Didn't Leave The Window Open (Peter)

[becca]

New York City
Becca Walker's Apartment

Becca walked into her apartment placing her keys on the small end table in the hall before walking into the living room. She ran her hands through her blonde hair which was more like a light brown now. She had just saved the Frenchman which she didn’t mind at all since he gave her sister, Molly’s memories back years ago. Everything was different now and she didn’t like it. Friendships came and went. She had seen them die or been locked up but she made new friends but none like the ones she once had.

She went over to the recorder pressing play hoping it wasn’t anyone from her team with another job. She had gotten out of the facility Nathan had put people with powers in when he asked her to join his team after years inside. She had done bad things to people she known but she thought it was the only way to make her safe.

“Hey Becca. Its Molly Walker. Your sister listen I wont be coming in tomorrow. Micah is taking me someplace special. Anyways love ya call me.”

Her sister had been her rock for all the years she had worked for the Company so she would be safe. Now she was hiding what she really was. Everyone thought Molly had re-contacted the Shanti virus and lost her ability which was good since the war had started. She now could have a normal life unlike all the others who could not. Her bond with Molly had grown stronger after what happened.

Becca sighed seeing that there were no more messages so she went to the bookcase taking out an old photo album which had a piece of cloth in it. She touched it to her stomach thinking of what she had done. She then placed it back. She walked behind the couch to the wine rack taking out a bottle pouring herself a glass. She would drown her sorrows for another night hoping it would all change. Hoping the pain would go away.

Years ago she had been kidnapped by Nathan Petrelli and the US Government. A couple years back he had offered a way out if she would join him. She now worked for Nathan well she had recently left and surprisingly he hadn’t sent anyone after her just yet. When she worked for the president or one timed she had done things she never thought she would. Kidnapping, spying and prying into people’s lives who only wanted to be left alone. Some weren’t even dangerous but she had to stay and do the work if she wanted to survive.


That’s when it all changed when she met.

“Peter.”

Becca stated not bothering to look behind her knowing the man had been watching her since she got into the door. “I knew I didn’t leave the window open.” She snapped hoping he wasn’t here for the reason she thought.

[peteofthefuture]

"Actually you did," A voice hidden in the dark informed her. From the shadows that engulfed the house, emerged Peter Petrelli; a fellow resistance fighters and for a short time in their history, her lover. However after his brother declared his war against terror, Peter was forced to leave Becca so he could help form together an efficient resistance. He allowed himself to be taken to a facility where Nathan planned to round up the terrorists like cattle. Once inside, Peter recruited his fellow prisoners, and eventually they took control of the facility and targeted the US government.

They fought the law, and the law won. Peter was assumed dead when the US detonated a nuke in the facility. Thanks to Claire Bennet and her gift of Rapid Cell Regeneration, Peter escaped certain death. Thanks to these actions, Peter became invisible. Though his followers maybe gone, he could still have a chance at avenging their deaths. He believed he could destroy the American government in a single move.

However before he did anything, there was something he needed. Something only one women could give him. That was none other than Becca Walker. A woman that despite everything Nathan did to the world, after everything he did to their kind, she kept her allegiance to government. He never knew why and always believed, always hoped, that she was being coerced into fighting for the bad guys. He dreaded to think she was working for Nathan because she believed it was the right thing to do. "I phased through the walls. I had nothing to do with the window. Did let in a cat though, but he disappeared a few minutes ago."

[becca]

A smile crept onto her face as Peter make one of his famous one liners. She turned around looking at the man. He looked different more profound maybe that was only because he had been hiding and fighting for some years. “I don’t have a cat.” She states sipping at her wine before walking to the couch sitting down on it.

“Peter…..” She knew that he knew what she was about to ask. “What are you doing here?” She asked if that was all she wondered about. She really wanted to tell him the truth or even say that she still thought of him everyday but that was the past and the present left no time for past feelings to resurface.

Peter had been the one person who made her feel different then anyone else. Though their relationship was short lived it was as if fate brought the two together to bring something….no someone powerful to help stop this all.

