FIC: Back from the Edge
Back from the Edge
By KaraB
Fandom: Heroes
Spoilers for Season Finale of Heroes!
Rating: PG
Summary: Parkman survives.
Something had drawn him back from the edge… the edge of the nothingness that was swallowing whole. He didn’t know what happened exactly. There had been the showdown, he’d tried to shoot Sylar, and had the bullets sent straight back at him… like something out of the Matrix. He vaguely remembered an explosion, and a little voice begging him not to die. He’d had a faint thought that maybe it was own child, but that couldn’t be right.
His first sense of awareness after that was a melodic whisper in the back of his mind, that began to slowly grow from the white noise it was into an annoying cacophony of sounds that were the staff and other patients of the hospital, or rather their thoughts. He willed himself to consciousness, forcing himself to “shut the valve” as it were of others’ thoughts and rather, take in his surroundings. He hoped to see Janice when he awoke, but instead was met by the face of a small girl.
“I knew you wouldn’t die,” she proclaimed happily, stopping just short of jumping on him.
“Molly, don’t jump on him, he’s still injured,” a soft voice admonished.
“Wha…?” Matt tried to make his throat work, finding that it wasn’t at all easy.
“Do you need some water?” Dr. Suresh asked.
Matt shook his head. “What?”
“You want to know what happened?” Matt only nodded in response. “Sylar is dead, or so we believe.” Mohinder had some doubts of his own given that Sylar’s body had disappeared, but he refused to state otherwise. “Peter was the one who was going to explode, but his brother, whose talent is to fly, flew him into the atmosphere before that could happen. They quite literally saved the world.”
“Janice?”
Molly spoke up this time. “She’s safe. She was here before. She’ll be back.”
“How long?” he managed to gasp.
“Three months. They were worried you might not come through since you were in the coma so long,” Mohinder replied. “But you proved them wrong. Rest, for now we are all safe. More battles will come, but for now, rest.”
Matt nodded, falling back onto the pillow and collapsing into sleep.
By KaraB
Fandom: Heroes
Spoilers for Season Finale of Heroes!
Rating: PG
Summary: Parkman survives.
Something had drawn him back from the edge… the edge of the nothingness that was swallowing whole. He didn’t know what happened exactly. There had been the showdown, he’d tried to shoot Sylar, and had the bullets sent straight back at him… like something out of the Matrix. He vaguely remembered an explosion, and a little voice begging him not to die. He’d had a faint thought that maybe it was own child, but that couldn’t be right.
His first sense of awareness after that was a melodic whisper in the back of his mind, that began to slowly grow from the white noise it was into an annoying cacophony of sounds that were the staff and other patients of the hospital, or rather their thoughts. He willed himself to consciousness, forcing himself to “shut the valve” as it were of others’ thoughts and rather, take in his surroundings. He hoped to see Janice when he awoke, but instead was met by the face of a small girl.
“I knew you wouldn’t die,” she proclaimed happily, stopping just short of jumping on him.
“Molly, don’t jump on him, he’s still injured,” a soft voice admonished.
“Wha…?” Matt tried to make his throat work, finding that it wasn’t at all easy.
“Do you need some water?” Dr. Suresh asked.
Matt shook his head. “What?”
“You want to know what happened?” Matt only nodded in response. “Sylar is dead, or so we believe.” Mohinder had some doubts of his own given that Sylar’s body had disappeared, but he refused to state otherwise. “Peter was the one who was going to explode, but his brother, whose talent is to fly, flew him into the atmosphere before that could happen. They quite literally saved the world.”
“Janice?”
Molly spoke up this time. “She’s safe. She was here before. She’ll be back.”
“How long?” he managed to gasp.
“Three months. They were worried you might not come through since you were in the coma so long,” Mohinder replied. “But you proved them wrong. Rest, for now we are all safe. More battles will come, but for now, rest.”
Matt nodded, falling back onto the pillow and collapsing into sleep.