Ch 1 Seeing Is Believing (oct 31st)

[rocky]

31st October 2008

Ch 1 Seeing Is Believing.

For Ray this year had been exceptionally difficult. He had grown into his ability learning how to control it and more importantly learned about himself. Teaming up with with two men who died a few years back, DL Hawkins and Issac Mendez. He has gained each of there abilities. One was the ability to paint the future. Precognition.

Currently Ray was in his hotel room. Unpacked from the night before, He didn't see the point in unpacking because he would soon be going to the next area within a few days. He has been living like this for a while. Jumping from place to place in search for people with abilities. Along with his two new companions only he could see, for there spirits only are visible to people who can see the dead. Ray moved to the bag of clothes laying on the ground. He picked out some clothing and changed.

" Were are we going to start looking first, this painting doesn't tell us anything" DL asked looking at a painting Ray had drawn the night before. Because DL and Issac are only spirits they can not come into contact with any objects or people they cant feel or cause anything to happen. People cant see them as if they are not even there. Ray moved closer to him. " I guess well have to just wing it and walk until we see something or someone that might give us a clue. " Ray told him.

Issac entered the room. He sat on the bed. The bed didn't move or sink down when he did. Issac put his head down and rain his fingers thew his hair. " It was like this when i was alive. I would paint these pictures of the future some cheerleader was going to die and New York was going to explode. Threw my paintings i gave some people with abilities a chance to stop it. Those paintings never came true, I couldn't do it on my own i needed help. Right now its just you Ray you need to get some help if you want the future to change." Issac told Ray, DL listened as well.

Ray nodded, He knew that he had to gather more people willing to become heroes. Ray went to the post office and dropped off his latest comic book to his publisher with Issac's words in mind. " These comics will hopefully find there way to the heroes we need." Ray reassured Issac that he understood what he meant. Ray sat down on a bench beside the post office and took out his sketch book.

[elle]

Elle was walking up the steps to a Hotel she was expelled from the Company. How could that witch Angela fire her like that. As she was carrying a soda she crushed it with her hand. Not a super strength crush just an average in rage crush. Throwing the can in the hallway trashcan she went by the vending machine. "I am useful." Elle murmured before going inside her pockets. When her hand came back all she had was a twenty. And the machine only accepted five dollars or less.

This just wasn't her day and Elle was getting pissed off. All she wanted was a damn soda! Well that and her job back. Gripping the ends of the vending machine Elle used her powers to overload the machine. Drinks came dropping out at a rapid pace. Soon it was fried. Sighing Elle just walked away feeling a little better. That is what happens when she uses her powers it drains her of her anger.

But there was still resentment for Angela and Sylar of course. He took her dad from her and that led to her job being stripped from her. What was she to do now? Live a normal life? Yeah right not when she goes around frying vending machines. Elle just sat beside the now smoking vending machine with her knees to her chest. Her face showed all her sorrow then she began to cry.

Elle cry it has been a while since she done that. Look at yourself Elle! Your in the middle of a crappy hallway of a hotel crying. You have to get a new life. But what is it that I'm good at. I was specifically trained for this job as an agent of the Company. And your hair is a mess![/i] Sighing in agony she just sat there in silence and new tears falling down her face.

This was nonsense for Elle to do or act this way. She would not just sulk. Elle will have to find something better to do. Looking at the vending machine and how it was spent out she would not become like that. Standing up she went into her room and obtained her things. Basically it was just a purse. She wasn't going to spend her whole life in New Orleans.

As her heels clicked down the steps and outside she could feel the tears still on her face. Looking around she saw someone on a bench she walked over with her purse slipped over her shoulder. "You look like you had a rough week." she replied. And she herself is one to talk. Giving off a weak laugh before sitting beside him.

[leona]

Leona wasn't overly sure why she was in New Orleans, not like she actually lived there, but she had been feeling a little down recently, what with having no special someone in her life. Alright, so she was only seventeen, but that didn't mean you couldn't have a special someone, right? Anyway, her abiliites has just began to take proper control, and had been confusing her a little. So her parents had sent her off to Louisiana for a break and to visit some relatives there.

Today, she had decided to take a little walk around the shops and see if she could find herself something nice and maybe buy a little treat for her little sister Laura. She had been in and out of a few shops by now. Finally she found the perfect gift for her little sister, a fluffy pink teddy bear with a t-shirt on and the t-shirt had a red heart with Louisiana under the heart. It was perfect for her five year old sister.

