Elle Bishop stood inside of the Bennet house. Normally she wouldn't be allowed to go out unless she was on a mission. Well most people at the company thought she on a mission but she managed to cleverly sneak out while her father was taking a nap. She was a teenager and like many of her kind she was good at manipulating adults. She had just finished getting rid of Rene. She had noticed that Sylar was left unwatched and heard Eden McCain talking about trying to kill him. Apparently Noah Bennet had sent Rene to erase Claire's memories. She actually wanted to meet Claire herself since they were around the same age and both had abilities. But after hearing of Noah's plan, she knew she had to get Claire out of there.
She heard the door open and hoped that it was Claire because if it was anybody else, she was screwed. She used her powers to kill the lights so nobody would notice her. It would give her time to determine who was there.
"Hello?" The voice of a teenaged girl said as she reached for the light switch.
Claire Bennet walked into her house to realize that no one seemed to be home. It was a good thing because something weird was definitely going on. First her best friend Zach doesn't remember being friends with her and then Lyle doesn't remember her ability. Who was she supposed to talk to? She reached for the light and found out that the bulb was burnt out. She could have sworn that she heard footsteps and she went to the kitchen to find the flashlight and possibly weapon to fight off any burglars. (They wouldn't be able to hurt her but still) She grabbed the flashlight and the knife before she shined the flashlight across the kitchen and saw a blonde-haired girl about her age.
"What are you doing in my house?" Claire asked as she held the knife out.
"Put the knife down Claire." Elle said as she threw her hands up.
"How do you know my name?" Claire said as she began charging toward the girl
Elle sighed and let out a blast of electricity at Claire's arm. It caused her to drop the knife
"Now will you calm down? I'm not a burglar. I'm here to talk to you." Elle said. "Yes I broke in but only because I needed to talk to you."
"Did you just shoot electricity out of your hands?" Claire asked in shock.
"I'm not much different from you, Claire." Elle said. "Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Elle Bishop."
"So what did you want to talk about?" Claire asked.
"It's not safe to talk about here." Elle explained. "Come with me and I'll explain everything to you."
"I'm supposed to be home right now." Claire said.
"Come on Claire, be a rebel." Elle replied. "You don't have to listen to Mommy and Daddy. I especially wouldn't listen to your Daddy."
"Okay I'll come with you." Claire responded with a smile. They both headed out to Elle's car. It didn't take them long to arrive at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland. They were seated at a diner when Claire noticed what appeared to be a memorial. "What happened here?"
"A waitress was killed here a few days ago." Elle explained. "Quite a shame."
"So what's with all of these people coming to me?" Claire asked. "I thought I was only one."
"You are definitely not the only one." Elle said with a laugh. "You're not even the only healer I've met. I'm going to cut to chase, Claire, your father is not someone that you should trust."
"Why shouldn't I trust him?" Claire reciprocated.
"Haven't you noticed how he disappears for days on end? How people suddenly seem to be forgetting things? Your father has a friend that has the power to erase memories. He even sent him to erase yours but I managed to get rid of him before he could." Elle explained.
"How do you know my father?" Claire asked as their food arrived.
"Well he has known my father for a long time. And I've worked with him once." Elle said.
"You've worked with him? But you can't be much older than me." Claire remarked.
"Age doesn't matter as long as there's one of us, and one of them." Elle said. "You know that guy who tried to kill you?"
Claire nodded wonder where Elle was going with the conversation
"He's like the way he is because of me. He used to be a good person." Elle said as she lowered her head.
"What did you do to him?" Claire questioned curiously.
"My assignment was to get him to kill somebody with an ability." Elle said. "I couldn't help but wonder if I was supposed to be bait, so I seduced him and then betrayed him, I feel horrible for doing it and now I don't know how many people he's killed."
"Why do you work for these people?" Claire asked.
"I don't. I quit. Well technically I can't quit so I'm on the run and I want you to come with me." Elle said. "It would give us a real chance to get to know each other."
"So you just want me to run away from home with nothing but the clothes on my back?" Claire asked in surprise.
"Claire you don't have many options. I could take you to see your real father." Elle said.
"You know my father?" The cheerleader asked.
"Well I don't know him but I know where he lives." The other blonde replied.
"And we need to leave right now. They could be coming to try to find me any minute." Elle said as the bell above the door rang. "They're here."
Claire looked to the door and saw Matt Parkman and Audrey Hanson. "No I know those people. They work for the FBI. They questioned me." She said a she looked them over. "I wouldn't be surprised if I know why they're here."
"To investigate the murder." Elle finished.
They were noticed by the agent and the police officer. More specifically, Claire was noticed.
"Why exactly do you seem to be involved whenever we're doing an investigation?" Agent Hanson asked.
"Excuse me but my friend and I are trying to enjoy a dinner together." Elle said, trying to sound ticked off.
