation before he would get out of it. Butcher threw a car at Superman which he caught only for Butcher to use his eye lasers to strike the fuel tank. Fire engulfed where the Man of Steel had stood before. Using his arctic breath, Superman froze Butcher in a block of ice, only for Luthor to shatter it with a laser blast.
"This will end as it always does, Luthor." Superman declared.
"I look forward to disapproving that hypothesis." Lex stated.
Lex, now donned his war suit, blasted Superman. The blast managed to launch the Last Son of Krypton further away.
"I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time, alien!" Luthor said, punching Superman across the face. This punch launched Superman into the atmosphere
"Butcher, kill the rest alongside the others!" Luthor said.
Back inside, Annie's bracelet had fallen off, and her eyes started to glow.
"Get behind me!" She told the others, and they obliged.
A flash of light emanated from the room, blinding Kimiko, MM, Frenchie, and Butcher. The mind-controlled vigilantes covered their eyes. Meanwhile, the hostages ran out of the backyard.
"Did you blind them permanently?" Hughie asked, concerned.
"I hope I didn't." Annie told him grimly.
Hughie and Becca looked at each other. They didn't like it, but knew she was right. Kimiko burst through the fence. Annie absorbed the energy of a nearby generator and sent the female Supe back. Kimiko got up and spoke:
"There is no escape. We will kill you." Kimiko said.
Hearing Kimiko say those words, let alone speak, disturbed Annie and Hughie.
Ryans' eyes started to glow.
"No!" Hughie warned.
"Why?" Ryan asked.
"You could kill her!" He told the boy.
MM burst through the fence causing Annie to fire a blast at him. However, MM apparently absorbed the energy. His skin started to glow yellow before shooting it back at Annie, knocking her down.
"Annie!" Hughie shouted, rushing towards her.
MM approached them, only for someone to turn him around and punch him. It was Queen Maeve.
"Maeve?" Annie asked.
Maeve struggled with MM. She kneed him in the gut and threw him into another yard.
"I already know what's going on. Now on your feet! We're leaving right fucking now!" Maeve said, pulling her up.
"I thought you were…" Annie was about to ask.
"I was, and I'm sorry for it. I'm sorry about what I said to you. Now let's go." Maeve said.
A baseball was thrown at Maeve. She caught it, only for it to explode. The explosion launched Maeve back causing only slight burns. Frenchie threw a football at her, causing a somewhat larger explosion that pushed them all back. The three mind-controlled supes approached their prey. Ryan stood up, his eyes glowing.
"Stay away." He said his eye lasers struck their targets.
"No!" Becca shouted.
A horrified Hughie and Annie ran up to their mind-controlled friends only to find out they appeared unharmed. The only damage they had looked to be some burns, but nothing painful.
"They're not dead." Hughie said, astonished.
"Mom, Superboy and the others taught me how to control my powers." Ryan told his Mom.
Becca was about to hug her son when he was struck by Butchers' laser vision.
"No!" She cried out in horror.
Maeve tackled Butcher away from the others.
Superman and Luthor continued their brawl in the sky.
"Superman, we have a problem." Martian Manhunter said.
"What is it, J'onn?" Superman asked.
J'onn telepathically relayed the information to Superman.
"What's wrong?" Luthor asked.
"Your plan is starting to go off the rails." Superman told his arch-enemy.
"What?" Luthor asked.
"Stormfront now has the power of Shazam." Superman told him.
Luthors' eyes widened.
"Luthor, we have a problem. Stormfront has gotten an upgrade and has taken Arkillo's ring." Ocean Master told him.
Luthor's fears were concerned.
"Lex we can end this and stop her before she can help Homelander." Superman said.
"There won't be a we." Luthor said.
"You're just like him." Superman said.
"What?" Luthor said.
"You know who I'm talking about. The need for validation because you believe that you're better than anyone else. You are smart enough to know who I'm talking about." Superman said.
Luthor angrily roared and flew at Superman. He tackled the Man of Steel.
"I will make you regret making that asinine comparison! Do you hear me?!" Luthor asked, punching Superman across the face repeatedly.
Superman slugged Luthor across the face.
"Loud and clear." Superman said, wiping off the blood that ran down his cheek.
He charged at Luthor only for Lex to create an energy barrier that electrocuted Superman. Lex was prepared to finish off Superman when he noticed something.
"No!" Luthor shouted before going down to the ground.
Only for Superman to break free and repeatedly punch Luthor up into space. Luthor looked up in dread as he saw Superman prepare a punch that knocked him back down to the Earth. Luthor crashed on an island somewhere in the middle of the South Pacific. His armor was now heavily damaged.
Spitefully, Luthor tried to stand up and continue the fight, only for Superman to pick him up. The armor's shielding was gone, so Superman tore it to pieces and ripped him out of the armor. Luthor snarled as Superman looked at Lex in disappointment. Entirely out of options, Luthor spat in Superman's face.
