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A/N: Well I watched the first episode of Volume 4 this morning and thought it was actually amazing! So it inspired me to write some more of this fic. Thank you for the reviews, they do also help inspire me to write more so please keep them coming!


Heroes - The Takedown - Peter/Claire

Chapter 2: Too Late To Turn Back

"I know Nath, but there wasn't anything else I could do." Peter lowered his head in shame as he stood in front of his brother in the Petrelli mansion. Nathan had made him feel so ashamed after letting Claire get her own way. But Peter knew it was inevitable.

"You could have said no Peter. I know her well enough to know that she'll back down sooner or later. You just needed to give her time."

"Back down? Claire? No way Nathan. She's more determined than you think, you don't know her well enough…"

"Don't know her well enough?" Nathan's voice grew louder as he interrupted his brother. "She's my own daughter Peter. Of all people, I should know her best."

"But you don't Nathan. She's never herself when she is around you. She's too aware of your ways to be herself around you because she knows you won't tolerate her having fun and being a normal teenager. She's smarter than you think."

Nathan shook his head and pushed his brother roughly against the wall, clasping the collar of Peter's trench coat as he did.

"Don't you ever say my daughter is scared of me…don't you dare say that again!"

"What?" Peter gasped as Nathan slammed his head against the wall in anger, Nathan loosened his grasp on his brother's collar as Peter's body slipped down the wall and to the floor. "You better be careful Pete, you know I can have you taken down with the slight click of my fingers. They'll have you locked away underground, and you'll never see the light of day again…"

Getting up slowly with ease, Peter smirked at his brother as he revealed too furious flames erupting from the palms of his hands.

"I don't think you'll want to be doing that."

Nathan backed away from his brother slowly, his hands shielded his face. He looked genuinely scared.

"Pete…"

Peter shook his head and let his hands fall back against the side of his body.

"You're not worth it anymore."

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Claire watched from the door quietly as her father and uncle bickered and bantered. She didn't know what to do. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea following her destiny, for the sake of her father, but he had never been there for her like Peter had and she was following her destiny in order to make Peter proud of her. That was what she had in mind anyway.

"I wish they would stop arguing," Claire whispered to herself quietly, but obviously it was loud enough for Peter to hear because he turned and smiled weakly at the young girl at the door.

Abruptly leaving the conversation with his brother, Peter walked over to Claire and put his arms around her lightly. "I'm sorry Claire, I promise this won't go on for long."

Claire smiled at the man and then glared at her father.

"You're not going Claire. I don't want to let you out of my sight, do you hear? You have to stop this."

The young girl's eyes narrowed at her father. She stepped forward, and smirked at the man who was looking at her with a stern expression spread heavily across his concerned face.

"Make me."

A surprised expression spread quickly across Peter's face as he watched the young girl standing up for herself. She was growing up so fast. Nathan stood in front of his daughter, shaking his head in shame.

"Do as you please Claire, but just think about it for a moment. If everything comes crushing down on you, there's going to be no one to save you."

"But Peter…"

"No Claire, even Peter won't be there for you. I've seen it before with my own eyes, destiny will tear you and everyone else around you apart, it'll turn you into an animal Claire."

Claire laughed at the father's comment. She twiddled her hair between her fingers teasingly and then walked a small circle around her father.

"Me, an animal? Little ole Claire Bennet? I don't think so, do you?"

Peter's Perspective

'What had I done? Was it because of me that Claire was turning into some demonic animal? It was like she was possessed, she was a completely different person. She wasn't her innocent, sweet, childish self anymore. She was strong, far too mature for her age and persuasive. She was beginning to scare me a bit, especially after seeing that look in her eyes that I had never come across before. It was almost as if she was gaining confidence and reassurance from other people's dismay and worry. What ever happened to her girly giggles and her happy-go-lucky ways? All she ever does now is smirk and manipulate people. I wish she would just be a normal, young, happy teenager again…I would do anything to see her genuinely smile again. Anything…'

A/N: Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please leave me a nice review and you should hope to see an update in the next week or sooner :)