Ominous Fortune

You sat on a table in Vought labs as you swung your legs back and forth. You had a collar around your neck like usual to stop you from controlling other people's minds. You didn't really mind, you adapted pretty easily and were usually pretty happy as long as you had a bed, food and some toys. Which Vought was happy to give you considering you would scream bloody Mary until you got your way.

You were eating some chocolate pudding and watching cartoons while the doctors drew some of your blood. You saw a new doctor come in and looked at him, once the other doctors were done he came over to you and smiled. 'You must be Y/N,' he said as you smiled and nodded.

'Yep! You want some pudding?'

'I'm alright, sweetheart. You're kind to ask,' he said. You noticed he had a kind smile on his face, which was different to the other doctors.

'You're not a real doctor, are you?' you said. He chuckled and glanced around to make sure no one was watching.

'You're quite observant. What gave it away?'

'You have a nice smile and you look in my eyes when you talk. The doctors here just grab me and don't look in my eyes...they definitely don't smile, either,' you explained. The man looked at you sadly and kept making sure no one was watching.

'Well, you're right. I'm not a doctor here. I'm someone that doesn't really like the people here. Those superheros and these doctors, they aren't very nice are they?' he said. You looked away and nodded.

'They aren't real heroes. Not like the ones on TV,' you mumbled.

'How would you like to get out of here? You have to keep very quiet though,' he said. You looked at him in shock and tilted your head.

'Away from here? What about my toys? Wait, what's your name? Can I have more toys?' you asked. He chuckled and ruffled your hair gently.

'You can call me Marvin, kid. Unfortunately you can't take your toys with you, but I swear I'll get you new ones, okay?' he said. You sighed and put your teddy bear down and kissed it on the head.

'That's okay. Are we going now? Can we get ice cream?' you asked.

'We're gonna go when everyone else goes home, okay? I'll see you tonight, and I promise we can get ice cream on the way,' he said as you smiled brightly. 'You have to keep the secret, okay? No one can know that you're leaving.'

'Okay! I won't tell anyone.'

'Good girl. I'll see you tonight okay?'

--

You were in your little bedroom in the lab when you heard a noise. You smiled and stood up to see Marvin walking in with another man. 'Hi, Marvin!' you shouted. He chuckled and unlocked the door and let you run out. He chuckled and picked you up.

'Its good to see you again, sweetheart. This is Hughie, he's a friend,' Marvin said. You giggled and waved at Hughie who practically melted at how cute you were.

'Hi, sweetie. You ready to go? We're gonna get ice cream on the way,' he said. You giggled and nodded happily as Marvin held you.

'Yeah! I want ice cream!' you shouted happily. Marvin laughed softly and waited for the all clear from the rest of the boys waiting outside. Once out they rushed into the van and you sat down while Marvin buckled you in. You looked at the other team mates and smiled. 'I'm Y/N! We're getting ice cream,' you said as the team chuckled. Billy smiled and looked at you while Frenchie drove.

'Heard you got a pretty good power, darlin. You can make people do what you want?' he asked.

'Yeah! I haven't used it in a long time, last time I used it I had to make this man tell the people his secrets and then they exploded his head and I got covered in blood,' you said casually as Billy stared at you in shock.

'That didn't bother you?' he asked. You shrugged a little and kicked your legs back and forth.

'I've seen a lot of people die. One time I controlled a doctor to shoot himself in the head too,' you said. The rest of the team stared at you in shock as Billy chuckled.

'You're a dangerous little kid, huh? Well, I need you to promise us something.' Billy leaned in and looked at you. 'I'm gonna get that little collar off you, but I need you to promise you won't use those powers on us. Understand, darlin?'

'I understand! I won't use it on you guys, cause you guys are my friends now. I've never had friends. What ice cream are we getting?' you asked as Billy chuckled softly.

'Whatever ice cream you want.'

--

The boys had finally got you back to the base after getting ice cream. Marvin carried you in and looked down to see you fast asleep on his shoulder. He chuckled and got you tucked into his bed. He came back out and collapsed onto the sofa. 'You really think she won't use her power on us?' Marvin asked Billy.

'Maybe to get her more bloody ice cream, but nothing serious. She ain't ever had a family. This is her first chance at having people who actually care for her,' Billy said. Marvin looked at him in surprise, he hadn't expected Billy to care so much.

'If I didn't know any better I would say you care about her.'

'Oi, I'm not a complete monster. I see a kid in need and I wanna help... Plus, she can control Homelander and the other idiots,' Billy said.

'You gotta admit she's pretty cute.'

'Fine, she's bloody adorable.'

The next morning you stumbled out of Marvin's room and saw Hughie making some breakfast with Marvin. You yawned and rubbed your eyes. Marvin smiled and grabbed a cup of water for you. 'Here, have some water.' You took some slow sips before handing the cup back to him. He noticed the red marks around the collar on your neck, they would definitely have to get it off today.

'I miss my teddy,' you mumbled. Marvin looked at you sadly and kneeled down to you.

'I'll go out and get one for you today, okay? I need you to be good while I'm gone, can you do that?' he asked as he tucked your hair behind your ear.

'Yeah, I can be good! What's Hughie making?' you asked as you glanced at him in the kitchen.

'He's making bacon and eggs, does that sound yum?'

'Yeah! I've never tried bacon,' you said with excitement.

'I'll head out and get a few things and a teddy, I'll be back soon,' he said as he stood up and ruffled your hair. Marvin left and Billy came out to see you sitting on the counter and talking to Hughie.

'Talking Hughie's eat off, luv?' he asked. You giggled and looked at him as Hughie smiled.

'I definitely don't mind the company, she's got some good stories,' Hughie said as he played up everyone's breakfast.

'Do I get the collar off today?' you asked as Billy picked you up off the counter.

'You sure do, darlin. You gotta keep that promise to not use your powers unless I say so, alright?'

'Yeah! I understand, I don't wanna hurt you guys. You're my friends now, right?' you asked. Billy sat you down at the small table and smiled.

'We're definitely friends now, darling. And you don't hurt friends okay?' he said. You nodded and he placed a plate in front of you. 'Atta girl, eat up.'

After you'd eaten you sat next to Frenchie on the couch as he worked on unlocking the collar. You were happily watching cartoons while he muttered to himself in French. The collar came off and you looked at him and smiled. 'Look at that! I'm still a genius,' he said. You giggled and stood up and rushed to the kitchen. You focused and the freezer door swung open. Frenchie turned to Billy in shock. 'Did we know she could control objects too?'

'No... Thought it was just people but this is even better,' he said as they watched you climb onto the counter to get the ice cream out of the freezer. Billy could see you were about to fall and quickly rushed over to grab you. 'Bloody hell, you're gonna give me a heart attack. You can't have ice cream.'

You pouted and looked at him before you narrowed your eyes and he suddenly grabbed the ice cream and handed it to you. You giggled as he blinked a few times and looked at you. 'Oi! What was our one rule?' he asked sternly. Your smile faded and you looked at him in fear.

'I'm sorry... I forgot and I was being silly,' you whispered. Billy sighed and sat you on the counter.

'It's alright, darlin. You can't do it to us, alright? You do it when I tell you,' he said. You pouted even more and nodded. He hated how easily you could control him even without your powers. 'Fine, you can have the bloody ice cream but no more controlling me, got it?'

