Heroes

Volume 6: "Brave New World"

(Somewhere in Los Angeles California)

Micah: (Running around, alone, in the busy streets of the vibrant daylight within the city, he peers around a number of corners and stops to place his hand upon what appears to be a camera post, he speaks to it, inherently, then lets it go, he then proceed to run into a diner)

(Inside the Diner)

Micah: I spoke with the security systems, we're in the clear at the moment. (Sits down at a table)

Monica: Thank goodness, I'm sick of having to run from that psycho.

Micah: Where's Molly?

Monica: Restroom.

Micah: Right now, we can only hope that Matt and Doctor Suresh found Molly's sweater scarf.

Monica: Do you think we can rely on this Claude guy, kid? I mean, he won't even tell us his real name.

Micah: He's the best friend I've ever had. I trust him with my life.

Monica: When exactly did you... meet this guy?

Micah: Not long after mom died and I took off on my own.

Monica: Which, by the way, was probably the worst decision you ever made.

Micah: Well, I made it and I don't regret it for a second.

Monica: Okay... so what's our next move?

Micah: Mohinder is strong... he could take Sylar out no sweat... as for Parkman, he can get into his head and trap him inside a nightmare.

Monica: Isn't he too strong for that?

Micah: No one is too strong for anything when faced with their demons.

Monica: (Chuckles)

Micah: ...What?

Monica: I'm still not used to this whole Nietzsche philosophical you.

Micah: When you have a lot of time to yourself, you tend to look at the world from a different perspective.

Monica: How old you supposed to be? (Rhetorical, with a smile on her face)

Molly: (Runs up to the table) Monica! Micah! We have to go! NOW!

Micah: Huh? What's wrong, Molly?

Molly: HE'S HERE!

Micah: What?! That's impossible! The machines had no sight of him!

Molly: I used my own ability, Micah, he'll be here any second, we have to go!

Monica: You heard her...

Micah: All right then... RUN! And DON'T look back!

(All three of them get up from the table and run toward the back way out of the diner)

(Suddenly somebody opens up the door to the diner and walks in)

(The whole place suddenly goes quiet)

(They turn at look towards the man who just made his entrance into their lives)

Sylar: Hi. How are we all doing?

(It's quiet amongst the diner patrons)

Sylar: Don't mind me, I'm just looking for some... munchkins. (Walks forward) Has anyone here seen any around these parts?

(It remains quiet)

Sylar: Don't all get up at once.

Patron: You're... You're the guy who killed all those people.

Sylar: Very observant of you. How long did it take you to figure that one out?

Waiter: We haven't seen any children here.

Sylar: ...Children? Who said anything about children? I seem to remember using the term, 'munchkin'.

Waiter: Uh...

Sylar: (Walks towards the Waiter)

Waiter: ...

Sylar: (Looks the waiter in the eyes)

Waiter: (Looks away from him, trying not to meet his gaze)

Sylar: Is there something you want to tell me, sir?

Waiter: ...

Sylar: ...Because... if there isn't... that may not fair so well for you. Or anybody else here.

Waitress: leave him alone!

Sylar: QUIET! (He shouts with his monstrous echo to the waitress) You will speak when spoken too!

Waitress: Uh... (Puts her head down toward the floor)

Sylar: Now tell me... (Looks at his nametag) ...Rick... Where did you see some munchkins run off to?

Waiter: I... I won't... I won't tell you... (His eyes dart toward the back entrance of the diner)

Sylar: (Chuckles a very malevolent chuckle) ...Your mouth says no... but your eyes say... yes.

Waiter: Uh...

Sylar: So right out that door there? How long do you think I have before they get away from me again?

Waiter: Uhh... uhhhhhh...

Sylar: (Grabs the Waiter by the neck and slams his head into the proceeding table)

(The patrons of the diner scream out in shock and fear at the sight before them)

Sylar: (Looks up toward the ceiling)

(On the roof of the Diner)

Sylar: (Busts through the roof taking flight into the air as he continues to pursue Molly, Micah, and Monica)

("Chapter VII: You Will Know His Name")

Tracy: (Strung up in the air, floating and moving about in a circular motion) uh... uh... (In some kind of physical pain)

Barbara: (Sitting on a couch, drinking what appears to be some sort of fruity drink with a straw sticking out of it, looking toward Tracy with happy malice on protruding off her face)

Tracy: Why... why... are you doing this to me...?

Barbara: Why the hell not, little sis?

Tracy: Ugh... ugh... (In continual circular movement)

Barbara: Why does anybody do anything? (Gets up from the couch and walks over to Tracy and stares her down) I've seen you've really let this newly found notoriety go to your head. ...Anybody can play that game (Snaps fingers) just like that.

