Character: Gabriel Gray
Genre: Gen
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thewatchmakerFandom: Heroes
Word count: 500
Rating: PG
Notes: After the first Kill.
Prompt: 09. "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." - Yogi Berra for
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infinite_musesPain shot down my spine every time I moved. My hands stank of bleach and of gasoline as I crouched down on my aching knees to finish putting down the old, old carpet on the shop’s floor. The new old carpet was nothing but a sodden charred ruin in the Hudson river, weighted down by the smoldering corpse of Brian Davis and as many bricks as I could add to the human burrito that I’d made.
I discovered so many things about my new power while dealing with the mess that my first murder had made. Chief amongst those was that I could do more with my mind than I could my muscles. If I’d realized that sooner, my back wouldn’t hurt so much from hefting Brian into the van I’d borrowed from Abraham’s Dry Cleaners. Thankfully I’d figured it out when it came to adding the weights to the carpet, and when it became time to send Brian’s remains into the cold river water. If I’d used my own strength, it wouldn’t be long before he surfaced, but with the telekinesis I’d managed to send him halfway across the river to his watery grave. That thought made me chuckle. It sounded like a line from a bad pirate movie.
But for the clean up I need precision, and I didn’t have that with my ability yet. So I was on my hands and knees spreading the carpet out flat. A new carpet would draw too much attention if by some chance Brian had told anyone he was going to Gray & Sons. Seriously what kind of idiot goes to see a doctor slash scientist at a watch shop? It was idiotic, but it had been good for me.
I could have let Brian go. I could have called Chandra, and told him that Brian had come to see me. Then Chandra could see his amazing ability instead of me killing Brian to take it. But I knew what would happen if I did that. Chandra would cast me aside just like my father had. I had to have that ability to matter to Dr. Suresh. I didn’t have a choice.
Hopefully it would be enough. I’d called Chandra and told him that something had happened, and that he had to see it. He didn’t want to see me at first. Who could blame him? I’d been such an ass. But once he saw what I could do now, I knew that he’d want me to help him with his research. I could take Mohinder’s place at his side, and he could become the father figure that I needed so badly.
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