My brother Joseph and I have had two families. The first one... Well, let's just say it didn't work out too well. But over the years, we made ourselves a new one. And it was to this family, all of you, that his heart really belonged. You see... A family is something that Joseph and I needed. It offered us protection from the outside world... A world that never understood or appreciated what makes us different. There are others like us out there... In the shadows, in the light... Each grasping for meaning in a world that won't accept them for who they really are. They, like us, are blessed, gifted with extraordinary abilities. And they, like us, struggle with finding their place in an ordinary world. Haunted by their past... From those who would harm them and keep them from their destiny. Every one of them deserves a chance to be who they really are, but to what end, for what purpose? Here in this place, we offer salvation. We offer hope. We offer redemption. And one by one, they will come to our side, to our family, and they will find their way home. And all who have gathered will be strong. And all who have gathered will stand in unison. I say it's time we found our way back home again. Find your way home, brother. ROCK MUSIC PLAYS # It's just emotion # I never had! Emotion # Is making me sad It's just emotion... # You must be my new roommate. Yeah, I guess I am. I'm Claire. Hi. I'm Annie. It's nice to finally meet you, Claire. You too. The school wouldn't release info or I would've friended you on Facebook. Oh, that's my fault. I always check those little privacy boxes for some reason. I did that same thing with my AP Classmate's profile after I got a B-plus in AP Physics. Are you on apclassmates.com? No, I'm not in advanced placement. I got my GED. It's not because I dropped out or anything. I was just travelling. You got into this school with a GED? What do your parents do? Uh, my mom breeds championship show dogs, and my dad works for the government. So that's how you got in with a GED. No, I just got really good scores. Oh. Well, you'll probably place in Fenton's linear algebra class then today. Today? He only takes 35 students a semester, and the placement test is today at 1:00. You get in, and it pretty much sets the whole dominoes into motion, you know? So, um, what's your plan for graduate school? I don't really have one. Guess that's kind of why I'm here. No, you have to go to college with the plan. How are you going to find your future without a map? You have a map of your future? Yeah. See, I call this my trajectory. This is me in three years, graduating Magna Cum Laude in Poli-Sci Pre-Law, this is me in eight years, Massachusetts Attorney General, and this is me in 12 years, being sworn in as the youngest governor in US History. Wow, you really thought that through. Don't you think it's time you put childish things behind you and thought this through yourself, Claire? I mean, don't let GED be a lifestyle choice. I'll tell you what. If you want, I'll help you make your own trajectory. It can be our project. Sounds great. 'I take it you've seen the paper this morning. 'All four worked in building 26, Danko's men. 'These are revenge killings. 'And we both know it's Tracy Strauss.' I'm sure it won't be long before she makes her way up that list to me. 'Or Nathan.' Which is exactly why you're going to stop dragging your feet and pull the trigger on this operation. 'It's been six weeks, Noah. 'I've given you time to put your personal life in order. 'And Nathan says you're avoiding his phone calls. By Nathan, you mean Sylar, right? We've been over this, Noah. It's all working exactly as planned. As planned? What plan? We had no other choice. Matt Parkman had to turn Sylar into Nathan, and as I recall, you were in on it. I made an emotional decision because I didn't want to see you lose your son, but it was wrong. 'For 50 years, 'the company avoided emotions for good reason.' I can barely look him in the eye knowing who's under that skin. Then don't. Just do your job and get the company up and running. You're supposed to be the man with the plan, remember? I'm not sure I'm that guy any more. Why is that? Because I've lost my family, Angela. If you'll excuse me, today is Claire's first day of college, and I'm already late, which doesn't help the situation. SHE THROWS THE PHONE ON THE TABLE GIRLS CHEERING Go, team! No, thank you. You made the right call. Cheerleaders are a very subversive group. You don't wanna mix with that crowd. CLAIRE CHUCKLES No, thanks. I used to be one of them. Oh, so you know. I do. Um, were you? You weren't a cheerleader, were you? Um, no. I-I tried out, but I didn't make the team. They said that my cheers sounded more like taunts. Yeah, that's not good. Uh, I'm Gretchen Berg. Who are you? I'm Claire Bennet. Oh, hi, Claire Bennet. So where are you from? Kind of all over the place. Uh, I've been in Southern California for a while, but Texas originally, Odessa. Really? Mm-hm. I'm from Austin. Oh, small world. Wait, you're not that Claire Bennet, are you? Which Claire Bennet would that be? Murder at Union Wells in Odessa Claire Bennet. You heard about that? A cheerleader in Texas gets her head sawed off at the homecoming game? Yeah, I've heard about that. You know, I kind of want to keep the whole murder at Union Wells on the DL. No kidding. If I were you, I would change my name, like, now. They'd probably let you do it over