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Unlike the other day, he had been given a little more freedom. They had switched him from the IVs to the pills, and no longer kept him strapped down on the bed, unable to move. He wondered if this was a good sign or not. It was hard to tell. But still, even getting up and moving about was a nice liberty to have back to himself. You never realize how much you enjoy doing something that simple until you're no longer able to do it.

His shirt had been replaced with a plain white t-shirt, and the doctors had given an injection of something that had healed up all the burn marks she had left on him. It was strange how they seemed determined to keep him in a healthy condition. It made him weary. Did they have some sort of plan for him? Why else would they be keeping such good care over a serial killer? It didn't make sense.

As he paced the tiny cell he was kept it his eyes occasionally flickered over to the glass. Would she come visit him again like she had implied? Not that it mattered.He was simply...curious, that's all. And if he was going to be stuck in this place, it was nice to have someone to talk to at times, even if it was her.

The only other people who came in were the doctors, and they were just doing their work. Nothing more, nothing less. Some company would be nice.

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She pocketed the pills with a shrug at his denial and stood over Jesse's corpse, snapping her attention back at his question. She blinked--once, twice--a surging emotion bubbling up in her. It took her a moment before she realized it was pure unadulterated hope.

Of course he wouldn't play the pawn, she knew. Not without a motive or an endgame. It just wasn't in his M.O., and neither was taking partners--hence her surprise at his offer.

"Really?" she blurted out, shocked. "You'd take me with you?"

Leave her daddy? The Company? The only thing she knew? Her entire miserable life, for him?

Was it even a question that she would?

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"I wouldn't offer if I didn't mean it, but I can always take it back if you'd like." He commented with a cheeky grin. He was in a good mood. Things were looking up. He just had to plan how to get to that Adam person--God, the idea of that power made him practically giddy--and then he had no other reason to stay in this place.

"But you can't get in my way. We'll be on the road most of the time, it's not like we're going to settle down someplace or something. But you've proven to me that you can hold you own...and with some of the more powerful people I might come against, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have backup."

It was true, he didn't like taking partners. It was much...easier being on his own, and yet he didn't have desire to retract the offer. He couldn't quite understand it himself.

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"Yes," she hissed.

She didn't care about traveling everywhere, she wanted out of this hellhole and she could (try) to stay out of the way, real easy.

She momentarily forgot about the cooling corpse and tackled Sylar, throwing her arms around his neck and wrapping her legs around his waist. She pulled back and started muttering excitedly. "I don't know when Noah's coming back but his partner's this Haitian prick that turns off powers when he's around and it's a pain in the ass so if you want Adam's powers you should do it now. I'm the only agent here except for Eden right now--OH--you'd like her power, it's persuasion and it's a real fucker--if you ever use it on me I'll make you pay."

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He stumbled a little in surprise as she tackled him, bringing his hands around her waist to support her, placing bloody hand prints on her clothes.A nagging part of him wondered if he was going to regret this course of action later. Probably.

"But you see," A knowing grin spread across his lips. "Once I have Adam's power, you won't be able to kill me. Sure, it'll hurt...but what was it you said before?" He paused for effect. "I'll get used to it."

He held her up for another moment or two, enjoying the closeness of her before setting back down onto the ground. "But if time's limited, I better get started now."

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Elle was pretty sure the grin on her face was permanent. "As long as it hurts," she bit out playfully as he lowered her to the ground. She wasted no time in grabbing his hand and leading him out, blowing out the cameras on the way. "We'll have to stop at the security room too," she rambled out. "To destroy the tapes unless you want anyone to know how you take powers."

She had no doubt he'd probably put two and two together there on what she had been thinking before. She just hoped he wouldn't get mad.

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He made his way down the hall, carefully checking for that other agent Elle had mentioned. Last thing he wanted was for them to be taken by surprise. Not when things were going so well.

"Why don't you go destroy the tapes while I take care of Adam." He paused for a moment. "Or did you want to watch me work again?"

