211: Powerless

Transcription by Intrepid (intrepidly002@yahoo.com)

FADE IN:

[EARTH (STOCK)]

NARRATOR: Previously on Heroes ...

CAPTION:
PREVIOUSLY ...

FADE TO:



[INT. (MAINE) PRATT RESIDENCE -- DAY]

(Peter talks with Victoria.)

PETER: Tell me where I can find the virus so I can stop it.

(He reads her mind.)

VICTORIA PRATT: (v.o., thinking) Primatech Paper. Odessa, Texas.

PETER: Texas.

(Adam frees Victoria. She pushes him backward and grabs the rifle. She cocks it and points it at Peter.)

PETER: Wait!

(Adam shoots her in the back.)

(She falls to the floor.)

(Adam leaves a photo of her with the SYMBOL on her face in his own blood.)



[INT. (COSTA VERDE) BENNET RESIDENCE – KITCHEN -- DAY]

(Mr. Bennet talks with Elle.)

MR. BENNET: I was there when your father first brought you in, and then they started the testing.

ELLE: My father would never let that happen.



[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE – DAY]

(Micah talks with Niki.)

MICAH: We need to be heroes like Dad.

NIKI: Being a hero is what got your father killed.

LATER:

(Micah talks with Monica.)

MICAH: You're gonna help me get back my dad's medal?

MONICA: As long as you stay out of the way.

(CUT TO: The gang members drag Monica out of the house --

MONICA: (v.o.) Anything crazy happens, I need you safe.

-- knock her out and dump her in the back of the van. Micah runs.)



[INT. MOTEL ROOM – NIGHT]

(Alejandro fights with Sylar.)

ALEJANDRO: (in English) I'm taking my sister!

(Sylar knocks Alejandro to the ground. He grabs the knife on the bed and stabs him.)

(There’s a knock on the door.)

MAYA: (through door) Gabriel!

(The door opens. Sylar steps outside. He’s shirtless and wet as if he’s just come out of the shower.

SYLAR: Hey.

CUT TO: Sylar and Maya are kissing.

SYLAR: (v.o.) I just wanna help you.

MAYA: (v.o.) You have done that, and so much more.

(Alejandro is dead in the motel room.)

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[EXT. (COSTA VERDE) IMPERIAL BEACH – DAY]

(Mohinder shoots Mr. Bennet in the left eye.)



[INT. THE COMPANY – ROOM]

MR. BENNET: (v.o.) Why am I not dead?

(Mr. Bennet’s eyes heal and clear.)

MOHINDER: (v.o.) You would have been, if not for an infusion of your daughter's blood.

(As he removes the blood bag, Mohinder talks with Mr. Bennet.)

MOHINDER: Your recovery has proven this blood has tremendous regenerative properties.



[EXT. BEACH – DAY]

(Claire confronts Elle.)

CLAIRE: Kidnapped me and murdered my father.

(Claire punches the car window and smashes it.)

CLAIRE: (v.o.) I'll show everyone exactly what I can do.

(As Elle watches, Claire’s bloodied fist heals.)

CLAIRE: Once the secret's out, you won't be able to touch me or my family.



[INT. (JAPAN) YAMAGATO INDUSTRIES – OFFICE]

(Hiro talks with Ando.)

HIRO: (subtitled) Adam wants to release this virus!

(Hiro grabs the sword.)

HIRO: (subtitled) I must avenge my father’s death.

(Hiro vanishes.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE]

(Niki is on the phone with Mohinder.)

MOHINDER: (filtered) I think I found the cure, Niki. I'll bring it to you on the next flight.



[INT. (NEW YORK) CAB (TRAVELING) – NIGHT]

(Mohinder is on the phone with Sylar.)

SYLAR: (filtered) Hello Mohinder.

MOHINDER: (to phone) Sylar?

INTERCUT WITH:

[INT. MOHINDER’S APARTMENT – NIGHT]

(Sylar strokes Molly’s hair.)

SYLAR: (to phone) I convinced the babysitter to take the night off.

FADE OUT.
END OF PREVIOUSLY ON



FADE IN:

[CU: MOHINDER’S APARTMENT DOOR #613]

CAPTION:
MOHINDER SURESH
BROOKLYN

(Mohinder digs through his bag as he walks through the hallway.)

(He takes out the black case and looks at it.)



[INT. (NEW YORK) MOHINDER’S APARTMENT – DAY]

(Mohinder bursts into his apartment. He finds Sylar sitting at his desk and sitting in his chair.)

SYLAR: Welcome home, Dr. Suresh. What happened to your nose?

MOHINDER: Where's Molly?

SYLAR: Asleep. Keep your voice down. We don't wanna wake her.

MOHINDER: What is it you want?

(The sound of CLOCKS TICKING gets louder and louder. Sylar stands up. Mohinder takes a step back. The sound of CLOCKS TICKING fades out.)

SYLAR: Breakfast? I hope you don't mind. Maya cooked. (Sylar points and Mohinder turns around to find Maya in his kitchen.) She makes the most amazing chilaquiles.

(Maya walks up to Mohinder and shakes his hand. She’s wearing a blue apron, "WORLD’S GREATEST DAD.")

MAYA: It's such an honor to meet you.

SYLAR: He's the one that should be honored. Maya came all the way from South America just to be here, Mohinder.

MOHINDER: Really? Why's that?

MAYA: I read your father's book. He has so many answers. But I have so many more questions.

(Maya takes Mohinder’s bag and indicates he should sit.)

SYLAR: Sit. Eat. (Sylar sits.) I'm starving.

MAYA: When Gabriel told me you two knew each other, I knew fate brought us together.

(Maya puts two plates on the table in front of them.)

MOHINDER: Gabriel. You mean Sylar, don't you? You do know this man's a killer.

MAYA: Yes. He told me.

MOHINDER: He did?

MAYA: And I am ashamed to admit that ... I have taken lives as well. I have this sickness that comes out of me. It poisons everyone around. I need your help, Dr. Suresh.

(She puts her hand on his arm.)

MOHINDER: So that's what this is about.

SYLAR: We both need your help.

MOHINDER: Why's that?

SYLAR: I was reading about your lab work on the laptop -- the Shanti virus. Does it really take away a person's abilities?

SYLAR: It also has the unfortunate side effect of killing the person infected. (NOTE: Is this Mohinder speaking?)

