𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 | the boys 1

iii. 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆

~𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚, 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚, 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙄 𝙘𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨~

"Hey, kid! What do you want, you wanna' meet Queen Maeve? Starlight?" Translucent quizzed frantically as soon as the child entered his cell. Rowan just stared, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed - watching over him like a kid at the zoo - because that thing wasn't a human, none of them were. "I'll tell you what, you let me out of here and you can meet her!" He exclaimed.

She let out a small, unimpressed huff - still keeping her eyes fixed to the supe in slight disbelief. Translucent. The monster himself. A tiny smirk began to form across her lips - he was so desperate for escape, watching him grovel was possibly one of the most entertaining things she'd ever witnessed. She couldn't wait for them to kill him. One of The Seven - she could finally fuck about with them.

"I swear to God, kid, I can get you Homelander, if you really want. Just let me out of here, okay?"

Her eyes instantly darkened as he continued to plea for her to say a single word. With her jaw clenched, she reached for the cattle prod by the toolbox and clicked in the small button just to get used to the push back. She chuckled cynically at the sparkling and turned to the supe sat in the cage, poking the weapon through the bars to tease him like a toddler with a stick and a slug. Translucent cowered away from her when she turned it on again, being careful not to touch the bars but giggling silently to herself when he backed into the other side of the cage and screamed at shock waves of electricity pulsing through his body.

"I can get you Homelander! Just tell me what you want!" He yelled.

Rowan returned a cold scold, dropping the cattle prod back down in the corner and crossing her arms again. The fun was starting to fade. "I want you to fucking choke."

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Rowan watched, curiosity flooding her eyes as Frenchie delicately placed his headphones over his ears and set to work, mixing various liquids, heating them, connecting wires. She found watching him work almost therapeutic - again, she recognised some of the things he was using but she'd never seen anyone work the way he did. She learned from herself when it came to weaponry and defence, so it was strange seeing someone else fiddling with this kind of equipment for once.

Frenchie suddenly stood back up straight again, taking his headphones back off and pulling her back out of her distracted wondering,"Rounds coated in the same carbon meta-material as his skin." He said simply, scoffing as he inspected the jet black spike.

"Will it work?" Butcher loaded it into a rifle.

"Je ne sais pas."

Butcher firmed his grasp on the rifle and approached the door of Translucent's room as Hughie re-entered, oblivious and confused as to what they were doing,

"Guys?" He chased after them as Rowan opened the door and stepped through first, glaring at the cage once more, "What are you doing? Wait, no, no, wait!"

"Woah, woah, woah!" Translucent yelled, trying to buy himself more time - but Butcher wasn't having any of it. He mercilessly aimed the rifle at him and pulled the trigger.

The bullet ricocheted off him, bouncing around the walls and puncturing the electrical tape as they all ducked, trying not to get hit. She couldn't help but let out a restrained yelp as her legs quivered and she fell on her behind.