Disclaimer: "Heroes" and related characters are created by Tim Kring. However, this story will center around characters that are my creation.

Note: To avoid any confusion, this story takes place several months before the events of the first episode, but this is in no way a prequel to the series.
How an organism evolved into what it is today depended on the environment it had to survive in. When it has to survive in a cold climate, it would grow hair. If it has to survive in an environment engulfed with predators, it will find ways to protect itself against it. But sometimes, it would also evolve differently, something unexpected, depending on either the organism's desires or emotions. Or how else could you explain that a non-flying animal like the velociraptor evolved into what we know today as birds.

Brussels, Belgium: Campus for Science and Art

In a TV-studio, which was clearly set up for a news bulletin, we find a group of students, along with their professor. They were setting up the lights, the camera, the microphones, and everything else that is linked with filming. The professor, however, looked at the TV-screen and wasn't at all satisfied with what he saw: "Is this the frame in which you are going to shoot this?"

"I don't know!" the cameraman answered, "I just put the camera here!"

"Where's the director?" the lightsman asked, "Where are you!"

He didn't see him, and clearly neither did any of the other students. The lightsman sighed, and turned around. He screamed as he did so. All the other students had turned to look at him. It turned out the director stood right behind the lightsman, and he screamed because he didn't expect to see him when he turned around.

"How did you do that?!" he asked the director, not fully recovered from the shock, "How did you make yourself disappear and re-appear like that?"

"I didn't disappear!" the director replied, "If you would be adjusting the light as you're supposed to, you'd have spotted me before you asked 'Where's the director'!"

The director, even though he's only a student like everyone else in this room, apart from their professor, wasn't at all happy. He looked at the screen, noticing that the studio looked dark on it. In other words, they still haven't changed much about the lighting.

"Didn't I tell you to shine more light on the actors?" the director said.

"No, you haven't said much!" the lightsman replied.

The director had about enough of this, and mumbled to himself: "How long are you people gonna keep acting as if I ain't here."

"What?" the lightsman asked.

"Oh! So now you do hear me!" the director bit back.

"Hey you!" the professor called to him, and pointed to the screen "You want to work with this frame?"

The director moved himself to the screen, studied it for a moment, then said to the cameraman: "Maybe you should move the camera more to the right."