Title: Obsession

Fan dom: Heroes

Rating: T - Violence, Adult situations, Moderate Language

Notes and Spoilers: Through "Volume 1: Chapter 23: How to Stop an Exploding Man", Graphic Novel Chapters 39 to 42 "Betty" and the Fan Fictions Squall and Fatigue. (Yes, so it is a good idea to read those first but I always include some flashback/recap.) This story is AU of course. This story includes my orginal character Alexandra Carey. No correlation with Alejandro. This charcter was first featured in Squall.

Chapter 1

As an child, I felt I had to change. Who I was, who I wanted to be. I never felt safe on knowing who I was supposed to be, or what was expected from me. As I grew into adolescence I saw two options before me, neither fully satisfying: become a wallflower and stay and watch my life trickle away, or become one of the crowd. In time, I thrived to do both.

The room was quiet. Some could say it was too quiet, even though, outside the dual wooden doors, was a very loud world. It was the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a place filled with excitement both good and bad. A time for giving and sharing, but at times also a time of risk, and stress, missed expectations and missed memories.

It was a happy time. Or would be. As the woman watched as the man in front of her drank out of a glass bottle. His fingers clenched on it as if someone would take it away. He only broke the concentration to stare at the curtains as if he was waiting for someone to fly into them.

She bit her lip and for one second she considered reaching out to him but she stopped herself. She knew why he did it. The unknown was a scary and emotional place.

She walked across the room and looked at the pictures on display.

She picked one up and traced the online of the two figures with her fingers.

"Peter?" the male voice called out.

The woman put down the picture. Heh. It must have appeared to be floating in mid-air.

She turned around and smiled at the man, though she was sure he could not see her.

"Are you the real Nathan Petrelli?" she asked.

She knew he was, but she could not shake the image of about a month ago, of the man that was pinned against the white fence. The man that Sylar, the man that cut the skulls of people like her had pinned against the fence. That Nathan would have been killed if she and Peter did not arrive on time. She used her power and kept Sylar from striking. She saved Peter's brother. Or she thought she did.

"Who are you?" Nathan asked the air. "What did you do to my brother?"

The woman leaded against the file cabinet and crossed her arms.

"I don't know what happened to your brother. Last time I saw him..." she cut off.

She walked to the desk and helped herself to Nathan's gluttony.

"He told me to leave. To save myself."

"From whom?"

The woman took the glass and gulped it down without a second thought.

"Wow, that was rough," she said before placing the empty glass on the desk. And then she picked up the rest of the bottle of liquid avoidant and tossed it in the trash.

"What do you think you are doing?! Who are you?" he demanded.

"I'm Alex. And though, I don't condone people who drink, we both know its not productive."

Nathan rolled his eyes.

"And what about you? Playing hide and seek here in my office. I will assume I have you to thank for Peter having this power?"

Alex materialized in time for Nathan to see her shake her head.

"No, that wasn't me."

Nathan blinked, where was once just a floating glass, stood a tall woman with dark hair and green eyes.

"That was Claude Rains, well, that is the name he uses because he is the invisible man. Me? I'm a chameleon."

"Hmm. A chameleon? Peter's like a sponge," Nathan whispered, remembering a past conversation he had with Mohinder.

Nathan closed his eyes and gripped the edge of his desk.

"I shouldn't have said that."

Alex turned away and looked at the same window that Nathan was staring at earlier.

"Don't worry about it," she said nonchalantly. "You have nothing to worry about from me."

"How did you meet my brother?" Nathan asked.

Alex smiled.

She placed her hands on the glass windows and let the condensed mist melt onto her fingers.

"Way before he met me."

Nathan raised an eye brow.

"You are going to think I am crazy. Or perhaps a little obsessed. And you would be right. My family never felt like my family. They were always busy doing their own thing. They had their secrets that they decided to keep buried."

"Everyone is entitled to their secrets."

Alex looked outside at Kirby plaza.

"Yeah...but I am a curious person. And don't like things kept from me. So I snooped. So when I found out that I could match my skin to match the wallpaper, it became such a wonderful tool. I could be in the room but no one noticed. It was grand. Very useful. Listen to secrets. Family gossip. And that was fun. But I didn't want to limit myself. And I didn't. Never again did I have to pay for a movie..."

"And is this where you first met Peter?"

Alex grinned.

"You know what they say about destiny?"

Nathan crossed his arms.

"I think I heard enough about destiny for two lifetimes. Maybe three."

"Heh. I don't know why I am telling you all this. But I guess it is because you are his brother. And I feel safe with you."

"Well, I am asking myself why I am here listening to you instead of throwing you out."

"I'm interesting." She started to laugh but then stopped herself, "No it is because I am the last person that saw Peter. And I want to help you."

"By being sneaky? By blending in the walls? Or the air?"

"It's not the only thing I can do," Alex stated as she made herself levitate off the ground. "Copy me?"

Nathan just stared at Alex. What did Peter tell her? What did she know? How long has she spied on him?

But Alex folded her arms, and though she was still in the air, she just stared at him back. So he decided to satisfy her. But when he tried, he could not.

"Hmm?"

"I can't..."

He looked at her, a shocked and concern look on his face. As much as the power was a bother, it worried him that it was now gone.

Alex lowered herself back to the ground.

"Try now."

Nathan tried again and found that he could now levitate once again. "What the hell did you do?"

"I took your power. It is part of my blending power. The catch is that the person I take the power from can't use it while I use it. Pretty handy when someone tries to take your head off."

"I would say so," Nathan quickly agreed as he decided to fix a button on his suit. "Where were you when my brother exploded?"

Alex stared at Nathan with wide-eyes.

"I..." She lowered her head. "I was late."

Nathan sighed. "I am sorry. I did not mean. I am sorry. I should not have said..."

Alex looked out the window.

"I miss him. Let's find him."

Nathan turned around a picked up his coat.

"Yeah...let's go."

To Be Continued