Title: A Snitch in Time
Fan dom: Heroes
Rating: T
Couples: None
Notes and Spoilers: Volume 2: Chapter 1: "Four Months Later", slight AU
Part 3
Nathan passed the syrup over to Hiro.
Hiro took it from Nathan's hand and smiled.
"Thank you."
Nathan nodded before he found himself looking out the window, the reflection taunting him.
Hiro eyed Nathan with concern.
Blindly Nathan reached for the coffee in front him. Coffee...it would hit the spot. But at this point he wasn't even sure the feeling would last.Hope...Was foolish.Faith...A lie.His mother preached faith. She told him that he had no faith. But he did. Peter told him he would survive.He did not.Before Nathan ran into Hiro, he was drinking something quite different. Liquid poison. But it was slow. Perhaps Nathan was worse than just a fool. Perhaps, he was also a coward. His father didn't drink himself to sleep. No...he did something different. Maybe Linderman was right. Perhaps he was weak.. His daughter called him on the phone looking for answers and he turned her away.
He wanted to drown. And he would be damned if he made her drown too.
It was cold.
The day and time burned in his mind, like the flesh on his face. "Nathan " his brother cried. "Drop me " "No..." "Please...I can't let you die." "I have to save you." "You did...drop me " "Drop me " Peter screamed.
That was the last time he saw his brother.
Did he allow him to drown?
"Are you okay Flying Man? Sorry that was a dumb question."
"Heh. Perhaps eventually."
Hiro nodded and then looked around.
"Is this your place?" Hiro asked even though he knew it wasn't.
Nathan shook his head. "No. It wa-it's Peter's."
Hiro nodded again."Never give up. Never surrender."
"Is that from Star Trek?" Nathan asked.
Hiro shook his head. "No."
Nathan nodded. "For some reason, I thought it did. Well, I'm going to go to bed. You can sleep on the couch. Even watch some tv. But please keep the volume down. I have a splitting headache."
Hiro nodded.
He wasn't sure what else to say. He wanted to stop Nathan from his self induced wounds, but he knew he couldn't. He supposed he could at least standby. He was grateful Nathan was allowing that much.
He needed so many answers. Where was Ando? His father? Still in Japan? How has his absence affected them? What happened to Sylar?
"Good night,"Hiro added.Nathan looked out the window and clenched his fist.
"Goodnight."
The man in the dark room, felt something cold on his chest. One of his hand's was bound but the other was free, and he picked up the charm and traced it with his hands. It felt somewhat familiar. That light...if only he could control it maybe the room wouldn't be so dim. Still he had no idea where he was.
What happened to him? Was anyone missing him?
He closed his eyes tightly trying to generate a picture, some lost memory.
He didn't get one, save a mysterious symbol. One that he that he soon realized was the same as the symbol that on the chain around his neck.
Could it be a key?
To Be Continued
Author Note: LOL, yes, I am updating this story. Like the above spoiler notes states, however, it will be slightly alternate universe.
