Hey guys - sorry for the wait... YOU CAN IGNORE THE FIRST POV. I HAVE ABANDONED THE MATT PARKMAN LINE, IT WAS JUST GETTING TO COMPLEX SO HE IS LEFT FLOATING. sorry for any matt parkman fans. i would really appreciate some feedback!!!
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Chapter 4
Matt Parkman, New York, USA
"You've done really well on your stories lately Parkman, ever since your escapade into hospital." My editor said, he was sat down behind his elaborate desk and was surveying me over his fingertips.
"I've learnt a lot about myself since then sir" I said thinking of my newly discovered power.
"Well, I've decided to give you more challenging assignments from now on, I feel that you are ready for a promotion. I want you to cover the Nicola Sanders murders case."
My mouth opened wide, but I hastily shut it when my boss looked at me critically.
"t-Thank you sir!" I said and hurried to leave the office to get started on my new case. I'd need to find out who her lawyer is and what she is pleading to. This case should be good one to cover, I passed the assistant editor on my way out of the office, I smirked at him as I passed. Gone were the days of 'Gertrude the Giggling Gerbil' he'd have to find some other minion to write his pathetic little stories now.
Jess, Florida, USA
"Y-your leaving?" I said stuttering at Darren. He just looked at me as if I was stupid.
"Course I am 'babe', apart from the fact that it's the end of my holiday, you didn't expect to get anything more from it did you?" he sneered
"I had hoped for it to last a little longer" I said tearfully.
"Well then you're stupid" he said nastily.
"But I gave everything to you!" I yelled, some small children carrying inflatable's for the pool stared as they walked past.
"I know, you shouldn't be such a slag should you then, I mean you slept with me after knowing me for like three days, how do I know that you haven't slept with lots of other guys here?" he asked
"You bastard! You know I wouldn't do that" I said tears trailing down my face.
"Whatever Jess, you provided a nice distraction" he said and with that he walked away into the hotel lobby. What a bastard I thought. I ran down away from the hotel building onto the beach; the shifting sand under my feet provided a distraction from the tears on face, I sat down heavily near the shore. I was still crying heavily, what a tosser! He just used me for – well for a shag basically.
"Jess!" I heard my older brother Nathan calling my name as he ran onto the beach. I turned my back away from the voice, trying to stay my tears so I could turn and face him. Too late, he came and sat down beside me and I was still crying.
"Jess, look at me" he demanded, I looked blearily up at him through watering eyes.
"Is it Darren?" he said, at the mention of his name I burst into heavier tears and Nathan looked a little overwhelmed at what to do when faced with a girl crying buckets over a complete tosser.
I felt him put his arms around me and I stiffened a little, he let go and I felt him get up; I still had my eyes shut. I then felt another presence flop down on the other side to me. I opened one eye cautiously and saw Peter had sat on right and Nathan on my left. Peter half-smiled at me and I continued to cry.
"Jess, what did he do?" Peter asked gently. I gulped heavily as he put his left arm around my shoulder.
"he didn't…" Nathan started to say. I just shook my head quickly to squash the thought. Nathan visibly relaxed.
"He, he's gone and basically he told me I was complete slag and then he just left. No warning, no nothing. Bastard!" I said quietly into Peter's shoulder.
Peter just held me tighter.
"He never deserved you Jess" Nathan said softly.
"I know" I said heavily
"So why did you do it?" asked Peter.
"I-I just wanted someone to love me!" I said "I mean, I just needed someone to be there, I felt a little bit alone"
"You will always have us Jess" said Peter.
"Yeah, but before, I wasn't exactly getting on with you, Nathan now was i?" I asked with a hint of laughter in my voice.
"I was just feeling a bit edgy because I've got graduation in under a month" he said
"So basically you were male PMSing"
"if you wanna put it like that then fine" said Nathan with a smile, "I mean I usually leave that up to you, but this time I was a bit stressed" he poked me as he finished his sentence.
Peter took his arm away from my shoulder and looked me directly in the eyes.
"If you ever need anything, while we're around we'll do our best to achieve okay?" he said seriously
"you two are the best brothers I could ask for!" I said with a smile evident on my face.
I turned and hugged Nathan and then I turned around and hugged Peter.
"Oi!! I feel left out here" said Nathan
"Petrelli Hug!!!" I said. Just to specify a Petrelli hug is where we all hug in a circle and touch heads in the middle. It looks a bit spackered but we've done ever since I was about three so the tradition isn't about to die now. I got up after the hug and told the guys I was going for shower to wash any evidence of Darren out of my hair. I whirled away and left.
Peter Petrelli, Miami, Florida, USA
I watched Jess walk away looking distinctly happier than she did about half an hour ago. Nathan was still looking concerned.
"Have you told her yet Nathan?" I asked finally.
"No!" he said
"Why?" I questioned incredulously, "she has power, it's not as if she thinks it's something weird"
"I know, but I still think I'm weird regardless of whether she does" he said
"You do realize that she got her ability to fly from you don't you?" I said
"She did?"
