"So Translucent is just fucking gone, his chip went offline and never came back on?" asked Homelander
"Correct, sir" muttered the Crime Analytics rep, her words growing weaker by the word, "We don't know where he is, sir"
"Can we tell if the signal is being blocked or destroyed?" questioned Homelander
"We can run a series of pings to see if it gives us anything, if we get a bounced back ping then that means it was blocked, if we get no ping back that would mean it was destroyed" confirmed the lady
"Well then, don't just sit there twiddling your fucking thumbs, get to it" ordered Homelander as he turned around to head back up to the 7's floor.
He got in the elevator and Naruto was standing there with his arms crossed over his chest, his pink headband covering his eye. But the lone eye was locked onto Homelander with a look of disgust that made Homelander's head ache with frustration.
Who the fuck was this guy to be judging him, when all he was trying to do was keep the 7 running to the best of their abilities. Translucent was a valued and needed member of the team.
"Do you have something you wish to say?" asked Homelander after a moment of silence during their ride up
"You don't need to be a dick to the crime analytics department" answered Naruto, "They make it very easy for us to do our publicity shit on top of providing us actual leads for real saves"
"I haven't had a publicity save in almost a year" scoffed Homelander, "What I need from them is results"
"And you get more with honey than vinegar" advised Naruto, "A little kindness goes a long way"
Homelander groaned, "Is that what you think? Is that how all of this works? I act nice and I get some spare fucking candy?"
Naruto pumped his body full of chakra, his eye locked onto Homelander as he replied, "No, but it will keep me from slapping some respect into you"
Homelander chuckled, "Please, I would break you in half. You need to remember your place, I am the leader of the Seven. I am the one in charge around here. If I tell you to jump, you better launch your ass to spa-"
Homelander's little rant was cut off by Naruto slapping him in the mouth with the back of his hand. Homelander winced and blinked repeatedly as he felt his mouth fill with blood and he looked at the blond man beside him in shock.
"You hit me" said Homelander in amazement
"And I will do much worse than that if you think you can disrespect me" said Naruto, "I am not one of these low level heroes around here who is going to kiss your ass just because you fly around in the cape"
Homelander's eyes flared red and he swiped at Naruto, hitting him in the face as well. Naruto spat out a tooth before he punched Homelander in the mouth, before slamming his knee into his stomach. Homelander hissed before he shoulder checked Naruto into the wall, a follow up kick to the stomach sent cracks through Naruto's ribs and he groaned in pain. There was a ding, and the doors opened, revealing Stan Edgar standing there, suit as perfect as always. Haircut was fresh, glasses sitting on his nose. His back was straight, his shoulders squared, and his head held high as if he knew he was in charge.
The sight of their boss caused both men to stop and stand up straight, their little fight forgotten.
"Mind yourself John, we do not need the elevator out of order due to any accidents with heat vision" tsk'd Stan ask he walked into the elevator, carefully stepping over Naruto tooth as he did so before the elevator continued going up.
"Stan, it is a pleasure to see you as always" said Homelander, frowning at the use of his first name, "Don't worry about it, Naruto and I were just having a bit of a brotherly spat"
"Is that so?" questioned Stan, "Is that why you looks like a younger brother who just got slapped in the mouth by his other brother?"
"Something like that" cut in Naruto, "We had a small disagreement, it wouldn't happen again. Momentary issue, water under the bridge"
He closed his one visible eye as he smiled, and Homelander was happy when they hit the 99th floor as he walked out.
Naruto made to follow behind him, but he was stopped by Stan saying, "Naruto, why don't you accompany to my car. I wish to speak with you about a personal matter"
Naruto nodded and the door closed as it showed Homelander glaring at the both of them as they began their ride back down.
