I sit here is my cell having just woken up from the latest gassing, that's how they sedate me long enough to inject me with that shit that robes me of my abilities, to say my plan had backfired was a slight understatement, on my quest to discover if Angela Pirelli was in fact my mother I entered the company, everything was going smoothly, until that dammed Haitian knocked me out, now his was I power could appreciate as well as distain!

The door opens, two men curiously step inside firmly holding tranquilizer guns, as another two hurl a young girl into the cell, one shouting as they back out "consider it a gift!"

I watch as the moment the girl hits the floor she quickly scurry's away into the far corner, her hair is a long ebony mist masking her face, filled with split ends and greasiness, she's short in stature and for too skinny for her hourglass build, her alabaster completion almost whiter than her company given clothes. I can't fight the smile on my face, so Angela wants to play nice?

I stand and take a step closer to the girl as she rocks slightly, cradling herself, but I stop in my tracks as I notice the blue ink on her skin, four snowflakes scattered lightly on her wrist, they seem so familiar and then it seems so clear…

"Lily?" her movements end and her head lifts ever so lightly, pastel blue orbs shining through the thick strands.

As her eyes meet mine she quickly springs up and runs to me, rather than away like I'm used to, she raps her arms tightly around my middle, burying her head in my chest, whispering in a hoarse, broken voice "G…Gabriel!"

~New York, Queens- Three Years Ago~

I sit in my workshop, fixing a Rolex whose owner had been less than careful with it, when suddenly the bell chimes and I find a young girl with black pixie hair, pale blue eyes that sparkle, her skin peaches and cream filled with her bright sherbet lip smile, a pink baby doll dress highlighting growing figure, wearing her teddy backpack over her shoulders as she smiles happily, taking a seat on the table.

"Hey Gabriel!" she smiles sweetly

I don't look up from the watch as I speak "hello Lily, shouldn't you be heading home?"

She shrugs lightly "moms at work and I forgot my keys again! I'd ask if I could stay at your mom's until she came home but last time I did that she just sat there and made me listen to her talk about her globe collection!"

I can't help but chuckle lightly "ok, just don't make too much noise; I need to get this done!"

She makes a squealing noise and then runs over to her bag and pulls out her note pad, plugging in her earphones, she's always scribbling away in that thing!

Lily's a good girl, quiet and book smart, she has her own small cluster of friends and tries not to mingle too much, she's just shy and slightly diffident, her mother is usually too busy to notice, but I can't really blame her, having a fourteen year old girl must be hard as well as working two jobs. So I usually let her stay here for a few hours after school, then take the time to walk her home, she lives in the same apartment as my mother!

I shake my head lightly as she starts humming and trying not to itch at her wrist, she'd recently got a tattoo of four different snowflakes as a sign of rebellion, or just to get her mother's attention!

When I asked why she had chosen snowflakes she just looked at her bound wrist and shrugged timidly "there's just something about them I like, I suppose I have a thing for snow!"

~Odessa Texas, the Company, Level 5 – Present-day~

As I hold the scared girl in my arms I'm not sure what to do, she must have an ability otherwise she wouldn't be here and she looks like she's been here for a long time! But this is different to the others, they we're a means to an end, nothing, I had no connection to them other than their gifts, even Elle who I had some twisted form of a relationship with, they all meant nothing but what I could gain from them in the end!

Lily was different to that, I've known her from before my life as Sylar, before my hunger for power and knowledge took control, but she has an ability, a gift that I could use…No! This is Lily for god's sake, little Lily Thornwood from 6B!

I look down at the girl I once knew, her lips have split with lack of moisture, her face once full of color and bright smiles now tragic and washed-out "Lily, what happened to you?"

She shakes her head lightly "they…Tests, that's what they said… it hurt so much Gabriel, always hurts! Wires and tubes and pencils ...why are they doing this to me, why won't they stop? I said I was sorry, I didn't mean to hurt anyone, I swear! I didn't mean it, they were just drawings, I didn't know!"

She sobs and I gently stroke the girls hair and nestle her back into my arms while trying to overcome my rage, they hurt her, for how long, when did they even take her, what did they do to break that sweet little girl?

"sshh… its ok, I know, I'm here!" I try to sooth her, but she stills and her eyes drift

"I drew Sarah, she started picking on me and she just wouldn't shut up! So I drew her and I erased her mouth on the picture… the next day she… her mouth was just gone! … do you think they know?" I look at her in amazement, Animation of Drawings, a strange and unusual ability!

"Knows what?" I ask as she gazes off

Her face snaps up to me as she answers "that I… I liked it! …wait, what… why are you, you're like me!"

She realizes as her eyes search mine "yes Lily, but I… my ability it made me… different! I've done things, really horrible things, hurt people and I'm not sorry or going to stop!"

I look at her, wondering what she'll think of the man she once knew "you... I don't care! You're still my friend, your all I have, the only thing I've had for two years so I really couldn't give a fuck right now!"

I can't help but look at her in shock "Gabriel please help me, get us out of here!"

I smile sinisterly "don't worry, I'll fix it, I'll make everything better…. and its Sylar now!"

She just nods with a ghost of a smile, a flash of hope lining her despairing tear filled eyes "thank you… Sylar!"

She smiles and leans back into my arms, two years, that's a long time without human comforts, long time to change our views of right and wrong, the old Lily would be sickened by the idea of sweet Gabriel taking lives, but now, after years of solitude and 'testing' she has grown hard and broken, just like me.

I smile into where I knew there to be one of the cameras, smirking as I stoke my old friend's destroyed waist length hair. I know Angela will be watching, I also know the cameras have no sound and she'll be wondering what the fuck just happened, she offered me a new gift as a lore, but instead gave me a companion, an accomplice… a friend!