Butcher's eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning as I planted my feet and faced him.

"You arrogant twat, I'm happy to oblige. After all, I am in the mood for some fried cunt!!" He smirked and then looked confused as his eyes locked with mine for the first time since my two souls had become one.

He quickly shook his head and fired a beam of light directly at my peepers.

It hurt and temporarily blinded my vision more than I expected, but in both of my lives, I have always been one for the theatrics. I smiled and didn't let the pain show. I could see his discomfort rise as no apparent effect other than me being slightly pushed back was appearing.

"Ooooh, that tingles. Maybe you can use it to scratch my balls for me the next time I'm busy fucking your wife?" I taunted in order to hide my grimace of pain and encourage him to make a dumb move.

Holding eye contact much longer would make me blind for a few hours if I wasn't careful; I needed an excuse to stop.

"AHHHHHH, YOU CUNT!!!" He screamed in response.

The strength of his laser intensified, and he charged forward, throwing a right hook at my face.

'There's my excuse.'

Having successfully made him make a mistake, I swiftly blocked the attack with my left hand and dodged the lasers from his eyes.

"KEEP MY WIFE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!" Butcher spat with venom dripping after every word.

'Oof, sensitive much.'

I casually ignored his feral attacks and smoothly slid under him. From there, I placed my hands behind me against the floor and kicked him with both legs in the stomach.

"Ughhh!" Butcher groaned in pain as his body flew upwards and through the ceiling.

With the momentum from the kick, I flipped myself into an upright position and waited for gravity to do its work.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Butcher screamed as he descended rapidly back through the hole he had made in the ceiling and towards the ground.

'Now for the fun part.'

As he neared my position, I perfectly timed a punch against the side of his jaw.

The savage jab caused him to crash into the metal sarcophagus I had called home for years, destroying not just him but also the symbol of my captivity.

I walked towards the wrecked chamber, and as I neared, I could see his butchered body attempting to stand.

"Stay down, final warning." I said authoritatively with some pity at the state he was in.

"I-I-I could d-d-do this-s-s all day, y-y-you fucking prick!!" Butcher stuttered with a whistle due to a broken jaw and teeth.

I admired his will, but I was no longer interested in fighting.

Seeing my lack of response, he attempted to use his injured arm to sit up and continue the battle. All he succeeded in doing was falling back onto the floor.

"I'm not interested in fighting a cripple whilst being catcalled, so save your whistles for the ladies, and I'll let you and your friends get back to your circle jerk." I said with some boredom at the lack of difficulty I had faced during this fight.

"F-F-Fine, it's your-r-r win. I'm fucking knackered a-a-anyways. I could use a lie-down." Butcher whistled in response.

Having come to an understanding, I turned around to take Dawn and Jamie out of this hell hole.

I didn't take more than two steps before being thrown onto the floor with a severe stinging sensation on the back of my head.

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'That fucker lasered me from behind. Unluckily for him, all my pity is now gone.'

"Now, why would you go and do that." I whispered with a dark look on my face.

'Like my father used to say, a man's word is his bond. I guess it's my place to show Butcher the value of one's word.'

Deciding to end this in a quick and educational manner, I picked myself up from the floor and turned to face the fucker who backstabbed me with his eyes. Gives a whole new meaning to evil eye.

"Now we are even, you tosser, don't fucking mention my Mrs again." Butcher spoke clearly with his now healed teeth.

'Let's see how much damage compound V can handle.'

Ignoring his words, I rushed forward, grabbed his legs and re-enacted my favourite hulk scene.

I smashed his body multiple times onto the concrete floor and then stopped and watched with delight as he attempted to crawl away.

Stepping on his mangled legs, I observed in interest as the temporary V in his body struggled to heal him.

Done with the fun, I leaned forward, gripped him by the hair and whispered in his right ear, " I warned you."

As my words settled into his disorientated brain, he attempted to respond with something other than a groan of pain.

"Cunt." he finally mumbled in response as his body twitched and his consciousness faded.

