One More Time - Soldier Boy

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warning: inappropriate jokes & scenes that some readers may not find funny or disturbing. i'm already going to hell, so i've made peace with that.

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Butcher struggled to get up and when he did, he saw Morgan with her back against the wall and her eyes wide open.

Please don't be dead, don't be dead— "Morgan!?"

"Fuck you, not so loud!"

Thank christ... what's going on with this girl? Butcher rushed to her first, he knew Homelander would be distracted by Ben and that Soldier Boy himself would be okay but he could've sworn the girl was standing above him not to long ago. "What happened?"

Morgan was just in shock. About two things. One: her foot was fine, not a scratch or a burn. Two: how the fuck was she alive?

"...Heard another round of him with his fuckin' lasers... did he?" Morgan nodded slowly as he helped her up, while Homelander's lasers didn't hurt her personally she did feel sore from the constant slamming against solid objects. "Fuck, woman, you're full of surprises... don't ya think...?"

"I don't want to think about that right now, Billy."

Right. When she says his name, it's business. Butcher places a hand on the side of her cheek and he could see that she wants to cry but she's holding it back, he uses the side of his thumb to rub small circles.

"...Either way, did you take Temp V? That would've taken you down in a heartbeat." he would be furious if she did, the woman gave him shite for that for days. The look in her eyes say other wise though.

"No." Butcher stared down, Morgan looks at him with fear. "Whatever it is I don't want it, Butcher." she says it with such a panicked tone it makes him mildly worried.

"I know... we'll sort it out later... right now, we gotta supe to kill."

"You do, I sure as hell don't."

Morgan loved him, but she wouldn't kill anyone.

Well... maybe her brother.

And they have a good reason to.

"Scratch that, I will."

"'Atta girl."

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The fight did not go well. It was going fine at one moment, they all had him pinned down — Soldier Boy was ready to blow, Homelander's eyes were glowing menacingly.

Butcher even swore he saw Morgan glowing the same shade as Soldier Boy — she was; because Ben noticed to and he gave her a look, despite mid murder he seems to tell her don't.

While he was triggering his own powers, Homelander was growling and hissing like a feral dog — he would not let them take him down so fucking easily.

He screams. It's feral — it's brutal; he shuts off his lasers and sonic booms upwards towards the sky, the sonic boom of his take off knocking the whole party that was attacking him down to the fucking ground.

Everyone was exhausted.

So what did Ben suggest?

The Legends.

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As soon as they got to his penthouse, they all crashed. Legend looked at the four of them like they had just had the wildest party of their life, everyone looked beaten and bruised like an apple that slipped off the counter.