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Heroes: Brave New World
Episode 6
Part 2
West, R and Mainframe – New meeting site
West fell out of the sky. Carrying the heavily overweight Mainframe had taken its toll on him. He tried to create enough thrust to stop their descent but only succeeded in slowing it down. They crash landed onto some dustbins and survived with only a few scrapes and bruises. Getting up, they looked at the assembled people who seemed to be scattering.
Meanwhile, Micah was relieved to see that West and Mainframe had made it. During the flight to the place, Micah had to correct West's course and direction of flight five times. It was like at first he was attracted to the place but now that he wanted to go there he was flying away from it. However, he finally got it right before the fatigue of carrying Mainframe got to him.
"Try to mingle and find out what is happening." Micah said.
West confirmed the order and began moving around the crowd trying to socialise which was something that was made harder by Mainframe and the glee that was obviously showing on his face because of meeting his kind. Mainframe looked at the people in the crowd and thought, these people were like him and he was able to bring them together. He had succeeded, well sort of succeeded. They had all met in the wrong place and it seemed that some of them were already leaving.
/
Anita ran to Samuel who was standing in the middle of the crowd enjoying the feeling of his growing power. She touched his shoulder to get his attention.
"Samuel. Some of… most of the people want to leave. I was able to get some to stay but there are too many of them to use my powers on."
Samuel looked at the Latino woman in confusion. "But that is impossible. Emma's power should keep them here." He said walking to where Emma was. Maybe there was a problem, maybe she was hurt or Silent Strings was somehow broken. The thought made him pick up his pace from a quick walk to a light jog. He got to Emma who was still playing.
Her eyes were closed in concentration. Everything seemed to be okay but then he realised that she was playing a different song then before. He realised that she was driving the people away. Emma opened her eyes in time to see Samuel's angry face before her. She knew she had been caught out.
"Why Emma?" Samuel asked as he made the ground under her shake.
Emma stopped playing when her balance was being threatened. She fell over and tried to get up. She was now in trouble and needed to escape Samuel's anger. Emma was able to grab the cello and started playing it for her life.
To Anita's amazement, Samuel levitated a few pieces of rocks from the ground. It was the first time Anita had seen Samuel use his powers. He was going to use the rocks as high speed projectiles to kill Emma. However, before he could launch the rocks a group of people jumped on top of him. They began piling on him some punching and kicking him when they got the chance. Anita clawed at Samuel's attackers trying to peel them off him but there were too many. Suddenly a group of other men appeared and began pulling Samuel's attackers away from him.
Anita noticed that they all had on the same clothes and then she noted that they all looked the same: their body structure; their hair; even their faces!
Once they had freed Samuel from the tangle of bodies he smiled at his rescuers. He then looked at where Emma was and saw that she was gone. Looking back at one of the identical men he said, "Thank you Eli."
The clones smiled. "You're welcome," they all said in perfect unison.
Samuel began walking back to the crowd. Anita walked with him on one side while one of the clones or maybe the real Eli walked on the other.
"Have you gotten weaker Samuel? I know you could have handled those people without my help." The Eli walking with him said.
"They were being used and I could not hurt them for that. I'm glad that you came. We will need your help. Make more of… yourself and monitor the area around here. I don't want Emma to repeat what she had tried to do."
The Eli he was talking to nodded and before he could leave Anita spoke up.
"He will not hurt her right? She may have betrayed us but she did not want to work with us in the first place." Anita said.
"Don't worry Anita. I don't want any harm to come to her either." He said assuring her. When her back was turned he nodded at the Eli and the Eli nodded back. All the Eli clones knew that if they should find Emma they would kill her.
Gretchen Berg – Wilcox's secret facility
Gretchen was in a holding cell. She was promised that she would be released after she had told them everything but after complying with their requests they placed her here. It seemed she was a prisoner. It seemed that everyone was a villain these days or maybe she just did not know who to trust. Gretchen peeked through the bars on her door and saw a smartly dressed woman walk by.
"Excuse me." She said timidly.
The brunet woman stopped in front of her holding room and looked at Gretchen through the bars but making sure to keep her distance. "Yes?"
"My name is Gretchen Berg. Mr McKay placed me here after I answered all his questions and it seems that he has forgotten about me. Can you remind him to release me please?"
Macy was shocked at what she heard. It was a good thing that her boss fired McKay. "Mr McKay is no longer working here but don't worry I'll see to it that you are released, you poor girl. My name is Macy by the way." She said before going to Rebecca to report this atrocity.
/
Claire was in a different holding room. She was no longer bound and had the freedom to move about the room. It did not take too long for her to hear the sound of her door being opened. She stepped back unsure what to expect. A slightly overweight man came in with frilly hair and white shirt and black striped tie.
He calmly sat down on a bench located adjacent the door while Claire remained standing. "Hello, my name is Kenneth Wilcox."
Claire shrugged, "it's nice to finally put a face to the man whose been making my life hell."
"I'm sorry about that. It was unfortunate but…" Wilcox began a violent fit of bloody coughs. There was so much blood that he coughed out that it was now impossible to hide it. He placed his bloody handkerchief into his pocket. "I had no choice. I was desperate and dying."
Now Claire understood. This man had made her suffer because he was afraid of death and wanted her to save him. At the thought of it, Claire began to hate this man. This was what normal people were willing to do to exploit people like her and that fact made her blood boil but she did not show it.
"I need your help. I need your blood to heal me." Wilcox said.
"And if I refuse?"
"Then I will die."
"So, you're telling me that you would not forcefully take what you want?"
"I would prefer not to." Wilcox answered before he began violently coughing again. This time his handkerchief was beyond soaked with blood. "I will let you go after you help me of course."
Claire watched the man lose an abnormally large amount of blood through his coughing. She did not want to raise a finger to help him, not after all the things he had put her and Noah through but she could not only think about herself. These people may really have Gretchen. She was about to agree when there was knock on the door and a woman's voice accompanying it. Wilcox excused himself before leaving the room.
Wilcox met Rebecca outside of the room. Rebecca noticed how bad he was getting. He needed Claire's help as soon as possible. "I have bad news sir." She said. "Solver is here."
All the blood from Wilcox's face suddenly drained making him look even worse.
/
Wilcox entered his office to find Agent Solver sitting in his chair. Solver immediately got up. "It's about time Wilcox." Solver said.
"What do you want? If you haven't noticed I'm busy." Wilcox said.
Solver circled the sickly looking man. "Yes, that's not the only thing you are. I heard that you were able to capture Claire Bennett, congratulations! I'm just here to collect her."
"Collect her?" Wilcox said outraged. He made a mental note to make sure that Gillian McKay would pay for his betrayal. "I did not spend my resources trying to bring her here so that you could just take her."
"Why did you think we allowed you to get this far with your little project?" Solver said.
"I… I promised her that I would let her go after she helped me."
"You should not make promises that you are in no position to keep." Solver said walking away.
"I was in the position to keep this one!" Wilcox said roughly grabbing Solver's arm.
Solver pulled his arm away. "Careful Wilcox, you don't want to make me mad while you're on your death bed. Go find some green grass to lie in and die because the way you look now, a breeze could knock you over." Solver said laughing cruelly.
