By ValerieRichards

Disclaimers: I don't own any of the Heroes characters except Natalie 'Nat' Petrelli.

Author's note: When Natalie sends out messages from her head, it will be italicized along with the quotes. Also, I'm going to skip a couple of episodes. This chapter starts in Natalie's POV.

Chapter 1

I'm supposed to have a gift. Excuse me have gifts. I'm what people call a 'Hero'. My twin brother and I have powers that were somehow activated during an eclipse. I don't know what to think anymore. Supposedly, my dad had done something with me, my oldest brother Nathan, and my twin brother Peter.

"WHAT" I asked. I was practically into the phone. Peter, or Pete, had told me that we had to find a Haitian or something like that who was on a secret island. I sat down on one of the chairs in my apartment.

"I'm serious. That's our only hope in defeating dad" Pete told me. I shook my head. That wasn't true. I knew there was another way.

"No it isn't Pete. There are other ways" I told him. Pete's power was that he could mimic other's abilities. Nathan, or Nate, had the ability to fly although he denied it. As for my powers, well, I don't know most of them yet. I got the lovely luck of being the 'special one'. I'm the one with a lot of powers.

"Yeah, sure" he said. He hung up on me and I sighed. I found out later that he had convinced Nate to let him go with him to the island. I tried what I think was a better method; confronting my father face to face.

"Dad, we need to talk" I demanded as soon as I saw him. He smiled and leaned back in the chair that he was in. He gestured to me to sit down.

"If this about the powers, I'm not helping out" he said right away. My jaw tightened and my anger rose. A couple of items rose off his desk and he watched them.

"So you don't care about any of us losing power? Of the world being in danger? Do you care about anything besides yourself" I asked. The objects rose higher and higher. Then, another object rose out from somewhere behind his desk; a gun.

"That's not true. I care about the country" he told me. He grabbed the gun and held it in his hands. It was loaded, I could tell. The other objects rose even higher.

"You created us and now you want to destroy us? Was that your plan? Do you want to destroy your family? Are you sure you're even helping the country, the world" I asked angrily. He jumped up and pointed the gun at me. Suddenly, the objects dropped onto the desk. I was powerless. I still looked him straight in his eyes.

"No, that's not what I want! I wasn't even planning for that to even happen" he told me. He was talking about how we got to be who we were. I think he knew about how and why we became 'heroes'. He played with the gun and pointed at me for some reason.

"What? Are you going to shoot me? Go ahead, I'm powerless" I growled egging him on. He cocked the gun and got ready to press the trigger. He faltered and then lowered the gun.

"No, I can't" he said. I stared at him for a minute. Then there was loud banging and dad jumped. He squeezed the trigger. The gun was still pointed at me. The gun went off and I grunted as I grabbed my middle.

"Arthur, let me in" a guy's voice yelled through the door. Dad had a frozen look of horror as he watched me and then looked at the gun. Then he went to open the door while I laid on the ground bleeding to death.

"Look what you made me do" dad growled at him. The guy directed dad to the living room and away from me. Dad didn't make any struggle or attempt to get me. When the eclipse ended; which was a while later; I tried to make an attempt to send a message to Nate and Pete.

"Guys……..shot….....need help……dad's place" I told them. I hoped they heard me. A couple of minutes later, the front door burst open and Pete stormed in. My dad and the guy looked at him in surprise, but he ignored them and came to me.

"Natalie! Nat, I need you to stay with me" he told me as he began to hustle around me. I was tired and I was also trying to push the bullet out. Pete would be able to stop the bleeding after that, hopefully.

"Peter! What the hell are you doing here" dad asked. Pete briefly glared at him before turning back to me. Out of all of my family members, Pete was the one who cared the most about me.

"If you don't notice, your daughter is dying" he spat. Slowly, the bullet came out of me and I groaned and closed my eyes. Pete told me to talk to him about something.

"Where's Nate" I asked. Pete smiled sadly. He didn't have to tell me once I saw his facial expression. Nate was out on his stupid campaign again and of course wasn't worried one bit about me or Pete.