Vought was basically just one big soap opera, or heavily scripted "reality" television. The heroes just did and said what they were told and so did the villains, like you. You weren't a villain, not really at least. You just played the part, got your ass beat by the seven and hated by the entire world. You didn't get to live in a penthouse in vought tower like the heroes. You were shoved away at an abandoned mansion. There was only one other supe around with you and he was...weird. His power was being able to turn solids into liquids and vice versa. It sounded cool, but in reality he usually did fucked up stuff like turn people's bones into liquid or their blood into a solid. He was a true villain, one that still followed Vought's sick orders. Thankfully you technically weren't even human anymore and didn't physically exist. You tried to not think about it too much. All you knew it that your body could turn into nothing but a shadow and you could teleport between shadows. Since you were a child and became a supe you were obsessed with the Cheshire Cat. He was a lot like you, but a lot more playful. You tried your hardest to stay playful and fun in the face of fear and pain. Vought enjoyed it anyway, afterall your villain name was Cheshire. You just looked at it like an acting job...and the chance to make asshole supes feel better about themselves. You were lounging in the living room when you heard a noise and looked up to see Ron. You thanked your lucky stars he was gay so he wasn't creepy towards you like he was with basically every living man.

'The fuck do you want?' you grumbled.

'They want us at Vought. In the meeting room to be exact,' he said. You rolled your eyes and stood up.

'Fine, meet you there,' you grumbled begore you disappeared into the shadows.

You appeared into the meeting room of the seven and watched as they all fought, none of them even noticed you were there. Except Black Noir, he always noticed. He gave you a small nod and you smiled a little back before standing behind Maeve. 'Trying to kill each other again?'

'Fucking hell!' she shouted as she spun around and glared at you. You chuckled as the rest of the team rolled their eyes. You weren't well liked, that much was apparent.

'Cheshire, I told you the last time to stop!' Homelander yelled at you. You rolled your eyes and went back to leaning against the wall.

'Relax, can't handle a little jump scare?'

'You stay quiet, understand?'

'Got it, boss,' you grumbled. You kept quiet while the team spoke, until it was your turn to be brought up in conversation.

'That's when Cheshire is going to blow up the library,' Homelander said. Your head snapped up and you looked at him in shock.

'What!? I'm gonna blow up a library?'

'Well, no. Vought is going to, we'll just pin it on you. You just need to walk out of the wreckage for the cameras to see you,' he explained.

'Wait, are people going to die?'

'Probably a few, but it's worth it. That's when we'll have Starlight come in and save the day. That's why she isn't here, we need to make her believe it's real. Afterall she still thinks you're an actual villain,' he said. You sighed and looked away from them. You didn't know if you felt bad for Starlight or not. Maybe there was some bliss in ignorance.

--

You were in the mansion again and morphed your body into your usual "villain" costume that Vought had designed.

'Congrats, this is your first terrorist job,' Ron said. You glanced at him and rose an eyebrow.

'What?'

'You get to blow up a building, the media will definitely label you a terrorist. Especially because there's a kids reading event on today,' he said. Your eyes widened and you stepped forward.

'What? They're going to blow up children?'

'No, you're going to blow up children,' he said. You stared at him in shock and shook your head.

'Are you kidding me!? No, I'm not fucking doing this!' you shouted before disappearing. You ended up at the library and blended into the shadows. Ron was right, there was a big kids event happening. All these children that Vought was going to blow up like they were nothing.

'Okay think... Pulling the fire alarm will evacuate them but they'll still be too close,' you whispered to yourself. Your eyes then landed on Starlight and you looked at her in confusion. You didn't know she was going to be here when the explosion happened, they were going to force her to watch children die. You cursed to yourself as you watched her play with the kids. You moved through he shadows and found a librarian stacking books. 'Oh god I hate doing this,' you whined before you darted forward. She gasped and your shadowy formed morphed into her body and took full control. You shivered and cringed as you began to move inside her body. You made it over to Starlight and smiled at her.

'Miss Starlight, could I have a quick word?' you asked. She smiled and followed you away from the children. You emerged from the librarians body and she collapsed to the ground. Starlight looked at you in fear and then to the librarian.

'She's not dead, okay? Listen, this place is about to blow up and fucking kill all these children. You need to get them all out now,' you said. She grabbed you and slammed you against the wall behind you. 'If you don't, I'll fucking get inside your body and do it myself.'

'Why the hell are you warning me? You're Cheshire, the killer, the villain...a monster.'

'Wow, thanks. I don't have time to explain, but if you don't want these kids dead, get them the fuck out now,' you growled. She glanced around and watched as the kids played. 'I don't know how much time we have. Get everyone out and far away. This library is going down.'

'I don't trust you one bit, but on the off chance you're right... Fine, I'll get everyone out,' she said as she stepped back. 'Just know we'll capture you and bring you to justice.'

'Yeah, whatever. Go get them out!' you shouted before you disappeared again.

You watched nervously from the shadows as Starlight evacuated everyone from the library. You made sure to get the unconscious librarian out as well. You stood in the centre of the now empty library.

'You waiting for the big bang, luv?' you heard a voice say. You quickly turned and saw Billy Butcher.

'What the fuck are you doing here? You have to get out, this place is about to fucking blow up!'

'Yeah, about that, darling.' He whistled and the other boys emerged with the pipe bombs disarmed in their hands. 'I always had my theories about Vought getting people to act as villains,' he said. Starlight entered and looked at you.

'I've been working with the boys. I knew about this attack, I also knew it was Vought behind all of it. Not you,' she said.

'Well, you're smarter than the seven thinks you are. I'll give you that. So, what's the plan now? Homelander will be here any minute to kick my ass,' you said. Billy chuckled and stepped forward.

'I don't think you're the big bag cat you're made out to be. You helped Starlight get all the kids out, even risked your life to get an unconscious librarian out. How about a deal, sweetheart?' He stepped closer to you and looked you up and down. 'You can be our little spy on the inside. You can teleport in and out of shadows unnoticed. You get us the information we need.'

'What's in it for me?'

'Saving lives,' Starlight said.

'I need more than that, sorry.'

'I don't think you do, luv. I think you've been looking for a chance to have a team that doesn't see you as a puppet. So, you be our little spy and we'll...let you be in our little team. You know, eat pizza together and get drunk when we ain't workin,' he said. You couldn't help a small smile that cracked on your face.

'Well, I can't eat pizza or even drink...but it sounds nice. I'm still not weak or anything I'm just sick of the fucking seven. Tit sucking fuck that fucking runs the cunt mother fucker,' you grumbled as Billy laughed softly and clapped his hand on your shoulder.

'You're gonna fit in perfect, darlin.'

--

It had been a week since you'd joined the boys fight against Vought. It had been a pretty uneventful week and you decided to pop in on the boys. It was just Billy in the base and he screamed when just your smile appeared and then you. You laughed out loud and doubled over.

'That never gets old!'

'Yeah, stop taking the whole Cheshire thing literally. Bloody gave me a heart attack,' he grumbled. You floated over to him and hung upside down.

'Come on! It's fun,' you said with a big smile.

'You act liekt his aorund the seven, darlin?'

'No... I act all moody and shit, because I can't be myself I guess. I'm not annoying, right?' you muttered before you sat beside Billy.

'No, you ain't annoying, darlin. Just be yourself...well around us at least. Not the bloody seven,' he said. You nodded and smiled a little as you began to float again.

'I miss just floating around,' you muttered as you practically lounged in the air.

'Didn't expect the bad supe girl to be filled with childlike wonderment,' Billy teased. You smiled and disappeared, he looked around before you grabbed his shoulders.

'Boo!' you shouted. He chuckled and shook his head, he wouldn't admit it but he kind of liked the light you brought to the base.

'You're not great at that, darling.'