MAYA: Is that why your powers are gone?

(Sylar turns and looks at Maya.)

MAYA: That you have this virus?

(Mohinder looks at Maya, then turns to look at Sylar. He puts it together and grabs the knife on the table. He stands up, ready to stab Sylar when Sylar stands up and point the gun he’s carrying at Mohinder.)

(Mohinder raises his hands and drops the knife.)

(Maya is confused.)

MAYA: Gabriel ... What are you doing?

SYLAR: Maya, I need you to stay calm. Apparently, Mohinder, your blood is the answer to my ills.

MOHINDER: No. No, not always. Trust me, there are many different strains of the virus.

SYLAR: But when you mix it with a certain cheerleader's blood, it changes, doesn't it?

(He opens Mohinder’s laptop and pulls up Claire’s photo.)

SYLAR: And it heals anything. Isn't that right, Doctor?

MAYA: (upset) You lied to me?

(Mohinder looks at Maya.)

MOHINDER: (to Maya) I don't know what he told you, but he is not my friend. He's a monster.

SYLAR: Maya?! Do not spoil this!

(Mohinder groans and falls to the ground.)

MAYA: My brother was right not to trust you.

(Sylar points the gun at Maya.)

SYLAR: Do you really wanna kill Dr. Suresh, the one man who can save you?

(Maya’s eyes are black. From the other room, Molly screams. Mohinder tries to get to her, but he can’t.)

MOHINDER: Molly!

(Molly steps out of her room with her hands covering her eyes.)

SYLAR: And she dies ... a sweet, innocent little girl.

(Molly falls to the ground, a black tear streaming down her face.)

SYLAR: Stop it, Maya! Now!

(Maya tries. Molly gasps as her eyes clear. Maya‘s eyes clear. Mohinder gets up and runs to Molly. He hugs her as she cries.)

MOHINDER: All right. I'll help you, but not here. We need to get to my lab.

SYLAR: Lead the way ... Doctor.

CUT TO:



[EPISODE TITLE]

CHAPTER ELEVEN
"POWERLESS"



[INT. (NEW YORK) APARTMENT -- DAY]

(Nathan is looking at the photo of him and Peter on the mantle. Angela and Matt are both in the room.)

ANGELA: (o.s.) I suppose I have you to thank for my early release from jail.

NATHAN: You didn't kill anyone, Mom.

CAPTION:
NATHAN, MATT & ANGELA
MANHATTAN

MATT: But Adam Monroe did. Again. Victoria Pratt is dead. I found her body at her place in Maine. Adam signed it with one of these.

(He shows her the photo in the evidence bag.)

MATT: Where's Adam going next?

NATHAN: How long are we gonna suffer for your sins? For your generation's deeds?

(Angela gives the photo back to Matt.)

ANGELA: Adam wanted revenge on those of us who betrayed him. It's done now. Let it go, Nathan. It's over.

NATHAN: Peter's alive. Mom.

(Angela is surprised.)

MATT: And he's working with Adam. They both killed Victoria Pratt. Their fingerprints are all over the murder scene.

(Angela looks at Nathan. He looks away from her.)

ANGELA: It all went so wrong. (She looks away from the others.) Thirty years ago, a group of us came together to change the world, to fix it. And Adam ... had a perspective on history that was compelling, and we believed in him. I did. Linderman. Your father.

NATHAN: Bob said you locked him away.

ANGELA: No. Not at first. In the beginning, I helped him.

NATHAN: You what?

ANGELA: And in the end, Adam decided that the world just wasn't worth fixing, and that it needed to be wiped clean with an unstoppable virus. Just before it was too late I, um ... I came to realize how wrong it was.

NATHAN: Did you? You and Linderman wanted to blow up New York to save the world. Doesn't sound to me like you've changed much at all, Ma.

(She turns and looks at them.)

ANGELA: Only someone with Peter's abilities could get to where the virus is stored. That's why Adam chose him.

MATT: Where would that be, Mrs. Petrelli?

ANGELA: Odessa. Texas. Primatech.

(The name is too familiar to them. Nathan looks at Matt, who nods back to him. Nathan turns and looks at his mother. Disgusted, he starts to head out. Angela grabs him to make him listen to her.)

ANGELA: Adam will never quit. One bullet right through his head. It's the only way.

(Nathan heads for the door.)

NATHAN: (to Matt) Come on.

(Matt turns to follow him, then hears Angela’s thoughts.)

ANGELA: (v.o., thinking) If you can't stop Peter, you’ll have to kill him too ... (clearer) If you can't stop Peter,...

(Matt turns and looks directly at Angela.)

ANGELA: (v.o., thinking) ... you'll have to kill him too. Right through the head.

(Matt turns and leaves.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (ODESSA) PRIMATECH PAPER – DAY]

CAPTION:
PRIMATECH PAPER CO.
ODESSA, TEXAS

(The doors open. Adam and Peter walk in.)

PETER: This doesn't look like the sort of place where they'd store a virus that could destroy the world.

ADAM: Paper company's just a front. The good stuff's three floors down. Laboratories, jail cells ...

(TIME STOPS. Peter looks around. He turns and finds Hiro.)

PETER: Hiro?

HIRO: Peter Petrelli?

PETER: What are you doing here?

ADAM: Adam Monroe killed my father. And for that, he must pay.

(Hiro draws his sword.)

PETER: No!

(A blue charge of electricity powers up in Peter’s palm.)

PETER: I can't let you hurt him.

(With a loud cry, Hiro runs toward Peter. He raises his sword, ready to strike.)

(Peter fires the electricity at Hiro, but Hiro’s gone. He reappears behind Peter, in front of Adam.)

HIRO: Why are you protecting him?

PETER: Adam is my friend.

HIRO: He was my friend too. Four hundred years ago. He betrayed me. He will betray you.

(Hiro raises his sword ready to strike Adam.)

HIRO: Hah!

PETER: No!

(Peter stops him. Hiro’s sword stops mid-air just inches away from Adam’s head.)

PETER: He saved my brother's life.

HIRO: He murdered my father.

PETER: Your father had him locked away for thirty years. I know. I was in that same prison.

(Hiro vanishes.)

(Peter walks over to where Hiro was. He looks around for him. He turns around and Hiro suddenly appears with his sword at Peter’s neck.)

