Chapter Six – Get Out Alive.
Sylar sat waiting and watching in a little diner, the Burnt Toast diner in Midland Texas. He watched two Japanese men talk, but he wasn't there for them. His face was hidden under a hat, He opened his hand and the coffee cup slid into it.
He watched the waitress and studied her closely, she was the one he wanted. He watched her talk to the Japanese men. He over heard her say she could remember stuff quickly. He smiled, that would be extremely useful.
He saw her go into the back room to open a can. It was a quiet place and nobody was in there. He smiled, this was the perfect opportunity. He got up and made his way over to the room unnoticed.
The girl was turning the leaver on the can opener, she seemed to be struggling with it. Sylar raised his finger as he began to cut open her head. She froze as the blood ran down her face, soon her ability would be his, he thought smiling.
When he was finished, he left unnoticed again. This new ability was the most useful, he would be able to remember important things easer and be able to understand and control these abilities quicker.
Jade started to wake up, she had a pounding headache. Her eyes hadn't adjusted to the light yet, everything was so blurry. When her sight was clear she saw Bennet and another girl standing next to him. They were just staring at her. She put her hand up the push them away but nothing happened.
"Your powers don't work in here." Bennet said walking towards the glass. "I want you to meet someone." He indicated for the girl to come over. "This is Eden." Eden smiled at Jade but she rolled her eyes.
"I was like you." She said. Jade sat up pushing her hair out of her face. She looked up and watched Eden. "I killed people like you did, but Mr. Bennet saved me. He put me on the right track. He can do the same for you we can work together and help Mr. Bennet."
Jade cocked her head to the side, she didn't say anything. Eden was like her, she had an ability. She wanted to laugh at them, they should feel stupid. Why would she want to give up this? She was having too much fun.
"I don't want to be like you." She said standing up. She walked over in front of the glass and looked at both of them. "And I don't want to work with you either. I like what I do, it's fin."
"That's the wrong choice Ms. Everwood." Bennet said opening the door as another man walked in. "This is Dr. O' Riley, he's going to run a couple test on you, be nice." He said leaving with Eden closely behind. The doctor unrolled a cloth that held needles and bottles he pulled out of a bag. He opened the door and walked in.
"Do I get to pick the easy way or the hard way again?" She asked sarcastically, crossing her arms in front of her.
"I'm hoping you're going to do it the easy way." He said kind of nervous and he should be. She like that he was afraid of her. "I need your arm so I can take some blood." He said holding a needle. She smiled bringing her arm back and punching him in the nose, he fell to the ground.
"Okay, I'm ready to do this the easy way now." She said sitting crossed legged on the bed. The doctor got up slowly, his nose was bleeding, he was sure she broke it. She put her arm out for him to take the blood. He approached her with caution.
He took her blood and put it in the bag. He then began to give her a check up like a real doctor would do, he checked her reflexes, listened to her hart and breathing. He started to pack up his things, but, before he left, he filled a needle with some clear liquid.
"What is that?" She asked pulling her arm away from him.
"It's something to help with your headache." He said. She still had the pounding headache so she let her arm out to him, she felt a slight pressure then he pulled it out. "It might make you sleepy." He said. She rubbed her arm where he gave her the shot. He closed the door to her cell, grabbed his stuff and left.
Bennet arrived at Primatech the next morning. He walked into the back, he was going to check on Jade. He had a file on her, he had been following her. She was a strong girl, but he still wondered how she was able to obtain these abilities from the others, how she could control it so well and what she did with the blood.
He opened the door, turning the lights on and walked in. Jade was sitting on the ground, her knees to her chest, her head resting on them and her hair covering her face, but something wasn't right. She was shaking, not a lot, but enough to notice. He called her name but she didn't respond or make any motion to move.
He opened the door to her cell and walked in, she still didn't look up at him. He walked over to her and knelt down in front of her. She was pale, he thought maybe she was sick.
Jade felt tired and weak, she wasn't use to this feeling. She hid her arms, they hurt so bad, they were burnt. It reminded her of when she first had her ability, when she couldn't control it, but this was worse. Where the doctor gave her the shot was what hurt the most. The shot wasn't for her headache. Whatever he gave her turned her ability against her.