“Pete… You should…” She stopped herself as she looked into his eyes realizing that those past feelings had never gone away. “You should go. Nathan’s team is spying on me ever since I kind of quit.” She looked at him seeing his look. Sarcasm. She sighed rolling her eyes. “Ok. Fine. I had a tantrum and left. He probably expects me to show up tomorrow.” She knew if Nathan got word of him being here Parker would be kept under lock in key and she might possibly be locked away like once before.

[peteofthefuture]

"You don't need to worry about Nathan," Peter replied darkly without mentioning what he did to the security detail parked outside. Thanks to Matt Parkman, Peter was able to enter a person's thoughts and even place suggestions which could be acted upon if a soldiers will was weak enough. All he did was give the two government agents that there was a strong sexual tension between the two. Knowing how the government agents worked, it was more than likely that the two were trapped in a motel somewhere, being held hostage by their influenced passion.

Looking at the wine in her hand, Peter directed his mind to the bottle. He reached out for the refreshment and the bottle leaped from it's position on the coffee table to land in his hand. In this desperate times where government officials can execute a person because he was believed to be "special", alcohol had helped Peter deal with a lot. Though he realized he was border lining addiction, he didn't sure he would get through the tough times without a little help. Not to mention he needed a bit of courage for what he was about to announce.

"Becca, I've come here to say goodbye and apologize," He informed her with a sad look on his face. "I believe the only way to defeat the government is to take out it's heart. The Pinehearst facility is housing a super computer that's pretty much operates the governments offensive against the posthumans. That and other government buildings in Washington DC means I must destroy the countries capital city to give out kind a new chance of survival, but I can't simply nuke it. I need to destroy it with an earthquake, which I can do thanks to you. And for that, I'm sorry."

[becca]

Becca gets up off the couch walking right over to him slapping his face. “They’ll blame me. Lock me up.” She shook her head wishing she could tell Peter about what her and Evan were doing but she couldn’t and wished for some way to take away Peter’s power that he absorbed from her.

She remembered the first time Peter took her ability and used it. They were in the middle of having sex when Becca must have hit a pleasure spot on Peter when he started to shake the room they were in. It happened after that but nothing as fierce as Peter’s first time with her power.

Her thinking of that night led her to Parker. Closing her eyes she wondered how would she get him to safety. “I can’t believe you would do that. You have friends working for Nathan. Safe them first. Peter save them.”

Now opening her eyes as tears began to form. “Do it for me. You can save us all.” She now had anger in her eyes. “Someone I love is in DC. Let me save him first. Please.” She touched his face as if she wanted to kiss him but she moved backwards. “Do it for our son.” She walked away and sat back down on the couch.

[peteofthefuture]

He couldn't lie that he missed Becca, however despite how she made him feel, how she was able to calm him down after his first heard the news of his brothers plans for the evolve humans of the United States. Without really trying, she has been able to calm him down from a flaming rage to his mild mannered self with a simple stroke of his cheek. But despite everything great about her, it seemed to nonexistent when she slapped him. For a short few seconds spent rubbing his cheek, he felt nothing but annoyance for her, however once the pain disappeared all the negative emotions flushed out of him.

She soon begin to encourage him, believing his mission would be for the best, however like a lot of things with Becca the emotion of encouragement skipped to a mixture of anger and worry. Originally he felt she was worried about his safety however the more she talked the more confuse he got. She mentioned that someone in love was in DC. At first he figured she was referring to her sister, however he quickly remembered that she was on the phone and due to the sound of her plans for the evening she wasn't in Washington DC consider that the only residential houses housed only those who worked in the vast number of government facilities.

Then he hoped she meant a platonic love. Like her partner Evan, they could have grew close and formed a sibling like relationship. Then there was rumor of this foreigner she had recently sprung out of jail. He had apparently came from way back in Becca's past and perhaps the two had a parental bond. But it finally doomed on that maybe she found someone else in this nightmare of a world they found themselves in. But with five words, she calmed that hurtful thought and replaced it with another.

