FADE IN:
[EARTH (STOCK)]
NARRATOR: Previously on Heroes ...
CAPTION:
PREVIOUSLY ...
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[INT. (NEW YORK) DEVEAUX BUILDING – ROOFTOP – NIGHT --PAST]
(Hiro talks with his father.)
HIRO: (subtitled) You are going to die! Here! Tonight!
KAITO NAKAMURA: (subtitled) This is my fate then.
(LATER: Hiro has frozen time just at the moment when Kaito is being pushed off the roof.)
HIRO: (subtitled) (v.o.) I can’t save him. But I can learn who killed him.
(Hiro gasps.)
HIRO: Kensei Takezo. (subtitled) Takezo Kensei
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[EXT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE – FRONT YARD – NIGHT]
(Niki talks with Micah.)
NIKI: When I get back, we'll be together.
(Niki hugs Micah.)
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[INT. (NEW YORK) THE COMPANY]
(Niki punches the door to Bob’s office. She smashes it off its hinges.)
(CUT TO: Nathan stands in front of Bob. Niki has her hand on Nathan’s shoulder.)
BOB: You came here to get control of your life.
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(Mohinder talks with Niki after she’d been infected.)
MOHINDER: It's another strain of the virus. My blood's no longer a cure.
NIKI: I'm going to die?
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[INT. (NEW YORK) THE COMPANY]
(Bob shows Mohinder Claire’s folder, his next assignment.)
BOB: Claire is the key that could cure the virus.
[INT. (COSTA VERDE) CAR (PARKED) – DAY]
(Mohinder sits in the back seat of Mr. Bennet’s car.)
MOHINDER: And he has asked you to give us Claire.
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[INT. MR. BENNET’S RESIDENCE – DAY]
(Mr. Bennet negotiates a trade with Bob.)
MR. BENNET: (to phone) You touch my daughter and I'll kill yours. Then I'll kill you.
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BANG!
(Mohinder shoots Mr. Bennet. The bullet pierces his eye. Mr. Bennet falls to the ground.)
FLASH OVERLAY: ISAAC’S PAINTING (#8 OF 8) OF MR. BENNET’S DEATH.
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[INT. (2008) WAREHOUSE – DAY]
(Caitlin and Peter are separated by a wire fence. Caitlin is about to be deported.)
CAITLIN: Please don't let them take me.
PETER: I'll get us home, I promise –
(The officials grab Caitlin and pull her away from the wire fence.)
PETER: No, no!
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[INT. (MONTREAL) WAREHOUSE – PRESENT]
(Peter is back in the present. Peter hyperventilates and looks around for Caitlin.)
ADAM: (o.s.) Peter.
(Peter looks at Adam.)
PETER: I remember everything.
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[NIGHT]
(Alejandro talks with Maya.)
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) I don’t trust him, Maya.
[INT. CAR (TRAVELING) – DAY]
(Maya is driving.)
MAYA: (subtitled) We should put our faith in him.
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[NIGHT]
(Sylar talks with Alejandro knowing he doesn’t understand English.)
SYLAR: (in English) See, when I get my ability back, I'm gonna kill you and your sister. And I'm gonna take it all.
FADE OUT.
END OF PREVIOUSLY ON:
FADE IN:
[EXT. (NEW YORK, 2008) CITY STREET – DAY (VISION)]
(Peter appears in the middle of the street, which is littered with paper flyers.)
(He looks out in front of him. He picks up a piece of paper. It’s an EVACUATION NOTICE.)
(He looks up as the CDC crew rush past him without seeing him.)
CDC CREW 1: Get on the ground now!
CDC CREW 1: Do you have any symptoms?
(Peter watches as they grab his past self and Caitlin.)
CDC CREW 1: Get on the ground!
CDC CREW 2: Are you sick? Are you infected?
CDC CREW 1: Take them to decontamination now!
(Peter watches as they converge on Caitlin.)
VARIOUS ABRUPT CUTS OF: PETER
PETER: (shouts) Caitlin!
PETER: (shouts) Caitlin!
PETER: (shouts) Caitlin!
PETER: (shouts) Caitlin!
PETER: (shouts) Caitlin!
[INT. (MONTREAL) WAREHOUSE – NIGHT]
PETER: (shouts) Caitlin!
ADAM: No need to shout.
(Peter turns and looks at Adam.)
PETER: Adam, I was there. I saw her.
ADAM: You haven't gone anywhere, Peter. You were telling me about time travel and how you were going to save some girl from some deadly virus, and then you began shouting her name.
PETER: No, no, I was in New York City a year from now. I saw Caitlin. I was calling at her to come back with me. Look.
(Peter shows Adam the EVACUATION NOTICE he picked up.)
ADAM: Impressive.
(Adam turns and walks to the back of the room. Peter follows him.)
PETER: I have to keep trying. I can't just leave her there to be killed by the virus.
ADAM: What do you know about this virus?
PETER: I know that it kills over 93% of the world's population.
ADAM: Peter, do you know what the virus is called?
PETER: (thinks) Shanti virus. That's what the guy at Homeland Security called it. Does that mean something to you?
ADAM: I knew a woman at the company. Victoria Pratt.
(Adam opens a chest and takes out the FOUNDERS’ photo.)
