The Heroes Parody Project
Season 5
Chapter 14
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We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Thursday's newest, hottest, sexiest, richest drama…."Son Of A Rich!"
Peter Huffington Ellis Petrelli, son of one of New Yorkshire's wealthiest entrepreneurs, mourns his father's recent passing.
Peter: Mother?
Angela Dundy Petrelli, the manipulative matriarch who is popular amongst her socialite group by owning the entire world's supply of fur. Wait….even animals that are still alive!?
Angela: That's right! What is it, son?
Peter: Now that father is dead, what will happen to our money?
Angela: We'll get MORE of it, my dear!
Peter: Most good. How did father perish?
Angela: He drowned in fur…(shifty eyes)…..by accident.
Peter: How do you DROWN in….nevermind, it sounds impossible and gross.
Nathan kicks in the double diamond doors.
With Nathan Arbuckle Petrelli as the jealous brother.
Nathan (to Angela): I know you had something to do with father's death! I won't stop until you all are brought to justice. I'm taking back this family!
The next day, at Nathan's funeral.
Peter: So how did Nathan die?
Angela: He drowned in fur.
Peter: You really need to start coming up with better excuses, Mother. People are going to start getting suspicious.
With Niki Sanders Steele…as the beautiful, seductive….Niki Sanders Steele. Her beauty can bring men to their knees….despite the fact that she has Matt Parkman's face.
Niki: WHAT?! THAT'S STILL A THING!? GOD, I HATE THAT MAN!
The action heats up when a bitter rivalry brews between Angela and her longtime money rival, Mattina Gilligan Professor Mary Ann And The Rest Parkman.
Niki: What the hell kind of name is that?!
Matt dramatically spins around while flames burn behind him. Her beauty can bring men to her knees….with the help of Niki's face of course.
Matt: I don't know what you're talking about! This is my natural face! Now….my enemies will never see me coming. I will watch them burn!
Matt turns around to see the flames.
Matt: Wait….Did I just set MY OWN house on fire?! Well, that wasn't smart.
Peter: Eleanor Bullwinkle Bishop. Will you do the honor of escorting me to this year's Moneyball?
Elle: Yes, Peter! A thousand times yes! Let's celebrate with the bottles of Moonshine I have strapped to my thighs!
Peter: Uhhh.
Elle: Wait...is this not the "Oregon Trail" skit? Ugh, I keep getting these confused. Hold on. Oh man...why did I use duct tape on bare skin? This is gonna smart.
RRRIIIIPPP!
Elle: AHHHHHH!
Angela (to Matt): This is a dangerous game of Chess you're playing, Mattina. I will always know what your next move will be.
Matt: Oh, Angela my dear. Your King is already in checkmate before we even begun.
Angela: That…doesn't make any sense.
Matt: It doesn't have to because…money. Where is my sandwich?
The waiter brings Matt his ham sandwich, with $100 dollar bills instead of lettuce. He takes a giant bite.
Matt: BLEH!
Peter: It's time to go for a sexy swim...as opposed to...non-sexy swimming...which I guess would just be...sinking?
Elle: AHHHHHHH! Someone died in the pool! I was just about to profess my love for your money!
Claire kicks open the double diamond doors.
Claire: Private Psychic Detective Claire Voyance! I'm here to solve this mystery! All of you are going to JAIL!
The next day at Claire's funeral.
Peter: So, how did the Private Detective die?
Angela: How do you THINK she died, Peter!? I'm really getting tired of wasting all my precious fur murdering these idiots.
Cemetery Groundskeeper: You did WHAT!?
The next day.
Peter: So, how did the Cemetery Groundskeeper die?
Angela: He was hit by a train….
Peter: …
Angela: …made of fur.
Peter: UGH!
Noah Bennet The Third kicks in the double diamond doors.
Angela: Would you jackals stop kicking in my doors!? They have knobs. USE THEM!
Noah: Angela….take me back! My life has no money without you!
Angela: I don't know, Noah. Things have been so crazy since my husband's accidental death…I mean Murder!…I mean…whatever it was I said the first time.
Noah: You know I'm serious about this.
Noah gets on his knee and presents a ring to Angela.
Angela: Noah, this ring is still attached to a hand, an arm even! Did you rip somebody's arm off?!
Noah: I did for love….love of money!
At the hospital.
Peter: Elle! Speak to me! What happened to the ring I proposed marriage to you with!?
Elle: I was in the park today spinning around in circles, and some jerk-wad ripped my arm right off! The crime in this damn city!