Wilcox began losing all hope. After everything he had done he would still die. No, he refused to believe it. Even if he owed his success and even his existence to another man that did not mean that he did not deserve to live like any other person. He had gotten this far, he could go an extra mile to live. He looked around his office and saw a sharp ornament with the USA flag on it. Wilcox grabbed the ornament and ripped the flag off it exposing its sharp end. He suddenly rushed Solver and began stabbing him with his newly acquired weapon.
Solver was taken by surprise when Wilcox attacked him before he could leave his office to collect Claire Bennett. He would have never expected Wilcox to do such a thing. He always deemed him as a weak coward who deserved to die. Therefore he reacted too late and before he knew it he was being stabbed multiple times. He held his abdomen where he was bleeding out. Then darkness began to slowly fog his eyes until he felt the force of gravity pull him to the ground. The last thing he saw was Wilcox brandishing the bloody weapon in his hands then nothing.
Peter, P; Gabriel, G and Ricky – Peter's Apartment
Peter and Ricky had just heard the disturbing news about Wilcox. Now Peter knew what Kenneth's agenda was.
"We have to stop him." Peter said.
"Yeah, I'm ready to roll-out if you are Boss!" Ricky said.
Gabriel, who had been sitting down, stood up. "I think it would be best if Peter and I do this on our own. We don't need any sidekicks getting in the way."
Ricky clenched his fists trying to hold back his anger. "You've done your job. You can leave!"
"I would but Peter will need help on this thing. Real help and not some wannabe."
Ricky was walking to Gabriel but Peter's voice stopped him in his tracks. "Just stop you two! This is not the time!" His phone began ringing and when he answered he heard Tracy. She explained everything she had learned from Noah and Lauren. Peter began telling her everything Gabriel had just told him and with that they both now had the full picture of Wilcox's scheme. Peter informed her that he and Ricky would try to stop him and save Claire. He had still not mentioned that he was working with Gabriel. Tracy said that Noah and Lauren were willing to work with him to also save Claire and that they would meet him at the base. Peter hung up and prepared for action.
They were getting ready to leave when Peter received yet another call from a number he did not recognise. He answered it but there was no answer on the other side. "Hello?" He repeated.
There was the 'beep' sound of a button being pressed as a reply.
"Emma!" Peter said. When they were still on speaking terms, before the whole 'Tracy-moving-apartment' thing, they would contact each other via text messaging. She would never call him unless it was an emergency and she had no choice, whether they were on speaking terms or not. "Emma, tell me where you are."
An automated message began playing. The message said where the public phone she was using was located.
"Okay. I'm coming, keep the line as long as possible. I'm coming Emma."
Gabriel looked at Peter. "I guess there's a change in plans?"
"I have to make sure she is okay."
"Well, I and your pet here won't be able to work well together." Gabriel said talking about Ricky.
"Pet! Pet!" Ricky shouted getting really angry.
Peter put his hand up to keep him quiet. "I can't help you save Claire and you and Ricky can't team up." Peter said thinking of what to do. "Ricky and I will go to Emma and you can go save Claire."
"Maybe we should reverse roles. I mean Emma likes me better than Claire does," Gabriel said teasing Peter a little.
"No!" Peter said. "The only person I know who can save Claire alone is you. If I still had my old powers we could reverse the roles but we can't."
Ricky wondered about Peter's old powers. He knew that Peter had an ability but he had never seen him use it nor did he know what it was.
"Fine." Gabriel said heading for the window. He sensed that Peter's reason for saving Emma was not a lie. He did believe that he was better suited to save Claire but simultaneously he sensed his emotions flare up whenever he spoke about Emma. He wondered if he would ever feel that way about another woman… again. "Tell Emma I said hi," he said before flying out of the window into the night.
Peter led the way out. Ricky hoped that wherever they were going he was going to see some action and not be a third wheel in a lover's tiff.
/
"Good luck." Tracy said to Noah and Lauren as they were leaving her apartment.
"Why don't you come with us? We could use the help." Noah said.
"I can't. I like Claire as much as anyone but I am not that person who uses her powers to fight some villain off anymore. I want to become better than that."
Noah nodded and left leaving Lauren behind. Lauren looked at Tracy for a moment. "You know Tracy you confuse me, you claim that you like Claire and yet you won't fight to save her. I wonder if you will fight for anything."
"I'm fighting for more power and freedom for myself."
"And how are you going to get it. You can't scheme your way into everything and what is the point of having power and freedom if there is no one else to share it with." Lauren said before she left to join Noah.
Ando – Samuel's hijacked Mainframe Site
Ando did not know why he was where he was. He was headed for the Mainframe site but somehow he took a detour and landed up a few blocks away from the original site. As soon as he arrived he felt the urge to leave. He almost did until he saw a very bad man from the past: Samuel Sullivan. He tried to ignored the feeling telling him to leave. He began coming up with excuses on why he should leave like finding Hiro; defeating Mainframe or even getting a cup of coffee but he stayed nonetheless.
He felt stupid for wanting to leave. If Hiro was anywhere it was most likely that he was here close to the bad guy and not with some Mainframe guy. When he saw Mainframe amongst the scattering crowd, he became more resolute to stay.
/
Emma saw Peter's car pulling up and he and a black person she did not know ran to her. They hugged, happy to see each other. "Are you okay?" He asked her.
"She nodded and signed the word trouble with her hands.
"What's the matter?" Peter asked.
She began signing but Peter could not understand what she was trying to tell him. She asked him for his phone. When he gave it to her she began to type in it and showed Peter what she had typed.
"No." Peter said.
"What is it?" Ricky asked.
"Samuel is back and his collected lots of people with abilities. We need to stop him."
Emma pointed Peter at the direction where Samuel was. He told her it would be safer if she stayed where she was. She protested and kept pointing at her cello, Silent Strings, to symbolise that she could help with her powers but Peter was having none of it. He did not want to put her in danger. He and Ricky ran off to face off against Samuel.
/
"So what can you do?" A teenage boy wearing a black jacket with short black hair asked another. The teenager's name was Luke Campbell and he honestly thought that this was just a gathering of lonely weirdoes. He was more convinced of this when he saw a lady playing the Cello.
"I ran a marathon." The other boy answered.
"Well congratulations but that's not a power." Luke answered dismissing the boy.
"No. you don't understand. I sprinted through the whole marathon from start to finish and when I got to the finish line I turned around and ran back to the start, with no breaks in between, without even slowing down."
The small group that had gathered gasped as they were impressed by the feat but Luke was not. He had seen a man use telekinesis and shoot lightning. The ability to win a marathon was too weak for him. "What about you, fatso?" He asked Mainframe who, along with West, had joined the group.
"Oh! I can control messages and data sent over the internet." Mainframe said.
"Anyone can send an Email." Luke Campbell said disappointed. He looked around and saw a goth girl who had kept quiet but had a cocky look on her face. She had an opened can of Coke in her hand that she was slowly drinking. "What about you?"
She smiled even more at his question and gave him the can to hold. The half full can of coke stood on Luke's outstretched hand. The goth girl placed her arm forward and opened her hand. She slowly closed her hand and the can was crushed and its contents spilled all over Luke. West giggled at the sight and he was joined by the rest of the group. Luke began to redden. These fools should not be laughing at me, he angrily thought. He was tempted to use his power to fry a few of them until the goth girl spoke.
"I can increase or decrease the air pressure around an object or in an area." She said. "You seem to talk a lot, I wonder what you can do."
