WHO: Nate Petrelli and [OPEN] WHERE: The cliffs WHEN: After his last message thread RATING: R because Nate is a potty mouth WARNINGS: Spoilers ahoy for Season Three of Heroes. STATUS: In Progress
Peter had shot him...some future version of his brother decided to kill his family was a better option then to continue living in the world he did before. Nathan was having trouble wrapping his mind around that. Not only that but his daughter and younger brother turned into killers.
Unlike his other self, Nate had been emotional parent to his brothers for years making sure both Gabriel and Peter knew they had someone they could lean on no matter what. Add to that his choice to be a single dad and raise Claire, then marry and have two more children so soon after getting out of the Navy, led to a man prone to panic attacks and nightmares.
He had managed to hide them for a while then his brothers urged him to get help. Now a year and a half of power induced hell had dug them all up again and Nathan stood on the cliffs struggling to take a breath. I won't let them down...I can't let them down, he thought to himself, I can't give Peter or Claire a reason to hurt anyone.
He fell to his knees and bowed his head in misery. He had to find hope somewhere it's what he did. Find a way to keep his family together and happy.