So, finally Chapter 6 is up. I'm so sorry that it took me forever to update. Well, I've been so busy lately with school stuffs. Plus, I tend to get distracted by the Heroes episodes that I just watched. But, now Volume 3 is finished in my country, so I think I won't have any distractions anymore for quite sometime.

I know at the beginning I said that this story is going to be AU. But, so far I've been kinda rewriting the actual story. Don't worry, guys. It's still gonna be AU. It just takes a while to get there. Hehe. So, be patient.

Enough with the rambling, enjoy Chapter 6!

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6

Risks

"Peter, stop!" Valkyrie screamed as she ran into Sylar's cell only to find Peter Petrelli, her long-time best friend, trying to rip his mother's head off. She immediately protected Angela with her force fields. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" asked her as she stared at Peter in disbelief. There was something different about her best friend's eyes. She noticed it.

Behind Peter, Sylar who just recovered from his possibly broken or dislocated neck after Peter threw him off got up and hit Peter really hard on his head. He then fainted and fell to the floor. Sylar, Valkyrie, and Angela exchanged gazes to each other.

"Was that really necessary?" Valkyrie commented on what Sylar just did. "Are you okay? What happened?" she asked Angela.

Angela nodded to Valkyrie. "He said he has my power," Sylar responded to her question. Valkyrie turned to him and listened. "He has 'the hunger'," he continued.

"What? How?" asked Valkyrie.

"He just teleported from the future. The older version of him must've brought him there," said Angela.

"Really? So, what do we do now with him? If he can't control it, he'll be dangerous," Valkyrie looked sympathetically at Peter who was harmlessly lying on the floor.

"Don't worry, he'll be safe here. Now, would you two please help me to move him to another cell?" said Angela before finally walking out of that room.

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Valkyrie didn't really make a lot of friends growing up. It wasn't because she wasn't good around people. She was actually very friendly and outgoing. She just didn't see making friends as one of the most important things in life. Her whole life had been revolved around the hotel and casino her father owned and of course, the Company. However, she always had someone that she could turn to when she needed a friend. Peter was that someone. Although, most of the times, they lived in two separate places, it still didn't change the fact that they were very close to each other.

She was now standing there beside him who was strapped to a table just like Sylar was when she first got there to Primatech. She looked at his face in a complete silence. She missed him. They had lost contact with each other ever since her father was dead. It was nice to see him again, although she'd prefer reuniting with him in a better circumstance than that.

"Don't worry too much about him. He's going to be fine. You know him. He can be reckless from time to time, but he always manages to get away from it," Valkyrie could hear Angela's voice from behind.

"I know," replied her shortly. There was suddenly an awkward silence between the two women. "Does he really have 'the hunger' like Gabriel?" she asked, breaking the silence.

"Yes, but that's not your concern. Gabriel is the one that you have to think about."

Valkyrie let out a heavy sigh. "I still can't believe myself that I'm actually here following all of your plans," she said.

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She never expected that something like this would ever happen. Valkyrie couldn't believe herself, but it was true. She didn't think that something like this was possible to happen. Well, of course, she knew that it was possible to happen. But, again, she didn't expect it.

For the last few days, she practically had been in charge of Primatech. She involuntarily had to step up to fill in Angela's position. She was currently in a coma. Valkyrie didn't really have any idea why Angela could be in a coma. However, she could sense that something was not right. She had a feeling that Angela wasn't in a coma because of some ordinary illness. It was because something else.

And her thoughts didn't end there, unfortunately for her. She still had to keep an eye on Noah and Sylar to make sure they would never kill each other. Plus, now Peter was in Primatech, too, trapped in a cell helplessly. She also was still worried about him.

Valkyrie was looking outside through the window in Angela's office. She was trying to clear up her mind, but anything that she had done so far seemed to help her to do that. Suddenly, she heard someone burst in to the office. Valkyrie moved her head to take a good look on the person who just got in there.

"Gabriel, what are you doing here? How the hell can you get out from you cell?" asked Valkyrie, stunned to see Sylar standing there in front of the door.

"You gotta help me," he said seriously. "Come on!"

Without asking any other questions, Valkyrie followed him straightaway. She knew he must've had a very good reason to break out from his cell and look for her to get some help.

Sylar led Valkyrie to a cell in Level 5, not too far from where he had been kept. It was Peter's cell. Valkyrie realized it. "What are we doing here?" asked Valkyrie as she typed the security number to open that cell.

"We need him," answered him as he quickly walked in as soon as the door was opened. He then removed the restraints from Peter.

Valkyrie was puzzled. "We? And for what?" she asked again.

"We got to do something about my mother," said Sylar. A part of him felt really good after calling Angela as his mother. "Peter can get inside her head and see what happened," he continued.

Valkyrie didn't know how to respond. She still wasn't really used to that side of the man she had known as Sylar. And then, Peter slowly opened his eyes and gained consciousness. He then looked at the man who was looking at him back. He immediately jumped back. "What the hell are you doing here? Get away from me!" he shouted at Sylar.

"Peter, it's okay!" said Valkyrie immediately.

"I'm not gonna hurt you," said Sylar. "I'm trying to change," he tried to convince him.

"So, you're really trying?" asked Peter suddenly.

"What does that mean?" asked Sylar back.

"I saw you in the future when I took your ability. You're able to control your hunger," told Peter to Sylar.

Sylar kept quiet. He was trying to hide how hopeful he was that someday he would be able to control his hunger.

"So, what are you two doing here?" asked Peter, this time to Valkyrie.

