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.
Episode 5: Secrets of the Past
A deep Aborigin's voice from Australia is heard as flashbacks of the previous chapters and seasons are passing by.
"It is man's ability to have choices and to think rationally is what separates us from the lower life forms surrounding us. We are the race that concerns with actions and results in the past, present and the future. And within this race…people began to change not only on their own unique talents, but rather change their own personality. As I see time pass by in all eras I've seen, man always have run away from responsibility for the world is large enough to do so…but when destiny has called on to those who are burdened with a responsibility, shall they stand up and fight for those who are innocent? Should those people who are hiding with secrets have them unveiled? Or maybe…they still thought that their secrets remain safe as they run from their responsibility…
Neil and West Rosen, Costa Verde High School
Neil reappears above one of the Costa Verde High School buildings and looks at the campus below. He sees Claire running out from the gym as he sees a beautiful blonde woman in her twenties reveal herself to Claire and water fountains suddenly exploded and trapped Claire in a large water ball in mid-air. A handsome British teenager jogs out of the gym and he sees Claire being trapped. He tries to run, yet he can't since he is restrained by a man with a black outfit and has black graying hair. A hand suddenly goes out of the shadow of the Briton and he is choked by the hand.
West Rosen lands beside Neil and says, "Thanks for telling me where to go."
Neil grips at the hilt of his sword and says, "You save Claire…I'll save the speedster."
"Deal!" West says as he levitates a few inches from the ground and looks at Claire, "What will we do? Get their attention?"
"I'll worry about the attention," Neil says as an inch of the blade is being slowly drawn out of it's sheath, "Just fly down as fast as you can to swoop up Claire."
"I'm ready when you are," West says as he positions to fly toward Claire.
"Let's start…now!" Neil quickly draws his sword, which has a whitish glow only Neil can see and the glow is then thrown forward, when Neil swings his sword in mid-air. The glow becomes a white blade and hits the ground, which explodes and has cracks in the ground.
A weakening Michael has his eyes half-closed already as he thought, "I'm losing my…consciousness…must breathe…"
Michael suddenly hears an explosion and the grip on his neck suddenly disappears. He looks at the man, who looks at the roof to see Neil and West, who is flying as fast as he can to save a falling and wet Claire, whose water cage suddenly disappeared around her.
West manages to catch Claire bridal style and flies upward opposite of Neil's direction. He looks at Claire and says, "I know you're mad at me since I left you when you needed me most…but I'm back to correct that mistake."
"You don't need to," Claire says as she is about to kiss West when Neil shouted, "Get her out of here!"
At the same time Neil shouted, tendrils of water suddenly shot out behind the woman named Yvvone and wrap West and Claire.
"I won't let you escape!" the woman says as Neil, disappears and reappears just below West, "Get out now!"
Neil swings his sword and breaks the water connection that the water falls back to the ground. As Neil was falling, he suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Michael, who was evading large tendrils of shadow controlled by his enemy.
Neil looks up and sees West escape and says to Michael, "Looks like you need some help here."
"Looks like it friend," Michael says as he sees tendrils of water and shadow head to their direction and Michael shouts out, "Look out!"
Neil grabs Michael and reappears ten meters away from their enemies, who regrouped.
"You meddlers will pay for your unwanted interference!" the man shouts to the two teenagers.
"Looks like grandpa here is going nuts since you came along. Name's Michael. What's yours?" the Briton asks.
"Neil. Listen, you knock out grandpa. I'll take care of the lady," Neil says as he sheaths his sword.
"I would like to knock out the hot chick to her feet, but she's all yours. She's too dangerous by the way," Michael remarks as he prepares to run.
"I'm flattered you see me as hot, but I'm afraid your interference must be paid with blood..or at least your capture," Yvvone says as tendrils of water shot forward as she raised her hands, alongside the shadows of the older man she is with.
Michael smirks and reappears beside the man who controls shadows and kicks him. He then delivers ten fast punches and throws him to the ground, "That should give him something to reconsider about."
Neil evades all the tendrils of water headed towards him. Neil sometimes draws his sword and cuts down the tendrils, which he can't evade. Neil then thrusts his right hand forward that makes the only woman in the area thrown away from her position as if she was hit by a truck and she hits the wall and falls to the ground, unconscious. Neil then walks toward Michael and says, "Good work back there. Will you still be protecting Claire?"
