Volume Six: A Sound of Thunder
Storylines » Volume Six: A Sound of Thunder
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- 1: Maybe Someday
- 2: ...And Then There Was Light.
- 3: In The Beginning...
- 4: Out of Time
- 5: Ghost of a Chance
- 6: The Mother Earth Project
Chapter One: "Maybe Someday"
April 7th to May 14th, 2019
Trapped in a future that has moved on from the chaos of the early 21st century, a group of time-spanned individuals discover that the repercussions of their actions in life which started out as nothing but small ripples have grown exponentially, cascading on distant shores of time to forge monumental changes in the world. But now that they have seen the future that is to come, how can they possibly work together to ensure that it happens? And in the end, do they truly want to? | ||
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04/07 | They're Here | Eight people appear in a place that isn't quite the one they left. Tamara promises to take them… well, it isn't quite home. |
04/08 | Living Dead People | Newly arrived in New York City, several people find out they're supposed to be dead. Not exactly the homecoming they expected. |
So Much To Say | Liz breaks it to Trask about the fact that he has a son. | |
The Sun Also Rises | Elle wants to know more about what's happened to the Company and is looking for some help. | |
Blasts From The Past... | Cat walks into the apartment after Liz's message is received, only to find Helena and Jessica. Everyone's still adjusting. | |
Not Deal With It | Liz and Jessica head off to see about rousing Niki from her hiding, and Helena has a few issues that she just isn't ready to deal with quite yet. They also want to find Edward Ray and _pinehearst for some help. | |
Getting Through Catatonia | Liz does as Jessica asks, trying to reach Niki's terrified self through the morass of memories. | |
Don't Say The F Word | Isabelle's a guest in Abigail's home and trying to figure things out between then and now. | |
And Lethe Sings Reminisce | Teo and Alexander catch up on the edge of Unity National Park. | |
04/09 | Do Not Disturb | Bed lining to ruin, confessions to be made, take-backs to ask for. It's deplorably saccharine, and neither Teo nor Alexander minds. |
04/10 | The Lost Girls | Helena has an unexpected late night encounter with Gillian in Central Park. |
Don't Faint | Liz brings Trask to watch Cameron at play in Central Park, where they bump into Ygraine. | |
Let The River Run | Cat, Liz, and Helena talk about their strategy to get the stranded fugitives back to their proper time, and Helena resolves to let time run its course. | |
Purple Koolaid | Deckard and Elle have an encounter in Abigail's kitchen. | |
Ten Years Coming | Magnes and Isabelle meet for the first time in ten years after he returns from Hawaii. | |
04/11 | Become a Public Heroine | Cat meets with Elle Bishop. She learns things, floats an idea, and schemes behind her eyes. |
04/12 | Promise to be Good | Trask makes Elle breakfast, and both spill a bean or two about their pasts. When Abigail gets back, plans are laid to get them all out of the house. |
The Broad Strokes | A coming together. Some of the faces are new, some aren't, depending on viewpoint. Business is discussed. And Django sings. | |
04/21 | No Colors Anymore | Gabriel paints a series of prophetic works in the attic of the Gray house. |
Nothing Works Perfectly Forever | Eileen and Gabriel discuss his paintings, and what it may mean for them, the time travelers, and their world. | |
04/26 | Tell Me On A Sunday | Cat, Django, and Helena visit the Unity Park Memorial. Django discovers his own mortality. |
04/28 | If Nothing We Do Matters | Peter interrupts Helena on the roof of Cat's penthouse, and a decision is made that puts every future in jeopardy. |
The Benefit Of Hindsight | Cat, Helena, and Teo start putting their plan to get the stranded eight back to the past in motion. | |
04/29 | Fight To Live | Gillian asks Helena to make a sacrifice. |
04/30 | The Right Questions | Helena and Teo both come to Tamara with questions — such topics as how do we get home, what do we have to do to make that happen, is Hiro really dead, is the world going to end, and what am I supposed to ask Gabriel Gray. Some of the answers are helpful. The others are meant well but maybe don't have the impact Tamara could wish. |
05/01 | Everyone Deserves Ice Cream | Following Tamara's advice, Helena and Cat approach the man formerly known as Sylar. |
The Red Door | After a meeting with Helena and Cat, Deckard lets Gabriel in on an important little detail regarding his art. | |
05/02 | Subtle Virtues | |
Suffer the Children | Elle Bishop is contacted by Arthur Petrelli, and given an offer she never expected. | |
05/05 | Til The End of Forever | |
And Back Again | The Petrellis and the Grays have very different ideas about how to handle the time travelers from the year 2009. | |
05/06 | Time Travelers Anonymous | |
Human After All | Trask asks Elle what's up with the way she's been acting lately. Surprise: she tells him, though he has to drag it out of her. He succeeds in dragging something else out of that shriveled, black heart of hers too. | |
Incite | A single spark can incite a riot, and Teorodo Laudani is holding all of the matches. | |
The Road to Hell | ||
As You Wish | ||
05/07 | Pot, Kettle | |
2112 | ||
05/08 | Eye of the Beholder | Elle visits Cameron's babymama in order to inquire about rather delicate relationship matters. Liz has some questions of her own. |
We Have the Right to Exist Too | Abigail changes her mind about sending the time travelers back to 2009 and confronts Deckard, now her husband after a hastily-arranged Vegas wedding, about his feelings on the subject. | |
Off With Her Head | ||
So Much Faith | Helena expresses her doubts to Teo. | |
05/09 | Stranger In The Sky | Though not very helpful in the way of giving useful answers, Cat takes Elle for an aerial tour of the city. Part of it, at least. |
05/11 | When Soft Voices Die | Gabriel and Eileen set their plans into motion, unaware that Teodoro has been given warning in advance. |
Cast Out of Eden | Two of the future fugitives contemplate what it means to go back to the past. | |
Ladies of Shalott | ||
05/12 | This is Not Your Home | |
Strange Bedfellows | Alexander and Teo make a few confessions to one another in lieu of promises. | |
05/13 | The Hero Dies In This One | When the future is at stake, history repeats. Teo makes sure of it, and Gabriel avenges his wife. |
05/14 | And If Tomorrow Never Comes | |
There's No Place Like Home, Part I | The Lost Eight gather together to make their way home, but have one final confrontation awaiting them before they arrive… | |
There's No Place Like Home, Part II | An opponent with nothing left to lose is the most dangerous opponent of all, and Gabriel Gray has officially lost everything. | |
There's No Place Like Home, Part III | It's the end of the yellow brick road, leading to the emerald tower. Now it's time for Dorothy to click her ruby red slippers together, and go home. | |
FIN |
Chapter Two: "…And Then There Was Light."