After buying the bear, she was beginning to feel tired, and thought she would rest up for a while before continuing to shop some more or make her way back home to her cousin's house. She saw a bench where a couple of people were already sitting, and one of them seemed to be sketching something. Interesting thought Leona. She would love to have been able to paint and draw.

She sat down, "Hope you don't mind me sitting here" she asked kindly, and giving them both a smile.

[blackregret213]

Alexander being bored and still on the run, didn't know what to do with his life. He wanted to help people, but also kept to himself. He was minding his own business walking through the elevator doors as people rushed by him. He had crowds of people, especially when they went the opposite direction he did. He was just recently relaxing on the roof of the hotel, hunger had gotten to him and decided it was time to eat.

The doors closed in front of him as he turned to face the people in the hall. Reaching for the fitst floor button, the elevator began to decent. Slowly decenting floor by floor. One by one, the digital number clock began to count down from 30... 29... 28... . The elevator then began to slow down, Alex looked at the clock and realized that he wasn't quite at the main floor yet.

Making a full stop the elevator had opened a black man walking in. The man nodded a hello. Alex thought it was quite funny how the man was dressed and all, it was like he was from Africa. Maybe he was? Alex glanced back at the digital clock and read '13... 12...'. Almost there.

[blackregret217]

Usutu already being in America, New Jersey to be exact. He was recently captured by the company known as, Pinehearst. But he still believed in helping the needy. He walked through the hall of the hotel, towards the elevator. His hands covered in paint. He pressed the button, leaving behind paint reisdue. He had just painted another picture. Thankfully, it wasn't another death. But it was a group of people including himself, it what seemed to be a room of this hotel. He couldn't make out the other until the doors of the elevator had entered. He noticed a man, who looked mid twenty's, early thirty's. He entered the car with a nod to the man.

He still wasn't sure if this was the man in the painting. But he decided to wait for more information that it is. He quietly stood there as the elevator decreased down the shaft.

[rocky]

Ray was wearing sun glasses while he drew. The sketch book on his lap and the pencil moving strangely fast. He head tilted to the side and without being seen his eyes had a white fog moving inside of them making them completely white. He had not herd the two females talking to him. Elle and Leona. For a short time he drew until the picture was completed. The image directed was of 2 men one was ray with his white eyes and the other seemed to be a black man with white eyes. they were in the center of the page looking to the right. On the left side stood allot of random figures, just random people.

Ray awoke from his trance. He saw the two sitting beside him. " Hey ladies," He said to them both. He took off his sun glasses. His white eyes had returned back to his natural color, which was still weird. He noticed the girls looked failure and it was like he knew them. " My names Ray." he told them. He noticed that Elle looked a little upset. " You ok hun?" He asked calling her hun might have been a bad mood. But Ray had no idea how to really talk to people who had temper issues he was trying to cheer her up and meant it in a nice way.

Ray had a feeling there was something about these 2 that drew them here. Something must have happened. Issac looked at the sketch, " What dose it mean?" Issac asked ray. DL made his way back to the hotel. Ray shrugged his shoulders. He didnt want to talk with him at this point and scare the girls into thinking he was a crazyman. Issac got the feeling like he was saying not now dont bother me. Ray listened to here more about the girls becuse he wanted to know what had brought them here. " you guys know eachother?" Ray asked them.

DL had walked to the hotel and made his way inside he wanted to make sure that nobody was tracking them down. " Idiots leaving the painting inside the room with nobody there, what if the company was trailing us they could see what it was and try stopping us." DL said as he waited for the elevator to come down he saw it was on its way down. 10th....5.. `

[elle]

Elle was watching Ray 'draw' and 'ignore' her for a long time. And it was obvious what he was, he was just like her. Really easy to tell when you do it out in the open. "Precognition." Elle murmured really low. Then when he asked her what was wrong she gave him another weak laugh. "Nothing. Just got fired." Yeah fired from my life job, the only thing I was ever good at.[/i] Looking at the other girl she smiled.

"I'm Elle by the way. How are you two?" deciding to introduce herself. Maybe she could form some sort of friendship with these two. And if that happened maybe she could get another job. Wiping her face with her sleeve the ones she could feel.

"So what are you guys doing out here? It does seem like a place where few people hang." Elle was kind of out of it. She really didn't know where she was! Just that there was bench and two people here. Elle was slowly losing it and it probably won't be long before she is driven into insanity. She hoped that she could hold out, but Elle knew herself. She knew her limitations.

