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visual recap of 1x20 - Five Years Gone

name origin: Hiro and Ando have traveled 5 years into the future; and the world looks quite different, with five years gone...

plot points, as seen in this recap:

future!Hiro welcomes his past self and best friend in his base of operations, formerly Isaac’s loft; now filled with strings and images representing different timelines. he is surprised to hear that ‘’the cheerleader’’ was saved because the explosion (evidently) still happened - quickly, the flaw is found: present-day!Hiro hasn’t killed Sylar (yet). but he has barely time to be shocked that he must take a life when Homeland Security storms the place, lead by Matt and aided by René, and arrest him (as future!Hiro and Ando get away and try to formulate a plan). arresting only present-day!Hiro is a bust for Matt, though, as he can’t get any information regarding future ‘’terrorist attacks’’ out of him and can’t understand why, either (no one having figured out yet that Hiro can’t just stop, but also travel through time)

the president is meeting with Mohinder - there has been no progress in finding a ‘cure’ for abilities, and when pressed, Mohinder admits that there probably never will be one, so [the man who appears to be] Nathan suggests a genocide instead (himself obviously exempt, as he is ‘hardly dangerous’ and has kept his power a carefully cultivated secret)

Noah and Hana are running an operation that can help powered people get past government checks, and gives them new identities, too; future!Hiro and Ando turn up at Noah’s secret operation (after having failed to receive help from Niki - determined to move on - or Peter, who she is dating now and purposefully trying to keep from them), requesting his help in finding certain people. initially, Noah turns them down, but Ando argues that Noah should be thankful to Hiro because he saved Claire from Sylar. Noah then reluctantly says he’ll see what he can do (while he in truth does nothing, simply panics because he fears for Claire’s safety now)

Claire (’’Sandra’’) is shown to be working as a server in a diner, and to be engaged to a young man named Andy; frequent topics of theirs include Claire claiming to ‘hate’ the president but following his tv appearances closely (’a guy could get jealous...’ ‘please, he’s old enough to be my father’), and a strange man ‘’stalking’’ her (who Andy (of course) doesn’t know is her father, Noah). today HRG has come with an important message, though: people know about Claire, she needs to leave; regardless of her attachment to Andy. it is explained that Noah provided cover identities for Claire in different cities for years, and hinted that Sandra divorced him possibly because she disagreed with his methods

future!Hiro is scheming how to break into Homeland Security and rescue his past self (his plans include using the unique talents of both D.L. and Candice, and even though he does not here say so, possibly also Molly for recon), only slightly interrupted by Ando who is curious about his future self’s status - he appears extremely reluctant to tell him, though, and before he really can, is tasered by Matt’s team; only the timely arrival of Peter saves them all, but not before Matt figures out that there’s two Hiros now (aided by Mohinder realizing earlier that Hiro is a time-traveller)

it is revealed that Noah and Matt have a ‘mutually beneficial agreement’, as they’re aware that they each care for ‘’children of interest’’, though separated from them and their respective wives. Matt looks the other way when Noah helps relatively harmless specials hide, but dangerous ones, Noah reports to Matt. they bond for a moment... but then, Noah sees Hana’s corpse, and before he can move much, Matt holds a gun to his throat and takes Claire’s location from his mind before pulling the trigger. he has had enough failures for that day and ‘can’t return to the president empty-handed’. meanwhile, Claire has decided for a middle path - she wants to keep Andy but also run as Noah advised, so she convinces Andy to elope and run away on the spot. however, it’s too late; Matt has already found her

Matt has also revealed Claire to his boss, and she has been brought to the Petrelli mansion - however, what could have been a tense argument turns into a bloodbath when ‘’Nathan’’ is revealed to be Sylar in disguise (a power he took from Candice) as he rips Claire’s skull upon and takes her power; her last word is his name

as Peter and Ando watch a still-unconscious future!Hiro recover, Peter reveals to Ando that he died in the initial explosion; as well as his belief that his (Ando’s) death was what made Hiro so very determined to change it all. when future!Hiro wakes, he and Ando reaffirm their friendship, even as dark memories and regrets surface

meanwhile, Niki is breaking down - not only because Peter keeps calling her out on faking ‘Jessica’ (whose detachment Niki wishes she had now but simply does not, she mourns her family) and being deeply sad in secret, but also because she pushes and pushes him about his savior complex until he admits that he was the Exploding Man; Nathan just covered it up to protect him. Niki still wants him to stay, but he leaves, knowing he’ll lose her but that it’s the only way

meanwhile, Mohinder - who was sent by the president to kill present-day!Hiro personally, as a show of loyalty before the coming genocide presumably - plunges the deadly syringe into René’s neck instead, believing that is the right thing to do because he figured out Hiro’s plan (even spoke to him about it) earlier, and also saw a 9th Wonders! comic that shows him doing so

