Heroes: War (Part one: Hope)
Prologue:
There are always things in this world that you will never forget, there are things you wish you could forget, and there are things you try your hardest to never forget, like my brother Nathan. The last words he said to me before his essence faded into Sylar were "I got a feelin' the world ain't seen nothin' yet." I dont know why he said it, perhaps he was glimpsing into a future none of us had any idea about, or perhaps he was trying to boost my self esteem at the time. But what ever it was that made him say that it had alway made me wonder if what we all had done was ever even worth it. I've always hated Sylar for all the things he has done, especially killing my brother. But now as things are, he is one of the only ones I can trust.
Its been a year since Claire showed the world that there are people like us, people with abilities and a lot has changed since that time. Because of that moment, that moment when Claire jumped from ferriswheel in front of all those news cameras, everything changed. We soon became separated, divided. Some joined Claire in rallying together which at first seemed harmless as she spoke for them becoming their leader, but shortly after it led to violence, as those without abilities began to resent and hate us. Sylar supported her in the begining as he turned away from his psycopathic tendencies and wanted peace, but as Claire's ideals changed and became corrupted with what she was convinced as her version of peace he began to shy away from her, until he had to go into hiding along with me as those who he wanted to help began to turn a cold shoulder to him for not believing in their ways. As she continued to lead those with abilities to fight for their right for equality the government and the world fought back and instead of rounding us up like they once tried to in secret, they now did it in public. Things continued to become worse as they experimented on us and killed us on sight if we showed the slightest bit of resistance.
Some of those whom I considered my friends were now my enemies and those who would normally support me were in hiding and no where to be found. Mohinder and Tracy were supporting Claire; Matt Parkman disappeared all together without a trace left of him, Hiro and Ando were constantly jumping from place to place to stay hidden, no doubt due to Hiro's teleportation, and Noah Bennett, well he is here with us. Though with how torn up he has been due to all of this he might as well not be, though I don't blame him, it is not easy having to consider your own daughter a threat to humanity and to the world. Regardless of any of their personal feelings the three of them have come together for one purpose, to stop Claire and prevent a war. For if war should break out, then no one wins.
Gabriel could see Noah's concern as his forehead wrinkled in thought. It was not easy for any of them as the decision to come out of hiding to fight for what they believed is right could very well kill them. Though he could heal Gabriel knew there were still ways to kill him and knew that when the time came he would accept his death, but he did not want to hurt anyone, which is the reason he stayed hidden with Peter and Noah since he left Claire's side a few months ago. Yes he could shift into anyone he wanted, but that is not how he wanted to live. He wanted to be himself and be free. He knew if he started fighting the monster inside of him would come back out, he wanted nothing more than to keep the monster away. He liked who he was now, no longer the serial killer Sylar, he was Gabriel. "Noah I know your concern for Claire but she is no longer the little girl you raised so fondly. I've seen her do things that would even make you cringe. Her vision of what is right is gone."
Noah removed his glasses and put his head on the palms of his hands. The stress of all of this has gotten to him and it showed in his physical appearance. "What would you have me do? Kill my own daughter? I can't, even if this Kris person can remove her healing without blocking everyones abilities, we don't even know where he is." Noah pointed at the file labeled Primatech on the small wooden table in the middle of them. "This file is almost three years old, his last known whereabouts is in an area that is no longer accessable."
"There is always a way Noah, we can find Molly and ask her to help us." Peter leaned foreward and opened the file. He looked at the picture of a man in his early twenties. "I know she would help us if we explained to her what we want to do."
"We dont even know where she is Peter." Noah stood up in frustration as he made his way to the window of the building they were staying in. He glanced out at the night sky which was being lit up by the lights from the nearby city.
"No but I know how we can find her." Noah and Peter looked over at Gabriel as he smiled. "All we need is a computer with internet access. We just need to send a random Email with the title Rebel and he will come to us."
"That's right, Micah is with her."