Elle moans and sits down. Sylar turns around and rubs his forehead in frustration, and Elle notices something on the back of his head. She quickly realizes someone is aiming their gun at him, and she stands up and pushes him to the ground. The bullet destroys a lamp on the other side of the room, and Sylar flips onto his back and raises his eyebrows at Elle.
"How'd you..?"
Elle pulls him up by his shirt and grabs his hand. "We need to get out of here. We need to leave now," she commands.
They run out of the apartment and half way down the hall, until Sylar grabs her arms and holds her still. "Elle. Elle, you need to calm down," he insists.
"But... But I can't! He almost just blew your brains out. How can you be calm?"
Sylar stares into her eyes and tightly grips her arms. "I will protect you."
Elle looks innocently back up at him and wiggles her arms free of his grasp. "Why do you care about me? I'm an awful person, Gabriel. How can you love me?"
"I'm a monster. A monster. You're perfection. Yes, you can do and have done bad things, but that's one of the reasons I love you." he says as he rubs a tear off her cheek. He leans in and kisses her, and she closes her eyes tightly.
"What should we do? We can't stay here," Elle worries.
Sylar takes her hand and they run to the stairwell. "I need to get you somewhere safe... And then I'll come back to get Bennet," Sylar says quietly.
"You can't leave me, though! You can't leave me. I'll come with you," Elle begs.
Sylar shakes his head, frowning. "I can't see you get hurt."
"But how do I know you'll come back for me? How do I know you won't just leave... You might want your freedom back."
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