the phone. No, they won't. I would know. I changed my name for a while. Oh. Why did you change it back? Cos I wanted to be Claire Bennet again. I thought people might forget. No, girl. Google's your enemy. I have to take care of something. Nice to meet you. You too. CAR TYRES SCREECH KEYS JINGLE WATER GUSHES Aah! AH! ICE CRACKING EERIE MUSIC HEAVY BREATHING GUNSHOT, GLASS CRACKING Aah! Danko. It appears Tracy Strauss has paid you a visit. What I can't figure out is how she survived. Put a bullet in her myself, she shot into a thousand pieces of ice. Ice melts. I'm gonna take a wild guess and pick your being here isn't a coincidence. I'm here, to offer a solution to our mutual problem. You and I kill Tracey Strauss. Before she kills us. Last time I made a deal with you, you tried to stab me with a syringe. She's coming back for you. You know that, right? But I guess you're on your own. I guess I am. SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC WATER TRICKLING SPEAKING JAPANESE PHONE RINGS Roomie! Hey, Claire! Hey! I'm so excited. You know, if you pass this test then we're gonna be in class together. You and I are gonna keep each other on our tippy toes. But, um... Please don't think of this as a competition, OK? This is about sisterhood. Yay. Sisterhood. OK... This is a placement test for linear algebra 170. 35 of you geniuses will be lucky enough to get in this class, the rest... You can try next semester. You each have 45 minutes to solve this equation. Please show your work. TIMER BEEPS Is this a joke? I know, it's so easy. Are you sweating? No. It's just a little hot in here. SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC GUN RELOADS CLAIRE STRUGGLES GRUNTS Where are you going? This class isn't for me. RAPID DRUMS FRONT DOOR CHIMES RING What have you done to me, Mom? Took me a half hour to get here. I'm sorry. Where are my manners? You look lovely as usual. Miss Petrelli, we're here. Thank you, Alfred. FRONT DOOR CHIMES RING What have you done to me? Took me a half an hour to get here. I'm sorry. Where are my manners? You look lovely... ..as usual. HE CLEARS HIS THROAT You OK, Mom? Yeah. I'm just, um... I'm worried about the company, that's all. I'm worried that Noah might be wavering. He's been very distracted lately. I'll talk to him, don't worry. Do I like sushi? You're the one who had a craving for yellowtail. I wanted Italian. It's interesting. Life - it's all about new horizons. It keeps you from getting stale. Exactly. You know, these last couple of weeks, I've been taking stock of a lot of things. I feel like there's a lot of... I don't know, Mom. I guess there's a lot of change going on with me. Really? Yeah. How so? I don't know. It's like when I look back on my life, it just seems like it's not my life I'm looking back on. Does that make any sense? OK, Nathan. You have a big, important, stressful life. And it's bound to get confusing. And a man your age starts to feel his own mortality. That's just it. I don't feel mortal. I feel invincible. It's a midlife crisis. That's all this is. Here's my suggestion. You go out, and you get yourself a big expensive sports car and a younger woman with questionable morals. That's what your father did, and it worked for him. HE CLEARS HIS THROAT What would I be without you? CAR HORN BEEPS SPEAKS JAPANESE CAT MEOWS GRUNTS WITH EFFORT CAT MEOWS QUIRKY MUSIC SIGHS Huh? Ah! PHONE RINGS I'm going to get the phone, OK? PHONE CONTINUES RINGING Yeah? 'Detective Parkman?' Angela Petrelli. I told you never to call me. We have a problem. What kind of problem? That thing you did six weeks ago. You mean when you and Bennet strong-armed me into playing God? I think Sylar's beginning to emerge again. That's because he IS Sylar. No, you made Sylar go away when you turned him into my son. I saw you do it. OK, then why the hell are you calling me? Because you need to fix it. You need to patch it up, upgrade it, whatever it is you do. How exactly? Go back into his mind and erase his memory again. That's what you do. No, not any more. I stopped. Look, ever since that day, I have felt like something got inside of me, and I can't get it out. I've started seeing things and I-I've stopped, OK? I'm done. I'm out. There's no such thing as out, detective, not for people like us. 'Yeah, speak for yourself.' I'm telling you, Sylar could emerge at any minute. Are you telling me you are not willing to fix our problem? This is not OUR problem. This is your problem. So... Good luck with it. PHONE BEEPS PHONE BEEPS ELECTRICITY ZAPS DRAMATIC MUSIC And honestly, I'm sure she could be a really above-average student if she just applied herself. Claire. Hey, you made it. Yeah, I'm sorry I'm late. I was having a little trouble with my car. And Annie was just, um, catching me up. Oh, she was? So I'll see you at the mixer tonight. I hear they have Guitar Hero 3 set up down there. And well, I sort of excel at Guitar Hero 3, so, um, consider yourself served. It was very nice to meet you, Mr Bennet. You too. So Annie was catching you up. Maybe you can, er, take that algebra class next semester. Oh, see, that is probably the least interesting part of my day. How so? I was recognised as a survivor of the homecoming massacre back in Odessa. Well, my name was. I'm sorry. You know, maybe changing your name back to Bennet wasn't such a great idea after all, but they say college is for reinventing yourself. I don't want to pretend to