"OUR SON!?" Peter exclaimed with shock, anger and confusing. "We have a son? When did we have a son? We slept together three times... And I used protection... We have a son?"

[becca]

At first Becca didn’t want to reply because she hadn’t figured out what Peter was thinking. She looked over at him seeing the angry and confusion in his eyes. “We have a son.” She shook her now a bit angry at him. “You say it as if we didn’t love each other. That the three times we did mean something to each other went away just because you want it to.”

She sighed getting up walking over to the bookcase. “I don’t want to fight with you not over something…” She looked back at him. “That was special to me and I’m not going to justify about what protection we did or didn’t use because if I did we wouldn’t be fighting over our son.”

She loved Parker no matter what Peter made her feel when she would get word of his heroic acts. Becca would always protect her baby boy even if that meant she had to let him live with Nathan. She knew that her somewhat brother-in-law was evil but he loved her son with all his heart not just for the power he possessed. It wasn’t like Peter could have been there for her because he was the reason she was stuck in this war.

She walks back over to him handing him a picture. “Meet your son. Born March 15, 2011.” She sits back down looking at Peter waiting to see any kind of reaction. “The world is in a crazy place Peter and I know you are ready to sacrifice you own brother to save the world but tell me do you think you can sacrifice your own son?”

[peteofthefuture]

Peter was still trying to get over the shock of the news which Becca had just told him. They had a son, he had a son, he was a father. He was in what you would call stunned silence. He had a son. Now Becca's voice was coming into his thoughts. Had it really meant nothing? What if they had used protection, somehow she had managed to get pregnant, and she had a child, his child.

"Don't get angry Becca please, I'm just trying to take this in, that's all" Peter said dropping some of the defenses down he had been holding up. He looked around the room and slowly walked to the sofa sitting down with his hands together at the fingertips. He looked up at her with a raised eyebrow. "So, I've really got a son?" he asked, not in disbelief this time, but more in amazement. Peter sighed, "I don't want to argue with you either Becca, I'm sorry about my initial reaction, it was just..." he trailed off slightly, pushing his fingertips together. "It was a shock, why didn't you tell me?" he asked, not in an accusing tone, he was just interested to know why she kept it from him.

He had to rethink his plan now. He couldn't do what he was planning to do, because if they had a son, he couldn't risk his safety. The most important thing would be his safety. He remembered when Claire's baby was phased out of her and the mental pain she went through getting over it. He couldn't allow for Becca to go through the same sort of pain.

Becca sat down after handing him a photograph, telling him to meet his son. He held it in the fingertips of his hands staring into the beautiful little boy's eyes, and immediately saw the Petrelli genes, not that he thought Becca was lying to him. Her question went through his head a hundred times over, she was right. He let out a low sigh, and turned round to look into her eyes.

"I'm sorry Becca, you're right, I can't, I can't sacrifice the life of my own son, I'll do it your way, I promise, and we'll get back our son, we'll be a proper family, but Nathan still has to be stopped, I thought after everything he did wrong the last time, he had changed, I was wrong" he kept the photograph in his hand for a few more seconds, before handing it back to Becca.

"I'm a father!" he exclaimed, "When can I meet him?" he asked her as he made his way closer to her and pulled her toward him with his one arm wrapped around her shoulder.

[becca]

Becca sat there waiting to hear what Peter was going to say. She knew that he was in shock but never thought he would come at her the way he did but then again she had just slapped him. She never would have slapped him that way but maybe in a playful joking way but not for pure anger. It was as if they had both changed when the secret was finally out.

She watched Peter walk to the sofa sitting next to her. She looked at him as he sat in thought like the old Peter had once done very often. It always annoyed the heck out of her when she waited to hear his thoughts. When he questioned about Parker in an almost excited way she smiled. “I’m sorry I slapped you.” She looked to the ground when he asked about the past.

