Alicia's Story

Peter sat up straighter, Alicia realized that he had been leaning in close. He looked like a child listening to a bedtime story, every word drawing him in deeper.

"Wait," Peter said, before taking a swig of his root beer.

Alicia stopped talking and waited for him to speak.

"If you can see a persons essence? Whether they are good or evil, then why did you still want to kill me even after you'd seen me?"

"It's like I said. I can't see everyone's heart. Sometimes I can only see their powers, nothing else. It's like I'm in tune with some people and I can see more. I've never been able to see your heart, not in any timeline."

Peter twisted his mouth to one side and raised an eyebrow. "That's convenient."

"What do you think I'm making this up as I go along?"

"The thought may have crossed my mind in the beginning. But don't forget, I can read your mind. And while you might just be insane. You mean what you are saying."

"Thanks," Alicia said, sarcasm dripping off the word. "Now can I finish? Or do you want to be here all night?"

Peter offered his hands to her, telling her to proceed.

"Okay. As I was saying, Gabe and I went to see Dr. Suresh. We told him everything. Gabriel even admitted to killing the first three people on the doctor's list. I should have been the next to die and-" Alicia stopped speaking, an idea came into her mind that she hadn't thought possible.

"What?" Peter asked, not thinking to read her mind.

"I'm dead."

"What do you mean?"

"I must be dead here. That's why…that's why he's still Sylar." Alicia jumped up off the couch. "Do you have a computer?"

"Yeah. My laptop." Peter got up and went to a desk. He rummaged through a pile of papers before finding the computer. "I don't think I've ever seen, Sylar, use your power." He sat back down and started turning the computer on.

"Well you wouldn't. If he didn't get to me first. Maybe I died before he got to me. Or maybe he just doesn't use…" Alicia moved to sit down. She flopped onto the couch causing it to bounce a little.

"What's your address? We can start with the city." Peter started typing as the computer began to work.

"1382 W 27th St. Apartment 17. New York, NY."

Peter stopped typing and looked at her with wide eyes. "But that's-"

"This apartment building. I know."

"I think maybe you better keep telling me the facts while I try to find out where you are." Peter started typing again; this time much more fiercely, but he kept his attention on Alicia.

"Well, like I said, we went to Dr. Suresh and after a lot of convincing we got him to let us help with the list. The idea was simple, if there could be one Sylar, there must be more like him. And they needed to be found and stopped. Dr. Suresh liked the idea of me helping, but he didn't trust, Gabe, to say the least." Alicia moved closer to Peter so she could see the screen, but she kept talking.

"In the end I had to promise to keep an eye on, Gabe. But he was really the one looking out for me."