Many years ago, a great secret was entrusted to a founding member of the Company; the formula to a serum that could awaken the latent genes of the Evolved in anyone injected with it. When the founders eventually broke their ties with one another, so too did the formula find itself lost to those who would pursue what great good it could do for the world. Both it, and the catalyst that empowers it, are required to build the backbone of the bright future… but if it were never to be finished, history would be changed forever. | ||
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04/01 | On The Horizon | Kaito tells Kimiko that she must help her brother Hiro face challenges that lie ahead. |
04/03 | Too Easy | Kimiko's efforts to find Hiro lead her to Magnes. He promises he can guide her to her brother, but is it really that easy? |
04/04 | For Family | The Nakamura siblings are reunited, and Kimiko devotes herself to aiding Hiro's cause. |
04/06 | To Err Is Human | Mason thinks back to how a great series of sacrifices were made in the pursuit of a brighter future. |
04/13 | Greetings from Nepal | Hiro calls Kimiko from across the world, and asks her to meet him in Japan. He also charges her with a task, and has become Superman. Whoosh! |
04/15 | Hello Kitty | As per Hiro's request, Kimiko calls Cat to advise her of his whereabouts, including the news about his ability. |
4/21 | Splashdown in Tokyo | The Nakamura siblings are finally reunited in Japan, and they discuss their next move. |
4/22 | The Way We Were | Goodman reminisces about the pact he and John Carmichael made that brought him to where he is today. |
Honor Thy Father | Peter takes a visit to Pinehearst, and discovers for himself the truth behind the rumor of his father's return. | |
4/25 | Tyler Case And Nathan Too? | Kimiko receives a call from Cat, and confirms her suspicion about Tyler Case, with additional news about Nathan Petrelli. |
4/26 | Dial H For Hiro | Magnes calls Kimiko, looking to make sure Hiro is well. |
Hiro's Whore | Minea, identifying herself as Saseko (whore), inquires to Kimiko about Hiro's whereabouts. | |
05/04 | Let Me Be Your Padawan | Magnes goes to Japan, hoping that Hiro and/or Kimiko will train him. |
Her Father's Daughter | At Tavern on the Green, Cat is reunited with her estranged father Mason, and a dark family secret is finally revealed. | |
Do What We Must | At Pinehearst's headquarters, Peter finally discovers Claire's whereabouts, and the two discuss the future, and Arthur's goals. | |
05/05 | The Devil's Advocate | Cat confides in Elisabeth about information gained involving the Formula. |
05/06 | The Payoff | Roger Goodman's hiring of Minea Dahl finally pays off in information learned, but at a price Minea may not be willing to pay. |
05/07 | The Seven Virtues of Bushido | Kimiko instructs Magnes while he is on his journey in Japan. |
05/10 | Priority Targets | Adam discusses his plans for the attack on Yamagato with Cardinal |
Engrossing | Adam shares with Huruma his primary plans for the trip. | |
05/11 | Hello From Tokyo | Adam calls up Zoe Porter from the land of the rising sun. |
Divided | Roger Goodman makes Minea pay the ultimate price for her knowledge, but has a sudden brush with his conscience. | |
5/12 | Agent Recovered | The Company recovers the body of Minea Dahl. |
Adding It Up | Senior Agent Lawrence Cook puts together the pieces of the puzzle surrounding the Dahl incident. | |
Reassignment | Having returned from the Moab Federal Penetentiary, Candace Allard returns to her silent benefactors for reassignment. | |
5/15 | Hello From Tokyo II | Adam Monroe once more contacts Zoe Porter while on "business" in Japan. |
Plans Before Takamori | Cardinal reveals a secret plan to Xiulan in regards to the formula. | |
Old Times | After making a startling discovery in Primatech's archives, Roger Goodman is confronted by Sabra Dalton. | |
5/16 | Both Sides Against the Middle | Phoenix struggles with what to do about Pinehearst after the return of Helena Dean. |
A Time To Kill | Senior-Agent Denton assigns Veronica Sawyer and Lawrence Cook to a grim task. | |
Bait and Switch | Going to visit Pinehearst, Helena Dean and Peter Petrelli are given a considerable shock by Arthur. | |
5/17 | Like Father, Like Nobody | The Nakamura family reunites for the first time in years, to combat a great threat. |
Choose A Side | Roger Goodman's final assignment comes with the ultimate price. | |
5/18 | Battle Without Honor Or Humanity | Adam Monroe puts his plan into action, as Huruma and Jake kidnap Kimiko. |
5/19 | The Duel | Over a hundred years in the making, Hiro Nakamura and Takezo Kensei have their rematch. |
The Trojan Horse Ploy | Cardinal uses Magnes to get into the office of Kaito Nakamura, and closer to the Formula. | |
Two Men Lacking Appointments | Magnes finally meets the patriarch of the Nakamura family, and tries to warn him of what is coming. | |
5/20 | Shibuya Incident | One of Adam's Disciples comes into direct confrontation with Magnes in the middle of a crowded city. |
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together | A few minor alterations to a piece of paper are made in a Tokyo hotel. No big deal, right? | |
5/21 | Beyond Today | Adam Monroe and Kaito Nakamura clash for the last time. |
With Honor | Following the confrontation, Kimiko's fate is decided. | |
5/22 | Time To Go Home | With the battle in Tokyo over, Magnes finally must make the journey home to America. |
5/25 | The Sword Arm | Adam Monroe returns to Pinehearst with half of the formula, and Arthur entreats him to begin a second mission. |
