Heroes
Volume 3: Villains
Author's Notes: Heroes, it's characters and such is owned by Tim Kring and NBC and the rest of the OC's here are mine for the taking. Sorry for the long delay by the way.
Episode 4: Saving Claire
Claude, Peter, Neil and Derrick, South American Forest
"So where are they?" Claude asked as he approached Derrick, Peter and Neil, who are sitting idly behind a bush, "Absorbed any other powers like clairvoyance Peter?"
"We don't need that," Derrick said as he closed his eyes and said, "Because I can feel where they are now."
"Where?" Neil asks the plant manipulator.
"Too late," Derrick says as he stands up and two wolves appear in front of them, which looked hungry and hostile, "They've spotted us."
"Great!" the bearded British says as he gets a long stick from the corner and swings it around, "Now…who wants to play fetch with me?"
One of the wolves jump above Claude, who swings his stick and hits the wolf's body in mid-air and sends it crashing to a nearby tree, "Now who is next?"
A raven suddenly dives out of the sky to peck at Claude, when Derrick stomps at the ground and roots sprout out to attack the bird, which is hit and is swatted by the roots to a nearby trunk.
"All that's left is you wolfie," Claude says as he spins around the stick in his hand.
"Be careful Claude," Neil warns the invisible man and he turns at Peter, "Be ready for anyth…"
Before Neil can finish his sentence, a pack of wolves sprung out of the surrounding bushes and attack them. Neil quickly draws his sword and manages to cut down one. Claude is attacked by the wolf in front of him and Claude manages to kick the wolf away from him. Peter raises his hands to fire off lightning bolts at the incoming wolves, while Derrick uses the roots to smash the other wolves at the trees.
"Brilliant team work we have here eh," Claude comments as he hits the head of another wolf, "Just met earlier and a few minutes later…we try our best to fend off these miscreants."
"They are not miscreants," a Caucasian man in grey sleeveless shirt and baggy pants says to Claude, as he is suddenly pushed by an invisible force and held to a nearby tree.
"Looks like your pets are having a problem here Conner," a silver haired man in a blue doctor's lab coat says as he is seen with his right hand raised at the location of Claude, "Claude Raines…do you know how long it took us to finally find you?"
The animals suddenly retreat behind the man named Conner and as Peter saw Claude being held telekinetically to a tree, "Claude!"
Claude suddenly gasps for breath and the man in the lab coat says, "One step Petrelli…and your friend here will die."
"Bastard…" Claude manages to say as the invisible grip on his neck loosened, "You Company lot seriously are going to pay for this."
"Us? Going to pay for it?" the man says as he chuckles a bit, "I don't think so Claude…not unless…you tell us where she is."
"Not…a chance," Claude says.
"So be it…" the man says, but he is suddenly grabbed by roots under him that begin to wrap around him. Conner jumps away from the danger and shouts to his animals while pointing at Claude, "Kill him!"
The wolves suddenly jump into action and runs toward Claude. Neil closes his eyes and teleports to where Claude is, who is gasping for breath. Neil quickly thrusts his right arm forward and the first wave of wolves fly away from him. Peter runs toward Claude and notices Neil's ability, "What is that thing your doing?"
"Dimensional push," Neil says as he thrusts his hands again to repel off the wolves from him, "Hurry…I don't have much time!"
Peter nods and looks at Claude, "You okay?"
"I've been in worst conditions if you ask me," Claude replies gruffly and stands up and looks at Peter, "Can you teleport or fly us out of here?"
Peter nods and Neil shouts out to him, "Head to Charles Deveaux's terrace…Derrick and I will follow."
Peter then grabs Claude and disappear. Neil seeing Peter gone, runs to Derrick and grabs him and disappear. Conner manages to free his partner from the roots trapping him.
"Did he escape?" his partner asks.
"Unfortunately…" Conner replies.
"Well…at least we've discovered two people with new abilities for now," the man in the lab coat says as he wipes off the dirt on his coat, "Plant Manipulation…and the other ability…is something dangerous and unclassified."
Peter, Claude, Derrick and Neil, Deveaux Terrace
Neil and Derrick reappears in the very same terrace that Peter Petrelli trained with Claude.
"Well…this sure brings back memories…" Claude says as he sees the pigeon cages he made for his pets, "It hasn't been a long time since I potty trained Peter in using his ability eh."
