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They were in the car again, Sylar must really like to drive, or at least drive a lot. That's probably why he takes money off of most of his victims, gas prices are high. Rei was a bit calmer this time around, she was used to the routine of inn hoping and driving for hours; they occasionally would stop at a McDonalds drive thru or something of the sort and eat, but other than placing orders, neither of them spoke. Sylar hadn't said anything to her since the incident at the first inn, and Rei hadn't felt compelled to start a conversation with someone who so easily killed others. So, their time together was silent, except for the sound of the radio.

Something else Rei noticed was that where normally Sylar would risk looks at her while he was driving and thought she wouldn't notice, or do little thing to try to annoy her, ask questions and such he didn't do anything. He was acting odd, and it was getting on the small girls nerves.

"Are you mad at me?" She asked, in a soft whisper but his enhanced hearing picked it up easily and he slammed on the brakes. Rei was looking right at him, expecting him to answer, but Sylar continued to stare straight ahead, and this frightened her.

"You know what he wanted to do to you?" He finally spoke and it took Rei a second to realize he was talking about the one inn keeper.

"Yeah.." She nodded, and he turned to look her in the eyes, an almost concerned expression on his face, which was odd for him.

"And, it doesn't bother you?" She shrugged, and for a brief second could have sworn she saw fire in his eyes.

"Why does it bother you?" She felt more confident during this conversation and was determined to get an answer, Rei looked Sylar in the eyes, and he looked away.

"It's not right…" He mumbled.

"And killing people is?!" Rei then proceeded in gasping and covering her mouth, how could she have shot a comment like that back at him? It was so unlike her. Sylar glared at her and the car started moving again. Rei shakily pushed her glasses back up her nose and tried her best to sink back into the seat and avoid his intense stare at her through the rearview mirror.

"Next town, we're stopping and I'm going to have a talk with you…" And with that he was silent. Rei could tell by his tone that whatever conversation they had in the next town was not going to be pleasant.

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"I'm guessing they were here." Noah remarked almost solemnly, the wind blowing his jacket and making a faint crackling noise. Hiro jogged over from his position outside of the hotel.

"What makes you think that Mr. Bennet?" Noah pointed inside the shed at the bloody body of the fat inn keeper, head sliced at the top. Hiro turned green and suddenly felt sick. "Poor Rei.." He mumbled, turning away.

"Don't worry we'll find them and if she's still alive, we'll have her with hardly any struggle." Noah tried his best to reassure Hiro and himself, he too turned away from the shed and closed the door. Noah then took a slim black cell phone out of his pocket and started dialing Angela's number.

"What makes you think it'll be so easy?" Hiro asked almost stunned by Noah's confidence, did he know who they were dealing with?

"Because," Noah clicked the talk button on his phone and put it up to his ear, "We have the Haitian."

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This was a slight change of scenery; they were in a hotel this time. A nice, good quality Holiday Inn, 6th floor, 3rd door on the right. Rei didn't really have the time to dwell on this though, no, she was a nervous wreck scared out of her wits by Sylar. She hated how he frightened her so easily; she longed to be someone stronger so she could push him around. Rei was sitting on the edge of the twin sized bed, one hand clutching the blanket tightly as she gazed up at Sylar looming above her. The other, pushed her glasses up her nose.

Every time she did that, pushed her glasses, read, even tied her shoes Sylar would stiffen, it was the spitting image of him, the gestures, even the way he'd talked. Rei was starting to freak him out a bit because of the similarities. However, he knew about himself, knew his reasons for being who he had been, knew his motivations for becoming who he was. Sylar knew about himself, but Rei, Sylar couldn't understand her, he didn't get why she was so shy, why she didn't recognize him as her father, and why she had more than one ability. Sylar knew a lot, it was his original ability, to understand things, he understood that the powers he'd stolen were not genetic, he could not take lie detection from someone, teach himself how to use it, and have that knowledge simply passed onto his child, it didn't make sense. He wanted to know, know what made her tick, what abilities she had, what her past was like, why she was the way she was. But at the same time, he didn't want to hurt her. So the simple slice 'em dice 'em strategy was out. It was time for plan B, interrogation.

"Rei," He loomed over her trying to frighten her into saying what he wanted but not so much as to stop her from speaking like the last time. "You're going to tell me everything, show me, everything." A confused expression filled Rei's face; this wasn't what she had been expecting.

"W-why?...What do you mean?" Sylar was becoming frustrated; he at least needed to know what Rei was capable of.

"Show me your powers…" He growled and Rei was hit with a random wave of courage despite herself.

"What's in it for me?" She growled back and Sylar was taken a back. He stepped away from her and viewed her quizzically.

"In it for you?" He then threw her against the wall. Rei gasped, breathless from the impact of being telepathically thrown into a hard surface. He approached her, raising his finger threateningly, he wasn't going to do it of course, and he'd slacked off at restraining her with his ability but she didn't need to know that.

"Go ahead." She murmured, "See if I care, slice me open." She looked up, her eyes meeting his, "Do it." It was then in that moment that Sylar realized why nearly being raped and sexually harassed by the man had not bothered her, Rei had no real will to live, and the first person he blamed for this, was himself.

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Noah was driving again, nearly speeding down the highway. They had a lead, a good one, that blood was fresh. They could catch him. Noah had called a team to the scene in order to get it cleaned up before anyone saw. It was a crappy inn so he wasn't really worried about it. Hiro on the other hand seemed to be worried about a lot of things. He sat with his hands folded on his knees, shaking and extremely pale, thoughts of all the horrible things Sylar probably did or was doing to Rei rushing through his head. Noah sighed, and the Haitian sitting beside Hiro gazed out the window with a cloudy eyed expression.

"Hiro don't worry" Noah prepared to ask another question; Hiro looked up, slight panic in his eyes from his thoughts.

"I can't help it.." He mumbled back quietly.

"Hiro, what exactly were Rei's living conditions like back in her time?" Noah pushed his horn rimmed glasses up his nose and watched the Japanese man through the rearview mirror.

"Well, she lived in the bad part of New York," Hiro started, Noah nodded, a sign for him to continue. "She was adopted, her adoptive parents didn't talk to her much, and I don't think she had many friends…" Hiro knew if it wasn't for these things and more Rei wouldn't have come with him to the past in the first place and sighed. Noah had a pensive expression.

..Much like a young Sylar…" He mumbled more to himself then to Hiro. Hiro perked up in his seat.

"Does that mean she's still alive?"

"It means," Everything was suddenly quieter as the Haitian turned to Hiro and spoke for the first time since the trip had started. "Reivianna Gray is more like her father than we first estimated." Even quieter, Hiro sank back in his seat and started fidgeting. Noah frowned.

"That," He broke the silence, "Is what I'm afraid of…"

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Sylar lowered his hand and Rei slowly sank back down the wall until she hit the ground with a soft thud.

"I'm sorry." His face was shadowed and his voice quiet, totally unlike Sylar. Rei thought he was apologizing for pinning her to the wall.

"I-it's alright.." She stammered, loosing some of her confidence again, it seemed to come in waves. Sylar felt horrible, blaming himself for Rei's total loss of confidence and will to live. He sat on the edge of the twin sized bed and Rei crawled over to him, a mix of guilt and odd curiosity in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" The girl asked and Sylar looked up at her only to see a bit of his current self in her eyes, his Sylar self, and it disturbed him. It was then that he recovered from his little guilt trip and straightened up on the bed, so now he was looming over Rei, his dark self again and a sadistic smirk on his face.

"Rei? Tell me, do you like watches?"

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