Peter: It'll be okay. There will be other women that I can marry.
Elle: How does that make me feel better?!
Dr. Mohinder enters the room.
Mohinder: I'm afraid the lack of an arm has spread to her lungs. It is imperative that she has money in 72 hours.
Peter: What happens in 72 hours?
Mohinder: Then….she won't have any money.
Elle starts crying.
Peter (fists in the air): NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Angela and Matt are fighting to the death.
Matt: I….will….have….all the money!
Angela: Not if I have anything to say about it.
Angela pushes Matt over a railing and he falls into a giant vat of fur. He drowns.
Angela (on the phone with Peter, sobbing): Oh, Peter! It's awful! I killed someone!
Peter: Who cares?! You've already killed like, 50 people in the past week!
Angela: But now I'm completely out of fur! I'm going to have to swipe some paper bags from the grocery store and wrap them around my neck and hope nobody notices! It's Labor Day Weekend all over again!
Mohinder (to Niki, who is super pregnant): The baby is coming along fine.
Niki: Can you tell me what it is?...Wait! No…I want to be surprised. No wait….tell the both of us.
She grabs Nathan's hand.
Niki: I'm so glad you came back from the dead so we can have this baby.
Nathan: Me too!...How's your job hunt getting away from this show going?
Niki: Not good!
Nathan: Mine either!
Mohinder: Okay…..I'll tell you what your baby is…..it's…..money!
Niki: …
Nathan: Well, that's good. We can finally afford to swap your face back with Matt's.
Niki: I'm glad something good came from all this nonsense.
Mohinder: Somebody took your money baby!
Niki: I haven't given birth to it yet! How is that even possible!?...Why am I asking these questions?
Who took Niki's baby? Is Mattina really dead? Will Peter still marry Elle? Will Angela accept Noah's proposal? Find out on the next thrilling episode of…."Son Of A Rich!". Thursdays….following new episodes of HEROES! Speaking of which….
Previously On Heroes…
Hiro teleports him, Niki, Bob, Micah, Angela, Peter and Matt out of the ultimate timeline flash sideways universe.
Hiro: It sure is good to be home!
Hiro, now in the reborn universe, looks around to see that everything is frozen in time.
Hiro: Well, THAT'S not good.
In the universe that was, several heroes were on their way to the Carnival, Claire destroys the world, reestablishing the rule of death, sending heroes who have perished in the canon universe into the state of death.
Elle: It sure is good to not be dead and all!
Elle and Nathan wake up in the afterlife.
Elle: Wow! There's a TG&Y here! I've been hankerin' for some frozen yogurt.
Nathan: That's TCBY. TG&Y was a thrift store of sorts.
Elle (with cup in hand): Yeah, I figured that out already. They still had frozen yogurt. CHOMP!
Nathan: That looks like Play-Dough.
Elle: It's Strawberry frozen yogurt.
Nathan: It's Green! You're eating Green Play-Dough!
Elle: It's green because the strawberries haven't ripened yet.
Nathan: Bull! Stop eating that!
Elle (shoving spoonfuls in her mouth): I CAN'T STOP EATING IT! AAAAHHHH!
Nathan: GIVE ME THAT!
Elle: NOOOO!
Peter: Hi Hiro!
Hiro: Peter! The world is in trouble! Niki and Bob didn't make it back with us! Until they do, the world is frozen.
Peter: But, if they're supposed to be dead, what is the big deal?
Mohinder: I can answer that.
Old Time Piano Music Plays while Mohinder explains Science.
Peter: I think my nose is bleeding.
Hiro: Peter, I will go into the afterlife by using this Fun Time Death Machine...by Milton Bradley?! This was a game?
Mohinder: It wasn't one of their most popular ones, but yes.
Peter: Stay here and bring us all back!
Peter: You have my word. As a man...and as a dancer. And that my friend...is a Dancer's Promise.
Hiro: The most honorable of promises!
Mohinder: What in the devil are you two yammering about?
Peter let's go of Mohinder's hand. Refreezing him.
Hiro: I must go!
Peter (wearing a dress and long blonde hair, waiting on his Widow's Perch): I WILL WAIT FOR YOU!...How did I end up wearing this?...And how did I not realize I looked so hot with Blonde hair?! I'm keeping this...if the producers approve of course. I mean, if Matt and Niki can swap faces then...
Niki: I feel unwell.
Bob: I guess we can start looking for a way out of here.
Gatekeeper: Escape is futile. My associates will hunt you down and bring you into the beyond.
Niki: Can't we just do that and you send us home?
Gatekeeper: Ok.
