Similar yet different (Emilie, Peter (later))

[shadnicth]

July 26, 2009

Matt had arrived in New York, fresh off his bus ride from Chicago and his encounter with fellow hero, Dwaine. He had time on the bus to hone both his telepathic and telekinetic skills, levitating multiple objects in his luggage around him, or practising his mind reading zoning and telepathic illusions. It was quite funny watching someone try to shoo a fly away that wasn't there.

With his bag on his shoulders, his luggage bag being towed behind him, he walked down the busy Manhattan streets, stopping at his house, where he quickly dropped off his luggage, his brother waiting for him.
"How'd you go, mind reader?" Markus said with a chuckle, Matt looking at him with a sarcastic smile.

"Please... Don't make me make you think you're a 5 year old girl who does ballet." Matt said with a small laugh, heading to the front door.
"Where the hell are you going, you just got back?" Markus asked, Matt looking back to him.
"I've got to check up with someone... That girl I met when I ran away..." Matt said as his brother smiled at him.
"Right... You like her that much, huh?" Markus said as Matt simply smiled, walking out of the door.

One 15 minute taxi ride later, Matt had stopped in front of Emilie's building, paying the driver and walking into the building. He walked up the stairs to her apartment number, taking a deep breath as he stopped in front of the door, knocking on it. He just took a step back and waited for the door to open.

[emilie]

It had just been over a month since Emilie had met Matt that day and he had to go away again, to try and get help for his ability and controlling it. She wasn't sure how long he would have been away for, but after the third week, Emilie wondered if he'd come back at all, but then she kept thinking to what he had said to her, and she realised she was being ridiculous.

However the past week, Emilie had begun to have nightmares, she didn't know why, but they weren't pleasant and for the most part they were freaking her out. She hadn't even told her mom about them, but then, her mom hadn't been around much. Ever since her new found relationship with Patrick went down the drain, she had been a mess. She was going out, and sometimes not coming home. In a way Emilie couldn't blame her, her mom had a tough time of it with her father, abandoning them the way he had, just because it got difficult.

So, she didn't have anybody to turn to when she was having the nightmares, and the strange thing was, she was having them about someone she had never even met. Someone really creepy and yet it wasn't Sylar. It was somebody else who was just as creepy. Somebody else who could be just as dangerous. She had been sleeping when there was a knock at the door, but at the time, Emilie thought it was the person in her nightmare trying to get into the house and she began to yell, "Go away, go away, leave me alone... Noooo, don't touch me." Then she realised the knocking wasn't in her nightmare.

She sat up on the bed, and heard it more clearer, trying to compose herself and wipe her tears away, which was hopeless, she ran her hand through her hair messily and opened the door, and there he was. Matt, he'd come back, between the lack of sleep, and lack of food from not eating properly since he'd been away and the fact her mom hadn't been around much for her, she began to feel faint and felt herself falling.

[shadnicth]

As Matt waited for the door to open, he could hear yelling inside, Emilie's voice telling someone to go away... Not to touch her? He was worried even more now. Had Ray gotten to Emilie before Matt got here? He readied himself into a stance, ready to kick the door down and rush in to help Emilie. That's when the door opened. And a lot had clearly happened to Emilie within a month. She looked dead, like a vampire with tired eyes and a lot of weight lost.

"Emilie? My god what happened to you?" Matt asked as he noticed her body beginning to fall on itself, her eyes rolling back a little as she fell. He quickly shot out a hand, telekinetically catching Emilie's body, so that her head wouldn't hit the ground. She was levitating about the ground as Matt sighed a quick breath of relief.
"Emilie..." He simply said, walking into the apartment as he levitated her to the couch, laying her gently on it as he telekinetically closed the door. He sat on the sofa in front of her, waiting for her to wake up.

