Volume 3 Chapter 4

[Paul]

I am Become Death opens in Mohinder's Loft. His rash is getting worse. Mohinder hears screaming from a neighborng apartment and goes to investigate. A guy there tells Mohinder to back off in an abusive way, at which Mohinder hits him with his newly aquired strength.

Tracey is told that she was one of 3 identical triplets, herself, Nikki and Baba. When their birth parents died the 3 triplets were separated and DNA manipulation was performed on them. Tracey asks the doctor to take her ability away but he can't.

In Africa, Matt has a vision of the future...

The two Peters have arrived in New York 4 years in the future - it looks like today with one big difference - people are zooming and flying around. Abilities are available to everyone by injection. Future Peter tells his younger self that so many people with abilities can't be trusted with abilities - they can be the weapon of choice. Someone from younger-Peter's time is putting togetrher a formula that gives people abilities - he has to stop them. Future Peter tells his younger self that he needs to find Silar - with his ability he won't make the same mistakes as Future-Peter has done. He explains that In the past some were born like this, some were made - lines were drawn and sides were chosen. As he is speaking, Claire shoots him, accompanied by the Haitian. Younger Peter runs.

Ando and Hiro are incarcerated on Level 2 of Primatech. Hiro spots a vent as a possible escape but Ando thinks Hiro is still upset that future-Ando murders Future-Hiro. Hiro says he is.

Nathan is trying to work out how he is seeing Linderman and what Linderman wants.

Maya wants to take Mohinder out in the fresh air outside but Mohinder snaps at her saying he is working for her - trying to take away her ability. Mohinder fears his aggression and what he is becoming.

We fast forward 4 years to the future, Younger Peter has arrived at Mohinder's loft. Mohinder is covered in a hood and explains he got the formula wrong. Peter looks into Mohonder's thoughts to find where Silar is - he's at the Bennett hous in Costa Verde. Peter teleports there to find....a pleasant Gabriel (not calling himself Silar any more) cooking waffles for Gabriel's son.

Gabriel tells Peter they are brothers, and that his ability isn't just knowing how things work, it comes with a terrble hunger. Gabriel doesn't want to condemn Peter to this but Peter asks Silar to see for himself what is to come by painting the future.

Still in the future, Daphne is at home with Matt, Mollie and Matt & Daphne's young baby. Daphne wants Matt to let Mollie find where Peter is. Later, oustide the aparment, Daphne tells Claire and the black guy who escaped from Level 5 (sorry, I don't know his name yet) that Peter is in Costa Verde.

Back at the Bennett House, Gabriel's has painted the world being split in two! He gives Peter his watch and explains if Peter wants to know how to access his ability he should fix the watch. Peter does, and acquires Gabriel's ability . Claire, Daphne and Level 5 guy arrive. In the middle of a scuffle, Gabriel's son is accidentally killed. Gabriel is so distraught that he is unable to control himself, and goes nuclear, destroying all of Costa Verde in an atomic explosion.

Ando succeeds in opening the vent but tells Hiro to escape on his own. As Hiro is trying to make it into the vent, the Haitian appears.

Tracey tries to turn herself in for killing the reporter, but her phone freezes before she can tell the police.

Mohinder realises he can't reverse the process which is changing him, or remove Maya's ability just as a there's a knock on the door. It's the abusive guy that Mohinder hit earlier. He hits Mohinder but Mohinder pulls him inside...

Tracey hands in her resignation to Nathan. She knows what she has to do now. Linderman tells Nathan he must help her. Tracey throws herself off a bridge but Nathan flies in and catches her. Later, Tracey shows Nathan her freezing ability. They kiss.....

Fast forwarding to the future, President Nathan Petrelli and First Lady, Tracey are talking to the press conference about Costa Verde's destruction.

In some kind of medical laboratory, future-Claire starts to torture younger Peter with a knife she wants him to feel the pain of every death of the 200,000 people who died in Costa Verde. Nathan enters and asks for a moment alone with Peter. Nathan has seen the paintings of the world spliting and heard the dreams - he knows what's going on but doesn't think that one man can save the world.It's everyone's responsibilty. Nathan mentions an army of abilities and that congress has agreed to full proliferation. Nathan asks Peter to read his mind. Peter undrestands nathan's intentions and that he blieves he is doing the right thing but says that Nathan is wrong - Silar's abilities are at work in Peter now and he throws Nathan against a wall...Peter needs to understand....he cuts Nathan's head open in the way Silar used to. Shocked at what he has done and hearing knocking on the door from outside, Peter teleports back to the present day and Sylar's cell in Level 5. Peter tells Sylar he has been to the future and has taken Silar's abilities but would never let himself become Silar. Silar says he already is.

Matt and Molly are watching a news report in the futire about Costa Verde when ther's a knock on the door. Daphne has arrived back home alive but she was too slow. With radiation burns on her back, she collapses into Matts arms, just like in the picture that Matts African frond had drawn.

Matt wakes up in the present. He wants to find Daphne. His African friend tells him he must find his Totem - a spirit guide who will lead him on his journey - it's usually an animal. Matt spots the turtle that he saw when first waking from his collapsed state when his African friend found him.

Angela has brought Hiro and Ando to see her. She wants to know where Kyto's part of the formula is...it can turn people like Ando into people like Hiro and Angela. Angela tells Hiro that someone hidden and powerful is manipulating them. Hiro has the key to unlocking the mystery. Later, in a dark cemetary, Hiro and Ando dig up the coffin that Hiro had put Kensei/Adam in. Adam wakes up and grabs Hiro's neck...

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Woow, a brilliant and packed chapter! I loved the good Gabriel being a responsible waffle-cooking father, and taking care of Mr Muggles. How will Peter control the hunger that his newly acquire Silar-ability though?

Future-Claire is scary! How has she become so mean? What she was doing to Peter with that knife before Nathan walked in was just evil...whatevermay have happened to make her that way, Peter didn't deserve that, especially younger-Peter who has always looked out for her since he realised Claire was his neice.

Is Future-Nathan dead? He certainly didn' t look very healthy but Peter didn't cut his head entirely off so maybe he's still alive. I quite like Nathan, but what was he talking about "Full Proliferation"? Is he creating some kind of army of people with abilities?

Hee hee - Matt may have a long journey with his newly found spirit-guide.

Adam he may have had a flawed idea of how to save the world but I think trapping him forever in a coffin was a bit nasty of Hiro. It's nice to see Adam being freed before going totally mad in such a confined and alone place, and good that I don't have to feel Hiro has kept him trapped that way forever.