Niki and Bob realize that Elle and Nathan are hunting for them. They face each other at a nearby restaurant, End Previouslies.
Elle: Dad!?...
Bob: Hello, Elle.
Elle looks at Niki, who still has Matt's face.
Elle: And Matt's dead too!? OH IT'S NOT FAIR!
Elle runs up and hugs Niki.
Elle (in tears): I'm not going to lie, your body looks amazing. Have you been doing P90X?
Niki: I'M NIKI, YOU MORON!
Elle: EH!?
Bob: Matt and Niki switched faces.
Niki: Not on purpose!
Elle: That makes sense, I can see him doing that.
Nathan: Yeah.
Niki: Okay, whatever. Listen, what is going on here?!
Elle: Oh, um...you're dead. (She turns to Bob) So are you...and us too. We're all dead in the afterlife.
Niki: So...who else is here?
Gatekeeper: You four are it.
Niki: And who are you supposed to be again?
Gatekeeper: I am the Gatekeeper, I am the permanent resident of this realm. I guide souls that get trapped here. For it is the natural order.
Niki: Uh huh...so...what happens now?
Gatekeeper: Elle and Nathan here are meant to send you into the beyond.
Niki: I see...
Gatekeeper: Unless...like you agreed to...you send them first. The team who succeeds can go home.
Elle: You agreed to kill us off?!
Niki: I didn't know! Did you know you were supposed to kill us?
Elle: Yeah, kinda.
Niki: Oh, nice.
Gatekeeper: Say your goodbyes if you must. You have one hour...if a decision is not made by then...both verbal contracts are void and I send all four of you.
Elle: Eep.
Gatekeeper: I sense...another disturbance...I must go take care of this myself. One...hour.
The Gatekeeper leaves the restaurant, passing by the Today's Special Menu:
Chapter Fourteen "Keeper Of The Gate"
Elle: …..
Nathan: …..
Niki: …...
Bob: …...
Hiro (out in the middle of nowhere): …...I guess...I'm dead. Okay, I gave Peter 6 hours to revive me. I have to find Niki and Bob by then...here we go.
Hiro takes off walking. The Gatekeeper is not far behind.
= = =HEROES= = =
Peter Petrelli
New York City
Peter is aimlessly walking around the street, trying to look up contacts on his phone.
Peter: Hmm? Who can keep me company until Hiro makes it back?...Mohinder!...Oh wait, he was the reason I came out here. Let's find someone else. Where's Matt? Why don't I have him in my contacts? Weird...
Peter looks over at a Newspaper Kiosk, it headline has Matt's picture on the front of it.
Peter: "Local Man and former cop arrested for burglary."!? Matt turned into a bad guy!? When did THAT happen? What kind of wonky bonkers universe did we come to?
He continues reading.
Peter: "Once a somewhat respected Police Officer, Parkman's life has turned to one of crime and villainy. This being his ninth offense could land him in prison for twenty years!?" I don't believe this. I have to get him out of prison...but how?...I know! I'll find Claire! She's binge watches Law And Order! To Texas-Land!
Peter teleports.
Hiro Nakamura
The Afterlife
Hiro: Wow, this place sure is boring. I really hope I can find Niki and Bob here. HELLO! ANYBODY HERE!? THE SET BUILDERS ARE ON STRIKE SO I LITERALLLY ONLY HAVE ONE STREET TO WALK ON!
A figure appears behind him.
Hiro: EEEEEKKK! Hmm...that was a really girly scream. Let me try it again. EEEEE...OOOOO...OOOOOHHHHHHHKKKKKK! OWWW! I just gave myself strep throat!
Gatekeeper: What are you doing in the land of the dead? You have died...but...something seems different about you.
Hiro: That's right! I purposely died myself off so I can find my friends and bring them back to the living. The world depends on it!
Gatekeeper: Nonsense! Your friends have perished. They must go into the beyond. It is the natural order of things.
Hiro: You don't understand!
The Gatekeeper draws a giant Trident.
Hiro: Cool! You have a Trident just like the king on The Little Mermaid. I just got through watching that movie not too long ago...I had to ever since I watched that awful theater production Matt held at the Creative Arts Center.
-Flashback-
Matt: And now...I present to you...The Little Mermaid.
The audience claps as the lights dim.
Claire walks out on stage in her mermaid costume.
Claire: It sure does suck being a mermaid. I want to be where the people are...and have those...what do you call them...oh right, Forks! Oh look, I can brush my hair with it!
Claire brushes her hair.