Luke let the can fall to the ground and from his hand came out waves of radiation that struck the can thereby melting it. The goth girl smiled at him. It was obvious that they were impressed with each other.
"What about you?" Luke asked West.
"Oh me!" West said. "Well, I uhm… I can control technology."
Micah slapped his forehead when he heard West saying that he had his ability. "West, why didn't you tell them you can fly?"
"I don't know. The invitation was for you after all." West said into his earpiece which made the group look strangely at him.
/
Anita walked up to Samuel. "Some of the people are beginning to leave again. They say they are heading to the original event site."
Samuel realised that he had to speak to his people now in order for them to stay here. He got onto a box that allowed him to stand taller than the gathered people. "Ladies and Gentlemen! Thank you for coming to this event. This is the first of many. The first of many where our people can gather and be strong!"
"Who are you?" Luke shouted out.
"Me. I am Mainframe but I would prefer you to call me Samuel Sullivan."
The name rang alarm bells in Micah's head who was listening through West's earpiece. He searched Samuel's name online and saw that he was the carnival criminal who almost killed everyone who attended the carnival. "West! This guy is dangerous, you need to… "
Micah could not finish his sentence before Mainframe shouted out. "That is a lie! I am the real Mainframe!" Mainframe walked to Samuel.
"Do not listen to him. His lying, Samuel is Mainframe!" Voices said from the crowd. These voices were both Eli's clones and other people who Anita had under her control. The people began throwing insults at Mainframe following group mentality and peer pressure. Mainframe was trying to convince them that he was the real Mainframe but he could not get his voice was not loud enough.
West was angry at how these people were treating Mainframe. When he saw Eli clones approaching the fat man, he shot off the ground and tackled them away. "Mainframe! You need to get out of here! I'll take out Samuel." West rose above the crowds and pointed at Samuel. "I know who you are Samuel Sullivan. You're a criminal. Everyone don't believe…"
His speech was disrupted when a boulder was thrown at his direction. West flew out of the way and dodged smaller rocks. After dodging the last rock he began diving for Samuel at full speed but his momentum was suddenly stopped in mid-air. It was like he was suspended in mid-air and he could not move. He looked around for a reason to what was happening to him and saw that the goth girl had outstretched her hand in his direction and was stopping him with the air pressure. Now that his ability to dodge was nullified, Samuel had an easier target when he threw a rock at West causing him to crash to the ground.
Mainframe was already running away but when he saw West fall he screamed and ran to him only to be apprehended by more Eli clones. Samuel walked over to West and ripped out the device in his ear and raised it above his head.
"You see this! They are spying on us because they are afraid of us, they don't trust us. I say we don't trust them!" Samuel said and there was roar of support. Suddenly, Samuel saw Peter and Ricky charging at him from the corner of his eye. He raised up the Earth to envelope their legs and stopped them. Peter's mere presence only served to make him stronger and he would need all the energy he could get if was going to tear the city apart.
"Peter. Good to see you." He said.
"Shouldn't you be in jail?" Peter asked trying to break free from the ground.
"Administrative error I believe." Samuel answered. "When I told them that I could move the ground and failed to demonstrate my ability they thought I was a nut and sent me to an asylum. But I'm back now and I'm going to make them pay."
Ricky was able to get free of the earth bounding him by sending out a green pulse of energy to disintegrate the rocks surrounding his legs. He was preparing to send off a wave of energy in Samuel's direction when someone stepped in front of him. "Eli!" He said. Tracy and Eli were the people who had taught him to control his powers. What was he doing here?
"Thank you Eli." Samuel said.
Eli was working for the bad guy! But how and why?
"Ricky, blast through him!" Peter commanded.
"I can't" Ricky said staring and unable to bring himself to attack his former mentor Eli.
Matt Parkman and Lwando – India
They finally reached the entrance to the dog pit. Lwando appeared as a reflection in the metallic door. Her hand came out of the reflection and turned the handle to open the door to the dogs. The animals began barking loudly.
"Wait!" Matt said. "Won't they attack us?"
Lwando was hesitant to answer. She remembered being dangled over them by Amir Prakesh and they did not seem to recognise her. Was Thulani even still in them? No, she had to believe that it was not too late to save him. "No." She said before bravely coming out of her reflection world and stepping in the dog pit.
Some of the dogs growled at her and Matt but they did not attack. Matt placed Thulani's body in the centre of the pit and began using his powers. It was hard to find Thulani's consciousness in the dogs but he was able to do it. It was a delicate process, like trying to stitch together wet toilet paper without tearing it apart. He was doing well but then he felt the trance coming on.
/
Mohinder arrived at the holding cells. He ran through them and saw the appauling conditions the people were kept in. he stopped in front of a cell that had Sanjog in it. Sanjog was sitting calmly in a lotus position and he opened his eyes and looked happily at Mohinder.
"Sanjog! I'm going to get you out of here!" He said. Mohinder saw someone approaching from the corner of his eye. He saw that it was Priya one of the people he had examined for Amir. "Priya?"
Priya opened her mouth and began singing. "Do Re Mi Fa So Le Do!" She continually sang this over and over.
Initially, Mohinder did not fully understand what she was doing but then realised that she was using her ability. As soon as he heard the sounds of her voice, he began to lose his sense of balance. He fell on his knees as the world around him began to spin. All the meanwhile Priya took out a pocket knife and pulled the blade free, without stopping her singing and began to approach him.
Amir Prakesh – India (The past)
Amir was driving down the road. Ahead of him was his daughter's car that he could not catch up to with his stolen one. Ashvren's boyfriend drove and would bump up against Mirak's scooter. Mirak would occasionally wobble after the collision but he was able to get his scooter under control.
"What are you doing? Stop him!" Ashvren screamed.
"I can't. Not without causing an accident."
"Do it or else…" She warned him.
Ashvren's boyfriend stepped on the gas and was able to bump harder into the scooter. The scooter wobbled and Mirak fell over as his scooter skidded away. He got up from his fall and took his helmet off. His body was sore from the fall and he noticed that he was now on a bridge.
Amir was approaching the place where his daughter would die; she died on a bridge. He knew she was in grave danger now. He did not notice the pothole in the road and when he drove over it the car swerved into a tree. He survived the crash but cursed at his luck. He began running for the bridge that he knew was up ahead. He eventually got close enough to see the teens arguing.
"You could have killed me!" Mirak screamed.
Ashvren's boyfriend punched him and ordered to return his girlfriend's phone. Mirak began backing away, refusing to comply. Ashvren stepped behind him to block his escape while her boyfriend advanced.
Amir screamed knowing what would happen. "No…!" He was cut short when Hiro appeared in front of him and pushed him back. Amir saw Mirak trying to muscle his way past Ashvren. She lost her balance and knocked her head on a giant blunt nail with enough force to open her skull. Her body shaking epileptically was the last thing he saw before he was teleported out of there.
/
Amir and Hiro appeared in the hallway that Hiro had once spied Amir's daughter in. Amir fell to the floor crying.
"You… you stopped me from saving her." He said.
Hiro stepped back from the man who, even on his knees was almost as tall as him. "I'm sorry but things are better the way they are. I will not be responsible for bringing another evil Prakesh into the world."
"She would have been good!" Amir said trying not to sob.
Hiro took a deep breath before he answered. "A good person is kind, humble, respectful and tolerant. Things that you daughter lacked at the time of her death. Who would have taught her these things?"
"I would have!" Amir said getting up angrily.
