Title: A Snitch in Time

Fan dom: Heroes

Rating: T

Notes and Spoilers: Through Volume 2: Chapter 2: "Lizards",Though Some background take through chapter 5: Fight or Flight (so contains some spoilers to that), slight AU, the Graphic Novel Chapters 31 and 32 "Walls: Part 1 & 2"; and Graphic Novel Chapters 47 and 48 "Heroism is Found in the Heart, Part 1 & 2"

Part 9

Don't you know who I am?

There was a look in Peter's eyes. He looked at me, he looked at me. But the look was confusion. This was my brother in front of me, an answer to my prayers. But those eyes, it was like when he looked at me, he was unfamiliar.

Peter lowered his head. "I know I should know you but I don't. I woke up one night in a dark room. I didn't know who I was or how I can to be where I was. I just had this on my neck."

Peter picked up the necklace from behind his shirt and showed Nathan the charm.

Nathan looked at the charm and instantly recognized it. It was the same symbol from their father's law firm. The same one that was on the pictures sent to both their mother and Kaito. Yet another worry. But that isn't what concerned him right now.

Nathan placed his hand on Peter's cheek. He looked into his eyes, and wrapped an arm around him.

"I'm just glad you are alive."

"But what of his memory?" Nathan thought. It would be like losing his brother all over again.

Peter, who was still in Nathan's embrace, for the second time thought he heard Nathan's voice in his head. How many mystery powers did he have?

"No," Nathan whispered, in an angry whisper. He found back tears. He turned to his attention to Niki. "What do you know? What happened to him?"

He didn't blame her but he had to know, he had to know. He wished and prayed for this but the nightmare continued. He had Peter back but fate had its cruel cost.

"Why doesn't he remember?"

Niki shook her head.

"I don't know. Nathan I was as surprised as you. I thought you both died."

Nathan nodded.

Peter looked over to his brother. "Please..."

Nathan stood back, he saw the desperation in Peter's eyes. The vulnerability reminded him of his brother. Those sad eyes. Would faith be so cruel–was this really his brother in front of him?

"What?" he asked his brother.

"Please help me remember."

Nathan closed his eyes briefly then nodded.

Peter turned to Niki. For about a day, she was the only person in his life that made him feel safe. The person that saved him. But the man in front of him helped him too. He could see it in his eyes.

Niki smiled.

Peter nodded to her. He turned back and placed his hands on Nathan's shoulders.

Oh God Peter don't.

"I'm sorry," Peter said.

It was that moment and new voice entered the room, "Nathan, I thought I heard voices."

Peter looked at the woman. He stared into her eyes.

"Mom?" He said.

"Peter?" she shouted not believing her eyes. When she told the cook that they were expecting a guest, she meant Hiro, but then again was Peter truly a guest?

Angela ran to Peter and embraced him warmly.

"Where have you been?"

"Locked up in some cell, like a prisoner. Not knowing who I was, or where I came from. Until this woman found me."

Niki shrugged. "I was just at the right place at the right time."

Niki grinned. She was at the company ever since her husband died. She was looking for answers but she wasn't sure she liked a company them kept someone up in a cage.

"You don't know anything?" Angela asked.

Then how did you know I was your mother?

Peter smiled. "I figured as much. And you told me. I don't know how but you told me."

Angela gently took off Peter's necklace.

She studied it in her hands and placed her hand on Peter's cheek.

"I'm so sorry."

"You know what it means?" Peter asked.

Angela nodded.

"This is all my fault," she whispered and she turned to walk away.

Nathan stopped her grabbing her arm.

"What do you mean?" he demanded.

"I tried so hard to keep all of you safe."

She held the necklace in her hand and held it tightly.

"I tried so hard to keep you out of this Peter. Claire too..." she paused.

"Not the first time he took your memory either."

Angela took a deep breath. "Maybe..."

And that is when the room became still. Everyone in the room was frozen, frozen in time.

"Niki?" Ando waved to the frozen Niki, he was protected by a temporal vortex of sorts because he traveled with Hiro.

But Hiro made contact with someone else. Someone else that was undisturbed from the time interruption.

"Peter Petrelli?"

To Be Continued

Author's Note: Fast eh? Could have posted this last night but wanted to sleep on it. Heh, probably one more chapter to tie things up..