Peter, future!Hiro and Ando break into Homeland Security; Matt is waiting for them with a kill squad but they manage to elude him (and the Haitain’s death also further enables their progress). they reach present-day!Hiro, but Matt manages to kill future!Hiro before Peter slams the door between the heroes and the squad. as Matt is extremely aware that present-day!Hiro could just teleport away at any moment, he calls the president - who is currently holding a speech for the 5th anniversary of the explosion (kickstarting his genocide project in the process). upon learning of the disastrous situation, though, he decides to throw all caution into the wind and reveal his flying ability to be able to join the fight in time

arriving at the scene, Sylar-as-Nathan pulls Peter from the room using (what can be presumed is) D.L.’s power, tipping Peter off to his identity - he tries to play pretend for another minute, but quickly caves; only one thing he wants to make clear before the big showdown: Nathan was a traitor to his own kind already before he killed him. the fight’s conclusion is never revealed, though, as after a confidence boost by Ando, present-day!Hiro manages to jump back through time and avert the timeline eventually, obviously

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allyvampirelass29 · 4 years

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Chapter 4: We Are HEROES

A HEROES Fanfiction Angel Before the Fall Series By: Allyssa J. Watkins

Peter Petrelli held on as tight as he could to the inconsolable girl in his arms, but she was so crazed and frightened, he was really struggling. "Whoah, HEY!!!" He yelled, trying not to fly sideways into a building, as she kicked and pulled away, frantic. Poor girl, very nearly Sylar's afternoon entrée from the looks of things, as he'd soared in and snatched her out of Sylar's claws just in time, Noah, so banged up and bloodied, he must have been the appetizer. Peter knew, first-hand, both the scarring physical and psychological trauma Sylar Gray hungered to inflict just for the hell of it. He got into your head........ had his sadistic fun, and then he....... got into your head, literally. When he was bored, the world was his own personal playground. No one was safe. MAN, did he do a number on this one. She looked young, maybe early twenties, her green eyes wild and panicked. Peter felt bad for her, trying not to imagine the horrors she'd just faced, prey to Sylar's ungodly whims. Actually, he, himself, still wasn't over that first encounter in Mohinder's apartment three years ago. That overwhelming nausea as Sylar drew his finger across his forehead, the searing pain, the blood dripping, a dark lock of his bangs, severed and fluttering to his feet. Nobody gets over that.......

He was still pissed at Parkman for outright lying to him, pissed at Noah for getting him all tangled up in Sylar's sticky, twisted web AGAIN, but the important thing here, was that this girl would get to live another day, and another set of powers would be safe from Sylar's greedy finger. He held onto her tighter, trying to keep her still, so relieved to finally see the familiar white van, with PRIMATECH spelled out in red lettering on the side. Yeah, maybe a high flying rescue wasn't the best thing for someone who's just come within an inch of her life. He landed extra gently, worried about her, grabbing both of her shoulders. "Hey, stop, it's okay! Shhh, you gotta calm down!" He'd expected her to collapse into tears, hug him, fall to the ground, hyperventilate, God knows he'd spent enough time with people who'd had their razor's edge brush with death both as a nurse and a paramedic. He always marveled at how people reacted in such different ways to being saved, but what happened next caught him entirely off guard. Her right hook landed hard against his shoulder, and he stepped backward, slack jawed.

"Who are you!? What are you doing!? Let go of me, where is he!?!? What did they do with him!?"

"Watch it!!! Geez!!! I'm only the person that just saved you from becoming a part of Sylar's collection of human PEZ dispensers!!!" Peter yelled, rubbing his shoulder, still taken aback.

"Where is he!?!? Where's Sylar!?!?" The girl was in a frenzy, her anger, wounded, and Peter stared at her puzzled, as he heard the sliding doors of the van flung open.

"Relax, he's gone. You're safe now. He can't hurt you anymore! I just saved you, and you can thank me by not hitting me again! My mother told me never to hit a girl, so it wouldn't be much of a fair fight anyway."

"Did they take him!?!? Did they hurt him!?!?"

"Who, Sylar? No, not yet, but they will, I promise you! He'll pay!"

Peter grabbed her just as she went to push him away, her face furious. "NOOO!!!! Oh my god, WHO are you!?"

"Watch it! I'm Peter. Peter Petrelli, again the guy that just saved your life!"

Her face turned white, and she looked more scared than ever, backing away as if he'd just said, "My name is Sylar, and I'm your killer, nice to see you again, how would you like to die today?"