Claire: EW! This fork is used! It has food on it! Gross!
West: Come with me Claire-iel!
Claire: Oh boy! It's the Human version of the Statue I have the hots for! Let's make with the...wait, did you just call me CLAIRE-IEL!?
West: It's in the script.
Claire: Wow, that's...whatever.
Claire climbs in his boat. Peter walks out dressed like Sebastian The Crab.
Peter: Kiss The Girl...la la la la la la la...
Peter sprays them both in the face with a water pistol.
West: ACK!
Claire: BLEH!
Matt runs out as Ursula The Witch.
Matt: If you want legs, girly then you'll need to give me...YOUR VOICE!
Claire: Wait...this is the boat scene. I should already be human by now. Something seems out of order here. Did you write this?!
Matt: Of course I did. NOW SIIIIIING!
Claire: LAAAAAAAAAA!
Matt: EW! Nevermind. That's terrible. Give me your shoes!
Claire: Damn it, I just got my legs. Fine.
Claire takes her shoes off.
Matt: Oooh! No, that smells awful. Keep them on. How about you just donate money to one of my Kickstarter Projects?
Claire: Would you make up your damn mind?!
Matt (singing): POOR UNFORTUNATE SOOOO-
A giant ship runs into Matt, impaling him.
Matt: AAAAHHHH! BLERGH!
West: Now we can live happily ever after, let's go.
Choir (singing): Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme. The Little Mermaaaaaaid!
The curtain closes.
Hiro: …...WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH!? Seriously. I paid $100 for this ticket!
-End-
Hiro: So after that and Peter's pathetic attempt at Romeo and Juliet we all agreed never to see anybody's plays ever again. ACK!
Hiro dodges The Gatekeeper's Trident as it smashes into a car.
Hiro: What gives?!
Gatekeeper: You do not belong here...even if it is not your time. I will send you into the great beyond myself!
Hiro: AHHHH!
Hiro runs off as The Gatekeeper makes chase.
Niki, Elle, Bob and Nathan
The Restaurant Of The Dead
Elle: Well, that's sounds depressing.
Niki: Okay, so just so I completely understand the situation. All of us died at one point. Then we were alive, living our messed up lives. Then the universe got messed up and people who were supposed to be originally dead...which would be us...
The others nod.
Niki: …..We're suppose to vanish and be dead.
Elle: Which is what happened to Nathan and I.
Niki: And technically it would have happened to Bob and myself but we were in the future, so we didn't get sucked up into Death Land. Which is why everything is so messed up now. Okay, I think I get it now.
Elle: So in order for us, Nathan and myself, to go back. We have to send you to to your deaths.
Niki: And apparently we made the same deal with The Gatekeeper.
Elle: Quite the pickle.
Nathan: Maybe we can convince the Gatekeeper to just send two of us back and two can continue on. Because I've been thinking...the valiant thing to do here, if you're okay with this Bob, is send Elle and Niki back. Niki has Micah to go back to, and Elle's your daughter...I figured that would be the best outcome.
Elle: Aww, thanks Nathan. That's so sweet that you don't want to send me into the eternal abyss.
Niki: I mean, that's nice and all but don't you have kids, Nathan? From the family that's hardly ever mentioned on the show? Don't forget about Claire.
Nathan: Well...yeah, that's true I guess.
Elle: You know what. I think you, Nathan, and Niki should go back. Pop and I will go on to the great beyond. What do you say, Pop?
Bob: I...don't think that will work.
Elle: WHAT?! Oh, dad how could you! Samantha Stevens' dad was willing to go into the great beyond with her!
Bob: Who's Samantha Stevens?
Nathan: Isn't that the woman from Bewitched?
Elle: SHHH!
Bob: No...I mean...Niki. Do you remember what Benjamin was telling Micah back in the future?
Niki: I try not to pay attention to conversations that don't involve me.
Bob: He stressed the importance of us going back. If we stayed we would end up in Limbo, but more importantly. The new timeline could possibly freeze if we're not in it to...I lost interest after that point.
Niki: Wait...are you saying the new universe isn't...working...because WE'RE not there? But we're supposed to be dead! Why would it depend on us?
Bob: Because we missed the great "death rapture" that happened when the universe stopped. We didn't get swept away like Elle and Nathan did. You could say we...missed the bus.
Niki: We avoided death...just like in Final Destination...hmm...actually that never works out well for anyone. Trust me.
Bob: I would gladly exchange places and go into the beyond in Elle's place but...I don't think the universe will allow it.
Elle: Story of my life. Better add this one as a potential Country song on my debut album.
