The vampire|| Billy Butcher

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Katherine's pov
I keep a steady glare at Raynor as butcher talks. "Do you have the compound V or not" she asks. And I take out the tube and papers "we have the compound v, the shit they gave me called the immortal project or the blood serum. And proof they've been trying it for years resulting in deaths, failures. And that they've been injecting babies with compound v across the country." "And something diabolical" Billy adds. "Worse than dosing babies" "with them there ain't no rock bottom" he tells her. My glare hardens as she looks at him as she always fucking did. She looks at me and almost looks as smug as she did when she told me they fucked.

I hate this bitch. "Let's get it to the lab" she says and he stops her "not so fast" he takes out a paper "first things first eh?" She says "a list of your demands. How in character" she reads them off. "Any of that a problem" he asks and she says "no I'm gonna pass it up the chain. And uh while they hash it out, you and I go forward on good faith" I stop her "we're fresh out of good faith we all know you can rubber stamp all of that. So what's it gonna be deputy director?" A raised eyebrow. She tells butcher ignoring me "I can get you everything you want on this list..." he asks "except" I say with her annoyed and frustrated "except homelander" leaving. He says from inside as I lean against the wall outside memories of what happened flowing through my mind.

"You know just a bit of what he's done. It's worse than ya think." She stands and says "I sympathize with you. I really do. But it's suicide" "it ain't happen to me. It happened to her. But it's a small fuckin price to pay when it's for someone ya love isn't it?" He replies. She talks about what homelander will do to thousands if we push him too hard "you're fuckin scared. She can end him ya know. I saw her toss him like the piece of shit he is. He can go to jail or he can die. Your choice" she replies "you both should be terrified" he walks out and she calls after him and he pulls me to him "we're gonna get you justice love. Just wait" as we leave.

We walk in to see mm on his phone. "How'd it go with Raynor?" "She's still the bitch she always was and she's not biting, because she's a pussy" I reply drinking. Hughie says "wow" "don't be sorry, I never liked that bitch anyway" I mutter drinking another shot. Flashbacks flooding my mind. "Said she couldn't fuckin authorize that kinda action agains vought. Too much of a risk" I push the memories back "spineless cunt." I mutter. Frenchie asks if we're fucked and butcher says we're not. He talks about we're all we need. "How the fuck do you think we're gonna get it without someone like her on the inside ready to help. I don't fuckin like her but her status will help" I mutter clenching my jaw closing my eyes my mind replaying me being raped and injected and beaten. The glass breaks in my hand "love?" He asks worried and I tear the glass out my hand and say "I'm fine"

I grab another glass drinking more to forget. Ignoring the switch on my emotions that's staggering. He asks where Hughie is.

Homelander
She's still out there and alive. That sneaky bitch. Oh she'll be mine again and that husband of hers will pay. Thanks to Mesmer giving me exactly why I need

Butchers pov
Somethings wrong with her. I take her shot glass away and ask "are you okay?" "No I'm not okay Billy. Stupid whore of yours had us jump through fucking hoops with the hopes that we can get him just to say no. Because she's too fucking scared. And doesn't want to help me. She fuckin hates me. Always has and always will. Meanwhile he goes free. Lives his fucking life smiling and feeding people bullshit like he didn't make me into this fucking monster that wants to rip everyone's fucking throat out every two fucking seconds! Like he didn't fucking become obsessive and..." I stop her "we're gonna get that cunt love"

"Are we? Because with every day it sounds like hopeless bullshit. Any tiny bit of hope is fucking crushed. Every day he lives like he didn't kill our baby and rape me and impregnate me and it makes me so fucking angry that I can't do anything else but relive it and fight every fucking urge I have to turn everything back off and shut it all away and just go out there and kill him even if it means I die trying" she snaps. I know she doesn't mean to snap. Her emotions since the change are heightened. Everything about her was heightened. It gets deadly quiet because she just revealed everything that truly happened. I tell her "i hate askin for more time. But it seems we need it. We're on our own now love. I won't risk you. I know ya got it in ya to kill that cunt but it ain't worth ya life. We gotta take down vought from power and then once we take that away we kill those fucks. One at a time. Alright love? Can ya wait? We do this the right way. Remember?"

