Notes: Sorry to keep you all waiting! I don't know how I manage to write fanfiction while in college!Thoughts are in italics. My character Ray is imagined as Lee Thompson Young, a talented actor that I always wished was more successful than any of the High School Musical actors. My character will live on, even though Lee Thompson Young is gone. Whatever he went through, I'm happy I got to know him as an actor and enjoy him on The Famous Jett Jackson. RIP. This fanfic is dedicated in your memory.

Peter: Previously on Heroes...

(Simon, Monty, and Heidi are at Nathan's funeral, Peter is delivering the eulogy)

Peter: My brother Nathan taught me a lot. He taught me... how to ride a skateboard when I was a kid, how to hook a marlin, he taught me how to catch a baseball, these are the things usually a father'll teach his son. But Dad wasn't around. So it was Nathan. And I wish to hell it would've been my father, because Nathan didn't take it easy. He would throw it high, or he'd throw it wide, and I would yell at him. I'd tell him to throw it right at me, but he'd say to me, "That's not how it's gonna come at you at a game, Pete." I used to think he was just being a big brother and he was picking on me. But now I understand. He just wanted me to be ready... for anything. I'm ready, brother. For whatever comes.

(cut to Atonement)

Mirei: Hi, did you find their parents?

Peter: No, we didn't. Wait, I know these kids! (he says as he looks at them)

The boys start coughing and open their eyes.

Saki: Who are they?

The boys: Uncle Peter?

Peter: They're my nephews, Simon and Monty Petrelli.

Claire: Lyle, please come back to us.

(Cut to Use of Power)

Lyle: I can't, Claire. I'm not the Lyle you once knew. I never will be again. Goodbye Claire. (He, Lane, and Kat teleport away)

(Claire begins to cry loudly, tears running down her face as Peter and Gretchen come up to hug her)

Noah(tears begin to flow from his eyes): We've lost him.

Claire(turns to look at him, sadness replaced with anger): No, we haven't. We're going to get him back.

Cut to black. Credits roll.

Special Guest stars: David Anders and Adrian Pasdar

Chapter Ten: Roots

November 20th 2010

(Peter and Angela are in her old bedroom, Angela looks tired and worn out as she sits on the bed with Peter beside her)

Peter: Mom, I need you to tell me more about Kat. Who is she, and what does she have to do with us?

Angela: It's irrelevant. There's no point in digging up the past now. I've had enough of that.

Peter: I have the right to know who she is. I need to know so I can understand why she's working with Lionel.

Angela: Do you expect her to change?

Peter: It doesn't seem like it, but I don't understand why you're getting so sensitive about it. I want to know more about her so we can defeat her, Lionel and the rest of his henchmen.

Angela: Well too bad, you're not getting anything out of me. You're an adult, you can figure things out for yourself now. (she storms out angrily and shuts the door behind her)

Peter: Mom, wait! (he's about to get up from her bed but he decides it's best to just leave her alone)

Peter: Well, Mom, if you can't help me, I'll get someone who can. (he takes out his cell from his pocket and dials Noah's number)

Noah(on the other line): Hello, Peter, how are you?

Peter: I'm ok, I need you to do me a favor.

Noah: Of course, anything.

Peter: I need you to tell me everything you know about Kat, please.

Noah: Meet me for coffee tomorrow Sunday at 3 pm. Come alone.

Peter: Got it, see you tomorrow.

Noah: See you then. (They hang up)

( Cut to Kat's bedroom. The walls are hot pink with punk and heavy metal posters. She's sitting on her bed, close up on a photo of her as a child in a sandy area, smiling innocently. She tries to hold back her tears.)

A sinister, sarcastic and british-accented voice: Aww, you poor thing.

(She turns around to find Adam standing before her. She gasps and reaches out to touch him, but finds her hand going through his transparent form)

Adam: Oh my dear girl, don't worry. I'm very dead. Sure you're happy about that, aren't you? Or are you actually weeping for me?

Kat: I'm not weeping for you! I'm weeping for Mom, you ruined not only her life, but mine too and Tristan's! I know you never wanted kids, but that doesn't mean you had to abuse us! We were kids!

Adam: You should give me credit, you children were weak, I made you strong. I made you what you are now. A woman capable of great power, a woman who knew how to use her abilities to get what she wanted. Your mother had potential, but she allowed herself to succumb to her insanity.

Kat: You're the weak one, you got beaten by Hiro Nakamura of all people, you couldn't even stop him from burying you alive, and you think I learned anything from you!? You didn't do anything for us, you never loved us!

Adam(laughing maniacally): You stupid, stupid girl! (He grabs her by the neck and pushes her against the wall) Do you really think what I did was about love!?

Kat: How can you touch me?(she chokes) You're dead.

Adam: I can, I just have to want it badly enough, and believe me I do. You've disappointed me, Katherine. Just as weak and as mad as your mother, if you were truly my daughter, you would be the strongest of them all. You would have vanquished those pathetic, so-called evolved humans but you haven't. You won't hear from me again. Farewell.

Kat: No Father wait! Please don't leave-( she reaches out to touch him but he vanishes into thin air, and she cries out in anger and sadness, tears running down her face)

(She places her hands in her face and continues to cry for a few minutes before Lane comes into the room with a sincere look of pity on her face)

Lane: You can't let him do that to you.

(Kat looks up at her and smiles.)

Kat: I wish I could be stronger.

Lane: Then do it.

Kat(smile gets wider and more sinister): I'll even be stronger than my predecessor.

(Cut to Peter and Noah at an indoor cafe, Peter looks stunned, Noah looks tense)

Peter: It can't be true.