Elle pulls out her guitar.
Elle: This guitar doesn't have strings. How the hell am I supposed to play it?!
Niki: So...we both have to go back.
Nathan: Which means...we have to go into the beyond.
Elle: Well, that bites. But if it's to save the world.
Niki: Actually...no. What if we can find a way for all of us to go back. We ended up here so close into going into the beyond. I think we can find a way to beat the Gatekeeper at his own game and all of us can go back home and resume our miserable lives!
Elle: That might actually be crazy enough to get us killed! I like it!
Bob: Worth a shot I guess.
Nathan: And...how would we go about doing this?
Niki: Yeah...I don't know.
Odessa Texas
Peter teleports in front of The Bennet House. He walks in.
Peter: Hellooo? Anybody here...oh wait, the world is frozen. Keep forgetting that people won't answer me back.
Peter walks around the house.
Peter: Hmm? Nobody home.
Peter walks upstairs and finds Claire in her room. She's frozen on her bed, binge watching Law and Order.
Peter: I knew I came to the right person. Okay, let's get this started.
Peter grabs Claire's hand, unfreezing her.
Claire: Hmm? AHHHHHH! PETER!? Jeez, you scared the crap out of me. At least call me before you teleport out of nowhere.
Peter: It's not that simple Claire. The world is in trouble.
Claire: That sucks. Why are you holding my hand? It's creepy.
Peter: You don't understand. Do you remember going to the carnival?
Claire: I...do...remember...jumping off the Ferris Wheel and exposing my powers to the media...then there's a gray area where I don't remember much...and now I'm in my bedroom. Were our powers exposed? What happened? Did I dream that?
Peter: You did do that once. But since then we've been living in an alternate universe which was starting to deteriorate. The only way you could save it was to reenact the final moment of the original universe causing the rebirth of a new universe. Meanwhile, me, Niki, Hiro, Matt, Micah, my mom and Bob Bishop we're dealing with one of Daniel Linderman's ancestors in the worn down future of the alternate universe. We were forced to come back once that timeline started to deteriorate. So Hiro teleported us back. But some people didn't make it and are possibly dead in the afterlife, causing an imbalance so now the world is frozen in time. So Hiro killed himself to fetch out anybody who died to bring them back to the living so we can return to our lives. But now I need you to help me get Matt Parkman out of prison because he turned into a villain. And we only have 5 hours to do so before I have to resuscitate Hiro.
Claire (drool coming out of her mouth): …...HUUUH!?
Back in the afterlife, Hiro is hiding behind a counter as The Gatekeeper smashes the store up.
Hiro: Listen! You have to stop trying to kill me!
Gatekeeper: You are threatening the balance of the universe. You must be destroyed.
Hiro: The balance of the universe is already messed up. That's why I'm here.
Gatekeeper: ….What are you talking about?
Hiro slowly stands up.
Hiro: Back in the land of the living. There were a lot of problems. We were living in an alternate universe. And now we have everything back to the way it's supposed to be, but I'm missing some people who I think are here. I need them to come back with me.
Gatekeeper: Not going to happen. Those people are here for a reason. They're supposed to be dead.
Hiro: That's right. They were supposed to be dead. I came from a universe where these people who were supposed to be dead...just weren't. But when the universe changed, and they we're supposed to...go into the beyond...they missed their chance. Now, They're no longer dead as far as the universe is concerned. They need to be alive. If I don't bring them back, the universe will forever remain imbalanced and frozen in time.
Gatekeeper: And I'm supposed to believe such nonsense?
Hiro: You have to...With our universe frozen in time. Life and Death will cease to exist.
Gatekeeper: I see...and who are you taking back with you?
Hiro: Niki Sanders and Bob Bishop, they are here, correct?
Gatekeeper: Yes...what about the others. The annoying one and her male partner.
Hiro: …...?...Uh...
Gatekeeper: I believe their names were Elle and Nathan.
Hiro: Flying Man?! Uh...um...YES! They need to come with me too.
Gatekeeper: You're lying.
Hiro: NO! I'm not...I need to bring them back with me. The world depends on it.
Gatekeeper: I believe...most...of what you say. You made this tiring game much easier to conclude.
Hiro: Conclude? No...no, no...no conclude.
Gatekeeper: I will send Elle and Nathan to their final resting place myself. Once that is done...I will send the three of you back. Be prepared.
The Gatekeeper leaves.
Hiro: Crap!
Hiro runs out of the store.
Back in New York.
Claire: Okay, I mostly understand what's going on now...why are you still holding my hand.
