Chapter 1

How many lives must we take in order to reach our ultimate goal? Is the cost really worth it in the end? And if so, how many of our loved ones must we cast aside in the process, in the end would they still stand by us? Our lives are faced with questions similar to these in a daily life, though not to the extreme of life or death but definately teetering between the line of good and bad, where every decision we make can push us to one side of the other.

Its so dark, I hate being alone. I used to love it, the solitude of silence, but now it torments me. Once I got used to my ability the noise didn't bother me anymore, now its only silence. It leaves me with only my own thoughts, my dark thoughts, thats what drives me crazy. I fight them everyday but I'm the one to blame, the only one at fault. It seems that everytime I try to fight it, it only comes back stronger. And I know I am slowly becoming what I hated the most, I was becoming like my father. And the things that I have done and the things I will do make me no better than him. But one thing is for sure I have become more powerful than he could have ever thought possible, and I am under the radar.

(Heroes War Part 2: Darkness)
(Long Island, New York: Matt Parkman, Two Weeks after Peter Explodes)

"You know it's unfortunate that you came to me, monster." We were in a warehouse that I had ready for such an occasion, for this opportunity. "I've waited a long time for this." I was staring at the demon I had tied to a chair. "I had you once, locked away and you were released but this time." I raised my hand up and pointed at him. "This time things will be different, you will no longer hide amongst the crowd, you will no longer be protected by anyone else. I will make you show yourself for who you really are, Sylar!"

Sylar looked at me, I could see the confusion in his eyes, I could see fear. "How are you doing this?" He moved around trying to get loose from the bindings.

"Havent you realized it by now, especially after last time? Once I'm in your head I can make you do whatever I want, that includes shutting your abilities down." I pulled up another chair and placed it in front of him and sat down. "And once I'm done, you will go back to the monster you were when I was hunting you down as a cop, who you really are."

"I dont understand, we are fighting for the same thing." I shook my head. "Why Matt? We need to stop this war. If your abilities are this strong why don't you just shut down her powers and change her mind to make this stop?" Sylar was desperate.

I smiled "Because I don't care about this war. All I want to do is see you die, truely die."

Sylar tried to move around again. "Then why don't you just do it?"

"No need for me to, your friends will once they see what you are." I grinned. "And plus I wanted to see the great and powerful sylar fear for his life." I could see his eyes shaking I could read the fear in his thoughts. "Thats it right there."

I placed my hand on his forehead and invaded his thoughts. I could hear his screams echo through the warehouse and fade away as I went deeper into his mind. I saw every memory, every person who hurt him, everyone who he hurt and killed. I searched looking for one thing, that spot that makes him click, that spot that screams out murder. Last time I altered his mind it was to make him believe he was someone else, this time though, he would be himself.

Finding what I was looking for I grabbed onto it and made it grow. All the hate, anger, pain and suffering flowed through his mind. I made sure to be throrough so I removed the memory of this moment I removed himself from helping Peter before he exploded and I implanted images and thoughts of the recent news showing Sylar to be the cause of explosion. And as I exited his mind I became all but a shadow as I watched him pass out.

I stood up and untied him. "See you when you wake up, I'll make sure to have front row tickets when Peter finally puts an end to you." I turned off the lights and shut the door. My phone began to vibrate in my pocket. Already knowing who it was I answered it. "Yes its done. Yeah he won't remember anything so you dont need to worry. I took care of the hatian didn't I? Yes I am well aware Angela was captured by Claire. Well that's the thing about people who can see the future, they see me coming before I have a chance to get them. Don't worry, it all went how I wanted it to go. I've already told you it will be fine, not like last time. You do what you need to do, Peter will fight Sylar just like you wanted and once Sylar is dead all this that started five years ago will finally be over. I will meet up with the rest of you later, I have someone I need to visit. Call me if you need me Noah." I hung up the phone.

It began raining, God I hate the rain.

*****Note to Readers: Sorry for not updating recently I have been really busy as my wife and I had our second baby, but I will try to get as many up as possible. All of you have given me great feedback from Heroes War Part 1 and I hope to continue to give the quality and fluid story telling that I can. So enjoy as it will all get very exciting in the future Chapters to come. Also do not forget about Heroes War Part 1 as I will continue to write that as well to give more insight into the different stories that play out up to the end of the section.****