Homelander just wandered aimlessly throughout the old labs. Same thing he has done since he lasered the crowd. But he knew something was about to happen, he listened to it. A missile came through the wall and hit him, exploding the entire facility. He got up in a second and casually put the fire out from his uniform. The walls were down, he was surrounded by fire, but his super senses still worked, he could see the drones watching him.
"Shit." Homelander said and took flight.
Maeve and Butcher brawled around the neighborhood. Annie watched in horror, as Butcher was slamming her face onto the hood of a nearby car. All the while, MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko had gotten up, causing them to split up.
Kimiko and Frenchie were chasing after Hughie and Kimiko. Only for them to get cornered. Hughie reluctantly looked at Annie, giving her his blessing.
"Frenchie, Kimiko, I'm sorry." Annie said.
However, three metallic pellets to get dropped in front of the mind-controlled supes. They detonated, causing a bright shine of light to envelope them. Kimiko and Frenchie collapsed onto the ground, smoke emanating around them. They looked around at their surroundings in confusion.
"Petit Hughie? Annie? What the fuck happened?" Frenchie asked.
"You're free." Batman said before jumping off the rooftop.
Frenchie tried to grab his gun, only to find he had no weapons. Kimiko threw a punch at Batman which was caught by Batman, much to her surprise.
"You got rid of her superpowers." Annie realized.
"Luthor's nanites only work when the host has V24 or Compound V in their blood. With the latter, she would have been under Luthor's control indefinitely." Batman said.
Kimiko seemed conflicted upon hearing this.
"Butcher was injected with something that weakened Superman. It was called Kryptonite." Hughie said.
Batman's stoic expression faltered upon hearing that.
"What?" He asked.
"Why, what's wrong?" Annie asked.
"I read about it. It's a mineral that came from his home planet. It weakens and slowly poisons him when close." Frenchie said.
"Why didn't you tell Butcher about it?" Hughie asked.
Hughie nervously looked at Batman.
"Because it's radioactive." Frenchie explained.
MM grabbed Ryan and threw him into a different house.
"No!" Becca yelled, only to get blasted to the ground by an energy blast from MM. Her ribs were bruised as she crawled away. Only for Aquaman to rush behind MM and put him in a full nelson. He attached something to his chest that enveloped him in light. MM collapsed onto the ground now showing emotion.
"What the fuck?" MM asked.
He looked over and saw Aquaman, his instincts kicking in. He hit the King of Atlantis with a baseball bat that shattered into splinters upon contact.
"Easy, he's not here to hurt us." Becca said as Arthur helped her up.
Aquaman went to the house where Ryan was thrown and carried him out.
"Is that?" MM asked.
"Yes." Becca said.
"That bald egomaniacal prick injected Billy with something else called kryptonite." Becca told him.
"He was injected with kryptonite?" Aquaman asked, sounding concerned.
"What's that?" MM asked.
"J'onn, Luthor injected Butcher with Kryptonite. We need Captain Atom or Firestorm now." Arthur told the Martian from his com.
"They're on the way." J'onn said.
"What the fuck's wrong with Butcher?" MM asked.
"Your friend has highly radioactive material in his bloodstream. Compound V or not, he might not make it. I'm sorry." Aquaman solemnly told them.
Butcher proceeded to strangle Maeve, his eye lasers slowly approaching her head. Maeve kneed Butcher in the groin, causing him to release her. Then all of a sudden, it looked like the kryptonite radiation emanating from Butcher was getting drained away from him. Captain Atom flew up in the air draining it. Maeve took the chance to grab one of the weaponized cures and attached it to Butcher. The others joined shortly afterward.
"Becca?" Billy asked upon seeing his wife.
"Billy!" Becca said, running up to him, eliciting an uncharacteristically soft smile from Butcher.
That moment soon passed as Butcher started to have a seizure, much to the horror of everyone watching.
Homelander flew the fastest and the highest he could. He didn't know where he was going. There was no plan. The only thought in his head was to leave. Suddenly, both his arms were held by two men in military uniforms, no costumes, both able to fly and managing to hold Homelander. He was pulled down and crashed into an abandoned building like a meteor until he landed in the basement. The soldiers held his face up so he couldn't laser them. Another soldier appeared, his fist glowing green energy, and he used to punch Homelander's face so powerfully that blood was spat out of his mouth. Several other soldiers entered the basement and started brutally beating Homelander, couldn't be less than 10 of them, quickly drawing blood from the toughest man in their world.