Peter: It's the only way I can get you to move through frozen time.
Claire: Ah...so...what's the plan here?
Peter: You have to help me get Matt out of prison using your crime solving skills.
Claire: Um...can't you just...teleport him out?
Peter: That would be cheating, Claire. That would also make him a fugitive. We need to do this legally.
Claire: How do you plan to do that when the world is frozen?
Peter: Hmm...good point. We may have to wait until Hiro gets back. To Mohinder's!
Claire: No! I don't want to learn stuff!
Niki, Bob, Elle and Nathan leave the restaurant. They spot the Gatekeeper coming for them.
Niki: Okay, here he comes.
Elle: Let's do the plan! Everyone link arms and bum rush him!
Niki: THAT'S your plan!?
Elle: Well, I don't see you suggesting anything better.
Niki turns her attention back on the Gatekeeper.
Niki: HEY! Gatekeeper! We have something to discuss with you.
Gatekeeper: What is it?
Niki: We decided not to choose to send one of us. If you don't like it, you'll just have to send all of us.
Elle: That...wait...huh?
Nathan: Niki, what are you planning to accomplish here? He'll gladly send all of us.
Niki: I'm sorry, I have no idea where to go with this but...got to try something!
Gatekeeper: That is okay. That will not be needed. I have made a decision anyway.
Elle: Say what?
Gatekeeper: I received some interesting intel. You two (pointing to Niki and Bob) have to go back. That's all there is to it. You two (Nathan and Elle) are going into the beyond.
Elle: Wait a second!
Niki: What made you decide this? Where did you receive this..."intel"?
Hiro: He got it from me!
They turn around to see Hiro.
Elle: Now Hiro's dead?! Oh, the humanity!
Hiro: I explained to The Gatekeeper that the world and the new universe is frozen in time. You're technically supposed to be dead which is why you ended up here...but the technicality that you avoided your actual deaths when the reset happened cause the universe to go haywire. The universe cannot continue unless you two came back.
Niki: Oh...well...Bob, you were right.
Bob: I love being right!
Elle: So I guess we're screwed because we actually died.
Nathan: Pretty much.
Hiro: No! Even if I were only supposed to come back for Niki and Bob. Elle and Nathan ended up here for a reason. They were meant to come back.
Nathan: Besides, do you remember, Gatekeeper. We had a deal.
Elle: Wait! Not that! You can't go through with it.
Niki: What deal?
Elle: When we got here Nathan agreed if he sent 7 souls into the beyond for The Gatekeeper and send just me back he would take his place as Gatekeeper.
Niki: Can...can you even do that?
Nathan: I guess.
Gatekeeper: Perhaps I made that deal...but I did not count on your friends showing up. The deal is void.
Elle: Bull! All the Bulls!
Nathan: Okay, let's back up a bit. What are you anyway?
Gatekeeper: I told you, I'm The Gatekeeper.
Nathan: Well, yeah, but why are you here? What is this place even about. It's not The Afterlife since there is hardly anybody here.
Gatekeeper: Again, I told you, it's the bridge to the beyond. Lost souls that get trapped here, like you, and most be escorted.
Nathan: But...why is there even a bridge? Who created that? You?
Gatekeeper: That is none of your concern!
Hiro: Listen, you! You may be the Grim Reaper or whatever. But I am the Master Of Time and Space! I will not allow you to throw any of us into the beyond. All of us are going back, and there's nothing you can do about it.
The ground starts to shake a little.
Niki: Uh...what was that?
The Gatekeeper: …..It is...this world...it is starting to fade.
Niki: Oh good grief. Can we go five seconds without having to run away from a reality that's turning into limbo mush?
The Gatekeeper: Souls that come here are not meant to return to the living. Doing so...even one soul...would deem the bridge a pointless existence. The bridge will break, and souls will once again go into the beyond without risking stopping here.
Niki: What's the point of this place anyway? Why does there even need to be a stopping point? Why did you create this place?
Gatekeeper: …...I didn't. This world was created not too long ago. By a man named...Danko.
Niki: Wait...Emile Danko!? The guy who hunted us down once?
Nathan: Yeah. I remember Emile Danko...he created this? How?
Gatekeeper: His death conflicted with the natural order. He perished once before.
Hiro: Wait! I know what he's talking about...I was in Genesis Redux but I knew what happened...he was killed by Adam Munroe! My nemesis!
Nathan: Maybe in our universe. But I recall in the original universe he was murdered by Edgar, one of Samuel Sullivan's men.
