Here's part one of the deleted scenes from Revenant that I promised to post. Sorry for the delay - it took me a while to get into the swing of writing this, but looking back I feel like maybe I cut Revenant off too soon because I was impatient to finish it, so I wanted to give whoever's interested a chance to read this.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but a bunch of fanfiction plotlines; certainly nothing that's making me any money.

Part I: Welcome to the Petrellis

"You did what?"

Peter glanced at Bella, who was staring fixedly down at her hands where they lay folded in her lap, face flushed as she avoided meeting her new in-laws' eyes. At least she wasn't hiding in the closet like she'd hinted she would when the time to face Angela arrived. "We got married," he repeated. "Last weekend."

It shouldn't have been possible for Nathan's eyes to get any wider, but somehow they did. Angela's eyes narrowed, and her mouth pinched into a pencil-thin line. She should have seen this in her dreams, but Peter and Bella had ensured she didn't. "Well, I expect you to at least explain why you chose to hide this from me. It isn't like I would have objected to having Miss Swan for a daughter-in-law."

"You wouldn't?"

"Of course not, dear. You could have done worse."

Bella's head popped up; she eyed Angela warily, trying to tell whether she was expressing approval or insinuating that while Peter could have done worse than her, he also could have done better.

"Don't get upset," Nathan advised her. "Coming from Ma, 'could have done worse' means she likes you."

"Really?"

"You love Peter, don't you?" Angela asked.

Her snappy tone earned a glare from the subject of her inquiry, but before Peter could defend his new wife, Bella herself spoke up. "More than anything." Although her voice was quiet, there was no mistaking her sincerity.

"Then you're obviously the best person for him. I hope the two of you will be very happy together."

"Well…that's great. Thank you." She looked down at her lap again.

And now she's back to her shy act. Angela barely refrained from rolling her eyes. The girl wasn't what she considered an ideal addition to the Petrelli family, but she reminded herself that Peter's happiness was the important thing, and Bella definitely delivered on that front. And she could show some backbone when sufficiently provoked - Angela had seen flashes of her temper before, but Arthur's death had proved beyond doubt that Bella was no pushover. It's probably best if I just accept their marriage without a fuss.

She said nothing more on the subject, and Nathan didn't rush to fill the silence. Interrupting someone's honeymoon to ask for a favor, especially when you hadn't seen or spoken to that person in a long time - even though their lack of contact was Peter's fault; he was the one who'd up and disappeared - was not exactly in good taste.

"So," Peter asked, "did you come down here just to check up on us?"

"Ma did. I came because I need your help with a problem, Pete."

"In other words, seeing your brother is only worth your time when you want something."

Nathan bristled. This was only the second time he'd met Bella Swan, now Bella Petrelli - she didn't know him well enough to be so judgmental. To his surprise Peter seemed to agree; he gently nudged Bella in the ribs and frowned at her as if to say, Be nice. She didn't look happy, but she didn't argue with him.

"What kind of problem?"

"It started with Dad…"

Bella stiffened, eyes widening. She reminded Nathan of a deer caught in headlights, but before she could bolt like a deer Peter's hand landed on her knee, which served both to hold her down and calm her.

"He's not a problem anymore. We burned him, remember? He can't come back from that." Peter kept his voice reassuringly calm for Bella's sake but shot a dirty look at Nathan, who realized bringing up Arthur in front of her had been a very bad move.

"Dad's still dead, but before you…took care of him, he exposed us to the government, and they haven't forgotten. With Danko taking the fall for everything that went down at Building 26, the issue's landed in my lap."

"I hope your way of dealing with it'll be better than his - because if it's not, we will stop you."

"Peter," Angela said sharply, "there's no need for threats."

"I'm not threatening anybody."

"Well, obviously I don't want to make his mistakes-" Bella scoffed at his phrasing. Nathan ignored her. "That's why I'd like you to work with me on this. Of course I could use Bella too, if she's willing." He wasn't sure yet how he could use her, but he thought it would be good to get her on his side if that was at all possible, if for no other reason than that she would play a major part in any decisions Peter made from now on.

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"I don't know if we should trust him," Bella said when Nathan and Angela finally left her alone with Peter. "I don't think I trust him."

"He's not out to get you, you know. And he's my brother."

"That's the problem; you may be brothers, but a guy like that always has an agenda. I'm just afraid he'll end up letting you down."

"Not with you around. He knows what happened to our father and I think he's scared of setting you off."

Bella laughed. "Get real. I'm the last person anyone should be scared of - when you told me your family wanted to see us, I almost asked whether you'd mind if I skipped out. I expected your mom to go ballistic."

"So did I, but Nathan was right - she does like you, even if she thinks you're a bad influence on me."

"I'm a bad influence?" The corners of her mouth curled into a grin.

"Yeah, I never would've married anyone else without running it by Mom first. You're worth it though, and she knows how I feel about you, so she decided to just get over it."

"Good."

"And if she was able to deal with it, so will everyone else. Elle called this morning while you were in the shower; she said she needs you."

"Doesn't everyone these days," Bella muttered.

"Whatever she needs you for, it probably has something to do with Gabriel," Peter warned her.

"Gabriel doesn't scare me anymore." It was true; he was harmless without his powers, and she had taken them from him. What bothered her most was that her period of adjustment to married life was being cut short, but that wasn't terrible - she already knew how to be with Peter, and the fact that they were now husband and wife hadn't affected their relationship as much as she had feared it might.

"So you'll go see her?"

"We will," she corrected. "You're coming with me, aren't you?"

Not liking the idea of her being anywhere near Sylar without him, Peter quickly agreed. She hardly needed him for protection, but the allegedly reformed serial killer hadn't earned his trust yet. If he made a single wrong move around Bella, Peter wanted to be there to have the pleasure of knocking his teeth down his throat, but mostly he just wanted to be wherever Bella was; no matter how long they were together, he never got tired of being with her. Also, Elle and Gabriel were staying with the Cullens, the family Bella had once wanted more than anything to be a part of. Meeting them was going to be interesting.