ADAM: She was a biological engineer. On Valentine's Day 1977, she recovered a deadly virus from a sick Indian girl named Shanti. Under Company orders, she tried to manipulate the virus into a weapon.
(Peter walks over and looks at the photo.)
ADAM: I'd heard the program had been shut down. Clearly I was misinformed.
PETER: Those are my parents: Linderman, Charles Deveaux. What --
ADAM: Those are the company founders, Peter. The virus is their crime.
PETER: They're responsible for this.
ADAM: (nods) Parents sin, children suffer. That is Victoria.
(He points to the woman standing between Robert Bishop and Maury Parkman.)
PETER: We need to find her, Adam. We need to find her. Make her tell us everything that she knows. That's the only way to stop the virus and save Caitlin.
ADAM: It's the only way we can save the world.
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[INT. (COSTA VERDE) BENNET RESIDENCE – DAY]
(Sandra holds the gun on Bob. Claire and Lyle are behind her.)
SANDRA: Get the hell out of my house.
CAPTION:
BENNET HOME
COSTA VERDE, CA
BOB: Noah Bennet was a loyal employee of our company, and for many years a true friend. I offer my deepest condolences.
CLAIRE: Are those my dad's ashes?
SANDRA: You had my husband cremated?
BOB: Yes, his personnel file was very clear as to how his remains should be handled.
SANDRA: What gives you the right?
BOB: We were only trying to help Claire use her abilities for the greater good. But Noah's aggression forced our hand.
CLAIRE: He was trying to protect me.
(Bob moves toward the side table.)
BOB: In the wake of this tragedy, I feel it's only fair to honor Noah's wishes. (He puts the urn down.) You will be left alone to lead a normal life.
CLAIRE: My father is dead. There is no normal.
BOB: I'm sorry for your loss.
(Bob backs out of the house and closes the door. Sandra lowers the gun.)
SANDRA: Pack your bags. We're leaving tonight.
(She walks past Claire. Lyle follows her.)
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[INT. CAR (PARKED) -- DAY]
(The car door opens and Bob gets inside. Elle is sitting in the passenger seat with her arm in a cast.)
BOB: The next 24 hours are critical. I want you to keep an eye on Claire.
ELLE: It'd be easier without this thing on my arm.
(Elle scratches under the gauze covering her wound. Her arm is in a sling.)
ELLE: It itches like a mother!
BOB: And I thought my little girl was tough.
ELLE: I am, Dad, but I was shot. And my body doesn't heal itself.
BOB: I'm sorry you're in pain, but none of this would've happened if you hadn't lowered your guard.
ELLE: How was I supposed to know that Bennet teamed up with West, the flying boy?
BOB: Excuses don't change outcome, Elle. You need to accept responsibility for what's happened. Can you do that? Can you regain my trust?
ELLE: Sure, Daddy. I'll watch the cheerleader.
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[EPISODE TITLE]
CHAPTER TEN
TRUTH & CONSEQUENCES
[INT. BENNET’S ROOM]
(Mr. Bennet is on the gurney with his arm hooked up to an IV feeding him Claire’s blood.)
(The wound in his left eye heals and clears completely.)
(He gasps loudly and sits up.)
(He takes a couple of gasping breaths, then falls back on the bed.)
(Mohinder walks in.)
MR. BENNET: Mohinder.
MOHINDER: Take it easy.
(Mohinder puts the restraints on Bennet’s wrists.)
MR. BENNET: Last thing I remember ... you were ... ohh ... Did you shoot me?
MOHINDER: I didn't have a choice.
MR. BENNET: Why am I not dead?
MOHINDER: You would have been, if not for an infusion of your daughter's blood.
(Mohinder removes the IV from Bennet’s arm. He surges up on the bed.)
MR. BENNET: You took Claire's blood?
MOHINDER: It saved your life.
MR. BENNET: You betrayed me. You went after my family!
MOHINDER: You told me this company had to be brought down from the inside out. Thank God I came to my senses before I'd done any real damage.
MR. BENNET: What have you done with Claire?
MOHINDER: Claire's at home, grieving the loss of her father.
MR. BENNET: Oh. (falls back on the bed) They think I'm dead.
MOHINDER: You put us on this path with your violence, your paranoia. You have nobody to blame but yourself.
(Mohinder removes the bag with Claire’s blood off the IV stand.)
MR. BENNET: What are you doing with that?
MOHINDER: Your recovery has proven this blood has tremendous regenerative properties. I believe it holds the key to saving an innocent woman from a deadly virus. That's what this company does. We save lives.
MR. BENNET: Everything they've told you is a lie. The Company made that virus.
(Mohinder takes the bag of blood and heads out of the room.)
MR. BENNET: (loudly) They've been experimenting with it for thirty years. You can't trust them, Suresh!
(Mohinder slams and locks the metal door.)
MR. BENNET: (shouts) Get back here, you son of a bitch!
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[TITLE CARD: HEROES]
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN:
[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE -- DAY]
(Monica opens the door. Damon and Micah walk in. She closes the door.)
DAMON: Six hundred bucks for a comic book?
MICAH: In mint condition. But that's not why I collect them. I just like the stories.
DAMON: How about this for a story? Once upon a time, we cash these in and live happily ever after, the end.
MONICA: Hey, if St. Joan's a good guy, why is she wearing a hood?