But that would all change looking back at Ray and Leona. Then she looked across the way. Really Elle wasn't looking at anything...

[leona]

When Leona got no answer when she asked if they minded if she sat down, she sat down anyway. The guy seemed a little busy right enough. So she just sat and smiled and looked around her for a short while. Then he spoke to her and the other girl.

"Hi, I'm Leona" she said introducing herself, seeing as the others had done so. "Nice to meet you Ray and Elle" Leona said, as the girl had also introduced herself.

"No, we don't know each other, I'm here on vacation, parents sent me away to..." forgetting she shouldn't openly talk about her power she trailed off and stopped what she was going to say. "But I'm fine, how about you?" she asked looking from Elle to Ray and smiling at them both.

It was annoying, not being able to openly speak about your powers. Her parents had made it clear that she shouldn't do it, in case she was speaking to someone who wouldn't understand. Being brought up in a family of telepathic powered people, it was very difficult not to openly talk about it.

[blackregret213]

Alexander exited the elevator as the doors opened. He felt uncomfortable, he felt like the african was starring at him. But he shrugged it off as he walked through the gigantic lobby. People were everywhere in here. Making reservations, kids running to the pool, luggage being carried every which way. Alex stepped out into the beautiful sunny day. It was chilly, the temperature was slowly decreasing as it was getting to the holiday season, mainly the winter season.

Alex, felt in a good mood today. He didn't know why, but he did feel lucky. Like something great was gonna happen. He took in the view as he exitted the doors of the hotel. Cars slowly going back and forth, people walking in and out of shops, etc. One thing caught his eye and he didn't know why. It was a group of three sitting at a bench. He was intrigued as his happy go lucky feeling grew. Who are these people? Why do I feel so great?

[blackregret217]

As the doors opened, Usutu was reminded of a paint he had done years ago. He took in the scenery of the lobby from the elevator itself. The background was the same as the painting. There was the same man that he had recently painted exitting the elevator and a black man around ten feet away starring towards the lift. He shook this out of his mind as he noticed that the painting was happening there and now.

But there was only one thing missing. The black man starring into the elevator. The only reasonable thing that he had could come up with was the fact that something had to off changed. This man could be going down a different path or dead. There was more reasons, but these were always the most reasonable.

Usutu ignored the old painting for now as he began to slowly follow this man. He wanted to figure out why he was painting him in his paintings. He wanted to figure out about this group with the man and himself. He was curious and he would do whatever it took to figure out what was happening. He was also curious about this black man. He had many questions. The problem was, could he get all the answers.

[rocky]

DL still in the hotel, walked into the elevator as it opened. Walking right through the unaware Usutu as if he was not there at all. He could walk through people even when he was alive so going through things were a common thing for him. He took the elevator up to the hotel room and stood guard. If anyone showed up he would gather Ray and Issac and alert them of the threat. DL still felt like he was wasting his time. He wanted to see his child Micah and his wife Niki. They thought he was dead. They were right but still his spirit was now alive and he at lest wanted them to know and to see if they were alright.

Meanwhile back at the bench....
Issac stood leaning beside the wall. He was listening to the conversation but could not say much without getting a response from Ray. He just stood there in silence. He hated this. Being dead, not doing anything but following Ray. He had to get back to his goals. He had to get to the Petrelli brothers Peter and Sylar. Though he didn't know they were brothers yet. Issac looked at the sketch interested that it could be another clue. " Another man with white eyes? he must also have an ability. But what?" he spoke out loud to Ray. He noticed Alex and Usutu walking. However he didnt pay atention. To him they were just ordinary pepole.

Ray listened to Elle's explanation how she got fired. He sighed " All things happen for a reason maybe that job was holding you back from your true purpose in life. Now you have the opportunity to search this world for a new path to follow. There are hardships in this world but usually if you have the strength to overcome them, then things will get better." He told her trying to cheer her up. He hated to see pepole sad or in trouble. "Im fine thanks for asking. " he said replying to her. Then asked about why he was here he thought about telling the truth. (Im here to find and protect heroes that will die in the future, wich I painted using my super power to see the future wich I obtianed from a dead guy. Whos actualy standing right there.) Ray thought then smirked. (like that would be beliveable.) " Im somewhat of a traveler. Im looking for a few select pepole whom sadly I have no clue who they are or where they are." Ray told Elle.

