Chapter 24: Distraction!
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"Oi Benji." Butcher begins. "You can't stay here." He say's.
"What why?" The ten year old asks.
"Cause the Seven are gonna know soon that Translucent is missing. Normally they wouldn't care, but when they can't find a chip signal they'll know something is up." Pauses.
"I need you to distract those cunts so we can deal with this cunt." Gestures to Translucent.
"Is that what I am?" Ben asks. "The distraction guy, like Shaggy and Scooby?" He compares since they exist in both dimensions.
"Listen." Butcher starts. "Of the four of us only you can take on the Seven and get away without a scratch." He reminds him.
"Personally I don't wanna send you, but I gotta. Unless you wanna hand me your little alien costume shop on your wrist there?" Points to the Omnitrix.
Ben looks down at his wrist. "Ok fine." Sighs. "Anything specific?"
"Just show them up." Butcher simply says. "Save a life, instagram it and what the fuck."
"A gala." Frenchie points speaks. "Vought is hosting a little gala maybe you can crash it?" He suggests.
"Grownup party lame." Ben whines, before walking away. A minute after he leaves Butcher and Frenchie get back to talking.
"You heard the kid." Butcher say's. "Those little diamonds can break his skin."
"Yes but those are small to make into effective bullets." Frenchie answers. "I could mix them into a grenade but I don't know if it will be powerful enough."
"Well what about a shotgun?" Butcher suggested. "Aim it at the head and boom he's off."
"Could work." Frenchie admitted. "But we'd only get one chance. And I'd lose all my payment, if it was for that."
"Course it fuckin' wasn't just needed you to say yes." Butcher answers.
Hughie watched this interaction with shock. "You're gonna kill him?" He asks.
The two foreigners look at the American and the Brit says. "Well we didn't bring him here for a fucking Happy Meal." He points out.
"But-but you told him." Hughie tries to reply, gesturing to where Ben walked.
"Would you tell a child you're about to commit murder?" Frenchie say's inhaling his cigarette.
"Still I don't... I thought we'd question him or something." Hughie replies. "I don't know, you get a... you get ahold of someone this big..."
"At Gitmo, we had to water board Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times over six months to get him to talk just once." Butcher tells Hughie about the man who is charged with helping to orchestrate the 9/11 attacks.
"Now, we ain't got six months. Heck if Benny boy wasn't here I would've doubted if we even got six hours."
Hughie processed this before replying. "There are so many crazy things about what you just said, but right now, you're talking about randomly killing one of the most famous men on the planet." Pauses.
"A goddamn national treasure. I mean... people tend to notice that kind of thing."
"And if we let him go." Butcher begins to reply. "What do you think the Seven are gonna do to us?" Pauses. "You can't get A-Train if you're a greasy smear on the pavement." He reminds him.
"I'm not a murderer." Hughie says.
"That's all right." Butcher pats Hughie on the back. "I am."
As Butcher and Frenchie were about to get to work Hughie gets an idea. "What about a small test to get him scared?" He suggests the two then turn to the rookie.
"Like use a small one to show we can kill him and maybe he'll talk."
"The small bits won't do a fuck." Butcher points out. "You heard Frenchie."
"No but it will still pierce the skin a bit." Frenchie corrects.
"And if it does." Hughie adds.
"You think he'll be scared of a little paper cut?" Butcher asks.
"If you thought you were indestructible wouldn't you?" Hughie replies.
Butcher smiles and nods. "Alright we'll try it your way. Then we'll off is arse."
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Seven Tower
As Stillwell and Homelander discussed the Baltimore mayor a news broadcast came up as The Deep was finished with his report of the downed plane. "Fucking him again." Homelander grits.
Since it was muted he only went by the headline. 'Shifter saves apartment building full of family's.'
The video shows Heatblast running inside and then the subsequent flames disappear slowly. Another video shows him visibly absorbing the fire.
Stillwell then grabs the remote to I mute it as a live feed of Heatblast comes on. "Can you answer a few questions?" A reporter asks.
"I'm a Hero, I save lives can't waste time like Vought posers." He jabs before running and taking off.
"Another critical remark of Vought's Heroes as Shifter continues to save lives." The news caster said. But the noise fades as Homelander grinds his teeth in anger.
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In another part of the city a teenage blonde girl was standing on top of a building and was working up the nerve to jump. "I wouldn't do that." A deep voice tells her from behind. The girl turns around and see's the Hulking form of Diamondhead.
"Go away." She tells him.
"Sorry can't." Diamondhead replies, taking a few steps forward. "Hero." Gestures to himself then to her. "Life in danger."
"So you're gonna catch me or something?" She asks.
"No, otherwise you're gonna do it again." Diamondhead replies, taking some more steps until he's next to her. "I'm just here to listen."
"To-to what?" The girl say's.
"Whatever you're gonna say. Though I'd like to know why you wanna, you know." The alien answers before pointing to the ground.
"I don't wanna talk about it." She say's defiantly.
"Ok." Ben relents. "Name's Diamondhead." He introduces but gets no reply. "And you are?..."
"Julia." She answers, quietly.
"Julia." Diamondhead say's. "People call you Jules or J or something?"
"Jules sometimes."
"So..." The rock like alien drags. "What do you want to talk about?"
Julia then turns to him with a baffled expression. "Do you even know what you're doing?" She asks.
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