PETER: Hiro ... I went into the future. There's a virus. It kills almost everyone. And it starts here. Today. Adam and I are gonna stop it.

(Peter grabs the sword blade and sends an electrical current through it, shocking Hiro and knocking him out. Hiro falls to the floor.)

TIME RESUMES

(Peter drops the sword and looks at Hiro.)

ADAM: Hiro?

PETER: He froze time. Said he knew you.

ADAM: We were friends once. A very long time ago.

PETER: He tried to kill you. He said I shouldn't trust you.

ADAM: And what did you think about that?

PETER: Let's go destroy the virus.

ADAM: Right.

(Peter leaves. Adam picks up his sword.)

ADAM: I believe this is mine, Carp.

(Adam leaves.)

SMASH TO:



[TITLE CARD: HEROES]

FADE OUT.

(COMMERCIAL SET)



FADE IN:

[INT. (COSTA VERDE) BENNET RESIDENCE – DAY]

CAPTION:
CLAIRE & SANDRA BENNET
COSTA VERDE, CA

(Claire is looking through West’s file.)

CLAIRE: Dad left records of pretty much everything he did for the company.

(Sandra puts down another file box.)

SANDRA: You are really going through with this.

CLAIRE: They killed Dad. They're never gonna leave us alone.

SANDRA: You do realize what'll happen to us if you tell everyone what you can do.

CLAIRE: Yes. No more running. No more hiding. No more secrets.

SANDRA: Your father couldn't take down this company, Claire. What makes you think you can?

CLAIRE: I don't know if you can understand it. They only target people with abilities. People like me.

SANDRA: You are still my daughter, Claire. I dream about you going to college, getting married someday. (crying) What if they take you from me ... use you in some lab experiment?

CLAIRE: I love you, Mom. But I can't live in fear of some big "what if?"

(Claire turns and continues to go through the file boxes.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW YORK) THE COMPANY – BOB’S OFFICE -- DAY]

(Bob talks with Elle.)

BOB: Do you realize how much damage you've done by provoking Claire?

ELLE: I couldn't help it. She was just so ... weepy and earnest and ... who knew she'd turn whistle-blower?

CAPTION:
ELLE & BOB
COMPANY FACILITY
HARTSDALE, NY

BOB: It's totally unprofessional, not to mention petty. And Claire is not even in your league!

ELLE: She isn't working with a gunshot wound.

BOB: You and I both know you have performed well below what you can do. (He sits down at his desk and looks through a file.) You're benched. No more field assignments.

ELLE: How's about if I said I was sorry?

BOB: When I think about all the hard work I put into raising you ...

ELLE: Daddy ...

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW YORK) THE COMPANY – BENNET’S CELL -- DAY]

(Mr. Bennet sits in a cell throwing a ball against the far wall. It bounces on the floor, hits the wall, and he catches it.)

(PAN AROUND Mr. Bennet to show Elle standing in the open doorway. She leans against the doorframe watching Bennet throw, bounce and catch the rubber ball. He knows she’s there and ignores her.)

ELLE: (bursts) You said you knew all about my ability. Tell me what my dad did to me.

MR. BENNET: I'm stuck in this hellhole. My family thinks I'm dead. There's not a lot of incentive to share.

(She powers up crackling electricity from her fingertips and walks over to him, threatening him.)

ELLE: I could make you tell me.

MR. BENNET: (doesn’t care) You could try.

(He goes back to ignoring her and bouncing the ball against the wall.)

(The electricity goes out.)

ELLE: Please.

(He stops bouncing the ball.)

ELLE: I don't have anyone else to talk to.

MR. BENNET: They wanted to see how much wattage you could discharge. Enough to power a flashlight, street lamp, an entire city block? During testing, you'd pass out from the strain. We'd all want to call it a day, but Daddy said, "No, my girl's tougher than that." You were seven. You know, the hardest thing a parent ever does is to have to see their child in pain.

(Mr. Bennet’s eyes slide toward the door. He looks at Elle.)

MR. BENNET: Most parents.

BOB: (o.s.) Elle.

(Elle is startled. She turns and sees Bob there.)

BOB: What are you doing here?

(Elle turns and looks at Bennet.)

ELLE: Leaving.

(Elle leaves the room. Bob remains. Once she’s gone, he leans against the doorframe.)

BOB: Noah, we have a problem.

MR. BENNET: I'm not part of your "we."

(Bennet goes back to bouncing the ball against the wall.)

MR. BENNET: Do you remember?

BOB: This is about Claire.

(Bennet stops and looks at him.)

BOB: She's becoming difficult.

(There’s a smile on Bennet’s face.)

MR. BENNET: Is she?

BOB: I need to know if she could possibly have any hard evidence which could leave this company exposed.

(Bennet continues to smile. He goes back to bouncing the ball against the wall. Bob moves in close to Bennet.)

BOB: That's unfortunate. Because now we're going to have to take measures to keep your daughter quiet.

(Bob leaves.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE -- MORNING]

(Niki paces and worries. The front door opens.)

MICAH: (o.s.) Mom!

CAPTION:
NIKI & MICAH SANDERS
NEW ORLEANS

(Niki heads for the door as Micah returns.)

NIKI: Micah! Where have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you.

(She hugs Micah.)

MICAH: Monica tried to get my stuff back that was stolen: Dad's medal, my comics.

NIKI: I told you to let the police handle it.

MICAH: She got caught.

NIKI: I'm calling the police.

(Niki starts dialing. Micah grabs the phone from her.)

MICAH: You can call them after we find her. She was taken in a red van. We have to rescue her. With your super strength --

NIKI: Micah, stop. I don't have my strength anymore.

MICAH: What?

NIKI: The virus -- It has side effects. But it's okay. I got a call from Dr. Suresh. He maybe found a cure. He's on his way here to make me better.

MICAH: I hope so. But right now, Monica needs my help. So all you have to do is drive.

(Micah and Niki head out. The door closes behind them.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (ODESSA) PRIMATECH PAPER CO. – HALLWAY -- DAY]

(A long, empty hallway. At the end, a guard slides across the floor into view. He hits the wall hard. An alarm sounds. A second guard flies across the hallway and hits the wall with a THUNK. He falls to the floor, unconscious.)

(Peter and Adam turn the corner.)

OVERHEAD: (from PA) Warning. Security breach. Unauthorized personnel in the area.