"You got that right mate!" Michael says as he looks at the knocked out duo, "Shouldn't we be trying to kill them for the better?"
"I have better reasons not to," Neil explains to the young man, "You better find West and Claire now. They are bound to get in trouble sooner or later."
"I understand," Michael says as he suddenly realizes something, "Wait a minute! How in the world you knew of the attack?"
"Let's just say I'm here to save the world," Neil explains as he and Michael walk out of the gate, "For the record, I'm not a member of the Lucky 7. I just know some things that I learned from friends."
"I see…I'll be leaving you now. Any ideas of where I should bring Noah and the others?" Michael asks Neil, who replies, "Bring them to the safe house you have that is by New Orleans. That's where Niki lives anyway."
"Niki lives there? How did you know I have a safe house there?" Michael says in amazement.
"Speaking of Niki, take this to her," Neil says as he gives a small box to Michael, "This contains the cure to her illness. And knowing your safe houses are not something you should know. So get moving!"
Michael nods at Neil and takes the small metallic box, "Thanks for saving my butt back there. I could've gotten my arse in trouble of you weren't there."
"Just get going," Neil said as he disappeared out of thin air.
Michael then turns around and runs at super speed to find West and Claire.
Niki and Micah Sanders, Monica and Nana Dawson, New Orleans
"How is she dear?" old Nana Dawson asks Monica and Micah as they are seated beside Niki's bed, wherein Niki is looking very pale and weak.
"There's nothing to worry about Nana…" Niki says as she tries to smile, "I just needed some rest. So how's my little genius?"
"Well…just call me if you need to," Nana says as she leaves the room.
"Mom…why didn't you call? You've been gone for at least two days and you just reappear out of the doorway without any scratch. How did you do that?" Micah asked as he held his mother's right hand.
"I was saved Micah…saved by friends just like us," Niki explains to her son, "Without them…I wouldn't be here."
"Just like us?" Monica asks Niki, "You mean people with super powers?"
"Super? How…how did you know that?" Niki weakly asks as she is surprised at Monica's knowledge.
"She has powers mom! Just like us," Micah informs his mom, "She can copy every movement she sees and do it exactly."
"Is that so?" Niki then chuckles a bit, "Some family we have here."
"Some family it is…" Nana says as she re-enters the room and this makes the trio within surprised, "Oh and don't mind me! I knew one way or another some of you had powers."
"How?" Niki asked the older woman.
"I didn't know you have power sweetie…but I know for one I have a certain talent to know if you are going to die or not," Nana Dawson explains as she hold Niki's hand, "I feel that you will probably die in a week when this continues honey…"
"You can sense people if they are going to die Nana?" Monica asks her old relative.
"Of course I do. But now I must retire, sensing a life force is a bit tiring on my part with my old age," Nana says as she leaves the room.
Peter Petrelli and Claude Raines, Streets of New York
"How's the water Peter?" Claude asks as he and Peter are walking invisible on the streets, "Does it taste like water that you want to get me a tasty apple flavored one for you? Or you would like me to get some milk instead to give you more back bone when you are going to train for what is to happen?"
"Does insulting me more like you do before…is necessary in finding this guy?" Peter asks Claude as he knocks a person carrying a lot of shoe boxes.
"Well it adds more color to our little search does it?" Claude says as he smiles mockingly to Peter as he steals a hotdog from a hotdog stand, "You want a bite?"
"No thank you," Peter says as he looks at the confused hot dog seller, "What did you do that for?"
"I'm hungry and he has food. It's only right for me to get it," Claude says as he takes another bite, "Why did you suddenly become a soft Teletubby again? Last time I checked, you told me you were helping the bastard named Adam to release the Shanti Virus that killed 97 percent of the world in the future you went to."
"That was before…" Peter manages to reply.
"Oh!" Claude says with interest as he stops walking, "So little Peter has started to grow up a bit and atone for his sins. That would be cute and noble if you are in a cartoon, but this is real life mate and Organization XIII is on the loose so you better get your bad ass and serious attitude out so you can fight those baddies."
"I'm not atoning for my sins! I just want to make up for the things I have wrongly believed," Peter said to his old mentor.