[emilie]

Emilie had only just managed to hear Matt's words, before she began to faint, of course she didn't realise that Matt had caught her from falling onto the floor. She began to come round, and found she was lying on the sofa, and as her eyes began to flicker open, she saw him, Matt, he was sitting in front of her. She wasn't sure why she had fainted like that, whether it was the lack of food, lack of sleep, or just the fact Matt was back. She had missed him, that much was very true. However, she decided to put it down to a combination of things. She then remembered what Matt had said just before she fainted. She swallowed and gave him a weak smile.

Putting her hand up to her head, she had a sore head as well right now. "You're back. Matt... mom's a mess, her boyfriend, or at least the man she really liked, sort of left, and it brought back everything with my father, and she's not been the same. I started having nightmares a week or so ago, and a combination of everything, I've been forgetting to eat. I'm sorry, but I've been so scared Matt, the nightmares, they're terrifying."

She could feel herself beginning to cry, and she really didn't want to do that. He had been away for weeks, the last thing he wanted to come back to was Emilie in a state. "I'm sorry, you've had to come back to this." She just lay on the sofa, and turned her head away from him. He wouldn't want to know her while she was like this, not anymore and she couldn't blame him.

[shadnicth]

Matt quickly whipped his head up towards Emilie as she awoke, his face changing from worry to one of relief, which he followed with a small sigh. That's when she started to spill her emotions to Matt. How much was possible within a month? Exactly what he was being told. Her mother's boyfriend leaving, old issues being brought back up... It was enough to drive anyone insane.

"I don't blame you for being upset... I'd be worse if I was in your condition. You're a very strong person for staying in tact as you have Emilie." Matt said, hearing her thoughts about how she thought he was going to leave her... Well considering what had happened with her mother, it was natural for her to think that.
"No... No, I'm not. I came back because... Well... I could almost feel that you needed me here. So I came rushing back. And guess what? I'm happy that I did come back." Matt said, getting up and walking to Emilie, kneeling next to her as she turned her head away, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"And I do want to know you. I want to know you so much more now. Especially after I ask you to come to see a Peter Petrelli with me?" He asked her, wondering if she knew Peter from the future.

[emilie]

After Emilie had told Matt what had been happening since he'd left, she apologised, because he had come back to see her in this current mess. It couldn't be nice for him to be faced with Emilie in such a state. However when he spoke, he seemed to understand, and actually said he was surprised she was as good as she was, even though she felt like complete shit. She gave him a weak smile again, "I don't feel so strong. The nightmares Matt, they've been..." She struggled to find her words then.

She sniffed back a few tears then, before continuing, "This man, don't know who he is, he's in my nightmare every night, he's scary, and not like Sylar, he's something else, now I don't know if it's a natural nightmare, or someone getting into my head, but it's scary and it hurts every single time." She put both her hands up to her head then, and shook it slightly.

"I hate being alone now." She wasn't trying to catch him with that, but it was true that Carla hadn't been home properly in days now, it was almost as if her mother had reverted back to her teenage years and went off the rails. For Emilie, it was just like being back on the streets again, only this time, she had a nice bed to sleep in.

When she said she was sorry he had to come back to her like this and the mess she was in, Matt said he wasn't sorry, and he was glad to be back. But she didn't say anything, instead she had just thought he wouldn't want to know her anymore, forgetting he could read her thoughts. She soon felt a hand on her shoulder, and she slowly turned around to face him. He said he did want to know her, much more and asked her to go and see a Peter Petrelli with him.

She sat up then, still crying, but put her arms around his neck and hugged him, laying her head on his shoulder, "I'm so glad you came back, I know we only shared a small amount of time with each other before you left, but I've missed you." Her mind then drifted back to that kiss they had shared before he left, and that in itself should have told her at the time, he'd have come back. "Peter Petrelli? Matthew Parkman told you about him I guess?" Emilie couldn't help but ask, before, kissing him on the cheek, wanting to kiss him on the lips, but held back, not wanting to be the pushy girl.

