Intervention (a Mylar drabble for heroes_contest)

[aunt_zelda]

Title: Intervention

Rating: PG-13 … though this is post-Molizard-Mohinder’s head we’re in, so it could be R for all I know.

Word Count: My GOD … 500 EXACTLY! Praise be to Apollo and Odin!

Pairing: Mylar

Disclaimer, Spoilers: I do not own Heroes, Tim Kring does, though if he continues to handle certain characters *cough* Ando and Mohinder *cough* like this, he won’t for much longer. Spoilers for V3 of Heroes, up to episode 4.

A/N: GAH, Second-Person again! Doesn’t seem like I’ll ever be able to break this trend … (I consider this part of my ‘Eye of the Hurricane’ verse, even though it doesn’t deal with any of the characters from that. Leave me alone, I’m sleepy.) In regards to the deaths in this … uh, yeah, disturbing, eh? And I am a firm believer that Mohinder deserves a good smack upside the head for the turn his storyline has taken this season, so here’s my revenge. It was written fast and not looked over much, so it might be … awful.

Prompt: “Brutal”

 

 

You aren’t listening. As he goes on and on about how he’s spent a week with you in the Loft that once belonged to Isaac Mendez, running his healing blood through your veins to ‘cure you,’ you’re staring around the room at the charred, slightly simmering remains of your work: the outlines of Maya, Nathan Petrelli, that blond woman, your neighbor, that dealer … all useless piles of ashes now.

You figured out how he works long ago, before you felt the urge to encase people and stick them on your walls to understand. Full-grown specimens hanging from the walls: full of answers you could suck out at your leisure … every scientist’s dream.  

Now you’re unable to do that. That lovely feeling of power, the certainty that you could do anything, and knowing that ordinary people were powerless to stop you: that constant thrum you began to experience soon after injecting yourself with the serum is … gone.

He took it from you.

You feel empty … and horribly normal. 

He used to make your blood run cold. He used to send chills down your spine. He used to feature in your guilty, late night fantasies.

In this moment, you don’t care if he kills you. It was all for nothing: the experiments, the kidnappings, the hours you spent wrapping them in ... whatever it is ... it’s all been erased.

It’s only when he mentions her that you actually being to listen to what he’s saying.

“… sending the GPS to live with your mother? Very subtle, doctor, I never would have looked there.”

Your breath – which was already labored – catches. Molly. Sweet, traumatized, uprooted Molly. You hadn’t given her a second thought since the serum was ‘perfected’ …

“India.” He purrs. “Go back to your university: teach, continue your father’s work. Rediscover who you really are …” he looks pointedly at the dusty lab equipment on the desk, where you recognize your satchel, some of your old clothing, and the flashdrive containing the formula for the list. “Call me when you’re sober.”

You bristle, but then he leans down, breath hot in your ear. “If you don’t go back home and play the good little boy … I’ll kill her.”

You make a valiant effort to lunge up at him, but you only manage in raising your head slightly from the pillow and slumping back in exhausted defeat. “Don’t … you … dare …”

He laughs, bows to you, and leaves, locking the door behind him with a wave of his hand.

You stare at the ceiling for several minutes, and then turn your head, where your passport lays on the table across the room.

Your ability-binge was fun, but it’s not your path. It was destroying you, and what’s even worse is that it took Sylar to show you that.

She needs you. The world needs you.

You stagger to your feet … and fall flat on your face.

Well … one step at a time.

 

Comments

[brandinsbabe.livejournal.com]

ah you are so awesome at this! i absolutely love what you have done with the scenario of this season. your sylar here is absolutely fantastic.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

aadfljaflasjflskajf?! This is GOOD?! (Typical ... I write something that I think is going to sink, I really ought to be used to this by now ...)

Thank you so very, VERY much! (I've had a dreadful day, your comment greatly comforted my spirits.)

I really write psycho murdering 'villains' FAR too easily ... *shakes head*

[summers84.livejournal.com]

I really liked this story. Please write more.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Eh? But ... wow ... *still adjusting to the fact that people like this*
What do you mean by 'write more?' This was intended as a one-shot ... what would you LIKE to see happen in the future?

[reapere.livejournal.com]

That was sweet and sad, really enjoyed it and your take of Mo was real nice.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much indeed! *flourishy bow*

[shimmeree.livejournal.com]

lol...i love this.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Uh ... thank you! *blushes and beams*

[bonniesrg.livejournal.com]

Awww I love Sylar's concern for Momo and how he has to threaten Molly to get through to him.
And Momo falling on his face made me smile, Momo should take this gift from Sylar at what it is. Concern for his well being.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

I have so much love for concerned!Sylar ... and Molly really IS the way to appeal to Mohinder's humanity.

And Momo falling on his face made me smile
He WOULD. And I didn't have enough space to put in all the suffering he went through bleeding out the Lizard-Spider-Mr.Hyde disease, so he fell instead.

Silly Mohinder ... *shakes head* I kinda wanted Sylar to bundle very close to the show, and Sylar simply hasn't the TIME to do that.

Thank you for your comment! *hugs*

[tessykins.livejournal.com]

Oh awesome! This is the only way to redeem that black pit of suck that is this storyline.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *beams*

(Btw ... I totally blame you for the skeevy Arthur/Adam fic I am currently writing and plan to post tonight ...)

