CHAPTER SEVEN - THE EXILES

Hiro, Ando, and Nikki

Charles Deveaux's Rooftop

Hiro, Ando, and Nikki appear on Charles Deveaux's rooftop. They are unsure if they're in the present or not.

Nikki: Where are we?

Hiro: (weak) The...cheerleader.

Nikki: What?

Hiro points to the dead and brainless cheerleader in front of them.

Nikki: How did this happen?

Behind them is Claude, who is also dead, but not brainless. There is no sight of Sylar or Elle.

Hiro: (weak) I have a bad feeling about this.

Nikki: Why?

Ando looks down at the dead Claire.

Ando: Sylar.

Hiro: I killed him.

Ando: Who else cuts peoples' heads off?

Nikki remembers Sylar and when Hiro stabbed him.

Nikki: Maybe he didn't die.

Hiro: He had to.

Hiro begins to recover. Suddenly, Ando feels a hand on his shoulder.

Ando: Hiro?

Hiro and Nikki looks over at him.

Hiro: You?

We don't see who it is.

Monica and Micah

New Orleans, LA

Monica sneaks out of the funeral home. She's wearing her black St. Joan costume. Micah runs toward the window she's escaping from.

Micah: Take me with you!

Monica: I can't. Last time you came with me, you almost got hurt.

Micah: I saved your life, remember?

Monica gives a worried look.

Monica: Fine, you can come.

Micah gives a big smile and she helps him out.

Micah: Where are we going?

Monica: I have to find Lonnie Stills. He robbed the Burger Bonanza I work at a while ago. I tried to stop him, but I wouldn't identify him for the police.

Micah: Why not?

Monica: I didn't want him to get revenge on me. But that was before I discovered my powers. Now, it's time to find him.

Claire, Peter, and Claude

The Company Hospital

We see Nathan's hospital room. He's on a bed, not appearing to be moving. Claire, Claude, and the dead Peter appear in his room. Claire runs over to Nathan.

Claire: Dad?

He doesn't wake up or respond.

Claire: I'm sorry. I'm sorry I didn't trust you more. This wasn't meant to happen. Claude, give me your knife.

He hands it to her. She takes a small plastic cup and holds it under her arm. She cuts her arm and it begins to bleed. She opens Nathan's mouth and pours the blood in. Her arm heals. Nothing happens.

Claude: It was worth a shot, kid. I'm sorry. Your uncle's a great man.

Claude looks down at the dead Peter he's been carrying for a while.

Claude: Let's go.

Claire kisses Nathan's forehead, walks over to Claude, and they disappear. We follow them as they walk out the room. Back in Nathan's room, the bullet holes in his chest begin to heal. Afterward, his eyes open and he quickly sits up. He begins coughing and outside the room, Claire hears it.

Claire: (voice) I hear something!

Claude: (voice) Keep it down, it's probably security. Let's keep moving. Claire let's go of Claude's hand, turning her visible. She runs into Nathan's room, full of excitement, and they see each other. Nathan looks confused and bedazzled, Claire looks overjoyed. A tear sweeps her eye as she runs over to Nathan. They give each other a big long hug. Both are crying and can't realyl say anything that the hug doesn't already say. Claude and the dead Peter appears in the room.

Claude: Well I'll be damned.

Nathan instantly notices the dead Peter.

Nathan: Peter?

Claire: He got shot.

Nathan: Like me?

Claire: Yeah. Except, he got shot by your father.

Nathan: My dad? But he couldn't.

Claire: I saw the whole thing, so did Claude.

Nathan: Who's Claude?

Claude: That would be me.

Nathan: How did you get in here?

Claude disappears and reappears.

Nathan: Impressive. How did my father do this?

Claire: He can...possess people.

Nathan: What?

Claire: And your mother...

Nathan: (interrupting, furious) What did she do now?

Claire: She can see the future.

Nathan looks shocked.

Nathan: This is too much.