MICAH: Well, every superhero has to have a secret identity. How else could they live a normal life?
DAMON: Who wants normal? Pssh, I'd be rolling large. Let everybody know who I was.
(Monica whacks Damon on the head with the comic book. They move to the living room.)
MICAH: But if your enemies knew who you really were, then they'd be coming after you at home, maybe even taking revenge on your family.
MONICA: That's why Clark Kent wears those glasses.
MICAH: Right.
(Monica gives the comic book back to Micah. Micah goes to his room. He puts his backpack down on the chair to put the comic book inside.)
(Nana and Niki approach him. He doesn’t notice them there yet.)
NIKI: Micah?
MICAH: Mom, you came back!
(He hugs her.)
NIKI: Mmm! I told you that I would.
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(Niki and Micah are in the kitchen.
MICAH: I missed you every day.
NIKI: Oh, I missed you every minute, every second. What's that even smaller one?
MICAH: A nanosecond.
NIKI: I missed you that one too.
(She licks the spoon she’s holding.)
NIKI: Mmm.
MICAH: So where were you, Mom?
NIKI: I went to a place that helps people like us when we're sick.
MICAH: Is it Jessica again?
NIKI: No, Jessica's gone. They all are. This is about something else.
MICAH: What is it?
(She puts her hand on his.)
NIKI: I have a virus. You don't have to worry. I can't make you or anybody else sick.
MICAH: What's gonna happen to you?
NIKI: Do you remember Dr. Suresh? (Micah nods.) He is working really hard to find me a cure. And when he does, I'll get better.
MICAH: Yeah, but what if he doesn't?
NIKI: He will. I am going to get better, Micah. We are going to have normal life. I promise you. I've got something to make you stronger.
MICAH: Oh, yeah? What's that? Dad's medal. The one that the mayor gave him for saving that girl from the fire. (Niki smiles and nods at him.) It's in my backpack.
(Micah gets up and heads to the bedroom to get his backpack.)
NIKI: We can't waste another nanosecond.
(He finds the backpack gone.)
NIKI: What's wrong, bud?
MICAH: It's my backpack. It's gone.
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[EXT. (VIRGINIA) GRASSY AREA -- DAY]
(Sylar pours Maya a drink as they sit on the grassy area overlooking a lake and gazebo.)
CAPTION:
SYLAR & MAYA
COOK LAKE, VIRGINIA
MAYA: It's beautiful here, Gabriel. Thank you. I almost feel normal.
SYLAR: After you see Dr. Suresh, you will be.
MAYA: And then Alejandro and I can go back home.
SYLAR: What if Alejandro could go home now?
MAYA: But I need my brother. He's the only one who can stop me from hurting anyone else.
SYLAR: What if you could learn ... to control your own power? I've seen people's powers grow. Do you love your brother enough to let him go?
MAYA: Of course. It's ... it's just not possible.
SYLAR: Well, you'll never know ... unless you try.
MAYA: (nervous) We should get back.
(Maya stands up.)
SYLAR: You put him through enough, Maya.
MAYA: Me?
SYLAR: He gave up his entire life for you even after you killed his wife.
MAYA: It was an accident.
SYLAR: You really think he's forgiven you?
MAYA: She was cheating on him.
SYLAR: So she deserved to die?
MAYA: That's not what I meant. It's just--
(Sylar grabs her.)
SYLAR: But you wanted to kill her, didn't you, Maya?
MAYA: Stop it. Let me go.
(Maya struggles, but he doesn’t let her go.)
SYLAR: Where? Back to your brother? He hates you.
MAYA: Don't do this. Please!
(Maya’s eyes start to turn black. Sylar starts to feel the pain.)
SYLAR: If you can control your power, no more innocent people have to die.
(He collapses to the ground.)
MAYA: Ahh! I can't!
SYLAR: (rasps) Help. You're killing me.
(He grabs Maya’s sweater.)
SYLAR: Help ... please.
(Maya tries to stop it. Sylar lets her go. Maya’s eyes clear. Sylar’s eyes clear and he takes in a deep breath.)
(She helps him up.)
MAYA: You were right. (She hugs him.) I did it.
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[INT. (JAPAN) YAMAGATO INDUSTRIES -- OFFICE]
CAPTION:
HIRO & ANDO
YAMAGATO INDUSTRIES
TOKYO, JAPAN
(Hiro and Ando are going through files in an empty office. Hiro looks at the FOUNDERS’ photo.)
HIRO: (subtitled) My father looked good in a suit. I must find Takezo Kensei ... and avenge my father.
ANDO: (subtitled) Are any of these Kensei?
HIRO: (subtitled) No.
ANDO: (subtitled) But you’re sure he did it?
HIRO: (subtitled) I saw him on the roof of the Deveaux building. Just before he pushed my father off.
ANDO: (subtitled) You said Kensei died in White Beard’s camp. Even if he didn’t ... how could anyone still be alive after 400 years?
(Hiro pushes his glasses up and thinks about it.)
HIRO: (subtitled) Kensei could heal from any wound. Maybe he could survive time as well.
ANDO: (subtitled) You mean he could live forever?
HIRO: (subtitled) If he did ... he would leave a trail.
(Hiro digs into the file box, looking for more information.)
