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miss e (thegirlyousee) wrote in heroes_rpg,
@ 2009-03-09 12:50:00

WHO: Izzy/Olivia & Peter
WHEN: Jan 3rd, 09 @ 1pm
WHERE: 5th Ave shopping strip
WHAT: Izzy accidentally inserts her body into her twin's & Peter plays hero again
RATING: pg

Izzy had been having the weirdest dreams lately. She couldn't explain them to anyone, not even Olivia. Mostly because she herself didn't even understand them. She woke up in a cold sweat with nothing more than the distinct memory of being someone else. Most of them were not good people. Although once or twice it was a police officer. She usually just ignored the dreams as best they could. It always happened when she was drunk. Olivia would mention the next morning how Izzy ditched her and she should be thankful she had such good friends to bring her home at night. But Izzy couldn't remember who brought her home. And no one else would mention it. So she just kind of smiled and nodded at her sister and went on with her day.

Today, for instance. It was the first day she had a moment to return those unwanted Christmas gifts. Jewelry, cosmetics, clothes, knickknacks. Some people just had absolutely no taste. And it was high time the twins got something they liked for Christmas. Even if it meant picking it out themselves. After all, you could only get what you really wanted if you did it yourself. Or, you know, if your twin did it. Olivia always knew what Izzy liked and vice-versa. So the two got ready about half past noon and headed down to Fifth Avenue.

Everything was going great for about a half an hour. And then as they came out of a store, Izzy saw the dreaded ex. Everyone has one, the ex who can't let go... that you know you can't say no to. And he was walking directly for the girls. Izzy panicked for a minute. "Olivia. You have to let me be you. Just for a few minutes. Please? Please? Please?" Izzy grabbed her sister's shoulder and just like that, all of the sudden... there was no more Izzy. Or no more Olivia? Isabella yelped. She looked around frantic. No, it was Olivia. Olivia was gone. But... Izzy was wearing Olivia's clothes. Oh, this was bad. What was going on? It was like her dream but worse. She was terrified.

Izzy took off down the street. She could feel her twin panicking inside of her. Isabella and Olivia had never really been the psychic kind of twins, but every now and again they would know what the other was feeling, even from across town. This was like that feeling, only modified to be a million times worse. And then suddenly, though Izzy herself didn't realize, Olivia's ability kicked in. Until this day neither one of the girls realized they were part of the race of evolved humans. But now Isabella was stuck in her sister's body, her hair and eyes and skin were changing colors, and she was absolutely having an anxiety attack.

Turning a corner, Izzy wasn't entirely sure where she was at or where she was going. She was talking to herself... well, talking to Olivia. Trying to at least. Olivia was the smart one. Olivia was the one who always knew the answer. And, not paying attention to where she was going, Izzy turned a corner too quickly and tripped over someone coming from the other direction. She slid across the pavement, slamming her head into a brick wall. A cry erupted from her, not her own cry but Olivia's. It was very distinctly not Isabella's voice, they had always had different sounds, even strangers could tell them apart that way. Not to mention people they had grown up with, such as Peter Petrelli, who she had just tumbled over. The voice he heard crying out in pain initially was very distinctly Olivia's.

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-09 02:45 pm UTC (link)

Christmas at the Petrelli estate was decidedly uneventful. He hadn't seen Nathan for months prior and it was strange to see him again when he showed up at the house on Christmas Eve. He looked nice, as always, but Peter always thought his brother looked good. He was healthy, albeit quiet. The brothers hadn't spoken for some time now, and it was understandable why. Peter had been hunted by the same man who said he loved him and called him his brother. He would never know that Nathan was the one secretly keeping Peter safe, not letting any of the agents shoot and injure him. The last time they spoke was when the Hunter had taken everything into his own hands and had shot Peter; Nathan just so happened to save him.

Now, Peter was the one saving others. He'd been a paramedic for about two years now, after beginning his career in helping people as a hospice nurse. No one in the family believed he'd really excel in his chosen field, but it was going well so far. He was working the day shift and was on his hour break; it was frigid out but he was starved and hadn't brought anything for lunch, so he decided to head down to the 5th Avenue district to grab something from one of those upscale coffee shops.

He heard something before he saw it coming, and certainly before he ended ass-first on the slick pavement, his head spinning. He groans and shakes his head a little, vaguely wondering if he could get out of work for the rest of the day for that. He looks over and his eyes widen a little, and suddenly it wasn't about him anymore. It never really was.

"Olivia? Olivia Hilton?" he asks, kneeling down beside her and helping her sit up a little. "It's Peter Petrelli..." But he reminded himself this was no time for a reunion; she'd just hit her head, and pretty hard from what he'd heard. "Are you alright? Can you hear me?" He has his left arm around her about mid-back, lifting her to a sitting position, his right hand carefully going to move the hair from her eyes, looking for signs of any abrasions or deep wounds.

