40 Aftermath - Homelander II

"Well, we performed the transfusions around the eight hours of operating once the other team managed to finish extracting from Ryan and synthesizing the Black V compound but well once we did it, nothing happened." He took a deep breath.

"As far as we could tell your body just kind of fully absorbed everything with no discernable changes. Your temperature was still hot and the radiation was still…high…abnormal. You're healing and blood coagulation was…normal human levels as far as we could tell."

"So what happened then?"

"Well seeing no perceptible change, we continued with the operation, we fixed as much as we could and called it quits when we couldn't, twelve hours in."

"Then how am I still super?" I asked confused.

"Well, we did a pin prick test every hour or so after we were done to check you and in the fourth hour after Dr. Ferrelli reported that it failed and all the things we had hooked you up to were expelled from your body." He took a slight breath and continued.

"Most of the sutured wounds were healed over and the burned areas showed considerable scarring as well there was considerable growth of skin and muscle on your damaged right arm." He paused slightly as I looked at my bandaged arm.

"Since then we haven't been able to penetrate your skin, all the medicine had to be administered orally or annually." I flinched at that last part but whatever he was the doctor he knew better. "Your eye though didn't regenerate, we had to remove the remains but the area around it had already started to scar when we found you in Harlem" he said.

"But overall the more important part was that you had cooled down to normal human temperature and the radiation subsided as well…at least until you just got angry now." He said and took a look at the machines near us.

I sighed. "So you used me as a guinea pig for your new untested compound and don't even know if it worked or not."

Martin scowled and I could see he wasn't pleased with my assessment.

"I'm giving you the short notes here, you have no idea how bad you were, even the video won't do justice to show you but I can read you the chart of all the things that were wrong with you"

I stopped him before he could go on. "No that won't be necessary. You're right. I'm sorry and thank you for saving my life."

The man loosed up and nodded in acknowledgment.

"Look, I need a few moments, to recollect and let all of this sink in." I said while my hand motioned at my state.

Martin nodded once again.

"I can give you half an hour. Ashley and the exec team along with the board want to see you ASAP and there's only so long I can keep Schiffler and Ferrelli of you. Now that you're awake they will want to run tests on you." I rolled my eyes at that.

"Hnhm, does Ashley have anything to do with the crowd outside?"

"You can hear them?" Martin asked back.

"How can I not" I said shrugging.

"That's good. It means that healed as well and yes she does, I'll let her tell you about that, fucking government pricks." He swore under his breath and I just raised my remaining eyebrow at him.

"Never mind that." He said shaking his head. "Washroom's over there through that door if you need it. Noir's outside call for him when you're ready."

I nodded and the man left me to my own devices.

I walked slowly to the washroom, with each step getting reacquainted with the feel of my body. That and I was trying to minimize the lingering pain.

I looked at the half mirror in the washroom and it wasn't pretty.

Scarred red skin on the right side of my face, even though it was hidden by the bandages I knew part of my hair was also gone. The scarring went down my neck to my shoulders where the bandages began again.

Part of me wanted to unwrap them to see the damage however I felt a surge of anger as I stared at myself in the mirror.

Homelander's feelings were bubbling up, the man was…had been a supremacist and took great pride in his perfect looks.

Seeing them now ruined must have risen whatever was left of him inside of me.

I felt heat and energy build more wild, chaotic and much hotter than when I used my laser vision, no, this was something different.

I heard the instruments in the other room start beeping, making static noises. As the heat and energy built my breathing got faster and I saw in the mirror my chest glowing red.

With almost frantic breathing I realized what was happening.

I needed to get it under control before I exploded.

I inhaled deeply through my mouth and exhaled in a controlled manner through my nose.

'Fuck this I'm in charge!'

I did it again and again while slowly pushing the energy through my whole body, circulating it as if were blood, with each breath.

I felt my heart rate slow and with it the energy buildup along with the glowing in my chest.

I brought my hands up in front of my one good eye, took a deep breath through my nose and as I exhaled slowly I willed the energy to move into my arms.

Immediately I felt heat from my stomach through my chest running down my arms.

I scowled, took another breath, sharpened my will and tried again with the same effect.

I did it again and as I finished my controlled exhaled I couldn't help but let a smile build upon my chapped lips.

'Like father like son!'

My palms were glowing with a bright, deep, red aura.

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Author Note: Here is Homelander POV and the extent of the damage.

I'm thinking of doing a Starlight or Ashley POV as well, let me know which one you would like to see most.

Homelander has lost some but he also won some.

Some of you have already guessed some of the things that Martin is going to develop with Kimiko's cells and V.

If the medical stuff didn't make sense or is not accurate well that's because I have no medical knowledge so I was winging it.

Homelander has now adapted to the radiation, like his daddy dearest, and he also has 'Black V' along with Ryan's stemcells and bone marrow in him.

What will that do to him? How will it help him evolve? Will he reach a new stage?

To find out tune in NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL….oh shit wrong show!