(A guard rushes toward them. Peter flips him over telekinetically and stops on his head. Adam uses the sword and cuts down two more guards.)

(Adam and Peter continue to the end of the hallway.)

OVERHEAD: (from PA) Warning. Security breach.

ADAM: I believe it's up to the left.

(Peter looks at him.)

ADAM: Oh, please. It's been thirty years.

(They turn to the left.)

(The alarm continues to blare.)

OVERHEAD: (from PA) Warning security breach. Unauthorized personnel in the area.

ADAM: (points to electrical box) Take care of that, will you?

(Peter throws an electrical charge at the box and shorts it out. Some of the lights in the hallway go out.)

(Peter and Adam come to the thick vault door at the end of the hallway. It looks daunting.)

PETER: So what do we do now?

ADAM: I guess you'll have to pry it open with that brain of yours.

(Peter chuckles.)

PETER: I'm not sure I have that sort of power.

ADAM: There's not much at stake here -- just the fate of the entire human race.

PETER: Did you kill Hiro's father?

ADAM: I did. He saw to it that the virus be safely kept here. If he didn't plan to use it, why not destroy it?

PETER: Why don't you make me believe you, Adam. Hiro said not to trust you.

ADAM: The woman you love is trapped in some horrible future where nearly everyone's dead. You can change that. She needs you, Peter. We all need you ... to open that door.

(Adam steps away. Peter steps forward and stretches his hand toward the door. The metal creaks and groans as he uses his telekinesis to open the vault door.)

(Adam watches him and smiles.)

FADE OUT.

(COMMERCIAL SET)



FADE IN:

[INT. (NEW YORK) WALKWAY OUTSIDE MOHINDER’S LAB -- DAY]

(Mohinder, Molly, Maya and Sylar arrive at Mohinder’s lab. Mohinder punches in the code in the security keypad at the door.)

MAYA: You're nothing like you said you were. Alejandro was right about you all along.

(The door beeps and he opens the door. Mohinder and Molly enter the lab. Maya starts to follow but Sylar grabs her.)

SYLAR: You wanna get rid of your powers, I want mine back. After Suresh fixes me, I'll gladly take yours off your hands.

(They enter.)



[INT. MOHINDER’S LAB – DAY -- CONTINUOUS]

SYLAR: There's a bed over there.

(He points to the bed.)

SYLAR: (to Molly) Stay put. (to Maya) Stay calm. (He cocks the gun and holds it up.) And remember ...

(Sylar grabs Mohinder and pushes him toward the stairs leading down to the lab. Maya goes over to Molly.)

MOLLY: Mohinder.

MOHINDER: It'll be okay, Molly, I promise.

(Sylar pushes Mohinder to hurry up.)

SYLAR: So this is your ... laboratory, huh?

PAN UP to show Isaac’s mural on the floor.

(Sylar chuckles.)

SYLAR: I killed that artist, Isaac Mendez, right on this very spot.

(He points to the mural rather proudly. Mohinder removes his satchel and goes to his worktable.)

MOHINDER: I'm going to have to take a sample of your blood.

SYLAR: Why?

MOHINDER: You self-diagnosed. I need to know what strain of the virus you have. Or if you even have it at all.

SYLAR: Just give me the remedy.

MOHINDER: Doesn't work like that. The wrong dosage will kill you.

(Mohinder snaps the rubber strip. Sylar looks at Mohinder and the two men stare at each other.)

(Sylar puts the gun down and removes his jacket. He rolls up his sleeve as Mohinder waits. Mohinder ties the rubber around Sylar’s arm.)

SYLAR: Your father helped me find my gift. Now here you are restoring it. Life has its poetry, doesn't it?

(Mohinder gets the syringe.)

MOHINDER: My father, who you murdered.

SYLAR: Your father, who betrayed me. Don't make that same mistake, Mohinder.

(Mohinder stabs the syringe in Sylar’s arm.)

SYLAR: Ouch!

(Mohinder adds the tube to fill with blood. Sylar looks down at the tube while Mohinder looks up –

-- at the red blinking light inside the white fire alarm high up on the wall. He looks at the video surveillance and waits.)

INTERCUT WITH:



[INT. (NEW YORK) THE COMPANY – BOB’S OFFICE -- DAY]

(The door opens and Elle peers inside. No one is in the office. Elle walks in and closes the door. She goes to the shelf and reaches for the file box with her name on it: BISHOP, ELLE.)

(She pulls it out and lifts it to look inside and finds it strangely light. She opens it and finds the file box completely empty. She slams it shut.)

CUT TO:

[CU: MONITOR]

(Elle logs in as an ADMINISTRATOR in the VIDEO SURVEILLANCE MANAGER on the computer. She enters the password: MIDAS.)

(The surveillance cameras at Mohinder’s lab pop up on the monitor.

ELLE: Huh. Does Suresh know you have him on video surveillance?

(On the monitor, she sees Sylar.)

ELLE: Sylar. Oh, Daddy, you're gonna be so proud of me.

(She logs out and looks at the photo on the desk of Bob holding a big fish. She gets up and leaves. She closes the door behind her.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DUZAC’S DINER (BUILDING)-- DAY]

CAPTION:
MONICA DAWSON
NEW ORLEANS

(The gang members carry in containers of gasoline. Monica is sitting on the floor, tied to a post.)

MONICA: Where am I?

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): That doesn't matter. Both you and it are about to get country fried.

MONICA: Please, let me go! I swear, I was only trying to help somebody!

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): You shoulda thought about that before you started messing up my business. So you thought you was gonna be a hero, huh? You know what happens to heroes in the real world?

(He grabs one of the containers and starts pouring out the gasoline around the area.)

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): They end up dead ... just like you.

(He walks out.)

(Monica reaches for her PDA in her pocket.)

CUT TO:



[INT. CAR (TRAVELING) -- DAY]

(Niki is driving as Micah follows Monica’s GPS cell phone signal on his own cell phone.)

MICAH: Turn left here.

(Niki turns left.)

NIKI: Explain to me how that works.

MICAH: Monica has a cell phone, and the battery emits a tiny GPS signal, which I can use to try and get her position. Basically, I told your cell phone to find her cell phone and show me where it is.

NIKI: You told the phone.

MICAH: Yeah. Don't slow down. The light'll change.

(Sure enough, the red light turns green. The light after that is green, too.)

