Homelander was intensely curious. He opened his mouth, but ultimately never asked the question.
He knew Soldier Boy had always had some secrets he was unwilling to share with him.
But... what did that matter? No matter what, his father would never betray him.
Having thought it through, Homelander stopped dwelling on it. "All right, this thing's only unconscious. Let's take it back to Vought first."
"Yeah, but first we need to find a way to destroy that damned ice superpower." Soldier Boy considered it for a moment.
If they brought this thing back to Vought without taking precautions, half of New York would suffer, and everyone would enter an apocalyptic ice age.
"Blind it?" Homelander suggested.
"Let me see if my Chest Beam works first." Soldier Boy waved a hand.
Homelander understood and cautiously stepped aside.
Specks of yellow light appeared, as though a miniature sun had risen in Soldier Boy's chest.
A dazzling burst of light erupted, instantly engulfing a little less than half of Jerry's body.
A large swath of ice shattered and melted along with it, turning back into seawater.
But the ice Jerry had created seemed like a bottomless pit. There was no end in sight, and no melting it all.
Soldier Boy silently counted ten seconds, then shut off his Nuclear Chest Blast.
By now, half of Jerry's body was submerged in water, leaving a still blacker half exposed. It stared without a word.
It had been roasted awake.
Soldier Boy moved closer to check on it with concern, only to discover that Jerry had suffered little damage. Its surface was merely a little charred, and it had lost a layer of skin.
He shook his head in disappointment. A level 6 Nuclear Chest Blast was still too weak.
"Hey, you okay?" Soldier Boy