"Yeah…when you threw me off a thirty story building just to fly," Peter snapped back.
"But you could have flown! I told you the easy way, you did it the hard way by falling and breaking the taxi I stole for us," Claude says as he crossed his arms, "So you have eletrokinesis now? Who you got that from? Elle Bishop? You must have had one hell of an introductory meeting with that sociopath"
"Kinda," Peter replied as he looked at Claude, "Listen…I was wondering if you could train me more."
"Train you more?" Claude says surprisedly, "What the hell's the additional training for? You didn't blow up New York and from what I see you can take out the right power from that file cabinet of yours better than before."
"He means that you need to bring him…to somebody who can train him better," Neil informs the invisible man.
"Wait…you know him?" Claude asks Neil with his eyebrows raised.
"I'm from the future remember?" Neil tells Claude in an as- a-matter-of-factly way and steers Claude away from Peter and Derrick, "We're going to need 'his' assistance from what is to happen."
"Really now?" Claude says with interest, "What makes you so sure that we are going to need 'him'."
"Organization XIII is back," Neil said, "And Pandora's Box is about to open."
"The Company isn't crazy and messed up to open it…but if it did open as you said, you should have left me dead there in the forest than rescue me," Claude said as he assessed the situation.
"Gonna bring him to 'him' yet? You know he knows Peter's…potential far better than you do."
"Well…you got me convinced kid. But I'm bringing Derrick with me. 'He' is a bit distrusting these days," Claude says as he and Neil go back to Peter and Derrick, who are waiting for them. Claude then steps forward and says, "Okay you lot! We're going to find somebody. So you better bring your best suit on this one…because his powers are quite impressive."
"You guys do that…I'll go to Costa Verde," Neil informed the group, which made Peter look at him.
"Costa Verde? Why?" Peter asked the young man, who just replied, "It concerns Claire's safety."
"Then I should go," Peter offered.
"I thought you needed the training the man we will find can offer you," Claude asked Peter
"I know I need training, but if it concerns my niece then I should go," Peter reasons out, "She's the girl I met and saved in Texas Claude."
"So every now and then she needs saving from you?" Claude says mockingly to Peter, "If Neil says he'll go and save her then leave him at it. You can't save everybody Peter remember life sucks and not being able to save everyone by yourself is part of why you would also think that it's sucks."
"There you go again lecturing me with your half-assed," Peter suddenly feels a quick jab at his neck, "wis…d..om."
Peter then falls to the floor and reveals Neil doing the karate chop Peter felt. Claude then carries Peter and says to Neil, "Looks like you don't want this nurse empathy help you."
"He needs to see Steve. I trust you can find him," Neil says to Claude as he prepares to leave.
"Trust can get you dead my friend. But sure…I'll find him," Claude replies as he and Derrick leave the terrace with a knocked out Peter.
"Now in saving Claire…" Neil closes his eyes and disappears out of thin air.
Bob and Elle Bishop, Parkman, Nathan Petrelli, Mohinder, Molly and Maya, Primatech Facility in Odessa, Texas
"So that's it?" Nathan asked the silent group in Bob's office, "We sit here and do nothing while waiting for Peter and Neil?"
"That's the gist of it," Bob tells the group as he stands up and looks at Parkman and Nathan, "I suggest you two come with me in the Company Jet to New York. Since you both live there and have jobs there. I'll let Mohinder, Molly and Maya stay here for the time being."
"What about the research and everything Bob?" Mohinder asks Bob with concern in his face.
"Don't worry…you can proceed with your research here in Odessa for awhile. At least here the three of you will be protected." Bob tells the group and faces the people accompanying him, "So shall we?"
Matt, Nathan and Elle nods and leaves the room, but Matt is suddenly hugged by Molly, "You're leaving me again Matty?"
"Don't worry Molly, I'll be back," Matt tells the young girl, "Besides, Mohinder is here and I promise I'll drop by as many chances as I get."
"Promise?" a teary eyed Molly asks Parkman, who nods and hugs her.
"I believe we have a plane to catch?" Bob says as he is looking at Parkman and Molly, who both stop from hugging. Bob then looks at Mohinder, who now has Molly beside him, "I'll be in contact Mr. Suresh."
The group heading to New York then leaves the facility without further ado.
Hiro Nakamura, Ando Masahashi and Hirohito Nakayama, Japan
"Old friend…of my father?" Hiro asks confusedly in Japanese.