Tracy: You're... you're my... my sister... why would you... why would you do this?

Barbara: (Mocking) "You're my sister, why would you do this to me, meh, meh, meh." Why do you have to be such a whiney little bitch? I would expect better from one of my sisters. You and me? We should embrace everything we've been given. Instead you and Nicki just kept going on and on about how much of a burden these powers are and how you just want to have a normal life, yadayadayda! ...This is who we are, Tracy, this is who we've been since the very second we were born.

Tracy: How do you... How do you even know how I've felt about these powers?

Barbara: Tabs Tracy. We need to keep our records in check if we want to keep things consistent. We need to know who we face before we face them. I wasn't walking into this unprepared.

Tracy: ugh...

Barbara: Were you seeing visions of Sylar?

Tracy: Uh... yes... I... I was...

Barbara: Good. That was exactly what I wanted you to see. The benefits of Telepathy.

Tracy: WHY?!

Barbara: Stop asking WHY!

Tracy: ...

Barbara: Because it's time that you and he finally met.

Tracy: Uh...

Barbara: He'll be coming back to New York very soon, mark my words, and I want you good and able to feed him.

Tracy: How does that benefit you?!

Barbara: It allows us prowess to prove to him that together, we can be so much more.

Tracy: WHO'S WE?!

Barbara: Why, everyone like me. (Puts her hand out)

Tracy: (Screams in pain)

Barbara: You must feel this pain, for it's pain that makes him soooo much stronger.

Tracy: (She screams a loud and foreboding scream)

(A Pub in Los Angeles)

Matt: You're telling us that Molly's in danger?!

Claude: Mhmm.

Mohinder: Then what the hell are you doing bringing us here?!

Claude: To calm your nerves. (With a consistent half and half smile on his face that's not either happy looking nor upset looking, the kind of face you'd expect from Claude, and maybe a few other faces from other places that are similar to him)

Bartender: (Walks) Here you go sirs. (Hands them all their drinks)

Claude: Thank ye very much. (For the record, the 'Ye' was done on purpose) :)

Matt: All right, what do you know that we don't?

Claude: I know that right now Micah is in the run for his life.

Mohinder: And he took Molly with him?

Claude: It was of her own choice, Doctor.

Mohinder: How do you know who we are?

Matt: Yeah, care shedding some light on that because I'm too keen on people spying on me.

Claude: It's Micah's power that taught him everything he needed to know. I only know what he knows. What he learns from the machines. And what I know, is that he's a perfectly capable young and he's going to bring Molly to safety.

Mohinder: How can you be so confident? Last I checked he was barely even a teenager.

Claude: That kid's been through a lot in his life. Lost both parents at a young age, ran off on his own to try and be somebody, had to disappear. ...He reminded me so much of me self. (Again, in case you hadn't noticed, there's a certain spin to how Claude speaks, the 'me' was done purposely) (Shrugs) Normally I shut down when it comes to people, I don't like most people, but when I first met him, I knew... I just knew he needed my help.

Matt: So you've been taking care of him yet you let him run off into Hell and back as he please?

Claude: I won't say our relationship is purely family oriented. He had an agenda, so did I. We worked it out.

Mohinder: He's a child!

Claude: And we're grown men, go figure.

Matt: All right, whatever, fine, just tell us what's about to happen next.

Claude: You need to be physically and emotionally ready because we are all about to be in some pretty grave danger. (Takes a drink of out of his glass)

Matt: What are you talking about?

Claude: Why won't you just read my mind?

Matt: Hm. I was hoping it wouldn't come to that but if you insist.

Claude: (Smiles, awaiting Matt's intrusion)

Matt: (Begins reading Claude's mind)

Mohinder: ...Humph...

Matt: (Stops reading his mind) Are... Are you fricken serious?!

Mohinder: What?! What is it, Matt?

Claude: You need to be ready.

Matt: (Sighs) It's Sylar...he's... he's coming here... to us.

Mohinder: What...?!

Matt: And... Micah and Molly are leading him to straight to us.

Mohinder: (A bewildered look suddenly appears on his face, unsure if what he just heard was the truth, but knowing deep down it very much is)

(Somewhere in New York)

(Hiro, Ando and Noah appear in an alleyway)

Hiro: Back in New York!

Noah: Yes Hiro, I know. I've been here before.

Ando: Are you sure that Barbara is here in New York?

Noah: Renee told me before we let him off that he was sure he heard the IA who knocked him unconscious say they were coming out here to to New York. For what, I don't know, and where, we'll find out. (Starts walking down a sidewalk)

(Hiro and Ando, quickly catch up to Noah and run at his sides)

Ando: Shouldn't you go check on your daughter and the others?