Niki: Hold on...he died in our alternate universe? Nobody REALLY dies there!
Nathan: That's what I thought. And I've been shot countless times.
Gatekeeper: I'm only aware of his most recent death...
-Flashback-
Danko (on his phone) is sitting at the magic show amidst all the chaos.
Danko: The show was okay, not great, but okay. They're no Carrot Top.
He fells something cold press against the back of his head.
Danko: Adam?
Adam: Yes, Emile. It is I.
Danko: What are you doing here?...The show's been sold out for weeks….I can only imagine the people who didn't get their Criss Angel tickets refunded.
Adam: I'm afraid it's the end of the line for you, my friend.
Danko: What are you talking about?
Adam: The person I'm working for has been playing you since the beginning. Our combined efforts got the packages to their destination. But you were just a pawn…
Danko: What are you talking about?!
Adam: I'll be taking things over from here.
Danko: What are you….you know it's rude to not answer these questions!
Noah and Peter make their way into the magic show, while people are running around screaming. They see Danko, slouched over the table, dead.
Noah: Holy crap….
Peter: How is this possible!? Nobody dies on our show that was in the original series! Dead people come back for crying out loud!
-End-
Elle: AWWW! He died at me and Matt's Magic Show. That's so sweet.
Niki: That's right. I did forget about that. He did die in our universe.
Gatekeeper: Unlike other deaths, his caused a conflict and sent him into limbo. There he manifested his own powers and created this place...as well as the ability to send souls to where they need to go. But he could not handle the power...and his soul was torn apart and sent into the beyond...but the power remained and needed a host...that is why I'm here. I am not a human like you all, just pure energy and power...I just chose to take human form.
Niki (to Hiro): Yikes. Powers can just...grow human bodies around them? Is that even a thing?
Hiro: That's a Mohinder question.
Niki: Uh, no. I'll just leave it like that. No further questioning required.
Nathan: So...what do you want?
Gatekeeper: I can feel it though...You will break the bridge between life and death. It will become...the new natural order.
Bob: …..
Hiro: …..
Nathan: ….
Elle: …..Did Danko at least like the Magic show?
Gatekeeper: You may go, Master Of Time and Space. You and your friends may go back to the living.
Hiro: Thank you. Come on, guys.
They start to walk away as The Gatekeeper grabs Nathan's wrist.
Gatekeeper: However, there is one caveat. Even though worlds can die...powers cannot. I will need to honor our original agreement.
Nathan's wrist starts to burn.
Nathan: Uh...OW!...OWWW! THAT'S A LITTLE BURNY! NOT LOVING THAT!
Gatekeeper: I bestow my power to you...Nathan Petrelli...you will be responsible for sending souls into the beyond. As you will now become The Harbinger Of Death. I look forward to working with you.
The Gatekeeper's body disappears, the iron armor he was wearing falls to the floor. Nathan looks at his wrist.
Nathan: The...Harbinger Of Death!? What the hell is that?!
Hiro: I think that sounds like a Mohinder question.
Nathan: No, that's okay. I'll just roll with it.
Hiro's watch beeps.
Hiro: AHH! We're almost out of time!
The ground starts to shake as buildings begin to crumble.
Hiro: Okay, everyone. Friendship circle.
Niki: UGH! Not again. I told you I hate that term.
Everyone links hands.
Niki: …...aaaare...you going to teleport us out?
Hiro: In exactly 5 minutes. That's when Peter is supposed to revive me.
Niki: Oh...that's reassuring.
A stop sign flies past Niki's head.
Niki: Though if you could speed this up I wouldn't hate it.
Back at Mohinder's. Peter is holding hands with Claire and Mohinder, who are unfrozen.
Claire: Why did you bring me here again?
Peter: Just to keep me company so I wouldn't have to be here with Mohinder. But don't tell him.
Mohinder: You're holding my hand, remember? I can hear everything you're saying!
Peter: Oh Claire, you ask too many questions.
Claire: What?
Peter's watch starts to beep.
Peter: AHH! It's time. I have to bring Hiro back.
Mohinder: Let me do it. You'll just mess it up.
Mohinder fiddles with some controls on the machine. It starts to go haywire.
Mohinder: Um...this isn't good. IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE! RUN!
Peter takes off running. Claire and Mohinder are frozen.
Peter: Oh, right. Ha ha...
Peter grabs Mohinder and Claire's hands and pulls them away as the machine explodes.
Peter: HIRO! Hiro! Are you okay!
Hiro crawls out from the smoke billowing from the machine. Peter runs over to him.