--

After about two months you had gotten close to the boys, but it had been a week since Billy had last heard from you and he was getting worried. Starlight hadn't seen you around Vought either, so he went to the source. The big bad mansion where they kept the "villains."

He knocked on the door with Hughie behind him and a man answered the door. Billy had done his research on the man and knew his odd powers.

'Hey, Ron isn't it? Listen, lookin for a little supe named Y/N. Aka Cheshire,' Billy said.

'She's in Vought labs, last I heard she's in a little tube.'

'A tube...?' Hughie asked cautiously.

'I don't know, but if you don't leave I'm going to turn your urine into a solid,' he said as Hughie cringed. Billy grabbed him and dragged him away.

'We need Starlight, she can get into Vought easier than us.'

After knowing the plan Starlight had snuck into a lab where they were holding you. Sure she had to flirt and be shameless to get the guards security card, but it was worth it. She looked around until see found a small tube filled with a black substance that was labelled with your name. 'What the hell...?'

'Annie, have you found her?' Hughie asked through the comm in Starlight's ear.

'I found a tube with her name on it. It looks like a weird black substance,' she whispered.

'Y/N can turn into shadows. Maybe that's how they've tracked her,' Hughie said. Annie sighed and quickly shoved the tube into her bag before she escaped the lab.

Once back at the base she handed the tube to Billy who looked down at it.

'Bloody hell... I hope this is her and not a virus,' he grumbled before opening it and they all stepped back. The black shadows whirled around until they formed into you on the ground. You were curled up in fetal position and completely naked. Butcher quickly took off his coat and draped it over you. You were gripping your head and muttering to yourself. 'Sweetheart... You with us?' he asked softly. You looked up at him in shock.

'Billy...' you whispered. You leapt up and hugged him tightly. He sighed in relief and hugged you back.

'Shh, it's alright darlin. We're here, you're back with us, alright...'

'It was so horrible,' you whispered as you closed your eyes. 'It was like I was in hell.'

'It's over now, sweetheart.' You cried softly as the team came closer to you, they were all relieved you were finally back. Billy pulled away and looked down at you. 'No more being our spy, alright? You just stay here and we keep you safe.'

Billy stared down at you with a dangerous look in his eyes. You were standing there begging for him to give in to his darkest desires, but he found himself faulting. You looked at him and stepped closer. 'Please...'

'I don't know if I can, darlin. If I hurt you, how am I any different from your husband.'

'Because I'm asking you to and I want you to. Everything he did wasn't my choice,' you whispered. You gently took his hand and guided it to your throat. 'Please, I want to feel...everything. I want to feel because I decided to,' you said as he hand began to tighten around your throat. You closed your eyes and held onto his wrist.

'Fuckin hell, you're gonna be the death of me,' he whispered.

'Hurt me...I need more,' you whispered. You handed him the blade and he paused for a moment. 'You can just heal me... Please, I need to be hurt,' you whispered with desperation in your voice. He looked at you and gripped the blade. He gently led you back before lifting you onto the dresser behind you. He gently brought the blade up to your thigh and looked at you.

'You're in control here, darlin. You want me to stop, I stop. Understand?' he said gently.

'Yes... I understand, Billy.'

He pressed the blade into your thigh and you let out a gasp. 'That's it, darlin.' He dragged the blade down and cut open your artificial skin. You covered your mouth and leaned back against the wall. 'You enjoying that, sweet girl?'

'Yes... Please don't stop,' you whispered as you held onto his arm. He continued to press the knife in further and you couldn't help but let out a small moan. You looked at him with hazy eyes and brought his face closer. He leaned in and kissed you softly before it turned into a desperate passion between you both. He took the blade out and you wrapped your arms around him. He pulled away and started to kiss your neck. 'I want to have sex, please. Billy please have sex with me,' you begged. He paused and looked at you.

'I...can't, sweetheart. You were made for this, I shouldn't take advantage of that,' he said. You shook your head and held him close to you.

'I was made for Homelander... He isn't here, I want to feel what sex is like when someone isn't controlling me. Please,' you whispered as you kissed him again. He looked at you and couldn't stop the bombardment of thoughts in his head.

'We can talk about it more tonight, okay? When everyone else is asleep,' he said as he pulled away. He could see how hurt you looked and tried to keep himself together. 'Don't look so sad, darlin. I just need to think about this, alright?' he said before he left. You sat there feeling rejected as you closed your eyes. You glanced at the blade beside you and gripped the handle. Suddenly the door opened again and Billy rushed in to take the knife from you. 'You don't hurt yourself unless I'm with you, understood?' he said with a stern tone. You bit your lip and nodded a little as he sighed. 'Come on, sweetheart.' He held your hand and pulled you back out into the main room. Billy sat beside you as they all ate dinner. They realised you didn't need to eat but it was still a little awkward. You sat with your legs crossed before you suddenly gasped and gripped your chest. Billy looked at you with worry before Frenchie quickly loaded up the feed from your clone. Your eyes turned white as they watched Homelander through your clone against the wall.

'You're fucking useless! You need some fucking tweaking, you can't do anything. You need to be perfect!' he shouted as your clone stared up at him. He lasered your head off and the feed cut off as you screamed and fell to the ground. Billy rushed over and held you.

'Easy, easy it's okay. It's not you dying, you're okay,' he said. You tried to keep your breathing steady as you gripped into Billy.

'I've...I've felt that before. I've died before,' you whispered.

'You've died a few times because of that bastard, darlin. Your artificial brain is just starting to remember,’ he said. The team looked up at you sadly as you stared at the ground.

‘I feel…bad,’ you whispered.

‘Tell us how you feel, Y/N. Try to understand it,’ Hughie said.

‘I feel gross and…betrayed. I used to feel good about his hands on me or when he would use me. Now I feel disgusted and guilty,’ you whispered as tears formed in your eyes. Annie kneeled in front of you and offered you a sad smile.

‘Unfortunately that’s a normal thing to feel when you’ve been sexually abused, or even just abused,’ she said.

‘Sexually…abused? No that’s not what he did, he just didn’t understand.’

‘Darling, they created you to never deny whatever he wanted. Maybe you are artificial, but it’s still fuckin rape,’ Billy said. You closed your eyes and shook your head.

‘I don’t want to feel like this. Just make me happy,’ you said. ‘The device can take it away.’

‘We could, Y/N. But that would complicate things even more. You deserve to feel like any other human,’ Annie said.

‘I’m not human! I’m fake, I’m created as nothing but…’ you trailed off and broken down crying.

‘Give us a minute,’ Billy said to the team. They nodded and left the main room so you could be alone with Billy. ‘Sweetheart, we ain’t taking your emotions away. If you want to be human like us you unfortunately have to feel the same as we do. We can’t just turn off our emotions when it gets hard,’ he said. You looked at him and wiped away your tears.

‘I feel so gross. I feel like I can feel his hands on me, his lips on my chest…’ you said with a small choked sobbed. ‘I was nothing, he would just turn me off when he didn’t need me. I don’t want this, I don’t want to exist.’

Billy reached up and wiped your tears away. ‘I know, love. I can’t imagine what it feels like. To find out you ain’t even a real person. I can say with certainty that you are a person to me and the rest of the boys. We’re gonna do whatever we can to get rid of that programming after we take down Homelander,’ he said. You looked at him and had a guilty look in your eyes.

‘I still love him, Billy…’

‘I know, darling. It’s because it’s programmed into your head. They programmed you to love him no matter what,’ he said. You closed your eyes and nuzzled into his hand.

‘Being human is hard,’ you whispered. Billy chuckled softly.

‘Yeah, it ain’t a walk in the park, sweetheart. I’m happy to show you the ropes, alright?’