"How? When you lack those qualities yourself!" Hiro retorted. "Where is Mirak? Is he even still alive?"
Amir got up and walked to the curved broad swords that hung on the wall in a cross. He withdrew both of them from their resting place. "I promise you Hiro Nakamura. I will destroy everything you love and hold dear!"
Hiro withdrew the Kensie katana from its own sheath around his shoulders. He was tied of the big man bullying everyone. It was time a little guy put him in his place.
They both began charging at each other and a loud 'CLANG' echoed through the hallway as their blades clashed.
Claire and Rebecca – Wilcox's Secret Facility
Claire had a plastic drip connected to her arm, draining her blood away. She watched as the blood bag slowly became bloated with the red liquid. She hoped that it would all be used up and not even a drop be left to go to labs to be tested and analysed but she knew that was wishful thinking. Rebecca was worried at the speed which the blood was being taken from Claire.
"I really wish you would have allowed me to give you something to eat." Rebecca said. "I heard…"
"Whatever you know does not apply to me." Claire said. "Even if you drained too much I would still be able to recover."
Rebecca nodded. When Claire had filled two bags, Rebecca thought it was enough and ordered the doctor not to collect any more. She got up and looked at Claire. "Thank you."
"Do you think he would have let me go if I refused to help him?" Claire asked about Wilcox.
Rebecca took a second to think and said, "Yes."
Claire looked down. "You hesitated when you answered."
Rebecca left the holding room.
/
Mary entered Wilcox's office and found that he was not there. She saw a trail of blood on the floor that ran under her feet and out to the door. She was worried when she saw the blood trail. Was Wilcox dead? Had his condition finally got him? Her questions were answered when Wilcox stepped into the office. He seemed just as surprise to see her as she was to see him. His shirt and hands had blood stains. He carried a black garbage bag along with a roll of paper towel.
"Sir? What happened here? Where did all this blood come from?" Mary asked.
Wilcox looked around her and saw that Solver's body was missing! What had happened to it? He had not moved it. He looked at Mary suspiciously but he saw by her confused look that she did not know anything. "This is my blood," he lied.
"But… if this is your blood then how are you still standing?" She asked. When Wilcox did not answer she knew that something was seriously wrong. Then she remembered that Solver had come. "Where is Mr Solver?" She asked looking at all the things that Wilcox was carrying; things that would be used to cover up a murder. Wordlessly, Mary ran passed him and out of his office.
/
Mary ran to Rebecca. "Rebecca. What the hell is going on?" She shouted hysterically.
"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked.
"I think Wilcox killed Solver." Mary answered.
"No, that's impossible. Kenneth would never…"
"I know what I saw! This has gone too far." Mary said before the facility's alarm went off. "I'm going to get Mindy and get out of here. I suggest you find Macy and do the same." She said before running off.
Rebecca did not know what to do. It felt like everything around her was falling apart.
/
Mindy was walking through the hallways before the alarm rang. She tried to find her way to safety but in her panic she got lost. She got to a section of the building where there was gunfire and saw people flying into walls. A man in a long black coat rounded the corner and she was faced with him. The man was tall thin and pale. He thrust his arm out and pinned Mindy to the wall. She knew that this may happen, that people like Claire would eventually come for her and maybe revenge.
Gabriel immediately noticed that he had made a mistake. When he heard the alarm he thought that they had discovered him, he began attacking soldiers. He had thrown a few well-armoured and armed soldiers against walls in hopes of knocking them out but not hurting them too badly. He was on a roll until he saw Mindy and by instinct he pinned her to a wall but she did not have a bullet proof vest on top of her white shirt and he doubted that she had a gun hidden in that black knee-high pencil skirt she was wearing. Her face also lacked a hardness to it; the girl looked like a delicate flower. The fear she felt was beginning to agitate him. He let her fall to the ground on her knees before continuing on. He stopped in his track when he heard a voice that was almost like a whisper of wind.
"Please, don't harm him. Don't hurt Mr Wilcox." Mindy said without getting up or without even daring to look at him. "He's a good man."
Gabriel looked back at her and felt off of her great compassion to the man in question. He guessed that Wilcox must be as manipulative as he was when he used to call himself Sylar. "Funny, last time I checked good men did not kidnap women."
Her eyes began to water. How would Mr Wilcox survive this? She thought to herself. "He has his reasons."
Gabriel walked on saying, "don't we all."
/
Gretchen was being released by a soldier and then they heard an alarm go off along with a few gunshots. The soldier realising her looked at her and shoved her back into her holding room before closing the door.
"Wait! I'm supposed to be released!" She said through the door.
"It might not be safe. Stay here!" The soldier said before running in the direction of the gunfire.
Gretchen waited for a little while and then the gunfire stopped. She tested the door and found that the soldier forgot to lock it. She pushed it open and ran out into the hallways. She did not know where she was going but she did know that she wanted to get out of here.
/
Noah and Lauren had already successfully infiltrated the building when the alarms went off. They both doubted that they had caused it but it put them under pressure nonetheless.
"This is the last thing we needed." Noah said.
"Tell me about it. We just need to move fast." Lauren said opening a holding room and seeing nothing in there. She moved on as Noah checked the room in front. They worked like a coordinated machine, hoping to find the holding room that had Claire.
Noah noticed a black man coming out of the corner. He pushed Lauren into a holding room before the man could fire at them. Noah returned fire and got two shots at the man. The man did not even attempt to dodge or find cover, he kept coming at them. Lauren also got a few shots at their enemy but the man did not slow down. He kept returning fire at them.
"This guy isn't going down and he has no bullet proof vest on. How is he still standing?" He said, ducking gunfire from their target.
"We need to get him out of the way, fast." Lauren said. "One of us needs to do it to give the other a chance..."
"No! We stay together." Noah said.
She sighed as she knew what had to be done. She pushed him to the floor and shut the door as she ran into the hallway. She ducked and weaved while running for safety. The man ran after Lauren running past the room that Noah was in. When Noah got out it was already too late, he could hear gunfire some distance away. He resisted the urge to chase after them and help Lauren, instead he continued to look for Claire.
/
Claire sat in her holding room. Outside she could hear the alarm ringing and gunfire. She also heard panicking men giving and confirming orders. She wondered what was going on. She was startled by two gunshots that sounded very close. When she heard her door beginning to open, she got up and prepared herself to fight. The door opened and she saw a man with a pair of horn rimmed glasses that reflected the light, hiding his eyes but not his smiling face. Claire ran to him not to fight but to hug him.
"Dad!" She happily said.
Noah returned the hug briefly, happy to have her daughter back. "Come, we need to get out of here." He said leading the way out.
Hiro Nakamura and Amir Prakesh – India
Hiro was struggling to win the sword fight. Amir was an exceptional swordsman and Hiro was not accustomed to having a sword fight against an opponent with two swords and Amir's long reach more than made up for the short length of his twin curved swords. He was being constantly pressed back as he parried and blocked Amir's slashes.
Amir was able to keep the pressure on. His size allowed him to outpace Hiro with each step, so he could not escape to get a breather. He knew it would not be long before Hiro succumbed to his furious attacks. Not many could withstand his intense sword fighting technique for long. Not even some of the world's finest swords masters; masters which he was taught by since the age of fifteen.
