This doesn't even qualify as a chapter, so it's not labeled as such. Just the bridging between the two timelines.

Martin: There has not been a situation during which Peter would be desperate enough to go against his beliefs, and dose himself with the formula... And I happen to think Peter's a bit smarter without his abilities; he doesn't rely on the abilities constantly, and actually has to think about what he's doing.

Lea: Little Noah, and Daniella? Hahaha, that's a cute idea, actually... Noah's going to meet Daniella in an upcoming chapter...

Poetz: Bennet/Elle bonding is always fun =P. And yeah, so far with what I have planned, Elle is quite vicious when it comes to keeping her boy safe.

Merry Christmas every body. The next REAL chapter will be up as soon as I am done writing it.


Interlude

Year 1

Gabriel, Elle, & Little Noah


The first year, the new family lived in California, under the name "Knight". Elle stayed home with the baby, Gabriel worked repairing just about anything- computers, watches, phones- and quickly became fairly well known for his unique talents.
It was harder, there, than it had been in Denver. In Denver, they had avoided people, had kept to themselves... Here, they were on their own, no more help from Angela, so it was work, or be homeless... And Gabriel could now tell a normal person from a "special" simply by studying them for a moment. It was surprising, the amount of people who had abilities. Some likely weren't even aware it was an ability. For the most part, Gabriel was able to keep Sylar quiet, but there were times when he almost slipped... Never slipped enough to pin someone against a wall, but slipped enough to actually think about it, to start the movements that would do it. One near victim was a teenager by the name of West, who came in on a regular basis to have a wide array of things fixed. Gabriel knew he could fly (aside from being able to spot someone with an ability, he'd seen the boy take off when he thought no one was looking).

Only thoughts of Elle, and Little Noah had saved the kid.

Peter visited occasionally, mostly to see his nephew, and to update them on the current goings on at Primatech. There was no progress made on the Pinehearst front, as the company now had too much political backing for simply killing the owner to work anymore... Or for such an event to go un-investigated. Arthur had been one thing: no one knew he was alive in the first place. Nathan was a Senator, on the other hand, and was therefore a more dangerous target.

Outside of work, the "Knights" kept to themselves. The neighbors whispered that they were an odd family, but nice enough, and that both Elle and Gabriel seemed to be devoted parents. And so they were; Noah wasn't lacking in any attention from either of his parents, and was clearly the center of their little world.

Matt, Daphne, & Molly

Shortly after the death of Arthur Petrelli, with Mohinder gone dark side, Matt and Daphne had reclaimed Molly from the school she'd been sent to. A new place in New York was found, and they managed to settle into an almost-normal life. The adoption for Molly that had been pending for so long was finally approved, and Molly Walker became Molly Parkman- and she delighted in calling Matt "dad".

After a year of living together, Matt proposed to Daphne, who accepted. Molly wasn't quite as accepting of Daphne as a parent, as she had been with Matt, but she liked the woman well enough, and she made Matt happy, which counted for a lot in Molly's book.

Turtle remained a permanent resident of the Parkman household.

Peter

When not checking up on his brother, and his family, Peter spent his time trying to find some way to legally get rid of Pinehearst. Though there was no such luck. A year and a half after Nathan took over the company, Pinehearst made their "discovery" public. Abilities, however, were not to be sold to the public. They were instead reserved for select groups of soldiers, and later down the road: certain police forces. They had also figured out how to trigger certain abilities, and were therefore able to make sure that the more powerful abilities were kept out of anyone's reach. The fact that there were people born with abilities was kept secret.

And, while it was not exact, Peter knew that the world was heading for the fate he'd seen painted several times, and that was unacceptable.

Year 2

In the second year, Senator Nathan Petrelli passed ownership of Pinehearst to his wife, Tracy, when he announced that he planned to run for President.

Year 3

Gabriel, Elle, & Little Noah

In the third year, the "Knights" had moved to Dallas, Texas. Staying in one place for long didn't suit either Elle or Gabriel's personalities, and the move to Texas meant that Uncle Peter visited more often; visits that were greatly anticipated by Noah, whom adored his uncle.