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She stopped and turned around towards him, beaming. "I wanna watch," she admitted excitedly. "Why would I want to miss out on all that fun?"

She couldn't wait to see the look on Adam's smug face. Quickly, she turned back, making the way to their destination.

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He couldn't help but chuckle softly. She seemed as excited as he was for this power. Maybe even more so.

Quickly enough, they arrived at Adam's cell. He didn't even wait for Elle to unlock it. Instead he twisted his hand, forcing the door open. It was so nice to be able to do that again.

Adam looked up from where he was sitting, blinking a little. "Did you break him out, Elle?" He feigned a hurt look. "You always refused when I asked you."

Sylar merely smirked, using his telekinesis to pin the man to the wall. He was practically giddy. Of all the powers, this was one he wanted the most. And now he wouldn't have to hunt down the stupid blonde cheerleader to get it. He brought his finger up and began cutting into the man's man forehead. As soon as the incision was made he flipped his fingers to pull the scalp off so it wouldn't heal back up.

What surprised him as he approached the man was that even though his head was ripped open, he was still conscious. How fascinating.

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"You just didn't have that je ne sais pas," Elle informed Adam with a simper. She walked into the room with timed clicks of her heels, and leaned forward, examining his sliced skull. "Tell me when it hurts."

"Ooo," Adam mocked. "Ah, ow."

But Elle knew pain when she heard it, and his voice was fresh with it.

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"This is fascinating," Sylar spoke in an almost reverent voice as he carefully looked through Adam's brain. "I've never had a victim be alive for the process before." He looked carefully. "His brain...it seems different than the others. I wonder if it has the same sort of capacity. You know, most people don't even use ten percent of their brains." He sighed almost wistfully. "Imagine what we could do with a hundred? What sort of answers we could fin-"

But he stops midsentence before he's found it. He absorbs the power, shuddering in delight as it became a part of him. He then stood up, grinning broadly at hell.

"I want you to shock me as hard as you can."

Might as well test how good the healing was. Once they were done, maybe he would remember to put Adam's scalp back on.

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"My pleasure," she answered and unleashed on him, concentrating the blast to only him. His clothes burned, the room filled with white light, and Elle couldn't see it, but she knew his skin was turning black and red and pretty colors.

It was short, but it was hard, and she pulled back to watch with waiting eyes as his destroyed skin mended up.

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He cried out loudly in pain as the blast of electricity went through him. It signed and burnt, and he could smell his own dead skin in the air. But then almost instantly, his skin began to knit itself back together. There wasn't any lasting damage. It was a great feeling.

He glanced down to where Adam was still on the ground, brain exposed, and he had an idea. He bent back down and motioned for Elle. "I want to try something out."

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"What?" she asked curiously, coping his movements.

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He grabbed one of her hands and placed it against the special part of Adam's brain. "I want to see if it would be possible to transfer it to you too."

After all, if she was traveling with him...she could be a liability when people come after them. It was worth a shot to try.

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"Huh?" she gasped out in surprise. Take Adam's powers? Take anyone's powers? She felt the icky membrane of Adam's brains under her fingertips and looked at Sylar in alarm--would it work? Never dying and regenerating would be pretty cool; she wouldn't deny that, and she was amazed he even wanted to share it with her.

She wanted it to work. For some reason, if it didn't, she was afraid Sylar would think less of her. She would certainly feel less about herself.

She tore her eyes from his and closed them, trying to concentrate, her fingers nimbly pressing into the blood-soaked brain matter. She waited for it, for that shudder of delight, but it never came.

"It's not working," she hissed out through clenched teeth, and shot her eyes open when Adam laughed quietly. She snapped, shocking his exposed brains and feeling a little invigorated as it sizzled before healing and Adam jerked on a hoarse scream. "We don't have to give you your scalp back, you know," she spat at him.

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Sylar frowned at her words. Not that he was surprised, necessarily. But it had been worth a shot. There was only one other thing to try. He wasn't entirely sure why he wanted this to work so badly, but he did nonetheless.

