Laney, Peter, and Nathan made their way to Nathan's office trying to put together the pieces of what happened to Nathan. "If's somethings going on we'll figure it out." Peter announced as they headed down the corridor.

"Hey it's not like I lost my car keys, I lost a week of my life."

"Yeah, and you woke up at a carnival, you sure you wanna remember that?"

"Senator Petrelli, welcome back." Nathan's assistant sounded off as they entered the office.

"It's good to be back, Elizabeth. Do me a favor will you get my schedule out of the front office, please?"

"Sure." The woman said curious at his actions and walking out snubbing her nose a bit at Laney. She grabbed Peter's hand tight as the stepped further into the office, with a feeling of not belonging there.

"That was awfully casual." Peter said throwing his jacket down on the chair in front of him. As Laney removed her wide brim hat that was stiff as a board and looked like something a witch would wear and trench coat revealing the red and blue flannel shirt she wore and the converse dip dyed tee shirt that she modified into a tank under it and her tight blue jeans tucked into her black ankle boots with crochet detailing along the sides, and a took over by where Nathan was taking his coat off.

"Yeah, I'm telling you beat it doesn't make any since."

"What's that?"

"Even if my lost weekend was just some crazy bender under the big top, a senator going off the grid. That oughta raise one or two alarms don't you think? Mom say anything when you talked to her?"

"She's in Washington, want's to meet us here. What are you thinking? Talk to me."

"I thought I had a handle on this, Pete but these last few weeks its just like I don't know who I am anymore."

"Just the last guy I figured for an identity crisis, Nathan."

Nathan exhaled and laid his head back on the back of the chair he had sat in to discuss his predicament with Peter.

"Senator," Elizabeth said knocking.

"Go ahead."

"The good news is your day is wide open. We cleared your calendar when you went on vacation."

"Vacation?"

"Sir your mother said you weren't sure how long you'd be gone."

"My mother." Peter mouthed the word 'mom' to Nathan as he handed him the schedule. "Right, thank you." He hung his head shaking it as Laney exhaled and stared at the brothers.

"Deja vu." He placed his head in his hand and rubbed his temples.

"Oh! So sorry you startled me, Uh can I help you?"

Laney went bolt right at the sight of the tall man standing in front of Elizabeth.

"Rene? It's okay." Peter said as he and Nathan made his way to greet him.

"Did my mother send you?" Nathan sounded.

"Don't come any closer. I've come here to speak with Peter."

"Okay." Peter said turning to Nathan and Laney, motioning for her to come along.

Laney got up and walked past Nathan patting his shoulder as she grab Peter's hand and walked out of the room a bit to be a part of the discussion with Rene.

"What are you doing here?" Peter asked

"I came to warn you, Peter. You need to know the truth." Rene said shifting his gaze between Peter and Laney but lingering on Laney before turning his attention to Nathan.

"So this is my mother's idea to clean up Nathan's mess she sends you to wipe out our memories?"

"It's what she wants me to do but I can not do it."

"And why's that?"

"Your mother is blinded by her emotions. There are some lines that should never be crossed." He turned his attention back to Nathan but Laney's eyes never left him, he hid many secrets and she some how knew it.

"Why do you keep looking at him?"

"It is not up to me to reveal this thing, the decision must be yours." He said handing Peter a piece of paper, "the answer you seek is here. If you go, Peter, go alone. What you discover may be more terrible than you can bear." His eyes flicked over to Laney before he left causing her tense once again and squeeze Peter's hand a bit, she exhaled as soon as he left getting a look from Peter.

"He give you the creeps too."

"Yeah a little. More like the creeps I got when Hiro appeared in your apartment." She covered a giggle blowing air from her mouth and walking back into Nathan's office with Peter close behind.

"Come on we're going to Arlington." Peter announced as he walked back into Nathan's office.

"For what?"

"I don't know but we're going." Peter said putting on his coat and waiting for Laney and Nathan to get theirs on as well, before setting off to Arlington.

"Store it here? You need us to help you get furniture out of here or something?" Laney joked as they walked into the storage the facility.

"I doubt it, whatever it is, it has something to do with Nathan." He looked at Nathan continuing on the path to the locker number on the card Rene had given him, "whatever it is, Rene didn't want you coming." They're long walk led to the locker 106 and Peter began fiddling with the combination lock.

