Madrid knew there were plenty of women in the world that would want their husbands on their knees before them. Madrid would have enjoyed this too…if her husband's focus wasn't on someone else.

But she couldn't blame him.

"Hi there, baby." Carter whispered, pressing his check to Madrid's stomach. "I'm your daddy." He smiled, a flaming hand pressed to her tummy, her skin flashing purple. "And I want you to know, I love you very much. And I am going to make sure you and your mommy and your sister are safe."

Madrid placed her hands on his head. "What are you doing?"

Carter smiled. "Sending my love to our child."

"I want to talk to the baby!" Vally exclaimed, tugging on her father's hand. "Hi Gabe!" Vally called out. "It's Vally, your sister! You better hurry up and get big, I want to play with you!"

Carter chuckled, scooping Vally into his arms. "And you will, but you have to let the baby get strong enough."

"Gabe's already strong!" Vally stated. "He's like us!"

"Still, we don't want to rush him." Carter stated, flipping Vally onto his shoulders. The little girl giggles as he stood, letting her stare down at her mother. "Now Vally, I have a very, very important job for you."

"What's that, daddy?" Vally asked.

"You know how I am going to get that blood, so we can go home? Well, I need you to do something for me."

Vally grinned. "Sneak around and kick their butts!"

"Close." Carter laughed. "I need you to stay here…" Before Vally could pout, he continued, "…and I need you to protect Gabe."

Madrid frowned. "Uh…how will she protect Gabe HERE?"

"Because you'll be here too." Carter stated. Madrid narrowed her eyes, but he stared right back. "This isn't about me being over protective. This is about the baby…and I do not trust this world or its heroes for a moment. I'm not risking you…if I had an excuse to keep Eden or even Gabriel and his family out of this, I would. Just this once…I need my girls to sit this battle out."

Vally considered this even as Madrid looked ready to argue. "I'll do it!" She wagged her finger at Madrid. "Mama isn't going, or I'll punish her!"

"Is that so?" Madrid said with a dark smile, before grabbing Vally and tickling her without mercy. Her eyes told Carter though that they would be having a long chat when this was over.

^&^&^&^

Gabriel shifted.

Malcolm Grant…a man he knew was Prime Minister of Englad…was staring at him. His head, covered in a fine stubble of hair, was turned towards him, dark eyes taking in his movements. Malcolm wore a long, soft looking walking coat, a pair of heavy Doc Martins cladding his feet, which were kicked up on the table. A far cry from the suits Gabriel had always seen him in when on television.

"What?" he finally asked, turning towards the Brit.

"Did Peter pay you any silver?" Malcolm waved off Gabriel's stare. "I know…I know everything, and don't worry your pretty little head…I've seen why, I've seen how, and I've seen what will be." He held out his hands. "Mortals…and I don't say that simply because I will long outlive you…why do you think you can fool the Lord of Bloody Chaos?"

Gabriel narrowed his eyes. "You don't…"

"Understand?" Malcolm wagged his finger. "I understand more than even you could, boy. So don't get your panties in a bunch, I won't be telling…" he smirked, "I already know the ending to this story."

^&^&^&^

(Nightfall: Odessa Texas- Stronghold of the Justice Union of America)

Carter looked through the binoculars at the large warehouse before him. "Should I be glad that they didn't go for the floating space station?"

Tina snickered. "I'm sure Petrelli is working on that."

Carter nodded, pulling on his Azreal mask (though he was wearing a duplicate of Eden's duster) and looking back at the team he had assembled. Sarah was dressed just as Carter was, the two hoping that it would throw off Nathan and his team. Gabriel was dressed as Sylar, checking over his costume one more time. Malcolm had donned a light weight long coat, a black wool hat and a pair of tinted googles…which had made Elle comment he was wearing is "Bullseye" costume. Tina was wearing what Carter could only assume was the standard Amazon Outfit: Leather pants with bullet proof armor put all along it (dyed white), a sleeveless white shirt, a leather white coat, and a white wig.

Behind them stood several more amazons, each in their own variation of Tina's outfit, each of them checking their weapons.

"So we understand the plan?" Tina asked.

Claire raised her hand. "I don't…kidding!"

"Permission to beat her, my queen?" Charlie asked.

"Denied." Tina stated.

Carter glanced at the group. "Ok…remember our goal here is to get the vial of blood…tr not to kill too many people." The girls all moaned in prosest. "Fine, kill to your hearts content."

The girls squealed in joy.

Carter and Sarah shared a look.

"Alright…Sylar, Eden…you are with me. Amazons, you know to do…Malcolm…" He smirked. "Go play Bullseye."

Malcolm gave him a slight bow before he bgan walking towards the fortress.

^&^&^&^

"Sir…"

Nathan looked over at the tech. "What is it?" He had his mask firmly on, other heroes moving about the room, looking at the monitors.

"We have someone at the main gate…doesn't look like a civilian…but he doesn't look like any villain or hero I've seen."

"Well…he's wearing a black hat…and we are in Texas…" Hana "Wireless" Gietelman stated. "I'll patch into the microphones."

The man's voice filled the room. "Hello, ya yankee arse hole!" The man yelled. "I am looking for a shirt that says "Phresh" and a backwards hat!"

"What the hell?" Nathan muttered.

Knox frowned. "Who's the Colin Ferrel reject?"

Nathan frowned. "Send a couple guards."

