Chapter 25: Trash Talking!
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Julia then turns to him with a baffled expression. "Do you even know what you're doing?" She asks.
"Not really." Diamondhead admits. "This is honestly my first time stopping a Suicide, before the attempt." He informs.
Then Julia begins to lift her leg to take the last final step, except. "I can only imagine what you're going through right now." The Alien tells her, making her stop.
"I mean it must be really bad, I'm lucky I only landed in a kind of unknown world and likely won't see my family again, but that's just me." He shares.
"Are you trying to make me feel more like shit?" Julia asked incredulously. "Cause I don't need your help with that."
"I'm just being honest." Diamondhead replied. "You probably have a better reason than me to jump off." Julia doesn't reply causing Ben to ask. "Riiiiiight?"
"No actually." Julia finally admits before taking a step back then a few more.
"Great now I feel stupid. Obviously a hero has more important stuff and shit than I do." Gestures to him before she starts crying.
"Hey hey hey don't be like that." Diamondhead tells here. "There's always gonna be someone hurting more than you, it doesn't mean your pain or you don't matter." In informs, while she wipes her tears and sniffs.
"I don't know how to help you after this." Diamondhead admits. "But the first step in dealing with a problem is talking about it."
Eventually Julia takes a deep breath and starts to walk away, but turns back to give Diamondhead a hug.
"Careful!" He urges before she hits him full force. "Or you'll end up like Road Runner." He informs her and she slowly wraps her arms around him.
He then reciprocates this with an awkward pat. After a few seconds she starts to leave but before she goes through the door she turns back.
"Thanks." She simply say's before closing the door.
Diamondhead smiles satisfied with the results. "Should've let her jump first." A new, but familiar voice comments and Ben's crystal face turns sour.
Turning around he see's Homelander float down and on to the roof. "Would've made for a better show." He adds.
"I helped her." Diamondhead replies. "That's what a hero does, not for the fame."
"But you like the attention." Homelander points out taking a few steps to the side. "It's only natural, after all it comes with the job."
"Yeah but unlike you I don't think I'm God." Diamondhead tells him.
"To them we are." Homelander replies, referring to the civilians without powers. "They build us statues, make art, songs and even food too." He reasons.
"Have you tried a Homelander Burger with freedom Fries? Dellllllllicious." He adds, exaggerating the 'L'.
"You mean all that dumb stuff Vought pays people to do in order psychologically manipulate idiots." Diamondhead responds.
"The only reason you're close to getting in the military is because there's hardly been anyone saying no. That and bureaucracy."
"Nothing is gonna stop us." Homelander tells the alien. "And nothing will."
"Except me." Ben points out.
"You're one guy."
"Who has beaten at least a half dozen of Vought's little trick-or-treaters." The Petrosapien reminds him.
"Let's go over the list." The two then begin walking in a circle. "First day I made a fool of A-Train, Maeve and Noir as Wildmutt. Then as Heatblast took on the Cold Couple, then Upgrade stopped Noir and Wildvine pounded Bluehawk into the dirt." He lists off.
Diamondhead snaps his fingers. "Oh and Fourarms gave you a run for your money." Points at Homelander.
"And then you ran." Homelander recalls.
"You didn't beat me." Diamondhead says. "Only one of the Seven I haven't fought is Starlight and that's cause she's new."
This causes Homelander to stop. "Starlight but."
"Yup." Diamondhead says. "Transloser and I had a nice little chat." He informs him. Hopefully by telling him this Homelander will focus on him rather than finding Translucent.
As Homelander's eyes lit red with anger and was about to attack he heard a drone. Looking back he saw it was filming them but couldn't tell who's it was.
"Wanna go another round?" The alien asks his arm turning into a blade.
"This isn't over." Homelander says before flying off.
As he leaves the drone comes close and Ben looks at it strangely. "Thanks." He simply say's before walking through the door Julia entered. He couldn't change here so hopefully he could in the complex.
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New Jersey:
"Wallah." Frenchie comments holding up a green tipped bullet. "Enough to penetrate the skin, but not to hurt him much." Gives the bullet to Butcher who examines it before loading it into a pistol.
"Here ya go." Swings the gun to Hughie.
"Me" Hughie exclaims, then points to himself. "Why?"
"Cause it was your fucking idea." Butcher reminds him. "You got until Frenchie is done with the shotgun and then we off him."
Hughie stutters and say's. "Look I've never even held a gun before okay. Except a Nerf gun."
"That's what this is." Butcher lifts up the gun to eye level. "A fucking Nerf Gun. So just point shoot and if it works it works and if it don't then it don't. Either way." Walks to Hughie.
"That Supe is going into the ground tonight." He adds in a hushed tone, thrusting the gun to his chest.
Hughie then hesitantly takes it before walking into Translucent's 'cell' and shutting the door.
Frenchie glances at Butcher before working into turning the remaining shards into into shotgun ammunition.
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In the defunct cooler
"So, listen, um, I need to ask you some questions about A-Train." Hughie begins, holding the gun with the barrel pointed down.
"When he, uh, burst through that woman the other day, Robin Ward." He say's with a pause trying to play it nonchalant.
"I-I need to know why. Where was he going? What was he doing?"
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