"Fine..."
Thor deflated like a punctured ball, hanging his head.
"Then... I'll go move the equipment first."
Jane watched his aggrieved look, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.
"Good boy!"
She raised a hand and patted Thor's golden hair.
"Once this set of experiments is done, I'll treat you to... the fried chicken at the corner! Plus two orders of fries!"
"Deal." Thor's eyes lit up.
Watching Thor eagerly trot off to carry that heavy equipment, Jane shook her head helplessly.
"This guy... sometimes he really is like a child."
Up there, over Manhattan, the golden energy storm was still raging.
"Hang in there, Homelander."
Jane said softly.
"Take that guy down."
In Manhattan, the battle continued.
Bruce Banner.
He did not transform into Hulk because he was afraid of losing control in the crowd.
Yet he still rushed into the ruins.
"Hold on! I'm coming!"
Banner used his not-so-strong shoulders to lift a collapsed concrete beam.
"Ah-!"
His face flushed red, veins bulging, as he forcefully propped open a passage, allowing the mother and daughter inside to escape.
"Thank you... thank you!"
"Hurry! Run that way!" Banner pointed toward the safe zone.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Pietro turned into a silver streak of lightning, rescuing more than a dozen passengers the moment a bus lost control.
"Don't mention it, remember to like my Twitter!"
Jessica Jones punched away a giant light box blown loose by the strong wind.
The heroes from Vought became the only safe haven in this chaotic battlefield.
All of this was faithfully recorded.
And with the help of Vought's heroes, Homelander finally freed up his hands.
"Have you made enough of a mess?!"
Homelander roared, charging toward Jane again.
Using super speed while Jane was still bombarding the ground,