‘Why…? You could just get what you need and sell me for parts.’

‘I could, but I’m not gonna do that. You’re a person in my eyes now, love.’

—

After dinner and all the team had gone home or into their rooms you sat with Billy on the couch. You glanced at him before you moved and straddled his legs. His hands went to your thighs and looked at you. ‘You alright?’

‘Yeah, I just wanted to be close. Is that okay?’ You asked nervously.

‘Of course it is, sweetheart.’

‘Can you…touch me? Not sexually just,’ your cheeks flushed and you looked away. Billy reached up and gently ran his finger down your neck.

‘You wanna feel touch?’ He asked. You nodded and closed your eyes as his finger continued down to your chest and then your stomach. His hand gently rubbed your hip and brought you closer. You leaned in cautiously and rested your head on his shoulder. ‘That’s it, darling.’ His hands ran over your back and up to your hair, your artificial skin tingled wherever his hands touched. You nuzzled into him and sighed softly. You leaned back and looked at him.

'Can I kiss you?' you whispered. He smiled and gently held your face before kissing you. You whined and shifted closer to his body and kissed him deeper. You were addicted to the feeling of his lips on yours. You pulled away and looked into his eyes, he smiled and gently rubbed your hips.

'You look star struck, darlin,' he teased. Your cheeks flushed and you chuckled softly.

'It's just nice to...kiss. Knowing that it can go wherever I want it to. That it's my choice,' you whispered. He smiled and held your face in his hand and gently stroked your cheek.

'Well, kissing and sex is pretty damn nice when it's your choice, sweetheart.'

'Can we have sex now?' you asked. He sighed and pulled you even closer to him.

'Not yet, sweetheart. We'll take this slow, okay? You're going through a lot, but I'm here to help you and here to touch you,' he said. He pulled you in again and kissed you softly. You pulled away and looked at him.

'I'm sorry I keep asking I just...I don't know what to do,' you whispered. Billy smiled and tucked your hair behind your ear.

'I know, darling. I just don't want to rush into anything. There's a lot you don't know about me,' he said. You looked at him and nodded a little.

'Yeah... I guess I don't. I know your name, that's about it. Yet I'm willing to beg you for sex,' you said with a small laugh.

'It's okay, Y/N. You're confused and trying to understand how to be on your own for the first time,' he said. You bit your lip and looked at him.

'I don't know if I can...sleep. Can I sleep with you tonight and...if I can't get to sleep you can turn me off for a bit? I trust you with the device,' you whispered. Billy smiled and nodded his head.

'Yeah, I can do that. Come on, I'm buggered,' he said as he lifted you up. You chuckled and wrapped your legs and arms around him. He gently put you onto his bed and you began crawling under the blankets. He chuckled softly and took his shirt and pants off so he was left in his boxers. Billy placed the device next to his bed before he climbed in beside you. You immediately cuddled into him and he smiled softly, it had been a long time since Billy had someone in bed with him for anything other than a one night stand.

‘Can I look at the device? I won’t touch anything, I just want to see all the settings,’ you asked. Billy grabbed it and handed it to you. You turned it on and began scrolling through the settings. Everytime you saw a new one you felt sicker about it. 'Just one press and I...do whatever he wants,' you whispered. Billy gently took the device and turned it off.

'Not anymore. After all this is over I promise I'll crush that damn remote under my boot,' he said. He turned back around and wrapped his arms around you. He enjoyed the feeling of your warm body against his. Billy reached up and gently ran his hand through your hair. 'Try to get some sleep, okay?'

--

Billy had ended up having to turn you off manually after you had tried and tried to go to sleep. When morning rolled around he woke you up with the device and you slowly sat up. 'Morning, sleeping beauty.'

'Hey... How long did you turn me off for?' you asked as you swung your legs over the bed.

'Seven hours, just as long as I slept. How are you feeling?' he asked as he got dressed.

'Lighter... I don't know, yesterday I felt so sad, but today I feel a bit better. I guess that's a good thing,' you said. You stood up and looked at Billy, he smiled and kissed you gently. 'I'm scared, Billy.'

He reached up and held your face in his hand. 'Of what, darlin?'

'I'm scared he'll find out what we're doing. That I'll have to go back,' you whispered. Billy looked at you and sighed.

'I wish I could promise that's not going to happen, love. I just don't know, but I can tell you that I'll do everything I can to protect you. Okay?' he said as he stroked your cheek. You smiled and looked up at him.

(Probably Companion vibes, but I haven’t seen the movie before. MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING. Abuse, manipulation, gore and a whole lotta breast milk and titties)

You stood in front of Homelander with a smile on your face as he circled you. His hand gently ran over your body as he smirked. 'She's perfect... And made all just for me,' he whispered. He leaned in and nuzzled his face into the crook of your neck. 'She smells so...human,' he whispered as a moan left his lips. His hand ran up your stomach and to your breast. 'Does she...?'

'Yes, sir. We added the uh...feature that you wanted,' the assistant said. Homelander smirked and kissed your neck gently.

'Well, go on. Turn her on and let's see what she's like,' Homelander said. The scientist nodded and put in a few letters into the computer. Suddenly you blinked a few times and looked around, your stared down at your hands.

'Oh... Where is Doctor Mackintosh?' you asked as you looked around.

'You don't need him anymore, love,' Homelander said. You smiled brightly and turned around. You lunged at him and wrapped your arms around him.

'Love! You're here!' you shouted happily. In your mind Homelander was your living husband you'd been with for over eight years. In reality you were just an artificial human made for his sick desires. You leaned back and kissed him passionately as he wrapped his arms around you. He chuckled and pulled away to hold your face in his hand.

'There's my sweet girl,' he said with a wicked smirk.

Eventually you made it back to Homelander's penthouse and he was looking forward to "trying out the new product."

'Come here, baby,' he said as he pulled you into him. You smiled and looked at him as he ran his hand under your shirt. He began to kiss your neck and pushed you backwards before he lifted you onto the counter. He took your shirt off and smirked at your perfect breasts. 'So, beautiful... Now, let's see if you're as perfect as I wanted,' he whispered. You looked at him in confusion before his lips wrapped around one of your nipples. You gasped and gripped his shoulder as he began to suck gently.

'L-Love what...what are you doing?' you muttered, the sensation felt like nothing you'd experienced. He pulled away and licked his lips.

'Shh, sweetheart. I just want to taste you,' he said before he leaned in again. You covered your mouth and tried to focus on something other than the odd sensation. He pulled away smirked up at you.

'Am I...pregnant?' you whispered. He chuckled and kissed you softly.

'No, darling. You just produce that wonderful milk for me, only me,' he said. You stared at him in confusion.

'I don't understand...'

'You don't need to worry your pretty head, okay? You just have to do what I tell you,' he said. You smiled and nodded as he squeezed your breasts gently and watched them leak. 'Perfect, perfect...'

Homelander hadn't stopped touching you all night, you had expected sex all night but it didn't come. While he was kissing your body and gently ran your hand through his hair. 'Love... Don't you want to have sex?' you asked. He looked up at you with hazy eyes.

'No... No, I just want to worship you. I just want your body,' he whispered as he nuzzled into your stomach. 'Play with my hair,' he whispered. You reached up and started to run your fingers through his hair. ‘Call me a good boy,’ he said. You looked down in confusion and continued to play with his hair.

‘You’re a good boy, love,’ you said. He smiled and kissed your stomach softly.

