Title: Finding Destiny

Author: Calie

Summary: Takes place after How to Stop and Exploding Man. Everyone's gone on with their lives, trying to forget what happened, but the determination of one girl will change that. AU only because Claire it not related to any of the Peterelli's.

"Claire, you coming?"

The voice barely penetrated through the haze Claire found herself in. "What?"

"It's Friday. I know I couldn't convince you to rush but I'm in now, so why don't you come to the party with us."

"No, that's okay. I've got a lot of school work to catch up on."

"Oh come on." The brunette girl whined and walked up behind Claire to peer over her shoulder. "Why are you searching the newspaper?"

"School." After quickly minimizing the web page Claire turned in her chair. "I've really got a lot of stuff to do."

"You go to school out of town with no degree in mind only to sit in your room all day. Why?"

"Come on Beth." Claire sighed exasperatedly and headed to the small refrigerator. After pulling out a water she headed over to where she dropped her purse and slung it over her shoulder. "I'm going out, just not to a party."

"A date then?" Beth asked as she followed Claire to the door.

"No. I'm going to visit an old friend."

Claire had tried to follow her fathers wishes and not make contact with anyone. Instead she'd tried to make herself content with researching on the computer. Trying to find out where they were, perhaps even discover a hint of the phenomenon that was Peter or Sylar. Considering how impulsive they both were she was hoping to get lucky but she still had found nothing. Something in the back of her mind told her not to forget that Peter may not have survived the explosion but she refused to believe it. It was the recurring dead ends that led her to the one place her father had forbid her to go. The first and second time no one had answered. This time she'd called his phone from a store across the street from his apartment. When he'd answered she'd hung up and quickly headed across the street, determined to catch him. Now she was knocking insistently at his door. "I know your in there Dr. Suresh. Who do you think just called your phone." It was only a second later when the lock clicked and she found herself face to face with the man who had been avoiding her. "Can I come in?"

"I don't see I have much of a choice." Mohinder opened the door wider and stepped back for her to enter.

As soon as she stepped into his apartment she found herself in another world. There were computers, books, papers, pictures of people on his walls, and a large map with pins in it. "Are these all for them? People like me." When she looked at him he didn't answer. "I know my father, his intentions are good, but he hasn't quite lost the habit of trying to control my life from behind my back. He can be very intimidating at times." Still he had something and with a sigh she concluded she'd have to do all of the talking. "Look Dr. Suresh, I can't have a normal life like my father wants. It's to late for that."

It was obvious she wasn't going to be deterred by his silence. His only other option was to find out what she wanted and try to convince her other wise. "What is it you want?"

"I don't know. I mean I almost saw New York get blown up, I've been killed more times then I can count, and I've seen someone I care about disappear in a nuclear blast. There has to be more now than just me going to school and going to frat parties!"

"I don't know what else there is." He could finally see her problem and knew, unlike her father, that there was no turning back for her. She had been involved with something great, something most people would never understand, and now she was expected to lead a normal life. It was impossible after seeing so much.

"Alright fine. Then let's start with a more specific question. Sylar and Peter. So far that we know of Sylar is alive and Peter should be. Where are they?" When he didn't answer she felt her anger begin to boil again. "Tell me."

"Sylar is off the radar. We're not sure if he is alive or not. Peter..." Mohinder could see the hope in her eyes and wasn't sure if telling her was a good idea or not. "Peter, is somewhere." Her eyes brightened and he prayed she wouldn't cry. Dealing with an upset ten year old was one thing but an upset eighteen year old was another. "Molly says he is moving fast. He never stays in one place for long."

"Then we can find him right? Maybe we can get Hiro to help. We need to find him." By the frown on Dr. Suresh's face she knew his answer. "Why not?"

"Peter doesn't want to be found. Why do you think he moves so much? Not only that he most likely absorbed Molly's power and will know as soon as one of you gets close." It wasn't that Mohinder hadn't considered going in search of Peter. In fact having Peter out there made him nervous. He was unpredictable with his powers and with the loss of his brother who knew what his state of mind was. "I'm worried about him being out there to, but there is no one strong enough to even stop him."

"No." Claire agreed softly. "You're right. But we can try can't we? If Peter is out there he needs help. Nathan gave his life to save us and Peter. We can't leave Peter alone now. It isn't his fault that he is what he is." Dr. Suresh didn't say anything but she had a feeling he was considering it. "Please, I can't leave Peter out there alone, not knowing what is going on with him."

