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Crack in the persona - tag drgabrielgray and drpeterpetrelli

Aug 11, 2011 18:59

I meet with the forensic pathology department at Mercy Heights first. I guess I wanted to get a tour of the place, build up to meeting Dr. Petrelli again. Their facilities are good, the location is closer to my apartment, the staff is friendly enough, and they appear eager to have me. The head must have googled my name before I arrived. I ( Read more... )

ted - howtheydied, (finished), peter - drpeterpetrelli, sylar - drgabrielgray

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drgabrielgray August 12 2011, 01:42:31 UTC

I'd had to take two showers after my shift in the ER. The smell of blood never bothers me. If anything, I like it. But I couldn't get the stink of the kid's puke off of me. I'd tossed my shirt and tie, which would teach me not to wear scrubs when I was working down there. Thank god I didn't do it often.

After changing I went back to my office and checked my messages. It was quiet, which wasn't out of the ordinary. I never had appointments or meetings on ER days or the day after.

Taking a chance that Peter wasn't busy either, I took the elevator down to his floor and walked to the psychiatric section of Mercy Heights. I smiled and nodding along the way. In my haste I forgot the trick of carrying around a patient's file to look busy. I came around the corner and started down the hall to Peter's office when I saw someone else waiting there. "Can I help you?"

howtheydied August 12 2011, 03:28:08 UTC

I smile at him, instantly thinking this might be the other Dr. Gray. I don't know what it is, maybe the way he's carrying himself. I've always been good at reading body language.

"Possibly, although it's nothing pressing. I'm Ted Grey. Dr. Petrelli asked me to drop by when I was here, so I thought I'd see if he had any free time available." If not, I'll...be rather disappointed, but I'll hardly be showing it.

drgabrielgray August 12 2011, 03:56:19 UTC

"Gabriel Gray, Peter mentioned you." So this is the other Doctor Grey. The smile never touches his eyes. I know what that looks like. I do it all the time. I'm probably doing it now.

"I don't know if he's busy or not. His receptionist wasn't at her desk, and I didn't call." I glance at the now empty office across the hall from Peter's. "Why don't we wait in there. There's a vacancy."

I flick on the lights on my way in. The office is spotlessly clean, not that it was messy before. Dr. Sinclair didn't like disorder. Now there's a real smile on my face as I think about the fun Peter and I had moving things around in here. It drove her nuts. She was so paranoid. Peter was so disappointed when she quit and moved away before we could have anymore lasting fun with her.

drpeterpetrelli August 12 2011, 04:13:12 UTC

The alarm for the end of the hour goes off and I'm disappointed. Tony is one of my patients that I love fucking with and I was really having fun with him today, I'd gotten him to break down into a blubbering mess. Again. He thinks he's making headway but he's actually sinking lower and lower into his depression. I don't think he's going to last too much longer. Too bad ( ... )

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drpeterpetrelli August 24 2011, 00:51:25 UTC

As Gabriel explains most of what's going on here, I study Ted's face. He doesn't believe half of it but I can't blame him. If it hadn't happened to us, I wouldn't believe it either. But the more Gabriel goes on, the more Ted starts believing him ( ... )

howtheydied August 24 2011, 02:24:34 UTC

What science fiction bullshit is this? I try to think of reasons why they'd be lying to me, other than a petty desire to pull one over on me- but again, they don't seem like the type. They take the time to explain it to me, mention problems they've encountered because of it...I don't believe them yet, but I'm not entirely ready to discount it.

And Gabriel's counterparts are serial killers? No. I have to keep from laughing there, especially since I want to hear the rest of it. But I manage it. Peter's been accused of killing his brother (now, Nathan I caught on a Google search, and there was certainly no mention of his death...). Well, I asked for bizarre. "Sorry to hear you were falsely accused," I say, and that I'd guess I'm right about. If I got pinned with a murder I hadn't actually committed, I'd be even more annoyed than if it was a fair catch. That seems to be the look on Peter's face right now. "At least you managed to get it cleared up ( ... )

drgabrielgray August 24 2011, 04:18:30 UTC

Ted's bullshit meter is about to blow, and I don't blame him. It does sound impossible. He must think that Peter and I have worked on this routine for weeks in preparation. With a grin I finish the last of my drink and set my glass on Peter's desk and get up.

"I think we should show you," I say with a grin. "There's another Peter who's a resident in the ER. We'll drop by, and you can see him. Little shit hates me, and I love to make the little shit jump through hoops." Peter frowns for a second when I mention the other, but he knows it's the best way to show Ted that part of our story's the truth.

"If you want to see one of the other Gabriel Grays, we'll have to go to Brooklyn to see the tame ones." Ted gets one more smile. This time I'm letting him see a bit behind my mask of civilization. "Believe me when I say you don't want to meet the others."

drpeterpetrelli August 25 2011, 01:07:37 UTC

"Yes, I had help clearing it up thanks to another Nathan." One that I can at least stomach. "But it's not something I'd wish to repeat." Killing Nathan I wouldn't have minded, killing that nobody in the ambulance bay is not something I would've done and yet I got caught in the net. Damn whichever Sylar did it ( ... )

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