She nods and I hug her to me "I love ya" "I love you" she mutters back and heads out. She needs air. I get it. MM asks "she was pregnant and raped?" I nod "yeah. She was 5 weeks with my kid and he took her and beat her into a miscarriage. He did what he did, raped her and got her pregnant. I got er out and she got rid of it" "I...I knew somethin was off with how she was acting. I'd have never guessed that and her turning her emotions off....I'm sorry" MM says. I say "now you see why it's so important to get 'em. It's always been important but..." Frenchie nods "we get it" I find her "I'm fine" she lies through her teeth. Wiping her tears to hide. I question "how many times do I gotta tell ya, ya don't gotta hide from me love? Besides you're beautiful when ya cry, though I'd rather you not"

She chuckles "I'm not" "yeah ya are love. You're always beautiful" I tell her standing beside her. She replies "sorry for snapping" "don't be. Ya gotta get it out somehow love. Ya feel more than the rest of us I can't imagine shovin shit down like I tend to with you bein enhanced" "is that what you're calling it now? Enhanced? Billy I'm dead. I have been for years now. I don't age and I don't think I ever will again. I drink blood because food doesn't sustain me anymore." "Between you and me? That shit don't bother me. I find ya drinkin blood hot actually. What you are don't bother me and it will never" I tell her. I ask "wanna go crash a Hughie and a starlight date with me? Get ya outta here for a bit?" She nods and we make it to the restaurant just to see them kissing. "Hughie" I say annoyed. The fuck did I just say to him a bit ago? Was knowing her story not enough? Here he is kissin a fuckin supe!

I continue "thought that was you. Ha. Oh. We apologize I didn't mean to interrupt." He looks like a deer caught in the headlights. Good. "No. Hi I'm Annie" starlight says. I shake her hand "Billy. And this is my wife Katherine. Old mate of hughies" I'm nudged at the wife thing by her but I don't give a shit. All she gotta do is marry me again. We both know it's inevitable.

"You have a lot of friends showing up here" Annie says. Hughie replies "yeah seems like it" and Katherine says "you're that new girl in the seven aren't you?" "Guilty" Annie says. I say "wow. It's a pleasure to meet you. And might I say how marvelous it is that so many more women are in positions of power" Annie asks her "aren't you the vampire?" "Yeah. Keeping shit Lowkey." Is Katherine's reply. I continue sitting pulling Kat onto my lap "you know if I'm perfectly honest. Translucents always been my favorite. What's he up to?"

Annie says "I think he's on a mission" "I think I read that actually he's been gone a long time hasn't he? I do hope he's alright" I say. I know my wife tore his heart out but she don't gotta know that. I could just say Hughie killed him. Which I can see that he's understanding by the look on his face. She says "you know what I'm gonna go get us a pitcher. Billy you like let me guess...Guinness?"
I pull my wife closer onto my lap and she moves makin me hard. Tease. "I like what you like" I reply. Once she's gone I say "well well well"
"Butcher" Hughie starts

I say "bet she's quite tasty up close and personal I get what you see in her" his response "that wasn't what-"
I cut him off "I thought we had an understanding." "We do we do it's not what-" I cut him off "not what it looks like? Cause from where we're sitting it looks like you've got your tongue halfway down the oppositions throat. Jeopardizing the mission for my wife" "she is not the opposition. She's a good person okay? She can help us. Your wife is a supe too" he snaps.

I glare "bring up Katherine again grouping her with those assholes again and I'll shove my foot so far up your ass you'll be tastin my boot. And help us? What do you think she's gonna do when she finds out everything you've done to oppose against her team?" "When she finds out?" He asks. Katherine says "when." And stands and I do the same taking her hand in mine "give her my best" And we leave.