Playing God | Doctor Meier confronts Zimmerman about the Formula, and sheds light on her insane desire to see it made reality. | |
5/28 | The Bigger Picture | Adam Monroe stops by the Linderman building to discuss some of the finer points of revenge with Daniel Linderman himself. |
To The Future | Former friends meet over the grave of a man who didn't actually die, and address the fact that they can now only be on opposite sides. | |
5/30 | Anyone Talked To You About Pinehearst? | Abigail Beauchamp imparts some words of wisdom to Matt Parkman, and sends him unwittingly into the jaws of the beast. |
6/01 | By Chance | Roger Goodman's legacy lives on past his demise as Mason Chesterfield comes into contact with Minea Dahl. |
6/02 | The Man Who Sold The World, Part I | Matt Parkman's search for Maury Parkman brings him to Pinehearst's doorstep… |
The Man Who Sold The World, Part II | …and into the arms of Arthur Petrelli. | |
6/03 | Sacrifices | Arthur asks Gillian to make a sacrifice to help save the world. |
Vows | Jennifer Chesterfield and Mason Chesterfield begin to question Arthur Petrelli's ultimate goal, and their ability to adhere to his plan. In desperate times, they turn to a desperate savior… | |
The Wretched | Alison confronts doctor Zimmerman a second time about the formula, and gives him an ultimatum. | |
6/04 | Working Backwards From Broken | Peter and Gabriel struggle to come to terms with one another, and Peter finally convinces his former nemesis to join him at Pinehearst. |
Nowhere | …it proves to be an alltogether terrible idea. | |
6/06 | What They Seem | Wearing the mask of his son, Maury Parkman comes to visit Tracy Strauss and deliver her into Pinehearst's midst. |
6/12 | Just A Memory | When Mason Chesterfield contacts his daughter to leave New York to discuss the Arthur Petrelli problem, Catherine Chesterfield's worst nightmare comes true. |
Liberi Fatali | R. Ajas contacts Helena with a dire warning. | |
6/13 | Finalized | Arthur Petrelli comes for the other half of the Formula, and Angela pays a terrible price. |
Cardinal Suffering | John Doe and Barbara Dahl bond until Richard Cardinal shows up and brings an unexpected guest along. | |
6/14 | Initialize, Catalyze, Necrotize | The Formula is catalyzed… but something is deadly wrong with it. |
Going Underground | Elisabeth receives a phone call no one wants to get from a friend. | |
6/15 | A Thousand Words | In an attempt to find out information for her next move, Gillian finds much more than she expected. In the form of someone she heard was dead who isn't, and severely conflicting stories. |
6/16 | Moving Mountains | John Doe brings a new friend to visit his 'employer'. Bargains are struck. |
What She Knows | Gillian, Helena and Cat meet to discussion the situation as it stands. | |
6/17 | Advent | Due to the disastrous results of the Formula's implementation, Arthur Petrelli scrambles for a fallback plan to show to the United States Government. |
6/19 | Trust No One | Cardinal stops by to ask Isabelle for a favor. She's less than trusting. |
6/20 | Personal Business | Matt wants a favor from the acting Company director. |
6/21 | Summer Wine with the Spider Queen | On a hot summer night, Helena and Lucrezia discuss Teo, the Vanguard, and Pinehearst over wine. |
6/23 | Highly Recommended | Linderman strikes a deal with Richard Cardinal by offering him the sort of incentive that only a handful of people can provide. No pun intended. |
6/25 | Play Her Off | Impersonating Gabriel, Arthur ambushes Eileen for her ability. |
6/26 | Gravely Mistaken | Adam presents Linderman with an ultimatum. |
The Red | With the help of Knox and Rickham, Gillian trains with her abilities in an attempt to be stronger. Strong enough to survive. | |
Burden of Proof | Ghost comes to visit Cat and finds himself interrogated by less than happy women. The group discusses Pinehearst, Lucrezia's reconnaissance mission and what needs to be done regarding Arthur Petrelli. | |
6/27 | Herding Cats | One man defects; another regains something lost. |
6/28 | Close | Eileen asks Gillian to take a trip into Pinehearst and speak with Peter about where Arthur may be keeping Gabriel's body. |
6/30 | Sins Of A Father | In order to motivate Adam Monroe to kill Daniel Linderman, Arthur Petrelli takes away the one bright thing from both their lives. |
Death Warrants | Then, later that night, Arthur reveals himself — in part — as one of the motivating factors behind Humanis First. But his mask is that of Noah Bennet. | |
Truths Yet to Discover | A trade is made, and Tamara shows off a whole new set of symbols while prophesying about what is yet to come. | |
Cloudy with a Chance of Genocide | A Ghost and a Cardinal consult yet another oracle; one of numbers and strings, the counterpart to the one that the redbird follows. | |
7/01 | Impartial Negotiations | Tracy Strauss follows a lead given by Maury Parkman to Pinehearst, and discovers something no one could have expected… |
What Is and What Should Never Be | Taking a chance may not have been the best decision. Truth hurts as much as lies when Gillian goes tests her access to Pinehearst in order to see Peter. | |
More Than Pain | Dying hurts more than a broken heart, but a broken heart lasts longer. | |
Just Following Orders | Matt has to swallow his pride and ask Phoenix to help him and Molly. | |
The Man Without a Soul | Adam wants a meeting with Helena. She and Cat mention a man with no soul, and wonder whether the man they're talking to has one himself. | |
