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Becky Rockler watch the news footage of the destroyed portal machine at Lost Springs, without it traveling to Equestria is now cut off. On Earth side that is, as knowing Sunset she has a backup plan incase something like this happens, and there is also that portal she found, but that's for emergencies only. But for everyone else, Alicorn is now cut off from coming back to Earth.
"Is there a way to contact Alicorn?" Keesha ask.
"Yes," Becky said walking from her desk and opening up a lock cabinet that looks like a wine cabinet which it is. And besides the wine, is a small notepad that works like Alicorn's old journal that is link to the matching notepad in the other world.
"A notepad?" Keesha asks.
"Works like the magic journal," Becky said and wrote on it, asking her boss and friend to write back. She held the notepad and waited for a response.
"How long does it take?" Keesha ask.
"It works like a phone but like a phone it only works if she's nearby," Becky answers.
"Oh," Keesha said knowing how that works. (1)
"While I wait I have some more calls to make. Keesha send a group message for everyone to keep things normal till I send a message myself," Becky said.
"Right," Keesha said leaving the room.
Becky noticed a call on old dial phone with a landline that Alicorn kept around as way to contact the government sponsored task force The Boys, ringing.
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The Boys HQ -
"Yeah we were attack by the Palralactic group. Yes they're all taken cared of," Butcher said looking around the room at the bodies of the cyborg superheroes and the explosion that happen with the self destructive of the remaining one. "Yes we're ok. They were sent by Vought. What? Turn on the news?"
Hughie hearing this turn on the tv which is still working. What they saw is coverage of the destruction of the portal linking Earth to Equestria, by a meteor strike of all things. The statue that was destroyed by the meteor strike is the link needed for the portal to work and without it, it's unknown if it could be reopen.
"If Vought is behind this, why would they destroy the portal? They would have made billions from the trade sales alone?" Hughie asked.
"The Dazzlings were also over there," Frenchman said reading the news scroll.
"All 4 of the big hitters gone," Mother's Milk said.
"A villain playing both sides?" Butcher asked talking to Becky on the phone. "Who's left from the old villains?"
"The goat having a backup plan incase things didn't work out for him?" Hughie suggested.
"You're going yourself? Ok I have backup just incase," Butcher said hanging up.
"Backup?" Hughie asked.
"She's going to the HQ and talk with Stillwell," Butcher said.
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The Seven HQ -
In her room of the flying fortress, Starlight has dress in her civilian clothes and packing her things. She's leaving for good and won't look back. She's going to try out for the Superdupers, who are real heroes and not the phony's that the others are.
"I thought it was you," Queen Maeve said standing in the doorway holding a glass of wine.
"Mm-hm," Starlight said.
"You're quitting?" Queen Maeve ask.
"Looks like it," Starlight said.
"You think you can just walk away from all this?" Queen Maeve ask.
"You're fucking right I can," Starlight said.
"Good for you," Queen Maeve said who has been trap in the Seven because of the blackmail photos of her. (2)
"Hey, you stood up for me once. With Black Noir and the other pricks. Now you'll probably just say 'Don't let it go to your head', but I'm going to make an ass of myself and say there might be someone in there. Somewhere down under all the layers. So, I'm going to say this might be the time for you to go too. And not just because the tv says please stand by on every single channel, either," Starlight said.
"I notice that," Queen Maeve said. The news was covering the destruction of the portal to Equestria till that stand by screen appeared.
"If you still think this is the only place to run back to… well you can probably sit out whatever's going on, no problem. You've got your view, you've got your meaningless shit. Otherwise…," Starlight said.
"It's easy for you. You have someone," Queen Maeve said.
"Hmmm. Actually I'm not a hundred percent certain that I do. He's been behaving like kind of a little bitch," Starlight said.
"They will do it," Queen Maeve said.
"Yeah. So I suppose I'm just going to have to take the chance," Starlight said.
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Vought-American HQ -
Team Titanic a team made up of former sidekicks to appeal to younger readers. They used to be a big deal when they were younger, but nowadays, they're mostly regarded as a joke. As the members grew older and other younger teams were created, the team started taking on whoever didn't fit in anywhere else. Although they are powerful, they lack focus. Vought-American disbands and reorganizes them every few years, essentially using them as cannon fodder.