be anyone but me. I just want to be Claire Bennet, daughter of Noah Bennet. You know, Annie asked me today what my dad did for a living, and I actually told her the truth... Ish. I told her you worked for the government, but still. And I like telling the truth. What if my way of reinventing myself is by telling the truth? Ish. Ish. Maybe not the whole truth. The whole truth. No. Just be careful, sweetheart. SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC SIGHS GROANS WITH EFFORT CLAPS HANDS MEOW CLICKS FINGERS FAIRGROUND MUSIC PLAYS, PEOPLE SQUEAL IN DELIGHT All right, Lydia. Show me who he is. His name is Danko... Emile Danko. You wanted to see me, Sam. I have a favour to ask of you, Edgar. Can't you send someone else this time? I'd take it as a compliment to your unique skills. Well, what you said this morning about redemption - I'm hoping that's possible for all of us. Yes, well, I left out the part about vengeance. That's where he comes in. But I've only killed when I've absolutely had to. The line's been crossed. They crossed it, not us. I need you to go to him, get the compass back, and the kill the son of a bitch. That's what Joseph would have wanted. Well, Joseph's not here any more. HE GRUNTS I'm sorry. I won't ask you again after this one. I promise. And here I was thinking that I'd be the one that got away. No. You're just number five. You know, five's my lucky number. Mm. Or it used to be. Is it still lucky? I haven't decided yet. I saw you break into a thousand pieces, and yet here you are. That is a neat trick. It wasn't a trick. I felt myself shatter, melting. And then all those pieces of me came floating back together with one cohesive thought... ..killing all of you. OK, now, see, that's the part that I don't get. Because I don't think that you're really a killer. That's not who you are. No, no, that's all I am. You took the rest away from me. I can help you get your life back. How? Danko said he wouldn't stop until I was killed. What if I could make it so that Danko wasn't interested in you any more? Why do you want to do this for me? 20 years of bagging and tagging, and I never helped... a single one of you. Maybe we're both looking for redemption. What do you say? Is it a deal? Mm. I bet you wish it was that easy. FRONT DOOR CHIMES RING HE SIGHS I got your phone call. Change your mind about Tracy Strauss? No. I came here to change yours. Sorry. I'm going to kill her... even if I have to suck her up in a wet vac to do it. She murdered four of my men. She's a killer. I'm recommending that you let this thing go. You said guys like us never start over. I'm offering you a chance to do just that. Consider it a permanent vacation courtesy of the US Government. Not interested. Not acceptable. I want you to forget about Tracy Strauss. Well... We all want things, Bennet. And I'm going to get what I want. TELEPHONE RINGING MACHINE BEEPS Pete, it's me again. Look, I've left you... I've left you three messages. You need to call me back. Something's happening to me, and I think you're the only person who's going to understand what it is. It's, er... Just call me... Please. MELANCHOLY MUSIC DANCE MUSIC PLAYS Hey. Hi. Uh... NERVOUS CHUCKLES I'm sorry if I freaked you out with that whole, er, murder at Union Wells thing. I just-it was so scandalous and I got excited. No. No, no, no. Don't apologise. It was just weird talking about it, because I was never allowed to talk about it before. So what, you pretended like it didn't happen? No, I just kept trying to start my life over, and I thought I could take what I liked about who I was and leave all the other stuff behind. Whoo. Yeah! That is how you play Guitar Hero. Claire! Hey, come on, over here! You and me. You have been served. Come on! Who is she? She's horrible. She's been hogging that thing all night. That would be my roommate. Come on, we're up. I was going to play with Gretchen. Does Gretchen know how to play? No, but Gretchen doesn't care. SHE FEIGNS LAUGHTER Your opponent's supposed to raise your game, not lower it. Well, since neither one of us know what we're doing, we'll be on even playing fields. This is going to be really bad. GAME PLAYS "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder Ooh, I got one. Yellow. Yes. Yes! Oh, no. I must be getting better every second. ALARM BEEPS Who the hell are you? You know exactly who I am. They sent you to get it back They made you forget. What did you say? It's not worth it. CREAKING Who are you? You took something from us. Now I'm gonna get it back. You're never gonna find it. Oh? I think I will. KNIFE IS DRAWN GRUNTS GASPS SPLATTERS GRUNTS Aah! Hiro. Hiro. Hiro. Hiro, Hiro. Hiro. Hiro. Hiro! Hiro. Hiro! Who is he? His name is Hiro, Hiro Nakamura. And he was here at the carnival. When? How long ago? 14 years. Thank you, Lydia. That's all for now. Are we really going to stop moving after all these years? It's time. Yes. Listen... I know you're weak, but I need you to try and do it one more time... for me. I think we found someone who can help us fix the past. That's good news, Samuel. Yes. So... I need you to send me back. How far? 14 years. Hey, I didn't see you leave the party. Guess you're still there. And you left the windows open. CRICKETS CHIRPING Ah. HE GRUNTS Matty. Matty! TICKING Matty. Matty, are you hiding again? Where's Matty? MATTY CRIES Hi, daddy. I want my body back. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.