Wireless nodded, eyes turning west. "Guards…to the north entrance…"

After a few moments, Nathan and his team watched as the guards slowly approached the man.

"Identify yourself!" One of the guards shouted.

The man bowed low. "I am but a simple farmer."

The other guard frowned. "You don't look like a farmer."

"I'm a special one." Before either guard could react, the man lifted his arms up, shooting each point blank. "I'm a lead farmer, (censored)!" Malcolm tilted his head. "Robert Downey Jr. for the win, bitch."

Nathan slammed his fist down as the Amazons leapt through the gate. "We're under attack!"

On the screen, the techs watched as Malcolm grinned, giving them a wink, before firing a shot at the camera.

^&^&^&^

"Do you feel bad about this?" Sarah asked.

"Feel bad about what?" Carter questioned. He, along with Gabriel and her, had snuck onto the roof, using whammy flames to take out the guards.

Sarah frowned. "Kill innocent men."

"They work for Nathan Petrelli…that doesn't make them that innocent."

Sarah considered this. "I suppose…"

"Besides, I know for a fact mom trained you to kill."

Sarah finally nodded. "Ok, I was just checking."

"Would you two be quiet?" Gabriel asked.

Carter frowned as he crackled his knuckles. "Yes, dad." He slammed his fist down, grunting as he ripped through the steel that covered the top of the Stronghold. "3rd floor, spandex, rolodex, timex and Adam Monroe's blood."

Gabriel glared at him. "I seriously can not wait to get my Carter back."

^&^&^&^

Knox cracked his knuckles, lashing out and sending one of the amazons to the ground. "Come on…you know you want to be scared…you know you want to tremble in fear."

Charlie glared at him, firing a blast of ice, Knox just avoiding the strike. "We Amazons are trained to never feel fear!"

Knox shook his head. "Then someone will just have to teach-"

SNNNIK!

Knox stumbled, clutching at his back where the knife had slid through. Behind him, Malcolm smirked. "And you are one of the bloody heroes, mate?" He kicked Knox in the ass before spinning around, throwing his knife right into one of the guards. "Bloody hell, girls, the heroes are evil, the killer are the ones with moral codes…this is just wrong!"

"Duck!" Tina yelled, Malcolm getting down just as she let loose a hail of gunfire at Snooze, sending him scurrying away.

"Shit, I am too old for this."

^&^&^&^

Carter and Sarah dropped down, looking about the corridor carefully. "Have you ever been here?"

"In my world its called Primatech…not that I can remember." He stated, slowly making his way down the hall. Gabriel followed behind, watching the rear. "But in my life…you can never be too sure."

"Azreal."

Carter turned, glaring at Wireless, who stood to his right, arms crossed. "Goody."

"You can't use your powers on me…" She stated. "I didn't bring any technology with me, and there is none in this hall."

"Is that so?" Carter asked.

"Just this gun…" She said, pointing it at Sarah. "Sylar, if you even twitch I will kill her." Gabriel froze. "Now then…hands in the air."

"Eden, you got this?" Carter asked.

"Yeah." She answered, raising her hands…and firing a whammy blast. Wireless fell, clutching her head as she screamed. Sarah stormed towards the Jewish woman, grabbing her by the throat. "The trophy room…"

"Down…down the hall…" Wireless whimpered.

"Thanks." Sarah said, throwing her down. "Come on."

^&^&^&^

"Well, this is going as planned." Tina said as she kicked Knox in the balls.

Claire grinned. "Why didn't we do this before?"

"Who knows…but maybe now we will get so respect from the men!" Charlie cried out.

Malcolm, however, was shaking his head. "Girls, I would get a move on…we don't want to be around here in the next minute."

"Why is that?" Another Amazon asked.

Malcolm sighed. "Because things are going to plan…just not how you think."

^&^&^&^

Carter grunted as he and Sarah ripped the large, bank-safe door from the wall. Both panted as Gabriel strolled through, whistling.

"You two are good."

Carter panted. "Thanks."

Sarah leaned against the wall. "Find the blood?"

Gabriel browsed the shelves. "Lets see…Thunder Head's helmet…bone sword of El Skeleto…"

"You're joking, right?" Carter muttered.

"The cape of Grand Master Morpho…"

Carter looked at Sarah. "The best thing you'll ever do is come with me and leave this insanity. My insanity is much cooler."

"So you say." She stated.

"Got it!" Gabriel called out, holding up the vial.

Sarah smiled under her hood. "Good…lets go." She turned…

…and ran smack into Peter Petrelli.

"Thank you so much, Gabriel." Peter said as gunmen from the Human's First Group aimed their weapons at the three. "Couldn't have done it without you."

Gabriel narrowed his eyes as he handed Peter the vial. "We had a deal."

"Of course…I said I would not harm you…" He turned.

BANG BANG BANG

Carter, Sarah and Gabriel fell to the ground, the men firing on them."

" But I never said THEY wouldn't."

^&^&^&^

Author's Note: Carter has been to Primatech once: In Volume 0, a young Carter is taken there after being rescued, along with Claire, from Drago, and the Haitian erases his memory of the event.

Thank you to everyone that has been reviewing! I am glad you are enjoying, and I hope to continue to entertain, even as I have other projects bubbling around in my brain (Like tonight, where I just plotted out what I would do for a Pixar/Dreamworks animated movie)