[Queen Maeve is secretly working with Butcher to investigate a secret weapon that could kill Homelander]
I heard Termite walked. My lead was good. What happened?
Don't ask.
Well, we gotta talk. I think I have something.
[Maeve hands Butcher an archived memorandum file on Soldier Boy]
Soldier Boy. So what?
Remember how he died?
Stoppin' a nuclear meltdown in Ohio. '83, '84 I think. Got buried beneath a reactor. Always thought it was bollocks.
Yeah, you thought right. Read.
[looks at the file again] What's B.C.L. Red?
If you believe the rumors, it's the thing that killed Soldier Boy. Some kind of gun or weapon or something.
Had to have been a fuckin' H-bomb. He was nearly as strong as… [pause; sees Maeve smiling] Ah.
If we can find this weapon–or whatever it is–maybe we can use it to blow Homelander's fucking brains out.
If it is real, and not some fuckin' fable.
[Butcher flips through the files and finds a photograph of Soldier Boy standing in the center of a group of other Supes]
Payback. [scoffs] What a bunch of fuckin' wankers.
I'll say. When The Seven passed them as the number one super team, Crimson Countess sent me a box of cat shit. She was fucking Soldier Boy, and Gunpowder was his sidekick. If anyone knows what happened to him, they do.
[looks at the photo again and sees Black Noir] Your mate Noir was in Payback. Why don't you ask him?
[chuckles] Even if that walking tumor could talk, it wouldn't be to me. Here.
[Butcher receives three vials of V24 from Maeve]
What's this?
It's Temp V. One shot makes you a Supe for 24 hours. I mean, they think. It's still in R&D.
Oh, great. So powers, maybe. Maybe my bollocks swell up like footballs, yeah?
Payback may be a bunch of fuckholes, but they're strong. And they're dangerous. If you're going against them, you're gonna need it.
And what makes you think that me, of all people, would wanna turn into one of you?
This is our best chance to kill Homelander. Don't fuck it up.
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