The Hummingbird Drones' high-definition cameras swiftly captured that figure, magnifying the image simultaneously onto every screen around the world.
Red boots, a dark blue uniform, and a Stars and Stripes Cape billowing in the wind.
It was him!
He wasn't dead! He had survived that star-destroying explosion!
"Homelander!!! It's Homelander!!!"
"He's back! Oh my god, he's alive!!"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, cheers erupted across the globe with enough force to seemingly overturn the earth's crust!
People threw their hats high into the air, running wildly through the streets and embracing one another.
Regardless of skin color or faith, all of humanity's hearts raced for the same man at that moment.
"Long live! Long live the God of Humanity!"
On the Nullarbor Plain.
Jessica's formerly dim eyes burst into dazzling light. As she watched the descending figure in the sky, she smiled through her tears.
Tony let out a long breath and slapped Steve on the shoulder. "That bastard, I knew he was hard to kill!"
Then everyone noticed a detail.
Their God of Humanity had not returned alone.
He was carrying someone in his arms.
"That's...?!"
"It's Wanda!"
The heroes in V.G.D.'s Hall of Heroes and on the Nullarbor Plain immediately recognized the woman.
Homelander's red boots had already landed firmly upon the scorched earth of the plain.
His brow was slightly furrowed, his eyes carrying just the right measure of exhaustion and grief.
He carefully laid the unconscious Wanda onto a flat rock, moving as gently as though he were setting down a fragile porcelain doll.
"Anthony, what exactly happened?" Jessica looked at the unconscious Wanda, then at Homelander's battle-damaged suit. "What did you go through in space?"
"Gravik is dead. He detonated that thing in space." Homelander looked gently at Wanda as he spoke.
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