I looked over the edge of the building in the night. A year ago, I probably would have tried to jump off of it just to see if I could survive. I was pretty happy with what I had just accomplished. I had made sure that the catalyst wouldn't be put inside of me. Now all I had to do was wait for Hiro to take me back to my own time.
I heard a door open and turned to see him standing in the doorway.
"Cheerleader, it's over. We can go home." Hiro said in perfect English as he walked toward me. That was unexpected.
"Hey you speak English I thought that…" I replied.
"It's a long story." He interrupted. "Just know that I have taken the catalyst. The light is in me now. We have saved the future."
"Wait you put the catalyst in you?" I asked in shock.
"Guess I showed up just in time." Another male voice said. It was an old man who I couldn't help but think was my grandfather Arthur Petrelli. I gasped.
"Keep away Arthur Petrelli!" Hiro ordered before I was thrown to the ground by his telekinesis that he had taken from Peter. "I will save the cheerleader again."
Why is it I always need saving?
Arthur then used his telekinesis to freeze Hiro and grab hold of him.
"I don't think so." Arthur remarked as he put his hand on Hiro. "I'll take the catalyst and your powers too, Hiro."
I looked over to them and noticed the sinister grin on his face.
"You're a dead man." He continued as he threw Hiro off the building.
"No!" I shouted. "Hiro."
He then walked over to me.
"I think that there's someone that you care about more. Someone that you would rather save." He remarked. "Get up. I'm not going to take your powers."
"What are you talking about?" I asked in fear as I stood up.
"Elle. I should have known better than to think Gabriel could change." He explained.
"He killed her?" I questioned in shock. No. No. No. She can't be dead.
"But you know the good thing about time travel is that the past doesn't have to happen." He added. "You could save her. In multiple ways actually. But since she died just recently, preventing her from dying wouldn't change the future that much."
"Why do you think that I would want to do that?" I asked. I did want to save Elle but I couldn't let him know that. Wait, he took Peter's powers. That probably means that he can read my mind. Damn it.
"Well aside from reading your mind, I know that you care deeply for Miss Bishop." He replied.
"What's in it for you?" I asked hesitantly.
"Well I'm your grandfather and it occurred to me that I haven't actually done anything nice for you." He answered. "Tell me Claire, have you ever heard a comic book called 9th Wonders."
"No." I answered. What the hell did a comic book have to do with our conversation?
"Well it's a very fascinating series. A lot of people that you know are in it: including you." He stated as I gasped in shock. "It was written by the late Isaac Mendez, the son of my friend Carlos. Anyway, he had a knack for drawing the future. Almost all of the events of the comics have come true. However, there was one issue that was deemed too controversial to be published. Lucky for you, I happen to have a copy of it."
He pulled a comic book out of his coat pocket and my eyes immediately widened. On the cover was a picture of me…kissing a girl…but not just any girl…the other girl was Elle.
"As you can see, the publishers didn't want to associate themselves with a lesbian storyline." He explained. "But this book tells a great deal of your future. The thing is it won't happen unless you save your future first."
"What exactly would I have to do?" I asked. I can't believe that I was actually considering his idea. I mean, I liked Elle and thought she was beautiful but I don't know if I would ever kiss her. I couldn't exactly see myself starting a lesbian relationship with her either. I ran my hand through my hair as I waited for his answer.
"Well all I would have to do is send you back to the exact moment that she died." He explicated. "I realize that your blood could bring her back from the dead but I think you would prefer if she never died in the first place. It saves you the grief of having to look at what he did to her."
"So you want to send me back to when Sylar killed her?" I asked as he nodded. "There's a small problem with that. How exactly am I supposed to stop Sylar from killing her? Not only is he physically stronger than me but he also has his telekinesis and he has my power as so I couldn't hurt him."
"I believe you know your powers better than anyone." He stated as he went to belt. I noticed he pulled a gun out of a holster. "All you have to do is hit him in his weak spot when he's not looking and he'll be gone forever."
"Okay I'm gonna ask why are you helping me?" I replied as I took the gun from him. I obviously couldn't use it on him because he would suspect it. "What's in it for you?"
"I'm not such a bad guy." He responded.
"You threw your own son out of the sixth story of a window." I reminded him.
He chuckled. That is really not funny. "Okay so there is something in it for me." He said with a creepy smile "You see Gabriel plans on killing me but if you kill him, he won't get the chance. And who knows how many other people you would be saving as well? That is what you want to do after all, isn't it, be a hero?"
"But how many people would you be killing?" I countered.
"If all goes well, none." He replied. "No one has to die from a result of this, Claire. Though, I suppose I could just send you home if you don't care. I'll just let you know that he burned her corpse, so you may not be able to do it on your own."
Damn it he's making me feel guilty. Do I really want to risk other people's lives just to save Elle's? I can't believe that I'm about to accept this.
"Okay, send me back." I told him. He put his hand on my shoulder and was no longer on the building. I was on the beach, I could see Sylar had Elle pinned to the ground. He started speaking and I knew that I didn't have much time. I also knew I would only get one shot. I aimed the gun and fired. The bullet hit him in the back of the head and blood began squirt out. Elle heard the gunshot and noticed the blood and how he went limp. She pushed him off of her and looked around the beach.
"Claire?" She asked in shock as she noticed me holding the gun.
So how do people feel about what Arthur did? On one hand, he allowed Claire to save Elle which sets up their future. On the other hand, he also saved himself. Now that Sylar's dead, who will stop Arthur? You have to read more to find out. You also have to review because I won't update without them.