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[EXT. (MAINE) ROAD -- DAY]
(Adam and Peter exit their car. Adam is holding a gun. They’re parked on a back road.)
CAPTION:
SEARSMONT, MAINE
PETER: I don't think we should go in there guns blazing. Let's just tell Victoria the truth. Ask her straight out where to find the virus.
ADAM: This woman can't be trusted, Peter. She worked for the Company. She locked me up. One glance at me on her garden path is liable to affect her mood.
PETER: Fine. I'll go alone.
(Adam offers him the gun. Peter declines.)
PETER: No.
(Peter starts down the road.)
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[EXT. PRATT’S HOUSE -- DAY]
(Peter walks up the path leading to the house. He finds a woman working in the garden.)
VICTORIA PRATT: You lost?
PETER: Hope not. I'm looking for Victoria Pratt.
VICTORIA PRATT: Never heard of her.
PETER: You worked for the Company.
(She picks up a rifle and points it at Peter.)
PETER: In 24 hours, the Shanti virus is released. A year from now, 93% of the world's population is dead.
VICTORIA PRATT: How can anyone know what happens a year from now?
PETER: I've been there. I've seen it.
VICTORIA PRATT: A time traveler.
PETER: You created a virus that kills billons of people. I don't know how it gets out or where, only that it does. Unless you help me.
(She cocks the rifle.)
VICTORIA PRATT: Inside ... now.
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN:
[INT. (JAPAN) YAMAGATO INDUSTRIES -- OFFICE]
(Ando opens another PRIMATECH PAPER CO. file storage box.)
HIRO: (subtitled) Ando, be more careful. You are like ... a hamster making a nest.
(Hiro finds another photo of three people – a younger Victoria Pratt, Takezo Kensei and a younger Kaito Nakamura.)
HIRO: (subtitled) Takezo Kensei and my father.
(He flips the photo over and sees the notes:
OCTOBER 1977
KAITO NAKAMURA
VICTORIA PRATT
ADAM MONROE )
HIRO: (subtitled) Kensei was calling himself ADAM MONROE.
ANDO: (subtitled) Adam Monroe? I saw that name.
(Ando digs into another box and pulls out an envelope. He hands it to Hiro.)
(Inside is a letter.)
HIRO: (subtitled) From November 2, 1977. It’s a signed order to lock up Adam Monroe. Signed by my father. This is it, Ando! I must go back to this day.
(Hiro puts the letter down and stands up.)
ANDO: (subtitled) But, Hiro. You said you would never again travel in time. That you wouldn’t risk changing history.
HIRO: (subtitled) The memo came from PRIMATECH RESEARCH in Hartsdale, New York. I must do this.
ANDO: Hiro.
(Hiro VANISHES.)
ANDO: Hiro.
(Ando sighs.)
ANDO: (subtitled) (mutters) Not again.
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[INT. (NEW YORK, 1977) PRIMATECH RESEARCH – CORRIDOR – DAY]
CAPTION:
PRIMATECH RESEARCH
NOVEMBER 2, 1977
(An alarm blares.)
(Hiro appears in the hallway.)
OVERHEAD PA: Containment breach in Bio-Research.
(Hiro ducks to the side and looks in through a window in a door.)
OVERHEAD PA: Evacuation protocol in full effect.
(He sees the guard bring Adam Monroe to a Young Kaito Nakamura.)
YOUNG KAITO: You have betrayed everything we stand for.
ADAM MONROE: No, Kaito, I tried to save the world.
YOUNG KAITO: By releasing a virus that could kill billons of innocent people?
ADAM MONROE: When you've been around as long as I have, the patterns become clear: constant war, disregard for the environment, famine. And it's only getting worse. Someone had to make the hard choice for the greater good.
YOUNG KAITO: Take him down to lockup. And throw away the key!
(The two guards take Adam away.)
(Young Kaito presses the number in the keypad and the alarms stop blaring. He walks into the research lab where Victoria Pratt is. He closes the door.)
(Hiro moves and stands outside the closed door.)
YOUNG KAITO: Are you all right, Victoria?
(Young Victoria holds a cloth to the cut on her cheek. She turns around and shows him the test tube.)
YOUNG VICTORIA PRATT: He was looking for strain 138. If he'd been successful, this place would've been ground zero for a global pandemic.
YOUNG KAITO: Thank you for saving us.
YOUNG VICTORIA PRATT: You need to shut down the program, Kaito.
YOUNG KAITO: Give it to me.
(She gives him the test tube.)
YOUNG KAITO: This will be taken to the Primatech facility in Odessa. With Adam locked away, it will be safe.
YOUNG VICTORIA PRATT: Look, with something that dangerous, there is no safe. That virus needs to be destroyed.
YOUNG KAITO: The other founders would never allow that.
YOUNG VICTORIA PRATT: Doesn't that concern you? Adam had help, Kaito. It's the only way he would have known what to look for.
YOUNG KAITO: I suggest you take a few days off before resuming your work.
VICTORIA PRATT: I won't be a part of this. Not anymore.
(She walks past him and leaves out the door.)
(Hiro closes his eyes and VANISHES.)
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[INT. (SEARSMONT, MAINE) PRATT RESIDENCE -- DAY]
(Peter walks into the room. Victoria keeps the rifle on Peter’s back.)