NIKI: Let me guess. You told it to?

(Micah smiles and nods. Niki continues on her way.)

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[EXT. (ODESSA) PRIMATECH PAPER CO. – BACK PARKING/LOADING AREA -- DAY]

MATT: (o.s.) Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

(Matt and Nathan touch down --

MATT: Slow down, slow down, slow down!

-- barely. Nathan lands and deposits Matt on the ground. They both get to their feet.)

MATT: Ah!

(Nathan cricks his sore back.)

NATHAN: Oh!

MATT: Okay ... We don't talk about that ever again.

NATHAN: Agreed.

(They head for the building. Nathan looks around.)

MATT: Look, before we go in, I need to know something. Is Peter as dangerous as he was in Kirby Plaza? You know, with the whole -- puhh!

(He makes an explosion sound.)

NATHAN: I haven't seen him since that night, but I trust him with my life, Parkman.

MATT: Yeah, but your mother ... your mother told me that if I had to that I should kill Peter.

(Nathan shakes his head.)

NATHAN: Listening to my mother has never led to anything good. If Peter becomes a problem, I'll handle him.

(Hiro steps out of the building and sees Nathan.)

HIRO: (arms stretched over his head) Flying man!!

(Matt turns and looks at Hiro, who is still holding the pose.)

MATT: Who's this guy supposed to be?

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[INT. (COSTA VERDE) BENNET RESIDENCE -- DAY]

(Claire is taping up a box. West walks up to the back door, sees Claire inside and opens it.)

CLAIRE: Oh, good, you're here. Uh, so these two boxes are done. They can go in the car.

WEST: I didn't come to help you, Claire. I came to stop you.

CLAIRE: These people ruined my life. Your life.

WEST: No. They didn't. But what you're about to do --
I'm pretty sure that will.

CLAIRE: West, you're the one who said that we were special, that the rules didn't apply to us.

WEST: I think you misunderstood me.

CLAIRE: If we show everyone what we can do, they'll listen to us.

WEST: I can't. I like my secrets and I liked finding in you someone who I could share that with. But after you go public, it's all gone.

CLAIRE: You saw what they did to my dad. This is the only way to beat them.

WEST: Exposing us isn't going to bring him back.

CLAIRE: Fine.

(She opens the box and sifts through the folders inside.)

CLAIRE: Here's your file. It's everything they have on you. (She finds the file.) Now there isn't an "us" for you to be worried about.

(She shoves the folder at him.)

WEST: Claire, please, don't do this.

(She turns her back on him. West takes the folder and leaves. She turns around and sees West outside. He flies away.)

(Mr. Muggles barks.)

CLAIRE: You won't leave me, will you, Mr. Muggles?

(She smiles at him. Mr. Muggles turns and runs to the door. He growls. Claire rolls her eyes.)

(Mr. Muggles continues to growl at the door. Claire turns back to the file boxes.)

(The front door opens.)

(LOW on a pair of legs in the doorway.)

(Claire turns around and gasps. She drops the file box she’s carrying.)

(Mr. Bennet stands in the doorway. Claire starts to cry.)

MR. BENNET: Hello, Claire-bear.

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW YORK) MOHINDER’S APARTMENT -- DAY]

(Maya and Molly sit on the bed.)

MAYA: I wish Alejandro was here to help.

MOLLY: Who's that?

MAYA: He's my brother. I sent him away. Gabriel said ...

MOLLY: I can find him for you. Even if he's far away. So you know he's safe.

MAYA: You can? How?

MOLLY: I just know where people are. I need a picture or something to think about.

(Maya takes out a crinkled photo taken of her and her brother taken at her brother’s wedding. She gives the photo to Molly.)

MAYA: This is Alejandro. Here

(Molly looks at the photo and closes her eyes. She looks for Alejandro and can’t find him.)

MOLLY: He's not anywhere.

MAYA: But ... if he's not anywhere ...

(Molly shakes her head. Maya turns and looks out toward where Sylar is. She stands up.)

CUT TO:

(Mohinder is looking at the blood sample in the microscope.)

MOHINDER: How -- ? You have the same strain of the virus Niki has. (He looks at Sylar.) The Company injected you as well.

SYLAR: Injected me? Someone did this to me?

(Mohinder looks past Sylar at Maya.)

MAYA: You killed him? (screams) You killed my brother!

(Sylar turns and shoots Maya in the chest.)

MAYA: (gasps) Aah!

(Molly screams and scrambles up on the bed. Maya falls to the floor.)

SYLAR: Now look what you made me do.

TOP VIEW DOWN: Maya is bleeding on the mural on the floor.

FADE OUT.

(COMMERCIAL SET)



FADE IN:

[INT. (NEW YORK) MOHINDER’S APARTMENT -- DAY]

(Maya is bleeding on the mural. Mohinder points the gun at Mohinder.)

SYLAR: Where is the "heal anything" blood?

MOLLY: (scared) Please.

(Mohinder reaches into his satchel and takes out the black case.)

SYLAR: You had it here all along? You and I have trust issues, Doctor. Give it to her first. Let me see you save her. Then if it works ... I'll let you save me.

CUT TO:



[INT. (COSTA VERDE) BENNET RESIDENCE -- DAY]

(Sandra and Lyle see that Bennet is alive.)

SANDRA: It was a lie? Another lie?

MR. BENNET: No, please, you have to understand. None of this was my decision.

CLAIRE: But I saw you get shot. I saw it!

MR. BENNET: It's because of you. They injected me with your blood. You healed me.

SANDRA: I-I don't get it. And we're just supposed to pretend you weren't dead?

MR. BENNET: This is an impossible situation and it's just getting worse, Claire. You have to stop.

CLAIRE: Stop what?

MR. BENNET: Your plans to expose the Company. It's unacceptable.

CLAIRE: If we destroy them, we get our lives back, you back.

MR. BENNET: No, if you push this, they will react.

SANDRA: React?

MR. BENNET: No, it--it's not gonna come to that. I've made a deal that's gonna keep you all alive.

CLAIRE: What deal?

MR. BENNET: I have to go back with them.

CLAIRE: No ...

MR. BENNET: And you all will live normal lives. That's all I've ever wanted for you.

CLAIRE: You can't. Please.

MR. BENNET: You were right, Claire, when you said it was all my fault.

SANDRA: Noah!

MR. BENNET: I never meant to hurt you.

