On the ground, Queen Maeve stared blankly with her eyes wide open, while Homelander simply dropped to his knees with a thud.
Even Pikachu himself, after coming to a stop and watching Black Noir get sent flying by his Quick Attack, break free of Earth's gravity, reach escape velocity, and vanish into space...
Pikachu stood upright on his hind legs in disbelief and stared absently at his own paws.
Seeing Pikachu's adorable appearance, Starlight looked at him with eyes full of stars.
"Oh my God, what is it? What the hell is it?!
It's cute, and... and ridiculously strong!
I couldn't see its movements at all. I didn't even see how Black Noir disappeared!"
Listening to Starlight's starry-eyed shriek, Queen Maeve swallowed hard and murmured.
"It... it... it really is Mr. Heisenberg's pet!!!"
"Yeah, just... a pet..."
Beside her, Homelander picked up from where Maeve left off. He shook his head weakly and continued.
"I never thought Black Noir would be this strong. I knew he was a weapon the higher-ups used to restrain me, a special superhuman created through targeted genetic modifications based on Stormfront and me.
But I thought we could at least hold each other off for a while. Instead, Black Noir almost took me out instantly!
And then? The Black Noir who nearly one-shotted me got... one-shotted by Heisenberg's pet!!!"
At that, Homelander stared into the distance.
After a long while, he swallowed just as Maeve had a few seconds earlier.
"Black Noir has probably already flown beyond the Solar System..."
As his words fell, Homelander braced both hands against the ground, trying to make his already limp knees firm again.
But no matter how hard he tried, he simply could not stand up.
In the end, Queen Maeve sighed, stepped forward, and helped Homelander to