"Do you think he'd listen to you?" That was one of Mohinder's main concerns. Even if he was able to find Peter chances are no one would be able to get him to listen."

Peter had never really listened to her but he had cared about her she knew and she had cared deeply for him. At this point there weren't many people Peter had left. His brother was gone and his mother didn't exactly have her priorities in order. "I don't know, but I'm your best bet at this point."

"Then what's your plan?" Mohinder prayed that Bennet never got wind of this or he was a dead man.

"Why not just fly?" Mohinder asked as they sat on his sofa and waited.

"Because I'm in school. If I was gone for days my dad would figure it out. Plus, Hiro is more than willing to help. I think he's tired of sitting around to." As if to prove the point Hiro appeared directly in front of them. They had made the phone call to him only five minutes ago. "That was quick."

"I want to help." Hiro looked around and could barely contain his excitement. It had been months since he had return from his accidental trip from Kyoto and he had been stuck in Japan ever since. "Where are we going?"

For the first time in a very long time Claire smiled. "To save Peter."

Niki looked around at their odd little family and tried to smile. It was hard to when they were getting pulled right back into what they had been trying to avoid. Molly had been insistent on helping though, especially when it was Mohinder that was requesting it.

"So this guy, he just travels through time?" D.L. asked lamely, anything to break the uncomfortable silence.

"Yea. Travels through time, freezes it, and can transport himself." Niki struggled to think of something to say but Molly beat her to it.

"There here." A second later there was a loud pop and three people stood in the middle of the room. "Mohinder!"

"Molly." For the first time in months he breathed a sigh of relief and took her in his arms. "You're doing okay?"

"Oh yea. Micah and I, we just play all day long. Niki's learning how to cook too." Molly leaned forward and whispered in his ear. "But it's taking a while."

He couldn't help but smile at her. His happiness was short lived though when he remembered the others in the room. "Molly, you told me you could find the exploding man." When she nodded he continued. "Well this lady here wants to find him. She is a good friend of his and she wants to help him. It's important that we find him Molly. He is important."

"But if we bring him back, he won't blow up right? Because that flying man, he's gone, he can't take him back up there." Molly pointed up for emphasis.

"That's why we need to find him. To make sure he's okay. We don't want him to blow up again either." She seemed to consider it for a moment and then nodded. "You've got your map."

"Yea."

Claire watched quietly as the little girl went back to the table. It was still amazing to her that this little small girl was the tracking system they had been so intent on taking out. "I'm Claire, this is Hiro."

"We've met." Micah smiled and waved at Hiro. "Do the rest of you have powers?"

"Micah." D.L. admonished. It was hard enough for them to live with their powers, he knew from experience that the last thing people wanted was to tell people about themselves.

"It's okay." Claire said with a smile even though she had been slightly taken aback. She still wasn't accustomed to being around so many people like her. "Dr. Suresh doesn't but I can heal, from anything."

"You can't die?"

"No." Claire laughed softly at his wide eyes.

"Is that why Peter Petrelli is still alive?" Suddenly the pieces were fitting together for Niki. Everyone was so connected to one another it was giving her a headache.

"Yes. He's died twice already, there was no reason for him not to live through the third time. Ted, the man that originally had the radioactive powers that Peter absorbed, he blew up my house." Claire paused remembering how much her life had changed when her her father sent her away. "I made it out alive."

"Here." Molly said and pointed to were the tack was stuck in the map.

"Canada?" Mohinder said with confusion. "Why Canada?"

"It's not New York. Hiro?"

Hiro nodded to Claire and looked over the map and looked backed up to her with an excited smile. "Let's go."

When Claire saw Dr. Suresh stand up she shook her head. "Stay here. If he leaves again I can call you and find out where he is." It pained her to say it but she continued. "I don't know what Peter is like now. If he tries something..." Claire didn't even try to finish the thought out loud. The last thing she wanted to think about was Peter hurting someone. "Hiro can get out of there and I can't die." When he nodded she was grateful. "I need something. If Peter isn't who he used to be I need to stop him."

"A gun?" Niki asked with a shrug and headed to the back. She had remembered the young girl point the gun at Petrelli. Although Niki wasn't quite sure how it was supposed to stop him she figured it was better than nothing.

When Niki deposited the weapon in Claire's hand she smiled gratefully. "Thanks." With a sigh she turned to Hiro. "Ready?"