[shadnicth]

"Well... you don't have to worry about being alone anymore... I'm here for you now. As for your dreams... can you picture the guy in your mind so I can see him? I have a fair idea as to who it could be." Matt said, frowning as Emilie described her dreams. After everything Matt Parkman had taught him, he had figured that a telepath would be capable of getting into Emilie's head, no matter where she was... Someone like Maury.

The name Sylar perked up Matt's ears however. It was a name he had never heard, and yet Emilie spoke of it as though it were pure evil.
"Um, who the hell is Sylar? Is he a bad guy?"Matt asked, unaware that Sylar was the man that killed people like them and stole their powers.

He however smiled when Emilie spoke about Matt returning.
"Look, like I said before, I'm not going anywhere anymore. Not without you that is... And Parkman was a little suprised when I told him about you. But hey, he seemed used to it I think." Matt said, embracing Emilie as she hugged him. When she mentioned Peter and how Matt P. must have referred him, Matt nodded.

"Yep, he did. So I guess since you know him in the future and all... May as well introduce you to him now? Plus I need someone there. The trip to Nevada and back was hell alone." Matt said, not ready yet to delve into the meeting with Ray Nekawa. As she kissed him, he simply looked into her eyes.
"Come on... A month away and all I get is a kiss on the cheek?" He said, smiling his cheeky smile as he leaned in, pressing his lips against hers and kissed her.

[emilie]

After Emilie told Matt she hated being alone, and how she thinks someone might be getting into her mind, he told her she wasn't alone anymore and could she describe the guy in her head. She shook her head a little then, "I don't know Matt, I can try, but, you'll have to forgive me, if I start to shake or anything." She then closed her eyes trying to visualise the face that seemed to be haunting her at night recently. After a couple of moments, she could see him, and as she had warned she did begin to shake a little, "Not sure of his height, but he's not very tall, not for a man, and he's quite, well chunky?" She wasn't sure if that was the best way to describe the fact he was a bit heavy, but not grossly overweight or anything. "Balding, had hair round the edges, he looks like an average guy in his early sixties maybe, but he always manages to scare the hell out of me."

She described him the best she could, but as his face became more clear in her eyes, she had to finally snap them open. She began to shake again, and felt tears stinging at her eyes, so she began to rub at them. Then Matt asked who the hell Sylar was, was he a bad guy or something. She had to let out a small laugh then.

"Yeah, you could say that. He's the one who goes around stealing everybody's abilities by cutting their heads open." She shuddered then, but still, even thinking of Sylar, didn't scare her or make her shake as much as seeing that other guy's face in her head.

When Emilie had mentioned how glad she was that he was back, she could only smile when he spoke. When he said Matt was a little surprised, but seemed used to it, when he told him about Emilie, she laughed a little. "Yeah, they're used to seeing their future and past selves, so I can imagine they're used to it. But I'm glad you aren't going to go anywhere without me now." Not that she really expected that, it would be like she was haunting him if he had to take her everywhere, but she really didn't want to be alone. Not anymore.

Emilie smiled again as Matt spoke of taking her with him to see Peter, and agreed that Matt Parkman had told him of Peter. It would be fun she guessed to see Peter now, but she knew they'd have to explain the whole Emilie knowing Peter in the future thing. "Well, sounds like fun." What else was there to say? When she kissed Matt on the cheek, she saw him looking into her eyes, and what he said next, made her blush ever so slightly. Had he been reading her mind again?

She was going to say she didn't want to be pushy, when she felt his lips on her own, and he kissed her, so naturally she kissed him back. Not just a small tender kiss either, she opened her mouth, inviting Matt to do the same thing, as she allowed her tongue to explore his own mouth, enjoying the passion of the kiss.

[shadnicth]

As Matt kissed Emilie, the image that she had described earlier suddenly made sense to him. Balding man... chunky... He stopped kissing her, looking into her eyes with fear.
"Maury Parkman..." He said, looking into her eyes as he realized what Matt Parkman had meant by how his father was a dangerous man. If Maury could get to Emilie all the way from Chicago...