VICTORIA PRATT: After Kaito and the others were killed, I figured that sooner or later someone would come after me.
(Peter sees the newspaper clippings on the table, "PETRELLI CONFESSED," "YAMAGATO C.E.O. DEAD.")
VICTORIA PRATT: You look like your mother.
PETER: I don't know anything about this. The last time I saw my mother was a year from now, in a future where the world had already been devastated by the Shanti virus.
VICTORIA PRATT: Forgive my paranoia, but I don't know you. I only knew your parents and what they were capable of.
PETER: There was a woman. Caitlin. She trusted me to protect her. Now ... somehow I took us into the future, and now I can't get back. So if you just tell me where to find the virus, I know that I can save her.
VICTORIA PRATT: You're looking for a mutated strain: 138. If it were ever released, it would kill us all.
(Peter nods.)
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[EXT ROAD – DAY]
(Adam waits with the car when Peter returns.)
ADAM: She tell you where to find the virus?
PETER: Company storage facility in New Mexico.
ADAM: New Mexico? Company never had a facility—
BANG!
(Adam is shot in the chest. The force of the blow sends him flying backward onto the car. He smashes the windshield.)
(Peter turns around and sees Victoria. She cocks the rifle.)
PETER: Wait, you don't understand.
VICTORIA PRATT: No, you're working with him now. That's all I need to know.
(She shoots Peter in the chest. She heads over to Adam. Adam stirs and looks at his chest wound, which is already healing very quickly.)
(Victoria stands over Adam.)
VICTORIA PRATT: I knew blowing your head off was the only way to be sure. (She cocks the rifle and points it at him.) Better late than never.
(Peter grabs the rifle from Victoria and knocks her out. She falls to the ground.)
(Adam gets to his feet.)
ADAM: Thanks, Peter. Let's get her up to the house.
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[INT. (VIRGINIA) MOTEL ROOM (#11) -- DAY]
(Alejandro sits in the room reading a printout of the NEW YORK CHRONICLE. There’s a photo of Sylar on the sheet. The door opens and Maya rushes in.)
MAYA: (excited) Alejandro!
(She sits on the bed and faces him.)
MAYA: (subtitled) I can control my power! On my own! It’s all thanks to Gabriel.
(Alejandro isn’t pleased.)
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) What did Gabriel do?
MAYA: (subtitled) He showed me what I am capable of. Isn’t ... this wonderful news?
ALEJANDRO: Maya. (subtitled) I looked up Gabriel Gray on the computer in the office.
(He shows her the article, "Local Man Wanted in Mother’s Murder.")
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) He is a murderer. The police say he killed his own mother. Maya.
(She looks at it.)
MAYA: (subtitled) I don’t believe it. It’s not true.
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) We need to leave before ...
(Sylar walks into the room.)
SYLAR: Maya? Did you tell your brother the good news?
(Alejandro walks up to Sylar.)
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) I know what you are!
(Sylar closes the door.)
SYLAR: Is something wrong?
(Maya is holding the printout.)
MAYA: This ... says ... This says you murdered your mother. But I know you didn't. You couldn't.
SYLAR: It's true. I did it. I killed her.
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) He admits it?
SYLAR: (to Maya) When my mother found out what I could do, she didn't understand. She told me I was a monster. My own mother tried to kill me, Maya. And as I defended myself, there was an accident.
MAYA: I understand.
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) What are you doing, Maya!? Get away from him. He’s a murderer!
MAYA: (subtitled) I am a murderer! Gabriel understands exactly what I’m going through – exactly how I feel.
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) We’re leaving ... now!
(He grabs her and pulls her away from Sylar.)
MAYA: Alejandro, no! (subtitled) I’m staying with Gabriel. We will go see Doctor Suresh without you. I can control by own ability now.
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) I am not leaving you alone – with him.
MAYA: (subtitled) I know you hate me. I killed the woman you loved.
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) That wasn’t your fault.
MAYA: (subtitled) Yes it was. In my heart – I wanted her dead.
(Alejandro leaves the room. Maya turns and hugs Sylar. Sylar smiles and strokes her hair as she cries.)
SYLAR: Everything's gonna be okay, Maya. I'll take care of you.
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN:
[INT. (SEARSMONT, MAINE) PRATT RESIDENCE -- DAY]
(Adam ties Victoria’s hands behind the chair she sits on.)
PETER: Why did you lie to me, Victoria?
VICTORIA PRATT: You're with him. You're helping Adam release the virus.
(Peter puts the gun down.)
PETER: Release the virus? I'm trying to find the virus so I can destroy it.
VICTORIA PRATT: Thirty years ago, Adam broke into my lab. I stopped him from releasing the virus so he couldn't kill everyone. And now he's trying to do it again.
ADAM: I broke into the lab to prevent you and the Company from putting the world in danger.
VICTORIA PRATT: You killed Kaito, didn't you? And the others. And now it's my turn.
ADAM: We're trying save lives, Victoria, not take them.
VICTORIA PRATT: Adam's a killer. And I guess since you're helping him, you're one too. Just like your parents.
PETER: Adam helped me escape the Company. He saved my brother's life. But what you did, what you were a part of, that will bring an end to the world. Tell me where I can find the virus so I can stop it.
VICTORIA PRATT: Go to hell.
PETER: Where is it, Victoria?
