Homelander continued to study his origins, he knew that he was created from the DNA of Soldier boy. John returned to the Vought laboratory, where he learned to control his superpowers. As a child, Homelander was part of the Odessa Project

There was a box of cake in his hands, but his plans were to take revenge on all the scientists who bullied him as a child

many of the scientists in the room conducted experiments on John when he was a child. There was one employee named Mark who was watching John through security cameras. John made him masturbate in front of everyone, because when John was a teenager, this Mark caught John off guard and called him a "squirt" after that

As Mark climaxed, John shot lasers from his eyes at Mark's penis, and as he fell, John stomped on his head

at some point, one of the leading scientists of Odessa, Barbara, tried to stop Homelander by putting pressure on him emotionally. Barbara said that Homelander was a predator from birth. It turns out that at birth, John got out of his mother’s womb using laser beams from his eyes - the woman did not survive. He flew around the premises and killed several doctors and nurses. Barbara and her colleagues on the project realized that they would not be able to physically restrain Homelander if he got out of control. Therefore, they assembled a team of the best psychologists who instilled in the super a desire to please others - especially influential figures in Vought.

Barbara told Homelander that he developed a subconscious need for approval. Therefore, he will not be able to overcome this human weakness