7/02 | Done Before, Done Again | Gillian informs Eileen that her trip to Pinehearst did not go as planned. |
You Were Dead? | Gillian brings news of Peter to Helena and Cat. | |
Signal Lost | Cat consults with an ally. | |
7/03 | Flea Market | Eileen informs Raith about Pinehearst's plans regarding the Formula and promises to arrange a meeting with Ethan in exchange for his help with Gabriel. |
Intuitive Self Deconstruction | Arthur comes to Mortimer to offer him a job after discovering his handiwork in the destruction of the Primatech facility. The offer does not go quite as planned… | |
A Thousand Shadows | When the lights go out at the Lighthouse, siblings are reunited, and then torn apart again. | |
Through the Eyes of Others | Following an attack by Arthur Petrelli on the Lighthouse, three survivors arrive on the Garden's verdant doorstep. | |
7/04 | Hush Now | After the incident at the Lighthouse, Gillian makes it to the mainland and tries to make sure one part of Brian remains intact. And spills all his secrets to the kind old lady he's been helped by. |
Shadow Hound | One of Arthur's clones catches up with one of Gillian's. | |
The Fool's Journey | The Fool's Journey is a metaphor for the journey through life. Each major arcana of the Tarot stands for a stage on that journey - an experience that a person must incorporate to realize his wholeness. Helena has reached the Hermit. | |
Too Close to Midnight | Eileen, Ethan and Raith meet to discuss Pinehearst and what is to be done about Gabriel. | |
7/05 | Martyrs | Edward is making some, Cardinal is preparing some, and it seems like everyone will become one. |
He'll Never See Us Coming | Cardinal gets back in touch with Phoenix. Information is exchanged, and some plans are made. | |
7/06 | Only One Answer | Raith reaches across the Atlantic to secure assistance in his endeavors against Pinehearst. |
Shadows of a Bright Future, Part I | Representatives of the United States Government arrive at Pinehearst Headquarters for a demonstration of the Formula, and Arthur Petrelli prepares to pull a Houdini. | |
Shadows of a Bright Future, Part II | The sins of the father come into the light, and Arthur discovers the fury of a mother and a hunger he cannot hope to control. | |
Blood Calls Out For Blood | A chance encounter outside the Lighthouse ruins turns into a temporary allegiance between two like-minded individuals with similar goals. | |
7/07 | Exhibition | Gillian dreams. She dreams about a game. There are many players. |
Life and Death Kami | Hiro visits Cat to explain to her what he discovered in the past. | |
7/10 | Take Down The Black King | Two people determined to take down Arthur finally meet, thanks to a dream of a chess match. |
7/14 | The Distant Echo of Thunder | When the Sybil leaves, Colette finds a trail of breadcrumbs… |
...Thy Father And Mother | Things aren't quite as they seem at Pinehearst. | |
Gray Squirrel | Colette Nichols finds her role in the bright future repeated here in a dark past. | |
7/15 | Blind Faith | Gillian meets with Colette, and learns a power that could save her life in fighting Arthur, and a lesson that lives are far more connected than she ever imagined. |
7/17 | Daedalus Demands... | With her health rapidly failing, Alison Meier seeks comfort from her longtime colleague. Lewis Zimmerman has other things in mind. |
...Icarus Abides | After a conversation with Alison, Zimmerman comes to the only other man on the inside he still can trust. | |
7/23 | Checkmate - Black Knights | The Vanguard Remnant comes to face down Pinehearst, where life and death collide into tragedy. |
Checkmate - All Our Pawns | Phoenix's diversionary force enters the Pinehearst building and sets charges for a controlled demolition of the building, but discover that Arthur Petrelli is willing to go to any lengths to protect his future. | |
Checkmate - Resetting the Board | Adam Monroe and his allies assault Pinehearst using Phoenix's actions as cover. | |
Checkmate - Fade to Black | The climatic final battle with Arthur Petrelli ensues, but at what cost? | |
Checkmate - The Black King | In the aftermath of Pinehearst's fall… a new Black King is chosen. | |
Fin |
Chapter Three: "In The Beginning…"
In the 1970s, a group of disparate young men and women found one another, and found that they were special, that the world they knew was far larger and stranger than they could have ever dreamed. Together, they would unite to form The Company, but few truly know how this story began. Now, one man's journey through time and space will cast to light how it all began… | ||
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05/19 | To My Son... | Believing it to be the same night as his confrontation with Adam, Hiro races to the Yamagato Building to save his father, only to be confronted with his very destiny. |
05/23 | Birthright | Hiro's birthright returns, and not a moment too soon, as he has brought Kaito's final wishes to his sister to begin their journey. |
04/61 | Be A Better Person | Traveling back in time to 1961, Hiro and Kimiko explore the origins of the Company's founders. |
05/61 | Like Icarus | Hiro and Kimiko discovery the bloody history of Coyote Sands. |
03/79 | Special In His Eyes | While in 1979, Kimiko discovers that not everything was as it seemed with her mother and discovers her family's connection to the Formula. |
03/79 | Specimen | Kimiko is informed that Kaito has suggested her as a possible candidate for the clinical study of the Formula. She also discovers more about Project Icarus. |
03/79 | Plots, Plans, And Projects | Kimiko tells Hiro about the clinical study, Project Icarus, and the Kazimir Volken connection. Xiulan reveals why it was a good thing that Hiro rescued her. |