Noah: I will when I'm done working.

Hiro: Sometimes even a hero could use a break Mr. Bennett.

Noah: (Stops walking and turns to Hiro) Hiro, this is real. Everything we've been through... is REAL. Now stop acting like you're a super hero! You're not! You. Are. A man! A man with some pretty nifty talents, but a man nevertheless, any mistake that gets made here could easily result in not only the death of yourself but the deaths of everyone closest to you! These IAs are the most powerful people you or I will have ever faced and I can't have you treating this like some sort of god damn game, because it isn't and I want you to get that through your THICK skull before we continue on. Can you do that? Because if you can't, you have to leave now.

Hiro: ...I... (Looks down in shame) ...I understand... Mr. Bennett...

Noah: Good. Now let's get the job done, okay? (Walks off)

Hiro: (Sighs)

Ando: He's just frustrated, Hiro.

Hiro: ...

Ando: Besides, what job are we even trying to finish here? Does he even know himself?

Hiro: ...He'll find out.

(Outside of a Grocery Store in New York)

Peter: (Comes walking out of the small store with a bag of food and drinks within, he starts walking down the streets)

(Suddenly someone comes up to Peter)

Peter: Huh?!

Man: Hello.

Peter: ...Can... Can I help you?

Man: Are you Peter Petrelli?

Peter: Uh... I... No. No. You have me confused for someone else.

Man: ...You're lying. (With a smile on his face)

Peter: Well, it takes one to know one. (Starts walking off but then notices the man has suddenly appeared in front of him)

Man: ...Is that you admitting that you're a liar?

Peter: Uh...

Man: I won't lie to you, Mr. Petrelli. My name is Rafe Bergman. Or Raphe. Whatever sounds better to you. And I've come a long way to see you.

Peter: ...

Rafe: We all have.

Peter: (Drops the bag and fires off a red blast of electrical light, something he copied over from Ando just in case)

Rafe: (Reacts to being blasted, falls back onto the ground)

Peter: (Goes running off down the streets)

Rafe: Ugh... Uh... (Regains his composure and gets back up) ...You better run. (Darts off after him)

(The Pub in Los Angeles)

Matt: Do you have any idea just how many people are in this bar?

Claude: Yes.

Matt: Then you know as well as anybody that Sylar is a killing machine, he will kill them all!

Claude: Better shields for you then.

Mohinder: Are you even hearing yourself speak right now?

Claude: (Shrugs)

Mohinder: You're willing to sacrifice the lives of everyone here just so Matt and I can fight him?

Claude: You're the only people in close enough proximity to have the chance.

Matt: No, No, we're not doing this, when Molly gets here, we're going to get the hell out of here right away.

Claude: And what if Sylar shows up at the same time they do?

Matt: Then... we'll... WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT!

Claude: Well, the clock continues to tick Mr. Parkman. You better figure that out quickly.

Mohinder: ...I can hold him at bay, but that's all that I can do. He's pretty much unkillable a this point the last I heard.

Claude: So you're willing to face him?

Mohinder: He killed my father. It's always something I've wanted to finish.

Matt: But you just said it yourself, Mohinder, you can't beat him!

Mohinder: I can buy enough time for you and the others to slip away quietly.

Matt: All right, but then what happens to you?

Mohinder: I die.

Matt: Oh. I'm glad you figured that all out then. Nice knowing you Mohinder. (Gets up from the seat and walks out of the pub)

Mohinder: (Sighs) He'll come around.

Claude: I hope so. He needs to be thinking straight if he wants to get that little girl to safety.

Mohinder: What will you be doing when this all happens?

Claude: I'll make the young ones disappear. I'm good at that kind of thing.

Mohinder: (Nods)

Claude: (Takes another drink)

Mohinder: So who are you exactly?

Claude: Me? I'm no one. I'm the Invisible Man. I'm Claude Rains.

Mohinder: Why do I get the feeling you've said that to a lot of people?

Claude: Because that's all I've ever been, mate.

Mohinder: Have you ever met Sylar?

Claude: Nope. Can't say.

Mohinder: Word of advice: Don't underestimate him.

Claude: (Nods)

(Back in New York)

Noah: (Receives a phone call) Yes?

(Hears a response)

Noah: Are you sure?

(Hears another response)

Noah: All right. As long as your Intel checks out. (Hangs up)

Ando: Was that The Haitian?

Noah: He says he has a hit on a potential location for Barbara.

Hiro: Where?

Noah: Tracy Strauss's apartment building.

Ando: Coincidence?

Noah: ...I think not.

Hiro: Humph.

