AUthor's Note: As for the timeline for these chapters, they are occurring about 2-4 days before the season finale of Heroes. Till the season finale (chapter 100), all the events, unless stated, will occur on the same night.
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"Carter!"
"Carter!"
"Carter, can you hear us!"
"Carter!"
Carter groaned, slowly lifting himself up. His hand feebly reached for his mask, pulling it away from his mouth as he spat blood out. He blinked, picking up the small white piece that had gone with it…a piece of his own skull.
He lifted himself into a sitting position, looking over his clothing. It wasn't messed up too bad, a few minor tears in the fabric that held the Kevlar in place, but for the most part he was fine. Yes…there was a sticky red spot where he had fallen, but otherwise he was fine and dandy.
Rising to his feet, Carter leapt back when he found himself face to face with a corpse, still howling and twisting. But it hung upside-down, body trapped in the rubble. He could hear others, clawing about all around him.
"Carter!"
"Sarah!" Carter shouted, rushing to the debris that blocked the new tunnel he found himself in. "You guys ok?"
"We're fine." Terrence said through Carter's headset. "No need to shout."
Carter pulled his mask down. "Sorry about that." He pressed his hand against the blockage, dust falling on him as he pushed. "No good…I'm going to bring it all down if I force it." He paused, glaring at the still snarling corpse. "Oh shut up!" He took out his sword, hacking the creature's head from its body. "I'll have to go around. Rebel, can you track me?"
"With ease." Micah stated.
Carter nodded, touching his headset. "Metatron to Watchtower, come in Watchtower."
"I hate that name." Helena's voice stated over the speaker.
"Tina got to pick it out." Carter muttered. "Ok, I've been separated from the rest of the team. They are to proceed without me and I will circle around to catch up."
"Is that wise?" Helena asked, her concern clear.
"No choice." Carter stated.
"Did you get us our present yet?" Vally squealed into the mike.
"Vally!" Madrid cried out.
"Uh oh! Run Gabe!" Carter heard a scuffle, Vally giggle, and the mike being dropped. In the background Madrid and Helena were half talking, half yelling. There was a sudden scrapping sound...
"Spweee?" Gabriel cooed, before the sounds of him gumming the mike played in Carter's ears.
"I am facing hordes of the undead and they are playing up there…yup, life is good." Carter paused to kick the corpse's still snapping head. "I said shut up!"
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Malcolm frowned, rubbing his head. "Damn it…its hurting now just thinking about using my powers." Blood was oozing from his nose and ears, his skin chalk white. Kelly wasn't feeling that well either, though she was doing much better than he was. Linda and Lee had tested their powers and found them fully functioning.
Ellie rubbed his neck. "Maybe you should go back…"
"Gone too far now." He replied with determination. "No chance in hell I'm bloody well turning back."
"Kelly..." Lee asked.
"Don't even ask...hurts to even try and get a position on us."
LInda looked around the corner of the hallway seeing a guard still stand there. "This is just freaky...robots..."
"As if life couldn't get any stranger." Lee commented. He pulled out a sketchpad. "Lets see if I can't come up with something to help us out."
As he drew, Macolm sat down, holding a hankie to his bleeding nose. "Malcolm, you are killing yourself."
"I think i've already died 3 times." Malcolm commented softly. "Only my healing factor keeping me on my toes."
Elle frowned, moving his head to rest on her shoulder. "We don't even know what the hell is here...Malcolm, its not worth it!"
"Aunt Martha said it would help Carter...that's all I need to know." He placed a hand on her cheek. "Carter brought you back to me...I owe him a life debt...and lucky for him, I will never die."
Lee held up his drawing, a few little thin little snakes rising to life and slithering towards the guard. The robotic sentinel never knew what happen, the snakes sinking their fangs into the metal that made his form and liquefying him. "Got that idea from Tina."
Linda nodded. "Come on...lets go. I think we are close"
"Alright, I'll be right..." Malcolm stumbled slightly. Lee moved to support him. "No...we get in trouble, you and Linda are our only heavy hitters...I can make it." He forced himself to continue on, steps shaky, his eyes beginning to become bloodshot.