Hiro could sense that he was approaching a wall and he would soon be cornered and have no space to retreat. If he could, he would teleport to a more favourable position but to do that he needed some time to concentrate and he sensed that if he did not place all his focus on fighting Amir, he would not have a head to focus with.
Amir began placing more force into his blows which made it harder for Hiro to defend. Hiro realised that his small size was always a disadvantage but against someone as big as Amir it could be used as an advantage. The next swing that Amir took at his head he did not block; instead he dropped to one knee and swung his katana at Amir's legs. He expected to hear the sound of the Kensie sword cut through flesh but was disappointed when he heard the 'clang' created when Amir blocked his attack. Of course, he thought, just as everyone Hiro has ever fought was taller than him so it should be obvious that everyone Amir has ever fought was also shorter than himself. So he would have naturally learned to defend against low attacks.
Amir swung at Hiro's head with the other sword. Hiro pushed himself back causing the sword to miss most of his neck but it caught him on the bridge of his nose. Amir moved forward and brought both his swords down in a V motion that would meet at his opponent's head. Hiro was able to get his sword up, parallel to the ground, just in time to block Amir's deadly swords. Hiro saw that from this position he could make an opening or since he had a little time, he could teleport to a new position. He decided to press his advantage instead of waiting for another.
Hiro made an arch motion with his katana forcing Amir's swords to the side then he began his own furious bout of attacks. The one advantage that the Japanese katana had over the Indian curved broad swords was that the katana could be used for both slashing and penetrating thrust attacks, an advantage he tried to exploit. Although he was able to stun Amir enough to make him adopt a more defensive technique, Amir was able to regain his composure. He was able to trap Hiro's sword between his own two swords and by using a twisting movement, was able to disarm him while simultaneously kicking Hiro in the chest. Hiro slid on the floor after having been kicked in the chest while his sword flew away. His head came to hit the wall he was trying to avoid as he tried to regain the air that was kicked out of his lungs. The Kensie sword landed some distance behind Amir.
Hiro got up to a sitting position as he looked at Amir who was approaching him. Blood was flowing over his nose caused by the cut that he had sustained earlier from Amir.
"You have been defeated." Amir said with both his swords at his side while he approached Hiro. "What will you do now? You can teleport to your weapon, and then behind me and thrust it through my heart but you do not seem like the type who would do such things. You could go back into the past and kill me there and erase all the bad… and good I have done. You could go back in time and make sure that I did not take any prisoners but I promise you: that will have dire consequences. So what will you do, Hero?" He completed now upon him.
Hiro suddenly disappeared. Amir turned back and noticed that his katana was gone too. He raised his guard and swivelled around just in case Hiro was the kind who would appear behind his back and kill him. After a while, Hiro did not appear and Amir realised that he had abandoned the fight. He dropped his guard disappointedly. He wondered where Hiro could have gone, had he gone to change the past? Or had he simply ran away?
"Typical."
Matt and Lwando – India, secret base
Matt was still pulling the fragmented consciousness of Thulani out of the dogs and into his body. The trance was ever looming, trying to take over his mind but he continued to fight it off. He knew that at this rate it would not be long now before it won. Fighting it was made harder as he was using his powers at the same time. He was able to return 60% of Thulani's consciousness when he felt his consciousness begin to help in the process of righting itself.
Because he had his eyes closed in concentration he did not see some of the dogs walk up to the body of Thulani and touch it to return the consciousness stored within them. Matt felt that Thulani's consciousness was now completely restored. He immediately turned off his ability and began to fully focus on fighting off the trance.
Thulani's eyes began to open and the first thing he saw was Lwando's smiling face. "You saved me, my Dark Beauty." He said.
It took all of her inner strength not to cry at seeing the person she loved most on Earth. She hugged him tightly and she felt like she would never let go. But she was forced to when a man entered the pit with an AK47. Thulani touched the nearest dog and shifted a piece of himself in it, thereby taking control of it. He made the dog charge at the man. The man got off a few shots before the dog tackled him down and ripped his throat open. The other dogs began to crowd the downed man and they finished off the job. The dog that Thulani had possessed began limping back to him. It whaled and squealed as it was badly hurt. Thulani touched it and took back his consciousness before it limped away and died.
"Let's get out of here." He said in French.
"No, I promised him that I would help him find his son. I owe him." Lwando answered in French.
"He saved me and I just saved him. We're even. Let's go." He said caressing her cheek.
Lwando looked at Matt who was on his hands and knees trying to fight off the trance. She felt guilty leaving him like that but she had to get Thulani and herself to safety. She grabbed him and pulled both her and Thulani into a reflective part of the wall.
Matt could feel the trance about to win until he realised what he had to lose if he should fall to it now. He thought of his family: his wife who was waiting for him to bring back his son; his adopted daughter who had risked her very life to save him. With that he was able to fight the trance and push it out of his mind. He knew then that he would never be a victim of it again. When he looked around all he saw were dogs feasting on a dead body but no Lwando and no Thulani. He had failed.
Peter, Ando, Samuel, etc – Mainframe's hijacked site
Peter was bound and Ricky still refused to strike Eli down. Luckily for him he was not the only one there who was against Samuel. Ando snuck up behind Samuel and prepared to shoot out his energy. Samuel spotted the crimson light and threw up a boulder in front of its path. The lightning-type energy hit the boulder and broke it apart.
Peter was surprised to see Ando; he half expected Hiro to appear close behind him. He needed to help in this fight because Ricky was not helping things. Samuel could kill them with this amount of people with abilities around. He realised that since Samuel could use his powers, he too could do the same since it was the last power he had copied. He focused and made the earth around his feet disintegrate. Samuel thrust his arms out in an attempt to hit Ando with the moving ground but his wave of earth stopped inches from its target. Samuel was confused, what could have possibly stopped him. He looked out and saw Peter with his arms out. Samuel lifted a boulder up and threw it towards Peter. Ricky and Eli jumped out of the way but Peter stayed in place and used his terakinesis to stop the oncoming boulder in mid-air. Peter broke the boulder into smaller rocks with his ability.
Luke approached Peter from behind and fired a ray of radiation at his back. Peter fell over moaning. Now that Peter had been taken out Samuel could focus fully on Ando who had begun to charge him. Samuel made a new wave of earth that hit Ando. Ando fell on the cracked on the pavement with blood coming out of his mouth and eyes.
"Ando! No!" Peter said feeling his anger rise and involuntarily making the ground shake.
"That's it Peter. Help me, help me destroy everything!" Samuel said also shaking the Earth trying to tear it apart.
A crack began to appear as multiple cars lost control and street lights fell over. The crowd that had gathered around Samuel failed to stay on their feet as he and Peter shook the ground beneath them. Peter finally came to his senses; he was destroying the world he was trying to protect. Through force of will he was not only able to minus his part in the earthquake but he was able to stop Samuel's. The Earth stood still again. A drop of sweat fell from Peter's forehead because although it seemed that he and Samuel were simply standing still and staring at each other, across a crowd of people who were slowly getting up after the tremors, they were actually locked in an intense invisible battle. While Samuel was trying to tear the city apart Peter was trying to keep it together. He saw from the corner of his eye that some of Samuel's loyalists were approaching. He saw Luke readying to fire another stream of radiation at him but he could not defend himself lest he loses the battle with Samuel.
"Come on Ricky, where are you?" He said under his breath.
Ricky was surrounded by clones of his mentor Eli. He was hesitant to use his ability. "Why are you doing this Eli? Why are you working with the bad guy?"