"P-Petrelli? Like..... Nathan Petrelli? Like the corrupt senator hunting ALL of us!?" Ally stammered, eyes wide, wishing Sy had been fast enough to pull her out of the sky.

"Hey! He's my brother, and he's not corrupt, just...... confused."

"If your backstabbing brother or Noah, or ANY of your freaking Company lay one hand on Sy-"

"Wait..... WHAT!? Sy..... as in SYLAR? You're worried about SYLAR, as in the SERIAL KILLER that almost ripped your head open!?"

Peter looked at the girl, aghast, completely confounded and it was then he noticed the needle poised over her shoulder.

"Noah, what the HELL are you-?"

Ally screamed and swiftly evaded the sharp tip, slamming right into Peter, and again he fought to hold her still.

"Peter this is bigger than your rules and your morals, do NOT let her go!!!!"

"Noah, what are you talking about!? Put that AWAY, we just rescued her, and you seriously want to tranq her!?!?

Peter grunted, barely holding her back, grabbing both of her forearms, and then suddenly it hit him full force, and he was pissed all over again. Dang it, Parkman!!! You, LIAR!!!

"Your name is Ally, isn't it? Sylar's girl?" Peter watched her slightly relent in her struggle, and he glared furiously at Noah, his lip quivering with his rage.

"Peter, it's not what you think. This girl-"

"Damn it, Noah, I told you both before!!! I'm not interested in kidnapping an innocent girl, torturing, and using her as bait, even if it means we don't bag him today. We pull that, and we're just as bad as he is!!!"

Ally yanked herself away, running like hell, and Peter flinched as something came flying past the side of his head, hitting Ally in the shoulder blade, embedding itself in her skin, and Noah sprinted to catch her, as she fell hard, instantly unconscious.

Bewildered, Peter whirled around to see Parkman, tranq gun resting on his shoulder, still aimed.

"You're both INSANE!!!!! Look at you!!! I don't want ANY part in this!!! We should be working together to get my brother on our side before we all get shipped off to separate ghettos, not abducting young women because of their unfortunate taste in partners!!!! She didn't hurt anybody! She doesn't deserve this!!!"

"Aiding and abetting, Peter. Not to mention, probably actual..... bedding."

"Oh God, Bennet, thanks for that image. That's a crime in of itself," Parkman made a face, looking deeply disturbed.

"She's helping an extremely dangerous and unhinged killer escape capture, that makes her an accomplice in my book. She's a criminal, Peter. It's the law, and sometimes you have to do things you never talk about again, if you want to be a hero. It's not all damsels in distress. Sometimes the damsels cause the distress."

Peter sighed. This was certifiable. "No torture, I mean it."

"What?!? Who said anything about torture? What am I, KGB? I'm a father, Peter, not an executioner."

"You remember, she's somebody's Claire too." Peter stared down Noah accusingly, as he watched him hoist the unconscious brunette onto his shoulder.

"Alright. Fair enough. You in, or do you want me to call your big brother to come pick you up?"

"Do you ever get sick of playing both sides, Bennet? Fine. I'm in. On the condition that after we get Sylar, she goes free, and then we focus on Nathan. I'm too old to be doing this, playing hide and seek with my own brother."

"Deal. You want to get in the van, or are you enjoying your flight?"

Peter grumbled something under his breath as he climbed in the van.

Noah carried a rag doll Ally to the back, and Parkman followed.

"Is it too late to call shotgun? You know I can read your mind, right? You're not going to let her go, are you?"

Noah laid her in the back, and slammed the door. "No, I'm not. This girl is the miracle we've been waiting for, the key to preventing a genocide. No matter what happens, I'm not letting her out of my sight. By the way....... How DID you get Peter Pan to come? I mean, I know you used your powers, but what did you tell him?

"That a girl was pinned down, helpless, getting beaten up in the alley, and needed a hero........."

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"Why does he get to drive? You both know that I'm a cop, right? I should be driving."

Peter smiled to himself, hands on the wheel.

"Smirking, see, he's smirking at me."

"I will turn this van around!" Peter called out, trying not to laugh."

"Hilarious. You're hilarious, Fly Boy!"

"I'm sorry, did I do anything wrong officer?"

"Will you two BOTH shut UP!!!" Noah yelled from the back seat, carefully guiding the needle through his skin without so much as a wince. "This is a serious takedown op, not a school field trip! Parkman, Peter is driving because we need to blend in, and you cop, or not, always show off using your powers, making people see things, or stopping all of the cars at once. I have to get to the outpost, I don't have time for you to act like a hot shot."

"How are we supposed to blend in when you know the first thing somebody's going to do, is pull him over and ask for his permit?"

"You wanna go, Professor X?"