VICTORIA PRATT: (v.o., thoughts) Primatech Paper, Odessa, Texas.
PETER: Texas.
VICTORIA PRATT: No!
ADAM: Thank you.
VICTORIA PRATT: I am not gonna let you do this!
(Adam unties her hands.)
VICTORIA PRATT: Get away from me!
ADAM: We're not hurting you. We're letting you go.
PETER: What are you doing?
(Victoria frees her hands, pushes Adam away from her and grabs her gun. She cocks the rifle and points it at Peter.)
PETER: Wait!
(Adam shoots Victoria in the back. She drops the rifle and falls to the floor dead.)
PETER: You didn't have to kill her.
ADAM: She was about to take your head off. There's no coming back from that one.
PETER: I'm gonna get the car.
(Peter leaves. Adam stands over Victoria’s body.)
ADAM: If anyone survives, I'll tell them ... I couldn't have done it without you.
(He takes her torn-out photo and puts the SYMBOL marking on her face in his own blood. He drops the photo, leaving it with the body.)
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[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE -- DAY]
(Nana questions Damon, who is sporting a bloodied nose. Monica, Micah and Niki watch.)
NANA: Well?
DAMON: There was this kid on Third Street who said he can tell me how much your comics were worth. I figured if you knew how much we'd get, then maybe--
MICAH: Where are they? Where's my backpack?
DAMON: It was a setup. I got jacked --
(Micah pushes Damon down to the ground and punches him in the face.)
NIKI: Micah!
(Niki pulls Micah off Damon.)
NANA: Damon!
MICAH: My dad's medal was in that bag!
DAMON: I'm sorry! I'll get you a new one!
MICAH: You gonna get me a new dad, too?
DAMON: I'm sorry.
MICAH: I don't care! I hate you!
NANA: We're gonna get you all cleaned up. And then I'm gonna call the police, and you're gonna tell them everything that happened. Come on.
(Nana and Damon leave the room.)
MICAH: We need to get it back.
NIKI: Nana's calling the police.
MICAH: I'm not talking about the police. I'm talking about us. We could get it back.
NIKI: Micah. We have talked about this.
MICAH: We need to be heroes. Like Dad.
NIKI: Being a hero is what got your father killed. The medal's gone. I'm sorry.
(She hugs Micah.)
(Micah looks at Monica.)
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[INT. HOTEL ROOM -- NIGHT]
(Sylar is shoving his things into his bag. There’s a knock at the door.) )
SYLAR: You all packed, Maya?
(He opens the door. Alejandro grabs Sylar and closes the door.)
ALEJANDRO: (subtitled) You’re not taking my sister with you.
SYLAR: I tried to let you go the easy way. But you had to be persistent.
ALEJANDRO: (in English) I'm taking my sister.
(Alejandro swings. Sylar traps his fist under his arm and the two men fight. Sylar pushes Alejandro to the floor. He grabs the knife on the bed and stabs Alejandro in the chest, over and over and over again.)
(There’s a knock at the door.)
(Sylar turns and looks at the door.)
MAYA: (through door) Gabriel.
(He turns and looks back at Alejandro.)
[EXT. OUTSIDE HOTEL DOOR]
(Maya knocks on the door.)
MAYA: Gabriel!
(She knocks harder.)
(The door opens. Sylar steps out – shirtless and wet. He wipes his hair with a towel.)
SYLAR: Hey. I didn't hear you with the water running. Is everything okay?
MAYA: I have to talk to you.
SYLAR: Yeah?
MAYA: You were right--about everything. About me. About Alejandro.
SYLAR: I never meant to come between you two.
MAYA: He's my brother. I have to do what I can to protect him. In time, he will understand.
SYLAR: Of course he will.
MAYA: And without you, I would still be somewhere in Mexico.
SYLAR: I just want to help you.
MAYA: You have done that. And so much more.
(They kiss.)
(The sounds of CLOCKS TICKING get louder.)
(Through the open door, we see Alejandro dead on the floor in the room. Sylar reaches behind him and closes the door.)
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN:
[INT. (COSTA VERDE) BENNET RESIDENCE -- DAY]
(Claire takes pillows out of a box as she looks for something. West appears in the back.)
WEST: Your mom said you're leaving tonight.
(Claire stops and looks at him.)
CLAIRE: I've fallen twenty stories. Been stabbed in the head. Crashed a car at 70 miles an hour. I've even been on fire. But this hurts ... more than any of that. And it's not getting better. I've always gotten better no matter what, but this just keeps getting worse.
WEST: I can't stand to see you hurt like this.
(He puts his hands on her shoulders and kisses the top of her head.)
CLAIRE: I won't be. Not for long. (Claire digs through another box.) There's a man who used to work with my dad. He has the ability to erase people's memories.
(Claire finds the wind chimes.)
CLAIRE: These are a signal so that he knows to come. He can make me forget I ever had a father.
WEST: Are you gonna hang those in the window? How do you know he's gonna see them?
CLAIRE: I don't know, but I have to do something.
WEST: You don't want to forget your dad.
(She heads for the window.)
WEST: Forgetting isn't the answer.
CLAIRE: I just wish I could tell him how sorry I am.
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[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE – MICAH’S ROOM -- NIGHT]
(Micah lies in bed, but he’s not sleeping.)
