Am I a Hero? (Male Homelander Reader x DC)

Torn

Luthor knew his most essential serum were stolen, yet being locked up once again halted all progress he could make.

(A day earlier)

The sky in Metropolis was blue that warm morning. Birds sang overhead to their mates as they flew back to their nests, people along the street were just vibing and enjoying the peace for once

Rarely does a peaceful moment occur in Metropolis. So for one to happen is almost like a holiday for the poor abused citizens. For once it seemed like life was going to be alright

But one soul was losing his absolute shit up in his billion dollar tower overlooking the city. All of his secret warehouses were raided by the Justice League, so not only is he down on money and weapons, but also valuable research he desperately craved

"Damn it! How did they even know of the warehouses?!" Luthor cursed

He was breathing heavily in anger. It seemed like no matter what he did, no matter how secret it was, the Justice League was always 2 steps ahead of him

"What was all lost?" Luthor asked, calming down a bit

"An estimated 85% of new research, which equates to 5.9 billion dollars down the drain. We also lost crates of heavy weapons, but those are replaceable" A secretary said

Luthor huffed

"Do we still have the vials?" Luthor asked

"Yes sir. But I'm afraid to report that they may be discovered as well" The secretary said

Luthor cracked his neck and thought for a second

"Call up the mercs. We need distractions around the city if we want to transport the vials. I'll personally oversee the operation" Luthor said

The secretary nodded and walked off to call the mercs

As soon as the doors closed behind her, the woman smirked

"We got a window, sir" She whispered

"Excellent job. You can leave now before your cover is blown. Anti-Intelligence is getting stiffy" Mr Edgar said in a hidden microphone

"Gladly"

And with that, the peaceful day was ruined by a string of assaults by Luthor's hired mercenaries. The Justice League swept into Metropolis to fight off the horde commanded by Luthor while he sent out his vials

What Luthor didn't know was that halfway through the vials being transported the convoy was attacked and everything stolen. At this time, Luthor was in a mech suit fighting off Superman with his comms array damaged and unresponsive

Which leads us to now

"I acted foolishly. How low of you Luthor. One of the smartest and richest men on earth and yet played like a fiddle by a third rate spy" Luthor growled to himself

Now released on a very expensive bail, he walked through his manufacturing warehouse. A new and improved mech suit was being built. A chunk of Kryptonite was loaded as the power to the suit, illuminating the lights and weapons of the suit

"We bring the fight to Vaught directly. Kill the head off the hydra, and burn the stubs before more poisonous heads pop out" Luthor said

"Sir, what about Superman?" A soldier asked

As if on cue, a massive warhammer was brought from across the warehouse and slotted into the mech suit, glowing green almost instantly

"Two birds, one stone. Vought and Superman. All in one go" Luthor said, a smile slightly cracking through his normally composed face

But Luthor was not known for such reckless plans with little time of planning. But this time was different. For he had a little emotion tugging the wires in this brain

Fear

Fear of what Vought would do with the serum. Never before has he been so scared of something. Usually under these circumstances he would take a load off with one of his favorite past times, but now they only fed his hungry anxiety

Unseen by everyone, he twitched in his mech at the thought of everything going wrong. He laid out the plan himself, but it was like his entire being was screaming at him that it was wrong

And it was wrong, horribly wrong

Being beaten in a fourth of the time he predicted, with Superman dodging and seemingly uncaring of the Kryptonite. His vials were stolen, and his pride was shattered

So now a ashamed Luthor sat in his cell

Luthor bounced his leg up and down, usually he wouldn't be so worried with such a defeat but now he knows the true extent Vought could go to

If they could reverse engineer the serum, which they proved to be close to doing, they would have a chemical plan of a very dangerous drug. And then they could do anything they wished with the drug

But what shook Luthor was the blood sample they picked up during the battle. This feat alone could weaponize the serum by up to 500% alone. Something even he never thought of

And that's the one he most fears

Making a superpowered army

But not just a superpowered army,

A Superman army