Peter took the next left hard, and slammed the brakes, Parkman nearly hitting his head on the passenger side window.

"Assaulting an officer!"

"Not yet, I'm not!"

"I will USE that sedative on both of you, I mean it!!! Peter, less fast and furious please, I can stitch myself up in a moving vehicle, but not in a swerving one. Thanks to our slice-happy friend Sylar, I've got my work cut out for me."

"Noah, wait, you don't have to do that. We packed some of Claire's blood in the cooler, just in case," Peter said softly, for the first time taking notice of the bloody laceration down the length of Noah's arm. Thirteen stitches at least."

"Peter, I am NOT taking an injection of my own daughter's blood, and sponging off her powers. What do you think Sylar does with Ally? I won't use her like that, and who's damn fool idea was it to bring it along, I want names!!!!"

Peter and Parkman exchanged glances, and both spoke at the same time.

"Claire's."

Noah's anger softened, and he arched his eyebrows before he went back to sewing, dabbing the fresh blood with a cloth.

"She's worried about you, Man. Frankly, we are too." Peter said gently, stopping extra careful at the next light.

"Tell her thanks, but no thanks. I won't do it. It's my job to worry about her, not the other way around. I don't want anyone taking her blood again. She's not some miracle drug."

"At least let me patch you up, I was a nurse and now I'm a paramedic, it'd be a cinch. I wouldn't even charge you," Peter smiled, trying to lighten the dark mood that Noah was battling with.

"I appreciate that Peter, but I've been fixing myself up since before you were born."

"Noah Bennet, Company Man, Suburban Dad, and Bad Ass Action Hero."

Noah cracked a bit of a smile. "Smart kids, you Petrelli Boys. Now, just drive."

Parkman had gotten really quiet, but he couldn't take it anymore. He had to know, and not from pulling the answer from Noah's mind. He had to hear it from his own mouth.

"What would you have done...... Noah. What the actual HELL would you have done, if he'd killed her, and taken her powers? You wouldn't have just put blood in the water, you'd have it on your hands, forever."

"I'm sorry, WHAT!? What's he talking about?" Peter looked over his shoulder confused and deeply disturbed. "Why would Sylar try to kill his own girlfriend?"

"Because I made him. I stirred up the desire, I gave him NO choice by telling him everything about her powers. And damn it, I'd do it again."

"What the HELL, Noah!? WHAT kind of messed up kamikaze play is that!?"

"It was the only one we had, Peter. I knew Parkman could get you there, and I needed a stall tactic. I was never going to let him do it, I just needed her to turn on him. I needed him to bare his teeth. Surprise, surprise. It didn't work.

"Wait....... you're saying....... that blood lusting MONSTER stopped himself, even after knowing what she could do? It's impossible. I took his power that one time, Noah, once he's got the scent, he's off his leash, he physically can't control it. I attacked my own mother for God's sake!!!!"

"He must have quite the puppy eyes for her then. He struggled hard, he wanted it, but fought it, I could tell, it took all of his strength but he eventually won. If he hadn't, I would have put a bullet in her leg to snap him out of it."

"I'm sorry, and what if he'd continued his killing joke with you?" Parkman asked, stunned, eyes wide.

"Again, bullet to the leg. Her immediate danger would have distracted him from his vindictive vendetta against me. Luckily we got a chance to take her quietly, and now we can finally draw him out, on our own turf, use his leading lady against him, and put that murdering psychopath down once and for all. He's distracted when he's with her, I've seen it. He won't be thinking clearly, and he won't want to scare her again. She's the Achille's heel, he didn't used to have, a vulnerability we can use. If there was ever a time to strike hard, it's now that he's on the ropes. He won't leave her, and THAT will be his inevitable downfall."

"Quietly? Noah, he's going to be PISSED, like serious kill all our families, drown the whole world in BLOOD, Apocalypse Now PISSED!!!! He's a wounded animal with nothing left to lose, backed into a corner!!!! Oh GOD, what about Claire!?"

"Claire's safe, Peter." That's the first thing I took care of before I came after them. No, I'm not going to tell you where, just in case this thing goes south. Plausible deniability. If you don't know, he can't force it out of you."

The whole van went silent all the joking and clever quips from before, evaporated in the heat of what they were about to face. Running right into the fire.

"I'm still mad that you lied to me. Both of you. I told you I was done with this life, and was going to stay as far the hell away from Sylar as I could get. But I'm in this now, as much as I've tried to avoid this road, I always find myself here, picked up by the two of you, or in the old days, Nathan. If we're going to do this, we have to trust each other. No more lying, no more manipulation, no more half baked suicide missions, no more hidden agendas. We are HEROES. It's time we start acting like it.

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