"Like I told your friend, trust can get you dead! See what that did wrong place of trust did, you almost committed the genocide that you were supposed to do when you were going blow up New York, which didn't happen...too bad. I wouldv'e liked to see some nice fireworks display once in awhile," Claude says as he finishes off his hot dog and he continues to walk with Peter following him.
"Who is the guy we need to look for anyway?" Peter asks the European.
"The guy's name is Steve. He used to be part of the Deveaux Society that later was code-named Lucky 7. The guy was one of the best guys in the team and is infamous during his time with the Company and is feared now due to his ability," Claude explained to Peter, who is about to say something, "Before you ask what is his ability, I'll tell you not even a single bit and reading my mind won't help you so you better just follow me in finding him. Get it?"
"Yeah," Peter says in defeat.
Claude then turns to a corner to an alleyway and he says, "On the bright side, we are almost near his bloody and boring place he calls his home. So you ready Peter?"
"Lead the way," Peter simply replies.
Hiro Nakamura, Ando and Hirohito, Tokyo, Japan
A Japanese man in a tuxedo approaches Hiro, Ando and Hirohito, who are all wearing tuxedos.
"Sir Hiro…the viewing room is ready for you to use. All security inside it has been dropped for you already," the man says to the trio and he then leaves.
"Are you ready to see the legacy Kaito left you?" Hirohito asks the young temporary CEO.
"Yes, Hirohito-san," Hiro tells the old friend of his father, "Let us go in."
Hirohito looks at Ando and says in Japanese, "Ando-san, you must wait outside here. Only Hiro and I are allowed to see what his father intended him to see. Is that okay?"
Ando nods and both Hirohito and Hiro walk inside a wooden door and leave Ando outside. Hiro is then amazed with all the artifacts around him and says, "All of these are rare artifacts of ancient Japan! Are all of these the legacies oto-san left to me?"
Hirohito chuckles and says, "I'm afraid not Hiro. This is just the viewing room of the Yamagato Fellowship and it's prized artifacts. The legacy of your father is something not known by your sister nor any other member of the Fellowship itself."
Hirohito took a necklace from his pocket that has a medallion in it with a Helix symbol and the Kensei sword overlapping it, making them look like an X, "This is part of what your father wanted to give to you."
"Saiyo! (Godsend!)" Hiro exclaims as he receives the necklace
"I see you recognize the symbol," Hirohito says, "The necklace is a key in discovering the legacy in your family. He told me you must never lose it and the crest in that medallion represents the God sent ability that your family was bestowed upon and it is something that stood against the test of times just like the sword of Kensei at your back. The sword also represents the responsibility you have in having these…gifts."
"I see…" Hiro says as he looks at the necklace and puts it around his neck, "If this is what you want to give me, then why don't you want to show me in public? Why not show it to Ando-kun? Why give it now?"
"Because Hiro…" Hirohito pressed a panel in the wall that revealed a hidden door behind the wall in front of Hiro, "Because within this door, is the key to your future. The key that has secrets of the past that will play a pivotal role in the future. Now Hiro go in…"
Hiro then enters the hidden door, and walks into it only to see a small silver box within the small room. Hiro takes it and puts it in his pocket when suddenly an American woman appears just as he takes his hands out of his pocket, "Hello!"
"He…Hello," Hiro says, "What are you doing here?"
"Just looking around," the woman replies with a smile and blurs out of Hiro's sight, bringing with her Kaito's necklace.
Hiro is suddenly surprised with his necklace disappearing and runs to see Hirohito standing up from the floor, "What happened? Are you okay?"
"I'm all right. Did you get the box inside?" Hirohito asks Hiro in rapid Japanese, "Where's your necklace?"
"I got the box in my pocket…but the necklace is…" Hiro tries to say what really happened when Hirohito took out his phone and said in a serious tone, "The necklace is missing. Yes…yes…I'll take care of it."
"What happens now?" Hiro asks Hirohito, who smirks, "We're going hunting."
"Greatto Scotto," Hiro mutters in English.
Angela Petrelli, Somewhere unknown
"Are you in need of more…resources?" Angela asks to a man seated behind a desk.
"I do think Plan Agamemnon must be done…" the man says in a serious tone.
"As I've expected…you really are going to open Pandora's Box fully. You do know Bob Bishop will never let such thing happen," Angela informs the man.
"That is why we have you…your power and influence will be greatly needed since you were the one who really started all this," the man replies to Angela, who laughs in a fake way.
