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seraphtrevsTitle: What We Are or Might Have Been
Author: Seraphtrevs (My Fic Masterlist)
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar
Rating: R
Genre: Tragicomedy
Warnings: Contains depictions of characters suffering from mental illness
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit made, etc.
Summary: Sequel to Down To This. Company man Sylar has brought a superpowered (and psychotic) Mohinder to the Primatech facility in Hartsdale for treatment. After some finagling, he manages to get himself put in charge of Mohinder's recovery. With Mohinder by his side, Sylar hopes to live his newly minted dream of being Gabriel Petrelli, a Good Guy with a nice house in the suburbs, a loving partner, and a (relatively) honest job. Changing his identity, however, is proving to be much more difficult than he originally assumed, particularly when the people around him refuse to let him forget about his past.
LEFTOVERS FROM VOLUME 2:
- Matt and Mohinder were romantically involved. After Molly and Matt's brush with Maury, Matt begins to suspect that the child Janice is carrying might be his. He tells Mohinder he needs to find out the truth. It leads to a nasty fight, and Mohinder breaks off their relationship.
- Noah has returned to his family after being imprisoned by the Company. He tells them that he's been able to negotiate their safety, but for a price.
- Nathan has decided to hold a press conference to inform the world about people with abilities.
VOLUME 3:
- THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO TIME-TRAVELING SHENANIGANS, meaning no Future Peter, no putting present Peter in other people's bodies, etc.
- Also, NO ECLIPSE NONSENSE. So there's no out-of-control powers, no loss of powers, etc.
- The deal Noah made is that he will continue to work for the Company, and do their dirtiest of deeds. His first assignment? Shooting Nathan. Angela had found out about Nathan's press conference and is determined to stop it. She doesn't want to kill Nathan - only to prevent him from revealing the existence of people with special abilities. She has healing blood in her possession, which she plans to use to revive Nathan after he's taken to the hospital.
- Peter and Matt chase Noah, but he escapes without them discovery his identity.
- Peter accompanies Nathan to the hospital after he's shot, and is surprised to find that his mother is there, waiting for them. After Nathan dies, Angela injects him with healing blood on the sly, and he's revived. She's planning on having a conversation with him about how it would be too dangerous for everyone to reveal to the world the existence of people with abilities, but there's no need. Nathan has had a ~religious experience~ that has left him questioning what he's doing with his life (and it's a genuine religious experience, not fake!Linderman-induced.) Peter is overjoyed that Nathan is alive, but begins to become suspicious of Angela, since she was already at the hospital before they arrived. He tries to read her mind, but she pushes him out.
- Matt heads off to confront Janice. On his way there, however, he's attacked by his father, who has broken out of the mind trap Matt placed him in and is looking for revenge. The two of them engage in an epic mind battle.
- In the meantime, Sylar has found Claire and taken her abilities. He makes his way back to Hartsdale and kills Bob Bishop, but is incapacitated by Elle, who lets off an involuntary electrical blast when Sylar attempts to murder her. Sylar is imprisoned, but the Level 5 prisoners escape due to Elle's involuntary power surge. Angela takes control of the Company and fires Elle.
- Angela has a dream that alerts her to Arthur's resurrection. In order to finish off her husband once and for all, she comes up with the plan to convince Sylar that he's her son. She revives him and makes up a story about how she had to give him up to protect him from Arthur. She also tells him that Arthur is back, and that she needs him to kill his ″father″ in order to protect them all.
Unbeknownst to her, Peter has made himself invisible and is spying on this conversation. In his hightened emotional state, he accidentally takes on Sylar's ability and is immediately driven insane by ~the Hunger.~ He snaps Sylar's neck and nearly kills his mother. He forces her to tell him where his father is. She does, reluctantly. Sylar revives, but Peter teleports away before he can stop him.
- Angela tells Sylar that Arthur's ability allows him to suck the powers from others, and that she's sure Arthur will take Peter's, leaving him helpless. She asks him to kill Arthur, rescue Peter, and destroy Pinehearst. Sylar does so, and gains Arthur's ability to absorb powers in the process.
- Peter has been completely depowered. He's regained his sanity, but is still reeling from what he heard Angela tell Sylar. He leaves, vowing to cut Angela and the Company out of his life for good. Over the next few weeks, he attempts to get into contact with Nathan, but Nathan has also vowed to cut out all of the superhero drama from his life – at least until he gets his head on straight. He gets religion, meets Tracy and gets involved with her, and accepts the Senate seat.