"You shouldn't go out of your way to antagonize him, he's not as stable as he pretends to be" said Stan
"He can probably hear this conversation" said Naruto
"Who cares what he can't or can hear, he's probably gonna stand outside of Stillwell's office and watch her pump breast milk like he usually does" retorted Stan
"That's … something else" said Naruto as he struggled to think of what to actually say about that comment, "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"You can cut the bull with me, Naruto" answered Stan, "You took something of mine … of Vought's and we need you to return it"
"Oh, did I not return the signed movie posters?" mocked Naruto, "I will get right on that"
"That is not what I was referring to and you know it" sighed Stan, "You have him"
"Oh, is it not an 'it' anymore?" challenged Naruto, his lone eye narrowing, "Because it almost seemed like you and your buddies decided that once wasn't enough and wanted to fuck up all over again, this time with a new and improved model"
"No" said Stan simply, "We were not going to 'fuck up all over again' as you put it. This time, we were going to do things correctly, we had a plan to have the child adopted and raised by a loving, caring mother. No more labs, no more tests, no more trying to create a superhero"
"Why should I believe you, Stan?"
"Because I am admitting to you that the boy exists, I am telling you that I know what your concerns are and I had the same" replied Stan, "The last thing I want on my name is another Homelander running around doing all the same shit that I already am struggling to clean up"
"Well, I have the kid already stashed away" said Naruto
"I figured you would have, but the question I have is where?" asked Stan
"With a friend of a friend" replied Naruto
"And is that friend of a friend going to be safe for the boy?" asked Stan
"Safer than an underground Vought lab" retorted Naruto
"Fair enough, I guess you have things under control until they are not anymore" admitted Stan, "I would just be worried about his flare ups with anger, he is still the clone of him"
"And what number clone is this?" asked Naruto
"I do not know, nor do I wish to" countered Stan, "You fail to see the larger picture in that this is not about Homelander or any of the 7, this is about having the opportunity to take care of them should they become an issue"
"So what? This is your red button?" asked Naruto as they reached the bottom floor and the elevator doors opened. Stan hit the button for the 99th floor and walked out of the elevator, "No, this is the product done right"
The elevator door closed, and Naruto groaned in annoyance, he should have brought up Rebecca.
With Butcher
Billy waltzed into the office like he owned the place, much to the dismay of the person who actually owned it, "Morning, Deputy Director"
"How did you get in here? You're like the fucking mold on my laundry room tiles." Said Susan with a sigh, "You scrape it off, comes right back"
"I think you actually have a crush on me love" taunted Billy
"What the fuck do you want William?" asked Susan
"Full name, ouch" mocked Billy, "I can stop 'em getting Supes in the military"
Susan shrugged, "What makes you think I care?"
"Personally, I can't wait until they're in Syria. Until they are given permission to be fucking cunts all over the world" replied Billy
"Yeah, I'll bet" said Susan with a roll of her eyes
"Last week. A-Train, mainlining before the big race" started Billy, "His fuck buddy, Popclaw, pinning the same stuff"
Billy pulls out a photo, "They call it Compound V. It's some kind of booster or steroid for Supes. Jacks 'em right up"
He slide the photo across the desk and says, "Now imagine that, word gets out that Supes are nothing but a bunch of pathetic fucking junkies, no one's gonna want 'em in national defense"
"Mm-hmm, I agree" said Susan with a nod, "Got a sample? Got any proof other than this photo of this blue vial?"
"Not yet" admitted Billy,
"Mm" hums Susan, "What the fuck do you want me to do then? This could be heroin. It could be anything. You versus the word of someone like Homelander isn't going to do well in the court of public opinion"
"You don't trust me?" asked Billy with a fake frown, "Susan, I am shocked and saddened
by that"
"Really?" mocked Susan with a roll of her eyes, "I'm sure. Speaking of which, I haven't seen or hear of Translucent being around anywhere for weeks. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?
"Cunt's invisible" shrugged Billy before he pointed off into the corner of the room, "He could be standing in that fucking corner, wanking off with all of his might right now for all we know"
"Look, you think Supes are cunts now" continued Billy, "You just wait till they're wearing camo. I mean, what's to stop Sergeant fucking Homelander from killing a couple of hundred thousand Chinese? How are you gonna try him for war crimes?"