She wasn’t sure what to tell him. It was as if that her mind told her to lie to him again. Before she could think anymore tears came out. “I couldn’t.” She looked up at him then wiping her eyes as she tried to laugh. “That’s probably the dumbest answer I could give you.” She shook her head placing a hand on her forehead sighing out in relief. She took his hand gently squeezing it as she faked a smile at him. “I gotta tell you something…about Nathan.”

“When he found out about Parker.” She closed her eyes thinking back to that day when Peter had to fly out of there before Nathan got get his men to kill him. “He….he…” She opened her eyes and took Peter’s hand raising it to her lips as she kissed his hand. “He told me that if I didn’t stay and work for him he…he would kill you.” She moved away from him feeling disgusted with herself. “He told me if I didn’t let Parker stay with him he would hurt him. Nathan as crazy or evil as he is. He loves Parker.”

She looks at Peter hoping he could understand why their son was with his brother. “I get to see him all the time but now I left told Nathan to shove it. That I wasn’t going to work for him anymore.” She looked over to the window as she heard a cop car go by. “Parker’s safe for now.”

She took the picture back from him giving him a nod. “Peter I know you just want your brother back but he isn’t the Nathan you love anymore.” She gave him a sincere smile when he asked when he could meet his son. She embraced Peter and put her hand on his chest closing her eyes smelling his shirt. “You can’t.” She pulled away from Peter even though she wanted to stay inside his embrace forever. “If Nathan knows you know about Parker or are even back in town. I’m not sure any of us can stop him from coming to get you.” She had let go of both the loves of her lives but she wouldn’t risk loosing them to death.

[peteofthefuture]

Peter didn't realise he had been lost in his thoughts for so long until Becca broke the silence by apologising for slapping him. He had been looking down at the floor at the time, he side glanced to her, and quickly nodded his head to the side, with a wink, "Think I deserved that to be honest, it's fine" he said, he wasn't going to let her apologise for something which she clearly had a right to do.

Peter sort of semi shrugged when Becca said she couldn't tell him, she figured she had her reasons no matter how weird they may have been. He had been nasty enough to her since he had come back, he wasn't going to add to that no matter what. He just gave her another wink as his head flicked to the side again, "Fair enough" he said with a slight laugh of his own. When she took his hand and squeezed it, he squeezed it right back. He then took his hands to Becca's face and gently wiped at the tears. "Don't cry Becca" he said softly. It actually felt good to be back here with Becca, and now that he was, all he wanted to do was to get things back to normal. He didn't know how he would do it, but he had to try.

He turned to face her, looking into her eyes when she said she had to tell him about Nathan. He had certainly caused a huge mess of that he was sure. He knew Claire would either be devastated or be in complete denial, but Peter had been in Nathan's company often enough in the past to know that what he was doing was something he was quite capable of. He would have to try and talk to Claire about it at some point, make sure she was coping alright.

Peter's eyes darkened when Becca told him what she had to about Nathan. He didn't even think he could be quite that despicable, "He did what?!" he said in exclamation in a thunderous voice. "Now that really is what I would call stooping to new low levels, I didn't even think he was capable of that" Peter spat in an angry voice, of course not angry at Becca, but just angry at the situation. When Becca took the back of his hand and kissed it, he returned the gesture by kissing the back of her hand. Then he gently leaned in to kiss her on the lips, a soft quick kiss, but the love was there. He hadn't stopped loving Becca, no matter what had happened over the years.

"He loves Parker? Or loves the fact he can have a hold over you with him?" Peter said in a dark voice. This wasn't a particular Nathan thing to do, Peter was very confused. She then continued telling him she left Nathan, telling him to shove his job, but their son was still with his crazy brother.

"So you left him, and Parker is still there safe?" Peter asked, even though Becca said he was safe, he had to make sure, he couldn't think of his son being in any danger, but it wasn't fair, Nathan shouldn't be raising their son, it should be Becca and himself. Peter could feel a lot of emotions within, most of them making him feel like he was going to cry himself. It took a lot to make Peter cry what with him being a man, but even the best men can get emotional, and this was their son they were talking about.