10/57 | Beyond Good And Evil | Hiro, Kimiko and Xiulan travel back to 1957 to track down information on Project Icarus, and instead discover a terrible secret far older than even the Company. |
05/92 | And Then There Was Light | Traveling to see their mother before the journey home, Hiro and Kimiko discover that the secret of the Catalyst and their own pasts are connected in ways they could never have imagined. It is only through Ishi Nakamura, however, that the true end of their journey can begin. |
12/05 | Sons And Daughters | On New Year's Eve 2005, Hiro Nakamura, his sister Kimiko, and Xiulan discover the truth of how the future they know came to be, and how the past has come to be their present. |
Fin |
Chapter Four: "Out of Time"
They came from a future of hope, but a future that had no place for them. Now, these individuals who escaped imprisonment in their own time, have journeyed to the past to change the future that will come to pass forever, to ensure that they have a place in this brave new tomorrow, even if that place must be carved out of the hopes and dreams of so many others. | ||
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04/07 | Snip | Edward is confronted by John Doe in the Textile Factory about their plans and their reasons for coming to the past. |
Iron Heart | When a remorseful Allen Rickham is caught in contemplation by Edward Ray, a suggestion of some form of duplicity is hinted at. But who is the true source of betrayal here? | |
04/10 | Robin Hood | A meddling technopath decides it's time to enforce the equitable distribution of wealth in NYC. |
04/11 | More or Less Polite | Two technopaths meet. Very little courtesy winds up being exchanged, and the meeting degenerates quickly into a virtual pursuit. The rabbit gets away but the lioness isn't finished yet. |
IM | Robin Hood has a brief conversation with someone he stole from. | |
Hey Big Spender | Nathan's on a shopping spree with Hiro's ability and trying to come to grips with the power change. | |
It Wasn't Me | Canaan comes across Xiulan and Abby learning self defense in the park. Doyle does too, only Doyle has more fun than everyone else in the end. | |
Cold Coffee and a Crush | Robin Hood sees the other side of things as he meets one of the beneficiaries of his 'good deed'. | |
04/14 | Making Nalani Scream | |
04/16 | Not Technically Breaking Rules... | April and Reed start collecting information on their own. |
For What You Will Do | Niles pays an old friend a visit and metes out preemptive punishment for a future betrayal. | |
04/17 | Handing out Homework | April, Doyle, Nathan, Niles and Reed meet and are given their tasks by Edward via April. Tensions between the group stop at verbal sparring - for now. |
04/18 | Self-Correcting Problem | Edward and Doyle discuss a special arrangement. |
Hey Baby, What's Your Ability? | Reed harasses a young woman while enjoying his newfound freedom in 2009. | |
Following Orders | John tracks down Eileen and Julian at Edward's request and twisst their genetic code into a knots. | |
Intrusion Detected At Pinehearst | But later, Reed decides to take a detour into Pinehearst's mainframe to retrieve information for Edward. | |
04/19 | Raison d'Etre | April questions her very reason for following Edward's insane plans. |
Utopia's Not For Guys Like Us | Free from Moab, Satoru has a run-in with Niles | |
The Most Excellent Way | April attends a sermon at the Guiding Light Church. | |
04/22 | That's The Way To Do It | When Abby and Magnes have a run-in with Doyle, things only go from bad, to amusing. |
4/23 | Blood Oaths | With her ability warped by John, Eileen finds herself in the presence of an old friend. |
4/24 | I Am Not Quite Myself | Just a day later, she confronts Teo about her condition. |
4/25 | Tyler Case And Nathan Too? | Cat makes a startling discovery when she converses with Kimiko Nakamura |
Shaggy and the Puppeteer | Reed and Doyle share some time together. | |
04/27 | A Far Better Course | Cat is visited by none other than Edward and his associates. |
Possession | Reed exercises his strength in the virtual world by stealing Mallory's Body. | |
04/28 | Occam's Razor | After having seen two April's together, Company agents converge to try and figure out the why's and the how's. |
04/29 | Questions 67 and 68 | Rickham tracks down the woman who was once his aide and finds out too much has changed, and presents her with a proposition instead. |
Planning | April and Doyle consider their plans to change the future under Edward's guidance. | |
Reforged by Fire | Following Edward's orders, John Doe corners Peter, Gillian and Gabriel and causes mass chaos. | |
05/02 | Conflict of Interest | Detectives follow a lead to the door of April, and don't quite find what they were hoping for. |
Discussing Bulletholes And Badges | Reed responds to Niles' call for help. They discuss what it's like being a girl, bulletholes and certain SCOUT operatives. | |
05/03 | How Bad Is It? | Reed informs April that… well, someone might just have attracted exactly the kind of attention none of them want. April sets off to change plans accordingly. |
Siblings | Simon encounters Reed in his sister's body, and begins to become aware that something is desperately wrong. | |
Are You There, Simon? It's Me, Mallory | …very, very wrong. | |
05/04 | Strawberry, Blueberry | Mallory manages to contact Simon to tell him where she is (the internet, disembodied) and warn him she's not the person inside her body (that would be Reed). |
