Heroes
Rules of Engagement
Chapter 2
The Rebels
Clair staired out the car window half asleep. She and Alex had been driving for the past ten hours non-stop, with the hope of eluding Nathan and his men. She sighed and thought about what her mom and Kyle were thinking. In the beginning she had thought of writing a note telling them og\f her plans, but if any of Nathan's men saw it, than they might find it. There was a little part of her that wondered how her dad was doing, but she couldn't stop thinking about what he has done.
Alex looked at Clair with a frown. He couldn't believe that not even three days ago he had thought of himself as the only one with an ability, but he was in the same car with a girl who also had an ability. "Are you okay?" He asked. "You have been awfuly quiet?"
Clair looked at Alex with a strained smile. "I am okay," She said with a jaded sigh, "I am just tired that's all."
"So why don't you close your eyes for a but," Alex said turning his attention to the road.
"Oh I am not that kind of tired," Clair said with another strained smile as she removed a strand of her hair from her forehead and said, "I am tired of all this running. I am tired of all this hiding. All I want to do is be a normal teenager." Clair paused and chuckled with aggravation, "All I want is to be a cheerleader, with the worries normal cheerleaders have."
"Why are you always on the run?" Alex asked briefly glancing at Clair.
Clair smiled at Alex weakly. "I can't tell ou that," She said part of her wanting to open up and tell him everything. "Alex don't take this the wrong way, but I don't know you well enough."
"Oh I see how this is done," Alex said with a chuckle, "I guess I am the one to break the ice."
"No it isn't like that," Clair said placeing her hand on Alex's knee for a second, before removing quickly when she locked eyes with Alex. "So much bad has gone on in my life."
"Oh it doesn't bother me," Alex said with a frown "When I first found out about my ability, I kept it quiet. I didn't want pwoplw to think differet of me if they found out. But about a year ago that all changed," Alex paused and took a deep breath. He switched lanes again and then continued, "I was driving home from work one night when out of no where a car came and if I didn't hit the brakes I would have gotten into an accident. I did manage to hitmy head on the steering wheel." Alex paused again and wondered what Clair was thinking. She seemed to be listening intently. "I woke up in my apartment two days later, with bruises all over my body and a strange mark on my neck."
Clair exhaled and made a fist. "That was my dad's doings," She said not wanting to look at Alex. "Remember the guy at the comicbook store who was looking for you."
"Yeah you told me to avoid him," Alex said watching Clair nodd in agreement.
"That's true," Clair said feeling frustrated, "My dad has a keen way of doing things."
"Why does your dad do it?"Alex asked turning his attention back to the road. "I mean he has no right to get involved with people's lives."
"And I agree with that," Clair said thinking about how many people with abilties her dad has locked up and tested like lab rats. "He says he is doing it for the greater good, but I know he is wrong. I know it is people like him that make the world even more perilous than it really is."
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Ando stepped off his motorcycle and looked at Hiro who was sitting on a bench on the front porch. Hiro had his eyes closed and seemed to be asleep. Ando approached and asked, "Are you okay?"
Hiro opened his eyes and looked at Ando. He frowned and said with disapproval, "I was waiting for you," Hiro paused and shook his haed in dismay, "What were you thinking?"
"Oh please," Ando said sitting next to Hiro on the bench "I was bored and hungry."
"There is plenty of food here," Hiro said not looking at Ando but instead he was staring straight ahead into the emptiness of the forest that surrounded them from the rest of the world.
"I was craving waffles," Ando said his eyes wide with excitement, "You remember how good they tasted."
"That is not a good excuse. You could have been caught," Hiro said standing up abruptly. He began to pace around the porch, "Nathan and his men are everywhere."
"I am here now," Ando said standing up. He aproached Hiro and touched him on the shoulder. Hiro turned and looked at Ando. "What do you expect me to do?" Ando asked, "We were told to come here and have been doing nothing ever since then."
Hiro looked away from Ando as he said, "You are right my friend and I am sorry." Hiro paused and turned to face Ando again. "I guess I am a bit jealous that I don't have an ability."
"Listen to me," Ando said stepping up to Hiro, "Abilitiy or not, I need you by my side. We have always worked together facing whatever comes our way."
Hiro was about to say something when Peter stepped outside and approached Hiro and Ando. "It is time," He said quickly. He looked at them briefly after that and then turned abruptly; walking back into the house.