"Cut the crap, Blondie." Hanson said. "Get inside her head to find out something about her father."
"What do you want from me?" Claire asked. "I don't know much more about my father than you do."
"You really don't know what he's up to?" Hanson asked.
"She doesn't." Matt said. "But the other one does."
"Hey don't call me the other one. My name is Elle." The former agent replied. "But let's head outside if you want to talk."
"Fine we'll head outside." Matt said as he waited for the three of them to walk out.
Once they were outside, Elle was the first one to speak.
"So here's how this is going to work. I'll tell what you want to know about either Noah Bennet OR Sylar." She said. "And if you go inside my head, you'll be sorry."
"That sounds like a threat." Hanson said.
"Do you wanna call my bluff?" Elle asked confidently.
Hanson began to reach for her gun and she was quickly zapped in her hand by Elle.
"Parkman's not the only one with an ability." Elle said as her hands cackled. "Now both of you, put your guns on the ground. Nobody has to get hurt here. So tell me, who would you rather know about?"
"You have got some issues." Hanson said.
"What can I say? My daddy doesn't love me." Elle replied.
"Are you being serious?" Matt asked.
"Yes he treats me more like an experiment than a daughter." Elle said. "Okay so Sylar is locked up in a Primatech facility in Odessa. I would not advise a raid because security is tight and there are people with powerful abilities there. Now I think that we'll be going."
Elle began to walk away and Claire began to follow her.
"Wow you are probably the bravest person that I've ever met." Claire replied.
Elle then realized something. "Claire, I need your phone." She said.
"Okay is there someone you need to call?" The cheerleader asked.
"No I'm going to destroy it." Elle said as began to charge her hand.
"Wait let me send a text to my mom to let her know that I am safe." Claire said.
"We can't let them track us." Elle said.
"Fine." Claire relented. "But they're going to think that I was kidnapped."
"I'm okay with that as long as they can't find you." Elle replied as zapped the phone. "We need to keep moving. We'll probably have to take turns driving because we can't really stop anywhere for the night."
"What are we going to do if we run out of gas?" Claire asked.
"This car is electric which means that I just have to keep charging it." Elle said.
"Does it have GPS by any chance?" Claire asked as they got inside.
"No I got rid of that." Elle said.
"And where are we going?" Claire asked.
"Your father lives in New York." Elle explained.
"There has to be somewhere that we can stop for the night." Claire suggested.
"Claire we're both runaways. If we stop before we reach our destination, we could get caught." Elle said as she turned to look at Claire.
"Elle look out!" Claire cried as she threw herself in front of the other girl and the car crashed into another one.
Claire's body absorbed the airbag as she began to heal.
"Claire you saved my life." Elle said.
"It was nothing." Claire said in a weak voice. "It felt good."
Elle stepped out of the car and saw two Asian men.. "I'm so sorry." She said. "PLEASE DON'T REPORT ME"
"It's fine. Accidents happen." The one without glasses said.
Claire stepped out of the car and the men watched as the cuts began to heal.
"Yatta! We found the cheerleader." The man with glasses said.
The other man covered his friend's mouth. "I'm sorry. You don't go to Union Wells High School, do you?" He asked
"I do." Claire said.
"My name is Ando Masahashi and this is my colleague Hiro Nakamura." He said.
"Hi…" Claire said uneasily.
"Hiro Nakamura…you have a power, don't you?" Elle asked.
"I do but my power hasn't worked for the past few days." Hiro said.
"Did something eventful happen to you in the past few days?" Elle asked.
"I traveled back in time to save a girl and failed." Hiro said.
"There was a picture of you on the memorial at the Burnt Toast Diner." Claire said. "You were with the waitress that got killed."
"Yes I loved her." Hiro said. "The brain man killed her."
"Sylar." Elle said.
"You know him?" Ando asked.
"Unfortunately yes." Elle said. "Come on Claire we need to find a way to get to New York City."
"We are going to New York City." Ando said. "Our car looks drivable. You could come with us."
"As long as no one knows that we're with you." Elle said as she got into the back seat of the sedan. Claire got in beside her.
"So why are the two of you going to New York anyway?" Ando asked. "You seem pretty young."
"It's a long story." Claire said.
"Well it seems that we're going to have plenty of time." Ando said. "How about you start talking?"
So this story came to while reading other stories. I wanted a story that took place during Fallout and decided on what would happen if it was Elle that visited Claire instead of The Haitian. Then I decided to make Elle a rebellous teenager who stuck away from the company. The story just developed as it went along. You get to see Elle be totally awesome to Matt and Audrey while showing complete control. I also do think that Elle as a peer with an ability could convince Claire to run away with her even though they just met because her fascination of meeting other people with abilities. And lastly Ando has his power but he hasn't discovered it yet.