I am October Petrelli. No, I'm not Nathan and Peter's "long lost sister" or anything. I'm actually their cousin. I am a year younger than Peter (25) and live in Manhattan. Nathan and Peter aren't the only ones in the family with "special abilities". I happen to have one too. I heard there is some other woman with close to the same ability as I have. But here's what's different. She can make herself look like other people. I can make myself look however I want. If I wanted lime green hair, BAM, I'd have lime green hair. If I wanted to be taller, then I can make myself taller. The other woman can change the things around her to go with who she changed into. I'm sure you've heard of what she did with Isaac Mendez and Simone DeVeaux. I guess she changed into Simone so Isaac wouldn't get into trouble with the police. I don't remember her name but I heard she can be a real bitch. Anyway, I can also stop my heart when I want. It's kind of weird actually. When I stop my heart, it's like I die but my spirit is still in my body. I can still hear, I can still see, I just can't move or talk….it's weird. I found this to be very useful. But once I stop it, it's not exactly easy to get it started again. When Peter first started to notice he had this ability, I was one of the first to know about everything that went on with him. He told me absolutely everything because Nathan wouldn't listen. I took interest in his stories and started to believe them when I soon found that I had an ability of my own.
About a week and a half ago, Peter went to look for Mohinder Suresh, and ended up finding Sylar instead. I'm sure you've heard the story. Well, I'm here to tell you a little bit more of that story that you probably didn't hear. Peter escaped. He had healed his head and turned invisible. To escape, he flew out the window. At that time, I was sitting in my apartment looking at old photos of the 3 of us (Nathan, Peter, and I) when we were little. I found one my aunt took of us playing cops and robbers. Nathan was the cop, I was the robber and Peter was the doctor for when any of us got hurt. I never really understood why he wanted to help out a robber by healing her, but wanting to be a nurse I guess explains it.
I looked up from the photo and noticed my front door suddenly swing open. I stood up and it closed.
"Peter, please tell me that's you…" I said, freaked out.
Peter appeared in front of me. He scared my half to death so I fell down to the couch I was just sitting on.
"Dammit, Peter!" I yelled, "You gotta stop doing that! You're freakin' me out."
"Sorry," he said. "I just didn't know if I was being followed."
"Why would you be followed?" I asked.
"I escaped Sylar."
"The guy that tried to kill you and Claire back in Texas?"
"Yeah. He got to Mohinder."
I looked at the ceiling, soaking it all in. I took a deep breath and said, "So now he's go the list…?"
"Probably…"
"Peter, we got to get Nathan and everybody out of here. He's going to come after us."
I got up and was going to run to the phone but Peter grabbed my arm.
"I'll take care of it," he said. "The only thing I need you to do is to go over to Isaac's and personally warn him about Sylar. I'm not sure he knows."
I swallowed hard and said, "Okay."
Peter walked over to the kitchen counter and found a piece of scrap paper and a pen. He quickly scrawled down Isaac's address.
"Be careful," he said and gave me a quick kiss on the forehead. "Disguise yourself if you have to. Call my cell phone when you're leaving Isaac's."
He then disappeared and again I saw my front door open and slam shut.
Chapter 2 coming soon