Hiro: Yeah...I think I did it...Yatta?
Hiro face plants on the ground.
Peter: Well, you're not dead. So that's good.
Claire: Are we done here?
Peter looks back at Claire and Mohinder, still unfrozen.
Peter: Hiro! You did do it!
Peter runs over to the window to see the world return to motion.
Peter: The world is back to normal!
Hiro (face down, raising his hands): Hooraaay...
Peter: Well, now that THAT'S taken care of, we can move on to business. We need to save Matt from prison!
Claire: What the...? My cell phone stopped working. Peter, can I just use yours?
Peter: Sure.
Claire calls Noah.
Claire: Hey dad, can you tell mom I won't be able to make it to Muggles' Bar Mitzfah? I need to bust Matt Parkman out of jail and...I'm assuming you already informed her that's not a thing for dogs.
Peter: They're called "Bark-Mitzfahs".
Claire: Shut up, you! Don't give her any ideas!
Peter: It's a thing! Google it!
Noah (on phone): What the...?...Claire?! Is that you? Why?...How are you calling me? And why from Peter Petrelli's phone?
Claire: My phone doesn't work. What gives? I'm in my late twenties, you can't ground me anymore...(she lowers the phone to look at the others) Right?
Peter and Mohinder shake their heads 'No'.
Claire: CRAP! Well...sorry for whatever I did and stuff.
Noah: I...how are you alive?
Claire: …..Oooookay.
Noah: But...I remember seeing your dead body...
Claire: I...don't know what to say to that...but okay.
Noah: Stay right there. I will come and get you. Where are you.
Claire: Dad, calm down. Peter will bring me back.
Noah: Okay...just...be careful. We have a lot to discuss.
Claire hangs up. She hands her phone back to Peter.
Peter: What's wrong?
Claire: Oh...my dad thinks I'm dead. But...I don't get it. You said the Universe reset, right?
Peter: Yeah.
Claire: I was in my room when you came for me. Did my dad not notice I was there?
Peter: Hmm.
Claire: Well...let's go visit Matt real quick. If you want to get him out "Legally", this may take some time.
Peter: Yeah, let's see if he's okay. Then I'll take you to to your house.
Mohinder: I managed to get Hiro to a bed. He's resting now. I assume since the world is in motion he completed his mission.
Peter: Yeah...I was kinda expecting him to bring Niki and Bob back here with him. Maybe they're somewhere else in the world.
Mohinder: That sounds like a Molly question.
Peter: Of course! We'll have to hit her up later. To the prison!
Peter and Claire head out of the house. A mysterious woman is waiting for them.
Woman: Peter Petrelli?
Peter: Hmm?
The woman raises a gun and fires, Peter stops the bullet inches away from his face.
Peter: GAAAH!
Peter looks around to see Claire is currently frozen, as is the female assailant.
Peter: Man, I am so glad I didn't swap powers with that kid who could change the flavor of ice cream mid bite.
-Flashback to earlier-
Peter is sternly looking at a kid on the sidewalk.
Claire: Peter! Can we go?! I thought we were working against the clock here!
Peter: …...
Kid: Wow...this is good peppermint...
The kid takes another bite of ice cream.
Kid: Now it's Mint Chocolate Chip...WOW! Rocky Road!
Peter: I'M GONNA STEAL IT!
Claire: Peter! No! The kid is probably full of crap! We need to go! Leave him alone.
Kid: I'm actually full of Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream, Maam!
Claire: Aww...that's my favorite. Now I want some Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream...and don't call me Maam.
Peter: See? That's why I need to steal the power.
Claire: But you can only change the flavor of the bite currently in your mouth. How is that going to help me?
Peter: Simple! With the power of the bird feeding technique...
Claire: EWW! GROSS! I'll get my own damn Ice Cream! Can we please go now!?
Peter: Oh all right.
They start to walk off. Peter runs back as Claire catches up with him and tries to pull him away.
-End Flashback-
Peter looks at Claire and he slowly steps aside, away from the bullet. He grabs Claire's hand and teleports. The bullet continues its path toward the side of a building.
Woman: Damn!
Peter and Claire appear at the prison.
Claire: Ugh...I was hoping I would never have to return here again. So...wanna talk about what just happened?
Peter: Yeah...I really don't think you understand the importance of being able to change ice cream flavors in mid bite.
Claire: I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO JUST TRIED TO KILL YOU!
Peter: Oh that...yeah, no clue.
Claire: Great...Okay, let's just get this over with.
Peter and Claire walk towards the entrance to the Prison.
To Be Continued