Noah: It is, Peter. Your aunt Alice was his 11th bride. Kat is their daughter. They have another son, Tristan who's a little younger than you. Or at least they did.

Peter: What do you mean? Is he dead?

Noah: I don't know. He hasn't been seen in almost eight years.

Peter: How could I have not seen it? The look in her eyes, when I first saw her. It was looking at Adam, all over again, only with a woman. How long have you known?

Noah: Since July, and it's November now, so fourth months.

Peter: Four months?! It never occurred to you to tell me? Or anyone?

Noah: I did tell someone. Tracy.

Peter: You know what Noah? You're unbelievable. The fact that you could tell her, but not me, Kat's cousin, is despicable.

Noah: Your mother made me promise that I wouldn't tell you. You've had enough to deal with as a family with Nathan's death, being discovered by the world, and one of his sons having powers. You're lucky we're able to talk quietly without being caught.

Peter: Forget it, I'm done. I'm done with all these secrets and lies, and I don't want to hear anything from you about this anymore! I'm out of here. (Peter gets up to leave)

Noah: Peter, wait!

(A young dark-haired waiter with blue eyes(played by Max Greenfield) comes by the table)

Waiter: I'm assuming you'll be wanting your check. (He hands him the black check)

Noah: Yes, please. Thank you. (He signs the check as the waiter walks away and he stares at the empty seat before him and sighs)

Noah: God, Peter. Your mother tried to protect you, but you're a man now. She can't protect you anymore, especially not from a family member who knows you better than you think. I'm sorry. (A tear drops from his eye)

(Cut to a dark room, it's Adrian's bedroom. He's waking up from his bed wearing a white shirt and boxer shorts, yawning and heads off to the bathroom. After brushing his teeth, he washes his mouth of the toothpaste and looks into the mirror and gasps in horror at seeing not his reflection but Sylar's, smiling evilly)

Sylar: Why hello, little brother. It's easy to see where you get your good looks from. You should spend time with me more often.

Adrian: How about I shut you up instead? (he uses his power to freeze the mirror and it shatters, he walks away but finds himself face to face with Sylar and gasps)

Sylar: You really think you can escape me?(he laughs) You can't ever deny that we're a part of each other. We share the same blood, the same hunger. (he pushes him up against the wall, his hands around his neck)

Adrian: No, I'd never hurt or kill anybody!

Sylar: Oh, but you did, didn't you? Well, except for the killing part, but you came close to doing that, didn't you?

Adrian: You don't know anything about that!

Sylar: I have an idea though. If you've changed, if you no longer have the urge, why not tell people what you did? Unless you don't want to take the edge off, it's more fun to keep it anyway.

Adrian: Shut up!(he puts his arm on Sylar and freezes him completely, he becomes a statue and then falls to the floor, shattering into thousands of pieces, but his laughter still rings in Adrian's ears as he falls down)

Adrian:No!

Sylar: Adrian, Adrian...(Adrian opens his eyes and wakes up gasping for air to find Gabriel, Mirei, Eli, Syn, Hiro, and Ray surrounding him in his bedroom)

Adrian(still gasping as Gabriel gently touches his arm): What do you want from me? Don't touch me!

Gabriel: I just wanted to make sure you were ok.

Syn: You've had a nightmare, it's ok. It wasn't real.

Adrian: It was real enough. It told me what I needed to know. The rest of you can stay, but Sylar has to leave.

Mirei: His name isn't Sylar! It's Gabriel, he just wants to help you like we do!

Adrian: You're in denial, and it's not just her, it's all of you! He'll turn on us, why do you think Claire still hates him? She's got the right idea.(he looks at Gabriel with hate filled in his eyes and begins to walk out of his bedroom)

Eli: He doesn't want to hurt us, Adrian! He's our brother, when will you trust him?

Adrian: He's fooled people into thinking he was good before, what makes you think he won't do it again? Fool everyone else all you want Sylar, but I'll freeze you to death before I let you split our heads open! That is, if Claire doesn't get there first. (He begins to walks out of the room but Ray grabs his arm)

Ray: Look man, that dream you had about him was only about your feelings towards him, not a premonition! Besides, you've been close to where he has been, you just don't want to admit it. Oh...wait Adrian, what are you doing?!(his hand begins to freeze up as Adrian runs off)

Peter: Damn it Adrian, come back! (Suddenly he stops once he hears a familiar voice, Nathan's voice)

Nathan(appears before him): Let him go, Pete. There are things he needs to figure out on his own.

Peter: I don't want him to lose us! I don't want him to hate Gabriel!

Nathan: He hates himself more than he hates him.

Peter: What? (Nathan vanishes)

Peter: Wait, Nathan, don't go!

Mirei(touches his shoulder with concern): Peter, are you ok?

Peter: Yeah, I guess. I have a feeling Adrien won't be though.

Gabriel: I take full responsibility for him. I'll go find him alone.

Matt: Are you sure?

Gabriel: Positive. (He walks away into the dark)

(Cut to a dark street corner in Brooklyn, Adrien is clearly out of breath, holding on to a lamppost)

A soft voice: Feeling alone?

Adrian: Who's asking?

(Lyle appears along with Lionel, Kat, Caitlin, and Lane)

Lyle: I am.

Adrian: If you think I'm sick enough to join you, think again!

Kat: What makes you think we're the evil ones? We're only trying to protect the world from people like Sylar. (She comes up to him and touches his cheek, he blushes and she pulls away with a smile.)

Lionel: I know your past, Adrian. I know what you did to that boy, but I can make you a hero. The whole world will know who you are, and we can help you stop Sylar. In fact, we can help you get rid of him for good.

Adrian(pauses for a moment before saying with a smile): I'm listening.

Cut to black. Credits roll.