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Sarah looked at her half brother as they made their way through the tunnels. "I have a question."
"Yeah?" Terrence asked, looking in mild disgust at some of the mildew that had stained his glove.
"Drago is kidnapping families...and dragging them down here...what happens to them?"
"The parents are killed." West said softly. "And brought back by Frauzen."
"We'll have to face them next."
Tina turned to them. "If they are killing the parents...what are they doing with the babies?" She stopped in her tracks. "You said he only takes families where there is a baby...what happens to-"
Their conversation died as howls filled the tunnels behind them. They all turned as from one sidetunnel a horde of Fredrick's zombies, these ones much more fleshy than the one's from before, stormed towards them, wielding knives, pipes and a few even holding guns.
"RUN!" Terrence shouted, the group speeding down the tunnel as fast as they could. "Separate, its the only way!"
And with that...the team split up again.
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"Its amazing."
Carter turned, sword drawn, as he watched the figure step out from around a corner of the curving tunnel. His black robes swirled about him as he moved, head covered in a dark cloak.
"It is truly amazing who you meet in these tunnels." The man said. "Hello Abaddon."
Carter frowned under his mask. "You must be Drago."
"I must, I must." Drago stated, approaching him. Carter held his sword, eyes narrowed. "Oh, do you not think we can avoid using our blades..." Drago reached behind his back, pulling out a long and wicked looking broadsword, the edges like a steak knife, "it is just so...obvious, brother vs. brother."
"You are not my brother."
"Ah, but I am, Abaddon...you have simply forgotten. Do you not remember...when you were but a small child, that I kidnapped you and our sister, Biathia."
Carter growled. "Not ringing any bells, the name or the event."
"You call her Claire, in this life. And I shouldn't be surprised you forgot...your mother had the Haitian erase your memories...she feared that you would remember who you once were."
"And who is that?" Carter asked. "This Abaddon?"
"The Destroyer of Worlds." Drago stated. "The three of us were rulers...gods and a goddess...till the Lord Above betrayed us a second time."
Carter scoffed. "You have the wrong man...I'm the Voice of that Lord Above."
"You are your own voice...you just don't have anything to say." Drago replied.
"Why are you here?"
Drago held out his hads. "I am here for the same reason I have done all of this...to find you, Abaddon...to bring you home."
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"I think this is it." Linda said, looking at the lone door at the end of the hallway . "All the guards are focused on this room." Lee's snakes were doing their work, leaving the team alone, or the moment. "Now, lets see what we have in here..." She turned the handle slowly. "Be ready, we have no idea what threats-"
"WAAA! WAAA! WAAA!"
"WAAA! WAAA! WAAA!"
"WAAA! WAAA! WAAA!"
"Oh...oh my God." Ellie whispered, peering in the room.
In what had been the main processing room of the prison...were hundreds of cribs, each containing a wiggling, fussing baby.
The team stared on in shook as the sobs of hundreds of newborn orphans filled their ears.
"Bloody hell." Malcolm whispered.
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Carter glared at Drago. "Sorry, but home is with my wife and children...the ones you tried to kill."
"It wasn't, once."
Carter's flames raged. "Don't act like you're my friend."
"You're right...I'm not your friend." And with that, Drago removed his hood. "I'm merely in his body."
Carter took a step back in horror.
"Marshal."
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Author's notes: For those that forgot, Marshal is the animal shapeshifter that was Helena's partner. He went missing, presumed dead, when Gabriellia's hideout blew up during the Eclipse.
And now, as a special treat, here are the upcoming chapter titles for Elsewhere:
Chapter 93: Blood and Oil
Chapter 94: The Blackest Night
Chapter 95: Lasciate Ogne Aperanza, Voi Ch'intrate
Chapter 96: Out of the Frying Pan
Chapter 97: The Last Temptation of Carter Daniels
Chapter 98: Fighting Retreat
Chapter 99: Charge of the Light Brigade
Chapter 100: Milestone