(He holds her hand as he heads out.)



[EXT. BENNET RESIDENCE – DAY -- CONTINUOUS]

(He shuts the door. Bob is in the background.)

MR. BENNET: It's done.

CUT TO:



[INT. (ODESSA) PRIMATECH PAPER CO. – HALLWAY / VAULT -- DAY]

CLOSE UP: THE VAULT DOOR

(It rattles and shakes. The metal is warped and bending.)

(Peter continues to use telekinesis to rip the thick vault door open. The metal creaks and groans.)

(Adam stands behind him, watching.)

(Parts of the vault door pop off. Peter continues to work on the door. The metal warps and moves. The bolts pop. Peter doesn’t let up.)

(Finally, the door opens.)

(Tired, Peter steps back.)

PETER: Go. Get the virus.

(Adam heads for the door.)

(Hiro appears and blocks the entryway to the vault.)

HIRO: I must stop you, Kensei.

(Adam draws the sword. Hiro starts to run toward Adam. Peter turns and telekinetically pushes Hiro aside. Hiro hits the wall and falls to the floor, unconscious.)

(Adam sheathes the sword. He heads for the vault.)

ADAM: He's going to keep at it, Peter, unless you do something about it.

(Adam slips into the vault.)

(Peter telekinetically grabs Hiro and pushes him high up on the wall. Hiro groans. Peter doesn’t let up.)

(Behind him, Matt enters the hallway. He heads toward Peter.)

MATT: (v.o., thinking) Let Hiro go. Go after Adam. He's using you, Peter. Let Hiro go.

(Peter lets Hiro go.)

MATT: (v.o., thinking) Go after Adam. Let Hiro go. Go after Adam. He's evil.

(Peter turns his attention to Matt.)

PETER: (v.o., thinking) I don't think so.

MATT: (v.o., thinking) He wants to destroy the whole world.

PETER: (v.o., thinking) You're wrong. Adam wouldn't do that.

MATT: (v.o., thinking) He's going to release the virus.

(Peter heads toward Matt.)

PETER: (v.o., thinking) He wants to destroy the virus.

(He telekinetically pushes Matt backward. Peter continues to advance toward Matt and continues to push Matt all the way along the hallway floor.)

PETER: Don't you understand? You're on the wrong side!

(Nathan steps out between Matt and Peter.)

NATHAN: What about me, Pete?

(Peter is surprised to see Nathan.)

PETER: Nathan?

NATHAN: Am I on the wrong side too?

[HIRO]

(Hiro comes to and looks around as he gets his bearings.)

HIRO: Ah.

(He sees the open vault door.)

(He vanishes.)

INTERCUT WITH:



[INT. THE VAULT]

(Inside the vault are various drawers and display cases each with its own different item – a card hand, a brain in a circular glass container, an empty stand, a metal-looking pyramid.)

(Adam has the virus display open and his arm is up in the case when --

HIRO: (o.s.) Kensei!

(Adam turns and finds Hiro in the vault.)

HIRO: (subtitled) You were my friend.

ADAM: You were more than a friend to me. You were my inspiration. I was a rudderless drunk, and then you came along, you taught me to be a hero.

HIRO: (subtitled) Only to have you become a villain.

(Adam takes the sword out and points it at Hiro.)

ADAM: (subtitled): I learned that from you.

(Behind him, Adam has the test tube clutched in his left hand.)



[NATHAN AND PETER]

NATHAN: I went to the Company. I saw Adam's history--who he is and what he wanted. Pete ... he tried to release the virus.

PETER: Do you wanna know how your burns got healed, Nathan? He gave you his blood. I was there. You should be grateful.

NATHAN: He used me.



[HIRO AND ADAM]

ADAM: Wars, famine ... disease. Four hundred years later, nothing has changed. When God wasn't happy with what he'd created, he made it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. He just washed it all away. He had the right idea. Because when this virus is released, those of us who are left will be granted a second chance. (whispers) And I'll be their hero.



[NATHAN AND PETER]

(Nathan steps forward.)

NATHAN: He used me to get to you.

(Confused, Peter backs away.)

NATHAN: Don't you see it? He tried to manipulate you like that.

PETER: Nathan, he --

NATHAN: (interrupts) Peter, that night at Kirby Plaza when I carried you away, it's because I believe in you. You're my brother, Pete. I love you.



[HIRO AND ADAM]

HIRO: (subtitled) You are not God.

ADAM: Really? I've lived for over 400 years. Who's to say I'm not going to live 400 more?

HIRO: (subtitled) I should have killed you ... long ago. And I should kill you now.

(beat)

HIRO: (subtitled) For my father.



[NATHAN AND PETER]

NATHAN: Can you really trust Adam?

(No, he can’t.)

(Peter turns and looks back uncertainly at the open vault door where Adam is. He starts running toward the vault. Nathan follows him. And behind them, Matt is up on his feet starting after them.)



[HIRO AND ADAM]

SLOW MOTION.

(Hiro reaches forward and touches Adam on his shoulder.)

(Adam drops the vial.)

(Hiro and Adam VANISH.)

(The vial remains and it starts to FALL.)



[PETER]

(Peter reaches the vault door.)



[THE VIAL]

(Twists and turns as it falls toward the hard concrete floor.)

FADE OUT.

(COMMERCIAL SET)



FADE IN:

[INT. (ODESSA) PRIMATECH PAPER CO. – HALLWAY / VAULT -- DAY]

(Peter runs toward the vault door.)

[THE VIAL]

(Twists and turns as it falls toward the hard concrete floor.)

(Peter slips inside the vault and telekinetically catches the vial.)

(The vial HOVERS ABOVE the floor.)

(Peter goes and picks it up just as Nathan and Matt enter the vault.)

NATHAN: Is that it?

MATT: Where'd those guys go?

PETER: They're gone.

(Matt looks around the vault.)

MATT: What is all this stuff?

(Peter looks at the vial. He swallows hard.)

PETER: I saw what this could do. I almost--

NATHAN: Peter, you're not responsible for something that might have happened. You came here to destroy the virus. Now, finish the job.

PETER: Step back.

(Peter turns his back to them and holds the vial between his hands. His hands flash white as he burns the vial and its contents.)

(When he’s done, he opens his hands. A puff of smoke rises. There’s nothing left but dust in his palms. In the dust is the SYMBOL. The dust slips away.)