(Tracy's Apartment)

Tracy: (Pinned down on her couch, making weird gurgling noises as Barbara utilizes psychokinesis on her innards)

Barbara: Do you feel it...?

Tracy: AHHHH! (Shouting in pain)

Barbara: Do you feel the pain little sis? Do you feel it eating away inside you like a disease devouring the soul?

Tracy: ...Please... Stop...

Barbara: (Appears on top of her sister, looking her dead in the eyes) Now you'd like that wouldn't you? (Chuckles)

Tracy: Uh... Uh...

Barbara: ...It's almost like... I'm looking into a mirror when I see your face.

Tracy: ...

Barbara: It really pisses me off. (Starts to slap her across the face)

Tracy: (Reacts to being slapped)

Barbara: (Slaps her on the left cheek and then switches to the right one)

Tracy: (Reacts to each slap in expected pain)

Barbara: When I look in your face, I see a crap of a life. A life devoid of anything worth a damn to anyone who cares. No wonder mother wanted to get rid of you two. You were just the refuse left behind when I became her little angel. I'm the only one of you three who had the life she was supposed to have.

Tracy: ...Being... being a... a monster... was the life we were supposed to have...?

Barbara: Monsters... Gods... there is no difference. (Raises Tracy up to her hand with her power and points her palm toward her neck)

Tracy: Ugh... Uh...

Barbara: Believe it or not, Tracy, I've been through worse than this. I'll say you're getting off real lucky. (Begins pushing down on her neck with her power)

Tracy: (Shouts in contained pain as her breathing becomes harder to maintain)

Barbara: ...This won't kill you, but it'll make you wish you were dead.

(Suddenly the door to her apartment is kicked open)

Barbara: HUH?!

Noah: (Fires off multiple shots toward Barbara)

Barbara: (Reacts in pain, drops Tracy to the ground, quickly runs toward a window)

Hiro: She's getting away!

Barbara: (Jumps through the window, smashing it to pieces as she goes through to the outside)

Hiro: I'll chase after her! (Vanishes)

Noah: (Runs over to Tracy) Tracy! TRACY!

Tracy: ...No...Noah...? (Out of it)

Noah: Are you all right?

Tracy: She... She tortured me... for... for hours... didn't... didn't even tell me... tell me... why... (Goes unconscious)

Ando: Is she-?

Noah: She's out. But she'll be okay.

Hiro: (Appears back in the room) I...

Noah: What, Hiro?

Hiro: I lost her...

Noah: (Sighs) Damn it. (Walks over to the shattered window and looks outside of it)

Hiro: (Looks down)

Ando: Hiro... stand tall.

Hiro: ...But he's very intimidating Ando...

Ando: Oh, come on Hiro!

Noah: (Turns and looks toward Hiro) It's okay. We'll catch up with her. At least we know she's in the city and it doesn't look like she'll be leaving it anytime soon. Hopefully we can use that to our advantage.

Ando: Hopefully?

Noah: Yeah. I know this city better than most of it's citizens, I can figure out where- (Comes down to a realization) SHIT!

Ando: What?! What?!

Noah: If she's here... do you think she knows where Claire is?!

Hiro: But how would she know? They don't know about Peter Petrelli.

Ando: Especially his mother's address... oh wait...

Noah: She headed the original company before it's fall, they KNOW about her! We have to get back there, now!

Hro: Okay! Just grab on!

(Noah and Ando grab onto Hiro)

(Nothing happens)

Hiro: ...Huh...?

Noah: What's wrong Hiro? Why aren't we gone yet?!

Hiro: It's not working...

Ando: Why isn't it working?!

(Suddenly, someone else appears in the room)

Noah: (Looks toward the new person) WHO ARE YOU?!

Man # 2: No one here is leaving.

Ando: Answer his question!

Man # 2: And what are you going to do about it?

Ando: How about this? (Makes his hand gesture as if he were going to throw a power blast of energy, but nothing happens) Uh... Mine isn't working either...

Man # 2: I wonder why.

Noah: (Points his gun toward Man # 2) Let me guess. You have the same power as Renee.

Man # 2: (Chuckles)

Noah: And I bet your an IA.

Man # 2: Just one of many.

Noah: Then I'll just make do with this gun.

Man # 2: You fire off one shot I'll turn it right back at you.

Noah: ...

Man # 2: You're all staying put till he gets here.

Hiro: Until who gets here?

Man # 2: The one you've been learning so much about.

Noah: ...Abba.

Man # 2: ...Trust me... when he gets here... he's going to give you guys a MAJOR talking to. (Laughs)

Noah: YOU BETTER LET US LEAVE HERE!

Man # 2: Or you'll what?!

Noah: Or... I swear to God... you're dead. YOU'RE DEAD!

