To those of you who have been reading my story this far, from the very bottom of my heart…THANK YOU!

I thought this would be a good time to pause and give a little background into to my thought process of for creating this story. I have been fascinated with Sylar's character ever since the Six Month's Ago episode. Though I believe Sylar is deceitful, manipulative and dangerous; he is also handsome, sexy and has an irresistible allure to him. I believe somewhere deep inside there is good in him. We saw this in episode 21 and I believe the time he was traveling with Mohinder in Montana the times he showed kindness and gratitude had some validity to it.

Now mind you, I do not believe Sylar will ever become a good guy and I would not want to see him as such. He is just too good at being bad and Zachary Quinto is just phenomenal at bringing the abundant elements of Sylar to life. I see much potential to the character. He has shades of Braum Stroker's Dracula; another dark man who fell in love with a woman of geniality.

So this got me wondering; what if Sylar fell in love. What kind of woman would he fall in love with? What kind of woman could love him back? I actually gave this a lot of thought. Of course she would have to equal him in intelligence; he has no patience for stupidity. Also, she would have to be 180º of his character; she is good to his evil. Perhaps she would be somebody a little insecure and vulnerable. Every man wants to rescue a princess and Sylar yearns to be a hero. And if there ever was a woman who needed a hero, it is Laura. She has been carrying her father's world on her shoulders and he comes along and says to her "I will take care of you." Well, how can she resist? And of course she would have to be an SG. But once her powers manifested at some point would he want to take her power? What emotion would win; his love for her or his lust for power?

So the first issue I want to address is my OC Laura. I have received some constructive, but kind criticism via PM that she is a "Mary Sue". I do not disagree that she is. My apologies if she does come across too "perfect", however, this actually is intentional. As I said, I created a character who is ying to his yang. But as we chip away at her tough exterior, we discover she is not as perfect as she appears; she is forgetful, insecure, and afraid to step outside the wall she has created around herself and embrace who she truly is.

However, as different as these characters are, there are parallels: Sylar grew up in a toxic family environment with unrealistic expectations placed upon him keeping him from being who he wanted to be or could have been. The conflict in his life came from a father who likely expected him to be a watchmaker and follow in his footsteps and a wacky mother who went above any kind of realistic expectations of him. Laura grew up in a nurturing family environment with similar expectations; a father who owned a large company. She was an only child so of course there were expectations. When she came into her inheritance, Laura was only 24; an age where she was still trying to figure out who she was and now she has the world on her shoulders trying to keep her father's dream alive, while sacrificing he own dream of having a family of her own. Her mother was also an SG. She gave up on her own dreams so that Laura could realize her own someday. So they are two people who grew up with a lot expected of them from the world. But circumstance made them the people they are.

I have several chapters left to write and it So now Sylar has murdered her best friend. Supposedly he has destroyed the evidence…or has he? Where is Sylar off to? Is he ever coming back? Will Laura fight for the good, or when she learns the truth will her love for him take her to a dark place, or will her goodness bring him into her world?

Wait and see…I promise you will love it. 