A/N: new chappie ! enjoy!

Chapter 10: Trust

Sylar's eyes shot open when the hotel room phone rang and he groaned irritably as he lifted a hand to rub the sleep from his face as he lay on his back. The phone rang again but he ignored it to look down at the still sleeping Tatiana snuggled against him as he held her with his other arm. He lifted a hand to stroke some of her blonde hair from her face as the phone continued to ring.

"If you don't answer that I'm gonna beat you with it," she muttered, her eyes still closed as his hand stroked her face.

"Promises, promises," he smirked, and that earned him a pinch from her hand resting on his chest.

"Answer the damn phone," she grumbled, moving to let him move his arm out from under her and she turned onto her other side as he chuckled, rolling over to answer the phone on the nightstand next to the bed.

"Hello?" he answered in a raw voice, rubbing his face again.

"Morning, sleepy head," a familiar voice teased and Sylar couldn't help but smirk.

"Noah Bennett," he hummed, lying on his back again as Tatiana gave a sleepy frown and slowly sat up to turn it to him. "I can't call you but you can call me? That's not fair."

"Don't you just love double standards?" Noah retorted, making Sylar chuckle again and look to Tatiana as she still frowned at him in wonder.

"Come 'ere, babe," he murmured, lifting an arm toward her and though she wanted to resist, she crawled toward him and rested against his chest again.

"What'd you say?" Noah wondered if he'd heard right.

"Nothing," Sylar lied before kissing Tatiana's frown and pulling her closer as she set her head on his chest. "To what do I owe this call, huh?"

"I need your help again," Noah replied quickly, as if he wanted to get the words out and get it over with. Sylar smirked and opened his mouth to retorted, but Noah cut him off.

"Spare me the smart ass remarks, Sylar. Just listen. The reason we needed to catch Felch was because he was holding two people hostage. Two people you happen to know very well. He told us where they were, and we've found them, but they need to be kept safe. That's where you and Tatiana come in. You two are gonna be their bodyguards until Felch is found."

Sylar didn't reply for a moment as he frowned in utter confusion. He then turned to Tatiana and knew he couldn't carry this conversation on with her around. She'd ask too many questions, and he didn't want her meeting up with Hayden again. He knew you could get your memory back if the Haitian erased it. Peter had told him about it when they were stuck in Sylar's mind and trying to escape, that it had happened to him.

"Sylar?"

"Hang on a minute," Sylar spoke into the phone before lowering it to his shoulder to cover the mouthpiece as Tatiana frowned up at him but he only told her, "Why don't you go get started on breakfast? I'll be out there in a minute."

"What does he-?"

"There should be eggs and bacon left in the fridge," he cut in gently, smiling warmly as Tatiana still frowned at him. "Don't worry, Blondie. I just gotta take care of this and I'll be out there in a sec."

Tatiana narrowed her gaze at him suspiciously but decided not to argue as she shuffled off of the bed and grabbed his shirt on the way to the bedroom door. Sylar couldn't help but smirk as he watched her walk away, but it instantly disappeared when she was out of the room. He sat up and used his telekinesis to close the door then brought the phone back to his ear.

"What the hell do you mean 'until Felch is found'?" he snarled into the phone. "We had him! I know! I was there!"

"Yeah, I know," Noah began. "And he knows too. He's pissed as hell at you for what you did, and he's coming after you."

"Quit dancing around the damn question, Bennett!" Sylar snarled. "What happened?"

"He escaped," Noah replied, making Sylar's anger melt into shock as he stared ahead with wide eyes. "He told us where the girls are under one condition. We had to tell him where to two of you were."

"You bastard-!"

"I gave him a false location, Sylar," Noah cut in. "By the time he figures it out, you guys will be with Molly and Maya here. Figured I'd kill two birds with one stone by having you two protect them so we could protect you."

"How thoughtful," Sylar muttered then replayed the last sentence in his head and asked, "Wait a minute. Did you just say Molly and Maya?"

"We weren't going to let him go at all, but he got away-"

"Bennett," Sylar growled. "Did you say Molly and Maya? Are they the hostages he was hiding?"

"Yes," Noah replied.

"You really think they'll be up for me protecting them?" Sylar questioned.

"No," Noah replied, flatly. "But that's why Tatiana is coming along. The girls will actually trust someone else you've wronged. Besides, you wanted to prove you've changed, didn't you? This'll be your chance to show you're not the boogeyman anymore."

"Sure, after I get kicked in the shin by Molly and slapped by Maya," Sylar retorted. "Not to mention, I'll never hear the end of it from Tatiana."

"How are things going with that by the way?" Noah asked, as if he was truly interested. "She find your kill spot? Think she'll tell me where it is?"

"No, and no," Sylar blurted trying to get back on topic by asking, "What is it about these girls that're so special? They don't have their abilities anymore, do they?"

"You'd have to ask Felch that question, and when he finds you, he's not gonna be very talkative," Noah replied.

"You mean if, right," Sylar hoped.

"Sure, 'if'," Noah replied, and Sylar could hear the smirk in his tone.

"So it'll be me and Tatiana protecting them?" Sylar asked. "I thought you would've stuck someone else in there for insurance."

"Claire's gonna be there, too," Noah muttered, not thrilled at all with that fact. "She insisted on being there."

"I see another slap coming," Sylar blurted. "Maybe a broken arm since she knows I'll heal anyway."

"You listen to me, Sylar," Noah snapped. "I don't want Claire to be there, but since she's not letting this go, if anything happens, you keep her safe too, got it?"