He straightened himself up, looking around the room for a moment, closing his eyes as he telepathically scanned the area, making sure that there was no one else in the room with them. No one. Just him and Emilie. He opened his eyes as he looked at her, his head shaking.
"You're not safe here. And it's my fault..." Matt said, looking away for a moment, ready now to tell her about his encounter with Ray.

He looked back into her eyes, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"When I was going to Nevada, I met someone. Ray Newaka. His power allows him to see the spirits of dead people and allow them to enter his body. If he gets someone with powers in his body, he will absorb their power as well." Matt began, taking a deep breath before continuing.
"He had these three villians with him. Some guy named Adam who could heal, Maury, Matt Parkman's dad, and this black guy who looked like he was enjoying the fear of others." Matt said, looking down at the floor.

"They heard me thinking about you... So that's how he's getting his revenge on me getting the 9th Wonders Comic... By getting to you." He said, looking at her with a saddened look.

[emilie]

Emilie was enjoying the kiss with Matt, when he suddenly broke away from it, and looked into her eyes with fear. She was getting scared, why was he looking at her like that for? Then he said this name, and Emilie could only look at him. It was a name she didn't know, well, obviously she knew the surname, which meant he must be related to Matthew somehow. Then it clicked, this was Matt Parkman's father, and all she knew of him was he was a very dangerous man.

"So that's what he looks like?" She couldn't help but ask, and then she shuddered again. She wanted that man's face out of her head, out of her dreams, dreams, what a laugh, out of her nightmares more like. "I only know him to be dangerous, very dangerous, but I've never met him." Of that Emilie was quite pleased, and she didn't ever want to meet him, meeting him in her head and nightmares was bad enough.

When Matt said she wasn't safe there, she shook her head, and struggled for words, "What do you mean, I'm not...." But she trailed off, if this guy, could get into her head, then he could easily find out where she lived, no wonder Matt was telling her she wasn't safe, then he went on to say it was his fault. "How? What?" But she figured he would tell her soon enough. And she was right.

He looked into her eyes, and when he put his hand on her shoulder, she put her own hand up on top of his, and felt her skin tingle just under his touch. That hadn't happened to her before with a guy, now she wasn't sure what that meant, but she knew she really liked Matt. He then went on to tell her what happened when he was away for that time. She listened, not taking her eyes from his once.

When Matt had finished talking, the hand she had put over his own which was on his shoulder, she moved and held it in her own, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Matt it's fine. You weren't to know. I don't blame you, and it's not your fault. But where am I to go? If I'm not safe here, and mom's done some sort of disappearing act?" She wasn't trying to push herself on him, but if she wasn't safe, she most certainly didn't want to be alone.

She thought she was going to cry again then, "I'm not blaming you, but I'm scared Matt." Just at that point, she got a massive pain in her head. She clutched at it with her hands, having dropped Matt's, and began to scream. The pain was unbearable. All she could think about was when her mother had a brain tumor caused by her ability, and Emilie began to panic she was suffering the same thing, especially when she felt something come from her nose, and as she touched it, she saw blood, and then she began to feel faint, and felt herself falling to the floor.

[shadnicth]

"You can stay with me and my brothers. We'll take care of you." Matt said, looking into Emilie's eyes, smiling his empathic smile. As Emilie answered, Matt looked at her for a moment, noticing her hands drop from his, soon afterwards clutching her head, her face scrunching up like she was in immense pain. He looked into her eyes, and followed them when she touched her nose, the blood dripping out. That's when she fainted.

"Emilie?! Emilie!" Matt said, catching her quickly as she dropped, holding her in his arms, as he knelt onto the floor.
"Emilie! Wake up! Please wake up!" He said, laying her gently on the floor, and began to half pat, half smack her face to try and wake her. Whilst doing so, he focused his telepathy, activating it and peering into her mind, trying to see what was wrong.