Man # 2: Such a fire inside. No Power. No Escape.

(Back in Los Angeles, at the Pub-Outside)

Mohinder: ...Matt. (As he leaves the building)

Matt: ...I'll fight with you.

Mohinder: Uh...

Matt: Wasn't what you were expecting me to say, was it?

Mohinder: It was... I just figured it would have taken a bit more to convince you.

Matt: We're going to uh... we're going to die, aren't we?

Mohinder: Probably.

Matt: (Sighs) I suppose it was always inevitable.

Mohinder: Nothing is ever set in stone.

Matt: I'd really like to feel some comfort believing that, but I know I can't.

Mohinder: ...Then don't think about it. And throw everything you've got at him.

Matt: Mmm.

Mohinder: I'll handle the close range. You just get inside his head and I'll try my best to tear him apart piece by piece.

Matt: (Nods)

Mohinder: The only thing we need to think about... is Molly. Molly is our number one priority.

Matt: Of course.

Claude: (Comes walking out of the pub) I received a text. They're close by. They'll be here any minute.

Matt: Then you might want to get ready.

Claude: That I will. And good luck to you both. (Goes invisible)

Mohinder: Are you ready for this?

Matt: ...Is there a choice? (Rhetorical)

(Suddenly a vehicle is heard turning down a street)

Mohinder: Hm...?

(The Vehicle speeds up to the pub)

Monica: (Comes out of the driver's seat) Are you them?!

Matt: Are you Monica?

Monica: Yeah.

(From out of the passengers seats, Micah and Molly jump out)

Molly: Mohinder, Matt! (Runs up to them both)

Matt: (With a smile on his face) Hey there Molly!

Mohinder: Hello Molly. (Smiling)

(Molly hugs both Mohinder and Matt at the same time)

Molly: I never thought I'd see you two again...

Matt: You kidding? We'll always be around for you, kid.

Molly: We tried to beat him. He was just too much...

Mohinder: Sylar is just that kind of man.

Molly: Will you beat him for us?

Mohinder: We'll try.

Micah: Where's Claude?

Matt: Uh...

Micah: Oh... I get it. Monica, Molly, he's already invisible, he'll turn us invisible too if we let him touch us.

Monica: So you know for a fact that he WON'T see us, right?

Micah: Right.

Monica: All right then.

Micah: It's time for us to go silent, Molly.

Molly: (Nods her head, looks toward Mohinder and Matt) Please. Don't die.

Matt: You better go. He's coming.

Mohinder: We'll see you again soon.

Molly: (Nods) Thank you...

(Molly, Micah and Monica walk off in the direction that Claude disappeared to and they too vanish into the dark)

Mohinder: ...He's near.

Matt: (Takes a deep breath) Guess it's go time.

(Suddenly the sound of protruding winds break through their ground atmosphere)

(It becomes slightly harder to breathe as the penetration of the air around Mohinder and Matt becomes vast)

Matt: Arrr...

Mohinder: Ughhh...

(Suddenly, from out of the sky, a man comes swooping down, breaking the sound barrier and landing, kneeled to the ground)

(Mohinder and Matt look on with an intensity like no other)

(The man lifts himself back up to his feet and looks at both Matt and Mohinder)

Sylar: (Smiles) Well then, if it isn't Suresh and his fat boy wonder. I have to admit you aren't the ones I was expecting to see. But nevertheless I'll kill you just as quickly.

Mohinder: You're not going any further, Sylar. You've done enough to the children, they've learned their lesson.

Sylar: Have they now? And who are you to decide that? Hm?

Mohinder: Molly is under my protection and what I say, will always go.

Sylar: (Chuckles) I see. Makes perfectly ethical sense.

Matt: You can just turn back now, you don't need to go any further, I'm sure there are plenty of other powers for you to steal.

Sylar: There are. But none that I want right now other than theirs.

Matt: What happened to you? I thought you changed! I thought you wanted to be a hero! I saw it in you! I SAW IT!

Sylar: That was a different me, Parkman. What you see right now, this is the man I truly am. Always was. Always will be. The world is at my mercy and I plan to make the very best of it.

Mohinder: We'll just have to see about that, won't we?

Sylar: (Gestures his arms to the sides) I guess so.

Mohinder: NO MORE TALKING! (Runs in toward Sylar)

Sylar: (Puts his hand out and stops Mohinder in his tracks)

Mohinder: Uh... UGH... UHHH... (Trying to move, but can't, stuck in one place)

Matt: SHIT! Mohinder, you could have warned me first!

Mohinder: ...Didn't... didn't have... time...

(The Invisible people)

Molly: Oh no...

Micah: There's no time to waste, Molly. We have to go.