"I thought we were done with this cloak and dagger stuff." Nathan said as he and Laney waited for Peter to unlock the unit. "I still can't figure out why the Haitian didn't want me in the loop."

"Well doesn't matter now." Peter said unlocking the lock and opening the door, revealing a mostly empty storage unit with a large rectangular box in the back corner. "This just get's better and better."

Nathan turned on the light as the three walked further into the unit revealing a coffin, startled by the a loud banging that came from behind them, "Check it out."

"Yeah." Peter went back to stand guard at the door as Laney and Nathan pushed forward towards the coffin.

"Are we good?"

"We're good."

Nathan and Laney began to unlatch the lid of the coffin and stood next to Nathan as he opened it.

"What do you got?" Peter said walking over to join them.

"it's a body." Nathan said lifting the thick plastic that covered the form causing Laney to gasp at the sight and take a few steps back only to be caught by Peter's arm.

"What is it?"

"It's me." Nathan said just as stunned as Laney watching as Peter pulled back the plastic to reveal the sight himself. Laney made her way to the door trying to calm her nerves a bit still shocked at the sight in front of her. She had seen quite a few dead bodies in her time and no matter what anyone said it never got easier. She stood there with her breathing slightly heavy listening to Peter and Nathan.

"That's not you. Could be, uh a shape shifter or something, it's not—."

"There's gotta be a reason the Haitian wanted you to see this."

"This is just wierd." Peter said watching as Nathan moved his hand to touch the body laying there. "Don't."

"Sorry."

"What'd you see?"

"Bits and pieces of things. A hotel room. Sylar."

"Sylar that's old news the guys been dead for weeks."

" I know, I know, I heard Parkman?"

"Matt?"

"His voice he was angry."

Laney rubbed her arms trying to warm herself, still trying to calm down. "Can we go now?" The brother's looked at her with a bit of worry.

"Whatever's going on we're not gonna get any straight answers out of mom or the Haitian." Nathan said turning his attention back to the body.

"Okay so we gotta find Matt."

"Where is he?"

"L.A."

"Let's go find him." Nathan said closing the casket.

"You sure?"

"I'm not sure of anything." Nathan walked away turning off the light and brushing past Laney. She turned to look at Peter in concern as he closed the unit door and proceeded to wrap his arm around her shoulders walking with her and trying to catch up with Nathan. As they stepped outside Laney took a deep breath and smiled at the smell of fresh air receiving a look from Nathan and Peter.

"You ok?"

"Yeah, just needed some fresh air." She smiled back and work her way tighter under Peter's arm. They all strode into Nathan's office preparing to head to L.A. but first the meeting with Angela.

"You think you ever really know somebody?" Nathan said fiddling with a picture he pulled from one of his cabinets.

"God, are you hearing yourself?" Peter said grabbing the picture and setting it back in its place.

"Yeah."

"Okay you know what I see when I look at all this? I see the big brother that would let me win by a nose when we would race. I see the naval officer that would rearrange his leave so that I could have a good birthday." Peter said closing the cabinet and bringing a smile to Laney's face at the thought of all the times Nathan was there for him. "And the past couple years, I've seen the guy that has saved my ass more than a few times."

"I've made a lot of mistakes Pe-."

"So have I. Don't beat yourself up over it."

"Senator Petrelli." Elizabeth walked in, "I found something. I just hope this isn't the Matt Parkman you're looking for."

Peter and Nathan took a step closer to her and Laney stood from her seat. "He's in a hospital in Texas under guard, they're saying he tried to commit suicide by cop."

"Thank you, Elizabeth." Nathan said dismissing her as better grabbed the piece of paper she had handed Nathan. "Multiple gun shot wounds."

"Yeah."

"He's in critical condition." Nathan walked away rubbing his temples not sure of what to do now.

"You know Nathan, I can heal people now. If we can get in, I think I can save him."

The three sat back watching the room that Parkman was in waiting for the right time find their way in.

"Can you help him?"

"I can try."

Peter placed his hand on the mans chest and Nathan and Laney watched as Matt started to move and twitch around till finally waking up.

"Matt." Peter said grabbing his shoulder. "You're okay, you're okay, it's me Peter."

"What happened?"

"You're okay."

"Son of a bitch, get out of my head."

"You're in the hospital, I brought you back."

"No you don't understand, this is exactly what he wants."

"What's he talking about?" Nathan chimed in as Laney moved to stand a bit behind him.