"Trusting me with your precious Claire Bear, are you?" Sylar couldn't help but smirk, deviously.

"I mean it, Sylar!"

"Alright, alright, I promise. No need to shout in my ear. Where do you want us and when?"

Meanwhile...

Tatiana shuffled around the kitchen, nearly finished with breakfast and glancing at the bedroom door every once in a while, wondering what was taking Sylar so long.

She jumped when the bacon grease spat at her from the pan and scowled at it before lifting a hand over the pan and forming one of her shields above it with one finger. She then opened her hand, her fingers pointing down and moved it downward, the shield arching to form a cover over the pan just as it spat again. She lifted her hand over it again and poked to the top to make a finger sized hole to let the heat and steam vent through it.

Hearing the bedroom door open she looked over to see Sylar walk in wearing jeans and he plopped himself at the table, rubbing his face tiredly again.

"So what was that about?" she asked.

"Bennett needs my help again," Sylar replied, moving one hand to scratch at the back of his head. "He asked for your help too."

"What for?" she frowned, turning off the burner on the stove and dropping her shield over the pan.

"Babysitting job," Sylar yawned. "He wants us to keep these two Former Specials safe until they find the guy that's after them."

"Former Specials?" Tatiana asked, placing eggs and bacon on two plates and carrying them to the table, one for Sylar, one for her as she sat across from him.

"Yeah," Sylar sighed, lifting his hand toward a drawer and using his telekinesis to open it he lifted two forks out of it and drew them into his hand. He handed one to Tatiana as he explained, "They had their powers taken away from them."

"By that virus?" she guessed, taking the fork and starting at her food.

"No," he replied, starting at his food as well. "By another Special. Anyway, Bennett caught this guy that was holding them hostage somewhere, and when he gave up the location he escaped. They want us to keep the girls safe until they find the guy."

"This guy holding them hostage was a Special?" Tatiana guessed and he nodded. "What's his power?"

"Teleportation," he replied, casually, but his heart was racing in panic.

He wasn't going to lie to her, even if she didn't think he was lying to her, but he didn't want her to remember Hayden Felch. He was afraid she'd fall for the scumbag all over again, and that thought, for whatever reason, made his stomach churn as if he were going to puke.

"Well, this just gets better and better, doesn't it?" she smirked, taking a bite of food. "So, when do we leave?"

"After breakfast," Sylar replied through a mouthful of egg. "We'll get dressed, pack our things and be on our way. Bennett's sending a car for us. I told him I'd fly, but he wouldn't have it. Paranoid, as always."

Tatiana nodded, paying more attention to her food as he watched her for a moment in thought. Coming to a decision he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and stood, drawing Tatiana's attention to him with a frown. He stepped next to her and held his hand to her as she still frowned up at him as he only smiled warmly.

"Come 'ere a sec," he murmured, beckoning her with a jerk of his fingers and she glanced between his hand and his smile before placing her hand into his and letting him pull her to her feet to lead her into the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" she frowned. "I thought we were eating."

"We are," he nodded, stopping at one of the drawers and opening it. "But I wanted to do this before you ate too much."

"What do you mean before I ate too much-What the hell are you doing with that knife?" Tatiana asked, her eyes widening as she went to pull her hand away but he held it tightly.

"Trust me, Tina," he murmured, pulling her a little closer as she shook her head, glancing between the knife and his cool smile.

"What are you doing?" she asked, but stared down at her hand when he placed the knife in it.

"I'm trusting you to pull this out," he replied, making her frown up at him.

"Pull it out of what?" she breathed.

"I hid it pretty well, but if you try hard, you'd be able to find it," he explained, making her frown deepen as he took her hand in both of his, the knife pointed at him as he lowered her hand to his left side, just below his ribs. "You gotta angle it just right…"

"Gabriel? What the hell are you doing?" she nearly screamed, trying to pull the knife away but he was stronger and kept it in place, her hand still in both of his.

"Remember when I told you I was immortal?" he asked, and she stopped to look up at him with a nod. "I kind of lied. I have a kill spot. It's supposed to be in the back of my neck but I moved it around till I found the perfect place for it. I wanna show you I'm not lying about this-"

"I know you're not," Tatiana shuddered as she trembled. "Gabriel, I believe you. You don't have to kill yourself to show me you're not lying. Hell, I slept with you last night! Doesn't that show you that I don't hate you anymore? Put the damn knife down!"

Sylar looked at her, his grip loosening on her hand and she yanked it away to toss the knife as far away from them as possible.

"The hell is wrong with you?" she snapped, breathing heavily from her heart racing in panic and she grabbed his hand to pull him toward the table and sit him in his spot before she sat in hers. "Eat before the rest of your food gets cold."

Sylar stared at her for a moment before looking down at his plate and hesitantly taking his fork into his hand to begin eating again. Looking up at her as she instantly began shoveling food into her mouth he couldn't help but smirk with pride at the fact that she'd admitted what she had. She didn't hate him, and she was obviously concerned about him even if he was invincible to a point. He'd finally proven to her that he had changed. He just hoped she would stick by him after this new adventure they were about to have.

A/N: dun dun DUUUUNNN! lol! alright, so i couldn't remember if Molly still had her powers, so i cheated and looked it up. Arthur Petrelli apparently took her power so he could find Hiro and Claire, for those of you that might not remember. anyway, that's why i wrote it this way. if it's wrong i'm so sorry. i try to be as accurate as i can. reviews?