"Yes," Hirohito curtly replies.
"What are you doing here?" Ando asks the man as he sees a long hilt of a sword behind the man's neck.
"I'm just paying my respects to Kaito-san," Hirohito says as he approaches the tombstone of Kaito and bows in front of it, "I've also come here to tell you something."
"What?" Hiro asks.
"You are now the CEO of the Yamagato Industries," Hirohito informs the son of his deceased employer.
"M..mm….Me? Chairman?" Hiro managed to say in surprise, "I thought big sister will be CEO."
"Your father's will had written that you will become CEO in the event he dies," Hirohito begins to explain, "I know he appointed your sister as the CEO, but she has recently taken a business trip to China, Russia and Germany to see of there are possible deals for this company. So you are to take charge for now while your sister is gone."
"But what will I do?" Hiro asks his father's friend, "I don't know much about management and…"
"Don't worry. I will guide you in this transfer of leadership," Hirohito tells Hiro in a calm way, "Speaking of leadership, you are also given the status of temporary leadership of the Yamagato Fellowship, which deals with the preservation of relics and legacies of Japan. One of which I will hand to you tomorrow."
"I understand…" Hiro says as he looks at Ando with a troubled face.
"Let us go," Hirohito tells the duo as he walks toward a black limousine parked in front of him.
Michael Raines, Costa Verde High School
A young eighteen year old man is seen walking around the high school of Costa Verde wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and a grey bag at his back. He walks around and sees a cheerleader and asks her, "Uhm excuse me. I'm not actually from these parts as you see with my accent, but can you tell me where I can find a girl named Claire Bennet?"
"I don't know her address handsome guy, but you ask West who is by the library," the young lady replies as she goes closer to the young man, "But you can stay with me if you want…instead of finding Claire."
"Well...I suppose I can do that, but we can do it some other time," the man replies to the girl, who goes away, "Damn! When I'm always on an errand of Steve, I meet hot chicks yet get nothing! Unlucky me."
The young man then runs and arrives at the library after 1 second and enters inside it. He sees that there are no students instead of one guy reading a book entitled, "Activating Evolution."
"Doing some light reading I suppose?" the young man says to the guy reading a book, who becomes alarmed at his presence, "Name's Michael. You're West right?"
"Yes…and why are you here? Students are not supposed to be here" West answers as he hides the book inside his bag.
"I'm no student of any school in California if that's what you mean," Michael replies as he sits on the desk and takes out the picture of Claire and shows it to West, "Any chance in knowing where she lives?"
West is surprised at Michael's question and demeanor and backs away from him, "What do you need from Claire?"
"Nothing that will harm you," Michael says as he pockets the picture, "So..where does she live Tom Sawyer?"
"I don't know," West said as he began to go out of the library, "And if even I did know, I wouldn't even tell you a single letter."
West was about to exit the library when Michael appeared in front of him blocking his way, "You see…that is where we're going to have a problem."
"How did you?" West stammered out.
"C'mon mate! Don't play dumb with me. You've read a book that explains all about it," Michael says as he cracks his knuckles, "So don't get your panties in a twist if I can run at the speed of light. So even if you run or whatever you do to escape…I can catch you. Amazing huh?"
"Don't be so sure about that," West suddenly pushed Michael away and ran outside. As Michael went outside he didn't see where West was anymore.
Michael looks around and doesn't see where West was, "You are not around…but you don't have invisibility…so you are…above me?"
As he heard Michael's last statement, he let himself drop on Michael seeing he flew above him. He crashed into Michael and stood up and said, "See if you can catch me."
West flew high into the sky and escaped. Michael took out a telescope and said, "I can't fly or teleport..though that would be nice, but I can still catch you."
Putting the telescope socket in his eyes, he scanned the skies where West was and saw him flying away from the school. Still putting the telescope in his eyes, Michael ran at a decent speed to match West's speed and follow him to wherever he will go to.
Claire and Noah Bennet, Costa Verde, California
"Claire, have you packed already? Mom and Lyle are in the grocery to buy some things we need for the trip" Noah asked his daughter as he entered her room.
"Almost finished…so we're leaving again?" Claire asked her father.
"Yes Claire…" Noah said as he sat beside Claire, "You see Claire…I thought the situation was quite under control the Company before I rejoined them. It turns out that they're losing control and I fear that an old organization of theirs has taken over and will try to take you away from me. That is why we should…"
Before Mr. Bennet could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a knocking on his window, which was done by West, who was just floating outside it. West looked surprised as he saw Mr. Bennett, who decided to open the window and he said, "Is there a problem West?"