Ray shifted his body to face Leona. " Hey nice to meet you too. " He told her. He got the feeling that she wasnt telling her whole story of why she was there. Cutting off in the middle of her sentence. But Ray didn't make a big note of this. He mostly was mesmerized by how good looking she was. He noticed that two good looking girls just happened to be walking bye and sit next to him to start talking with him. He felt good about himself. " It must be my lucky day to have the opportunity to meet two good looking ladies in one day." He said jokingly.

[elle]

"You sound like a fortune cookie." Listening to Ray she nodded, "Wow that sounds so much like my old job." Elle said a little bit too curious to how much it was really alike. Elle really wanted to test it so bad as she stared deeply at Ray. With the vagueness and the talking of unique people Elle knew that it was about people like her. But did she really want to give that away. She already knew that this Ray had an ability like the dead Issac.

Then looking back across to hearing the door move another person comes out of the hotel. This place was getting crowded but Elle didn't mind. She needed company ever since her departure. It might just keep herself from doing things to herself. "Well...being unique myself. In many ways." Elle explained. It would be better explained if she created some electricity, but she didn't trust these two yet.

I need someone to confide in of my abilities. Maybe I should go visit Claire. Then again that Noah is a pain and would be all over me question after question. Does that man ever shut up?[/i] Elle started to think. Sighing she saw the cold air escape from her mouth. "What about you Leona? What brings you here?" Elle asked sticking her head out to see Leona better.

[leona]

Leona just sat and smiled while at Ray and Elle while they spoke together, still wondering why she felt lured to sitting here beside this guy, but at least he seemed nice.

"Well, it's nice to meet you too Ray" Leona said grinning at him, he was certainly different with those unusally colored eyes, eyes she couldn't help but lose herself in for a few brief seconds.

Then he mentioned about how lucky he was to have met two good looking ladies in the one day. Leona felt herself blush slightly, but smiled at him just the same. "Well whose being a charmer?" Leona asked and then began to laugh slightly, then Elle asked her a question.

She had already tried to say why she had been here and trailed off, thinking she couldn't say. But she decided to figure what the hell, she might as well just tell them. There were a lot of people around like she was, so the chances were quite high they'd have an ability too.

"My folks sent me here to visit with some relatives while I got to grips with my ability" she replied, there she'd said it. Looking for some sort of facial expressions. "I was born into a family of telepathic people, and my ability has become stronger recently and it had been taking some getting used to, so my parents sent me away to visit my aunt and uncle, to have a break and work through the strength without distractions back home" she finally explained in full, as she then bit down on her bottom lip. Because they would now be worried she'd been reading their thoughts.

When in truth she realy hadn't, it was the first time speaking to someone she hadn't actually used her powers. So far.

[blackregret213]

Alex stopped where he had stood, looking at the back of the people on this bench only a few feet away. He knew the African was behind him, but he was to focused on the three people. He couldn't think why this was so familiar or his spirits rised as he noticed them. As he gathered courage he approached the three.

"Sorry, but do I know any of you?" Asking as he approached closer to the bench. He was directing it to all of them, but mainly the man.

[blackregret217]

Usutu exiting the elevator, felt a strange feeling. A feeling of a spirit, another being. As he had felt this he saw an image of the black man. It was more clearer than his painting. It was like an actual photograph of the man. Usutu was wierded out by this feeling. He knew that the man in the painting, was here. And he also knew that this man had died and returned as a spirit. He wanted to know why he was here, and what was keeping him. Whomever he is.

Looking at Alex as he stopped, Usutu stopped about ten feet behind him. Usutu noticed that Alex was in a stare. He was staring at something but what. He wanted to know, so he moved slowly to his left. Getting a better few of Alex's eye, he traced them towards a bench. This bench sat three people. One guy and two girls. Usutu was amazed. These people were also in his painting. The painting of the group of people. The "Meeting of Six", he liked to call it. SO far he has found four of them seen an image of another, that he thought was a spirit. Who was the other he began to think.

He then noticed the first man approach the bench as he began to talk with the three. Usutu thought that he had known these three. And that these four have something to do with the future, whatever it exactly was. He didn't know. And he knew he would never know because he had never painted it and that if they changed the future, it would no longer future but an alternate timeline. Usutu listened in on the conversation. This denied his thought that the knew eachother. The man he was following, didnt even no who they were.