As Sylar walks idly through Pinehurst, after the meeting with his father and recruiting Elle, he finally feels like he has a place in the world as he walks with his hands in his pockets and a strange little smile on his face. However as he walks someone bumps into him. He looks down to see a small girl picking up dropped papers.
"I'm so sorry, I was rushing and wasn't paying attention…" she rambles, her caramel and brunette multi chopped long curled layers hiding her face from him
"don't worry about it!" he smiles as he kneels to help pick up her papers
However as he sees her face he freezes in shock, she's a light skinned Hispanic, with a oval shaped face, her eyes a penetrating green, lined with thick black eyeliner, a bright smile, blood red lips and a ruby nose stud, her body is all curve and no height, she cant be more than seventeen.
"thanks" she says as he passes her the papers
As she goes to leave he shouts "hey, I'm Gabriel."
She looks over her shoulder at him with a small smile "Ivy." and shyly goes back to rushing.
He watches her go with a look of confusion and thought, remembering something he's long put to bed….
Flashback-6 years earlier
A tired watchmaker rubs at his burning eyes and stands with a sigh, deciding to call it a night, when suddenly the bell of the shop chimes.
"I'm sorry but we're closed" he says as he round the corner
What he finds is a light skinned Hispanic girl, in her early twenties, hair dyed blond and cut short, wearing a long sleeved fishnet top with a blue halter-top underneath, black skinny jeans and combat boots, thick black makeup and a long jagged scar down the right of her chin and neck.
"I'm not here for a watch, I need to talk to you Gabriel." she says blankly, not looking at him
"who are you, what do you want?" he asks backing away slightly
Its then that she looks at him, her eyes showing so much sadness and longing "wow, look at you!"
She goes to reach out her hand, but thinks better of it and clears her throat "I'm hear to warn you Gabriel."
He just looks at her for a moment "do I know you?"
She smiles mournfully and tilts her head "no, not yet, but you will one day, but I wont know you, I'll be young and scared and alone, but you'll know me."
"I don't under.." he starts but she cuts in quickly
"listen I don't have much time! I need you to pay attention, one day when you feel most at ease don't forget who you are, don't trust them, don't let down your guard! The world has been lying to you for a long time and when the time is right you'll understand why!" she steps closer to the confused and scared shopkeeper, taking his face in her hands
"the most important thing for you to remember is that I will be there, all those fears and doubts can fly away just as quickly as they come, don't look at them that what they want! Remember that no matter what, I will always choose you!" she says with a stray tear falling from her torn eyes as she bolts out the door, pausing to look at him one last time.
As he runs after her, wanting to understand what she meant he finds the streets empty and in time… he forgets.
End Flashback-Present Date
He swallows hard at the memory, so many unanswered questions coming back to him, but know he knows more than he did then, he knows she was real and that her names Ivy, everything else…well he'll just have to figure out on his own.