A lot has happened in the last few hours. In a sense, people already knew the supes and were familiar with all of them.
Homelander, who was strong and powerful.
Queen Maeve, who was beautiful and powerful.
The Deep, Black Noir, among the rest.
All of them were from The Seven, and of course there were others too, who belonged to smaller groups and were weaker.
But in the last few hours, a new arrival had appeared. That's what the entire upper echelon of investors and partners was talking about.
He appeared suddenly, and within a few hours he saved several people across the country. Minor cases, but it was still clear to everyone that he was someone strong with very interesting abilities. His abilities were curiously very similar to Homelander's.
Super strength, flight capability, and who knows what else he could do.
Knowing this, they gathered to discuss 'business'.
All these shareholders, including Vice President Madelyn Stillwell, were present.
She was standing while the others were seated at a large table.
'I called you all here to discuss a very important matter,' she said with a smile.
One of the shareholders, who wasn't very happy with this meeting, asked, 'What could be more important than our time?'
'That's a good question. We have several heroes working for Vought, and they bring us billions of dollars annually. A large part of those billions, well, is because of Homelander. His strength, his charisma,' she said.
Another shareholder asked, 'So what? We already know that. If we didn't, we wouldn't invest in them,' said another shareholder. The others who heard seemed to agree.
'True. Exactly as you said. I'll get straight to the point then. A few hours ago, another supe appeared, and we know nothing about him. We know he's strong, handsome, and light-skinned. His powers seem very much like Homelander's according to the footage. I believe anyone who manages to get a contract with him could do very well...' she said.
Murmurs spread among the shareholders.
'It can't be... like Homelander? But that's impossible...'
'See for yourselves then...' she said, showing the civilian footage.
The shareholders watched and soon became interested. Apparently, easy money could fall into their hands if they could get a contract with this newly appeared supe.
'I don't know what you're all thinking, but I'm sure you must be interested. You have permission to use any methods to bring him to Vought. Vought would be very happy to welcome another powerful supe. That's it. Toodles,' said Madelyn Stillwell, leaving.
As she left the room, Stillwell found her assistant Ashley standing outside waiting, looking somewhat annoyed. But she soon asked, 'Ashley, can you call Homelander for me?' asked Stillwell.
'I can...' Ashley thought. To be honest, it wouldn't be much, but she would have to go.
'Great, thank you very much. Please have him come to my office,' she said.
'Yes, ma'am...' Ashley replied.
After that, Ashley left and went to Homelander. She found him and relayed what Stillwell had told her to say.
After that, Homelander went to Madelyn Stillwell's office.
Arriving there, he found her.
She was sitting on the couch waiting for him, wearing less clothing than usual.
'I'm here. What do you need?' asked Homelander.
Stillwell, patting the sofa, said, 'Sit here. It's been a while since we talked.'
Homelander just approached and sat down next to her.
'You've grown so much, my baby. You're so big now. It's been a while since we spent time together,' she said.
'Yeah, but I'm not going to do that kind of thing anymore...'
'Put your head here, come on,' murmured Stillwell softly, referring to her lap.
Homelander, who was an abnormal man, couldn't resist and placed his head on her lap.
Why was he like this? He probably didn't even know himself.
Stillwell then began to stroke his hair, nothing sexual.
'Is this good?' she asked.
'Yes...'
'I need you to do something for me...'
Meanwhile, elsewhere at Grace's house
James overdid it. He spent more time than expected 'saving' people. He kind of enjoyed doing it.
Arriving home, or rather at Grace's house, he quickly changed his clothes before landing. He made sure to check that no one was watching.
He changed his clothes, and the first thing he did was go lie down on the sofa and ended up turning on the TV. Grace wasn't home at the moment, nor was anyone else, just him.
When he turned on the TV, it was on a cooking channel and such, which didn't please him, so he started changing channels.
Most were talking about heroes saving America, the usual stuff.
But to his surprise, he was already on TV too.
When he realized this, he couldn't help but sit up.
'In the last few hours, an unknown hero has been all over our country saving people. In one day, he helped more than 30 people. Who could this new hero be? What does Vought have to say? When will they reveal their new hero to us??' said a reporter on TV.
'Oh shit, I'm on TV,' murmured James. But wait, wasn't that the plan?
He changed to another channel, and they were talking about him too.
'A new unknown hero. Who could he be? What's his name? We still don't know. Little is known.'
'I guess I'm not going back to school...'