Claude: He's right. Follow me closely and do not make any sudden moves.

(Back to the fight)

Matt: Two can play at this game! (Starts using his telepathic ability)

Sylar: Uh... uh...

Matt: You better feel it, Sylar... I hope to God you feel it!

Sylar: Arrr... (Being effected by Matt's mind infiltration, but attempting to fight it off)

Mohinder: (Stands in one place, attempting to fight off Sylar's physical block much in the same vein)

(Right now, it's a standoff)

(In New York City, Angela's Apartment)

Peter: (Opens the door and runs inside, closing the door behind him) EVERYONE! WE HAVE TO GET READY!

Emma: What?!

Sandra: What's going on?

Claire: Peter?

Peter: There's someone chasing after me!

Angela: (Walks in) Who?

Peter: ...

Angela: Tell me who, Peter!

Peter: I don't know... some guy named Rafe. I think... I think he's one of the IA's.

Claire: Are you serious?!

Peter: Yeah... we need to get you somewhere safe, Claire.

Claire: I don't need you to protect me.

Peter: THEN WOULD YOU RATHER HE STEAL YOUR POWER?! Become just as indestructible as Sylar?!

Adam: (Pulls out his sword) I'll help fight them off.

Peter: (Nods) You and me both, Adam.

(Suddenly the lights within the apartment begin to flicker on and off)

Peter: SHIT! He's here...

Angela: Then we need to get you out of here now, Claire!

Emma: Peter!

Peter: Emma, don't worry about me, that's the last thing I need you to do right now.

Emma: Uh...

Peter: NOW GET SOMEWHERE SAFE!

Angela: (Nods) Come on everybody!

Claire: Uh...

(They start to run off into the direction of the doorway when another flicker of the light occurs and not one but multiple people appear in the room)

Barbara: (One of the people who have evaporated into the room) Now where do you think you're going...?

Angela: Oh... Shit...

Rafe: (Another one of the IAs) All exits blocked I'm afraid.

Angela: Just how many of you people are there?!

Barbara: Enough.

Peter: ...Nicki...?

Barbara: Sorry, wrong sister.

Rafe: Now, if you'd all just be so kind as to step aside, all we want is the cheerleader, you just let us take our turns on her, we'll not only let her live but each and every one of you too.

Barbara: It's a fair deal. And it's win-win.

Peter: And you guys get to walk away and become Gods? Fuck that. I refuse to live in a world where people like Sylar rule.

Woman: Why do you protest?

Man # 3: We can be merciful gods, if you allow it.

Rafe: Besides, we don't live purely for ourselves.

Barbara: We live for someone so much more.

Claire: You guys want me! Come and get me!

Angela: CLAIRE!

Barbara: All in due course, cheerleader.

Adam: (Points his blade toward Barbara) You take one step toward her I will take your head clean off.

Barbara: Bad boy with a sword? I like it.

Adam: Hm...

Rafe: Who are you?

Adam: You don't know?

Rafe: We weren't given any files on a blonde haired man with a sword.

Adam: Well, what you see is what you get I'm afraid.

Barbara: Humph.

Woman: Then if you fight us. We will kill you.

Man # 3: That is a promise.

Adam: ...They really don't know... Humph...

Peter: ALL RIGHT THINK FAST! (Fires off a shot of the red electricity into the ground, causing a large explosion of power, it doesn't harm the building but it definitely sends people into all different directions)

(The IAs are blown back)

Peter: RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN! (He shouts at the top of his lungs)

(Back at Tracy's Apartment)

Man # 2: (Still keeping the powered ones at bay)

Ando: (Quietly) ...I don't think he has any other weapon on him...

Noah: I see that...

Hiro: Do we charge him?

Noah: He'll probably put a physical block on us if we try. And that'll be worse than not having any powers.

Ando: You got that right...

Hiro: We have to think of something! Claire is in grave danger!

Noah: I'm the one who needs to worry about Claire!

Hiro: Uh...

Man # 2: What are you three discussing over there?

Noah: (Looks toward Man # 2 with disgust) How I'm going to rip our your ribcage and force feed down your throat.

Man # 2: Heh... a very ambitious man I see.

Noah: Don't. Tempt me.

Man # 2: I bet my friends are ripping into that little Blondie's skull right about now, picking and prodding and having a good old time just playing around on the inside. I only wish I were there to get a piece myself, but, another time another place I'll get my turn.

Noah: ... (Looking at him very intently)

Man # 2: You want to know the only other thing equal in pleasure to ripping someone's head off to take their knowledge?

Hiro: Don't say it... Don't say it...

Man # 2: Rape.