(Monica walks in and wakes him up.)
MONICA: Micah.
MICAH: Why are you dressed like that?
MONICA: I know what it's like to lose someone you love. To wish that you had a piece of them, something solid to hold onto. Anybody tried to steal my mom's piano, I'd feed 'em their teeth.
(He chuckles.)
MONICA: Look. I know where those kids live--the ones who stole your backpack.
MICAH: You're gonna help me get back my dad's medal?
MONICA: Long as you stay out of the way. Anything crazy happens, I need you safe.
MICAH: Okay, I promise.
MONICA: Shh, we still gotta sneak you out. Come on.
(Micah gets out of bed.)
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[INT. (NEW YORK) THE COMPANY – MOHINDER’S RESEARCH LAB -- NIGHT]
(Mohinder and Bob look at Claire’s blood under the microscope and on the monitor. The computer beeps.)
MOHINDER: It's as we'd hoped. Claire's blood has fortified my antibodies. They're strong enough to defeat the mutated virus now.
BOB: Congratulations, Doctor. You promised Niki Sanders you'd find a cure, and you have.
MOHINDER: And you promised me this company's viral research would end. In working up this cure, I've been pouring over records that reveal the full extent of your program.
BOB: And you of all people should understand what it would mean to find a safe way to remove the abilities of dangerous individuals.
MOHINDER: Here, strain 138. If even the smallest amount were released, it would wipe out all of human civilization.
BOB: This strain is locked safely away in our facility in Texas. And I can assure you, Doctor, this company is vigilant about security.
MOHINDER: Really? For weeks I operated as a spy within your ranks undetected. God knows what someone with experience and ill intent could achieve.
BOB: What can I do for you?
MOHINDER: Help me hunt down every strain of virus within this company and destroy them.
CUT TO:
[INT. (NEW ORLEANS) DAWSON HOUSE -- DAY]
(Niki is in bed. Her phone rings. She answers it.)
NIKI: (to phone) Hello.
INTERCUT WITH:
[INT. (NEW YORK) THE COMPANY – MOHINDER’S RESEARCH LAB -- NIGHT]
MOHINDER: (to phone) Niki? It's Mohinder Suresh. Are you still in New Orleans?
(She sits up.)
NIKI: (to phone) Yes.
MOHINDER: (to phone) I think I found the cure, Niki. I'll bring it to you on the next flight. You're nightmare's over.
NIKI: (filtered) I don't know what to say, Doctor. Thank you.
(The line disconnects. Mohinder looks at his phone.)
(Niki gets up to tell Micah the good news. She pushes his room door open --
NIKI: Micah.
-- and finds his bed empty.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. STREET OUTSIDE HOUSE]
(Micah holds Monica’s cell phone as he checks the house. He gives her back the phone.)
MICAH: There's no one home. You should have plenty of time. You know how to get up there yet?
MONICA: Almost.
(On her company PDA, Monica watches a man jump up to the second floor.)
CLOSE-UP of Monica’s eyes as she absorbs the ability.
MONICA: Got it. I just wish it wasn't so bright. I don't want people thinking I'm robbing the place.
MICAH: Okay.
(Micah puts his hand on the lamppost next to him and the lights all along the street go out.)
MONICA: How did you do that?
MICAH: I told the lights I need them to be off for a while.
MONICA: You told 'em.
MICAH: Yeah.
(Monica looks at the house and puts her hood on. Micah stares at her.)
MONICA: What?
MICAH: You're St. Joan!
MONICA: You really have to stop reading those comic books. Stay here. I'll be right back.
(Monica starts across the street. She runs, then jumps over the wire fence. She climbs up to the second floor and jumps over the balcony railing.)
[INT. GANG MEMBERS’ HOUSE – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(She opens the door and turns on her flashlight. She finds Micah’s backpack and checks inside.)
[EXT. STREET OUTSIDE HOUSE – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(Outside, Micah gasps as the gang members return. A van and a truck pull up and park in front of the house. Loud hip-hop music plays.)
[INT. GANG MEMBERS’ HOUSE – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(Inside the house, Monica gasps. She can hear the hip-hop music and knows they’ve returned. The car doors slam shut. Monica grabs the comic books and the medal and hurries out.)
[EXT. STREET OUTSIDE HOUSE – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(Outside, the guys head inside.)
[INT. GANG MEMBERS’ HOUSE – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(The door opens.)
GANG MEMBER 1: Y'all put that gas in that van.
(They start up the stairs.)
GANG MEMBER 2: You figured out why they're paying us so much to torch all these buildings?
(They grab the gas containers.)
GANG MEMBER 1: Who cares? As long as he comes with that cash, we come with the matches.
(They walk RIGHT UNDER Monica, who is hiding up against the ceiling.)
(She drops a comic book and it falls right in front of them. They look up and see her. They point their guns at her.)
[EXT. STREET OUTSIDE HOUSE – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(The gang members drag Monica out of the house and head toward the van. She struggles against them until one of them punches her in the face and knocks her out.)
(They toss her in the back of the van and slam the doors shut.)
(Micah turns and runs.)
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN:
[EXT. (COSTA VERDE) BEACH -- DAY]
(Claire stands on the rock with the urn as waves crash against the shore. Sandra, Lyle and West stand in the back on the sand.)
