FOUR MONTHS AGO: THE MISSING PIECES

CHAPTER ONE: FAMILIAR FACES

Kirby Plaza

Ambulances and police arrive at Kirby Plaza. EMT's observe the scene.

"Hey, over here!" Mohinder shouts.

A few guys go over to Mohinder and the injured Matt.

"Geez, what happened to him?" an EMT asks.

Mohinder looks at him like he's crazy.

"He was shot!" he yells at them.

"Sorry. No need to get upset, man," the EMT tells him.

"The man is dying!" Mohinder shouts back.

The angered EMT and a few confused ones begin to move Matt's body. Mohinder sees Molly over by Niki, D.L., and Micah.

"Molly!" Mohinder calls out.

Mohinder runs over to them. Meanwhile, a few EMT's are getting D.L.'s body as well. Molly is still upset, but not crying as much. Micah and Niki are crying though.

"Everything's going to be okay, you hear me?" Niki assures D.L.

D.L. is too weak to really respond. Molly sees Mohinder.

"Mohinder!" she cries out.

The two runs toward each other and hug. Micah sadly looks at them.

"At least her dad is alright," he thinks to himself.

Molly looks confused.

"Where's Officer Parkman?" she asks Mohinder.

Mohinder sees him getting carried away.

"Over there," he points to her.

Molly screams, "No!" and begins to run toward Matt.

"Molly, get back here!" Mohinder orders her.

She doesn't listen and continues to run to Matt. Soon enough, she just reaches him.

"Wait! Don't die Officer Parkman. You're my hero!" she tells him.

Matt gets put in the ambulance. Another ambulance takes D.L.'s body away. HRG and Claire are sitting next to each other at the plaza. HRG tries to comfort her.

"Let's go home," HRG says.

"Home where? House burnt down," Claire reminds him.

"Home is anywhere where our family is together," he comfortably tells her.

She looks at him with a smile.

"You have a plan, right?" she asks.

HRG nods and the two get up. Police officers are investigating the scene. Two detectives are investigating the spot where Peter and Sylar faced off.

"Supposedly, Sylar was killed right here," the first detective reports.

The second detective looks at the spot. There's no body, no blood, no trace of anything.

"Well apparently, he's not here," the second one concludes, "So that means somebody lied."

"Maybe he's not dead," the first one theorizes, "Maybe he's just injured. An injured man can surely escape, can't he?"

"It's possible, but unlikely," the second one responds.

"Well then what is likely? Sylar died and his ghost brought the body with him?" the first one retorts sarcastically.

"Very funny," the second one says in a dry tone.

Yamagato Industries

(All dialogue here is in Japanese, and has been translated.)

Ando is sitting in his cubicle. He's clearly bored and is still waiting for Hiro to return. Kaito Nakamura walks down the seemingly endless rows of cubicles. He stops at Ando's and looks him at him with strict eyes. Ando looks at Kaito with frightened eyes. Ando puts on an almost fake smile.

"Good morning, sir. Is there anything you need from me?" Ando asks.

There is a short pause.

"I just wanted to thank you for saving my daughter last night," Kaito tells him, "She told me all about it today."

Ando smiles and sighs at the same time.

"You're welcome, sir. I just wanted to make sure your daughter is safe," Ando happily replies.

Kaito gives a short nod, but no smile. He continues walking down the rows of cubicles. The man in the cubicle next to Ando's pops his head out.

"Hey! Ando!", the cubicle worker quietly calls out, "Did you really save Kimiko's life?"

Ando looks over and gives a boastful grin.

"You bet I did."

Roosevelt Hospital

Niki, Micah, Mohinder, and Molly are all in the waiting room. All of them have tears in their eyes. Molly looks over at Micah.

"I hope your dad's okay," she sympathetically tells him.

Micah looks at her, tears running down his face.

"Thanks," he sadly says.

They give a small comforting smile at each other.

A doctor enters the waiting room.

"Mohinder Suresh?" the doctor asks.

Mohinder gets up.

"How is he?" Mohinder asks.

