Summary: Noah and Sandra Bennet have just gotten used to having Claire around, but Mr Bennet (HRG) has been chosen by Arthur Petrelli to adopt another girl with abilites. He accpets. The girls are raised thinking that they are biological sisters but when they find out the truth things go horribly wrong and end in disaster.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HEROES OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN HEROES.
January 1st 1992
Noah and Sandra Bennet were finally settled down with their new baby Claire, although the company had called several times warning Mr Bennet to bring her back for tests. Noah always refused the company's orders when it came down to Claire, she deserved better than a life of suffering, the company had warned Noah not to get to close to baby Claire, but he couldn't help it. No matter what, Claire was now his daughter and he was going to protect her from anything, even from the people who gave her to him.
Sandra held baby Claire in her arms and cradled her to sleep, she kissed her on the forehead and began singing a song to her, Noah was at work dealing with new clients. Once Claire had fallen into a deep sleep, Sandra smiled and carried her to a new wooden cot, she rested her down and sighed. Claire was a good baby, but the story of the fire that killed her parents was horrible, well, Sandra was told by Noah that her parents had died. Sandra sat down on the sofa and just watched her new daughter sleep, she was peaceful and looked happy, Sandra smiled at the tiny baby.
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Noah walked into the company doors and headed for his office when suddenly a hand fell down on his shoulder
"Noah, we need to talk" a familiar voice said
Noah frowned and turned to face the person, it was Arthur Petrelli, the owner of the company. Noah sighed and put his hands on his hips
"if this is about Claire-" Noah began but was cut off by Arthur shaking his head
"no this isn't about Claire, we've decided to let you keep Claire for the time being but this is about another little girl" Arthur said.
Noah frowned, he didn't know about any other little girls in the company
"what little girl?" Noah asked
Arthur turned around and pointed to his office
"she's in there. We need you to take her as well, once again, it's no option" Arthur said firmly
Noah sighed and headed for Mr Petrelli's office, having one baby unexpectedly was a challenge but two was going to take a huge amount of effort. Noah slowly pushed the office door open to see a little girl standing in front of him, she looked terrified and gripped onto a teddy bear in her arms tightly. The little girl was wearing a white dress, her blonde hair falling gently onto her shoulders and her big blue eyes filled with tears, Noah gulped and turned to look at Arthur again who nodded
"her name is Elle Bishop, she's been held in a laboratory for most of her life and we feel she's been pushed too far" Arthur said.
Noah frowned, he recognized the name Bishop and finally remembered
"Bob Bishop's daughter?" Noah asked
Arthur shook his head
"not anymore, he never treated her like a daughter anyway, just an experiment gone wrong. Please take her and leave, I have important business to take care of" Arthur said as he walked past Noah and into his office.
Elle gasped in fear and ran into a far corner of the room
"Elle, Mr Bennet is here to take you home, you've got a new family now" Arthur said
Elle still wouldn't move from the corner, she was still too scared to, Noah saw the fear in her eyes and sighed. He slowly made his way over to her and got down on one knee to talk to her
"hello, Elle. My name is Noah, I wont hurt you, I want to help you" Noah said trying not to scare her further
Elle stood still and didn't reply
"you know, you've got a baby sister at home called Claire, I think she'd love to see her big sister. And we can go buy dolls if that's what you want, you can even pick out a doll house" Noah said
Elle smiled and started to make her way out of the corner
"lots of dolls?, can I buy one for my baby sister?" Elle asked nervously.
Noah laughed and nodded
"sure you can" Noah said
Elle smiled and took hold of Noah's hand, Noah smiled and stood up.
"Can we go and see Claire now?" Elle asked, her eyes widened with excitement
Noah smiled and nodded, she then bent to lift Elle into his arms, she rested her head against his shoulder, Noah looked at Arthur who nodded
"take care of her, we don't want any accidents" Arthur said.
Noah nodded and walked out of the office, she waved to Arthur with a smile, Arthur waved back
"what a good child. Pity they don't stay that way" Arthur said to himself as he shut his office door.
Noah walked out of the company building and towards his car, once he had Elle inside, he made sure she was safely strapped in, he noticed that she was thinking about something
"something on you mind, Elle?" Noah asked
Elle looked up at Noah and nodded.
"You want to tell me?" Noah asked
Elle shook her head
"my father used to say, 'never tell people anything about you, or things will go bad'" Elle said
Noah sighed and removed his glasses
"well, since you're going to be living with me, I guess I need to know a little bit about you…, and what you can do" Noah said.
Elle gasped and looked at Noah with a shocked expression
"you know what I can do?" Elle asked
Noah smiled
"I know that you have a power" Noah said
Elle suddenly raised her hand and clicked her finger to show a little bit of electricity, Noah smiled
"wow, that's great but you must never ever use that in front of anybody, never!" Noah said.
Elle nodded
"so, you want to tell me what you were thinking?" Noah asked
Elle nodded
"can I call you dad?" Elle asked
Noah felt touched when Elle asked that
"of course you can sweetheart" Noah said as he leaned in to kiss Elle on the forehead.
Elle giggled then sneezed which made a little bit of electricity jump out of her fingers
"we've got to work on that, now lets go and see Claire" Noah said
Elle nodded with a sweet smile and Noah shut the door and headed for the front of the car, he had two daughters in the space of two weeks and both girls were unexpected but were both now family.
"You ready to go?" Noah asked
Elle nodded
"yes, daddy!" Elle said
Noah smiled and drove off.