"Maybe it's because I am a bad guy." Eli said.
"No you're not. Ms Straus is not a bad guy; you're not a bad guy!"
"You're wrong kid." Another clone said.
"Then I will blast you if you don't get out of my way!"
"Would you do that?" One clone said. "Would you hurt me?" Another completed.
"I know the real you, the Prime is not here."
"Oh but the Prime would be here." A clone that Ricky could not see said. "Especially if he knew that you would be unwilling to hurt him."
Ando began to open his eyes. He had taken a bad hit. His head was throbbing; his ribs and other bones were broken and he found it hard to breath. It felt like he was dying. He looked around and saw that Peter was about to be attacked. It was impossible to beat Samuel because he had all his supporters, which made him and Peter outnumbered. In order to defeat Samuel they had to take away his main source of power, his people. Maybe Samuel could do that for them, Ando thought.
Ando forced his battered body forward to Samuel. People did not pay him any attention; he was just another man getting up after the mysterious earthquake. When he got close enough he grabbed Samuel's leg and sent a pulse of energy into him, effectively supercharging him.
Samuel kicked him away but then he could feel something different. His power had increased exponentially. He did not need all these people to rip the city. He could do that with a few but with this many he could make the whole world shake. He was now all powerful. He began making the city shake and all the surrounding areas. Peter tried to stop him but Samuel's power was now on a whole new level then his. He felt like a pebble trying to stop a tsunami and even he fell in the midst of the new earthquake.
People around began panicking as cracks appeared in the ground. Anita stumbled to Samuel and grabbed his jacket. "Samuel, please stop doing this! You're putting us in danger!"
"Get away from me!" Samuel screamed pushing her away. "I no longer need you! I don't need anyone! I am a god amongst mortals and you are all beneath me!" He said intensifying his earthquake.
Ando began to think that maybe it was not such a wise idea to boost Samuel. Ando may have actually helped to destroy the world or at least had a hand in it. The shaking suddenly stopped as his power boost ended. Samuel was surprised when all that power just disappeared.
"No! Where did my power go?" Samuel screamed. He saw Ando getting up on his feet. "You… you gave me the power. Give it to me again now!" He screamed, foaming from the mouth.
Ando prepared to strike Samuel with his power. When Peter got up and saw Ando ready to use his powers on Samuel again and shouted, "Ando don't'!" But it was too late; Ando thrust his hands out in a tiger symbol and a powerful burst of orange electricity came out and struck Samuel, knocking him out cold. Peter was relieved to see that Ando's power worked.
The clones that had surrounded Ricky were all gone. He guessed that they must have disintegrated during the Earthquake. He went to join Peter and Ando. Some of the people who were made to be loyal to Samuel by Anita began surrounding them. Peter then had an idea.
"Ando, you made Samuel stronger, can you do that for me?" Peter asked.
Ando grabbed Peter's arms and sent a pulse of supercharging energy into him. Peter's power did not grow, he could not move as much earth as Samuel could when he was supercharged. Then he realised that maybe it did not supercharge his terakinesis but his original ability. Peter grabbed Ricky and copied his ability.
"Ready for a team up, Ricky?" Peter said.
Ricky nodded and back to back they released a combined wave of green energy that knocking the oncoming attackers away. Peter simultaneously shook the ground to make all the people he and Ricky did not get to fall over.
Anita recovered and walked to the closest person she could find who turned out to be Luke. She grabbed him and looked into his eyes. Samuel had proven to her that he was just using her and he wanted him to pay. It did not take long for her to find Luke's hate for Samuel. The boy was strange in regards to how he felt hate for everyone he had ever met. For him to do what she needed him to do she had to increase his hate for Samuel to massive amounts.
The people had begun to recover from Peter's and Ricky's attack. They looked like they would attack again but then a song played and they all began to disperse. Peter looked at where the song was coming from and saw Emma playing Silent Strings.
Everyone was leaving except for one boy, Luke. His hate had made him deaf to the effects of Emma's song. When Samuel regained consciousness he saw Luke standing over him. He smiled at Luke but that was quickly wiped away when Luke directed a large amount of radiation at his face. Samuel screamed as his face burned and boiled as he eventually died.
Ando suddenly collapsed, succumbing to exhaustion and his injuries. Emma came to Peter's side who was trying to help him. He was fading fast and there was little either medical practitioner could do. All they could do was hope that he lasted until an ambulance came.
Ricky wandered about, making sure that everyone was leaving without causing trouble. He stopped when he saw Eli lying on the floor. He was bleeding from his forehead and did not look well. Ricky dragged him and rested his back on a tree.
"Are you okay?" Ricky asked. "I'll get my boss. I'm sure he can help…"
Eli raised his hand to stop him then smiled at Ricky. "You look like you're happy, Ricky. Working for your new… boss."
"He's a good guy." Ricky said. "…like you."
"You still think that's true, huh?"
"I know it is."
Eli laughed a little before coughing. "I hope your right kid." He said as he began to disappear. "Maybe next time we meet, we'll be on the same si…" The clone disintegrated before it could complete its statement.
Mohinder – India
Mohinder could not stand up. Priya was still singing her song which made his mind spin. He did not know up from down; left from right. When Sanjog saw that Priya approaching him with a knife he took out his cup and threw it at her. The cup hit the bars of his cell and smashed into pieces. Priya was not even fazed as she continued forward like a predator readying to pounce on its prey, the prey being Mohinder.
A piece of glass landed besides Mohinder. Or was it further away? In his state he could not tell but he reached for it nonetheless and was surprised when he got it. He raised it and stabbed himself in the arm. The pain was enough to force him to get up. In his sudden rise he mistakenly knocked Priya down and because of his immense strength he unintentionally knocked her unconscious.
Now that Priya was no longer singing all his coordination had returned. He grabbed the bars to Snajog's bars and ripped them off their place. He then freed Sanjog from the chain that bound him to the bed by snapping it like it was a piece of string.
"We need to free the rest." Sanjog said. And that is what they did. Mohinder exited the facility with more than a two dozen people and for some of them it was a long time since they had seen the sunlight. They had done it; they were free from Amir Prakesh.
Lauren Gilmore – Wilcox's Secret Facility
Lauren kept running while firing at her unstoppable pursuer. She was certain that she had put at least eight bullets in him and yet he still kept coming after her. She knew she was dealing with a 'special'. She made a turn into a dead end and was now cornered. She fired two shots before she ran out of bullets. The man smiled and raised his own gun pointing it at her. It did not seem that he would think twice about killing her.
"Where is she?" He asked her.
"Where's who?"
He squeezed the trigger but heard the disappointing sound that told her that the gun was empty. Lauren saw this as her opportunity and charged at the man. Valery was not scared when he saw the woman charge at him. Lauren threw a punch putting all her weight and momentum into it. There was a loud smack sound as her fist collided with his face. Valery fell on his back and tried to get up. Lauren was quickly on him and began beating at his face. He was able to grab both her hands and forcefully throw her off him. While she was getting up Valery kicked her in the face causing her to fall back into a wall.
Above her head Lauren saw a fire extinguisher. She reached up for it before Valery was upon her and when he was close enough she swung it at him. Valery jumped back and narrowly missed the thick metal of the extinguisher. He realised he had made a fatal error in underestimating this woman, an error he would not commit again. When she swung and missed he took the opportunity to rush forward. Lauren side stepped him and blinded him by spraying foam into his face. His arms were swinging wildly and blindly. When Lauren tried to hit him with the extinguisher again, more by luck than skill, he was able to grab it and wrench it away from her.
