Shades of Gray (Part Twenty-Five)

... THE NEXT DAY...

Elle sits on the bed in her PJ pants, twirling her hair, as Sylar gets dressed in the bathroom.

"Don't wear anything fancy, sweetie. You're just going to get beat up anyway." She laughs.

Sylar walks into the room wearing his signature black coat and looks at Elle. "You're wearing that?" he snaps.

She stands up and points at her stomach. "I won't fit in any of my normal clothes, remember?" she snaps back.

Sylar smiles and kisses her. "Time to go to Mohinder's. Get on your shoes and I'll get you a cab."

She smiles, walks to the door, and puts on her shoes. "I'm a little nervous." She turns around. "Should I be?"

Sylar shakes his head and grabs a gun from inside the dresser. He shoves it in his pocket and takes Elle's arm. They walk outside and she gets in a cab, waving sadly back at him. He stands on the sidewalk, smiling, and walks the opposite direction.

When Elle gets to Mohinder's lab, she walks in to find it completely silent and eerily empty. "Mohinder?"

He walks out from a corner and smiles. "No Sylar today?"

She squishes her eyebrows together and tilts her head suspiciously. "How would you know that?"

He laughs nervously and walks over to Elle. "I figured he'd be more comfortable here now... I, uh, thought he would walk right in," he lies. "Come right over here to the table."

Elle hops on the cold metal table and lays down, frowning. Mohinder straps her arms and legs down and gives her a faint smile.

"You didn't do this last time...?" she says worriedly.

Mohinder turns around and takes out a syringe, squirting the liquid into midair. Elle sighs nervously. "It's just in case you jump... I don't want to hurt you."

She smiles as he puts the needle into her arm. 

"Used to it, I see?" Mohinder grins.

She smiles back and nods. "It doesn't bother me as much as flying, that's for sure."

As Mohinder leans down to inject her with the medicine, all of the doors slam open. She looks around and starts yelling, until sparks of electricity form in the palms of her hands. "You LIED!" she screams. Several men in uniform walk closer as Mohinder injects the liquid into her arm. The sparks calm and her eyes close slowly...

A few hours later, Elle finds herself trapped in a dark, cold room. She covers her eyes as the lights flicker on. 

Noah walks up to the glass window and smiles down at her. "Bishop. Welcome back."

She stands up and looks at him. "Why are you doing this? What did I do?" she yells.

Noah smiles wryly. "I thought you were smarter than this, Elle. Getting pregnant with a supervillain's kid? Not the smartest thing you've ever done."

"What are you going to do to my baby?" Her voice gets softer and she starts to sound terrified. "You're not doing any tests on my baby." Tears start rolling down her cheeks.

"I always knew you had a little crush on Gabriel. But I never thought you'd go this far," he teases.

"Gabriel will save me. And he'll destroy you. I promise you that," she threatens.