The current team is up of Jimmy the One, The Starlike, Gumchum, Dry-Hump, Earl Mulch, Muzzletov, Regina Dentata, and Snaffletwat. And they're acting as bodyguards to Stillwell and Bradley.
Currently the team is just sitting around drinking and eating the food provided for them while keeping guard of the two executives. They're glued to the tv newscast of the destruction of the portal in Wyoming from of all things a meteor strike. Hundreds killed and climbing as more bodies are being pulled out of the rubble, both human and the Equestrian races who were inside the building and around the airport like hub.
Stillwell and Bradley are dealing with the fallout as stock prices are dropping as the people of Wall Street are in panic mode. The portal was the only way to connect to Equestria and trade between worlds are now cut off. Resulting in a fire sell of stocks as people panic as the equestrian market is now closed.
"Alicorn can open a portal herself, her mother did it," Bradley pointed out at the computer while Stillwell is on the phone making calls.
"As long as Discord and the other alicorns are powering it," Stillwell said.
"Can she make another?" Bradley asks.
"It will take several months if she can," Stillwell said and was alerted that Becky Rockler was here to see him. "Rockler is here."
"Good, if anyone has a way of getting in touch with Alicorn, it's her," Stillwell said.
"That's good to hear, otherwise Alicorn will miss out on the big plan Homelander has rolling," Jimmy the One said.
"What plan?" Stillwell ask.
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The Seven HQ -
Queen Maeve followed Starlight bringing a suitcase with her. They were nearing the hanger when a voice called out to them.
"Going somewhere?" Homelander ask.
"What's it to you?" Queen Maeve ask back.
"I have a plan in place. You may have heard about it already," Homelander said.
"But this has nothing to do with that…," Starlight said.
"No, this is personal. You know what I'm going to do to you," Homelander said.
"Watch out my lady! He's turned bad. But I'll protect you! I won't let him lay a hand on you!" the fanboy and servant of Queen Maeve, that Starlight has no idea whose his name is shouted.
To Starlight's shock Queen Maeve grab him and flung him towards Homelander.
"Yes most wonderful woman of all! Make me your living weapon!" the fanboy shouted. The fanboy just crumbled into a bloody mess on Homelander's chest.
"Run!" Queen Maeve said to Starlight.
Queen Maeve grabbed Starlight and throw her out of the fortress hanger sending her falling, leaving her and Homelander alone. She draws her sword and face him, she charge at Homelander who just smiled as she slash down on his head. Which cuts into his flesh thanks to her super strength and that the sword is a gift from Alicorn from their last crossover they did with each other.
"That's suppose to be a metal prop," Homelander said backhanding her away from him and sent her crashing through a wall. The slash has left a deep cut to the bone on his head.
"A gift from Alicorn," Queen Maeve smiles wiping the blood from her mouth.
"She's still getting in the way, even not being here," Homelander said his eyes glowing red.
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Outside -
Starlight flying watch as Homelander's eye lasers cut through the base as he and Queen Maeve battled inside. The base started to blow up as the eye lasers hit the jets that kept the base in the air, sending it falling. Shaking with fear, she flew off as fast as she could, heading for Equestria Estates, the only safe place she could think of.
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Crash Site -
Homelander burst out of the wreckage that use to be his home. He held the sword that had belonged to Queen Maeve. He looks over it and found it to be much stronger than he thought it would had been. He felt the scar that Queen Maeve gave him, frowning at the cut it made, even with it healing, along with the other wounds she gave him.
He scanned the skies for Starlight but couldn't find her. He would have to handle her later. He has a country to take, still holding onto the sword, he flew off. After all it's a good sword. (3)
In the wreckage, cut down in the middle, is Queen Maeve. Her right side where the kitchen use to be and her left side outside.
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Author's Notes -
1 - Even if it's magical like in real life that happens way too often. The person you're trying to get in touch with, has to be nearby the phone to answer the call.
2 - The blackmail photos of Queen Maeve having sex to join the Seven is cannon to the comics.
3 - Queen Maeve's sword gifted from Alicorn can cut through almost anything thanks to how strong it is and her strength. Homelander survived because he's just that tough to harm even with her super strength backing up Queen Maeve's strikes. Like how Wolverine's claws can cut the Hulk, but he's just not strong enough on his own to really cut deep into the Hulk's dense and strong body.
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