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FOURTH STORY!
Ch. 1 Thief in the Night
I was looking at my partner through sunglasses. I gave him a warning looked. We needed to get this done and we needed to leave now. I looked at my watch. We were almost ten minutes late.
"Tell me where Arnold is at?" My partner asked.
"I don't know anything" Our prisoner said.
"You will tell me" My partner said.
"We just communicate by telephone. Please don't take my head off Sylar" The man said begging
"My partner can get very angry when people don't answer his questions" I said.
"I am sorry Miss Aphrodite. I just don't know where Arnold Stevens is" The man said.
"You're lucky were in a giving mood" I said. Sylar and I left him there in the alley way and we walked toward the van.
"Good job guys" Noah Bennett
"Good acting by Gray" Jake smirked.
It was tradition at the company to call agents by their last name. Since I was the head of the company and part time agent I was called Mrs. Gray. Jake knew how I liked being part of the group so he called me White, my maiden name. In turn I called Jake by his first name only. He revealed to me that he hated his last name. He was one of the agents I talked to the most. He was the most respectful and all the other agents didn't give me any jobs because I was the head.
"Well he had to have some talent" I smirked.
My husband gave me a look of mock hurting. Gabriel and I have been married for almost two years and have a one year old son together and adopted Micah last year.
"Well it confirmed that everyone still thinks Sylar is still a killer and that Arnold is in hiding" Noah said.
"What is the story around Sylar" I said.
"The story is that Sylar is in hiding, and is challenging Arnold. He and his companion are looking for him." Jake said
"No one thinks otherwise" I said. Gabriel was once evil Sylar, who stole other specials abilities by killing them.
"No, not a sole" Noah said.
"It's useful two, it's like having a spy in enemy lines" Jake said.
"Rob really messed with us by being a spy. All of our secret information was passed to Arnold" Noah said.
"We need more agents" I said. It wasn't the first time I brought the issue up.
"Frank is trying, but we don't have the means of doing it without Arnold knowing." Jake said.
"I think Claire would be a great agent' I said. Claire really wanted to help but Noah refused to allow her to join.
"No" Noah said.
"Noah she really wants to join" Gabriel said.
"Not my daughter" Noah said.
"She is twenty years old Noah she can take care of herself. She really wants to join" I said.
"I just don't want her apart of this" Noah said.
"She would have the best training possible. I will personally see to it" I said.
Ever since last year we came up with a training regiment for new recruits. We wanted to ensure that we had the best recruits. Jake, Me, Gabriel and My friend Peter both designed it.
"Petrelli, where are you at?" Jake said talking on the cell phone.
"I am outside the company. The light is on" Peter said.
"Call for back up, we should be there in a few" Jake said. With this Noah speeded up.
"The person must of broke a window and crawled through" Agent Henderson said.
"Anything stolen" I said.
"Only the Dr. Shuresh's files on Cypher" Henderson said.
"I want a full search of the area look for finger prints and we need to review the security tapes" I said going into my "Head of the Company" mode.
"Why would they want to steal the files" I said.
"Maybe because Arnold doesn't want us to help Cypher, he clearly did a number on him" Gabriel said.
"We have every under control here Mrs. Gray, why don't you home and get some rest. We will have a full report on your desk in the morning" Henderson said.
"Thanks have a nice night" I said. Gabriel and I drove home.
"I am beat' Gabriel said yawning.
"Luckily Elle put Noah to sleep before we came home" I said yawning.
"Thank god for Elle" Gabriel said.
"Erin called early and told us that they are making dinner tomorrow" I said.
"Is it true that Peter and Erin are trying to have a baby" Gabriel said.
"Yeah Erin is really excited about it" I said smiling.
"We should have another one" Gabriel said. The truth was I didn't want another one. I might have when the subject was first brought up but circumstances changed my opinions.
"Little Noah is enough of a handful" I said firmly.
The next day I went to work, as promised the report was on my desk. No one was injured, no prisoners escaped. They took fingerprints but they didn't match anyone. Nothing else was missing besides the file on Cypher. The Company had been broken into before. It was odd that the only damage was a broken window, which was promptly fixed. At lunch I went to my usually meeting with Frank.
"The security cameras hadn't picked up anything" Frank said.
"Nothing, I think I need to request a meeting with Cypher" I said. The holding area had strict rules. You needed permission to see a prisoner.
"What do you think he will be able to tell you?" Frank asked.
"I am not sure. I want to know if there was anyone else working with Arnold" I said.
"Maybe Arnold recruited someone after Cypher was captured" Frank suggested.
"It's a strong possibility" I said.
"Is everything ok between Gabriel and Peter" Frank asked.
"Nothing has really changed" I said. Last spring Gabriel left me for two months, Peter still hadn't forgiven him. Everyone else had forgiven him, but Peter.
"That's a shame; they use to work so well together" Frank said.
"Erin had to tell him twice last week to be nice" I said.
"Peter is a very reasonable person, he will come around" Frank said assuring.
After work was our weekly family dinner. We went to our friends Erin and Peter's house. Elle and Mohinder Suresh also joined us. Peter of course wasn't talking to Gabriel. I could tell that Gabriel wanted to be friends with Peter again. Peter was being very stubborn. I knew that it wouldn't last and eventually Peter will forgive him. It just needed to take time.
"How is Shanti sleeping?" I asked.
"She almost sleeps through the night" Elle said.
"I was so glad when Noah finally was able to sleep through the night" I said.
"Is Noah trying to walk?" Erin said.
"Yep" I said proudly.
"When is Micah coming home" Elle said.
"Tomorrow" I said. Micah went to Louisiana for the summer to visit his paternal Grandmother. I was really glad that my adopted son will be home soon. I missed him during the summer.
"He said he his cousin drove him nuts all summer" Gabriel said.
"Micah doesn't like his cousin" I said.
"Why not" Peter asked.
"Well his cousin stole his father's comics. He was really upset" I said. I didn't add that it eventually lead to his mother being killed in an explosion. Just than my cell went off.
"Hello?" I said.
"Gabby, I just spoke with security. Rob escaped" Frank said.
"How did he escape" I said.
"He escaped by himself, that's all I know" Frank said.
"Is Cypher still there" I said.
"Yes" Frank said.
"Get a team in to investigate" I said.
"Ok, I will talk to you when you get in tomorrow" Frank said.
It was the worse news I could have gotten. If Rob escaped it gave Arnold more help. I didn't know how he could have escaped. We had cameras and everything. I knew that Rob did not have ability, we made sure of it. It had to be Arnold that helped him. The problem there was no proof. I was sure we could get some. If Arnold was going to want a war then we need more agents. I called Jade and asked her to join the company. She agreed within five seconds. She hated our father more than. We only just found out that Arnold was our father last year. All I needed to do know was to get Noah to allow Claire to join. The more recruits we get the greater chance we had at defeating Arnold.