They Just Fade Away, Part I | The detectives who brought in Tyler Case gets a strange message from an unusual source. | |
My Little Revolutionary | Niles pays Aria a visit in the hospital. He wants to know how the cops knew he would be at the theatre. He gets his answer. | |
The Doppleganger | April Silver meets with Minea and tells her altogether too many things that she really didn't want to know. Including just how much trouble they're all in. | |
05/05 | Knowledge and Power | Niles comes to discuss the dangers of both with a man who disagrees. For a while. |
Oh Joy, Bodysnatching Technopaths | Reed in Mallory's body pays Liz a visit. | |
They Just Fade Away, Part II | Responding to R.Ajas' call, Detective Richard Myron, Felix Ivanov, and Rebecca Nakano arrive on Roosevelt Island to see just how deep the Rabbit Hole really is… and boy is it deep. | |
05/06 | The Virtual Life | Hana finally makes contact with the displaced Mallory. |
They just Fade Away, Part III | Richard Myron canvases Queens in an effort to track down info on Tyler Case. The sense of deja-vu about this is overwhelming. | |
05/09 | Sleight | Blink and you'll miss it. Nathan, April and Doyle demonstrate teamwork as they execute yet another step in Edward's schemes. |
Home is Where | Nathan reunites with his wife. Of a different time and place. | |
5/10 | Enjoy Your Visit | April and Reed come to visit Level 5, and to take other visitors away with them. Len and April attempt to stop April, Reed, and co. but don't quite make it in time. Neither are they, precisely, late. As a result of their timing, part of the building falls down. |
Foregone Conclusion | Niles is presented with a choice, which is not really a choice at all. It never is, when you're dealing with Edward Ray. | |
05/11 | Christ's Sake, Gitelman! | A relatively routine meeting between Company agents discussing the recent disaster of a break-in by one of their own(?) becomes markedly less routine when a seriously displeased technopath comes to reclaim her student. Or, more specifically, her student's body. Wonder of wonders, everyone walks away — except Mallory, who has to get used to walking again. |
One Day | The things Mallory and Hana have in common just keep racking up. | |
Got No Strings On Me | Eerie calliope music and an empty marionette theatre make for a creepy but successful bag and tag of Doyle for Veronica. | |
Cogito Ergo Sum | Reed is confronted in his bodiless form by two other technopaths. | |
05/12 | "They" | R.Ajas and T.Monk discuss Reed and the future. |
The Salvation of Evil Twins | Intruding upon Joseph's practice time in the church, April draws him into a discussion regarding souls, evil twins (she really is one), eternal damnation, and the power of prayer. New York is not like Tennessee. | |
Allistairs Reunited | Mallory and Simon Allistair talk now that Mallory's back in her own body. The Company is discussed, amongst other things. | |
05/13 | Broken Steel | On a long and lonesome highway, two disparate souls converge under the guidance of an angel of the modern age. |
I Against I | Edward Ray finds his greatest nemesis in himself. | |
5/14 | Attenuation | Niles Wight follows Edward's instructions, and tracks down Gillian Childs on Staten Island, but he has plans of his own in mind for Edward's orders. |
5/15 | On The Muppet Show Tonight | A young Niles winds up at the Lighthouse, finally playing into Edward's plan. |
Becoming Wade | Having lost Mallory's body, Reed finds a substitute and assumes a new life. | |
Insensitive Demands | The mysterious T.Monk tracks down K.Apila and delivers to her tidings and instructions in the most insensitive way possible. | |
5/17 | Creepy Conversation | "Robin Hood" continues his usual activities across the internet. |
If I Follow Along | Flint Deckard and a young Niles Wight become acquainted with one another… | |
Fill In The Blank | …ending with Deckard needing to have a conversation with another Ferryman… | |
Make The Most | …and unexpectedly finding out that Niles Wight checks out. | |
5/18 | Changing The Present | Gabriel Gray and April Silver meet at the grave of Elisabeth Case, to discuss a brief history of time. |
5/19 | Self-Aware Pawns | Doyle and Niles confirm to one-another that Edward is indeed using them… but towards what end? |
Caliginous Junk | A meeting of two branches of the Deckard Family reluctantly involves Niles' younger self. | |
A Decent Person | Deckard tales Niles Wight to see Elisabeth Harrison, and the picture begins to become a little bit clearer. | |
5/21 | The Spark | R.Ajas leads Knox and Allen Rickham to the abode of Catherine Chesterfield, and warns her that a war is coming, and there is nothing to be done to prevent it. |
5/22 | You Are Welcome To Try | Helena is reunited with Allen Rickham and Knox, while R.Ajas warns Helena of the coming war. |
Saturday is Tomorrow | In his new life as "Wade," the technopath Reed attempts to live a normal life. | |
5/24 | Before I Let You Help Me, I Want a Favor | Elisabeth Harrison and "Robin Hood" have a meeting of the minds that isn't entirely set on equal footing. |
Disjointed | Young Niles begins to succumb to his ability, and Deckard is left to try and pick up the pieces. | |
When Suddenly, And Without Warning | Following Edward Ray's orders, John Doe visits a great tragedy upon Abigail Beauchamp. | |
5/25 | Not a Better Person | Robin Hood finally meets up with K.Apila, and it does not go quite as how T.Monk had planned. |
A Few Words About Restraint | Eileen pays Niles a visit at the Garden. | |