"Shut up! You guys run. Get away from me before he comes back."

"Before who comes back?"

"Sylar."

"Sylar's dead Matt." Peter said staring at him with confusion.

"No, he's in my head. He's trying to control my mind. I know this sounds crazy but if he controls me, if he gets my power he's gonna jump back into his body."

"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, slow down, Matt. What do you mean his body?" Nathan said with a confused look on his face.

"Nathan, you- you're dead. Sylar murdered you, he cut your throat. I used my power to purge his mind from his body and put your thoughts in." Matt turned his attention away from the three, "I'm not gonna let you do this." He began to seize on the bed as Nathan and Peter stepped away a bit. "Pete," Laney said staring at Parkman unable to move from her spot.

"Nathan, it's true. I'm so sorry."

"You're saying I'm Sylar?" Nathan said stepping closer to Matt.

"Yes. But I can make it all right, all you need to do is take my hand."

"It all makes since, Pete."

"Nathan, get away from him." Peter said

"Nathan." Laney said her green eyes darkened with worry.

"It all adds up. These new power's aren't mine. They're Sylar's. I don't exist."

"Doesn't make sense. I don't buy that." Peter said pushing Nathan further away from Matt.

"Take my hand, Nathan. Take my hand now. Do it take my hand."

I'll kill you first!" Peter said before being slung into the wall by Nathan.

"Peter!" Laney stood frozen where she had been the entire but now worried about Peter and Nathan.

"It's okay, Pete. Matt's right. It's time to end it."

"One touch, Nathan and it's over."

Laney jumped in between Nathan and Matt, "don't do it, Nathan."

"Get out of the way, Laney."

"Nathan, don't." She shivered as Nathan raised his hand to her and tears began to form in her eyes, "don't. Nath-." she was sent safely against the wall next to Peter. Until the guards came in, Nathan flung them out of the way with ease and then came over to help Laney up and pick Peter up and flying out the window with the two of them.

Nathan landed in the middle of the Grand Canyon with a now conscious Peter and Laney.

"Why are we here, Nathan?" Peter said rubbing the back of his head as Laney dusted herself off and sat down beside him.

"I shouldn't be around people right now. Something happened to me up there, Pete."

"What?"

"What I nearly put you and Laney through a wall with a flick of my hand. If Sylar gets into my head the way he got into Parkman's. I can't risk that with you two. There's a road around here somewhere you'll find your way home." Peter jumped up and grabbed Nathan's hand absorbing his power.

"What are you doing?" Nathan asked.

"What are YOU doing? Go ahead I'll be right behind you." Peter said letting Nathan go and reaching his hand out for Laney his eyes never leaving Nathan as they both took off simultaneously.

"Laney it's gonna be fine, I promise." Peter said kneeling in front of Laney in the bathroom, while Nathan sat alone in the apartment.
"I don't know, Pete. What if this Sylar person is in Nathan? What are we gonna do? I already don't have control of my powers but I don't care to have my head cut open for him to get them from me, what is that even about? Cutting people's heads open, who does that? I me-."

Peter wrapped his arm's around her and rubbed her back comfortingly, "Nathan, isn't gonna let anything happen to me or you. He never has and he never will. Even if Sylar is in there, Nathan is too."

She exhaled sharlpy blowing her hair out of her face, "alright if you say so. You always pull that card don't you?"

"What card?" Peter said standing and looking down at her with a grin on his face.

"The 'if I hug her everything will be ok' card." She said standing and putting her hands on her hips.

"Whatever works." Peter said as he walked out of the bathroom. Laney finished getting dressed for bed by putting on the pair of boxers that had been officially marked as hers at this point and walked out of the bathroom to sit on the foot of the bed and stared at Nathan as Peter spoke.

"Nathan, this uh, this idea, this thought that you're-."

"Sylar." Nathan answered quickly.

"Yeah."

"Change of voice, change of face still him underneath. These hands have killed dozens of people, Pete. Friends of ours. Whoever Nathan Petrelli was he's gone now. Just some randoms thoughts in a mass murderers head."

"Okay, look, assuming that I believe any of that, what would it matter? I mean didn't Matt say that he forced Sylar out?"

"You really think Matt could purge every sick thought from that head? To the rest of the world I'm Nathan Petrelli, Pete. But every time you look at me, the way you're looking at me right now, you're gonna see Sylar. Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me I'm wrong, Pete."