7

"Hello Adam" Said a familiar voice from across the roof, Adam couldn't mistake it's unforgettably dull, and dim witted tone. It was Peter Petrelli, though he was a bright lad, he didn't give himself off to be one.

"Ahh Peter" Adam said calmly "I hoped it'd be you, but you call this surrounded" He said, bringing himself into view from behind the steel bars, but making sure to keep Josephine concealed.

"You'd wish you'd thought more carefully once we're through." Said another voice, like Peter's but different, it took Adam a moment's though but he soon realised who it was. Just as the Nathan and Peter, followed by their dark haired accomplice materialised before him.

"Stay here, just don't anything unless there is trouble." Adam blurted out quickly, and almost silently so as not to arouse suspicion. Slowly and apprehensively he moved into the middle of the roof. As did Peter, followed by Nathan, the pair stood either side of him, about twenty feet away. Josie looked on from behind the grate, trying to bow by unnoticed.

"Look Adam, we need your help, you know about The Company, you can help us bring it down. If you just come with us then well it'll be better." Peter said, in his soft husky tone. Josephine thought he sounded wonderful, sweet, but not like Adam, Josephine loved his voice, it was so full of intellect and so commanding.

"Peter, I just can't do that." He said looking him straight in the eye, for a long time nothing could be heard but the wind. Adam looked at Peter, and he stared right back at him, waiting patiently for him to concede, but with no hope of success.

"Fine" Peter said, lifting a hand and just holding it in mid air, Adam tried to move but he was utterly restricted. Peter lifted his other hand to his face, and sparked it with an electric current. He shot it at Adam, and he tried to flinch in pain but couldn't move. All he could manage was to wince his face, though he could cry in pain as shot after shot hit him. Josie sat behind the cage becoming more and more anxious until she couldn't stand it. She lit up the cage, sparks came flying from it as it's zaps and crashes hit the air. Peter dropped Adam, who landed on his knees still smoking. Still holding a flowing current Josie walked slowly around the cage until she came into view. "Elle…" Peter said, astonished and unsure, Josephine said nothing, she just continued to walk towards him, her heels clicking with each step, she then lifting her feet and just glided through the air.

"No" She said sweetly, as she came within one foot of him, placing her feet back onto the ground.

"Who are you?" Peter looked at her, captivated by her, like there was nothing else in the world.

"Josephine" She said, pouting and smirking at the same time, before throwing Peter a hard fist to the face. His neck flew round, and he stumbled back a few steps holding his jaw. He looked at the blood on his fingers, and then at Josie in astonishment, his eyes glaring at her. Then Nathan and Matt tried to step forward, but Josie already had them trapped, in motion restricted bubbles. Adam stood up, sniggering, and sneering.

"What's wrong Peter?" He said wiping the blood from his lip. "Afraid, because she could be just as good as you" He said walking closer to Josephine till he was right behind her. He snaked his arms around her waist. "No, no Peter she's better, much better." In panic Peter chucked another ball of electricity, but Josephine deflected it with a swipe of her hand. Adam let go of her, taking a few steps to the side, Peter took his opportunity, kicking his feet off the floor he flew at Josephine knocking her off her feet, she slammed against the metal grate, and fell face down on the floor. Peter began to slowly walk towards the body, he glanced at Adam who hadn't moved from his spot. He reached the top of her head, and looked down at the still body, when he was hit suddenly off balance. Josephine walked her legs over back, kicking Peter to the ground, and bringing herself to standing position. Now she was stood over his panting body, steadily he rose to his feet and faced her.

"There's no point in this, neither of us will ever-"

"I could shoot you in the head" Josie interrupted

"With what?" Peter asked

"A gun" She said quite plainly.

"I don't know where you come from, but you don't know Adam, he tried to kill six billion people. Just let me explain to you" He said calmly, Josephine looked at his deep brown eyes, they were soft like a puppy dog. He smiled a little, so sweetly, and naively. Adam glared at them both, biting his lip till it was red sore. Josie caught his eye, and was scared for a minute, by the ferocious stare, then as she stared he looked more forlorn, than angry. So serious like this moment meant the world to him. Josephine lifted her hand, but Peter grabbed her wrist in one fell swoop she flung him over, and swung him away.

"Think twice before you touch my girl this time Peter." Adam said sternly.

"What do you mean this time?" Peter said, panting as he quickly got to his feet, and turned round to face Josephine, he'd found out what a bad idea it was to let your guard down with the enemy.

"I mean Elle Peter, you knew that don't pretend that you really are as stupid as you look." He said in a frank manner. "But Peter" He said taking a few paces towards him, one finger to his lip in thought. Peter turned to face him, standing as tall as he could though he still couldn't match Adam. "There's something I need from you…" He said calmly, Peter looked at him in anger and confusion, Adam ducked his head in so now he was only centimetres from Peter. "Where's Hiro Peter?" He said violently, Peter grinned malevolently.

