A.N.: Here's chapter six!"

Heroes: The Next Generation

Chapter 6: Caged Part One

"Oh, it appears you've caught our guest." Picard stated.

"What's with the water?" Riker asked.

"Keep him in line. He tries to electrocute the cage, it'll not only not work, but it'll fry him too." Peter responded.

"Isn't that torture?" Picard asked.

"Trust me. He's done a lot worse than this to other people." Peter said.

"So now what? We just leave him in here forever?" Riker asked.

"Until you can transfer him to another holographic facility meant to contain him." Peter said.

"Then we'll need to show you to Starfleet Command to prove how dangerous he is." Picard said.

"Okay. Maybe this is why my powers brought us here. Maybe I was supposed to lock him up here." Peter guessed.

"Whether you were or not, he's no danger to anyone now, so just to make sure no one releases him, this holodeck will be off limits, the program will be locked under my authorization only." Picard stated.

"You don't have to worry about that, I already locked it and put a thirty digit code on it. No one will be able to figure it out." Peter said.

"How much can you do with your technopathy?" Picard asked.

"A lot. I can even hack into computers without going through their firewalls or leaving any trace of me even doing it." Peter answered.

"You could be quite a help to Starfleet Mr. Petrelli." Picard told him.

"Thank you. I will stay and help as long as possible, but someday, I'll have to go home." Peter informed them.

"We would be glad to have you as part of our crew." Picard said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to contact Starfleet and inform them on why we dropped out of Warp. Twice." Picard walked out.

"Warp?" Peter asked.

"It's our faster than light travel." Riker replied.

"Ah." Peter. "So, am I gonna have to wear a uniform?" Peter asked.

"Well, since your a 'Special' member of the crew under 'Special' circumstances, that will be entirely up to you." Riker replied.

"Good. Cuz I don't want to wear that. Not yet anyway." Peter said.

"Alright. But you will still have to have a combadge." Riker said.

"Why? I'm a walking communicator." Peter stated.

"Yes, but we wouldn't be able to contact you from the ship if you were on an away team and got separated." Riker responded.

"That makes sense." Peter said. Riker threw him a combadge.

"I thought you'd say that." Riker smiled. "Welcome to the crew...Major."

"Major?" Peter asked, surprised.

"Well, it appears Sylar has killed at least three crewmembers. One of which being a Major, another being a Liuetenant, and another being and Ensign. And we'll need replacements. So Ensign Rower is being promoted to Liuetenant and you replace Major Samuels. We'll get two new Ensigns when we get back to Starfleet." Riker replied.

"Thank you Commander." Peter smiled.

"Just work hard enough and you could be the Liuetenant Commander in no time." Riker turned to walk away, but stopped. "And that doesn't mean 'persuading' us to give you a promotion."

"Wasn't planning on it anyway. I don't like to do that much." Peter asked as Riker and Dr. Crusher walked out.

"Liar."

Peter turned to see Sylar awake. "Excuse me?"

"You lied. You love using that ability. I don't need to be a lie detector to know that." Sylar taunted him. Even though he said this, he knew Peter was telling the truth because he didn't 'tingle' like he does when someone lies.

"If anyone here's a liar it's you." Peter turned to leave.

"I know what you're really like Peter. You only want to help people because you can't help yourself. You want to do some good because you desperately want to believe you're not like me. But you are. You're every bit like me. You want to be special. To stand out. To be your own crowd. We're more alike than you care to admit."

"I'm nothing like you!" Peter screamed at him with a sonic scream.

"AAAH!" Sylar screamed. With his super-hearing, his was extra sensitive to sonic waves.

"I don't like attention! I help people because it's the right thing to do!" Peter screamed again.

AAAAAAH!" Sylar screamed in pain. "You know I'm right Peter! Don't deny it! You love the atention! You love to be different! And more than anything! You love to kill people! People like me! People like you!"

"NO! i'M NOT LIKE YOU!" He screamed again, shattering the glass. Even holographic glass has a resonance frequency. Sylar fell to the ground with the water, landed on his feet, and sped out of the holodeck with his super-speed, killing people on his way.

Peter snapped back to reality. He had dreamed the future while awake. He daydreamed the future. But it was an unlikely future. He was going to make sure it didn't happen.

"I don't need to be a lie detector to know that." Sylar said.

"Nice try. I'm not going to fall for it." Peter said walking out.

"You know I'm right Peter! You know I'm right!" He accidentally generated some electricity in his anger. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Even with the doors closed, he could hear Sylar's screams of pain as clear as day. "You're wrong."

Meanwhile, Captain Picard was in his office, speaking with and Admiral from Starfleet Command.

"So this Sylar character is incredibly dangerous. There's a man on our ship that is like him, but he's not bad like Sylar. We are bringing him to Starfleet Command to show you his abilities." Picard said.

"We look forward to your arrival. Maybe he can even help with our current situation." Said the Admiral.

"What situation is that?" Picard asked.

"Three Borg Cubes have been spotted near Romulus." He paused. "They're headed for Earth."

"Three? One is hard enough, but three?" Picard asked. "We don't stand a chance!"

"Not without Mr. Petrelli." The Admiral said.

"Well I'm sure he'll be glad to help." Picard sighed, hanging up.

He sat there for a few moments. "I hope we will."