"I started it? This is only a mere continuation of what happened 7 years ago. We're just here to finish it. Besides, this is what Adam and Linderman would really have wanted, the only regret I have is they are not here."
"Adam is surviving…you do know that," the man informs the Petrelli.
"Finding him is not within my powers Ryu…" Angela tells her associate, "So who do you want to stir up the hornet's nest."
"The same man we discussed 7 years ago…then if he does succeed. We shall give him what your husband had as his own," Ryu informs Angela, who nods.
"My husband was a fool to waste it all. The power, the glory and triumph…all wasted for nothing. But nevertheless his legacy of a brain is still on Odessa, Texas. As long as it stays there, it will serve it's purpose sooner than you think."
"Let's hope so…" Ryu says as he sees Angela Petrelli leave the room, "Let's hope so…"
Parkman, Nathan, Elle and Bob Bishop, Hartsdale, New York
"I know both of you don't want to be here, but what I have to say is something you all must both hear," Bob Bishop says to the duo as they all enter his office. Bob then takes a file from his desk and shows it to the group, "What's true is that…I'm afraid Angela was the one behind your assassination Nathan."
"Mom?" Nathan said in shock.
"But I thought Mrs. Petrelli was just ordered around by someone higher than you dad," Elle asks her father, who shakes his head in disagreement.
"I just said yes in order Angela not to cast a doubt in me," Bob informed the trio in front of him.
"Why would you need that?" Nathan asked Bob.
"Because I know that everyone's lives are now in danger," Bob said as he gestured for all of them to sit down, "This is why that Neil guy went to the past…to stop what was planned 7 years ago."
"Seven years ago?" Nathan asked.
"Yes…seven years ago, the founders of the Company and Organization XIII gathered to settle and discuss on what is to happen in the near future. Angela Petrelli was the one who called the meeting and brought us news about her latest vision."
"Vision" What do you mean by vision?" Nathan asked once more.
"Nathan, your mom has the power of an Astral Projection into what is to happen into the future itself. She can somehow separate her soul from herself and bring herself forth into a certain vision in the future that lets her experience, discover and learn on what is to happen in the future," Bob explained, "The concern to her latest vision was about the opening of Pandora's Box and the world slowly falling into chaos that would soon be under the hands of the Organization XIII itself."
"Pandora's Box? Just like the one in the story," Matt asked Bob, who nodded.
"Pandora's Box is actually the code-name of Level 5 of the facility here in Hartsdale that harbors 12 evolved humans that when released…there is no telling on what might happen," Elle informed to the two non-employees of the Company.
"If you are harboring super powered guys…then why don't you just kill them?" Nathan suggested.
"They're too dangerous that they can't go down that easily. Once you open their doors, they will stop at nothing to get what they want and destroy everything we probably care for," Bob answers, "So dangerous…that Neil was correct…they might even kill Peter with their mastery over their abilities. That is why I want to ask your help…well at least Parkman's help to help us defend this place against one man who is…destined to release them all."
"Who?" both Nathan and Parkman asked.
"Sylar," Bob Bishop simply replied.
Peter Petrelli and Claude Raines, Streets of New York
"So where is he?" Peter asked Claude as he searched inside the apartment building, "You even had me phase through the door just to see if he is in here, but he's not. "
"Well…at least I saw one of your useful abilities. If I had that with my invisibility, I can get inside any house I wanted," Claude said as he walked towards Peter while eating an apple, "His apples isn't that bad…want to have a taste?"
"No thanks," Peter said as he opened the door, "Let's just come back next time ok?"
"That's not even a question," Claude said as he exited the apartment with Peter following him. As they exited the apartment building, they see a man wearing a grey shirt and blue jeans and a green striped white farmer's hat in his head. He is also swinging a cane around his right hand.
"So…still breaking and entering houses Claude?" the man says in a relaxed manner, "You never change do you?"
"Steve old friend! Love the cane!" Claude said as he suddenly looked serious and said, "How's she?"
"She's fine…but let's go back to why I haven't apprehended you yet. Why are you here?" Steve said seriously as he looked at Claude's eye.
"I need your help and we need to talk something very…interesting for you," Claude said in a businessman like tone
"Like hiding another friend of yours? I won't do that unless…you make me to," Steve said as he threw his hat away to show his hat to reveal his face has some resemblance to Hugh Laurie, "Shall we dance?"
