The Boys- Apprentice

The Supervillain Threat

Over the next few weeks, the president initiated a state of emergency, bypassing the FDA, and making Compound V available to the police and soon ICE. None of this had happened yet, but it would be happening soon. To be honest, I had mixed feelings on this, on the one hand, with more people having superpowers, I probably won't be as important very soon, but with the police and proper authorities having superpowers, crime would probably drop, and people will be a lot safer as criminals will be apprehended much easier than ever before. This was also very much needed as somehow criminals seem to be getting access to Compound V and with them having access, then the regular police definitely needed some type of advantage to offset this, and giving them superpowers did seem like the best solutions.

I also started to do videos, along with the other remaining members of the 7 on what to do in case of a supervillain attack. Homelander did videos on what to do in case of an attack at a school, and I made videos and presentations on what to do in a hospital in case of an attack. We set up drills for the doctors to do if there is ever an attack. I also helped set up a few seminars with banks so they would have an idea of what to do in case of a supervillain trying to rob them. Cliché, I know, but with actual supervillains being a thing now, who knows what could happen.

Oh, another thing that happened, I learned that Homelander has a kid. I ran into him while he was being entertained by Ashley Barrett, Vice President of Hero Management, who looked like she was going to lose her mind trying to keep Ryan, the kid, entertained. While I was there, I figured I could help keep him happy. I quickly told Ashley, "Hey, I can watch Ryan here for you until Homelander gets back, you look pretty, uh, frazzled over there. Why don't you go and get some rest."?

She quickly responded with an affirmative, looking very relieved. While I was there, I started entertaining him with a piece of steel, shaping it to look like Homelander standing next to the kid. He seemed to like that so I gave it to him, and right as I was about to show him a few more tricks with my powers Homelander walked in.

"Homelander" I called out, "it's good to see you, and it was nice to meet your son Ryan here."

He looked a bit surprised to see me, "Metallic, what are you doing here?" 

"I was just walking over to talk to Ashley when I found her entertaining this little guy. She looked exhausted so I offered to look after him until you got here. We've been having a little fun over here waiting for you. I'll leave you on your own if you're ready to take him back, I've got some work to do. Ryan, it was nice to meet you. Bye Homelander, Stormfront."

With that I left the room after they had responded with their own greetings and good byes. 

Later that day, as I was walking through Vought, I saw a news update saying that Stormfront was a 100-year-old Nazi. I didn't believe it at first, I'd heard plenty of fake stories come out of the news before. I decided that I wouldn't make any solid choices on Stormfront until I was able to talk to her. 

Unfortunately, or fortunately I never got that chance. I learned that Stormfront had been killed by Queen Maeve and Starlight the very same day that it was revealed that she was a Nazi. We held a press conference soon after the reveal of Stormfronts background. In that conference, we told the public of the "capture" of Stormfront and how she was the real perpetrator to all of Starlight's crimes. Director Edgar then informed the public that he would be calling a halt to the release of Compound V for an indefinite amount of time. This both disappointed and gave me some reliefs I thought that this was needed to combat the growing threat of super villains, but I was also nervous as I thought that if Compound V became more widely used, the wrong people may get it, exasperating the growing number of supervillains.

As the conference came to a close, I came up to Homelander and said, "I'm sorry about what happened to Stormfront, I know you two were close." Even though she was a, well, Nazi I still considered her to be a friend. I felt betrayed that she had committed those crimes, but I wish that I had gotten the chance to talk to her about everything that had happened. Unfortunately, I would probably never know the full truth about Stormfront and her history.

Homelander just walked off after hearing my comments. I didn't take it personally, he was grieving. Then, I went home for the day, sad at the loss of a friend, angry at her betrayal, and so many other complex feelings that exhausted me. As soon as I hit the bed, I fell asleep instantly.