‘I love you so much. My perfect girl, you’re the only one I have,’ he said as he continued kissing your stomach and up to your chest. He lifted your shirt up and kissed around your breasts again. ‘You’re so beautiful, mommy.’ You looked at him in confusion again and gently tilted his head up.

‘I’m your wife…right?’ Not your mother?’ You asked as he groaned and placed his head down.

‘Guess I have to program that whole thing into you,’ he grumbled.

‘Program…? What do you mean?’ You asked. He looked up again and sighed.

‘Don’t worry, baby. Listen, sometimes I just need you to act…motherly to me. Can you do that?’ He asked. You smiled and nodded again.

‘Yeah, yes I can do that. I would do anything for you.’

—

Homelander was up early in the morning while you were still “asleep,” aka recharging. There was a knock at the door and he opened it to see the scientist who was responsible for creating you. ‘Sir, we finished the device. This will ensure she feels however you want,’ he said as he handed a small device to Homelander. He smirked and looked down at it to see all your settings.

‘So, she can be even more perfect. Whenever I want,’ he said.

‘And if you happen to…damage her. We can reprint her as many times as you need,’ the man said. Homelander smiled and looked at the man.

‘Good…’

You emerged from your room and Homelander glanced over your body. ‘Good morning, my beautiful wife.’ He moved forward and wrapped his arms around you. You giggled and hugged him tightly.

‘Good morning. I had such a good sleep,’ you said. He pulled away and kissed you softly.

‘I have to head out, but you just busy yourself around the house,’ he said. You nodded and continued to smile before Homelander pressed the off button on the device. You collapsed onto the ground as he smiled. ‘That should keep you out of trouble, darling.’

—

Soldier Boy was on his way to Homelander’s apartment, sure he was his Father but he didn’t know much about his own son. He wanted to do a bit of digging to really know what he was dealing with. He entered and his eyes immediately landed on you unconscious on the floor. ‘What the fuck?’ He grumbled. He walked over and saw the device sitting on the counter, he raised an eyebrow and turned it on to see a lot of options. He pressed on and suddenly your eyes opened and you sat up. ‘A device to control women…finally,’ he muttered. You looked up at him in confusion before standing up.

‘Homelander didn’t say we were expecting guests… May I help you?’ You asked.

‘And who are you, sweetheart?’ He asked as he stepped forward and held your hip.

‘I’m Y/N, I’m Homelander’s wife,’ you said with a bright smile.

‘Wife? My son has a damn wife?’

You looked at him in even more confusion. ‘Son, you’re his father? You’re so young, how is that possible?’

‘It’s a long story, darling. Now, what’s this little device here?’ He held up the device.

‘I’m not sure, maybe for the tv?’ You said. He chuckled and looked at it and saw different emotions listed out.

‘I think this little device controls you, baby girl.’

‘Don’t be silly!’ You said with a laugh. He smirked and saw as option for “intimate arousal.”

‘Isn’t that an interesting option,’ he said before he pressed it. You looked at him in confusion before you bit your lip and stepped back.

‘I should…you should go,’ you said. He chuckled and a dark look formed on his face.

‘Look at that. Your little cheeks all rosy, your body trembling.’ He stepped closer and cornered you against the counter. ‘I would say this little device works, darling.’ You looked back at the device to see his thumb hovering over a small scale.

‘I don’t understand what’s happening,’ you whispered. He chuckled and held your face in his hand.

‘I think I’ve got your life in my hands,’ he said. He looked at the device again and slowly increased your arousal. You gasped and gripped his arm.

‘I don’t…understand! Stop, please. I need…’ you trailed off and leaned your head on his chest as he chuckled.

‘Need what, baby girl? Need that little ache looked after? That burning in your body?’

‘No… I need my husband. This is wrong,’ you whispered as you pressed your body against him. He laughed softly and ran his hand under your shirt to feel your hot skin against his hand.

‘Shh, I’ll take care of that. Look at you, trembling,’ he said as he began to kiss your neck. You moaned and closed your eyes as you squeezed his arm.

‘I want to have sex… Oh god, I need it,’ you whispered. He laughed and could barely contain himself.

‘That’s a good girl.’

—

When Homelander returned home he found you in his bed, naked and with clothes littered around the room. He slammed the door and you slowly woke up, he found the device beside the bed. ‘Who the hell was here?’ He asked. You slowly sat up and looked around the room, your mind was hazy and you tried to remember the day that had just gone.

‘Love…? What happened? Did we…’

‘No, we did not. So, I’ll ask again. Who the hell was here!’ He shouted. You stared up at him in fear and tried to remember.

‘I don’t know, I’m sorry.’

‘Come here,’ he growled as he grabbed you and the device and dragged you out of the room, still naked. He threw you onto the floor before he went through the device and found the memory logs. His face filled with anger when he saw Soldier Boy in front of you, kissing you and touching you. He turned to you and you looked up at him in guilt.

‘Love, I don’t know what happened to me. He was holding that device and suddenly I felt so…’

‘You fucked my father!’ He screamed before he grabbed you and slammed you against the wall. You stared in fear and gripped his wrist. ‘Time to test that reprinting and see if they can wipe your goddamn memory,’ he growled before he ripped your head clean off your body.

—

When you awoke again you were in Homelander’s bed with his beside you gently playing with your hair. You smiled and nuzzled into him. ‘Mmm, morning. What happened last night? Did we have some wine?’ You asked. He chuckled and kissed your forehead. In realty it had taken a week to reprint and reprogram you, but with the handy device he just made you believe it had been one drunken night.

‘Well, you did, my darling. You had a few glasses and then were all over me,’ he said. You giggled and looked up at him.

‘Sounds like me… Want some bacon and eggs in bed?’

‘That sounds perfect, baby girl. Mmm, don’t get dressed either,’ he said. You chuckled and hurried out of bed and to the kitchen, still naked. Homelander smirked before he followed you out of the room and saw you preparing breakfast in the kitchen. His eyes lingered over your naked body and he glanced down at the device again. He pocketed it for the time being before he made his way into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around you.

‘Come on, baby! I need to cook!’ You said. He chuckled and kissed your neck.

‘At least let me have a little taste,’ he whispered. You smiled and turned around, he lifted you onto the counter and held your hips in place. You reached up and played with his hair, after a few tweaks to your programming he could do what he loved most without you getting confused.

‘Go on, sweetheart,’ you whispered. He smiled and leaned in to start drinking from your breast. You smiled and closed your eyes, all that mattered was that he was happy. That’s all that mattered.

While you finished off breakfast Homelander was getting ready for the day. While you were cooking some hot oil splattered onto your chest. You hissed in pain and stepped back, you looked back at the pan and felt some kind of feeling that you hadn’t felt before. You stepped closer before you stuck your hand in the burning oil. You sucked in a breath of pain but the way it felt was…exhilarating. You bit your lip and watched as your skin begin to burn and crisp in the oil. You let out a small moan and tiled your head back as you felt the pleasure of the pain.

‘Y/N!’ Homelander shouted as he rushed forward and pulled you away. He stared down at your burnt hand in shock as you looked at it with a smile.

‘It feels so…good,’ you whispered. He looked at you with anger in his eyes.

‘You’re not perfect yet,’ he growled before he lasered a hole straight through your head.

—

'Make her fucking perfect! She is still not perfect!' Homelander screamed on his rampage through the labs.

'We will, sir! She will be perfect, we promise.'

The next time you woke up it was in a sterile white lab, not in your husband's bed. You groaned and looked around before your eyes landed on a man standing in front of your bed. You glanced down and realised you were naked and you quickly covered yourself up with your hands.

'Oh gosh, I'm so indecent... I apologise,' you said. He looked at you and took in your appearance.

