Part 1:
A Norman Rockwell world where shadowed darkness lies.In a tale of times past,
Elle receives her very first assignment: monitor
Claire Bennet. Posing as a student at
Union Wells High School, the task proves far more difficult than she ever imagined.
Summary
Bob hands
his daughter a file containing
Claire's
school schedule along with pictures of her family. Elle brushes off the assignment as a waste, but Bob tells her Claire and her blood could become major benefits to
the Company, comparing her to
Linderman and
Arthur Petrelli.
On Day 17 of her assignment, Elle sits behind Claire in social studies class and thinks about how much she hates this assignment, even drawing a picture of her
electrocuting Claire. She says she now hates Claire— the first time they met, she only disliked her.
At night, Elle is spying on
Noah and
Sandra on the grass outside
their house when
Mr. Muggles comes running up to her and begins barking. Elle pleads with him to quiet down, but he continues barking (Elle and Mr. Muggles are both inside the sidewalk). Elle says she warned him and begins
charging the ground, but unfortunately for her, the sprinklers turn on and she ends up shocking herself.
Standing in the shadows, a woman tells Elle she read her file, including how water can cause her
ability to short out and shock herself. The woman rushes toward Elle, thus revealing herself to be
Eden. Eden reaches Elle and begins to beat her down, telling her that if she doesn't use her power, then she won't use
hers. But before Eden can get another punch in, Noah comes outside and tells
Eden to leave Elle alone. Noah then tells Elle to stop spying on his family because watching over Claire is his job. Elle disagrees and tells him once Claire manifests her
power, she'll be the one who trains her and will be as nice to Claire as Eden was to Elle.
Back at school, Elle comments on how interesting it is that Claire is hanging out with the school pariah—
Zach.
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Zach attack!
Elle received her first assignment from the company: find out what Claire Bennet's power is, if she even has one. Opposed by the Man in Horn-Rimmed Glasses, Elle decides to give Claire a push in the right direction...
Summary
Outside
Claire's
school,
Elle watches Claire and
Zach talk, and as
Noah comes to pick Claire up from school, he gives Elle a disapproving look.
As Zach and Claire walk home from the
abandoned refinery after filming Claire's sixth test of her
ability, Elle watches from afar through binoculars and realizes she just missed them. However, she noticed the two looking at a
tape and decides to take a new approach to her assignment.
Elle knocks on the front door of
Zach's home and he answers, asking Elle who she is. She invites herself in and tells him her name is Cindy—she's in his fourth period English class and he told her he'd let her copy his notes. Zach doesn't recall that ever happening, but Elle ignores him and checks to see if Zach's parents are home. After asking for the tape and submitting to the fact flirting with Zach is futile, she resorts to threatening him with a
ball of electricity. Before Elle can use it, Noah comes in and
pistol whips Elle, knocking her out.
Noah asks Zach if he's all right, and Zach says he is and thanks Noah for saving his life. Zach asks Noah why
his friend is there, and Noah replies by telling Zach he's going to
make sure Elle never bothers him again. After that, Noah and the Haitian turn to Zach and Noah asks where the tape Elle was talking about is.
On Day 27 of her assignment, Elle sits in social studies class and ponders what else she could be doing that was more important. Claire turns to Zach and asks who the blonde that looks like she wants to kill her is, but Zach says he's
never seen her before. Elle reminds herself
her dad said Claire might not even have an
ability, so if she doesn't manifest by the end of the week, the assignment was canceled. Elle thinks this is fantastic, because if she had to attend
Homecoming, she might have to
shoot herself.
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