CLAIRE: I'm sorry, Dad. I'm sorry I didn't listen. I should've done everything you told me to. If I hadn't been so selfish, you'd still be here.
(Claire opens the urn and empties out the ashes.)
CLAIRE: I love you, Dad.
(She turns and heads back to her mom. Sandra hugs her.)
SANDRA: You'd better say good-bye. We gotta be in Salt Lake by morning. Come on.
(Claire walks over to West.)
CLAIRE: This is all happening so fast. I'm losing everything I care about.
(She hugs him.)
(Claire turns and sees Elle sitting in a car nearby.)
(Elle is drinking her Slurpee when she turns and sees Claire looking at her. She takes out her car keys and fumbles to find the right one.)
(Claire wipes the tears from her face and runs over to Elle in the car.)
WEST: Claire!
(In the car, Elle has to reach over with her left hand to put the keys in the ignition while holding onto her Slurpee. She drops the Slurpee and the keys.)
ELLE: Oh!
(She looks at Claire arriving and she gets out of the car.)
CLAIRE: What the hell are you doing here?
(Elle slams the door shut.)
ELLE: I came to watch the sunset.
CLAIRE: Liar!
(Claire grabs Elle around her neck and pushes her back up against the car. West grabs Claire and pulls her off.)
CLAIRE: Ugh!
ELLE: Watch who you're shoving, pompom.
WEST: Claire, don't.
CLAIRE: This isn't fair.
ELLE: (chuckles) Welcome to life.
SANDRA: Come on, Claire, we've gotta go.
CLAIRE: No, Mom, we don't. We can tell the world what they did. How they kidnapped me and murdered my father.
ELLE: You have no proof. No one would believe you.
CLAIRE: You're probably right. I guess I'm just gonna have to show 'em.
(Claire punches the car window and smashes it with her fist.)
CLAIRE: Unh!
(She holds her bloodied fist up to Elle’s face.)
CLAIRE: I'll show everyone exactly what I can do.
(Claire’s fist heals, the glass pops out and blood vanishes.)
CLAIRE: Once the secret's out, you won't be able to touch me or my family. You'll be the ones running.
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[INT. (NEW YORK) CAR (MOVING) -- NIGHT]
(Mohinder is riding in the back of a taxicab. He digs into his bag and takes out a box with two vials of Claire’s blood and a needle.)
(His cell phone rings. He answers it.)
MOHINDER: (to phone) Hello.
SYLAR: (filtered) Hello, Mohinder.
MOHINDER: (to phone) Sylar?
INTERCUT WITH:
[SYLAR]
MOHINDER: (filtered) Where are you?
SYLAR: (to phone) I convinced the babysitter to take the night off. Don't worry. I'm taking good care of the little one.
(Sylar brushes Molly’s hair away from her face as she sleeps.)
MOHINDER: (to phone) If you touch Molly --
SYLAR: Shh ... shh ... shh ... shh. We won't want to wake her. I brought someone to see you. She needs your help.
(He stands up and goes to Maya, who is smiling at him.)
SYLAR: We both do. See you soon, Mohinder.
(Sylar hangs up.)
(Mohinder hangs up, scared.)
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[INT. (JAPAN) YAMAGATO INDUSTRIES – OFFICE -- NIGHT]
(Ando is sleeping at his desk.)
SWOOSH!
(Hiro shakes Ando’s shoulder.)
HIRO: (subtitled) Ando wake up.
(Ando wakes up.)
ANDO: (subtitled) Hiro! You’re back!
HIRO: (subtitled) I know what Adam wants!
ANDO: Eh? (subtitled) What is it?
HIRO: (subtitled) A virus. At a place called Primatech. It’s in Texas, Ando! Back in Odessa!
ANDO: (subtitled) Where we tried to save the cheerleader?
HIRO: (subtitled) Yes! Adam wants to release this virus! If I don’t stop him, they’ll die!
ANDO: (subtitled) Who?
HIRO: (subtitled) Everyone!
ANDO: (subtitled) But Adam is invincible. How can you stop a man like that?
(Hiro turns and looks at Takezo Kensei’s sword.)
HIRO: (subtitled) I must try.
(Hiro grabs the sword.)
HIRO: (subtitled) I must avenge my father’s death ... and save the world.
(And Hiro vanishes.)
ANDO: (subtitled) Why is saving the world always your responsibility?
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[INT. (ODESSA) PRIMATECH PAPER CO. – WAREHOUSE -- DAY]
CAPTION:
PRIMATECH PAPER CO.
ODESSA, TEXAS
(The place is busy. 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 is three floors down: laboratories, jail cells --
(TIME STOPS. Peter looks around. He turns around and finds Hiro.)
PETER: Hiro?
HIRO: Peter Petrelli?
PETER: What are you doing here?
HIRO: Adam Monroe killed my father, and for that he must pay.
PETER: I can't let you do that.
HIRO: Then you have chosen the wrong side.
(Hiro draws his sword.)
PETER: No!
(Peter holds his hand out, a blue charge of electricity powered up in his palm.)
PETER: I can't let you hurt him.
(With a loud cry, Hiro runs toward Peter. He raises his sword, ready to strike. We zoom in on the SYMBOL on the hilt of the sword, and we --
FADE TO BLACK.
TO BE CONTINUED ...
