Chapter 14: Introduction & ... !
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"Y-You're a Fed?" Hughie asks, with him and Ben following Butcher in the crowded streets of New York. "You don't sound like a fed."
"What, I can't immigrate?" Butcher replies, before telling him. "There's a giant green slapper with her ass in the harbor that says different."
"A what?" Ben asks, not knowing what Butcher was saying either from his accent or not understanding what that meant.
"You don't look like a one either." Hughie points out.
"No? What do I look like?" Butcher wonders, not at all bothered it.
"Like you're staring in the porn version of The Matrix." Hughie tells him.
Ben turns to the older kid and asks him. "The what in the what?"
Hughie looks to the younger kid. "Right. There's a kid." He say's, berating himself slightly for not watching what he was saying."
"Don't worry 'bout it." Butcher brushes off, before adding. "And it's all right there in black and white." Referencing the badge Hughie was still holding.
"Okay." Hughie accepts, walking faster so he was by Butcher's side. "Uh, exactly can I do for you?" He wonders, not knowing how he could help someone from the FBI.
Especially someone who found out about what really happened to Robin without actually being there.
"You got it all wrong Hughie. It's what I can do for you." Butcher begins.
"You see, you ain't alone son. It happens a lot more than you think. The fact is Supes lose hundreds of people a year as collateral damage." He informs both Hughie and Ben, who are surprised.
"No. Come on that'd be all over the news. People would be calling bloody murder." Hughie tries to reason.
"Aren't they just scammers and con artists?" Ben asks. His own ignorance of this dimensions 'Heroes' as well as his lack casualties blinding him to the reality.
"Yeah, look there may be the odd mention of it now and again, like with Robin." Turns to Ben.
"And con artists don't care who they hurt as long as they make a fuckin' buck out of it. Cause they'd fuck their granny and put in on Pornhub sooner than owning up to the truth."
"What are you saying?" Ben ask's.
"There's a whole fuck-sight more happening that just get's swept under the rug." Butcher answers.
"Why though?" Hughie questions, not comprehending why anyone would do that.
"Ain't it obvious?" Butcher stops and gestures to the Vought based advertisements all over. "Movie tickets, merchandising, theme parks, video games." He lists, before continuing.
"A multi-billion dollar global industry supported by corporate lobbyists and politicians on both sides."
Ben's eyes were drawn to one ad showing a supe named Starlight being a new member of the Seven.
"But the main reason that you won't hear about it is 'cause the public don't want to know about it." Butcher tells them before going on.
"See, people love that cozy feeling that Supes give them. Some golden cunt to swoop out of the sky and save the day so you don't got to do it yourself."
"So basically for money and power." Ben surmises.
"Part of it." Butcher agrees before adding. "if you knew half the shit they get up to... Ooh... Fuckin' diabolical." The Brit then takes a showy step back and with a smile say's. "But that's where I come in."
"Come in to... to do what?" Hughie asked, curious to know.
"Spank the bastards when they get out of line." Butcher told him, shifting his expression into a serious one.
"What's with you and the spanking?" Ben wondered, seeing that as a red flag.
Hughie though had his own question. "How do you spank a supe?"
"Come on, son." Butcher say's, ignoring the questions and turning to walk somewhere else.
"Uh, where?" Hughie called out.
"You'll love it." Butcher shouts back, not stopping.
"Uh, not likely." Hughie disagrees, before telling him. "Uh, listen. I think this is good; I'm good. Uh, thank you for an extremely weird conversation, but, uh, I don't want to go to a second location with you. So, I'm gonna get back to work." Starts to turn around.
Before Butcher could Ben stops him. "Dude I don't know who Robin is, or who you are or even him or whatever universe this is." He starts to say and adds.
"But five seconds after this deal is gone you're gonna wonder how much of a dweeb you were for not taking it."
"Who are you?" Hughie asks.
"Name's Ben."
"Well Ben you seem like a good kid." Hughie replies. "But what can I do to help him? Wha-What can you even do?" He ask's.
"Well if he didn't think you could help then he wouldn't have tracked you done." Ben pointed out, then held up his left wrist with the Omnitrix. "And unlike the people at Vought I can actually go Hero."
"He's right mate." Butcher agree's. "What have you got to lose that you ain't already lost?"
Eventually Hughie agreed, but when they began walking to a second location Butcher stopped Ben. "Now hold up. The next place we going to ain't exactly age appropriate. Best you head on home." He tells the kid.
"Aw come on." The shapeshifter whines.
"I'm serious." Butcher affirms. "Tomorrow morning, meet us at this address." Hands him a slip of paper.
"A bar, Saweet." Ben replies, reading the paper.
"Don't be late." Butcher warns and they go their separate ways.
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Arctic:-
In the middle of the Frozen tundra, there was a crater. There was no debris from either a plan crash or drone, just a hole. Suddenly a cracked crystal hand grabbed the top.
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