Now she was without a weapon and Valery was quickly regaining his sight. She kicked his legs out from under him. He fell on his face and Lauren was on him very quickly. She grabbed his arm and held it in a shoulder lock. Valery tried to struggle free but she twisted her hold causing pain to shoot to his shoulder.
"Careful fella," she warned. "I've dealt with people like you before. Invulnerable is it? Skin can't be penetrated, bones can't be easily broken but they can be popped out of their joints. Like your arm that I have right now, one big twist and it will pop out of its joint and trust me when I say it will hurt."
"You think I fear pain! Even with one arm you would still not be able to stop me from finding her." He said beginning to rise regardless of the pain.
Lauren was scared that this guy was willing to lose his arm to get at her. "Finding who?" She said trying to keep him under control.
Valery stopped rising for a little while he answered the question. "Don't lie to me. You know I'm talking about Claire!"
"Wait, are you Rene's nephew."
"Yes, you know my uncle?"
"He said to be careful of you. That you may have something to do with Claire's kidnapping." Lauren said.
"Of course, I'm new to the family so he still does not fully trust me. Claire and I were ambushed and they were able to take her but I tracked them here and I came to save her." He said.
"Then we are on the same side." Lauren said releasing her hold on him and getting off his back. Valery got up. Lauren thrust her hand out in a gesture of peace, "I'm Lauren."
Valery shook her hand. "Valery."
/
Gretchen was running around in a panic, trying to find her way out of the building while dodging soldiers. She ran into a hallway and saw someone she did not want to see. She saw Gabriel and was startled. Gabriel was as surprised to see her.
"You!" She said quickly stepping back.
"Gretchen?" He said.
Gretchen stepped out into a hallway and into the path of three soldiers who had a lot adrenaline running through their veins. When they saw her suddenly step into their line of fire they opened fire and treated Gabriel a front seat view to her being shot down. She fell onto the ground and he ran to her side.
"No!" He screamed using his telekinesis to throw the soldiers into a wall. They fell on the ground sustaining broken bones. He could feel nothing from her, no emotion, no fear; he knew that she was dead. He felt confused as he did not know what to do. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice calling the dead girl's name.
"Gretchen!" Claire said seeing Gabriel kneeling over her friend's dead body. Noah had his gun drawn and pointed it at Gabriel's head.
Gabriel wanted to explain but could not find the words. How could he tell these people, the people with more reasons than anyone to hate him, that this was not his fault.
"Get away from her, Sylar!" Claire screamed before Noah opened fire.
Gabriel was able to divert Noah's bullets away from his head while he made his escape. He knew that they would never understand so all he could do for now was run. Claire ran to her friends body crying. Her tears fell on Gretchen's blood mixing the two liquids. "Maybe I can give her my blood and save her." She said sobbing.
Noah felt for Gretchen's pulse and shook his head. "It's too late. You can't save her and we need to go." Noah hated to be so cruel but they had to leave if they were going to escape.
Claire knew she needed to go and it would not benefit anyone if she stayed with her dead friend but she could not bring herself to do it. "I can't just leave her here." She said knowing that Noah would pull her by the arm to get her away from this place but he surprised her and lifted Gretchen's body in his arms and handed Claire his gun.
"Then we won't leave her here." He said before they ran for the exit
/
While making their way out their path was blocked by a group of men who fired at them. Claire was able to take a few of them out by shooting at their legs. Noah noticed from behind that the man that Lauren had led away was running fast to him. He still held Gretchen's body and his weapon was still with Claire who was clearing a path for them. He could not fight so he prepared for the worst. He was surprised when the man passed by him and helped Claire take out a few more of the enemies but while Claire did not kill them, he did. She was happy to see him and while they ran out, through tears she explained to her father who Valery was.
Once at the door they saw two more guards who were swiftly taken out by Lauren who had positioned herself at a place where she could pick off anyone with her sniper gun. Lauren brought the getaway car around and they all jumped in and drove away to safety.
/
Wilcox received the lifesaving blood in his office. As each drop of blood was being pumped into him he could already feel the healing effect of it. He got better and better with each pint that entered his veins. Rebecca was acting coldly towards him, no doubt that it was because Mary had told her about him killing Solver. Mindy and Mary could also not be found; he guessed that they had left his service or at least that's what he hoped. He was worried about them because their whereabouts became unknown during the commotion of gunfire and alarm ringing. He was relieved that both Macy and Rebecca were safe and that if Mary and Mindy would talk to him he would have a lot to explain to all four women.
The last of the blood was gone and he was free to move around his office again. He rolled down his sleeve as the blood had even healed the puncture that the needle, that was forced into his forearm, had made. His office had a few guards posted in it to protect him, his assistants and the doctor performing the blood transfusion.
"Did it work sir?" Macy asked.
"It seems so." He said looking at them smiling. Only Macy returned his smile while Rebecca still looked neutral.
Then something strange began to happen. A sheet of water began entering under his locked office door. It first started out as a little amount but then a lot began to pass through. The guards raised their weapons to the closed door not fully understanding what was going on. The water covered the carpet and got Rebecca's and Macy's shoes wet. Suddenly a wave of water burst the double doors open and knocked out a few of the guards along with Macy. Rebecca was also knocked off her feet by the sudden wave. From the water a humanoid figure began to rise and solidify into flesh and bone.
Rebecca was horrified at what she saw and was even more horrified when she saw that the humanoid figure began to look like Tracy Straus. The remaining guards who were left standing or regained their consciousness began firing at her. The bullets harmlessly ripped through her liquid being. Tracy raised her watery arm and sharp ice shards shot out of it and struck the shooters, effectively killing them.
When all the guards were down she began to walk to Wilcox while beginning to turn back into clothes and flesh. By the time she reached him she looked completely normal. Her fine suite did not give away the fact that she had just turned into a human from a body of water. Wilcox just back stepped trying to get away from her but there was nowhere he could go. Tracy's arm turned into water that was shaped into a bigger arm and with that he grabbed Wilcox and smashed him into a wall.
"You! You betrayed us; you used us; you used one of my people." Tracy said.
"Please." Wilcox said struggling to escape but Tracy's watery arm covered his face effectively making him drown.
"Please don't do this." Rebecca said on her knees on the wet floor. "Don't kill him, Tracy."
Tracy looked at the woman who she had not liked from the day she met her. She realised that she may need to kill her in order to make sure that there were no witnesses. He heard Wilcox gurgle and withdrew her watery arm from his face giving him access to air.
"Why should I? This is the kind of people that I am fighting against." Tracy said.
"But his not… please." Rebecca pleaded.
Then there was the sudden sound of a gunshot and Tracy saw a red dot, from which blood was seeping, in the middle of Wilcox's forehead. Blood began to fall on Tracy's water arm. Tracy withdrew her arm and turned it back to normal and Wilcox's now lifeless body fell to the floor. She looked around to see who had shot Wilcox. She saw a man lying on the floor, pressing his hand on his bleeding abdomen. Rebecca, who was also looking at his boss's killer, recognised the man as Solver.