"Right now, I couldn't give a damn about Nathan" Peter said, right now he was far more concerned about Becca and the son he had never met. "I just want you and Parker back" he added, but he felt as if his heart was struck a blow when Becca said after she had embraced him that he couldn't meet his son.

"Well then we just have to be careful Becca, because I'm not losing you again" Peter said softly as he once more pulled Becca toward him and kissed her again, this time a proper kiss.

[becca]

Becca had a slightly amused look on her face when Peter said he deserved to be slap. She wasn’t sure if it was her thinking about past fun times with Peter or if it was her thinking that she liked slapping Peter. With one blow it let out all the emotional damage she had since he had left. He then became to wipe away her tears. She had missed his touch even if it was him just calming her down she enjoyed being around Peter. “He’s my son. I have to cry about him. I have abandoned him.” She let herself down when she let Parker stay at Nathan’s.

Becca looked at Peter seeing his anger jump out of nowhere. “Well he did stoop that low.” Before she could even get a word out about how Nathan was really a messed up guy now Peter had kissed her. Suddenly she closed her eyes and kissed him back as he pulled away making the kiss end to fast. She looked at the floor not trying to glance up to Peter to see if he had a smile on his face. She loved him with all of her heart and now he was here.

“Nathan?” Becca got back into the real situation of why he was here. “I don’t know. He is always kind and sweet with Parker when I’m over and Parker says he loves his uncle.” Shaking her head she can only look away from Peter. “Nathan was so sweet after I gave birth. He told me he was sorry for doing what he had done.” She turned and faced Peter. “He took care of me but after Sylar almost killed him he changed. It was as if he had been tortured.” She nods at him knowing she looked like a bad mother. “He is safe Pete. He needs Parker. His power can save his nation if the war gets any worse.”

“You want me?” She questioned him not sure why he would want her back since he hadn’t made contact in such a long time. “You want a family because yours was so screwed up.” She looks at the floor. “My family was screwed up too.” She looks back up at him looking into his eyes. “Maybe that’s why I want you.” She didn’t mean that in a bad way just in the way the two came together because if they had met any other time she probably would have tried to get away as fast as possible.

Becca met Peter’s lips with such intensely that she was almost shaking. She missed him so much and now he wanted them to be a family. Sighing as she pulled away still having her hands on his chest. “If you promise you wont leave again we can start being the family we both wanted.”

[peteofthefuture]

Peter sighed gently when Becca said she had to cry because Parker was her son and she had abandoned him. "Of course you have to cry, but abandoning him?" he said with a sad smile, "I don't think you really had much of a choice did you?" he asked in a soft voice, using his one hand to gently caress her face. "I just don't like seeing the strong women in my life crying" he said gently as he hugged her again. He had seen too much of it, his mom, Claire and Becca they were all strong women, yet so many times something or someone had reduced them to tears it was really rather sad.

Peter just shook his head when Becca agreed that Nathan had stooped that low. It really was all he could think of to do. If he didn't think it would cause any more trouble for him and Becca he would go and pay Nathan a visit to find out what the hell he was up to. But he decided it wouldn't be the best option right now, he had just come back into Becca's life after a spell of being out of it, and he wasn't going to do anything to spoil it now. Of course after he gave Becca the quick kiss, he had a soft smile on his face, because he still loved her, he always had, he had just lost himself for a couple of years.

Peter listened quietly as Becca spoke about Nathan some more and how he seemed to love Parker, however he saw the look in Becca's face as she looked away from him. Then she turned to face him again as she spoke some more reassuring that Parker was indeed safe. Peter took Becca's face in his hands and locked his eyes with hers. "I don't blame you for any of this Becca, and I don't think you're a bad mother, I think you did what you had to do under the circumstances, I understand" he gently explained as used his thumbs to gently trace the outline of her beautiful face.