Claude: Tell me about it.

Nathan: Why would he do such a thing?

Claude: I know the answer to that.

Claire: So do I.

Claude: No, you don't know the true reason why. But I do. The reason is Jonas Miller.

Nathan: Who's that?

Claude: He's the man who shot you. He was under your father's control. Many years ago, I worked with Noah Bennet. But I soon saw the Company's lies and betrayals. So I hid one of us, Jonas. He can create fires, like someone else you know. But I was caught. Claire, your father, I mean, your other father, shot me on a bloody bridge. I lived, I fled, and I was super pissed. I had met up with Jonas and we decided to attack the Company ourselves. The two of us found someone else like us who was also attacked by the Company. Meredith Gordon. I'm sure you too know who she is.

Claire: My real mom, fighting against the Company?

Claude: Oh yeah. Together, we were The Exiles. We did such a good job too. Our first act as a team was to destroy a deadly virus.

Nathan: The Shanti virus.

Claude: Exactly! A woman named Victoria Pratt discovered that a little girl named Shanti Suresh had a virus in her. She experimented on the poor girl for a long while. Eventually, the little girl died, and the virus was extracted, and kept hidden.

Nathan: I'm sorry, but this is all a little too hard to believe. I mean, you said you worked for the Company, you could be lying. The Company is full of deceits and lies. Why are you any different?

Claude: I trained your brother to control his powers.

Nathan is quieted.

Claude: Now, this little girl was very special. She could see everyone, all at once. At first, she had to think about them to find them, but then, she could see them anyways. The Company discovered her because they knew her father. We knew that this virus in the wrong hands could destroy everyone and everything. We infiltrated the Company, and for a while, we did so well. But then, Jonas betrayed us. I didn't know it back then, but now I realize that it's because we were spotted, and your father began to control him. He's been controlling Jonas all this time. But anyways, Jonas began to fight back. He almost killed Meredith, and I had to stop him, but I failed. Me and Meredith escaped, but Jonas was kept by the Company. Somehow, possibly with Arthur's help, he escaped. Now he's returned, and who knows what he'll do next.

Nathan: Interesting story. It sounds believable.

Claude: Believe it or not.

Nathan: Claire, if your blood can save me, then maybe it can save Peter too.

Claire nods and walks over to Peter. Still holding the knife and cup, Claire repeats the procedure she performed earlier to save Nathan. She opens Peter's mouth and pours the blood in. They stare at him, hoping that Peter will wake up. Suddenly, we see the Bennets' house.

Noah, The Haitian, Mohinder, Elle, Sandra Bennet, and Sylar

Costa Verde, CA

HRG, The Haitian, Elle, and the unconscious Mohinder enter HRG's home.

HRG: Claire? I'm home!

Sylar enters the room from the living room, holding an unconscious Sandra.

HRG: Sandra?

Sylar: Hello again, Noah. I see many familiar faces here. Haitian, Elle...

He pauses as he glances down at Mohinder.

Sylar: Dr. Suresh. I thought that getting sweet revenge would be hard, but you guys make it look so easy.

HRG: Why are you here?

Sylar: Didn't you know? You're not the only one looking for your dear Clairebear.

HRG points a gun at Sylar.

HRG: What have you done with her!

Sylar: Noah, you know that can't hurt me.

Elle points a ball of electricity at him.

Elle: Maybe this can.

Sylar smirks.

Sylar: I don't know where Claire is. In fact, I came here to kill her, only to find her missing.

HRG: You're lying!

Sylar: Am I? Search the house. I swear you'll never find her.

HRG: If you lay a finger on her!

Sylar: You still don't get it, do you? I don't know where she is.

The Haitian sticks his arm out toward Sylar.

Sylar: Now, now, you know that can't hurt me either. If anyone tries to kill me, I'll murder Mr. Bennet's entire family. Except Claire, of course, who seems to be gone already.

HRG: You know where she is.