"Can we just talk about this?" Peter suggested but he is suddenly pushed away by Claude.
"You do your thing…" Claude then draws a retractable stun-rod from his jacket, "I'll take care of the offense!"
Claude suddenly charged at Steve, who blocked the attacks of Claude with his cane. Steve suddenly spinned around and hit Claude with his fist that made the British fly away from Steve with a broker stun-rod to boot.
"Claude are you okay?" Peter asks his mentor, who says, "What are you standing there for?"
Peter suddenly raises his hands with a lightning ball within it and fires it at Steve, who swings his cane like a golf caddy and deflects the shot back at Peter, who is thrown away as he tries to stop it with another lightning ball when he is hit by the deflected ball. Claude gets back to his feet only to see Steve levitating above the ground.
"Is this your guy? Using electrokinesis? Pathetic Claude…I thought you really had something interesting," Steve mocked Claude, who smirked.
Peter suddenly stood up, while healing his injuries and breathes heavily.
"No way…" Steve said in amazement as suddenly roots sprang up from the ground that wraps around him that suddenly becomes a tree with Steve's face is the only thing visible.
Derrick appears at the end of the alleyway and approaches Claude and says, "Did I do it right?"
"You bloody well did! Your timing is always right," Claude then looks at Steve, "Now that you've seen the empath excuse of a nurse…you have no escape now Steve."
"Who says I can't…old friend," Steve smirks and he suddenly explodes.
Claude, Peter and Derrick are suddenly thrown away as they see Steve standing still from the blast.
"How did he?" Peter said in a confused voice as he was standing up, "Are you an…"
"Empath?" Steve said as Peter nodded, "The term is quite wrong, but of you want to know…I have empathic mimicry. I have searched for years for someone like me and here you are. I am Steve Friedrich Euler. And you are?"
"Peter…Peter Petrelli…" Peter tells Steve.
"Petrelli huh…no wonder," Steve says to himself as he suddenly looks at Peter, "So Peter…I guess you're here for some training?"
"I already taught him the bloody basics Stevie!" Claude said gruffly as he stood up, "You just need to teach him the…deeper aspects of being an empath."
"If that's the case…then let's go," Steve then led Claude, Peter and a recovering Derrick back to his apartment.
Sylar, Costa Verde Bus Station
Gabriel Gray is seen exiting a bus and as he exits the bus station he asks a young lady in front of him in a Texan accent, "Excuse me young lady…but may I know where to find this certain boy named…West Rosen?"
"Oh West?" the girl says.
"Yes…West Rosen," Sylar then shows the picture he took from the laboratory of Mohinder, "Do you know this young man and where he might live?"
"Of course, but I don't know where he lives. Maybe you should ask Costa Verde High Sc," the girl replies as she saw someone calling her, "Listen, my mom's calling me and I have to leave."
"Have a safe trip then missy!" Sylar says with a smile and looks at the picture in front of him as a thought enters his mind, "Once I take your power of flight West…I can find the precious Claire of Bennet and take her powers for mine. Though I don't understand why I don't have Candice's power of illusion…flying around should make my life easier…especially when I kill you…"
A taxi then stops in front of Sylar and he says, "Costa Verde High School please?"
"No problem," the driver replies as Sylar enters the cab to the reach his target's high school.
What will happen to Claire, Michael, West as they escaped from the grasp of dangerous foes?
What will happen to West when Sylar finds him?
Will Hiro and Hirohito find Kaito's necklace and discover the Nakamura's legacy?
Now that Angela and Ryu's role in Organization XIII is revealed, what will happen to Pandora's Box?
Will Parkman join forces will Bob Bishop?
Will Peter's training start with Steve?
And what will happen to the weakening Niki?
All of these questions will be answered in future episodes of Heroes Volume III: Villains
Author's Notes: Here it is! My fifth episode and the first one to have an introduction in it. The guy who is now narrating is not Mohinder but rather the mysterious new narrator in Volume 3, Usutsu. So keep your eyes peeled for more chapters and I hope you enjoy this. By the way, the girl who took Kaito's Necklace is Brea Grant's character in Heroes named Daphne and for more info about her…just read the story. SO enjoy for now and please do review, suggest or criticize!