Villains

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Hiro's drug-induced vision quest sends him back 18 months to the Petrelli parents' anniversary party. Nathan is still an Assistant District Attorney, Peter is a hospice nurse, and Linderman is in the house conspiring with Arthur to stop Nathan's investigation. Arthur confirms that if he cannot be stopped, he will be killed. Arthur does try to convince Nathan to give up the Linderman case, but fails - leading to the car accident seen in Six Months Ago, when Nathan's wife Heidi was paralyzed.

Later, Angela overhears Arthur and Linderman lament their failed murder attempt. As she panics and threatens Arthur, he places the thought in her head that Nathan has to die. Linderman, however, is more remorseful, and offers to heal Angela's scars from the many times Arthur has forced thoughts into her head. Remembering Arthur's plans to murder Nathan, she uses the Haitian to dampen Arthur's abilities, and poisons his food at dinner. Before they can dispose of the body, Nathan arrives and calls for an ambulance. At the hospital, a doctor tells Angela and Nathan that Arthur is dead, and Angela immediately orders a cremation. It is soon revealed, however, that the doctor was working for Arthur. The doctor announces Arthur will be permanently paralysed.

In another vision, Hiro is transported to Memphis one year ago, where Claire's biological mother Meredith and her brother, who is revealed to be level 5 escapee Flint, are robbing a convenience store. They are soon interrupted by Company Agent Thompson. Meredith allows Flint to escape, getting herself captured in the process. However, rather than being a prisoner, Thompson offers her the chance to become a Company Agent. She agrees, and they are soon on their first mission, which succeeds with her help.

Back at the Company, Meredith learns that Flint was also captured by an invisible man. He also proudly proclaims that he is going to be an agent too, and the siblings will be able to work together. Understanding that the company is just using them, Meredith breaks Flint out of prison to flee the country together. Thompson follows them, and tries to recapture them in a train car filled with gas canisters. Meredith explodes the car, allowing Flint to escape, as well as causing a massive train wreck.

Thompson asks why Meredith hates the company, and she explains that her daughter died as she tried to escape them. Knowing that Claire is in fact still alive, he lets her go. Claire is then seen rushing into the train wreck to save a man, revealing it to be the same train wreck from the episode Genesis.

In Hiro's third vision, he sees the history of Sylar. After killing his first victim in Six Months Ago, Gabriel Gray is trying to hang himself. Elle shows up in the nick of time to save him, using her ability to break the noose. Unfortunately for Gabriel, she's not there by accident - she's on orders from Noah, as the Company wants to understand Gabriel's rare ability to transfer powers from one vessel to another.

Elle returns to Gabriel's apartment later with pie, and begins to flirt with him. He reveals his stolen power of telekinesis, and explains that there are others like him, showing her some of the papers from Chandra Suresh's map. However, HRG is determined to follow orders and convinces Elle to introduce Gabriel to another person with abilities to see his ability manifest, as he has hidden a camera in the room. During a date with Elle, Gabriel also tells her of his hunger for powers. Elle begins to develop real feelings for Gabriel, and requests that they move on, since he says he's no longer a killer. But Bennet, hoping to make Gabriel use his ability to transfer powers, introduces Trevor, who can make items explode by pointing at them.

Elle repeatedly calls Trevor's ability special, until Gabriel gets angry and throws Trevor against a wall. Elle tries to stop him with her power, but only makes Gabriel angrier in knowing that she had lied to him. He demands that she leave, and proceeds to kill Trevor by slicing open his head. Elle is furious that they made Gabriel become a killer when they could have saved him, but Noah brushes it off as nothing, as they were only following orders. He then gets into Mohinder's cab, in another scene from Genesis.

In the present, Hiro wakes up and realizes they must warn Angela about Arthur's survival. He is quickly stopped, however, as he finds the decapitated body of Usutu lying on the ground. He turns to find Arthur Petrelli, who lays his hands on Hiro's head, causing him to scream.