InsaneJournal

WHO: Alice Shaw, Gabriel "Sylar" Gray (Nathan Petrelli), Angela Petrelli, and Noah Bennet
WHAT: Alice takes a tumble down the rabbit hole and winds up in Colligo.
WHEN: Mid-morning
WHERE: The Grand Library; Angela Petrelli's room
RATING: TBD
STATUS: In Progress

"... Banana?"

The teen's voice was a low, hoarse mumble as she slowly began to come to her senses. She wasn't sure quite what had happened so she stayed where she was, the cool, hard floor pressing into her cheek and her legs twisted at an odd angle that would have made her father complain about his back for days afterward.

Her father. Alice Shaw's breath hitched as the simple thought of the man was enough to make her memories slowly begin to resurface in her fog-filled mind. Doctor Suresh had slapped her and now... now her father was dead. Her mother too. And Angela, her beloved older sister...

Actually, Alice remembered with a start, Angela hadn't been there at the time. She'd snuck out with those boys and had told Alice to stay where she was. She'd said it would be safe. It was only after that fact that Doctor Suresh had wanted to talk to her, and everything had promptly fallen apart.

Then, as her memories returned, the small girl became aware of one thing with absolute startling clarity. The last thing she remembered was hiding under the porch in Coyote Sands as gunfire rang out around her. This, wherever this was, was most certainly not the middle of the Arizona desert and there wasn't a single gunshot to be heard.

That was all it took to make Alice raise her head and cautiously peer around. Fear knotted in her gut at her unfamiliar surroundings, the books barely registering as panic began to seep through her veins. "H-Hello?" she called out, hesitant at first then louder as she climbed to her feet. "Hello? Is anybody there?"

Her only answer, at least at first, was complete and utter silence. Just around the time Alice was starting to question if she'd possibly died and this was some version of Heaven she'd never been told about, she realized what the real story was. And very nearly began to weep at the thought.

She'd been caught. Somehow, someway, they'd found her under that porch and now she was stuck in some lab to be tested on for the rest of her life. Those boys had been right. The government wasn't trying to help them and, because she hadn't stayed like Angela had told her to do, she wasn't safe anymore either.

Blinking back sudden tears born from sheer terror, the girl wrapped her arms around her midsection and turned in a complete circle to look around. She was opening her mouth to call out yet again for someone when, without warning, she was lifted clear off her feet. A screech passed her lips and she kicked her feet wildly, arms twisting as best they could as the sudden statue come to life began carrying her toward the doors that she'd never even noticed until that very second.

A heartbeat later, Alice was sitting on the steps of the Grand Library with something dropped into her lap that was unlike anything she'd ever remembered seeing before. Curiosity warred with fear as she stared down at the unknown, electrical device and wondered if it was some kind of bomb or something. As she hesitantly began to turn it over in her hands, she paid little attention to the gathering of stormclouds overhead.

Not that she could have stopped them even if she'd noticed them. Alice may be the one responsible for the sudden, erradic change in the weather, but she was far from able to turn it on or off by force of will alone. Not when she was as confused and frightened as she was at this exact moment in time.