"Uhm sir…there is something that I must tell you that concerns Claire's safety," West informs the older man who lets him inside the window and says, "What's the problem? Is the Company here?"
"It looks like it sir…there was a guy. He looks like eighteen or something and asked me where Claire lived," West told to Mr. Bennett and Claire, both who kept listening, "I refused to tell him and I tried to escape, but he didn't let me. It took me awhile to escape and come here and Mr. Bennett…this guy had a power."
"What power?" Noah asked the young man.
"He is kind of like the living version of the Flash," West explained to Mr. Bennet, who looked surprised, "I see…I only heard reports of a woman having super speed, but an 18 year old is something I haven't…"
The doorbell suddenly rang and the three inside Claire's room decided to see who it is. Noah Bennet decided to answer the door and he is surprised with what he saw, while Claire and West are hiding behind the door. They all see Kai standing by the doorway.
"Kai…what a surprise. Is there a mission?" Noah Bennet asks his new partner, who shakes his head.
"I'm looking for Claire is she here?" Kai asks Noah in a businessman like way, "The organization needs to take her and talk to her."
"I think we will have a problem right there…" Noah says as he is suddenly kicked by Kai in the gut and is thrown away from the door. Claire and West runs to Noah's side and Claire looks at Kai with hate in her eyes.
"Why did you do that?" Claire asked the agent.
"Because it is not a request and it was supposed to be done by Noah a couple of years ago," Kai coldly replies as he began to approach Claire.
"I won't let you take her!" West then begins to tackle Kai, who just evades him by a step and grab him by the collar and throw him towards the bookshelf, which fall on West.
"So…any other objections?" Kai asks Claire, who looks at him with tears of anger.
"Claire..run," Noah manages to say as he sees Kai's fingers pointing at his direction.
"You know that I can shoot bones bullets from my fingers right Noah" Kai says as the small bones are about to be shot, when a fast blur enters the room and tackles Kai, who crashes through the door and outside the house.
They see a blonde haired young man, who was the same man who asked West where was Claire.
"Looks like I've arrived late," the young man says as he helped Claire and Noah stand up, "Name's Michael…is anyone else hurt?"
"West was knocked out back there…" Claire informs the young man.
"Ahh…the poor bastard! If he just told me where you were I could have just gotten you all out of here," Michael says in his British accent, "Got a thick skull that guy has…didn't realize that the Company wouldn't capture someone like me."
"You're the guy with super speed?" Claire asks the man, who looks at her, "Obviously…so I've come to help you in your get away. So Bennet…get your things in the car and run for it. I doubt that this guy is the only one in the area."
Noah nods and grabs Claire and her things to the Nissan Rogue. Claire protests as her dad, "What about West?"
"I'll take care of your boy friend and this agent here. Now go!" Michael says as Noah starts the car and leaves.
Michael overhears Kai, speaking to a hidden tap wire in him as he says, "The girl has escaped with her father…they're heading toward your direction by now…"
Michael then grabs the man and asks him, "Who were you contacting?"
"People like me who can even stop a fast guy like you," Kai informs the young man, who punches Kai, who is then knocked out.
As the Bennett's Nissan Rogue was about to near the avenue to the grocery, when a beautiful blonde woman suddenly walks in the middle of the road and raises her hand that water suddenly came out of
the sprinkers from the nearby house and the water began to head at fast velocities to the car. The car is pelt by water blasts that the glasses are shattered. Noah continues to drive and heads off towards the school. The lady then opens her phone and says, "They're coming there just as planned."
The car stops outside Costa Verde High School and Noah looks at his daughter and he says, "Claire…stay here at the school, while I find a way to get your mom and brother."
Claire then leaves the car and heads inside the school. In the school, she runs to the gym and hides there and sees someone waiting for her.
"You're here…" a deep voice says. Claire decides to run but a shadow from the man's shadow suddenly extends and attached itself to Claire's shadow that somehow stops her from moving, "I control shadows Ms. Bennet. And I can use these shadows to prohibit your movement by just sticking my shadow into your shadow."
The man reveals himself as a man in his fifties and is seen wearing an all black outfit with a black coat to go with it, "So…ready to go to the Company?"