- Meanwhile, Angela makes Sylar an agent for the Company. She also convinces him not to take on any more abilities, since she realizes that the more powerful he gets, the more difficult he will be to control. He agrees.
- Angela partners Sylar up with Noah, since she figures Noah's the only one who'd be able to handle him. They go after the bank robbers, and Sylar resists the temptation to take their abilities. Pleased, Angela sends Noah and Sylar out for a second assignment – Stephen Canfield. They dispatch him without any involvement from Claire.
- For his third mission, Angela sends Sylar out, alone, to check on Mohinder, and the events of Down To This occur. Sylar brings Mohinder back to the Company.
MEANWHILE:
- Hiro has become the head of his father's company. He and Ando discover their half of the formula in the safe. Daphne steals it. They have some wacky, fun hijinks chasing her all over the place. Eventually, they are able to convince her that working for Pinehearst is wrong, and she agrees to help them destroy both halves of the formula, which they do. Afterward, they start their own superhero business. At one point, they encounter Elle, who eventually joins them. They all have many awesome adventures together, THE END.
- Noah asks Meredith look after his family while he takes care of the practicalities of moving them to Hartsdale, New York. Claire considers going against her father's wishes and hunting down specials, but in the end decides she'd rather concentrate on putting all the superhero drama behind her and having a normal life. After a while, the house is sold and Claire, Sandra and Lyle move to Hartsdale.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Noah and Angela are ~morally grey,~ but they are not, in fact, sociopaths. Angela does not "feed" anyone with abilities to Sylar. Noah also did not plan to allow Sylar to kill Trevor Zeitlan; his mission was to push him as far as possible and observe what happened, but he instructed Elle to intervene before Sylar made the kill. Elle was unable to stop him, however.
- Maury Parkman does not work for Arthur Petrelli. Arthur has other minions to help him accomplish his goals, but who they are is not particularly important.
- Sylar's original ability is intuitive aptitude, which is not the same thing as Peter's empathic ability.
Prologue and Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Author: Seraphtrevs (My Fic Masterlist)
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar
Rating: R
Genre: Tragicomedy
Warnings: Contains depictions of characters suffering from mental illness
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit made, etc.
Summary: Sequel to Down To This. Company man Sylar has brought a superpowered (and psychotic) Mohinder to the Primatech facility in Hartsdale for treatment. After some finagling, he manages to get himself put in charge of Mohinder's recovery. With Mohinder by his side, Sylar hopes to live his newly minted dream of being Gabriel Petrelli, a Good Guy with a nice house in the suburbs, a loving partner, and a (relatively) honest job. Changing his identity, however, is proving to be much more difficult than he originally assumed, particularly when the people around him refuse to let him forget about his past.
LEFTOVERS FROM VOLUME 2:
- Matt and Mohinder were romantically involved. After Molly and Matt's brush with Maury, Matt begins to suspect that the child Janice is carrying might be his. He tells Mohinder he needs to find out the truth. It leads to a nasty fight, and Mohinder breaks off their relationship.
- Noah has returned to his family after being imprisoned by the Company. He tells them that he's been able to negotiate their safety, but for a price.
- Nathan has decided to hold a press conference to inform the world about people with abilities.
VOLUME 3:
- THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO TIME-TRAVELING SHENANIGANS, meaning no Future Peter, no putting present Peter in other people's bodies, etc.
- Also, NO ECLIPSE NONSENSE. So there's no out-of-control powers, no loss of powers, etc.
- The deal Noah made is that he will continue to work for the Company, and do their dirtiest of deeds. His first assignment? Shooting Nathan. Angela had found out about Nathan's press conference and is determined to stop it. She doesn't want to kill Nathan - only to prevent him from revealing the existence of people with special abilities. She has healing blood in her possession, which she plans to use to revive Nathan after he's taken to the hospital.
- Peter and Matt chase Noah, but he escapes without them discovery his identity.
