Discovering Shadows (Completed)

Coming to

SYLAR POV

Believe it or not. I know a lot of stuff but understand very little. That's why when I start to hear voices again after being in that dark place I don't move.

I don't open my eyes. Instead I try to feel with my mind. I'm surrounded by strangers. 

There are nine people in a circle around me. They are all watching me, waiting for me to do something. I try to keep breathing normally but it's hard to fight my panic.

Where am I?
Why am I here?
How did I get here?

It isn't until I feel their concern that the memories of the past month surface.

Every new place is different but this place is stranger than most. When I first meet someone I usually get some kind of memory (usually their worst) but I always know deep down what type of person they are. That's why I knew I could trust Mark and Mike. How do I know if I can trust these people now. Everything is flipped over. Leaving the orphanage has messed up everything.

I don't know what to do now. I don't know which is right and which is wrong. I don't know how the sky stays blue until it doesn't. Or why two people take in a bunch of kids no one wants. They are a family. They are like me. I don't know how to deal with people who are like me. I thought I was alone. I thought there was no one like me. I thought that was why I was a secret and dangerous because of what I can do, of what I can know.

Now I am not sure... Now I am really scared. Do I run? Or do I stay?

Sylar.

I stiffen in response to the voice in my head.

Please don't be scared. We would never hurt you. Max didn't mean to do that.

"Sylar?" I feel a hand on my head. It softly runs through my hair brushing it back from my face. "Sylar. I'm so sorry." The soft voice breaks of and I feel a tear fall on my cheek. Cracking one eye, I look up to see his beautiful face broken. He is cover in such guilt it makes my tummy hurt. His eyes are closed as if he is in pain. His jaw tightened as though it keeps the screams in.

I see my hand touch his cheek before I actually realize I moved at all. His eye pop open in surprise. I don't know the words to describe what I feel right now. I am over loaded with everyone's emotions, it feels like my whole body is vibrating with the amount of information I am pulling in. I squeeze my eyes shut in an effort to push it all out. I feel so much more from these people. It never felt this overwhelming at the orphanage.

Suddenly I hear someone crying in fear. I hear them all demanding answers. I hear Aiden trying to calm everyone down. But the more they over-react the harder and painful it is to hold myself together.

Suddenly Max yells. "Stop! Blockers NOW!" It only takes a few minutes before I feel absolutely nothing. Its so strange to feel only my self. I can't even hear them in my mind. I open my eyes carefully just to make sure they are still there. That I am still in Max's arms.

Max is cradling me in his lap looking at me with serious eyes.

"Sylar, have you always been able to move things with your mind?"

I look at him uncertain.

"Sylar, you were shaking everything in the room. Have you ever done that before?"

I shake my head. He suddenly looks sick. He looks away from me...

"Aiden, could I have... Could she have taken some of my powers?"

I look to where he is looking. They are all lined up. Staring at us in shock. They look uncertain. They look scared.

Aiden looks from me to Max several times before answering. "I don't know."