'What's your name, darlin?'

'It's Y/N. Who are you? Do you know where my husband is?'

'Your husband? From what I've seen you're an artificial human made just for Homelander's sick desires,' he said. You looked at him in confusion and stood up to grab a sheet off another bed. You wrapped it around yourself and looked at him.

'You're talking about a lot of silly things, sir...'

'They designed you to think you're human, huh? What, they fill your head with memories of a life with your loving husband? Newsflash, darlin. You're not real, you're fake. Created to be a talking sex doll,' he said. You stepped back and shook your head.

'I should find my husband,' you said. He lunged forward and grabbed your arm.

'Don't believe me? Does this look familiar?' he said as he held up the device to control you. You blinked a few times and looked at the device.

'It seems...familar.'

'This little thing controls you, sweetheart. Everything. Your emotions, your consciousness, your body,' he said. Your mind flashed with images of Soldier Boy using the device. You shook your head and looked away. 'You're a bloody powerful little machine, actually. I've come up with a little plan for you,' he said. You looked back at him with a hint of fear in your eyes. 'Let me show you somehting.' He led you through the lab until you were in front of a locked door. He unlocked it with a bloody ID card and it opened. You stood and your entire body paled when you saw at least twenty five clones of yourself. You felt sick to your stomach and stepped backwards.

'No... What the hell is this? Why...why are they,' you stepped back and the man looked at you again.

'Believe me now, luv? You're a bloody robot, your husband has you backed up incase he fucks you dead I'm assuming,' he said. You covered your mouth and closed your eyes. Deep down you knew he was right, you could feel it. You opened your eyes and looked at the man, you stepped forward and looked at the device.

'That device... It controls me. Are you going to use it?'

'Only if I have to, sweetheart. I want to make a deal with you.' He stepped closer and smirked. 'I've got a little plan. You come back with me and we leave one of your little clones in your place. That little clone can be our spy to spy on Homelander and Vought. You on the other hand can be far away from it all and we just connect you to your clone and see what she sees,' he explained. You looked at him and he could see you were confused. 'Listen, darlin. I'll put it nice and simple for you. You just gotta follow what I say and you don't have to go back to your psychopath husband. Plus, I won't control you or force you to feel anything,' he continued. You stared down at your hands and took a breath.

'I don't...love him. He doesn't love me.'

'Exactly, luv. So, either you do this willingly for me, or I be a big bad man and start controlling you to be my puppet,' he said. He stepped forward and looked down at you.

'I'll come with you, but I'm not...smart. I don't understand what's happening and my mind is all over the place,' you whispered. He chuckled and gently tucked your hair behind your ear.

'You don't have to do anything but listen to me, sweetheart. As for now, time for a little nap,' he said before pressing the off button and he caught you before you fell.

--

The boys stood around you where you were unconscious on the couch. Annie had a disgusted look on her face as she looked at you. She grabbed the device and looked at it.

'Have you seen some of these settings? It's disgusting,' she grumbled. Hughie looked at them as well and shook his head. He stopped when they reached a certain setting.

'Oh god, I think I'm gonna be sick,' he said. Billy took the device and groaned.

'Oh, for fuck sakes. Lactation? Seriously?' he said as the rest of the team cringed. He pressed on and your eyes opened. You sat up and looked around.

'Love...? Where's Homelander? I need him,' you whispered before you looked at Billy. 'It's you...'

'It is, luv. I know I didn't wait for you to agree to my deal, but I thought giving you freewill was better than you becoming my little puppet,' he said. You nodded a little and glanced down to see you were wearing clothes. 'We've got control of one of your little clones. That way we can see what your so called husband gets up to.'

'One of my clones...? How do we see what she sees?' you asked before Frenchie took the device and pressed a button. You gasped and your eyes went white, you stopped and suddenly you were watching Homelander in his apartment with you. The team watched the scene play out on the device and saw him tearing your shirt off and kissing your chest. 'I don't want to watch...I don't you to watch,' you whispered.

'Bloody hell, he really does she treat her like a sex doll,' he said as your clone let out a moan. A tear ran down your cheek as your eyes stayed white.

'Please, I don't want you to watch,' you said. Annie quickly grabbed the device and switched it off. You gasped and your eyes returned to normal.

'We don't need to watch those kinds of things, okay? It's demeaning to her,' Annie said.

'She's right, watching them be...intimate won't give us any information,' Hughie said. You smiled a little and slowly stood up.

'Thank you.'

'Alright, fine. We don't need to watch the freaky shit your husband does, but everything else we're going to watch,' Billy said sternly.

You were sitting in the main room while Frenchie was making dinner. You had the device in your hand and stared down at it. Billy came over and looked at you.

'He ever use the one to make you horny?'

'No... But soldier boy did once. He came in and used it on me. I slept with him and Homelander ripped my head off,' you said.

'Fuckin hell... You ever felt anything you weren't told to feel?' Billy asked. You turned the device off and looked up at him.

'Once... I was cooking and some hot oil hit my skin, so I put my entire hand into the burning oil. It felt...so good,' you whispered. He stared at you in shock.

'That's kinda fucked up, darlin. You saying you feel pleasure from pain?'

'I think so... I don't understand why. Everything else I feel is what he wants me to feel. Pain is something new, something exciting,' you whispered. Billy sat down across from you and glanced back to see Frenchie distracted by cooking. He pulled out his blade and handed it to you.

'Show me, show me how good it makes you feel,' he said. You stared down at the knife before looking at him. You gripped the handle and pressed the tip off the knife into your thigh. You whined softly and bit your lip. 'That's it, darlin. That feels good, doesn't it? Your husband ain't telling you to do it, I'm not telling you to do it. You're doing it because you want to,' he whispered. You took the knife away just before it broke the skin. You took a breath and felt a strange exhilaration.

'I want to see...if I bleed,' you whispered. Billy leaned forward and smirked.

'Go on then, sweetheart.'

You took the blade and held it up to your palm before plunging it straight through your hand. You gasped and leaned your head back as you felt the odd addicting sensation of pain over come you. You moaned softly and Billy chuckled.

'Looks like you don't bleed,' he said. You looked at your hand where the blade was penetrating.

After you had woken up you were in the bathroom as Hughie showed you how to work it. 'Did you used to bathe back at vought?'

'Once a week... Father would have assistants bathe me,' you mumbled with slight embarrassment.

'Well, I'm happy to say you can bathe yourself here,' Hughie said with a small laugh. You smiled and watched as he turned on the warm water. 'Alright, nice and warm. Use any of the soap and I've put the spare clothes on the counter,' he said before leaving. You giggled and stripped off your clothes before standing under the warm water.

Once you were done you came out in Hughie's clothes and saw Billy on the couch. You ran over to him and he noticed you were finally using two legs and not crawling. You jumped onto the couch and sat beside him. 'Look at that, darlin. You're nice and clean,' he said. You smiled and placed your head against his arm. 'What are you doing, darlin?'

'Affection...' you whispered. He looked at you before he made sure no one was around. He wrapped his arm around you and moved you so you were cuddled into his side. Your tail wagged as he gently ran his hand through your hair.

'Is that better?'

'Yes,' you whispered as you nuzzled into him. He chuckled and enjoyed the feeling of you against him, he liked the fact that you already trusted him.

--

A week later you were doing a lot better and even walked most of the time now. You were sitting with Hughie when your ears perked up and you started to sniff the air. Hughie chuckled and knew exactly who was arriving. Billy entered the base and then Ryan behind him. You smiled brightly and ran towards him before tackling him onto the ground. He laughed and hugged you tightly. 'Hey, sis.'