"yeah, she's a bit like me I think, I sort of absorb powers from other people with them around me. Jess however already had power but I think she does the same think as me as well." I said hurriedly
"so basically she's a pretty powerful person?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah, I think, but what is weird is that three days ago I was testing out my powers along the beach, I was flying invisible and I hit this thing in mid air and dropped like a stone to ground, it turned out to be this girl, who was also flying along invisible. I mean come on, what are the chances of that??? Anyway this girl and I got talking and she seemed a lot more sure of her powers than any of us do. She talked about a 'friend' who knew everything about us which is really quite worrying is it not?" I said watching Nathan's face go from scoffing to serious.
"yes, that's quite odd. Maybe there are other people out there like us, that doesn't mean I want to go up to people and ask them whether or not that they can fly" he said.
"I didn't mean that!" I said
"Whatever Pete, what I wanted to say to you as well is that my mentor emailed me the other day and we have been given the Nicola Sanders case to defend. How incredible is that?" he said excitedly.
"Nathan, that's fantastic!" I yelled and leaped on him.
"Arghh! Get off me" he said pushing me off, "but your right it is pretty fantastic, I actually have to go back to the hotel because I'm expecting a phone call from the journalist of the New York News, who's covering the case"
"Nathan! This was meant to be a holiday!" I protested.
"Nicola Sanders is sat on death row," he said suddenly serious, "she's not having a holiday"
I rolled my eyes at his back as he walked off. I looked around to my left to see the beach was clearing and then I looked to my left and I saw her again. The girl I had spoken to yesterday – Bryony. She was wearing black skinny jeans, a black hooded top and large black sunglasses, her hair was loose around her shoulders. She was walking toward the hotel. I waved in her direction and she spotted me, she stopped smiled and changed her path to walk down the beach to where I was stood.
"Hey Peter!" she said
"Hey" I replied easily, "Do you like haunt this beach or something?"
"No, it's just one of my favourite places to be, it's so beautiful" she said. She looked around carefully and then sat down on the soft sand, I followed suit and sat next to her. There was comfortable silence.
"You know Miami well how long have you lived here?" I asked
"Thirteen years" she said matter-of-factly
"So how old you?" I asked
"I turned seventeen about a month ago"
"So you've lived here a long time" I said with a whistle. She nodded.
"Where do you live?" she asked finally
"Dallas, Texas"
"so I guess you flew down here?" she asked
"nah, we drove, it was my mother's idea; she wanted to see the countryside" I said mimicking my mother's voice.
"Bloody Hell, long drive" she said, "oh sorry I didn't catch how old you were?"
"I'm nineteen" I said easily,
"cool" she said with a respectful nod of her head.
"Do you drive?" I asked
"I don't need to; I can fly and I can run faster than the speed of sound. I'm alright when it comes to getting around" she said
"oh you get around do you?" I laughed.
"Oi, you know what I meant!!" she giggled.
"You said you lived with a guy, what's he to you?" I asked
"hey, hey, this is getting a bit like twenty questions" she said
"sorry, I didn't mean to pry" I said mollified.
"It's alright" she said quietly, "you're the first person I've really told about myself except Sy-, I mean my friend" she said hastily correcting herself.
"well to clear the air a little; My name is Peter Petrelli, My brother is called Nathan Petrelli, My Mother is Angela Petrelli, My sister is Jessica Louise Petrelli, my father is dead. I live in Dallas, Texas, I drive a yellow soft-top mini. I discovered I had power about a month ago when I was climbing a tree in the yard to rescue are pet cat Poppy, I got the cat down then promptly fell out of the tree and hit the ground, broke my arm and collarbone because I heard it snap but then to my shear amazement it popped back into place and healed itself. Needless to say I was a little freaked. So what about you?"
"Well, as you already know my name is Bryony, I don't have any family I know about, i live in Miami, Florida in a flat with a friend, who also has power. I don't drive, I discovered my power when I was about four I burnt myself when I tried to make myself a coffee and burnt myself from the kettle, the burnt patch healed instantaneously. I was more curious than anything else, naturally because I was only four. Ever since then I've lived with it doing minor jobs here and there and of course using it to my advantage in school" she said.
"Using it to your advantage in school?" I said with a raised eyebrow.
"hell yeah!" she giggled, "if anyone's being annoying just give a zap with a couple of volts under the table. It can come in quite useful"
I laughed. "I'll bear that In mind.
"So tell me about your flat-mate" I continued.
"I can't" she said shortly.
"why?" I asked
"just because okay! He'll be angry, he's a highly private person" she said, looking as if she was going to get up a leave.
"no please don't go!" I said, "I'm sorry I asked, I won't ask for anything again unless you want to divulge it"
"your sweet" she said.
"So are you" I replied. She giggled and showed off her perfect straight, white teeth, much like my sister's. I scooted a little bit closer to her and she didn't draw back. I took this to be a good sign. So I put my face a little closer to hers, she tilted her head a bit to the left so I mimicked her, I leaned forward and I was about kiss her when-
"PETER!!! Don't trust her!!" I heard my sister shout. I drew back and whirled around.
"Why?" I asked bewildered as I stood up, I felt Bryony stand up swiftly behind me.
