(Re-Write) The Soldier's Superhero

Chapter 30

Waring: PTSD, depression, anxiety, burnout, lack of self-care

They had to put Tiger General in a special containment prison, along with his clones. After his capture was a success, the U.S. decided it would be best to announce this publicly by holding a U.N. meeting and broadcasting everything that had been found.

Of course, that meant revealing Fliqpy to the whole world considering the whole operation. A lot of shit went down, especially when there was backlash for why nothing was done about the tens of thousands of people who were used by Tiger General and his allies, as well as fear that America had taken the research itself to use themselves, which caused some tension among the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Splendid and Splendont, as well as Zappy, Silky, and Foxy had to make public statements basically announcing they were separate from the government only in the sense they would be neutral heroes, fighting for everyone who needed it, but only if it was for something like Tiger General. They all made it pretty clear they would stay in America, and most of Splendont's reasoning — when he took up speaking on everyone's behalf when press and ambassadors started throwing hissy fits about it — basically shut everyone up... since he basically threatened to ravage countries and destroy sources of income if they kept "disrespecting and crossing their decision."

Splendid couldn't spend more than a few minutes away from Fliqpy though, so he found this out after the fact when he made his statement first and left soon after.

Fliqpy...

He wasn't the same after they got back to the base.

"Okay. Mr. White got us a private bunker outside of the base." Splendid stated as he walked into the inconspicuous home, still carrying Fliqpy. "Is this okay?"

Fliqpy had panicked when he tried to go into the military base. He was terrified. It was something Splendid wasn't prepared for. He had to wait outside for a few hours until Mr. White found them something close and protected.

He noticed Fliqpy turn his head ever so slightly, so he turned in a small circle while walking in so he could look around. When Fliqpy didn't react, he took it as an "okay" and shut the door. Definitely homey and lightly lived in, they must have cleaned it up for them. It was a nice place to stay and recover.

He walked over and carefully set Fliqpy down on the couch, "Let me make something to eat—"

Fliqpy clenched the front of his shirt tightly when he started to moved back, his voice soft, "No..."

Splendid blinked, reaching up and touching his hands softly, "You need to eat—"

"No!" Fliqpy cried, his breath hitching and his body trembling when Splendid tried to leave again.

He only managed to leave when the press conference was held because Fliqpy passed out. Now that he was sure he wasn't with Tiger General as a prisoner, he woke up at the slightest sound. He was paranoid, grabbing onto him constantly to feel his heart and heat. Like he wasn't sure if he had really been saved or not.

Splendid flinched at this and quickly wrapped his arms around him, "Okay, okay. How— how about you come to the kitchen with me then? Hm? How about that?"

Fliqpy shook in his arms, still hiccuping and holding onto him, "... mhm..."

Splendid frowned at the memory as he looked down at Fliqpy from where they were laying on the mound of pillows he requested Mr. White bring to the house. In one of the rooms, he had completely removed any furniture they weren't using and built a fort instead of using the bed. Fliqpy would not lay down on the bed.