[On December 27, Gwen accidentally discovers Sylar while walking home from the Compound. She runs to get Peter, who snaps out of his amnesia when he connects who Sylar is. While Gwen runs to fetch help from Claude, Sylar and Peter face each other down, to a tragic end. Rated PG-13-ish for violence.]

[Timed to October 31.]

On Halloween, Peter's fear is realized. Just as he is about to lose control of his powers and explode, he discovers that the island brought Sylar. Sylar is amused at Peter's 'pathetic' state and puts him out of his misery.

The realization that Peter Petrelli was alive and well on the island came by way of a wedding announcement, glaring and obvious on the community bulletin board, as if it were taunting Sylar, a proverbial slap to the face that sent him momentarily reeling. How, he wondered, had he not known? Months of mute and carefully-tended frustration had ( Read more... )

Things were not moving nearly as quickly as Sylar wanted them to. This was due in large part to his own lack of motivation, as he wasn't entirely certain what he was moving towards, but the longer he was on the island, the more his frustration built, and the more that indescribable itch at the back of his mind grew. An impulse, sharp and dark, ( Read more... )

The kitchen had become one of Sylar's favorite spots on the island. The reasoning was simple: People were preoccupied when they came in, and would seldom take notice of the quiet man sitting in the corner, nursing a cup of coffee. It was amazing what you could learn about people simply by watching them when they weren't aware of it. As such, he ( Read more... )

There was something decidedly unnerving about having a date, even when said date was intended solely as a method for manipulation. Being clever and having self-confidence was one thing, but Sylar had never been especially in tune with the social stratosphere, and when he'd suggested to Eden that he needed Dating for Dummies, he wasn't terribly far ( Read more... )

"Funny," Eden scoffed softly. Standing before the bookshelf, she had tugged down a particularly interesting looking volume, leather bound with gold leaf, only to find it was a collection of fairy tales. "Very funny." Somedays it was all the bookshelf seemed to have for her - one version after another of the story of Cinderella. It didn't take a ( Read more... )

[After a whirlwind weekend of seeing the sights of New York City, Peter takes Gwen flying, even though she doesn't think she's cool enough to be Lois Lane. Unbeknownst to either of them, Sylar is in Peter's apartment patiently awaiting their return. There's super powers galore, a damsel in distress, villainous monologuing and more! Rated PG for ( Read more... )

Wandering is what occupied Helen Hoover Boyle's time these days.

She had come to the realization that there were no houses to sell. There were no ghosts to market, there were no angry spirits to force onto some unsuspecting couple. Her crossword had gotten boring to the point of pain, and she just wasn't in the mood to sit around the compound and ( Read more... )

Friday morning, Peter and Gwen wake up in his Lower East Side apartment rather than the tree house. Once Gwen realizes they aren't on the island, she gets a bit out of sorts, but Peter manages to calm her down. After a bath and a bit of naughtiness, the two set out to buy Gwen some proper clothes, as Peter's are too big for her. As they make ( Read more... )