(Peter turns to look at them. Matt looks confused and angry.)

MATT: What the hell's going on? Your mother and my father -- God knows what else they've done. How much longer are we gonna have to clean up their mess?

NATHAN: Matt, you're right. You're right. We've been used by these people, manipulated. But it's over. It stops here. (He looks at them.) No more secrets.

PETER: So what do you wanna do?

(Unnoticed by them, a red light flashes through the vent grating high up on the wall behind Matt.)

NATHAN: We take this all public.

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE POV

(There’s a camera in the vent.)

NATHAN: (filtered) We expose them for what they are, what they've done, that they're the enemy.

BACK TO VIEW.

NATHAN: I wanna have a press conference. Matt, I need your help. Make sure everybody listens to me.

(Matt thinks about it, then nods. Matt and Peter look at each other.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW YORK) MOHINDER’S LAB -- DAY]

(Maya is on the bed. Molly is next to her. Mohinder injects her with a vial of Claire’s blood. He puts the needle down on the case with the other remaining vial.)

SYLAR: That's it? Just a simple injection?

(Mohinder watches. The bullet pops out of Maya’s chest as she heals.)

(Sylar straightens, amazed. Mohinder picks up the bullet and looks at it.)

(Behind them, the front door opens and Elle walks in.)

SYLAR: I'm sure Maya will understand if I'm not here when she wakes up.

(Sylar closes the case and picks it up.)

(Mohinder is looking at the bullet. Sylar steps away from them.)

ELLE: Sylar!

(Elle is in the doorway with an electric charge in the palm of her hand.)

(Sylar turns and points the gun at Elle. She shoots her charge at him. He fires. The glass between them shatters.)

(Molly screams.)

MOHINDER: Molly!

(Mohinder goes to cover Molly.)

(Sylar turns and shoots out the glass window. He turns and runs.)

(Elle pulls herself up through the broken window and shoots an electrical charge at Sylar’s retreating back. She misses and hits the table.)

(He runs.)

(She fires again and hits him in the back. He falls through the glass window, shattering it. He gets up.)

(Elle runs after him.)

(Mohinder watches her go. Elle looks around, then goes through the back door. Mohinder sees the case and remaining vial of blood gone.)

MOHINDER: The blood! Oh, my God. Niki.

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) CAR (TRAVELING) -- DAY]

(Niki is driving as Micah navigates.)

MICAH: Mom, we're almost there.



[INT. DUZAC’S DINER (BUILDING) – DAY]

(Hype continues to pour the gasoline around the warehouse area. Monica grunts as she tries to use her phone.)

(Hype returns and sees her.)

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): Girl, what you doing? Gimme that phone!

(He takes the phone from her.)

MONICA: I didn't call nobody! I swear! I swear I didn't call anybody!

(He opens the lighter and sets fire to the 9th Wonders (issue #10) comic book.)

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): Look at that, look at that.

(He uses it to light several places in the room.)

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): Look what you did, huh?

MONICA: No.

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): Huh?

MONICA: No.

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): Huh? Who you think's gonna rescue you?

(He drops the burning comic book on the floor.)

MONICA: No, don't leave me here!

(Hype leaves.)

MONICA: No! No, don't leave me here, please! Please don't leave me here!

(Monica cries.)



[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) CAR (TRAVELING) -- DAY]

MICAH: Stop.

(Niki stops the car.)

MICAH: It's right around here.

(Micah sees Hype getting into the red van.)

MICAH: The van! That's the guy who took Monica!

(Hype starts the engine and pulls out. He turns in the nearby road.)

NIKI: Hold on.

(Niki turns into the road and heads straight for Hype and the red van. He’s forced to stop the van.)

(Niki gets out of the car. Hype gets out and he’s really mad.)

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): You crazy bitch! What's wrong with you?

(She kicks him and he doubles over, drops the gun and groans.)

(Niki picks up the gun.)

NIKI: Where's Monica?

HYPE (GANG MEMBER): Go to hell.

(Niki hits him in the face with the gun. He’s still conscious.)

MICAH: Mom, the building! She's in there!

(Niki looks up and sees the building smoking.)

NIKI: Micah, stay in the car and call 911!

(Micah gets back in the car and closes the door. She hits Hype again with the gun; this time, she knocks him out.)

(Niki turns and runs to the building.)



[INT. DUZAC’S DINER (BUILDING) – DAY]

(Niki opens the door and steps inside.)

NIKI: (shouts) Monica! Monica!

MONICA: I'm here! I'm here! Hurry.

(Niki runs to Monica and unties her.)

MONICA: How'd you find me?

NIKI: Micah.

MONICA: Oh, I love that kid.

NIKI: You okay?

(Monica nods.)

(They get up. Monica grabs Micah’s backpack and they head out.)

(On their way out, a beam on fire falls in front of Niki. Monica pulls her back to avoid it hitting her.)

MONICA: Niki, look out!

(The beam is blocking their exit. Niki grabs a cloth on the side and rolls it around her hands.)

NIKI: When I lift that beam, you pull the door open.

(Monica nods.)

(Niki pulls the beam up enough for Monica to get through.)

NIKI: Go! Go, I'm right behind you.

(Monica runs. Niki loses her grip on the beam and it falls back into place. The building continues to burn around her.)

(Niki tries to lift the beam again.)

(Something smashes behind her. She turns to look. Everywhere around her is in flames.)



[EXT. BUILDING – DAY]

(Monica runs out of the building.)

MICAH: Monica!

(Micah runs to meet her.)

MICAH: You're all right!

(Monica runs to him, then pulls Micah with her.)

MONICA: C'mon! C'mon, run!

(The building behind them explodes. BOOM! The force of the explosion knocks them off their feet.)

MICAH: (screams) Mom!

(Another explosion destroys the front of the diner. Nothing could survive that.)

FADE OUT.

(COMMERCIAL SET)



FADE IN:

[INT. (JAPAN) YAMAGATO INDUSTRIES – OFFICE]

(Ando is reading a magazine as he returns back to his desk. He finds Hiro sitting there watching his sister on the computer monitor.)

ANDO: Hiro. (subtitled) Where have you been?

HIRO: (subtitled) I went to face my father’s killer.

ANDO: (subtitled) Well, did you find him?

(Hiro nods.)

ANDO: (subtitled) Did you kill him?

