The Boys- Apprentice

Things Change

As I walked into the building I received a lot of pats on the back, and people telling me good job. I realized that I had walked into the building still wearing my costume. This had caused everyone to recognize me, I also remembered that I had just told everyone my identity so that was no longer a secret.  I panicked for a moment and then remembered that I had already talked about this with my family and that they said they would be ok with my identity being revealed so that was one worry off of my plate.

After that I took off my costume and was then introduced to some new duties. Apparently I had to manage my pr or public relations so Vought introduced me to a public relations manager who would help me manage my image. I had to make a new Twitter, Facebook, and an Instagram account that would all be used to promote my image. My new pr manager, Spencer would mostly be taking care of all of that.

Other than that I would be working with Queen Maeve on most of her missions from now on. This was, of course, the most exciting part of all of this. The fact that I would be an actual superhero from now on was amazing to me. When I finally got some free time away from everyone I decided to call my family to let them know how everything was going.

"Hi Dad"

"James, I just saw the news, it looks like you're becoming a success."

"Ya, everything has been going amazing, I get to train with Queen Maeve every week, and I'm going to be able to start going out on patrol next week.

"Well that sounds amazing, just be careful and make sure to call whenever you can, bye James, Love you."

"Bye Dad, love you."

After that conversation with my Dad, and having similar talks with my Mom and sister, I went about the rest of my day assured that everything was going well.

After that phone call Queen Maeve came over and told me that I would be meeting with the 7 today. This both surprised and excited me, I would actually be meeting the 7, not just passing by them in the hallway. This would also be my chance to meet Starlight in person.

I quickly followed Maeve over to the meeting room. I walked in and Maeve directed me to sit down next to her, so I quickly did. I then looked around to see most of the 7 sitting down next to each other. The only one I didn't see was Starlight.  

So, I was getting to meet 6 of the 7, still the coolest moment of my life. Everyone was silent for a moment and I stayed quiet too, not sure if I should say anything, so I decided to wait until I was spoken to. The moment of silence quickly passed when Starlight walked into the room and everyone looked over at her. She was quickly greeted by The Deep who called out that he was wondering if she was ever going to show up.

After a short moment of conversation occurring Homelander spoke, "Well I'm sure everyone has noticed we have a new addition to the room other than Starlight. If you haven't already heard, Queen Maeve has gotten herself something of an apprentice. Young Metallic over there is going to be working under Maeve so please try to make him feel welcome."

Stargirl quickly responded by saying, "Well it looks like I'm not the only new person here, it's nice to meet you".

The others also went on to give me some type of greeting, thought Black Noirs greeting was a short nod that left me a little unsettled. I quickly said, "thank you, it's a pleasure to be here, and I will make sure to help in any way I can."

I stayed silent for the rest of the meeting as the 7 talked about how their ratings have gone up and many other such topics. While this wasn't what I expected to be spoken about, I figured that these were topics that had to be discussed at some points. I expect that the 7 talked about more serious topics during other meetings.

After leaving the meeting with Queen Maeve I began to follow her to her office when she stopped me in the middle of the hallway. "Metallic, you've had a long day. I'm giving you permission to go home and rest for the rest of the day."

I paused for a moment unsure, and then responded, "Are you sure?" I hadn't really taken a break since I started apprenticing for Queen Maeve.

"Yes, I'm sure." 

"Ok, if you need anything at all, call me. Have a good day."

I then proceeded to walk out to the entrance of the building and then bumped into someone on the way out of the building.

"Oops, sorry there."

"Oh it's no problem." 

I looked over to see the brown haired man I had bumped into passing by me. I then continued on my way home. After getting home I did a short workout and then went to sleep.