Homelander: New Legacy

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The skies still bright and clear as Roger flew at high altitudes, scanning for traces of Parademons.

Fortunately, he found none, nor did he encounter anything else that didn't belong to this world.

It seemed the Parademon that had appeared in Los Angeles was truly a coincidence—or at least, that's how it looked for now.

Taking another glance around, Roger was about to head back when two fighter jets approaching from both sides made him pause.

"Oh? They noticed me?"

State Border Radars could detect any unidentified flying object, even if it was a living being like Roger.

Usually, Roger would avoid such situations by landing before the jets arrived and disappearing on the ground. He decided to have a little fun with the jets this time.

"Lightning One, this is Lightning Two. Target identified as an unidentified flying object. Permission to engage."

The pilots of the two jets, having detected Roger in their state airspace, were already authorized to fire. Since Roger hadn't responded to their radio signals, they naturally assumed he was hostile.

The jets, code-named Lightning, flanked Roger from both sides. Roger glanced back at them, then turned and flew straight up, accelerating to match the jets' speed.

The jets pursued him closely, and when it seemed Roger might escape, one of them fired a missile without hesitation.

The missile raced toward Roger, but instead of fleeing, Roger suddenly stopped mid-air. The missile and the two jets flew past him.

"What the—?"

The abrupt stop caused the pilots to lose their target, prompting one of them to curse in shock.

They had never encountered such a maneuver—something that could stop dead in the air like that.

"Lightning Two has lost the target! Requesting a new lock-on!"

The pilot of one jet reported as their radar failed to locate Roger.

"I'm re-locking… Wait, what?!" exclaimed the other pilot of Lightning One.

"What's wrong, Lightning One?"

"Oh my God! He… he's a person! He's standing on my jet!"

"What!?"

Hearing this, the pilot of Lightning Two thought he must have misheard. Or perhaps Lightning One was hallucinating—how else could a person suddenly appear atop a jet?

Skeptical at first, the pilot of Lightning Two adjusted his view and saw it for himself. A human figure was indeed standing atop the other jet. He murmured, "Holy crap… it really is a person?"

Roger stood on top of the jet, tapping the cockpit glass. He yelled to the pilot inside, "Hey! Your jet must be equipped with top-of-the-line tech, right?"

"...."

The wind outside was too loud, and the cockpit's soundproofing was excellent..

"Never mind…"

Roger decided not to bother with questions. He simply smashed the cockpit glass, reached in, and activated the ejection system.

Watching the pilot parachute away safely, Roger waved and said, "Your jet is mine now. Have a pleasant landing, pilot!"

Roger then left that jet, used his heat vision to destroy the wing of the other jet, forcing the second pilot to eject as well, and finally carried one of the jets away.

....

The U.S. military sent two fighter jets. Roger couldn't help but feel moved by their generosity.

As for what to do with the jet...

Roger figured he could bring it back as a souvenir. It wasn't much, but it could count as a unique "gift."

However, before doing anything with the jet, Roger had to avoid satellite surveillance. Spotting a thick cloud nearby, he flew toward it.

The appearance of a humanoid figure destroying one jet and carrying off another would have been world-shaking news if reported.

But the U.S. government wasn't foolish. Without concrete evidence, it would be hard to convince others of such an event.

Moreover, the possibility that Roger was an "Alien" was enough for the U.S. to keep this under wraps.

They had also received reports of strange gravitational anomalies at a certain experimental base and rumors about an advanced technological bracelet recently discovered.

The U.S. government firmly believed that this incident must be related to aliens—and that Roger was their first point of contact.

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Unbeknownst to Roger or the U.S. government, while he was playing "cat and mouse" with the jets in the sky, something else happened.

In Queens, New York, a young boy with a backpack suddenly appeared mid-air and plummeted toward the ground. Just before he landed face-first, he twisted mid-air and executed a remarkably stylish landing, scanning his surroundings.

"What's going on…?"

The boy, Peter Parker, found the buildings around him familiar yet subtly different. He muttered, "What the heck?"

Stepping out of the alley to find someone to question, Peter was suddenly stopped by a passerby pointing and shouting, "Tom Holland!!"

"What?"

Peter looked around, confused, then pointed to himself and asked, "Sorry, I think you've got the wrong guy. Did you just call... me?"

"It's you! Tom Holland!"

The excited passerby ran over, drawing a crowd. People took out their phones and cameras, acting like starstruck fans.

Peter hastily tried to explain, "You've got the wrong guy! I'm not Tom! My name is Peter. Peter Parker! You really have the wrong person!"

However, his explanation only made things worse. The crowd grew even more excited, shouting, "We know you're Spider-Man, Peter Parker! Please sign an autograph—as Peter Parker!"

"???"

Peter's mouth hung open, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

When did everyone find out he was Spider-Man? Who knew? Did MJ know? Did his classmates know?

With his mind in a whirlwind, Peter had no time for autographs. He pushed through the crowd, saying, "Sorry, please let me through… I gotta go!"

Escaping the crowd like a gust of wind, Peter returned to the alley where he had first appeared. After some thought, he pressed the button on his wristband, activating his Spider-Man mask.

From his experience in his own world, wearing just the mask often helped him avoid suspicion. People would simply think it was a high-quality prop.

His hunch was correct. When he re-emerged wearing the mask, nobody thought he was Spider-Man. Instead, people were curious about where he had gotten such a realistic mask.

Finally able to breathe, Peter started pondering his situation.

Earlier that day, Peter had been living his usual life as New York's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. After finishing his patrol, he went home, studied for his upcoming college exams, and later visited his friend Ned.

On the way back, everything suddenly went black. When he woke up, he found himself in this unfamiliar world.

"What's going on?"

Peter retraced his steps but couldn't pinpoint anything suspicious. Completely baffled, he decided to figure out where he was first.

Though it looked like Queens, it didn't entirely match his memories. Queens in his world was still under reconstruction after the zombie incident, but this Queens seemed intact and undisturbed.

Peter concluded he must have arrived in a parallel world.

"Am I like Mr. Roger now? Able to travel between worlds?"

The thought popped into Peter's mind.

"Maybe I can contact Mr. Roger… but I don't have his number... Hmm?"

Peter's musings were interrupted by a video playing on a nearby electronics store display.

The video was a trailer. Watching it, Peter's jaw dropped.

"Spider-Man: No Way Home?? WHAT THE—?!"

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Meanwhile, Roger ultimately decided against bringing the jet back to L.A.

It had been a fleeting whim, but upon reflection, he realized it might cause international tension and unnecessary trouble.

In the end, he dismantled the jet's engine and other advanced components, bringing only those parts back as a token gesture.

While Roger hadn't found another Parademon, his trip wasn't entirely fruitless.

But it wasn't long before he realized he was wrong about the Parademons being a one-off incident.

One day, Luna sent him a video recorded in New York. It showed a creature with wings—a Parademon—fighting a figure in an Iron Spider suit.

The video lasted only a few seconds, but Roger immediately recognized both figures.

A Parademon and Spider-Man.

And not just any Spider-Man—one from the Marvel multiverse. But which universe was it?

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