Massacre at Herogasm

The **Massacre in Herogasm** was an event that took place during the 70th Annual Herogasm. It was the main stage for the confrontation between Homelander and Soldier Boy. Due to their revenge, Hughie and Billy assisted Soldier Boy in his entry into the event, looking to kill the TNT Twins.

## Synopsis

### The TNT Twins Murder

During the Herogasm event, Tessa discovers that Tommy had hidden cameras in the toilets, obtaining video footage of their guests' buttocks and genitalia while relieving themselves. Disgusted that Tommy was obtaining this footage without their guests' knowledge or consent, Tessa begins to play the footage on their television over Tommy's vehement objections, intending to expose Tommy's subterfuge.

As the footage plays, Soldier Boy appears. Realizing that Soldier Boy has almost certainly come to take revenge on the Twins for their betrayal, Tommy and Tessa immediately panic, protesting that Soldier Boy ending up in the Russians' hands was not their fault. Soldier Boy then demands to know whose fault it was, offering to consider sparing the Twins' lives if they tell him. Tommy insists that it was Black Noir's idea, but Soldier Boy is highly dubious, given Noir's loyalty to Vought, but both Tessa and Tommy maintain that it was Noir who had masterminded the betrayal.

It is then that Love Sausage is overheard, speaking to his sexual partner in Russian, as a contemporary Russian song is overheard over his radio. This instigates a painful flashback in the deeply-traumatized Soldier Boy, causing him to relive a time when he was imprisoned and tortured by the Russians. Still in the throes of his flashback, Soldier Boy begins to build up a charge for his radiation-infused energy blast. Realizing the danger, Tessa demands Tommy's hand. Tommy protests that it's been years since they used their mutual power, but Tessa points out that they will die unless they fight back. The Twins link hands and repeat their catchphrase but quickly discover, to their shock and dismay, that their ability of plasma generation has deteriorated to almost nothing after years of disuse, and they produce only a few ineffectual sparks. Their distress over this development is short-lived however, as Soldier Boy's energy beam vaporizes them both, then carves a swath of destruction through the party, leveling the Twins' home, killing dozens of supes and humans attending the event.

### Soldier Boy meets Homelander

After Soldier Boy unleashes his destructive beam, resulting in the destruction of the Twins' home and dozens of casualties, Soldier Boy reconvenes with Butcher in the basement, apparently having no memory of what he had just done. Homelander arrives, then begins to search through the wreckage. After finding Butcher and Soldier Boy in the basement, Homelander is enraged, pointing out that he and Butcher had agreed to fight to the death, and that by involving Soldier Boy, Butcher was cheating. Announcing that their "deal's off," he then knocks Butcher to the floor with his heat vision. Now facing Soldier Boy alone, Homelander says that Soldier Boy was his hero growing up, claiming to have watched all his movies "hundreds of times." Soldier Boy is unimpressed, calling Homelander "a cheap fucking knockoff" of himself. But Homelander avers that he's actually "the upgrade," and flies into Soldier Boy with blinding speed, impacting against the wall.

As Homelander and Soldier Boy trade blows, Mother's Milk regains consciousness and draws a weapon, determined to kill Soldier Boy in revenge for his family. But Starlight appears, begging MM to help with the injured upstairs. Despite his obsessive desire for revenge on Soldier Boy, MM agrees and accompanies Starlight to help with the injured.

While Soldier Boy and Homelander seem fairly evenly matched, Homelander eventually gains the upper hand and begins to strangle Soldier Boy. It is then that Butcher interrupts. Homelander is dumbfounded that Butcher was able to survive his heat vision, but Butcher immediately knocks Homelander down with his own heat vision. Homelander, perplexed, asks Butcher what he's done to himself. Butcher simply replies "Scorched earth" and the two begin to trade blows of their own.

Homelander than hovers in midair as he and Butcher discharge their heat vision at each other. Again, it appears that Homelander has a slight advantage, but just as it looks like Homelander will prevail, Soldier Boy rejoins the battle, yanking Homelander to the ground and hurling him into a wall. Soldier Boy and Butcher then cooperate to stop Homelander, but Homelander again gains the upper hand and attempts to strangle Butcher. Hughie then teleports in and punches Homelander, knocking him away from Butcher. Homelander attempts to strike Hughie with his heat vision, but Hughie teleports to another part of the room. As Homelander advances on Hughie, Hughie again teleports out of the way, but provides the distraction that allows Soldier Boy to seize Homelander from behind and slam him face first into the floor. Butcher, Soldier Boy and Hughie hold Homelander down. Then, at Butcher's prompting, Soldier Boy begins to build up a charge to fire his radiation-infused energy blast. Realizing that Soldier Boy's energy blast will kill both himself and Hughie as well as depower Homelander, Butcher orders Hughie to leave, but Hughie refuses.

But before Soldier Boy can fire his energy beam, Homelander manages to hurl all three of them away, then escapes through the roof.