[emilie]

Emilie had no intention of Matt suggesting she could live with him and his brothers when she'd asked where to go, but she was scared, and right now, she was alone and now she was scared. None of them making for a good combination for a young girl who would be eighteen in a few weeks. So Emilie could only give him a warm smile, "Oh Matt, that's so nice of you, but I couldn't put that on you, I didn't mean for you to offer." But really, what other alternative did she have?

It wasn't long after that, she took the massive pain in her head, and began to clutch at it. When she felt the wetness coming from her nose, and touched it to see it was blood, she passed out. She wasn't aware of Matt catching her, nor did she hear him call her name. The only thing she was aware of right now was a bright light, and she was heading toward it, and then she saw, what did she see? No, it couldn't be? It was, it was an angel, but it wasn't just an angel, it was her sister.

Her twin sister who'd died when she was eight years old, but she didn't look eight anymore. She was the same age as Emilie and she was beautiful thought Emilie. Then her sister touched her arm. "Emilie, what are you doing here?" Emilie looked at her sister with a bright smile on her face, heading toward her. "Michy, it's so good to see you again." Calling her sister the name she called her when they were younger.

"Emilie, you shouldn't be here, it's not your time to come here, we aren't expecting you." Emilie shook her head, as she saw her sister begin to disappear. "But, but, who are you waiting for?" Emilie began to panic, there was only her mom and Stephen left, and she had no idea where either of them were, had something happened to them? "It's mom or Stephen?" Her voice was shaky and scared, but when she looked again, her sister was gone, and she began to shake, and then she heard his voice.

Her eyes suddenly snapped open and she sat upright very quickly, staring out into space. "I.. I... I just saw my sister, she told me it wasn't my time to go, they were waiting for someone else, and then, then I was back here. I don't understand..." Emilie's voice trailed off, and then she began to feel dizzy and lightheaded and felt the blood trickling from her nose again.

"Matt I don't feel so good, I think, I... my mom had a brain tumor when she was my age, maybe I'm taking one too? I.. I think I think I saw the light, I think I almost died." With that Emilie began to sob uncontrollably, and then as if on cue, between the blinding headache, bloody nose and the sobbing, she passed out again.

[shadnicth]

As Matt peered into Emilie's mind, trying to grab a concept as to why she had suddenly bled out of nose and fainted, he could hear everything that was going on in her mind. The conversation with her sister freaked him out a little. Had she absorbed a power that allowed her to speak to the dead?

As she awoke, Matt sighed with relief, breathing deeply as he looked into her eyes.
"You know you're gonna be the death of me... And as a healer, that's pretty bad." He said, smiling a little before he heard what she said about her visions.
"Yeah I know... I kinda read your mind to see what was going on. Sorry about that..." He said, mentally upset about the fact he had broken a rule that Matt Parkman had taught him, which was to only use your power when it's necessary. Although this could be one of those occasions...

As Emilie began to speak about the tumor her mother had, Matt's smile faded instantly, changing to one of fear.
"You're not saying what I think you're saying? No, you can't be sick?" He said as he watched her faint again in his arms, the blood trickling down her nose again.
"Oh god... I gotta get you to a Hospital!" He said, picking her up and carrying her in his arms, he walked to the door, telekinetically opening it and walking out, closing it after he exited.

It took him about 2 minutes to get downstairs, immediately seeing the traffic outside.
"You gotta be shitting me..." He said, seeing the traffic blocked up for a couple of blocks. He wasn't getting a taxi for sure now.
"God... I wish I could run or fly or something!" He said, upset that he didn't have an ability like that.

Just then he looked to the side, seeing someone seemingly appear out of nowhere and almost bump into him.
"Hey buddy, watch it!" Matt said, looking at the man for a moment as his hand brushed against Matt's.
"Sorry pal... Gotta jet." He said, disappearing in a blur, gone within seconds.

