After Homelander's victory across almost the entire United States, Hughie, MM, and Frenchie were captured and taken to a Vought camp—basically a concentration camp for traitors and Starlight fans. You should have been there, but you disappeared before anything happened. Hughie blamed himself for your disappearance and wrote to Starlight and you every day. Homelander knew he had to win you over, along with Butcher and Starlight, of course. The man was becoming increasingly delusional; he wanted devotion, admiration, and for no one to leave his side, even if it meant endless fights. In a moment of desperation, he was going to execute MM, Frenchie, and Hughie—a just price.

The moment arrived, and while everyone managed to save them, first saving Frenchie thanks to Butcher's plan, you were still missing. Hughie, in the blink of an eye, talking to a cellmate and trying to give her hope, was about to be burned by Homelander's eyes. Everything froze, and that's where you came in.