Chapter 5

I'm trying my best, truly I am, but I'm getting the worst case of writer's block. 

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 Chapter 5

"…I got it?" A young blonde haired woman asked out loud in disbelief as she looked at her mom with wide eyes. Her mother looked at her in equal disbelief, despite the fact she would always tell her she would get in. No longer being able to hold back her excitement she screamed out in excitement along with her mother. "I got it!"

They quickly calmed down and tried their best to play it off as an error of the device. Despite that, however, a face-splitting smile was on her face at the fact that she got into The Seven! The world's greatest team of heroes of all time!

Curiosity began to gnaw at her as she pondered how she was accepted so quickly into the team of renowned heroes, considering she had only sent her interview video a week ago.

"Do you know why I got accepted so fast? There were probably millions of people trying to apply for a position in The Seven. It should've taken at least a month or two."

Her mother waved her hands and mouthed to her to not look a gifted horse in the mouth, but was ignored. Annie focused her attention on the phone, she had to know. The person on the other side of the phone took a long pause before they answered her question.

"…it was actually Homelander himself that pushed for your position on the team." The voice coming from the phone said, much to the young woman's shock.

Her mother looked at her with raised eyebrows, wondering what got her daughter even more surprised than getting accepted into The Seven. 

"H-Homelander was the one who-" Annie stuttered out, causing her mother's eyes to widen.

"Got you into the team, yes." They interrupted, trying to quicken the call so they could hang up and move on to another call.

"He saw your video and must've liked what he saw, now if you may excuse me I have other calls to attend to." With that said they hung up the phone. 

The two of them stood in stunned silence, barely able to comprehend what just happened. Ten minutes passed before they began screaming and freaking out that Annie January got into The Seven with Homelander of all people supporting her!

"AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"

The deafening scream of two women could be heard throughout the neighborhood. Annie couldn't wait to tell her team, The Young Americans, of her accomplishment!

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The Seven's Tower

She was at The Seven's Tower! The Seven's Tower! A place she could only ever dream of being in! Annie looked around with eyes filled with excitement and awe, unable to believe that she was soon going to be part of The Seven!

She was at the entrance where she came in from and felt the blast of wind blow past her hair. The tower, more like a flying giant airship, was thousands of miles in the sky. The only way for anyone to get up there was either a jet or a hero with the ability to fly.

She was waiting for the person who was going to give her a little tour of the station. Who it was she didn't know, apparently it was going to be a surprise, whatever that meant. 

She continued to look around and observed everything that caught her attention, ranging from the flying jets, and the people busily working, to the pictures of heroes that decorated the walls. 

"I must say, the entrance might have caught your attention, but wait until you see the interior," a deep, masculine voice stated from behind her. Startled, she turned around and found herself face to face-with the world's greatest hero in all his glory. "So... are you ready for the tour?"

Her words stumbled as she tried to comprehend the situation. Meeting the number one hero in the world left her flustered and overwhelmed, drowning in embarrassment. "H-Hi? You... uh, what..."

A warm smile from the hero eased her anxiety, if only slightly. "Hello. I apologize for being late. I had to handle a runaway vehicle filled with enough money to buy a small country. I hope it didn't cause any inconvenience?"

"N-No! Not at all," Annie stuttered, struggling to form a coherent sentence. It felt surreal to meet the man she had only seen on TV, standing right in front of her. "I-I'm sorry. I never expected to meet you in person! You're Homelander, Earth's greatest hero!"

"Call me John. Hearing 'Homelander' all the time can get annoying, I can assure you," John replied with a chuckle, gesturing for Annie to follow him. With a beaming smile, she eagerly trailed behind him, her excitement palpable.

They walked down a massive hallway, spacious enough to fit ten She Hemonths end to end. Annie continued to marvel at the tower's grandeur, a few steps behind the hero leading her.

Pausing for a moment, Annie's eyes fixated on a captivating photo of Queen Maeve and Homelander, surrounded by children dressed in tattered rags at a charity event. The photo captured Homelander completely engrossed with the children, hardly acknowledging the camera. Maeve was smiling, it was truly beautiful as she watched John being surrounded by children looking up to him with amazement and wonder. 

Noticing that she stopped following him, John turned around to see why she stopped. Seeing her looking at one of the pictures that were hanging on the walls, he couldn't help but sigh. He knew he should've taken them down when he had the chance.

"Did you find something interesting?" Homelander questioned as he walked up to her to see which picture she was looking at, praying to whatever higher power was out there that it wasn't one of him. His tense expression soon softened however when he noticed it was one of the ones he was actually fine with and was one that Maeve personally hung up. 

Annie nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard him behind her, but soon relaxed when she realized it was just him. 

"Y-Yeah, this picture caught my attention and I couldn't help but stop and look." She said, hoping that he wasn't angry at her even though she knew it takes way more than that to get him of all people angry. 

"It's fine, I would stop and look around too if I were in your shoes." He said smiling as he looked at the picture, remembering the happy memories back to that time. His smile became even wider when his eyes landed on a little girl tightly holding onto his cape. 

"I know this may sound…weird, but I wanted to ask which charity this event was." The young blonde-haired woman mumbled out, hoping that it wasn't too personal of a question. "I kinda kept track of all the charities that you took part in, but I can't seem to recognize the one in the picture."

"…you kept track of my charities?" John questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Noticing her mistake she quickly tried to correct herself, fortunately, John waved off her trying to explain herself. 

"It's fine, I get what you mean." The hero hummed, taking a moment before answering. "You wouldn't recognize it because this one was not made public, in fact, ninety percent of my charities are not." 

Annie looked at him stunned, her jaw dropped and her eyes bugged out. 

"Y-You mean to say that the ones that were shown were just the tip of the iceberg!?" She gasped out, knowing full well just how much money went into the charities that Homelander took part in. "Why did you keep it a secret? I can count on one hand how many heroes would want to keep their charities a secret!

"Just felt like it." John merely shrugged his shoulders and smiled before he began walking again knowing that she would follow. 

"Do you have any other questions you want me to answer?" 

"Uh, y-yeah! I have a lot of them actually!" 

"Don't be shy and ask away then."

"O-Ok, u-um, who is your favorite heroine?" 

He paused at the questions and turned around to look at her with an expression of disbelief at what he just heard.

"M-My friends dared me to ask you that!"