Midnight in the Garden of Morally Gray | Helena and Cat meet with Gabriel and Eileen to discuss the time travelers from 2019 and what should be done about them. No definitive conclusions are reached, but Helena manages to find a loophole in her promise and allows a few secrets to slip. | |
5/28 | Being Human | On an expedition into Midtown, Gabriel Gray crosses paths with Allen Rickham — who blatantly ignores Dr. Ray's orders and decides to take revenge for an act that hasn't been committed yet. |
Being John | John Doe comes to speak to Edward about his past, and Edward Ray hands him a piece of the future that has yet to come. | |
Being Wrong | Being wrong is a humbling thing, and after barely surviving his encounter with Gabriel and Eileen, Allen must admit that very thing to Edward Ray. | |
5/29 | Mundus Vult Decipi | The World Wants to be Deceived. Or at least, that's what Edward Ray seems to think, as he meets with Eric Doyle to deliver him his final assignment, and prepare for the last phase of his operations. |
Like A Bird | …During hunting season. Doyle is true to his word, and it won't matter if Nathan is true to his. | |
They Just Fade Away, Part V | Richard Myron finally catches up with Tyler Case, but the situation is one of predestination, not free will. | |
From a Distance | When John Doe goes to find a place to end his life after witnessing Myron's suicide, he runs into a woman down on her luck… | |
6/01 | Spotted | Hana discovers Robin Hood in the flesh. |
6/06 | Conversational Whack A Mole | Curt and Veronica arrange a meeting with April Silver, the better to ask her all sorts of questions — mostly about why she was put in Moab and who she came back with. |
6/09 | Do | There is no try, only do. Or so says Hana Gitelman. |
06/11 | Expect The Unexpected | Doyle and Niles move to complete their final operation for Edward — the execution of April Silver. Things do not go quite according to plan. |
06/13 | Cardinal Suffering | When Richard Cardinal runs into Barbara Dahl and John Doe, Arthur Petrelli's unexpected arrival puts a cramp in their plans, and things get out of hand. |
Try Sending Flowers | In an attempt to make up for his misdeeds, Robin Hood winds up infuriating his first victim. | |
06/14 | The Wrong Mark | Niles' younger self and an escapee from Moab meet up on Staten Island. |
06/15 | Cardinal Directions | Bebe and Cardinal try to figure out what to do next after everything went upside-down after meeting Arthur, and John Doe has a recommended course of action in Edward Ray. |
6/16 | Run Rabbit, Run | When Ghost breaks in to Pinehearst Headquarters, the Edward Ray of 2009 finds a second chance at life. |
Moving Mountains | Finally meeting the time-spanned Edward Ray in person, Cardinal is proven to be more of a pawn than he ever imagined, in a plan to move mountains and divert rivers. | |
Snakes and Rabbits | When Ghost takes Edward to the Rookery, the two wind up discussing more than just futures. | |
6/17 | Tsk | Ghost and Edward finally sit down to confer about the troupe of various sociopaths and time-traveling flotsam that need dealing with. |
6/18 | Cut Strings | Doyle's misdeeds come home to roost, once and for all when April, Veronica, and Curt stop by to collect dues owed. |
6/19 | Start A New Life | During a chance encounter at the Hangar, Gillian meets Niles— Niles of the present, instead of the future. And she does what she can to try and do Niles of the Future's wish by helping his young self get a chance at a different life outside of prison. |
6/23 | The Lord's Purpose | Cardinal seeks some answers about Edward's plans. What he learns is that in the end, there's always blood. |
6/24 | Three Stern Aunties | Cat, Elisabeth and Gillian come to confront Niles' younger self about enlisting his aid in stopping his future incarnation from causing any more damage. |
Creating A New Position | Tracy finds herself with an unexpected ally, Robin Hood. | |
6/25 | Not Good Enough | When Robin Hood comes to report back to Hana, she is not impressed with his successes. |
6/28 | Death Like Cigarettes | Niles Wight's reign of destruction and murder finally comes to an end, when unlikely allies unite around his younger self to defeat the time-spanned serial killer. |
When Life Hands You Lemonade | Robin Hood strikes up a bargain with Tracy Strauss to secure his future, but it puts him back into the sights of Pinehearst. | |
07/02 | Second Chance | Niles Wight considers the future laid out before him, before departing New York City. |
Chapter Five: "Ghost of a Chance"
On May 8th, 2011 Helena Dean and thirteen others are killed by a suicide bomber associated with the anti-evolved group Humanis First!. It is the day that changed Teodoro Laudani forever, but where there is a will, there is a way… | ||
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05/19 | Dysgenically Yours | Serial killers tend to be self-righteous, and the ghost is no exception. |
05/24 | Good, Old-Fashioned Cop Work | Leland is chasing a ghost; he just doesn't know it yet. |
05/25 | Playing Well with Others | Samantha is required to do a mission with a second party. This would be a first. |
05/28 | Doppelgänger | Teo isn't quite himself, much to his lover's dismay and calculated losses to Phoenix. |
05/30 | Textually Active | Helena secretly opens dialogue with the burning bird's traitor. |
Sabotage | On a blithe trip for vengeance to New Jersey, Ghost learns that Fate does it better. | |
05/31 | What Gods Work In | Two missions from God collide. Well at least one is. The other is more mysterious. Joseph follows instinct to find a beaten and bloody one-faced Janus. |