Noah: (His eyes bug out)

Man # 2: I bet when Sylar had his way with your daughter... he was all kinds of turned on. (Laughing) If that's not rape, I don't know what is. I would have loved to have seen that! (Continues laughing)

Noah: (Fires of a raging sun formulate throughout his body) (Without a thought, without even for a second thinking about the potential consequences of his choice, he screams louder than high heaven and charge the IA, head on)

Man # 2: HUH?! (Tries to use his ability to stop him but Noah is just too far driven to be thrown back)

Noah: (Rage) (Smashes into Man # 2)

Man # 2: (Reacts to being knocked to the ground)

Noah: (On top of Man # 2 lays waste to him with punch after punch after punch after punch)

(Hiro and Ando watch on in horror as Noah beats the mean to death)

Ando: My... my... god...

Hiro: Uh... Uh...

Noah: DON'T. TALK. ABOUT. MY. FUCKING. DAUGHTER. EVER. AGAIN! (As he continues to punch him again and again and again)

(There is almost nothing left but a pool of blood after Noah is done with him)

Noah: (Taking multiple breaths as he reviews his work)

Man # 2: (Lies on the ground, a bloody mess of a man, obviously very much dead)

Noah: (Covered in blood, gets back up on his feet, taking a dew extra breaths) ...We gotta go. Now.

Hiro: (Nods in fearful agreement)

Ando: ...Yes sir...

(Back in Los Angeles, outside the pub)

Sylar: You. Can't. Get. Inside. My head! (Struggling to fight off Matt's approaches)

Matt: You won't... be able to fight it... much longer...

Mohinder: (Struggling with the physical block but still attempting to move) One of us. Will have to cave. Eventually.

Sylar: And I promise. It... IT... It won't... won't... WOOOOOON'T BE ME! (Suddenly a jerk of wind penetrates the area around them)

Matt: Damn... it...

Mohinder: Stay... Focused... Matt...

Matt: Easier... said... than done...

Mohinder: I'll... I'll stay focused... for the both of us... if... if I have to...

Sylar: You... wouldn't know how. Even if you knew. How to.

Mohinder: (Chuckles)

Sylar: What?

Mohinder: That. Will be. Your final... final insult.

Sylar: What are you. Going... Going to do about it...?

Mohinder: You were going... to hurt Molly... a child... an innocent... child... a monster like you... should... should not still be alive... you should have died years ago... BUT YET! YET! (Pushing forward) PEOPLE LIKE YOU! Get to stay alive as where good people... good people like DL Hawkins and Nicki Sanders... Nathan Petrelli... Eden... Molly's parents... Daphne...

Matt: ...

Mohinder: ...and my father... ALL DIE! (Pushes forward, screaming)

Sylar: WHAT THE FUCK?!

Mohinder: (Manages to leap toward Sylar right on top of him) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHH! (Punches him across the face)

Sylar: (Is instantly launched back, smashing into the brick wall of a building behind him)

Mohinder: (Many labored breathes)

Matt: Mohinder...

Mohinder: ...Matt... we have to... have to go... right- (Is very quickly physically manipulated and thrown back into the window of the pub)

Matt: SHIT! MOHINDER!

Sylar: I'M COMING FOR YOU! (From the hole in the wall)

Matt: DAMN IT! (Runs into the pub)

(Mohinder, lies in a heap on the floor)

(All the patrons, run around screaming, soberly, drunkenly, unsure of what the hell is going on around here)

Matt: Mohinder!

Mohinder: Ugh... uh... Matt... pay attention...

Matt: Uh...?

(Suddenly a large earthquake like sound if heard and the windows all around the pub are suddenly shattering all at the same time)

(The entranceway door literally blows off of its hinges)

(The Beer and wine glasses start smashing all around the tables, the bar, everywhere)

(The entire place is screaming bloody murder)

Matt: HUNKER DOWN! HUNKER DOWN!

Sylar: (Comes floating into the pub with electricity flowing all around his body)

Matt: Son of a BITCH! (At the sight before him)

Sylar: (Floats over to both Matt and Mohinder) I will destroy you both. Nice. And slowly! I'm going to have the GREATEST time of my life! It'll be something these people will NEVER forget seeing! I'll engrave it into their skulls! You and each and every person in this building WILL KNOW MY NAME!

Matt: Uhhhh... (Actually becoming quite fearful)

Sylar: ...Die.

(Suddenly the voice of someone is heard, penetrating the room)

Voice: No Gabriel... not yet. (A very calm and older sounding voice)

Sylar: ...Huh...?

Matt: Wha-?

Sylar: Ugh...

(Suddenly things go quiet within the pub)

Mohinder: (Regains his composure) Uh... what... what just happened?