"Some things never change do they Adam." He said raising an eyebrow.

"Josie, be a dear and get me something." Josie looked about, knowing she couldn't move from her spot as she needed not only to keep an eye on Adam, but to keep control over the other two. She spotted those large metal cages that covered the now steaming grates. She raised her hand, extending her fingers, there was a loud clunk as one bar released from its place came flying towards her, she clenched her fingers hard around the cold surface, and held it in her hand for a moment. She concentrated on the metal, reforming it, Peter watched amazed as the large metal bar began to pulsate a strange orange light, that eventually covered it. Then slowly, disintegrated, some sparkles floated in the air for a few moments. Peter looked at what laid in the girls hand, and it was not a large iron bar. Adam beamed at her as he looked at it, a gleaming sword much like his own. She handed it to him, and he slid it gracefully from its sheath. He swung it round in one swoop, and pointed it delicately at the skin on Peter's throat. "It didn't need to be like this Peter, honestly but you didn't need to come around her so pompously." He said looking him up and down pouting his lip. "I mean really, was a there any need for the henchman. What little good they did you." He said smirking "now come on, you and I are friends, I don't want to do this. Just hear me out…" He said so persuasively, Josie could have sworn it was more than natural.

"Peter don't listen to him!" Nathan shouted.

"Hey, zip it!" Josie shouted back, throwing a ball of flames at Nathan, he tried to move away but couldn't. Josie held it, moments before the collision, let it fall into a ball of ash on the floor. Nathan looked at her, astonished she smiled shyly. "I'm not without mercy, though don't make the same mistake twice, because I won't" She said sneering.

Meanwhile Peter hadn't said anything to Adam, he just looked away thinking. Eventually, he slowly turned his head back to meet eyes with Adam.

"Peter, it was Hiro if he hadn't have gotten in. I was about to do it Peter, but it was Carp who took me away. I was caught off guard Peter that's all." Peter rolled his eyes, but couldn't help believe him.

"He's lying." Nathan shouted, Josie immediately started to walk over to him.

"Nathan please! I saved your life!" Adam shouted, turning his head back.

"Yeah, you used me." Josephine smacked him hard round the face.

"I thought I told you." She said sternly.

"Okay, so if that isn't enough." Adam said turning back to Peter. "If I really wanted that, you don't think I would have just killed you once you'd opened that door. Really that was all I needed from you wasn't it? It wasn't Peter, because I wasn't going to release the blasted virus." He protested.

"Okay" Peter said nodding.

"But I do need to find Hiro Peter." He said very seriously.

"So you can kill him?" Peter asked.

"He buried me alive Peter! I was there for fucking months, can't you see! Of course not you could never possibly understand." He nodded his head, gazing into and through the floor, and into the earth, his eyes widened "you're just like him though aren't you? I bet you'd love to see me six feet under right now, so you could get your hands on her right?" Peter looked at Josephine, and couldn't even bring himself to deny it. "I knew it! I told you think twice before you touch my girl Peter! Or else I'll let you feel the burn. One last time, where's Carp?" He said sadistically, tightening his grip on Peter's life. He could feel the blade, jerk slightly through the first layers of skin.

"Japan" He wouldn't have said it but he had little choice, he took a deep breath "Tokyo, Japan" He said before staring at the ground.

"Just as I thought." He muttered his gaze veering down and to the side "look Peter, I still think you and I could be friends, I over reacted just then. I just can't stand betrayal, I guess I have trouble letting things go. Though now we." He said gesturing to himself and Josie, as she had already dropped Peter's other friends to their knees, and was walking over to him. "We really ought to go." He said extending his hand to Josie, who grasped it without a moments hesitation. "Good bye, friend." He said as the pair floated into the air. Nathan and Matt released from the motion binds, rushed to Peter's side. Nathan went to follow, but Peter held him back.

"It's okay, we know where they're going. Besides, maybe Adam does owe Hiro something, is mom after them?" He asked looking at Nathan.

"I think so. But Peter what are you saying, Adam's a ruthless killer. He belongs, well you know where he belongs." Nathan said looking at the ground.

"No Nathan, no one belongs in those cells. Besides, we can't have Josephine put in there too." He said.

"You really do have a soft spot for her don't you?" Matt asked.

"For now we just need to get mom off of their scent, not just for their sake, but as far as we know Adam only plan's to go looking for Hiro, imagine what damage mom could do with someone like Josephine. We have to tell her that they've gone to Primatech, when we were there Adam said something about labs, and cells, as well as the vault, we'll say that's where they said they were going."