Denial of a Death Bed | The Guiding Light acts as temporary shelter to a terrorist and the guy helping him not die. There's conversation and a call for cavalry. | |
Death Grip | Deckard answers Joseph's call. They nearly kill Teo on accident but he winds up coming around. Once he's coughed up enough blood to be capable of quiet conversation, Joseph leaves him and Flint to talk across the bloodied church floor. | |
Sick Game | It's what Leland's slowly beginning to realize he's hunting, and accurately describes the prey that his quarry chooses. It's what this whole thing seems to be. In light of the New Jersey State Police homicides, Lee investigates further. | |
06/01 | Dead Man's Banquet | Felix has a nightmare. The creature that intervenes isn't the likeliest savior, but he picks a shape and a line that's always worked with Fel and is bound to for a long time hence. |
Haunting | Teo learns that it isn't easy living with a haunted man. Both of him. Here is invoked a pang of sympathy for all his exes, ever, while they fight. | |
06/04 | Italicized | This time, they shout less and speak more, of the people Ghost used to know rather than the ones left in his acquaintance now. |
06/05 | Walled In | Ghost comes to see a woman about revenge for crimes she has yet to commit. Confusion is understandable— and her anger proves to be, too, and both wear worse as the games continue. |
06/07 | Cat's Cradle | Ghost comes for John Logan about changing the shape of things to come. It takes two to play with string theory~ |
06/09 | Wicked Tribe | The ghost comes to offer the beginning of an explanation to one of very, very few who didn't need to hear one. |
Name and Purpose | Ghost shakes a spy from the shadows, and Logan's simplest questions have complex answers. Dramatic chord. | |
Clarification | When Eileen is dragged out of her cell to facilitate with her uncontrollable new ability, the interrogation of Cardinal begets cruelty on all sides. | |
06/10 | Clandestine Conversation In Cyberspace | Helena has a request for Claire, recently depowered. Ghost gives her both less and more than she asked for. |
Almost Home | The ghost comes to see his mentor from the days of yore. He tells her an origin story that is both shocking in its revelations and disturbingly familiar. | |
06/12 | From Bad To Miserable | So can be said of the present and the future, when Gabriel reports back to Teo and Gillian about tragedy and calamity in the Petrelli dynasty at Pinehearst Headquarters. On the upside, a powerful new weapon against Arthur's ability is unveiled. She's Irish. And, unfortunately, disinclined to altruism. |
06/14 | A Common Trope | Two enemies— Gabriel and Sal— must set aside their differences to overcome a common enemy! |
06/29 | Death Warrants | Danko is met by one of the many faces of Humanis First's mysterious benefactor, and the future Teodoro Laudani sought to prevent comes sooner than expected. |
Chapter Six: "The Mother Earth Project"
Every Eden needs a garden. This is the story about how one aspect of the Bright Future came to be, and the struggle of one woman fighting for her destiny and those that would take it for themselves. | ||
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A prologue… | ||
01/21 | Upstairs, Two Doors Down | Two devils, James Muldoon and John Logan, barter over the soul of a wanted woman. |
02/16 | Red Herring | And two more devils briefly discuss her whereabouts. |
03/08 | Time To Leave | Ethan encounters Delphine in her new state of circumstances, and promises to change her luck for the better. |
03/31 | A Delay In Separate Ways | A reflection on a kept promise, as Delphine heads for the mainland of New York City, intending not to repeat past mistakes. |
And so we begin. | ||
05/04 | Vinegar | Delphine unexpectedly encounters her brother (or so she thinks) on the streets of Chelsea. When he makes an offer she has to refuse, the matter is taken out of her hands. |
06/04 | Nowhere | For her monthly anniversary of her stay with Pinehearst, Delphine is broken free with a little help. |
06/12 | From Bad To Miserable | Delphine is introduced to a handful of Gabriel's acquaintances, and the events of her escape are made chillingly clear. |
06/15 | Sounds Like Rain | Brought to meet Helena, Delphine is introduced to the _ferrymen and shown their hospitality, in return for favors. |
A Thousand Words | Meanwhile, Arthur Petrelli enlists the aid of Gillian Childs to recover his missing property. | |
Seeking Eden | Meanwhile, Thompson conducts his own investigation, with the help of Rebecca, starting from several steps back, but the Company knows how to catch up. | |
The Cat Came Back... | Delphine demonstrates exactly how handy her ability can be to Phoenix's situation, but at what price? Nothing Vicodin can't solve, surely! | |
06/21 | Deliver Me From Temptation | Abby gets a vision about a certain woman. |
06/22 | What God Intended | Abby unintentionally discovers something about her power she was warned not to know, when Cat brings her to get fixed by Delphine. Delphine then demonstrates what her power can do otherwise. |
07/12 | Frequencies | Delphine dials Matt back into his ability. |
07/21 | Only Mostly Dead | A young lady on the brink of death is brought back to life when her power is reactivated. |
07/28 | Selfishness And Charity | One of the last in a long line of fixes, Delphine helps Cardinal, and wins a future favour. It's about time to get going. |
07/28 | Butterfly Watching | A tentative family comes together as Delphine finds a few things she was looking for. |