"He might need Parker, but I need you and Parker more than he does" he said in as forceful a voice as he could manage. He was so annoyed at himself for being away from Becca for so long what had he been thinking of? "I'm so sorry you had to go through all of this because of me Becca" Peter said knowing that he was to blame for Becca's current situation.

"Yeah my family is screwed up Becca, but that's not why I want you, I've never stopped loving you, I should never have left you" Peter said softly as he he took Becca's hands in his own and held them firmly, while caressing them with his thumbs. They then shared a tender passionate kiss.

After gently pulling away from the kiss with Becca's hand on his chest, he placed one of his own on top of it, holding it there. "I promise I will never leave you again, I love you Becca Walker and I know I've made some terrible mistakes but I can't think of anybody I'd rather spend the rest of my life with" he said with love and care in his voice, as he pulled Becca ever closer to him. He wasn't going to lose her again.

[becca]

She shook her head knowing she didn’t have a choice in the matter. “I just…he’s my son and he is put into this situation.” She hated the fact that Parker thought it was normal to live with his uncle and have his mom visit. That it was normal to be in his family, nothing was normal about the Petrelli’s. When Peter touched her face she closed her eyes trying to calm down which she did after a moment.

When Peter took her face and said he understood all she do was smile. “I thought you would hate me.” Becca hated herself for anything maybe that was why she had killed so many while working for Nathan. “I try to do what’s best for him but Nathan other members of his team make it hard. I had to kill so many and couldn’t even save my own son.” It wasn’t fair but nothing was fair in this life. She had to let go of her son so he would be safe. She had to let make her sister say she had the Shanti virus and didn’t have her power so she could live. She had to force everyone away who wanted to help her get Parker back so they wouldn’t die.

“He really needs Parker, Peter.” She gave him a look not sure if he truly understood what she meant by it. “Our son’s power is stronger then yours. He could change this war in one touch.” She knew that Nathan had forced Parker to use his power before but she wondered if he made him do it to much if her little boy would die. “I forgive you.” She smiles at Peter before looking at the glass of wine that was on the coffee table. “You do whatever you have to. To protect the ones you love.”

Becca smiled when Peter had said he still loved her. She knew that but it was nice to hear let alone be able to be with the man who had been away saving the world. Placing her head on his chest she looked up at him. “I love you Peter Petrelli. That’s why we are going to get out son back.”

(OOC: ok this could end it but since Peter doesn’t know about Parkers power should he found out now or we could work in a way he sees Parker using his power or something into another thread.)

[peteofthefuture]

[ooc: Yeah, I reckon this post of Peter can finish this one and we make a new one]

All Peter could do was hold Becca close to him and continue to calm her down and soothe her. It was awful what Becca had to do, but he completely understood it, and the best thing he could do for Becca now was let her know he understood. It wouldn't be forever, they would get this sorted one way or the other, they would become the proper family they should be, no matter how long it took.

"I could never hate you Becca" Peter said shaking his head, it wouldn't matter what she had to do he could never hate her. He loved her, he had for years, so why would he stop now? "You did what you had to do, just like me, so don't be so hard on yourself" Peter said softly, as he continued to hug Becca to him. He hated to see her so torn, then again he hated to say any of the females in his life torn, but he had seen it time and time again.

"Well I guess if he needs Parker then he stays where he is for now" Peter began with a wary voice, he didn't like the idea of Parker being with his brother, especially when he was pretty certain Nathan wasn't who he really should be. He had done stupid things in the past, but Peter was pretty certain that even Nathan wouldn't do anything like what he had been doing recently. "But I want us to get him back as soon as we possibly can" he added as he kissed Becca on the forehead and then down her cheek and to her lips.

"That's the sad thing Becca, it's exactly what happens, you do what you have to in order to protect the ones you love, no matter how bad or out of character that happens to be."

Peter sighed gently when Becca said she loved him, and he pulled her even closer to him as he leaned his head on top of hers. "We can do this together, and I swear I'll never leave you again." Becca and Parker were his family now, and he'd do anything to protect them, with or without the help of his mother.