ALEX MERRIELL – MANHATTAN, NEW YORK

Alex walked through the streets of Manhattan. He held his 9th Wonders comic open to the last page in his hand. He was excited about meeting one of his favorite artists. He looked down at the comic as he turned a corner and ran into two guys. One was Indian wearing a white button up shirt and a brown jacket and the other was a white guy with dark hair wearing a light colored long sleeved shirt with a backpack hanging off of his right shoulder. They both looked like they were in their twenties.

"Sorry, excuse me." Alex said.

"Sorry." They both said.

Alex began walking again but then he recognized on of their voices. He turned around and sure enough it was who he thought it was.

"Peter?"

Peter stopped in his tracks and turned around to greet his nephew.

"Hey Alex, what are you doing?

"I'm headed to see Issac Mendez. What are you up to?" He asked.

"We were just there." Peter said pointing to Mohinder and him.

Alex looked to Mohinder and nodded but then realized what Peter had just said.

"You were just there?"

"Yeah but it didn't seem like he was there. You can go and try but I don't think he's back yet."

"Well, I'll try and I might stop out later when I'm done."

"Sounds like a deal." Peter said.

After leaving Peter and Mohinder's presence, he headed for Issac's loft.

He reached the stairs to Isaac's loft and climbed them with giddiness. He reached the door and knocked on it. After a few moments he knocked again hoping that Isaac would hear the second knock but it was to no avail. Alex's smile faded with the third knock. He peered into the window but he couldn't really see much of anything because there were no lights on. He could see some paintings though. He saw one of a blonde haired girl, another of two guys standing under a banner. Then one caught his attention. He stared at it for a few more seconds before deciding to leave. He headed back for the subway to go to the Petrelli Mansion.

DUSTIN ZOFCHAK – ATHENS, OHIO

Later that night, Dustin walked down the streets of Athens. He was headed to home. The wind picked up slightly but quickly died down. He was lost in his thoughts as he strolled down the side walk unknowingly in the eyes of the twins. They landed a few feet behind Dustin. Dustin turned around to see the them standing side by side.

"You're Dustin Zofchak, right?" One of them asked.

"That depends on who's asking?" Dustin replied.

"Nobody really, just people who want you gone."

Dustin raised an eyebrow.

"Oh I see, so now you want a fight."

"Won't be much of one."One of them said.

"Why's that?"

"There's two of us and we're superior."

"We'll see." Doug said as he leapt towards Dustin.

One of them threw a punch at Dustin's face but Dustin moved to the side. Dustin grabbed his arm and threw him into the air. The other charged at Dustin who had his back to him. He kicked Dustin in the back sending him skipping across the ground. Dustin's momentum was stopped by a lamppost. Dustin stood up and faced his two opponents.

"These two are strong and work together. This will be tough."Dustin thought.

The twins stepped closer together until one was standing behind the other. The two of them charged at Dustin. One of them swung at Dustin who disappeared and reappeared in front of the other who was roundhouse kicked across the face. Dustin spun around and grabbed the other by the ankle and threw him into the side of a nearby dumpster. One of them appeared next to Dustin and kicked him in the back. Dustin flew through the air uncontrolled. One of the twins appeared ahead of him and kicked him higher into the air. Dustin noticed he was heading towards the other. He attempted to stop his momentum but his attacker flew towards him and slammed his fists into Dustin, sending him to the ground. Dustin stumbled to his feet. His clothes were already torn and he was bleeding from multiple wounds. One of the twins pointed at Dustin then fired a green beam from his finger. Dustin leapt into the air. He swiveled his body around to where he had to look over his left shoulder to see the twins. He placed his hands down at his right hip. Blue energy began to form between his hands. Dustin fired a blue beam from his hands. The beam hit the twins head on, exploding on impact. Dustin hovered in the air until the smoke cleared.

"I hope that did something." Dustin said to himself.

"It didn't" A voice said behind him.

Dustin spun around to see the twins hovering behind him.

"Damn it."

"It was rather impressive but it's not enough." One of them said.

The twins shot through the air towards Dustin who wasn't ready for their attack. They punched and kicked Dustin all over. One of them kneed Dustin in the stomach and the other punched Dustin out of the air. Dustin slammed into the concrete and onto his back. The twins stared down at him.

"Time to die." One of them said.

Dustin opened his hands and held them next to both sides of his head. His middle fingers were only millimeters away from the corners of his eyes. He emitted a blinding white light.

The twins looked away from the light in hopes to save their vision. Once the light died down and the twins got their vision back, they looked down to see that Dustin was gone.

"Damn it, he got away." One of them said. "We're not doing too well these days."

"I know they seem to fight back these days." The other said. "Let's go back home to father. He'll know how to get rid of these special pests."

Dustin stumbled down a nearby street in hopes that he could get away from the twins. He was walking along side a white wooden fence. He leaned on the fence with his left arm as he walked. He held his side with his other arm.

"Damn it. What are those two? Are they special like me? My beam didn't even scratch them."

Aarika drove down the street on her way home. She thought she saw weird lights in the sky but she hadn't seen any for awhile now. She turned down her street and to her surprise she saw Dustin stumbling down the sidewalk. She stopped, got out and ran to him.

"Oh my god. Dustin, are you alright?"

"Help…me." Dustin said as he fell forward and into Aarika's outstretched arms.

THE TWINS – OHIO

The twins landed in front of their house and walked in. They found their father in his office on his computer. He was an older man in his late 40's. Gray hair had consumed all of the color of his hair. Wrinkles began their existence on his face. His glasses sat on the brim of his nose as he looked at his computer screen. Once his sons walked in, he turned away from his computer and turned his attention to the twins. He looked at him over the top of his glasses.

"Father, it would appear that we have a problem." One of the twins said.

"What is it?"

"We've failed again. These special people are becoming stronger and able to fight us. They seem different from the others we've taken out."

"I don't want excuses. You're a Linderman. You don't settle for failure. I want those people eliminated." He said.

"Yes, father." They said in unison.