Homelander kept getting beat and kicked on the ground. His eyes glowed red, even through all the noise, the soldiers could hear Homelander's loudly breathing like an angry beast. That scared them. Homelander lasered one of the soldiers precisely in his eyes and blinded him. He got up and threw another of them on the ground and broke his leg. Homelander tried to fly away but a soldier held his leg and pulled him down. Homelander pulled the soldier down along and broke his neck. He grabbed one of the soldiers and hurled him against the others, knocking them down. Homelander broke through a wall and left the building.
"Keep him there!" Mallory ordered. "We can't risk civilians."
A soldier came down flying before Homelander and tried to punch him. Homelander ducked and returned with a punch to the soldier's stomach. The glowing fist soldier joined the fight but Homelander hit him first and exchanged blows with both of them.
"He knows how to fight?" Mallory said. "How the fuck does he know how to fight?" She asked Stan Edgar.
"We provided training in his early childhood when he could still be challenged." Edgar explained.
Homelander got knocked down by two soldiers from behind. As he fell, he pulled the soldier with the glowing fist down and broke his neck.
"My God, he killed Captain Myers!" The CIA office heard a soldier say.
"This is it, I'm calling the Justice League." Mallory announced.
"They are a twelve men unit. Only two are dead." Edgar replied.
The soldiers desperately pulled Homelander off one of them as he held the man by his arms. Homelander pushed his body with his leg and lasered the man inside the mouth, pushing away and ripping off his arms in the process.
"Make it three." Mallory said and pulled out a small electronic device with the symbol of a bat.
"Wait." Edgar cautioned.
Homelander had his thumb in a soldier's skull through his eyeball and punched another, breaking his teeth. The one who lost an eye kicked Homelander, who fell on his back. The squad held Homelander on the ground by his limbs and kicked his head until it started sinking into the ground. He heard the soldiers speaking.
"Fucking traitor."
"Piece of shit."
"Fake ass hero."
"You're not scary, asshole."
Still, Homelander could tell, as embolden as they were, they were still afraid of him. This fear was what was leading them to hit him so powerfully. Homelander's vision was going black, his neck could break at any moment. But something happened. A flash of yellow light appeared and threw all the soldiers away from him.
"What the hell is happening?" Mallory asked. The screens were static. "We have eyes?"
"The drones are down, ma'am." An agent on the computer explained. "Hold on, one of them is still working, I just have to re-initiate."
The footage was back but the drone was on the floor. As it flew back up, they could see Homelander was still on the ground but all the soldiers were also down and far away from him. Slightly above Homelander, a yellow ring floated before his eyes, shining bright with a light of its same color.
"Is that a fucking Green Lantern Ring?" Mallory asked.
"It's not green, ma'am." The agent said.
Homelander opened his eyes, he could see the ring in front of him, similar but different from Gardner's and Stewart's. A loud voice made an announcement and both Homelander and the people at the CIA could hear it as well.
"John, the Homelander. You have the ability to instill great fear, welcome to the Sinestro Corps."
Mallory pressed the button on the device Batman gave her as the ring entered Homelander's finger. They couldn't see anything through the yellow flash of light, but once it went off, they saw Homelander standing up in a new suit. What was blue and red became black. What was white or golden became an intense yellow of the same color of the ring Homelander wore. His belt was gone, there instead, a symbol similar to Green Lanterns' but more fearsome. Homelander touched his bruised face and then looked at the soldier who kicked him. He made a construct of a chain around the man's neck and pulled him to his hands.
"Eat it." Homelander ordered and forced a big construct of an egg down his throat.
The soldier's belly glowed yellow and his entire body shook. The man exploded as a giant eagle of yellow rose from inside him, still covered in his blood and guts. The eagle attacked another soldier and ripped him to pieces. One more of them tried to punch Homelander, who defended himself by creating a copy of Soldier Boy's shield and proceeded to use it to decapitate the man.
"Boys, retreat! Now!" Mallory ordered from their earpieces.
The soldiers ran and the four who could fly, flew away. Homelander made a giant magnifying glass and lasered his eyes through it, creating a huge laser that fried all the soldiers on the ground. Thunder was heard, and four lightning bolts came down from the sky, with them, the four soldiers who could fly fell, completely burned and smoke coming from their eyes and mouth. Stormfront appeared in the clouds and Homelander flew up to meet her. Standing in front of her, he could see she carried a yellow lantern.
"Marvel's power." Homelander remarked, surprised. "How?"
"The Secret Society are idiots to begin with. I didn't think I'd actually use this.". She said, showing the lantern. "But I should've known the ring would've found you. The freak I killed who was wearing this ring couldn't do half of what you did. You deserve this power."
"They're coming." Homelander said, seeing from afar that the heroes from Earth-One were flying toward them.
"Let them come," Stormfront answered. "They're not that special anymore."
Homelander smiled widely, a sadistic satisfaction before a darker future shone brightly for him.
"America is ours." He said.