Matt simply blinked as he looked at his bare hand which had brushed the man's hand.
"I wonder..." He said, looking around, seeing that the streets weren't busy on the sidewalk. He took a deep breath and took off into a bolt, holding Emilie tightly as he stopped before the end of the road, almost within a second.
"Whoa... That's cool..." He said, taking a breath with his eyes wide with excitement. He could run fast... Really fast. Not only that, whilst running, he was completely aware of the surroundings around him. It was like time had slowed down or something.

With that in mind, he sped off to the hospital, stopping in front of the emergency room entrance, walking inside, Emilie still in his arms.
"HELP! I NEED A DOCTOR!" He yelled out, hoping someone would hear him.

[emilie]

{ooc - hope you don't mind I did that with Emilie - thought it would be cool for her to drop out a few posts while I bring in Pater for you? I've a plan lol}


When Emilie had sat up fast and stared ahead of her, she heard Matt say she would be the death of him, which was pretty bad seeing as he was a healer. She saw that smile, and she knew he was trying to lighten the situation, so she smiled back at him. "I'm sorry." She muttered the word, she was more concerned about the conversation she'd held with her dead sister, it wasn't like she had the ability to talk to the dead, at least, she didn't think so. What had her sister meant by they weren't expecting her, they must have been expecting someone. So, she began to feel very worried about her brother and mom.

She had then told Matt about the conversation, and he had said he knew, that he'd went into her mind to try and find out what was going on with her. She smiled at him, "It's fine, don't worry, I may have done the same thing in your situation." She was just glad that when she came round, he was still there and she hadn't woken up alone.

She hadn't meant to upset Matt, but she had to tell him her fear about the tumor and wondering if she was taking one just like her own mom had all those years ago. She saw his smile fade and a look of fear come over him. "I...I'm sorry." Was all she could get out, she heard him question her, saying she couldn't be, but she was unable to answer him back as she once again passed out.

The whole time she was unaware of Matt carrying her in his arms, to take her to a hospital, and she was unaware of the trouble he initially had to get her there. She was also unaware of the ability he'd manage to mimic to get her to a hospital much faster than he would have been able to without the ability. She did begin to slip in and out of consciousness when he'd finally reached the hospital, hearing him shout for help. Her eyes began to flutter open, and she looked at him, "Matt... head.... so.... sore." She said in broken speech, before her eyes closed again.

[peter]

Peter was just getting ready to finish his shift for the evening, and packed his things away into his locker, and said his goodbyes to some of his fellow staff and then made to head out the door. As he did so, he saw a blur suddenly come to a stop. Peter knew that move, as he'd seen Daphne use her ability a few times, and that's exactly how she looked when she'd just come to a stop after using her ability of speed. So, it didn't take a genius to work out the guy who'd just walked in and shouted for help was an Evolved Human like himself. He quickly walked up to where the guy was, not that there wasn't any other medical staff around, but Peter being the empathic soul he is, wanted to see if he could help in anyway at all.

Running his hand through his hair quickly, he gave a weak smile to the guy, "Hey, I'm a paramedic and trained nurse, can I help at all? Peter Petrelli, by the way." He stood and waited for the young guy to respond, but as he did so, he decided to check the girl out who was lying in the guy's arms. She didn't look very good, and the blood coming from her nose, wasn't a good sign either. "How long has she been like this? Did she complain of a headache? Anything you can tell me to help?" Peter reeled off question after question, taking a look around, but no other hospital staff seemed to have approached them as yet.

Noticing one of the receiving rooms empty, Peter pointed to it, "Bring her in here for now, lay her on the bed. I'll call for more help." Peter then went to the intercom telephone on the room wall and dialled through to the nurses station. He explained the situation, and then said thanks. He went back over to the guy, "There'll be someone here shortly to assess the situation." Peter didn't move, he stood waiting, he wanted to find out now, as much as the guy who brought her in did, what was wrong with her. While they waited on someone coming, Peter leaned into the guy.

"You're like me aren't you? I mean, an Evolved Human, what can you do?"