'Ryan!' you shouted as you practically squeezed him. He smiled and held you a tight as he could.

'I've missed you so much,' he said. After hugging him for a while you brought him to the couch and began telling him everything you had done. Ryan had never felt so relieved now that he knew you were safe and taken care of. You ended up talking yourself into exhaustion and fell asleep next to Ryan. When he noticed he chuckled softly and ran his hand through your hair.

'How has she been?' Ryan asked Billy.

'Good, apart from a bit of expected ptsd.'

'I can imagine... Father treated her so horribly, and before that she was just a lab rat,' Ryan said as he looked down at you.

'I can't imagine treating my own kid like a damn dog. I don't care what bloody mutation she's got, she's a person,' Billy said. He felt his heart warm as he watched Ryan gently comfort you.

'I wish I knew about her earlier, I could've stopped a lot.'

'Don't start blaming yourself for the past, kid. She's safe now, that's what matters,' Billy said. Ryan smiled and looked back at Billy.

'Yeah, you're right.'

--

When you woke up again Ryan was leaving. You whined and wouldn't let go of him. 'I'll be back, okay sis? I'll miss you too,' he said as he hugged you. Billy managed to pry you away and you hugged him instead. He chuckled and wrapped an arm around you.

'Bye, Ryan,' you whispered with tears in your eyes.

'Bye, sis. It won't be long, okay?' he said before he left. You began to cry and buried your face in Billy's shirt. He sighed and wrapped his arms around you.

'It's alright, darlin. He'll be okay,' he said as he gently rubbed your back.

After crying you pulled away and looked at him. 'Billy...?'

'Yeah, darlin?'

'Ryan is my family, he's my brother. What does that make you? Are you family?' you whispered quietly. He smiled and looked down at you. He gently held your face and caressed your cheek.

From the moment you were born you were told how special you were. But you didn't feel special. Not when you had to be contained your entire life. You were only six years old now and you'd spent your life in a contained "apartment" that was completely set up for you. You were a supe, but your power wasn't flashy or helpful. You were basically just a host for radiation. Hence why you were contained to a small apartment to grow up in. It was equipped to not melt due to the radiation you emitted. You had even killed your own mother 6 months into her pregnancy. Despite your grim life you remained quite positive. You were sitting in the part of your living quarters where there was glass and the scientists or doctors could communicate with you without radiation suits. You sat on a chair as one of the doctors talked you through your usual daily lessons. Sure you couldn't leave or be a normal kid, but vought wanted you to be educated either way. You noticed all the doctors and scientists paused and looked towards the entrance of the lab. You tilted your head and watched as the man you knew as Homelander entered. Your grumbled and rolled your eyes. The scientist teaching you quickly turned to you.

'Y/N, you need to behave, okay? Mr. Homelander is dangerous,' he said. You nodded a little as he came forward and looked at you.

'Ah, the little radiation girl. I've heard a lot about you, sweetheart,' he said. You couldn't help but roll your eyes. The scientists stepped in and chuckled.

'You'll have to excuse her, she's going through a bit of an attitude thing,' he said nervously. Homelander chuckled as well and looked back at you.

'Do you have a problem with me, sweetheart?' he asked. The scientist looked at you as a warning.

'No, Mr. Homelander,' you mumbled. He chuckled and stepped closer.

'You remind me of my son, actually. He had this whole attitude at your age. He still does actually,' he said.

'Do you have a mommy?' you asked. He paused for a second and the scientist cringed.

'I don't. Do you, little miss Chernobyl?' he asked with a clenched jaw.

'No, I killed my mother before I was born,' you mumbled. Homelander chuckled and looked at you.

'Don't worry, sweetheart. I know what that's like. I suppose we're just too powerful for our own good, aren't we?' he said. You looked him up and down and nodded a little.

'Do you ever trip on your Cape?' you asked. The doctor stood their nervously and kept his eyes on you.

'No, because I'm not a child.' He turned to the doctor with a fake smile. 'So, what's the use in this one anyway?'

'W-Well, the radiation she emmits can help power things and even help us create weapons,' he replied.

'I see, so she's our little power source,' he said with a wicked smile as he looked at you. 'We could use you for a lot more than just that, sweetheart. You could be a little weapon, couldn't you? Well, let's see your power. Open the door,' he said to the doctor.

'Sir, you um might not...'

'Open it,' he growled. You glared at Homelander and walked into the other room while they let homelander step in. The door opened and he chuckled as his skin began to burn. 'You are powerful, little one.' He stepped closer and stood in front of you. His hand reached up and held your face as his skin continued to slowly burn. You stared at him in shock and fear as he chuckled. ‘So, you can power things huh? I wonder if you could make me even more powerful,’ he said as he reached up and wrapped his hand around your throat. You whined and grabbed his wrist, your eyes began to glow and his skin was burning even more. He growled and coughed up some blood before letting you go. He shoved you away from him and quickly rushed out. He gasped for air once he had finally left. You rushed away and crawled under the blankets on your bed.

—

Eventually Homelander had left and it was nighttime. After being fed all the scientists and doctors went home. You sat in the “living room” and watched the small tv that sat outside the glass. Thankfully there were some cartoons playing this late at night. Suddenly the tv turned off and you groaned. You fell back onto the ground and stared at the ceiling. You heard a noise outside and sat up to see the lab still empty. ‘Hello?’ You called out. A man stood in front of the glass with a smirk. He definitely wasn’t a doctor. ‘Who are you?’

‘I could ask you the same thing, darling. Didn’t think Vought would have a six year old locked up like a zoo animal,’ he said. You stood up and shuffled to the front of the glass.

‘I’m dangerous and could hurt people. Staying in here keeps people safe,’ you said. He chuckled and looked at you, he was shocked you didn’t seem scared.

‘And what would happen if I smashed this little glass between us?’

‘It would let out high levels of radiation.’

‘So, you’re radioactive, huh? Haven’t seen a supe like you before. You’re pretty smart for a little girl,’ he said.

‘I get taught everyday by the doctors.’

‘You been in here your whole life?’ He asked.

‘Yeah… I killed my mother and then I was put in here. The doctors enter sometimes, but they have giant suits on. Homelander entered yesterday and touched me,' you said as Butcher looked at you in concern.

'What way did he touch you, darlin?'

'He held my face and stuff. I don't like being touched and he was weird with me calling me weird names,' you mumbled.

'Yeah well, he's a fucking creep.'

'Fuckin creep,' you muttered as Billy chuckled softly.

'Why do they keep you here? Vought doesn't do anything unless they get something from it,' he said.

'Apparently I help power machines and make weapons,' you said casually. Billy began to look around the room, he found a device attached to the apartment cell you were in.

'That what this is?'

'Yeah, they turn it on and drain my power once a week,' you said. He nodded and looked back at you.

'Interesting little thing, aren't you?' he said. He glanced around and saw some radioactive suits. 'Mind if I take a tour of your little place?'

'Sure! I can show you around,' you said in excitement. Billy suited up and made sure the suit protected him completely. He entered the protected room and let it seal shut before he entered your apartment. He saw the excitement on your face as you giggled.

'Hello!' you shouted happily.

'Nice little place you got, darling. Wanna show me around?' he asked. You smiled brightly and grabbed his covered hand. He let you drag him around.

'This is a mini kitchen! Nothing works, but they refill it with food everyday.' You dragged him to the small lounge room that looked out into the lab. 'This is the lounge room and I get to watch the TV that's out there.' You dragged him to your room where there were plenty of toys. 'And this is my room! I don't think you need to see the toilet.’