- Peter accompanies Nathan to the hospital after he's shot, and is surprised to find that his mother is there, waiting for them. After Nathan dies, Angela injects him with healing blood on the sly, and he's revived. She's planning on having a conversation with him about how it would be too dangerous for everyone to reveal to the world the existence of people with abilities, but there's no need. Nathan has had a ~religious experience~ that has left him questioning what he's doing with his life (and it's a genuine religious experience, not fake!Linderman-induced.) Peter is overjoyed that Nathan is alive, but begins to become suspicious of Angela, since she was already at the hospital before they arrived. He tries to read her mind, but she pushes him out.
- Matt heads off to confront Janice. On his way there, however, he's attacked by his father, who has broken out of the mind trap Matt placed him in and is looking for revenge. The two of them engage in an epic mind battle.
- In the meantime, Sylar has found Claire and taken her abilities. He makes his way back to Hartsdale and kills Bob Bishop, but is incapacitated by Elle, who lets off an involuntary electrical blast when Sylar attempts to murder her. Sylar is imprisoned, but the Level 5 prisoners escape due to Elle's involuntary power surge. Angela takes control of the Company and fires Elle.
- Angela has a dream that alerts her to Arthur's resurrection. In order to finish off her husband once and for all, she comes up with the plan to convince Sylar that he's her son. She revives him and makes up a story about how she had to give him up to protect him from Arthur. She also tells him that Arthur is back, and that she needs him to kill his ″father″ in order to protect them all.
Unbeknownst to her, Peter has made himself invisible and is spying on this conversation. In his hightened emotional state, he accidentally takes on Sylar's ability and is immediately driven insane by ~the Hunger.~ He snaps Sylar's neck and nearly kills his mother. He forces her to tell him where his father is. She does, reluctantly. Sylar revives, but Peter teleports away before he can stop him.
- Angela tells Sylar that Arthur's ability allows him to suck the powers from others, and that she's sure Arthur will take Peter's, leaving him helpless. She asks him to kill Arthur, rescue Peter, and destroy Pinehearst. Sylar does so, and gains Arthur's ability to absorb powers in the process.
- Peter has been completely depowered. He's regained his sanity, but is still reeling from what he heard Angela tell Sylar. He leaves, vowing to cut Angela and the Company out of his life for good. Over the next few weeks, he attempts to get into contact with Nathan, but Nathan has also vowed to cut out all of the superhero drama from his life – at least until he gets his head on straight. He gets religion, meets Tracy and gets involved with her, and accepts the Senate seat.
- Meanwhile, Angela makes Sylar an agent for the Company. She also convinces him not to take on any more abilities, since she realizes that the more powerful he gets, the more difficult he will be to control. He agrees.
- Angela partners Sylar up with Noah, since she figures Noah's the only one who'd be able to handle him. They go after the bank robbers, and Sylar resists the temptation to take their abilities. Pleased, Angela sends Noah and Sylar out for a second assignment – Stephen Canfield. They dispatch him without any involvement from Claire.
- For his third mission, Angela sends Sylar out, alone, to check on Mohinder, and the events of Down To This occur. Sylar brings Mohinder back to the Company.
MEANWHILE:
- Hiro has become the head of his father's company. He and Ando discover their half of the formula in the safe. Daphne steals it. They have some wacky, fun hijinks chasing her all over the place. Eventually, they are able to convince her that working for Pinehearst is wrong, and she agrees to help them destroy both halves of the formula, which they do. Afterward, they start their own superhero business. At one point, they encounter Elle, who eventually joins them. They all have many awesome adventures together, THE END.
- Noah asks Meredith look after his family while he takes care of the practicalities of moving them to Hartsdale, New York. Claire considers going against her father's wishes and hunting down specials, but in the end decides she'd rather concentrate on putting all the superhero drama behind her and having a normal life. After a while, the house is sold and Claire, Sandra and Lyle move to Hartsdale.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Noah and Angela are ~morally grey,~ but they are not, in fact, sociopaths. Angela does not "feed" anyone with abilities to Sylar. Noah also did not plan to allow Sylar to kill Trevor Zeitlan; his mission was to push him as far as possible and observe what happened, but he instructed Elle to intervene before Sylar made the kill. Elle was unable to stop him, however.
- Maury Parkman does not work for Arthur Petrelli. Arthur has other minions to help him accomplish his goals, but who they are is not particularly important.
- Sylar's original ability is intuitive aptitude, which is not the same thing as Peter's empathic ability.
Prologue and Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
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