Susan's silence was telling of what she thought, and Billy went for the kill, "He's gonna murder the bloody lot of us before he steps one foot in The Hague. I mean, you might as well hand the bloody launch keys over to Vought right now"
"You're really working this one, huh?" asked Susan, "Tell me what you get out of this"
"Just being an upstanding citizen, luv" replied Billy with a cheeky big smile,
"Oh, I know how much you love this country, you fucking colonizer" retorted Susan, "You get me some hard proof, something actionable that I can use, and maybe I'll throw you a few bucks. For your operating costs. But if you fuck me on this, for the rest of your life, you'll be drinking your own piss at a black site. Now say you understand"
"See, now, Susan, this is why it never went anywhere with us" replied Billy
"It never went anywhere because we were both married and knew that an affair was not a bright idea" countered Susan, "Now tell me that you understand, or I pull the plug on everything"
"Everything is understood ma'am" said Billy
With Homelander and Maeve:
"Can you fly a plane?" asked Maeve
"Wouldn't matter if I did!" replied Homelander as he gestured to the destroyed pilot controls, the system still smothering from his heat vision
"What do we do?" asked Maeve even as she knew what was going to be said by her former flame.
Instead Homelander doesn't answer her and turns around and starts making his way towards the back of the plane, using a booming voice to say, "All right, everyone, remain calm. Stay in your seats. Everything's under control"
Homelander and Maeve reached the end of the plane, and she says, "You got to go out there lift the plane up"
He makes a face as if she had said something really dumb or funny, "Lift the plane? How? There's nothing to stand on."
He gestures with his hands slicing through the air, "It's fucking air, I can't lift it if there isn't a leverage point"
"I don't know, fly at it, ram it straight" pleaded Maeve
Homelander starts to do the math in his head, before shaking it and replying, "No, that kind of speed, either the plane goes ass over tit or I'll punch straight through the hull, or..."
His words were cut off by a large shaking of the plane
"Whoa! Whoa, that was a big one!" he announces to the passengers as they walked back to the front of the plane, trying to think of a way to save these people, "Everything's fine, don't worry about it."
"Okay. Okay" whispers Maeve, "You take everybody, one by one, you fly them to the ground"
"And what?" asked Homelander, "Come back 123 times? Maeve, think. The plane would crash before we could save everyone, some of them would live to tell people that we didn't save everything. We're done here"
"Wait, you're leaving us?" asked someone as Homelander started making his way once more towards the back of the plane, where the emergency exit would be.
"No, no, no, no, no. I'm just seeing something down the back" insisted Homelander
"Oh, my God, you're leaving" gasped someone else
"He's leaving us"
"Homelander, are you going to save us?" asked a young girl
Homelander stops and kneels by her seat, "Oh, sweetheart, of course I'm gonna save you, you betcha."
He stands and announces, "I'm gonna save everyone here, don't worry about it."
There was a thud on top of the plane and Homelander and Maeve share a look, both of them wondering who the fuck that could be.
The emergency door opens and in slide Naruto in a black hoodie and sweat pants combo, his eye covered with the pink headband as always.
"Hey, are we saving fucking this plane or not?" asked Naruto as Homelander and Maeve got closer to him.
"And how do we do that?" asked Homelander
"Can you lift a plane?" asked Naruto
"I already asked that question" said Maeve
Homelander ignored her, "Yeah with a leverage point" (A/N)
"Perfect, Maeve you stay in here and keep everyone calm, Homelander and I need to go outside. I will grab the plane and Homelander will grab me" said Naruto
"Are you strong enough to lift a plane?" asked Homelander
"Only one way to find out" replied Naruto
Homelander couldn't argue with that logic and Maeve quickly turned around to the plane full of people, "Listen, our back up just got here. Naruto is going to do something a little unique and Homelander is going to help him, but I am going to stay here and make sure that things remain good on the inside"
Homelander and Naruto jumped out of the plane and a second later, booming footsteps were heard along the top of the cabin of the plane before a hand was punched through the top of the plane, grabbing onto the plane through the hole.