[mabetini.livejournal.com]

Oh I just love the take on the season. This is great!!

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*flourishy bow* Thank you very much!

[blues-greens.livejournal.com]

So much love for this! First, second is my favorite point of view for me, or anyone else, to write in, so that's great!

And, secondly, this all rings true. Mohinder's story line does suck (pardon me, MohinderFly) and it is going down the path where that, having Sylar wake him up would be perfect.

The ending is classic, by the way!

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*beams* Thank you very much indeed!
Second-Person used to creep me out (I blame the disturbed short-story class in which I was first introduced to it) but now it seems that I can't break the habit. *shrugs* It's kinda ... FUN, getting this intimate with the character(s.)

Mohinder's storyline this season greatly disturbs me. I tried to make sense of it in this, but really, Mohinder, going from naive-scientist-Inigo-Montoya to Mr. Hyde in a few short episodes is NOT good.

*huggles Sylar* He's always there to help in my fics.

I HAD to make Mohinder fall on his face. It's my juvenile form of revenge.

[blues-greens.livejournal.com]

"Disturbed short story class"...wow...I'm so sorry.

I'm a second-person junkie, as previously stated. I think it's so fun to be involved with the action, but still seperate.

*re-huggles Sylar* Just because...

I know, it's no good. I get his wanting to have powers because he's been around them for so long; but this quickly? And for such a stupid/ crazy no-reason? No. Just no.

It's such a thing Mohinder would hide and cover up, but that he probably does quite often!

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

It's ok, it seems I'm conquering my fear. *beams*

Sylar deserves hugs ALL the time. *hugs him some more*


I know, it's no good. I get his wanting to have powers because he's been around them for so long; but this quickly? And for such a stupid/ crazy no-reason? No. Just no.
I've started wondering if, in the season finale, Hiro will go back in time and change the ENTIRE season. For example, never opening the safe, stopping Mohinder from injecting himself, warning Peter about going to the future, etc. and thus this will all have been a very bad, well acted, incredibly well-lit dream.

[razycrandomgirl.livejournal.com]

oh. they burned the lab? hehe.

Sylar sent him home to watch Molly. Sounds like he's tying up loose ends. Fixing what he broke.

Maylar's not my thang but this was nice a calm.

"call me when your sober."

Is he singing? Mohinder's been drinking?

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Yes, Sylar destroyed the lab. Not the floorpocalypse, but the cave of goo and possibly other things as well. He was mad, you see, that his Momo went so stupid-evil without calling him for some evil 'scientific' smex.

Sylar sent him home to watch Molly. Sounds like he's tying up loose ends. Fixing what he broke.
Or at least trying to. *huggles him* Of course, he COULD be packing away the only real threat to him halfway around the world to live with a cute little orphan and his mother, so he can go on a rampage o' doom like the good old days, but as I haven't actually decided yet, go with what you want to think.

Maylar's not my thang but this was nice a calm.
Eh? I'll take that as a compliment ... thank you!

Is he singing? Mohinder's been drinking?
*blushes* Sorry about that ... I was very tired when I wrote this.
(On a side note, isn't it great to picture Sylar singing Evanescence?)

[razycrandomgirl.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Sorry about that ... I was very tired when I wrote this.
(On a side note, isn't it great to picture Sylar singing Evanescence?)

I prefer to think of him singing hymns.

For some reason I think he used to be a choirboy. Isn't that a lovely thought? ;)

also don't be sorry. ;) Also it is a compliment.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

I prefer to think of him singing hymns.
Don't we all ... I think he would have such a LOVELY voice ... as a kid I was in the Girl's Choir of Maine, now I can project like nobody's business, helps me every time I'm in a play ...

Thank you!

[poemwithnorhyme.livejournal.com]

That's just what Mohinder needs! A good ass-kicking and a time out! And some subtext with Sylar.. XD ^_^

“Call me when you’re sober.” <-- LOL!! Amazing!

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

That's just what Mohinder needs! A good ass-kicking and a time out! And some subtext with Sylar.. XD ^_^
Indeed! *punches the air*

“Call me when you’re sober.” <-- LOL!! Amazing!
Looking back, that one line kinda ruins the whole drabble ... ah, whatever ... *shrugs it off* making MOhinder fall on his face was fun too ...

[poemwithnorhyme.livejournal.com]

Looking back, that one line kinda ruins the whole drabble ... ah, whatever ... *shrugs it off* making MOhinder fall on his face was fun too ...

How so? I'm curious, because I loved it! I thought it fit real well.

[angary.livejournal.com]

Short, sweet, and full of Mylary goodness!

I like how you got into Mohinder's head here; how you described how defeated he felt and then how violent he wanted to get when Sylar used Molly as a motivational tool. He probably would do something like that to push Mohinder's buttons. Also, I think this line is great:

You figured out how he works long ago...
It works so well for the Mohinder/Sylar dynamic - the wording is perfect. Fantastic job on this!

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much indeed!

I like how you got into Mohinder's head here; how you described how defeated he felt and then how violent he wanted to get
Mohinder is ... difficult. But writing angry people is easy, so his voice came more naturally than I would have expected. Thank you very much for the feedback!

when Sylar used Molly as a motivational tool. He probably would do something like that to push Mohinder's buttons.
He WOULD. Plus I had to drag Molly in somehow, poor little girl ...

AYYIIIIIII! Thank you oh so very much! *dances about*