Tired of talking to this idiot, I let his head drop onto the floor with a harsh thump and then turned to look at the shocked faces of Milk and Frenchie.

"Move." I said in an annoyed manner.

Frenchie backed away from Dawn with his hands in the air. "Look, mon ami, let's just calm down and go our own ways. Ok? ça marche?"

I began to answer, but Lady Luck, that fickle wench, decided that being positive wasn't in her cup of tea today. In what could only be described as a one-in-a-billion chance, Frenchie's exact movement made his foot hit an old boombox and, unfortunately, released a tune that not even the golden light could save me from.

🎵За окном кудрявая белая акация, солнышко в окошечке, алым цветом...🎵

Flashes of the torture I endured started to overwhelm my brain, and I began to wonder if my escape was just a dream.

"No, I've escaped. I'm safe." I whispered in fear as my vision went dark.

Out of the darkness, I could see the scientist laughing in front of me, scalpel in hand, and my hold on reality broke.

"Noooo! I won't let you do that to me again, you fucking monsters!!"I stated with determination as tears ran down my face. "I won't go back!! I fucking won't!!"

Energy began to build in my chest, and debris rose into the air as I prepared to let loose a burst of radiation from my chest at the scientist.

'Wait, something is wrong. This isn't real.'

Just before the wave of radiation exited my body, the illusion fell, and I could see the reality of a panicked and confused Frenchie in front of me.

Not wanting to kill him, I tried to stop the blast but only managed to reduce its effect.

The energy exploded outward with precision and gave him no time to escape when suddenly Kimiko appeared and pushed him aside using standard Truck Kun evasion techniques. Though in this scenario, the blast didn't send her to another world but instead sent her flying through a wall.

'It seems some things are destined to occur, interesting.'

I wasn't worried about her health as I managed to reduce the damage on time. Apart from some superficial burns and a few broken bones, she would be completely fine. Oh, and of course, no powers.

"Mon cœur!!!" Frenchie screamed as he ran towards the fallen body of Kimiko.

🎵...Чтоб увидеть мамочку и сестренку Танечку, шел тогда Витюшеньке...🎵

The music no longer had a hold on me once I had broken the illusion. However, it was still a shit song, so I took a moment to obliterate the boombox with a kick and then decided to reassure Frenchie, "She will be fine and back on your baguette quicker than I fucked up your useless friends."

He completely ignored me whilst cradling her body.

Deciding this charade was over for now and needing a safe space to process this shit storm, I moved away and headed towards Dawn.

Only to be stopped by Milk, who had the nerve to place a gun to my face. I raised one eyebrow in response.

"Milk, leave it alone. Now is not the time." The recovering Butcher said with anger no longer in his voice. Instead, it sounded eager.

'Fuck me, I was sure he would be out of commission for a while; compound V truly is a miracle drug.'

"You know what he's done, Butcher. We can't let another fucking monster loose in the world." Milk replied with a tear running down his face and his gun trembling in front of mine. "Who knows what this freak will do to a child."

"We can't beat him, Milk." Butcher said in response.

I decided that this shit had gone on too long and gently pushed Milk to the side, "I don't have time for your nonsense, get in my way again, and I will kill you all."

I picked up the sleeping body of Dawn and allowed Jamie to nest on my right shoulder. As I was about to step through the hole Kimiko's body had created, I stopped and hesitated before I turned to look at the dejected Milk on the floor.

"I know it won't bring them back, but I truly am sorry for the hurt I've caused. Years alone and tortured make memories all you can focus on." I whispered with sadness in my voice to the shocked face of Milk, "One day, I hope I'll be able to show you that the monster I was is gone."

'The sappy shit should buy me some sympathy.'

Turning my head away from the tears streaming down his face, I made my way out of the lab.

"Oh, and don't worry about the kid, she's mine, and I wouldn't let anyone harm her." I shouted without looking back.

I ignored anything more they had to say and finally made my way out of the Russian outpost and into a world now alien to both my lives.

As I walked forward, I looked at the two anchors of my different realities. A hamster for Ben and a child for Ambroise, and I smiled.

'At least this time, I'm not alone.'