A moment later, the plane lurched as they suddenly stopped falling, starting to level out as they were pulled up into the air by Homelander.
Later: On the shores of America
Naruto stood by Maeve as Homelander gave a speech to the media to get Supes into the military.
"Thank you" said Maeve, "You really saved the day"
"Well believe it or not, that's what we get paid to do" replied Naruto
"Yeah but not all of us are all in on saving people to save people" commented Maeve
"I know and I am going to do my best to make sure that the 7 gets back to saving people" stated Naruto
Maeve looked at Naruto in surprise, "You are?"
Naruto nodded, his hoodie falling off his head revealing his blond locks that fell forward to cover up his headband, "Yeah, I want to make the world a better place"
Maeve frowned slightly, "That's a bit naïve thinking, there is a lot of corruption and greed in our business"
Naruto shrugged, "That's okay, if none of us try, nothing will ever happen"
"Never took you for a big philosophic guy" said Maeve
"Back in my home place, I was seen as the child of prophecy, the person to bring about an age of peace" said Naruto, "So, you might say that I am a bit of a Sage"
Maeve rolled her eyes, "So, how the fuck did you catch up to us on a plane?"
Naruto chuckled, "If I pool together all of my power and enter the peak of my powers, I can fly"
Maeve looked at Naruto before shaking her head with a soft smile on her face, "Of fucking course you can, is there anything that you can't do?"
Naruto shrugged once more, "Take you out on a real date, you're the only girl I've met who is actually worth it around here"
Maeve glanced over Homelander with a flash of worry in her eyes, "Are you sure you want to do that? He's a bit over the top and tends to be very possessive"
"Leave John to me" replies Naruto, "Also believe it or not, I slapped the shit out of him earlier in the elevator at Vought tower"
Maeve laughed, "Okay, you have to tell me that story"
"Over dinner?" asked Naruto
"Over dinner" agrees Maeve
Homelander walked over to them, the cameras and news reporters following behind him, that big puffy smile hadn't made its way onto his face as he used a bright real smile, his eyes were warmer than normal.
"I couldn't have saved the day without Queen Maeve and the brilliant and apparently super strong Hokage" said Homelander as he walked between them and threw an arm over both of their shoulders, pulling them into an embrace for the photoshoot.
The flashes of light went off countless times as they took pictures of the Big 3 of the 7. Naruto flashes a big smile, and he saw Maeve give a smile as well.
Maeve was pulled away for her turn at an interview, leaving the two blond men alone as Naruto hung around, knowing that his turn for an interview would come up as well.
"So, about earlier –"started Naruto
"Water under the bridge" said Homelander, "You prevented a fucking disaster from occurring today"
"I told you that we are a team" recounted Naruto, "I don't just be saying things. I really meant it"
Homelander nodded, "I … I appreciate the assist today. I wasn't thinking clearly in the moment"
Naruto waved it off, "No need to worry about it Homelander, you listened to me when it mattered most"
Homelander tilted his head as a small smile flashed across his face, "Not John this time?"
"Nah, I only say that to piss you off" admitted Naruto, "But you did the right thing today, might as well do the right thing by you"
Homelander nodded and said, "Thank you"
He started floating up into the air, "Oh and have a nice time with Maeve"
Naruto didn't feel a hint of fear as he met Homelander's eyes, "Oh I plan on it"
A/N: Hi, real quickly before I say anything else, in the comics when A-Train tries to sexually assault Starlight and she blinds him, Homelander throws a jet. Not exactly a 1 to 1, but he did so with ease and thus I really do believe with a leverage point, he could have lifted a plane. Even in the show, he seemed to only have an issue with the fact that there would be nothing to stand on.
This story will progress as this story branches off from the show like how the show branched off from the comics. I use both comic and show aspects, you do not have to love it, but just allow things to play out.
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