"He had to go" Pete told me. He couldn't say that Nate would be here if he could because he wouldn't. He'd be doing something else. He was so much like dad. Pete finished wrapping me up. There was no permanent damage and I'd probably heal in a couple of hours.

"Had to go round up some of us" I asked. I knew that it was him who was behind the disappearances of some of the people that had special abilities.

"Nat, we don't know that he's behind this. Nate wants to talk to me later after he's finished" he told me. Nate wouldn't stoop that low, would he? Even though I didn't want to, I picked up dad's abandoned gun and shot my dad. Hours passed and I healed as planned. Pete removed the bandages and then went to talk to Nate. A couple of minutes later, Nate called me and asked me to come over. I did and I waited outside the door. I also listened with my power to hear certain conversations. I heard Pete groan.

"I'm sorry Pete. Don't hurt him" Nate's voice said. Obviously Nate would do something bad to us, his brother and sister. I heard footsteps go into one of the rooms. I rang the doorbell.

"Nate? Nate, it's me Natalie" I shouted through the door to him. Seconds later, he opened the door. I went inside and he followed to me the window. We talked for a little bit.

"I'm sorry" Nate said. Suddenly, I felt something sharp in my back. I smiled inwardly to myself. Nate didn't know one of my powers that I had found out about recently. I slumped forwards dramatically and Nate caught me.

"What kind of brother are you? Scratch that, you're not even my brother. You're just living behind lies" I told him 'weakly'. Nate gently brushed my face and smiled sadly.

"I hope you forgive me someday" he said. That's when I reached back and pulled the shock bullets out of me. I threw them at the guys and they slumped to the floor. Nate looked at me shocked.

"Maybe, maybe not. That's just like saying that maybe someday you'll really love Peter" I told him pointedly and angrily. He opened his mouth, but I punched him hard in the face. I heard banging in one of the other rooms and knew that someone was taking Pete to wherever Nate had planned. I felt Nate sneaking up behind me and I whirled around clubbing him on the head. He went out like a light.

"Natalie" mom began. She was half of the problem and I hated her for that. I could never fully hate my mom or my dad, I mean, they're (or were in my dad's case) my parents and I do love them.

"No mom. I don't believe anything you've tried to tell me or Pete. I don't believe in anything you've tried to do since you got involved with the people with powers. You've tried to manipulate us all and Nate for your own benefit. I'm through taking orders from you" I told her. I swiftly ran at the wall and made my teleporting power (that only worked, as far as I know, for transporting me to where Pete was) work.

"Load them up" a guy in charge ordered another man. Then I saw a whole line of people covered in…….I don't what they were covered in…..suits? Of course these people were people with powers.

"Have you heard from Mr. Nathan Petrelli" another guy in charge asked. One man shook his head and the others there shrugged their shoulders. They loaded everyone up and the plane began to depart.

"All clear" someone shouted. I waited until I was sure nobody was looking before I snuck onto the plane through a hatch in the back. How did I know? I work on technology for planes and I have to know about them in order to do my job.

"Pete! Wake up" I whispered frantically at him. I had found him easily enough. I yanked the nose piece off of him and he groggily opened his eyes. He began to close them, but opened them as soon as he saw me.

"Nat? Nat, why are you here? Did Nate take you too" he asked whispering. I gripped his hands and he busted out of the clamps holding his arms. As soon as he was free, he got down on his knees and pulled me into a tight embrace.

"No, I escaped. We've got to do something" I said. We looked around, freed the others, and that's when the guards saw us. Pete fought them and one pushed him into the wall of the plane. He had also just touched a woman who had the power to freeze things. Pete's hand touched the wall and it broke.

"NOOO" most everybody screamed. Pete grabbed onto netting and clung tight. A couple of guards and one of the prisoners that was still covered were sucked out of the plane. Suddenly, I lost my grip on a secure metal object and fell towards the hole. I closed my eyes and waited to be sucked out. Instead, I felt Pete's hand grab mine.

"Pete" I asked. I looked at him and into his eyes. He looked back at me and I saw fear, panic, and determination in his eyes. Hiro was screaming from somewhere and the next thing I knew, the world went black.

Done with chapter 1. Please R&R!