"Your husband's fine," the doctor informs him.

Niki ignores that statement but Micah and Molly look confused. Mohinder laughs it off.

"No, no, he's not my..."

The doctor interrupts him.

"Hey, I'm not against any of that. But I don't want to hear about your personal lives, okay?" the doctor interrupts.

Mohinder sighs. This stupid doctor reminds him of the stupid EMT at Kirby Plaza.

"Can we visit him?" Mohinder asks the doctor, a little irritated.

"Sure, but he's not awake yet," the doctor tells him.

"Let's go, Molly," Mohinder tells her.

The two of them go to see Matt. Niki and Micah continue to wait. A saddened Angela Petrelli enters the hospital.

Lone Pine Hotel

Sandra and Lyle Bennet are in a hotel room. Sandra is petting Mr. Muggles and Lyle is watching TV. Suddenly, HRG and Claire enter the room.

"How was your trip?" Sandra asks, completely unaware of any previous events.

HRG and Claire look at each other and then look back.

"It was fine," HRG replies.

"And where were you, young lady?" Sandra asks with a strict mother tone.

Claire hesitates for a moment. Her dad covers for her.

"She was just outside, getting fresh air. Nothing wrong," HRG says.

"Oh," Sandra says, somewhat unbelieving.

She continues petting Mr. Muggles.

"Anyways," HRG continues, "We're leaving tomorrow morning. California isn't exactly close, so we should start very early."

"Sounds good to me," Sandra says.

HRG smiles and walks over to her. He kisses her forehead. Claire walks over to Lyle and starts watching TV. She's trying to pretend that nothing happened.

We return to Yamagato Industries.

(Reminder: All dialogue here is in Japanese and has been translated.)

Kaito is in his office, filling out papers. Someone knocks on the door. Kaito looks up, he seems worried about something. Ando enters the room.

"You wanted to see me, sir?" Ando nervously asks.

"Sit down, Ando," Kaito orders.

Ando closes the door and sits down in a chair.

"Is there anything wrong, sir?" Ando asks, still very nervous.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, there is," Kaito starts, "I need to know something."

"Anything, sir," Ando assures him.

"Good," Kaito continues, "Because I was just wondering where my son is. Do you happen to know where he is?"

Ando panics for a moment, then calms down.

"No sir, I have no idea," Ando lies.

Kaito knows he's lying.

"Stop lying to me, Ando. Somehow you came back here and Hiro didn't. I want to know how and I especially want to know why."

Ando gulps.

"Well sir, you see, he...um, brought me back here," Ando honestly states.

"Then why isn't he here too?" Kaito asks, still suspicious.

"Well sir, he went back to stab the brain man," Ando explains.

Kaito looks down for a moment.

"And he hasn't returned since then?" Kaito asks, hiding his sadness.

"No sir," Ando sadly looks down too.

A long uncomfortable silence fills the room. Kaito breaks the silence.

"Ando, we must find Hiro. I can't let my only son die. Especially since he was supposed to save the world."

Ando nods.

"Yes sir, I agree."

"Good," Kaito replies.

The two of them shake hands.

Isaac Mendez's Loft

The same two detectives investigating Sylar enter the loft. They do not have backup. The first detective points his gun at something.

"Oh my...hey, check this out!" the first detective shouts.

The second detective looks over there. The two of them are staring at Isaac's dead rotting body.

"That's disgusting, man," the second one says.

"His head is missing," the first one reminds him.

"We should get some backup," the second one suggests.

A man is standing over the body. The detectives can't see him. The man is Claude. He's holding a painting.

"I better get out of here," Claude quietly says to himself.

(Chapter Two: Searching for Hope will continue the story. Mohinder and Molly will see Matt, eventually leading to them adopting her. Kaito and Ando will begin their search for Hiro, leading to many problems along the way. Claire and her family will begin moving to California and HRG will suspect that someone from the Company is following them. Claude will escape the loft with a mysterious prophetic painting. Someone from the Company will go to the loft as "backup" and will hide Isaac's body.)