Enemies to Lovers - Chapter Six
"Thanks," Peter says awkwardly. "For… back there. I'm not sure what I would have done if you hadn't been there."
"You wouldn't have killed her," Gabriel shook his head.
"What makes you so sure? Up until a few weeks ago, you couldn't control it. What makes you think I could have?"
"Because you're stronger than me."
He never would have told anyone else that. Ever. Regardless of how true it may have been.
"Now I know I'm going crazy," Peter mutters. Then he stops, closes his eyes and begins concentrating for the eighth time in about the last twenty minutes. When he opens his eyes again, he turns down a nearby alley. It is dark, narrow and smelled of sewage and… was that death?
"What's that supposed to mean?" Gabriel asked in mock hurt.
"Nothing," Peter grinned. Then his face fell. "There." He began to jog toward the figure at the end of the street.
"Peter, look out!" the girl shouted, spinning around to face him.
Peter and Gabriel rotate around simultaneously to see Knox and Sparky approaching.
"Shit," Peter says.
"Where are the others?" Gabriel whispers, throwing an energy ball at them.
"Peter!" the girl shrieks. Peter spins again as Gabriel takes Knox and Sparky down with a dumpster.
"Put her down!" Peter yells to the woman who has the child in a headlock. "She's just a kid. Leave her out of this."
"When Mr. Petrelli finds out what she can do, he will want her head on a silver platter, and I plan to deliver it to him," The woman says, spitting a bit of blood onto the ground next to her.
'When I say,' Peter said in Gabriel's mind. 'Attack.'
Peter closed his eyes and concentrated. It felt as though it had been years since he had last stopped time and although it had only been a few weeks, the struggle to you're Hiro's power was difficult and painful.
When he opened his eyes once more, he noticed that he had not actually stopped time, but slowed it down considerably.
He glanced at his surroundings for a moment before running to the woman's side and prying the girl from her arms. He guided her somewhere safe then returned to Gabriel side just as time returned to normal.
"Now!" he exclaimed, throwing several balls of fire.
"Lets get out of here," Gabriel said. "While we can."
Peter nodded and went to retrieve the girl.
"Come on," he said, holding out a hand for her. The small bundle of blankets was once again in her arms.
She grasped his hand as he put his other hand on Gabriel shoulder, then he teleported them away.