"She told me stuff a few days ago, she said I wasn't your sister! She told me that my whole life was a lie!" Jess cried
Bryony pushed past me and stood a couple of meters away facing Jess.
"Well have you thought about what I said to you? Your whole life IS a lie, your just too thick headed to believe it" said Bryony.
Jess screamed and ran at Bryony looking evil. Bryony just dodged to the side.
"Your gonna have to be faster than that!" she taunted. Jess fired a ball of electricity at Bryony which she caught and threw back at Jess. Jess dodged to the side and threw back a ball of flame, Bryony screeched when it hissed past her side and shot a cloud of red flame at Jess, The two girls were fighting tooth and nail, but not In the regular circumstances. Bryony made her hands go ice cold and jess made hers turn into pools of flames, the both advanced on each other and Jess leapt on bryony, she put her hands up and they grappled on the sand, Jess managed to put one of her burning hot hands on bryony's neck and she screamed, but jess took it away and the wound healed. Before she could even register her shock, half of her face had been frozen.
"Girls!! Stop, Jess stop it!" I yelled trying to break the fight up. Both girls however were far too into the fight to let that happen. I then saw Nathan running onto the beach, he had probably seen what was happening from his hotel window. I managed to catch Bryony around the waist as Nathan simultaneously grabbed Jess. Jess spat at Bryony and Bryony hissed back which was accompanied by a bout of flame that got jess on the stomach, she swiftly healed though.
"You Bitch!!" howled Jess. I had never seen my sister so angry. Or any girl for that matter.
The next thing I knew, I man in his early twenties appeared on the beach next to me, grabbed Bryony's arm and they both disappeared.
"What the fuck?" asked Nathan staring at the spot where Bryony and the man had been less than a minute ago. He released Jess and she ran to the spot where they had disappeared and looked around wildly.
"I'm guessing that was her flat-mate" I said finally.
Jess was still stomping around wildly on the beach.
"Jess; calm down!" Nathan yelled in her direction.
"No I will not fricking calm down, that bitch just told me my whole life is a lie! What am I supposed to believe?" She stormed from somewhere in the gloom of the dark beach.
"Jess she's gone, come back to the room" I said gently
"What if people in the hotel saw?" asked Nathan worried.
"Just don't think about that, we need to sort out our sister's mind" I said concerned.
Bryony, Sylar's Apartment, Miami, Florida, USA
We appeared in the main living area of the flat. Sylar was staring daggers at me.
"What?" I asked
"Do you realize how stupid you've been?" he yelled
"ME?? How have I been stupid?" I yelled back
"Well you making friends with Petrelli! He was about to kiss you in case you didn't notice!" he said
"What? You jealous?" I spat
"No! I just think you shouldn't get too attached to someone I'm going to kill" he said quieter.
"he can't die you know, he's like me" I said
"That doesn't mean I can't kill him. It's like a could kill you if I felt the inclination" he said with a dangerous glint in his eye. I backed away a few steps, but then the dark glint cleared and he became the man I knew again. He shook his slowly and took a few steps back himself before turning away and putting the kettle on to make us both a strong cup of coffee.
Kiera, Florida, Miami, USA
Claire and I were out browsing the shop windows down the high-street, we were walking pretty slowly seeing as we were both still somewhat hung-over from the night before. I wanted to buy a new bikini and she wanted to get a pair of red skinny jeans. I briefly wondered what she wanted jeans for on a summer's day in Florida, but I decided to let it pass. We were in a mall when I first started to get the feeling we were being followed. I drew Claire into a busy shop.
"Claire, I think we're being followed" I whispered In her ear
"What?" she looked around swiftly, "Why would we be being followed? What's makes you think that?"
"The fact that those two men over there have been in every shop we have and left briefly after us every time" I said motioning to two men dressed in black jeans and t-shirts who appeared to browsing a rail of shirts close by.
"Tell you what, we'll leave this store and go into RAW over there and if they follow, I'll start getting freaked" said Claire.
I nodded and together we left the store, looking casually at some items as we went, we headed over to the other side of the mall to the bright orange shop that Claire had mentioned earlier and sure enough, the two men in black jeans and t-shirts followed.
"Let's get out of here" Claire said after a swift glance over her shoulder. We started to walk swiftly toward the exit, Claire got her mobile out of her bag and it was at this moment clutched in her hand. There weren't many people about in the main area of the mall which was quite disconcerting.
"Claire, where did all the people go?" I asked quietly. Before she had a chance to reply she was grabbed from behind by what would appear to be a casual passer-by, she squealed and I shot a bout of flame at her attacker. I was then caught hold of by one of the men who had been following us earlier. I fought him off and he was pummeled to the ground, his companion grabbed by failing arms and whistled, at the moment five other people who appeared to be browsing the shop windows, turned and came toward us. One of the made the lights in the mall go out, another went and re-enforced the hold of Claire. I was fighting as hard as I could, but one of the men caught my arms and another my legs so I couldn't move. Chains were put around my wrists and a blindfold over my eyes, I heard footsteps running past in the darkness and I cry of surprise, there was also a cry of 'catch her!' and then something heavy came down on my head and I blacked out.