Tracy looked at the stunned Rebecca and smiled. "I guess you were begging the wrong person." She said before she left the office. She walked past Solver as he was slowly dying from the stab wounds in his abdomen.
Hiro Nakamura – India
Hiro appeared inside a building. He walked to a structure he would only expect to see in a sci fi movie. The structure was a man-sized tube that was sitting on top of a machine and in the tube was a baby, Matt Parkman junior to be exact. He saw that the machine had a digital screen that had a count down sequence. When he touched the glass of the tube the timer would speed its count down. Just by touching the glass he had lost almost all of his time. He had only just a little over one minute left. He looked into the tube and noticed that the baby was on top of a weight register and he guessed that if the baby was removed something bad would happen, like a bomb going off.
"Amir is truly evil." He bitterly said rubbing the bridge of his nose, where there was a scar. It almost felt like a lifetime ago since he fought Amir but he knew that for everyone else it wasn't.
He began to think of a way to save the baby. The timer did not worry him as he simply slowed time down. He snapped his fingers when he realised what he had to do. He had to teleport himself and the baby away from this place but the trick was that he must do it without being in contact with the child. He closed his eyes in extreme focus. Then he disappeared.
/
Hiro appeared in the middle of a busy section in India with baby Matt in his arms. Once he saw the baby he thrust his hand into the air and screamed, "Yatta!" The baby began crying and Hiro tried to comfort him. "I'm sorry little Matt, I meant to say 'Yatta'." He whispered quietly in Japanese.
Janice Parkman – Parkman Family home, L.A
Janice Parkman sat in the kitchen all alone in the quiet house. Her tea was getting cold as she stared into space with worry painted on her face. As such, she didn't hear an Asian man, carrying a sword on his back and her baby in his arms, teleport to her son's nursery. She did not hear him place her baby gently in his crib and whispering goodbye to him before he teleported away. However, she did hear when her baby began crying when he was hungry. When she saw him lying there she happily picked him up with tears in her eyes.
2 days later
Matt, Molly and Mohinder – India
Matt was preparing himself to leave. He had just got off the phone with his wife. Molly was standing next to Mohinder as they were seeing him off.
"Thank you for your help guys." He said.
"I don't see why you're thanking us. Hiro is the one who saved your son. I should thank you for helping us save Sanjog." Mohinder said.
"Well, let's just say we both helped each other with our own missions." Matt said shaking Mohinder's hand. Matt looked at Molly who had said nothing. "Thank you too Molly. Without you… well I would still be nowhere."
"I'm glad I could help. Have a safe journey Matt." She said returning his smile.
Matt turned to leave but then stopped and turned back to them. "Come back with me, Molly." He said.
"What? No, I think we have established that we cannot live together." Molly said.
"We had a rocky start." Matt said to her and when she adopted a 'understatement-of-the-week' look on her face he rephrased, "okay, we had an awful start but Janice and I are willing to try again… if you give us another chance that is."
Molly thought about it and looked at Mohinder. He smiled at her. "It is totally your choice Molly. Whatever you decide, I…" He looked at Matt, "we will still love you and be proud of you."
Matt nodded showing that he agreed.
"Okay, I'll give it another try." She said. She had not unpacked her things so she was already ready to leave. She and Matt said their goodbyes and left for America.
Claire Bennett – Noah's apartment
Claire looked up at the mirror at her newly dyed hair. She had dyed it black so that she would be less recognisable. She was back home, no one was hunting her, she was not running away from anyone but she was not at peace. She stepped out of the bathroom to show her father how she looked like a brunette.
Noah smiled. "Who are you?" He said.
Claire smiled at the joke. She would have to get used to being a brunette. At least it would allow her to move more freely without being in danger of being noticed. "Dad, I have something to tell you."
Noah was worried about the tone she took.
"I can't let Sylar get away with everything he's done; to me, to you, to our family… to Gretchen." Claire said. "I'm going to find him and kill him."
"Claire, this is a dangerous path that you want to go down." Noah warned. "You will not come out the same person that you did when you went in. I would know."
"Well, regardless. I'm going to kill him." She said walking away.
At that moment Noah knew that there was nothing he could do or say to stop her. He was afraid that her daughter would eventually be like him.
Peter, Tracy and Ricky – Chicago
Peter, Tracy and Ricky walked into the building. It was empty now but soon it would hopefully be filled with people and equipment.
"The government came through, huh?" Tracy said. "These headquarters will serve our purpose well."
Ricky whistled. "Can I also get a government grant? There's a few mansions on the Eastside that will serve my purposes."
Peter smiled and looked around. "Soon this will be the headquarters of the Company and from here we'll bridge the gap between them and us." He said looking into the massive building. He felt he was close to achieving his goal. He had gained the trust of the government now all he had to do was save the world from war.
Hiro and Ando – Japan, Nakamura Technologies
Ando and Hiro were in the executive room of Nakamura Technologies. Ando's face was still bruised from his fight in America but considering how badly he was hurt he considered himself lucky to be alive let alone walking. He was listening to Hiro tell his him about his adventure in India. He was still a little annoyed that Hiro was in India while he was looking for him in America. However it seemed that they both had scars from their respective adventures, Ando had more though.
"Wait, so you're telling me that you could not save baby Matt because if Amir did not get him, many bad things would have happened?" He said in Japanese
"Yes. It was also like that with some of the other prisoners he had. Amir had placed protocols in place to ensure that if he had ever failed to attain a certain prisoner that many people would suffer for it. He placed himself in a time knot. If I unravelled one part of the knot, the whole thing would fall apart." Hiro said equally in Japanese.
"Oh like a locked timestream." Ando said.
"No, I'm calling it a time knot."
"But locked timestream…"
"When you're a master of space and time you can name the events and scenarios." Hiro said. "Now as I was saying, I could not change the past so I had to simply change the present. Mohinder was able to save the other prisoners and I had to save baby Matt. I had to stop time for a year, well technically not because time was stopped but you get what I'm saying. I stopped time and looked for him until I finally found him and saved him."
"Wow, when you say you'll do whatever it takes to save the day, you are actually serious aren't you." Ando commented.
"Yes, so are you right." He asked rhetorically.
"Uhm… Ouch! My body hurts."
Hiro rushed to his friend's side. "What hurts, how can I help."
"Get me my pills painkillers." Ando said.
Hiro ran out to get Ando's medication. Ando breathed a sigh of relief now that he had successfully avoided Hiro's question. He was not totally lying, his body did hurt. Kimiko came into the conference room to see his fiancé.
"Where is Hiro running off to?" She asked Ando also in Japanese.
"To get me my medication." Ando said standing up.
"Thank you for bringing him back home. I'm sorry that you got hurt."
"Anything for you. Hopefully I'll be back to full health before our wedding." Ando said.
"I'm sure you will." Hiro said coming into the room and placing the bottle of medication on the table.
"Yes Ando, listen to your future brother in law." Kimiko said hugging Ando. She looked at Hiro who was happy to see the closest people in his life happy. "Oh come in here you!"
Hiro smiled and shouted, "group hug!" before he joined them. There was no doubt that the bond between these three was strong.
The end…
Author's Note
Phew! Made it. It was fun and sometimes hard to write. Hopefully I can make a sequel one of these days. If you did not know this was my first little ditty, so if you are able and willing to, please give me some feedback. Yeah, tell me I suck and why I suck so that in the future I may suck less. Or you can tell me how great I am (just a thought). Thanks for reading!