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Inside the HQ of The Seven -

Sitting in front of the tv, A-Train and Jack From Jupiter are watching tv, the news report is about Alicorn who has appeared near the main HQ of the G-Men. Telling the reporter that she's there for the funeral of Silver Kincaid of the G-Men and around in the state for it. They were watching till a commercial for the latest Equestria toy came on.

"She's as popular as ever," Jack said.

"Alicorn just appeared and boom she's super popular. Where does she come from, anyways?" A-Train ask.

"Have no idea, all I know is that she made herself known to the company 7 years ago and has been getting all the attention," Jack said. "But it is true that she completely believes that she's from a magical world where she's a unicorn." (1)

"Really? She brought into the origin story the sales team came up for her?" A-Train ask.

"The sales team didn't came up with that. She did, she's the one who came up with it and had the entire thing written down giving them the entire backstory," Jack said.

"She's a nut job who believes, her own lies?" A-Train asked.

"A nut job who is making billions by herself, and the most popular superhero. Plus the company loves her, she's making more money with her brand than anyone else," Jack said.

"How much?" A-Train ask.

"Over 8 billion for the company," Jack said.

"Shit, no wonder the company ordered us not to mess with her," A-Train said.

"That cunt is taking more from her brand than what she's giving the company," Jack said.

"She really screwed the company over with that," The Deep said walking into the room wearing his new costume. The colors are still the same as his old one, but he's now more driver themed, his new costume is an armored old time diving suit to go with his diving helmet. It has an armored air tank on the back and wear gauntlets on his arms called 'Saw Cuffs'. The primary weapons are the turbines mounted just below the hands. When activated, the turbines could grind through practically any material or even allow The Deep to drill its fist straight through an opponent's body. In water it allows The Deep to move at super speed. (2)

"Easy for you to say. After that crossover you did with her and her giving you that new suit, you're even more popular than ever," Jack said.

"Why did she pick you to do a solo crossover with?" A-Train ask. Alicorn has done crossovers with The Seven but always as a team, The Deep is one of the few heroes who got a solo crossover. Which paid off for him like all the other heroes who got solo crossovers.

"Said that, I'm the straight man of the 7," Deep said.

"Straight man my ass," Jake said bitterly.

"By the way, I'll be gone for awhile. I'm going to be recording my lines for the upcoming animated movie," Deep said smugly.

"I can't believe they're making a movie out of that crossover," Jake said.

"Well Tek-Knight, isn't in any shape to do his movie. That tumor is the size of a fist, never knew that Stoolshadow could pull things out of people's bodies before," A-Train said.

"She and the Superdupers went under some training from Alicorn. Saw it myself when I was at her estate for the crossover event, even joined in," Deep said.

"Yeah, yeah, she's very skillful with her powers. Heard it all before, that cunt thinks she's so big and mighty and better then everyone else," Jake said.

"She did stop one of the planes by herself on 9/11," A-Train pointed out.

"Yeah she did," Jake said looking away like Deep. Both of them have been told by the company to never mention what happen on that day.

Alicorn safely took down the airplane after she stop the missile that would had took it down. She was in her full gear, besides her uniform she wore a unicorn style helmet and a breastplate with metal wings with jet boosters on the back. Letting her fly faster than what her telekinesis would allow her otherwise. The helmet allowed her to talk with the pilot and learned that the plane has been hijacked. She talk with president Shaefer and told him she would handle it, and used her telekinesis to stop the plane in midair and had the fighter plane lead her to the nearest military base. Where the soldiers on the base boarded the plane and Alicorn took disarmed the hijackers lowing the soldiers to easily take down the hijackers. A big PR moment for the company, but ruined by the last plane, not letting the company take full advantage of what Alicorn on her own did.

Alicorn became even more popular after that, helped by how humble she was with the rescue. Saying that she was just at the right place at the right time, and she just did what was needed to be done. The event didn't get the company's foot in the door of the military but it helped in the PR, with spin doctors showing what heroes could had done to stop the two other planes.

"Hey the Dazzlings are coming back here," A-Train said seeing a news report of the famous super powered singers are returning to the states.

"Oh great those 3 are coming back," Jack huffed.

"I can't believe those 3 still are popular as they were when they first showed up," Deep said.

"Wasn't that when Payback first showed up?" A-Train ask.

"No they were called Crimefighter Incorporation back in the 1950's," Deep said.

"Those 3 cunts went into music and been on a never ending on and off tour. Raising up in the music world and then going and a break for a few years before they start all over again," Jack said.

"They played every single kind of music genre there is, they even did polka. And make tons of money from all of their music," A-Train said. (3)

"It's the reason why supers who aren't cut out to be heroes, are sent to the music department," Deep said.

After the Dazzlings came out in Europe, displaying their powers as they sing on stage caused Vought-American to start their own music company by buying a controlling interest in a small time record company, making it into one of the subsidiaries of the parent company.

Vought Records, where the supers who didn't have any marketable powers, could still make the company money by their music talents. Like Songbird who has the power to fly as long as she's singing, with some singing and dance lessons has made her into a well respected singer in the music world. But like most non powered singers and artists in the music world, it's a cut throat business where someone is big one week and forgotten the next. Where even with all the pull that Vought has, doesn't matter when taste in music changes so quickly and fads come and go quickly. (4)

Vought Records is just one of many record companies in the already crowded music market. With many hopeful artist trying to make it big with them, with only a small handful becoming famous and well known. Thanks to the fact that at the end of the day, it doesn't matter if a singer has powers, if their music doesn't sell, it just doesn't sell and they be kick to the curb like so many non powered singers who tried to make it big.

"Lots of them who do end up big, just end up losing it all and owning money to the company," Jack said.

"Isn't that what happens to lots of artists in music?" A-Train asked.

"Yes, the only thing different is that the ones working for the company has powers. Not that it helps them," Deep said.

"Glad that, I'm not in the music business," Jack said.

"As if you can sing," Deep said.

"Fuck off," Jack said.

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Author Notes -

1 - The Boys was first published in 2006 which is the year I'm going with for the year where the events that happen in the comics take place. Sunset appeared on Earth of The Boys world in 1999. So she's been on Earth for 7 years.

2 - The new costume that The Deep wears is the Alpha Big Daddy suits from Bioshock. And the saw cuffs are taken from Big Fau from Big O.

3 - The Dazzlings hide themselves mostly by being performers from traveling circuses to theater actors so that their odd skin colors and hair wouldn't make them stand out. Once superheroes became a thing they came out, instead of becoming heroes they openly became the first powered singers.

4 - The music world is cut throat and even with all the power that Vought-American has in the business world, doesn't matter as like in real life very few music artist ever become music stars, let alone music legends where they're still known in the music world. And like in real life many artists fail to understand the contract they sign and other bad decisions where they spend like crazy, leading many losing everything when it's over for them on the stage and have to declare bankruptcy. Where they're famous and next time they're seen they're working in a fast food place to get by.

Don't think you be the next super star in music, you be lucky for a one hit wonder. Don't go burning bridges and don't spend like crazy, get an accountant to help handle the money and invest or put the money you do make in the bank. That way you be one of the few people who was famous but still has enough money to live off of and have a roof over your head.

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