(There is broken glass everywhere, and turned over tables up and about the area, but suddenly there is absolutely no sigh of electricity, sound manipulation, or Sylar to be heard of)

Matt: I... I have no... no idea...

Mohinder: Is he gone...?

Matt: It... it looks that way...

Mohinder: Are we alive...?

Matt: (Chuckles) (Nods) Looks that way.

Mohinder: (Slight chuckles) Didn't expect that... (Coughs)

Matt: Don't strain yourself, buddy.

Mohinder: (Chuckles) I'll try not to.

Matt: Let's get you to a hospital.

Mohinder: Will we call Molly?

Matt: We'll call Molly, I promise.

Mohinder: ...Good... good. (Goes quiet as he rests his eyes)

Matt: You'll be just fine, Doctor. You'll be just fine.

(Back in New York, Angela's Apartment)

Adam: (Slashing his sword about)

Man # 3: (Reacts, Sliced across the stomach) (Disappears)

Woman: (Shoots a projectile of some kind)

Peter: (Shoots his own at hers)

(It causes a dispersal of energy)

Barbara: You two are REALLY getting on my nerves right now!

Adam: I consider that a success.

Rafe: FUCK YOU! (With his power, throws Adam into another room)

Adam: AHFUCKMEHARD! (He shouts as he's thrown into the next room)

Peter: STAY THE HELL BACK! (Fires off some shots)

Man # 3: (Is hit with the blast, thrown back onto the ground, probably dead)

Barbara: YOU SON OF A BITCH!

Peter: Well he deserved it! You all deserve it!

Barbara: You know what? I want you to blast yourself with that move of yours.

Peter: ...What?

Barbara: Blast yourself with that move of yours.

Peter: Why do you keep... uh... I...

Barbara: Blast yourself with that move of yours.

Peter: Oh... Okay... I'll... I'll...do... whatever... whatever you say.

Adam: PETER NO! (Jumps in the way of Peter)

Peter: (Touches Adam with the blast)

Adam: (Reacts to being electrified by the red energy)

(Both Peter and Adam are blown back)

Barbara: DAMN IT!

Rafe: Let's finish them off and get the damn cheerleader!

Woman: (Is shot) Ugh...

Barbara: ...Huh...?

Woman: (Falls to the ground, dead)

Noah: (Stands by) You're not finishing anybody.

Ando: (With an electrical impulse of his OWN red energy standing at the ready)

Rafe: Son of a... bitch...

Barbara: Did you...?

Noah: Yes. I killed your little guard. Just look at me. I'm covered in his blood.

Barbara: You...

Noah: ME... WHAT?!

Barbara: This is NOT over!

Noah: IT IS OVER! (Fires off a few shots)

Rafe: (Manages to stop the bullets midair with his hand)

Noah: ARRRGGG...

Rafe: No. It's not.

(Suddenly Barbara and Rafe are nowhere to be found)

Noah: (Puts his gun down) (Takes a deep breath)

Adam: (Comes walking out of the next room) Claire and the others are safe.

Noah: Good... that's all that matters.

Adam: I took the brunt of the blast but Peter's out at the moment, he could have very well died. He's lucky I can regenerate.

Hiro: Did they know that?

Adam: Apparently not, carp.

Noah: Looks like we're compromised... again.

Adam: Looks that way.

Ando: Is nowhere safe?

Adam: There's gotta to be somewhere.

Noah: Or maybe... we find them... we kill them all.

Adam: Uh...

(Hiro and Ando exchange looks with each other of a 'This guy's going nuts' face)

Adam: Then what do we do?

Noah: ...We get ready.

(Somewhere, far off in the middle of nowhere, within a white room with a bed and a long chair within)

Sylar: (Awakens on top of the bed) Uh... Uh...? (Looks about the room at his newly found seclusion) No... No... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Gives off a charge)

(Suddenly, the sound of a very piercing and distinct whistling can be heard in the background)

Sylar: Uh... uh... Ugh... (He suddenly, forcibly, calms himself down, he falls back to the side of the bed, onto the ground, taking labored breaths) I've... I've... felt this... before...

Voice: But before, it wasn't nearly as strong.

Sylar: Who... Is that...? Is that... you...? (Out of it)

Voice: Yes. It's me.

(The man supplying the voice comes walking over to Sylar)

Man: To the world, I was once known as Abba... to you... (Smiles) ...I'm dad.

Sylar: (Looks toward the man, now revealed to be EXACTLY who he says he is)

Samson Gray: Samson Gray. Alive and kicking.

Sylar: ...Uh...

Samson: ...Sleep. (Whistles)

Sylar: (Falls into a very, very, deep sleep)

(The Whistling continues into the darkness)

*BLACK OUT*

Script written by Ryan West

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