(Hiro is quiet.)

HIRO: (subtitled) He can never hurt anyone ever again.

ADAM: (PRE-LAP) (v.o.) CARP!!

CUT TO:



[SOMEWHERE DARK]

(Adam is lying somewhere dark.)

ADAM: (screaming) LET ME OUT! CARP! CA-A-ARP! CARP!

PULL OUT through the wooden box ...

ADAM: (screaming) (v.o.) Carp!

... OUT PAST the COFFIN’S HANDLES ...

ADAM: (screaming) (v.o.) Carp!

... UP THROUGH layers and layers of DIRT ...

[SURFACE GROUND]

ADAM: (screaming) (v.o.) Aah!

TOP VIEW DOWN: On the grave and surrounding headstones.

[EXT. JAPANESE CEMETERY -- DAY]

ADAM: (screaming) (muffled) (v.o.) Let me out!

CUT TO:



[INT. (NEW YORK) MOHINDER’S LAB -- DAY]

(Mohinder and Molly watch Maya. Suddenly she gasps and sits up.)

MAYA: I thought ... I was dead.

MOHINDER: You very nearly were.

(Elle returns.)

ELLE: Sylar's gone. (She slams her hand against the doorframe in frustration.) My dad's gonna kill me.

MOHINDER: I doubt that very much. If you hadn't arrived, Sylar would have slaughtered us all. We owe you our lives.

ELLE: Really? Cool.

(She likes the thought of it.)

CUT TO:



[INT. (ODESSA) POLICE STATION -- DAY]

(The media are gathered in a room – reporters with their cameras.)

CAPTION:
ODESSA POLICE STATION
ODESSA, TEXAS

(Matt, Nathan and Peter walk in. Nathan is cleaned up and wearing a crisp shirt and tie. Peter is quiet.)

NATHAN: Sure you're all right with this?

PETER: Yeah, I just keep thinking if I hadn't listened to Adam.

NATHAN: If I hadn't listened to Linderman. (Nathan grabs Peter to make him listen.) Hey, look. You tried to do the right thing. You always do. You trusted that people are as good as you are. But if you see yourself as a monster, Pete, this guilt is just gonna eat you up inside. Believe me, I know.

(Peter smiles. Nathan smiles back.)

NATHAN: What?

PETER: Just really missed you.

NATHAN: I missed you too.

(They hug.)

(Matt walks up to them.)

MATT: Okay, I did it. They're ready for you. They'll definitely hear what you have to say.

CUT TO:

CU: MONITOR

(Nathan is on the monitor.)

NATHAN: Good afternoon. Most of you have no idea who I am. My name is Nathan Petrelli, and I was elected to Congress in the State of New York. Seems like a long time ago. I lost my position.

INSERT: MONTAGE WITH VARIOUS CLIPS

NATHAN: (v.o.) I lost my brother.

(Peter is about to explode back in Kirby Plaza.)
(Nathan fights with Angela for the framed photo of him with Peter.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) I lost my family.

(CU of Nathan in the rain in front of the Wandering Rocks Pub.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) I'm sad to say that I lost my way.

(Mohinder and Molly hug.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) But while I was gone, I had the chance to see the world through newly humbled eyes.

(DL rescues the girl from the burning building.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) Witnessed amazing things.

(Matt kicks the door in to face his father.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) I've seen ordinary people among us, trying their best each day to be heroes.

(Hiro is dressed as Takezo Kensei with twelve swords in front of him.)

(Claire falls. West rescues her.)

(Cuts of Maya and Alejandro.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) These ordinary people -- like you, like me -- are capable of extraordinary things.

(Monica attacks the robber.)

(Peter and Caitlin are in future New York.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) You have no idea ... how extraordinary.

(Elle turns and fires an electrical charge at West flying up in the sky. She hits him and Claire.)

(Bob puts the gun on the table in front of Mohinder.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) But there are other people, organizations, who don't want you to know the truth.

(The Haitian takes Peter’s memory and locks Peter in the shipping container.)

(Nathan sees his deformed image in the mirror. He punches the mirror with his fist.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) I, myself, kept secrets.

(Nathan flies away from capture.)

NATHAN: (v.o.) But last year ... something incredible happened to me ...

(Burned, Nathan falls out of the sky. Peter saves him.)

END MONTAGE.

(Matt and Peter flank Nathan.)

NATHAN: ... and it changed my life. At first, I was afraid. But I'm -- I'm not afraid anymore. I'm here to tell you the truth. I have the ability --

(Nathan is shot twice in the chest.)

(A woman screams. Nathan falls backward and chaos ensues.)

(Peter cradles Nathan in his arms.)

PETER: (no audio) Nathan!

(Nathan doesn’t respond. Nathan moves.)

PETER: (no audio) Nathan!

(Matt stops looking at them, and looks out at the crowd. The police try to contain the news media from crowding in too close.)

(In the back, a man in a black jacket walks away.)

FADE TO:



[INT. (NEW YORK) ANGELA’S APARTMENT -- DAY]

(Angela is on the phone as she watches the news report on the television.)

NEWS REPORTER: (from tv) In Odessa, Texas, where the former New York Congressman elect Nathan Petrelli was shot by an unknown assassin. Authorities--

(She turns the television off.)

ANGELA: (to phone) I know. It was unavoidable. You do know that you've now opened Pandora's box.

(She hangs up.)

FADE OUT.



[BLACK SCREEN W/ WHITE TEXT]

END OF VOLUME TWO

FADE TO:



[EXT. (NEW YORK) ALLEY – DAY]

[VOLUME TITLE]
VOLUME THREE
"VILLAINS"

(Sylar sits on the ground in a dirty alley. His sleeve is rolled up as he prepares to shoot himself up with the last remaining vial of Claire’s blood.)

(He pulls the needle out and waits.)

(He pants for a moment, then watches as the deep glass cuts on his hands heal spontaneously. The cuts on his face vanish.)

(A determined look crosses his face as he focuses on the empty SPINACH CAN across the alley. He holds his hand out and concentrates.)

(The can quivers.)

(Sylar’s fingers twitch.)

(The can rattles.)

(He tries harder and the can FLIES straight into the palm of his hand.)

(We hear the sound of CLOCKS TICKING.)

(Sylar smiles.)

SYLAR: I'm back.

FADE TO BLACK.



TO BE CONTINUED ...