He placed his hand over hers to see if maybe that would accelerate the process. His dark eyes watched her carefully, waiting for any signs that it might be working or not.

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She felt horrible at his frown, but when his palm touched the back of her hand, she felt a rush of determination. He wanted her to try again, so she would. She steeled herself and closed her eyes, letting his fingers guide her to the right spot.

She let out a shaky sigh and waited, thinking about the gentle warmth of his hands on hers and the steadiness of his breath--and then she felt... a tingle, but it wasn't from Adam--it was from Sylar. Like he'd shocked her a little, without the pain, but that just... wasn't... possible.

Her eyes snapped open and she looked to their hands and back at him in awe. "You just did something," she said in disbelief.

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He looked at both of their hands in confusion. "...It almost felt like I shocked you...but that's not possible. You're still alive."

Which was kind of stating the obvious, but still needed to be said. How could be possibly of shocked her without killing her? It didn't make any sense.

He pulled his hand away from hers, only so he could expect it more closely. As he rubbed his fingers together, he could see small bits of static blue electricity come up.

But that didn't make any sense.

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Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened at the sight of her powers at his fingertips. "You took them," she said, blinking quickly.

She couldn't help but feel a little cheated--they were hers, but if anyone in the world should have them besides her... it would be him.

"How- why?" she stuttered. "How did you do that?"

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"...I don't know. I've never been able to take someone's power without killing them before." He mused, his brows furrowed in thought and confusion. Usually he could figure things out pretty quickly, it was his gift to be able to do so. But this?

This he had no idea about.

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She shook her head to clear it and extracted her hand from Adam's head, feeling a cool rush of disappointment in herself. She couldn't help but raise her bloody hand and meet his spark, smiling softly as a little arc connected their hands.

Like a (not so) holy palmers' kiss, she mused. "Cool."

No matter how he did it, he still did it, and she chalked it up to yet another reason why he was so extraordinary.

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He smirked a little as their sparks intermingled with one another. Inwardly, he was relieved that he wouldn't have to kill her to get her power.

After a few moments he let his hand drop to his side. "We should probably move on before someone finds us lingering in here"

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"Yeah," she said, getting up quickly and heading for the door. "We need to sneak up on Eden so she can't open her big fat mouth." She paused momentarily and looked back. "Should we give him his skull back?"

She tilted her head in contemplation at Adam--so, she liked to kill him a lot, but... that didn't mean she didn't like him a little. He could be fresh with her, but she sort of admired that about him.

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Sylar shrugged his shoulders lightly in response. He grabbed the man's skull, placing it on his head again. He watched with fascination as the skin sewed together again. Such a special gift.

He then turned and made his way to the door, standing next to Elle. "So where do you think we'll be able to find this Eden person?" He asked with a title of his head.

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She realized leaving Adam to heal up with the door open is just another line on the list of reasons Daddy is going to not be pleased, but she's just still mentally making the list for old time's sake. Plus, after everything, Adam deserves some freedom.

And Eden. Oh, Eden. Prissy holier-than-thou bitch. She not exactly sure where to find Eden--maybe still snooping around Isaac Mendez's empty room and crying into his sheets, now that he's gone? Elle doesn't really have a specific reason she hates Eden, other than she just does. There's something so condescending about her soft voice; she hates the way Eden talks to her. Like she's a fragile stupid little girl.

She finds herself dearly looking forward to watching her die.

"Maybe in her room," she says, and heads that way, checking corners and holding out a hand to stop Sylar from following her into the room. She gives him a pointed look and knocks, waiting for the door to open.

It does, hiding Sylar from view. Eden's wide eyes find hers, and then flash with surprise at the blood all over her.

Elle immediately starts crying. "He got out! He's gone! Daddy's going to kill me!" She starts shaking, laying it on thick, and grabs Eden's arms and drags her out, the smaller girl's back facing Sylar.

"Elle, calm down," Eden says soothingly, in that voice--but honestly Elle is totally calm and it doesn't do much.

She drops her shoulders anyway and gulps in air, slowing her tears.