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Claire had run until she could run no more, she had made it outside a small store beside a small medical centre and stopped to catch her breath back. As long as she was out of Noah's sight she was fine, she felt like trash to him. Claire coughed a few times and raised her eyes to look up at the grey coloured sky, it looked as if were about to rain and the store that she was standing outside of was about to close. She had nothing on but a cheerleader outfit and knew she would freeze if she didn't find shelter, Claire sighed and quickly walked by the store and stopped to look at the long road ahead. Claire had mixed feelings about what she was about to do, should she head out of Odessa and start her journey to Midland, Texas. She then felt a raindrop fall to her face and looked up at the sky hoping it wasn't going to pour down, but all hope seemed to be against her as the rain quickly began to lash down onto her. She quickly began to shiver and made the decision to leave Odessa, it would be a hell of a long journey, but she couldn't stay. Then suddenly a noise came from above her, she quickly looked up to see a black umbrella covering her from the rainfall, she sighed in relief but turned to see who was helping her. Claire got a surprise when she saw the familiar face smiling down at her
"Sylar?, from my school?, what are you doing all the way out here?" Claire asked, wondering if she should feel good about the situation or totally freaked out
Sylar shrugged his shoulders.
"The question isn't why I'm out here, it's why you are. I live near the hospital, you live back in the main part of Odessa, what's a little pretty cheerleader doing out here all by herself?" Sylar asked in a freakily, calm tone
Claire gulped and looked into his dark chocolate brown eyes.
"I can go anywhere by myself, and how do you know where I live?" Claire asked feeling more uncomfortable as she took a slight step back
Sylar smiled at the cheerleader
"I know your father, I used to work for him at the paper factory, small world, huh, Claire?" Sylar asked
Claire sighed and looked at the ground.
"He's not my father, I found out that I'm adopted and I'm running away" Claire said
Sylar raised his eyebrows
"wow. I know how you feel, I'm also adopted. I'm going to Midland to try to find my biological parents" Sylar said, he needed to make Claire believe everything he said to make her go with him.
He was desperate for her abilities and had been secretly stalking her for weeks
"really?, can you give me a ride, I really need to get to Midland and I would so appreciate it, maybe I could find my real parents too" Claire said as she smiled sweetly.
Sylar smiled and nodded
"sure, I'll give you a ride, come with me" Sylar said as he gently wrapped an arm around Claire and walked her to his car which was near the medical centre
He finally thought he had caught her tightly in his grasp, so he could experience the full power within her body. Claire had no idea what Sylar was planning to do.
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Elle quickly made her way through one of the corridors in the old, hospital like building, the air was cold and tickled her warm skin through one of the vents above. She was being followed by the Haitian, he was now stalking every move she did, Bob had told Elle that he was only there to protect her. But Elle wasn't stupid, she could defend herself and honestly the freaky Haitian was getting on her nerves
"look, I can take care of myself!, just go and do what Haitian's do!" Elle said, she was irritated
The Haitian sighed and folded his arms
"Elle. Your father gave me a job to do and I plan to do it, just go on and pretend that I'm not here" The Haitian said
Elle rolled her eyes and cursed under her breath.
"What is this?, some kind of retard talk?, I do have a brain and it is going to be hard to just stand and forget about you when you're staring at me!" Elle snapped as she continued to walk through the corridor.
She was soon going to enter the large section of the building that held uncontrollable ability wielding people, they were like caged animals and didn't care who or what got hurt, Elle knew this and decided to herself that it would be fun to use her electric for once in her life. She needed to drain some energy anyways.
"Elle, I also have a brain. And I know as soon as I take my eyes off of you, you will skip along to the abilities room and have your way with some of the residents living there, I can't take the chance of you getting hurt. If you just happen to get hurt, I will get the blame and will be fired" The Haitian said.
Elle sighed, she wasn't going to get rid of this Haitian and she had a desire within her to zap him, just a little bit. To knock him unconscious, maybe just for fifteen minutes, it wouldn't really do much damage. Or would it?, Elle wasn't interested in the consequences of her actions and felt as if she had proven that all ready. She quickly turned around and threw her arms out towards the Haitian with bolts of blue and white electricity shocking him until he fell to the floor. Elle smiled and shrugged her shoulders
"sorry, but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do" Elle smiled as she ran towards the Ability section of the building.
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