Valkyrie's face expression suddenly changed when she remembered about Angela's condition. "Something is happening," she said.

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Valkyrie led Sylar and Peter to the room where Angela was lying frailly. As soon as they arrived to that particular room, Peter promptly went to his mother's side and kissed her on the forehead.

"I should've protected her," Sylar suddenly said.

"What happened?" asked Peter as he was still looking at his mother.

"All I know that she had a dream one night and then she went to a coma just like that," answered Valkyrie.

"Can you get inside her head? We might find out what actually happened," Sylar suggested.

Peter looked at both Valkyrie and Sylar before finally trying to do Sylar's idea. Unfortunately, it didn't work as he wished.

"Something's wrong?" asked Valkyrie as she stepped forward and put her hand on Peter's shoulders.

"All I get is just a symbol," said Peter. And then, he searched for a pen and a paper and started to draw the symbol that he just saw. "This," he showed it to Valkyrie and Sylar. "Have you seen anything like this?"

"Yes," Sylar suddenly said. He then showed Valkyrie and Peter a company's business card. The card had the symbol that Peter saw on it. "A girl just came to me and gave me this," he explained.

"A girl?" asked Valkyrie. "What girl?" she put on her suspicious face.

"All I know she's really fast," replied Sylar.

"Fast?" repeated Valkyrie. "How could she even get in here?"

"It doesn't matter, Val. We got what we need already," Peter spoke up.

"And what is that?" Valkyrie wasn't sure about what exactly Peter was talking about.

"Pinehearst," he said as he took the business card from Sylar. "We need to go to Pinehearst," he said again.

"But we don't know anything what will possibly happen there. There's too much risk, Pete. Beside, you're in no condition of going anywhere. You still can't control yourself!" Valkyrie insisted that going to Pinehearst wasn't a good idea.

"Don't you know something about this place?" asked Sylar suddenly.

Valkyrie shook her head. "I think I've heard about it once, but I'm not sure," said her. "It's too dangerous. Please don't go," she begged.

"Somebody has to," Peter then walked out of that room quickly. Valkyrie then turned to Sylar and looked at him, hoping that he would stop Peter from going. But, Sylar thought something else. "I'll make sure he's okay," said him as he went out of that room and followed Peter.

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Valkyrie walked around Level 5 without any particular reason. It hadn't been too long since Sylar and Peter vanished from her eyesight. They might've been still inside that building, she just didn't know. She then stopped in front of Sylar's cell and saw Peter attaching the drug shunt to Sylar.

She then immediately came in and said, "Thank God, you haven't left yet." She then turned her attention to Sylar who once again was lying harmlessly on that table. "Peter, what did you do to him?" she asked.

"I don't need him. He's better off this way," said Peter coldly.

Valkyrie looked deeply into her best friend's eyes. "Pete, please don't go. Something bad might happen to you," her voice sounded even more concerned that ever.

"Stop trying to stop me!" Peter almost shouted. "I have to do this, whatever it is. I saw the future, and it wasn't pretty. I have to change it. Do you wanna help me to change it?" said him as he walked towards the door.

Valkyrie didn't respond immediately. "Of course, I want to. But, you don't even know if going to Pinehearst is going to change the future that you saw," said her.

"Then, I have to try it," he said as he walked out of the room.

Valkyrie knew that there was absolutely nothing that she could do to stop Peter. But, she also still realized that he wasn't stable enough to go through anything alone. So, she made a quick decision and ran outside to follow Peter. "Pete, wait!" called her.

Peter then turned around and said, "I'm not gonna change my mind, Val."

"I know. At least, let me come with you," she said.

"What? No. You can't come with me. You said it yourself, it's too risky."

"There has to be somebody to watch over you," said her as she walked closer to him. "And, I'm not gonna change my mind, Pete."

Peter wasn't really sure about the idea of Valkyrie coming with him to Pinehearst. "What about him?" he then asked her, referring to Sylar.

Valkyrie stopped for a while and thought about Sylar. She also wasn't really sure about the idea of leaving him like this. But, she was more concerned with Peter at that moment. "He'll be fine here," she finally said.

Peter nodded to her and held her hand. The two of them then teleported to Pinehearst.

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Peter and Valkyrie arrived in front of the Pinehearst building. Without saying anything to each other, Peter turned both Valkyrie and himself invisible and entered the building. The two of them then found a room and burst in there. Peter let go of Valkyrie's hand and prepared to fire a lightning bolt, causing the two of them became visible.

There were a few people inside that room. Valkyrie could recognize Knox, Flint, and Maury Parkman. She didn't know who was the other girl. Flint then turned his fire up and stepped forward. Valkyrie also put on her force fields.

And then, someone slowly turned away from the desk and revealed himself. "It's okay. He's my son and she's my old friend's daughter," said Arthur Petrelli.

Peter and Valkyrie's jaws dropped to the floor. "D-dad?" asked Peter in disbelief. He kept looking at the man who was walking towards him. It couldn't be real. His father was dead. He was cremated. How could it even possible for his father to stand there before him?

"Hello, son," said Arthur casually. "Are you gonna give your old man a hug or what?" he stepped closer to Peter. Peter didn't know what to do. He didn't even know what to think at that moment. But, he finally gave in and hugged him.

Suddenly, Peter cried out and a white light was pulled from him to Arthur. Peter fell to the floor.

"Peter, are you okay?" asked Valkyrie as she tried to help him to get up. He then tried to use his ability, but somehow nothing happened.

"You don't have your abilities anymore, Peter. Cause I have them now," said Arthur, smirking. "Now, why don't you give your uncle a hug, too, Val?"

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