Sylar: Fine, I'll admit it. I know where she is.

HRG: How?

Sylar: Someone mysteriously sent me a painting, it was addressed to this very house.

Elle: What painting?

Sylar: Come and see.

Sylar goes into the living room. Lyle is unconscious on the couch. He points to a painting that shows Sylar killing Claire on Charles Deveaux's rooftop.

Elle: You can't kill her!

Sylar: Not yet.

He tosses Sandra aside and throws HRG back with telekinesis before he can shoot the gun. Elle charges electric bolts at him, but he pushes them aside with telekinesis as well. The Haitian goes toward him, but Sylar throws him into Elle. Sylar walks over to HRG.

Sylar: Your daughter is mine.

Elle quietly gets up and walks to the other side of the living room.

Sylar: You can't stop me now. Nobody can. Especially after I get your precious Claire.

HRG is knocked out, so he can't hear Sylar.

Sylar: Did you hear me? She's already dead in my eyes. This isn't just to get her ability, it's revenge against her uncle, Peter. Everyone who has tried to kill me before will pay. Matt Parkman, Mohinder, Peter Petrelli, Nikki, Elle. But most of all, Hiro. Elle is in another room, she finds a knife in a drawer and takes it out. Slowly, she tries to return and sneak up on Sylar. Sylar smiles as if he knows what she's been doing. His super hearing allows him to hear her coming. She shocks the knife and charges at him. Sylar sticks out his hand and melts the knife blade using his metal melting ability he gained from Zane Taylor. Elle looks shocked.

Sylar: Cool, huh?

Elle strikes at him, but he chokes her using telekinesis.

Sylar: I've let you live twice, now it's time for you to die.

HRG opens his eyes, showing that he was pretending to be knocked out. He grabs his gun and shoots Sylar in the back. Sylar falls over and drops Elle.

Jonas Miller

Isaac Mendez's Loft

Outside the door, we see Jonas. He's tired, there's blood on his face. He sees the dead bodies of Maya and Molly and gags. Jonas walks inside.

Jonas: What's happening? I don't remember anything! This isn't real, is it?

He lights a fire with his finger and seems to remember something.

Jonas: The Exiles.

Matt, Angela and Arthur Petrelli

Nathan's Apartment

Matt is talking to Angela.

Matt: What do you mean by Pandora's Box?

Angela: Peter has discovered Nathan's killer. Now, he's gone to kill him, hasn't he?

Matt: I don't know, I told you already.

Angela: Of course you have. But remember, we all have our secrets.

She moves over to Arthur and places her hand on his chest.

Angela: Secrets are what run the world.

She closes her eyes and Arthur's stab wounds appear to heal itself. Matt watches in awe.

Matt: How are you doing that?

His wound fully heals.

Matt: How did you do that!

Angela: Just something I picked up.

Arthur opens his eyes and Matt points his gun at Arthur.

Arthur: Go ahead, shoot me. You can't, you won't.

He puts his gun down.

Arthur: There's something waiting for you outside. Go to it.

We can now see that Matt's being controlled again. Matt goes to the door and opens it. He walks inside and sees that he's back in the room where his father left him. He appears to wake up from being controlled again.

Matt: Where am I?

Arthur walks to the door and sees that Matt's in a coma. Maury Parkman suddenly enters the room.

Maury: Hello, Arthur..

Arthur: Ready to run the Company again? You owe me for freeing you.

Maury: Where's Adam?

Arthur: We're going to find him. Free him.

Maury grins.

Maury: Good. What about my son?

Arthur: Nobody will find him.

The three of them leave, closing the door on their way out. We return to Matt. The door he came through slams behind him.

Matt: Wait! Help! Somebody help me!

We then return to Hiro, Ando, and Nikki. They're all staring at someone.

Hiro: You?

We see that the person they're staring at is Peter Petrelli. He appears to be the future version of Peter, as there's a scar across his face.

Peter: You must get out of here.

The episode ends.