Noah proved that he was a bright child time, and time again. Before he turned three, he had learned that mommy was a wonderful way to make his toys with dead batteries come back to life. He also knew that when he took something apart, and couldn't quite get it back together the way it had been, daddy could have it as good as new in a matter of minutes. He also loved everybody, though Peter was obviously a favorite, beyond his parents. The few times that Noah Bennet accompanied Peter, little Noah had latched on to his namesake, and stuck to him like velcro. Gabriel once jokingly referred to him as Grandpa Noah, and little Noah instantly decided that he liked this title, and had from that moment onward referred to the man as such, much to Bennet's dislike.

It was also that year that the odd occurrences began.

Elle had been struggling to get a glass from a top shelf, in the kitchen- she hated being short-, when Noah had appeared next to her, looking at the floor around her feet with a puzzled look.

"Mama?" he'd asked, "Why'd ya drop th' glass?"

Confused, Elle had only smiled at her son, "I didn't, honey. See, it's up there."

"Oh... Okay," seemingly satisfied with this answer, the boy had trotted off, likely to take something apart, leaving Elle staring after him wondering what he'd been talking about. About thirty seconds later, she had finally reached the glass, only, when pulling it off the shelf, her hand slipped, and the glass fell to the floor, and shattered.

Another such thing had been on a rather rainy evening when Noah had informed Gabriel that Elle was going to bring home a cat. Gabriel had ignored this bit of information, as Noah had already reached the stage of wanting his own pet- and unlike any normal child, wanted a cat instead of a dog- and he didn't think it was anything more than a wishful thought. He had been rather surprised, later, when Elle came home from what was supposed to have been a quick run to the store, dripping wet, with a mass of wet fur in her arms that might have been a calico, if one looked past the water, and the mud.

Elle had explained that she'd seen the poor creature huddled next to a trash can, and, since she had issues with water herself, had taken pity on it. The cat- which was fluffy, when not looking like a drowned rat, and was indeed a calico- was christened "Fizzgig" by Noah, whom had recently been introduced to The Dark Crystal, and she became Elle's constant shadow (though Noah made many attempts to steal his mother's pet, and as such, Fizzgig spent many an hour hiding under the couch, looking to avoid having her tail pulled).

Peter

Peter spent much of his time trying to rally troops, to find someone who would help fight Pinehearst; but for the most part, it seemed people were content to let the company go about their business. The only people- aside from the Primatech crew, of course- that were willing to help were Hiro Nakamura, Ando Masahashi, and Matt and Daphne Parkman. Though, the latter wasn't willing to get directly involved, as she was now pregnant- a girl, Matt had told Peter, to be named Daniella.

Aside from all that, Peter felt useless. All "missions" to destroy shipments of the formula had to be done without him, as he was still powerless. More than once he toyed with the idea of having Hiro bring him a dose... After all, if not for his father, he'd still have his abilities. But, in the end, he always decided not to. He wasn't going to do the very thing he was against, just because he was feeling a bit depressed about being "normal".

There was an upside to being powerless: no worrying about if the slightest hand gesture was going to bring to light an ability he'd gotten from just passing someone in the street. No more wondering if there was going to be repeat of Kirby Plaza, because he couldn't control so many abilities at once... And he also didn't have to worry about giving in to temptation, and just going back in time to "fix" things. Granted, he had learned his lesson about doing that, but still, with the power, the temptation to try had still been there. There was also the relief of not having Gabriel's power weighing on his mind constantly. Gabriel had learned to control it, yes, but that was only after over a year, and many many deaths... And with the added help of having a reason to fight it. Peter doubted he could manage that; after all, even if he WAS able to control the ability, he doubted his mind could survive actually killing anyone- the guilt over the Future Nathan had faded quickly due to the fact that a) it technically hadn't happened yet, and b) the fact that his eldest brother was actually deserving of a quick Sylar haircut. He couldn't even bring himself to feel guilty about thinking that... Not since Nathan had actually won the election, and people were disappearing. Peter knew what he was doing with the captured specials: he was having his scientists, namely Mohinder, examine them, see how a specific power worked, and seeing how to activate that specific ability in another person, with the formula.

...Pinehearst had turned into a high tech Sylar.

Year 4: 2013

The fourth year was when everything went wrong.



And thus ends the little snapshots into those 4 years.

...and for the record, anyone who has not seen The Dark Crystal needs to remedy that right away, as it is a great movie... and Fizzgig is awesome. I want him (yeah, Fizzgig is a HE... not in THIS, obviously it's a she in this.... fun fact: almost all calicos are female. A male that is a TRUE calico- there are specific requirements- is a rarity)