Hiro and Ando looked at eachother briefly before following Peter back into the house. The first floor of the house was dimly lit and smelled musty. There was dust and cobwebs everywhere. Most of the paint on the walls had long faded away and there were cracks covering most of the walls. The upper part of the house was deserted for security purposes. There was an underground passage way, that led to an underground facility where the rebels were located. The facility contained a main room, a weapons room, a storage room, and many small room for the rebels themselves.
Peter turned and quickly walked down a flight a stairs. He entered one of the rooms and saw Matt painting; his eyes glowing white. Hiro and Ando stepped in seconds later. "You know I can never get used to seeing him like that," Mohinder said his arms crossed over his chest as he leaned against the wall on the far corner of the room.
Hiro looked at the two other pictures that Matt had finished. One of them showed Clair in a car with some guy he didn't. The other showed Peter standing next to Sylar. Peter was holding on to Sylar's arm tightly. "Peter look at this," Hiro said stepping up to the picture. "It is you with Sylar."
"Yeah I noticed that one," Peter said walking up to hiro. He pointed at the picture andsaid, "But I think the one Matt is painting right now is more toward your interest."
"How so?" Hiro asked looking at Matt who was still painting. He couldn't see what Matt was painting, but he could see that Ando was looking at it intently with a shocked expression fixed on his face. "Ando what is Matt painting?" Hiro asked walking up to him.
At that moment Matt gasped and leaned back in his seat. He set down the pain brush and looked at the picture he was sitting in front of. The picture showed Hiro and Ando together. Hiro was holding a book with a snake on the covercoiled for attack. In back of Hiro was Ando holding a sword. There also was a building with a clock and the nunbers were written in Japanese.
Matt stood up and looked at the rest of the pictures he had just painted. Hiro looked at the picture and asked, "Ando what do you think it means?"
"I don't know exactly," Ando said shaking his head. He looked at Hiro and continued, "But you know what that means for us?"
"Yes it does," Hiro said looking at the picture. "That means we have to go to Japan."
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Nathan approached his mom's house and strangely found the door unlocked. He stepped inside and called out, "Mom where are you?"
"Nathan dear," Angela said stepping out of the kitchen. She watched Nathan walk up to a picture of Peter and Nathan take a year ago. Nathan had a sad look on his face for a brief second, but it was long enough for her to see it. "I am so glad you are here. We have a lot to discuss."
"Oh yes," Nathan said turning away from the picture. "About that so called premonition you had."
"We can't let that happen," Angela said in a serious tone. She approached Nathan and looked him in the eye, "It is your top priority."
"You know I can't do that," Nathan turning away from Angela. He began to pace around the living room deep in thought. "You want me to put a hold on my plan to go on a scavenger hunt for Peter?"
"Yes I do mean just that," Angela said in a quiet tone, "I know it is a sacrifice but it must be done. Peter must stay away from Sylar at all costs."
"I don't think I need to do that," Nathan said turning to face his mother with a bewildered look on his face, "I think Peter is smart enough to stay away from Sylar."
Angela took a step toward Nathan and smiled at him. "I know what you are thinking right now," She said looking at the picture Nathan was looking at before. "You are thinking that I am going crazy." She reached out and touched him on the cheek, "You are thinking that everything that has happened in the past has got to my head."
"No I don't think that," Nathan said removing his mother's hand. "I think what you are asking me to do is crazy."
"We both know how fragile Peter can be," Angela said turning away from Nathan, "Yes he is dangerous, I won't say no to that, but you are a lot stronger than him." Angela stopped and turned to face Nathan again, "You are the toughest of the two and that is why you are the senator."
Nathan chuckled and was about to answer when his cell phone rang. He stepped away from his mother and answered his phone. "What is it?" He asked.
"She escaped again," The hunter said sternly. "We need to go to drastic measures."
"No don't do anything yet," Nathan said lowering his voice as he glanced at his mother briefly. "I am on my way. We will discuss the security conditions tomorrow."
Nathan hung up the phone and looked at his mother. "Who was that?" She asked as she watched Nathan walk out of the living room.
"That was no one important," Nathan said walking up to the front door.
"Don't forget what needs to be done," Angela said following Nathan to the front door, "Peter must be found."
"I have much more important matters to deal with,: Nathan said opening the door. "Oh and one more thing. Peter will never and I mean never work with Sylar, I guarantee that."
Angela watched her son leave the house. She shook her head in dismay as she shut the door. She knew that although Nathan feared Peter, Nathan wouldn't drop everything he was working on just to find him. She realized that she would have to put matters to her own hands. It was time to call an old friend of hers.
