[The Seven, accompanied by Sister Sage, are with three HomeTeamer supporters waiting to meet Homelander. One of the supporters is Monique's ex-boyfriend, Todd.]
Sage, it's good to see you again. [quietly] What the fuck are you doing here?
Homelander's tired of being surrounded by morons.
[walking into the room] Hello, everyone.
TTodd
Homelander! I just wanna say, it's a huge honor to be here with you…
Right. Now, I can't stay long, but I heard that you are some of my biggest fans, supporting me when others turned their backs. I just wanted to personally say… Thank you for your devotion. And your sacrifice.
TTodd
W... Well, really, it's you who gives so much to…
[holds up finger to silence Todd] You people are more than just fans. You're martyrs to the greatest cause on Earth. [to The Deep] Open it.
You got it. [reaches into a duffle bag and pulls out three baseball bats] Whoa. Bats.
Yeah. I want you to take these bats and beat these gentlemen to death.
[The Seven all glance nervously at the HomeTeamers, who look at each other fearfully]
TTodd
[beat; laughing] You're funny.
Oh, it's like one of your tests. You want us to say no.
No, Deep. This is not a test. [hands a bat each to A-Train and Black Noir II] I want you to beat these gentlemen to death... now.
TTodd
I think maybe we should go.
[Black Noir II bashes the head of a HomeTeamer who attempts to leave]
[to Black Noir II, who holds up his bloody bat] Mm-hmm.
[Todd watches The Deep beat the other HomeTeamer to death with a bat. Black Noir II repeatedly swings at the body of the HomeTeamer he just killed. A-Train looks on with disapproval while Homelander leaves.]
[A-Train runs towards the door and stands in Todd's way, allowing Black Noir II to sneak up from behind and fatally bash Todd in the back of the head with his bat.]
Stay here. Wait for further instructions. [exits the room]
Black Noir II[beat] Yo, what the fuck?! That was so fucked up, you guys!
[The Deep walks into the Vought boardroom and sees Black Noir II drinking sake with his feet up on table]
Are you fucking nuts?! Put your mask back on! G–Get out of his chair! What are you doing?!
Black Noir II
You know what’s funny? I hate sake. But I’m supposed to follow some stupid black ninja bullshit, which makes no goddamn sense, by the way. You ever meet a black ninja?
Black Noir II
There’s nobody here. They left us like babies so they could go do important stuff. We don’t matter.
Hey, speak for yourself. I’m doing a ton of important shit.
Black Noir II
Yeah? Like what?
Need-to-know, bro. Need-to-fucking-know.
Black Noir II
[gets up and walks] Fuck it. I’m done with all this shit.
You’re quitting?! What are you gonna do?! Seven’s the biggest gig there is!
Black Noir II
Look, I don’t understand Noir, okay? You know there was nothing in his closet but literally, like, seven file boxes of shitty Buster Beaver drawings? Why’d he have that?
Who the fuck knows or cares?
Black Noir II
[sighs] I’m going to Missouri tomorrow. I booked Cirque de Vought’s new show, VIVANT! Music of the Bee Gees. Three nights a week in Branson. They’re gonna let me fly. I can fly, did you know that?
Yeah, dude, we all know that. [walks up] Look, why didn’t you just come to me?
Black Noir II
About what?
Seriously, dude? [sighs] Man, me and the old Noir? We were, like, great bros. Like, real bros. [sighs; takes sake bottle] Give me this. [Black Noir II sits back down] Few years ago, Noir cleared out an entire Indonesian fishing village. Vought Fresh Farms was expanding their palm oil plantation, but the locals were bitching ’cause they needed the river to survive or whatever the fuck. Noir “cancelled” two dozen of ’em. Came back with a raging hard-on for a week. [Black Noir II chuckles] No, dude. See, what you’re not getting is how horny killing made the old Noir. That was his whole thing.
Black Noir II
But I don’t really like violence.
[sighs] Look, I know this is hard to imagine, but some people laugh at me. [chuckles] It’s crazy, right?
Black Noir II
Yeah.
But you know what I realized? When I crush someone’s nose into the back of their skull or beat ’em so bad that they’ll never walk again? [chuckles] They’re not laughing anymore. They show respect. Violence is power.
Black Noir II
I’m starting to get why it gave Noir so much chub.
Black Noir II
Bro! Bro?
Black Noir II
Bro.
[The Deep runs into Sister Sage while in the hallway with Black Noir II]
Hey, you. Hey, so we’ve had a day. [Sage ignores hims and keeps walking] Wait, what’s the rush?
Black Noir II
Wait, but you can’t leave. I love you. We have something special, don’t we?
Wait, is she lobotomizing herself to fuck you, too?
Black Noir II
What do you mean, “lobotomizing herself”?
[Sage angrily walks off]
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