She could hear Bennet call her name. She just wanted to be left alone, but he opened the door and was now in front of her. Jade could feel his eyes examining her. She refused to admit defeat to him, there was no way she would give in to these people.
"What do you want?" She asked. He was silent, just watching her. She quickly turned to face to him, annoyed with his presence.
"Are you okay?" He asked almost sympathetically. She chuckled leaning her head back on the wall. She ran her finger through her hair pushing it out of her face, that's when Bennet saw the burns. There was no way she could do it to herself, her powers don't work here. "Who did this to you?"
"Your little doctor." She said angrily. She shook her head looking at her arms. "Don't act like you have nothing to do with this." She said. "Why would you do this to someone? I may not be an angel, but, this..." Jade held back tear of pain, she didn't want to cry in front of him either, that would make her weak.
Bennet couldn't do anything he just watched her. He had no idea what the doctor did to her, or why he wasn't informed about this. He left not saying a word, since he didn't know what to tell her. Jade didn't deserve that, she was no angel like she said, but she was still human, she could change.
He grabbed her file and looked for the paper the doctor put in it. He read it and saw that he had given her and experimental drug they had though would reduce or take away her ability. He found the doctor walking down the hallway.
"Who authorized this?" He asked. The doctor looked at him a little confused.
"Thompson, he figured we needed to test it on someone. She was one of the worst ones we've had to deal with. If it worked we wouldn't had to bead with he anymore." Bennet shook his head at the mans ignorance.
"It didn't work, all it did was badly burn her arms. We weren't suppose to hurt her, how are we going to get her to help us? She's never going to trust us now." The doctor looked away embarrassed.
"I didn't know." He said. "We should be able to reverse it, it's going to take a while to make it though…"
"I don't care, go start it now!" He ordered. The doctor nodded and turned around. There was nothing more he could do today, hopefully the antidote would be done by the end of the week and she would work with him.
Sylar was planning in his head his next ability and how he would obtain it. Recently, he heard about a girl, or a cheerleader, running into a burning building and saving a man, but not have a scratch on her. It was remarkable, he knew she was 'special'.
That would be the only way to explain it and with her ability he would be indestructible. He smiled at the thought of this. He also heard about the homecoming and that she would be there, that would be his opportunity, just one day to wait.
Jade sat in the same spot, she didn't get any sleep that night. She kept thinking that Bennet or the doctor would come it and try to give her something else while she was sleeping, so to be sure she had to keep herself awake.
The lights went on and Jades eyes quickly looked at the door. She was relieved to see Eden standing there. She didn't trust Eden but she knew she couldn't hurt her. Eden walked in it the cell with bandages and gauze on a metal tray to wrap her arms.
She didn't fight with her. Eden was gentle, making sure not to hurt her, but Jade didn't show any emotion, she wouldn't even look at Eden. She finished wrapping her arms taping the gauze down so it would stay.
"There, that should make you feel better." She said. Jade noticed that Eden left the door to the cell opened, all she had to do was get out there then she could use her abilities. "Their making an antidote for you now, this wasn't suppose to happen, we didn't want to hurt you."
"Too late for that don't you think?" She said sarcastically. She watched Eden put the tray on the side of her, she could easily reach it.
"He's not bad, he's just trying to help." Eden said defending Bennet.
"He kidnaps people, I know I'm not the only one he's brought here." She kept her eyes focused on the door and the tray. Eden got up and turned her back to Jade. Jade quickly reached for the tray, it was heavy she knew it would work, she swung it hitting Eden.
Eden fell to the ground and Jade ran out of the room closing the door locking Eden in it. She walked in front of the glass so Eden could see her. She was getting up slowly Jade watched waiting for her to get closer to the glass.
"When he comes to save you again," Jade said almost mockingly. "Tell him I'm not done with him, he's not getting away that easy." Eden watched the flames surround her and she was gone.
Eden banged on the glass as hard as she could and yelled for help. Soon Bennet came and got her out of there. Eden told him everything that happened and what she said. He asked if she was hurt she said no.
"I need you to do something for me, we have to try to catch the man who is going to try to kill my daughter tonight at homecoming."