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Sylar glanced at Luke who yawned loudly as he stared out the car window. Luke looked extremely bored and Sylar didn't blame him. They have been driving for the past. In fact, even he was beginning to feel ansy. Luke turned to Sylar and asked with a grin, "So tell me something," He paused as Sylar sighed annoyingly, "What was it like with all your abilities? With all that power, you could have done anything."
Sylar didn't answer right away, so Luke repeated his question. Sylar looked at Luke annoyed. "My life has been nothing but a big damn question mark for as long as I can remember." Sylar paused and returned his attention to the road. "And speaking about question marks, how much longer are we going to be on the road?"
"Oh don't worry," Luke said confidently as he looked at Sylar, "We are on the right track, we just have to keep going straight."
Sylar chuckled as he tightened his grasp on the steering wheel. "Just keep on driving," Sylar mumbled as he glanced at Luke dangerously, "That is all we have been doing. I am running out of paitence."
Luke chuckled and playfully punched Sylar on the shoulder. "Oh come on man," He said with a smile, "We will get there, don't worry."
"I wish there were a sign," Sylar said part of him wanting nothing more to wipe that dorky grin off of Luke's face. But he knew that if he did that, he would never find his dad. "I mean all I can remember about my dad is driving with him through a large forest."
Luke looked at at Sylar and smiled briefly. He began to plauy with his seat belt buckle as he thought about Sylar's dad and the forest. Indeed tere was a forest with a single dirt road that led to a house in the middle of the forest. "Just keep on driving Sylar," Luke said knowing exactly how he was feeling. "As I said before, it is a straight road from here."
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Noah gasped as he was rudely woken up by a bucket of water. He looked up and watched Mohinder toss the empty bucket into the corner of the room. Noah tried to loosen the chains that binded him tightly on to a chair. Noah stopped and looked at Matt who placed a chair in front of him. He chuckeld and asked, "What are you going to do Parkman?" Noah asked with a chuckle as he looked Matt in the eye, "Are you going to read my mind?" Noah leaned as forward in his chair as the chains allowed him to, "Go ahead, I won't stop you."
Peter looked at Matt as he paced around the room. "Just do it Matt," He said a look of concentration plastered on his face, "Just do it and be done with it."
"Oh let us not be hasty," Someone said hiding in a dark corner of the room. "We have a lot of information to get and one mistake could kill Noah."
Matt glanced at Peter and then at Mohinder briefly. He then directed his attention to Noah who continued to chuckle. Matt began to penetrate Noah's mind. He saw Noah hugging Clair and telling her everything would be alright. Clair had had a look of distaught on her face, while she hugged her father. Matt paused and shook his head. He muttered the word nothing under his breath before continuing. Matt began to dig deeper but suddenly everything went blank and then there was a sharp pain in his head. Matt gasped and broke his connection with Noah.
"What happened?" Mohinder asked walking up who was sweating profusely.
"I don't know," Matt said shaking his head in confusion. He leaned forward in his chair and looked Noah deep in the eye. He began to penetrate Noah's mind again. He saw Noah and Nathan walking down a hall talking about where a woman named Tracy Stauss was located. Suddenly there was another sharp pain and everything went dark again.
"Having trouble there Parkman," Noah asked looking at Peter who was standing behind Matt.
Peter tuched Matt on the shoulder and there a a brief electric surge when Peter took Matt's ability. "Let me try," Peter said looking at Noah. He began to penetrate Noah's mind and saw the Hunter and Noah talking about Clair. Suddenly everything went blank and just like with Matt there was a sharp pain. Peter grunted and tried to penetrate deeper into Noah's mind. Peter clenched his teeth and his head began to visibly shake from the strain. Blood began to dribble out of Peter's nose. Mohinder looked at Peter and grabbed his shoulder. He pulled him away, breaking the connection.
Noah looked at both Peter and Matt and said with a laugh, "Oh it is a pity isn't it?" He paused and took a deep breath. His head hurt a bit from their penetration, but he knew the pain would soon fade away. "It is sad that you couldn't pry into my mind and get all the need information."
"Oh you can't blame them for that," The man in the darkened corner said. The man stepped into the light and continued, "Both Peter and Matt are strong, but they have no idea what they are dealing with."
Noah looked at the man with a shocked look on his face. "Daniel," He said his jaw quivering in rage, "Daniel Patrelli what the hell are you doing here?"
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope the way my story goes, is better than the actual show itself. I doubt that though, lol.
Anyway, I will have the next chapter up as soon as possible.
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