‘Well, I guess you’ve got everything here. Have you ever seen the outside?’ He asked.

‘Only through the lab windows that are far away. I get taught about the outside world, like trees and stuff.’

‘Sounds like a sad life, darlin. You can’t tell me you actually enjoy this life,’ he said as he knelt down to your height.

‘Not really…but I don’t have a choice. I wish I could go outside, but I’m too dangerous.’

‘So, instead of coming up with a way to keep your radioactive powers in, like a suit of something they just drain the power. They don’t care about you, sweetheart,’ he said. You sighed and sat down on the side of your bed.

'Yeah, I know... If I run away I'll hurt people,' you muttered. Billy thought for a moment and looked at you.

'You might be the key to a lot of Vought's power. If I take that away it would fuck with them,' he said as if he was thinking out loud.

'Are you going to kill me?'

'Bloody hell, no. I'm thinking up a plan. Listen, I'll be back soon, okay? For now I have to go,' he said as he stood up. You nodded and stood up as well.

'Can we be friends?' you asked as you looked up at him. Billy looked down at you and couldn't resist that adorable face.

'Fine, kid. We're friends, but don't tell anyone I was here, alright? You gotta keep it quiet,' he said. You nodded and smiled brightly.

'I'll keep the secret!'

--

Billy made it back to the boys base with a smirk on his face.

‘Find anything worth while?’ Marvin asked.

‘Oh, I found quite the little secret. Turns out all these new weapons Vought has been producing is because of a supe. She’s radioactive and they’re using it to power their weapons,’ Billy explained. Marvin crossed his arms and looked at him.

‘A radioactive supe? That’s a new one,’ he said. ‘What they keep her in a cage?’

‘In an apartment of sorts. I brought back a radioactive proof suit, I need Frenchie to try and reverse engineer a suit to keep the girls radioactive power in,’ Billy said.

‘Wait, we’re helping the supe? Why not just kill her so they can’t make weapons?’ Marvin asked. He saw Billy pause for a moment. ‘What happened there? Normally you’re ready to kill any supe.’

‘She’s a bloody six year old, alright?’ Billy said.

'They're holding a six year old captive and using her? Just when I thought they couldn't get worse.'

'Which is why I need Frenchie to make a suit for her. That way we can bring her here and study her more, plus it means they can't make their damn weapons anymore,' Billy said. He pulled out the suit from the bag and placed it on the table.

'You actually want a radioactive six year old around here?' Marvin asked with a scoff.

'That's where you come in. You're a good dad, you can be...parental to her. Same with Hughie,' Billy said. Marvin rolled his eyes and sighed.

'Billy, we can't keep a six year old here.'

'So, you want to kill a six year old then?' Billy asked.

'Fine, fucking hell. You'll do it anyway,' Marvin mumbled as he walked away.

--

Five weeks later Billy finally returned to Vought. When he came in he saw you weren't in the little apartment anymore. 'Oi, Y/N. You in there, darlin?' He searched around more and was about to suit up when he heard a voice.

'Billy...' you called out. He turned around and saw you in a much smaller cell. You looked so pale and fragile, he rushed over and kneeled to where you were huddled in the corner.

'Hey there, darling. What's wrong? You don't look very well,' he said. You looked up at him with sad eyes.

'They've been drawing my power a lot more. It's making me tired and sick,' you whispered. Billy looked at you sadly and sighed.

'Bloody hell, sweetheart. Has Homelander come by again?' he asked. You nodded a little and rolled up your sleeve to show him a nasty burn scar.

'He burnt me because I called him stupid,' you said.

'Fucking cunt... Listen, darlin. I've got a surprise for you,' he said as he reached into his bag and pulled out a small full body suit and mask. 'This little costume will keep your power in and make sure you can't hurt anyone. At least until we can work on a cuff that takes away your powers,' Billy said. You looked at him curiously.

'Does this mean I can come with you? You're going to take me away from here?' you asked with a small smile.

'I sure am, darlin. You're coming with me, I'm gonna show you the sky and a whole lot more,' he said. You giggled and slowly stood up on your unstable feet. Billy placed the suit into the cell for you and waited for it to seal again before you opened the hatch and took it. 'Get suited up, darling.' Billy turned away from you so you could get changed, he kept his hand on his gun just in case.

'I'm done!' you shouted. Billy turned around and smiled, you looked adorable in the radioactive suit. Billy paused for a moment and prayed the suit worked before he opened your cell. Thankfully the team was outside and had disabled the alarms. You stepped out and Billy smiled down at you.

'Ready to see the stars, darlin?'

Billy carried you out the back of vought to where the boys were waiting. He hurried you into the van and you sat beside Hughie. You looked up at him through the shield on your suit and smiled. ‘Hi, I’m Y/N!’

‘I’m Hughie,’ he said with a bright smile.

‘Billy, when do I get to see the sky?’ You asked as he sat across from you and Kimiko sped off.

‘Soon, darlin. We gotta get you safe first then I swear I’ll show you the sky,’ he said. Hughie looked at you sadly.

‘You’ve never seen the sky, sweetheart?’

‘No, just on the tv. Billy said he will show me it soon,’ you said with excitement in your voice.

‘Only if you promise I can be there too.’

—

When the van finally halted, you were fast asleep. Billy smiled and carried you out of the van, he gently shook you awake. You yawned and opened your eyes. ‘Where are we?’ You whispered.

‘Look up, darlin,’ he said. You glance up to see a whole sky filled with stars and the whole city below it. Billy gently placed you down and you stared in awe. ‘Everything you hoped it would be?’

‘Woah… It’s always this pretty?’ You asked. The team chuckled softly and each felt a sense of protection for you from this innocent moment.

‘It is, well except for when it’s cloudy, but it still all hides under the clouds,’ Hughie said. You smiled and stared at the stars.

‘So, it’s always pretty sometimes it’s just hidden,’ you said with a smile. Billy kneeled beside you and smiled.

‘Exactly, darlin. Keep watching the stars alright?’ He said as he gently took your arm. You smiled and continued to stare at the stars before you felt a sharp prick in your arm. You glanced down to see Billy injecting you with something into your arm.

‘What are you doing?’ You asked.

‘It’s just medicine, sweetheart. It’ll just make you nice and tired, okay? You just watch the stars until you go to sleep,’ he said. You smiled and he helped you lay down in the grass. You giggled and stared up at the sky and saw a shooting star. You gasped and pointed up weakly.

‘It’s a shooting star.’

‘That means you get a wish, mon Cheri.’

‘A wish? I wish I can always see the sky from now on,’ you whispered with a smile. You looked at Billy and noticed a sad look on his face. ‘Thank you for showing me the stars, Billy.’

‘That’s alright, darlin.’ He laid beside you and gently held onto your hand. ‘You’ll always be able to see the sky now.’ He turned to you and saw your face relaxing even more. The rest of the team kept their distance and let Billy handle this for the moment. He watched as your eyes slowly closed and your hand fell limp in his. The last vision he saw was the stars reflecting in your eyes. ‘Say hi to the stars for me, sweetheart.’

Billy stood in front of the team and held your body in his arms. They looked at him sadly.

‘You did the right thing…’ Hughie whispered.

‘Doesn’t bloody feel like it,’ Billy whispered as he looked at your pale face.

‘They drained her energy and power too much. The only way to save her was to let her die without pain,’ Marvin said. Billy continued to stare at your face and tried his hardest to not cry.

‘We can uh…we can bury her somewhere she’ll always see the stars,’ Billy said with a small hitch in his voice. Marvin placed his hand on Billy’s shoulder and offered him a sad smile.