Peter is seen waking up in his apartment with him holding his head and his vision seems to be a bit blurry, "Where am I?"
"At last Sleeping Beauty woke up without having some prince charming to throw water at your face just to get you up, "Claude says as he is seen drinking a bottle of beer by Peter's bedside, "You're back in your apartment…took me and Derrick a lifetime to wait for you to get up."
"In my apartment??" Peter asks loudly, "How did I get in here? I thought that I was going with…"
"Neil, who managed to bang your head with his hand and knock you out that I had to carry your sorry arse all around downtown just so that I can get comfy here in your house," Claude says as he took another gulp from the beer, "Derrick already left since he didn't want to sit here and wait for you. So hurry up now so we can get this show on the road."
Peter then nods and stands up to get a cup of water and Claude disposes the bottle of beer he drank, "What are you doing now? Getting a cup of water from the filthy sink of yours…you do know that this apartment doesn't look like you've used it for ages. You could get your bloody stomach a virus that would hinder us from your training so you coming or not?"
"Can't I just drink a glass of water?" Peter asks Claude, who throws away the cup Peter is holding.
"We'll steal mineral water on the way just to get your demanding wants satisfied. Now come on along now…the guy we're looking for doesn't stay in one place for a long time."
Claude then leaves Peter's apartment, with Peter following him.
Claire Bennet and mysterious man, Costa Verde High School
As the man, who controls shadows approach Claire. Michael bursts into the door or the gym and tackles the man away from Claire. The man is thrown away from impact and crashes ten feet away from Claire. Michael stands up says, "Gotta stop this tackling thing…are you all right? You look like you've been through a small drainage pipe?"
"It's nothing…thank you for saving me," Claire said to her hero, who looks back at the man, "Save your thanks for later. You better run now. West is getting on his feet by now and he is probably looking for you now…go now hurry!"
Claire nods at Michael and runs towards the school gate, when she sees the woman earlier, "Hello princess! Want to play with Yvvone?"
The drinking fountains suddenly exploded and the water within them suddenly headed towards Claire and wrapped her within it like a ball.
"What a pretty cage for a missy like you," the woman says in a French influenced accent.
Michael runs out of the gym to see Claire being suffocated in a large ball of water. Michael is about to run, when he suddenly felt he couldn't move. He sees the man he tackled earlier who says, "Looks like you're the guy that Kai warned us about after his very short transmission."
The man raised his right hand and a shadow "hand" began to rise out of Michael's shadow. The man's hand looked like it is choking something and the hand suddenly grabbed Michael's neck and started choking him.
As Claire and Michael are being suffocated by their respective enemies, Neil appears at the roof of the Costa Verde High School building and West lands beside him.
"Thank you for telling me where to go," West thanks the young man beside him who has his right hand at the hilt of his sword.
"You save Claire…I'll save the speedster. Deal?" Neil says as he closed his eyes.
"Deal!" West says as he looked at the woman, who was suffocating Claire.
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What would happen to Claire and Michael?
Will Neil and West be able to save them?
Will Peter, Claude and Derrick be able to find Steve? And what are Steve's powers?
What will happen to Parkman, Nathan, Bob and Elle once they reach New York?
Where is Sylar now?
What will happen to Niki?
And what new challenges would Hiro face as the temporary CEO of Yamagato Industries?
All will be discovered in the future Chapters of Heroes Volume III: Villains
Sneak Peek at future episodes:
-Steve is suddenly wrapped by plants that become a tree. Claude sees this and says, "You can't escape now Steve."
"Who says I can't…old friend," Steve says as he smirks and an explosion occurs.
-"What are you doing?" Hiro asks the woman in front of him.
"Just looking around," the woman replies with the smile and disappears bringing with her, Kaito's necklace
(The next lines will be used in a future chapter that is a bit far from this episode)
"Level 5 contains the most dangerous prisoners. Arsonists, rapists, killers…all of them housed in one area," Angela Petrelli explains to the man in front of her.
"So…when I attack them…what do I gain?"
"Not only you can bring down the Company to it's knees…but also there are valuable allies that can aid you in your quest…Sylar."
(DUN! DUN! DUN! DUN!)
Author's Notes: Sorry if this chapter took too long before I posted it…I was busy and I had really a lot of things to do. I already pre-written the next 10 chapters…I just need more editing and more details to put into them. Oh well…I hope you enjoyed the story and please do review, criticize or suggest.