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thegirlyousee
2009-03-09 11:40 pm UTC (link)

Izzy looked up. Everything was blurry. Her head was swimming. She was aching, mostly just her head, but some minor cuts and bruises here and there. She was in a lot of little pain that was making it a kind of big pain. But that didn't stop the fact that she could hear perfectly fine. She wasn't sure exactly who had said it, but she had at least understood it.

"No, not Olivia." Isabella's voice was clearly her own, and not Olivia's. How Olivia had spoken out was beyond Izzy. But none of this made sense. She was in her sister's body. She no longer existed. All Izzy wanted was for Olivia to pretend to be her for a little while. And now they were stuck being each other.

Izzy's hair and eyes flickered a rainbow of colors for a moment. "Peter help me!" Olivia yelped out again. Izzy's eyes went wide for a moment and then her own voice came through. "I don't know what's going on." She tried to back up a little bit, but Peter had his hand on her back. She looked absolutely terrified. But how could she not, this was not an every day occurrence.

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-10 12:23 am UTC (link)

His face reddened a little; he hadn't made that mistake since high school. His eyes widen though when he saw the change in hair colour, and hoped that no one is really paying attention to them to notice what was going on. Despite being recognized as just regular human beings, evolved humans had to make sure they kept their powers under wraps in the public. Any sign of someone using their power in public and Peter was sure they'd be arrested and held.

"Not Olivia... Izzy?" He questioned, then hears Olivia's distinct voice again. "Come on, you have to get up. I can fix this, whatever it is, but I'm not about to do it in the middle of the street and chance it that someone sees it." He murmured, pulling her to her feet, arm around her waist, his free hand holding her arm over his shoulders. "Watch the ice, walk slow." He murmurs.

He called himself lucky when his partner wasn't in the ambulance when he got back, unlocking and opening the doors, lifting Olivia up and laying her down. He begins to treat her wounds, biting his lip a little. "What happened... what is happening? Your hair, it was changing colour."

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thegirlyousee
2009-03-10 03:11 pm UTC (link)

Isabella had absolutely no desire to go with Peter Petrelli. Her recollections of him were little more than some geek Olivia took pity on. He was awkward and uncomfortable in his own skin as far as she could remember. How could he help them get into their own skins? He was about as useless as anything. But Izzy wasn't the only on in control of this body... not that she understood any of it.

Olivia managed to get them standing up. She managed to grab onto his hands and pull herself up. "Peter I don't know what's happening." Olivia had them moving before Izzy could take over again. And Isabella was so unsettled that she didn't really fight it as Peter led them to some ambulance somewhere.

"Peter," Isabella's voice again. "What's going on? What's happening? You know what's going on?" Peter looked like he had some idea of what was going on. At the very least he looked a lot calmer than Izzy and Olivia felt. If he could help... well, Izzy would give him some benefit of the doubt.

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-10 11:05 pm UTC (link)

He disinfected the small cuts to make sure there would be no chance of an infection in the future. He removed the purple surgical gloves when he was finished and sat back, glancing down at her for a moment while he thought.

"Two distinct voices." He murmured to himself, then bit down on his lip in thought. "Wait..." He had to think back to his high school years; he and Olivia had become quite close but he didn't recall ever getting any information on whether or not either twin had a power.

"Think, Peter." He muttered, "Just lay back, okay? I'll figure this out... can you tell me what you were doing before you ran into me? Where were you, what was happening around you? Do you... do you have an ability?" He asked the last part much more lowly than anything else; it was the only thing he might have considered that caused this to occur. Peter knew there were dozens... maybe even hundreds of people in the world with abilities. Maybe Olivia or Isabella were one of his kind.

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thegirlyousee
2009-03-11 09:41 am UTC (link)

Izzy flinched as Peter dabbed at the cuts and worked on bandaging her up, and every time she flinched her hair and eyes changed color. It wasn't like she'd never had injuries. Obviously she had. But she was still a little disoriented. It was only Olivia's mild influence that was keeping them sitting there. But that didn't stop Izzy from hissing and making a fuss every time she felt a stinging from the cleaning and disinfectant solutions. Or stop Olivia's ability from getting a little out of control.

"Izzy's in my body." Olivia yelped like she was afraid. And she was, of course. This was a situation where panic was a pretty acceptable response. But she also wasn't sure whether or not she would be able to say what she had to say. Isabella was the one in control, Olivia was barely able to get through. And every time she did Izzy's eyes went wide and she looked absolutely terrified. "Izzy, breathe. We're going to pass out if you don't breathe. In and out and in and out. Just like we practiced."

Isabella had panic attacks now and then. She was a bit high strung and sometimes her body couldn't handle it. Apparently neither could Olivia's. And as freaked out as she was, Izzy managed to calm herself down enough to do what her sister said. She took a few breaths, her hair and eyes changing color as she breathed in and going back to normal when she breathed out. And then she tried to answer Peter. "We were shopping. And then I saw my ex, you remember Brad? Big, scary, possessive?" Izzy had no idea how much Olivia had told Peter about the popular twin's relationships, but everyone in school had known that Brad was a bit of a pushy guy. "And I grabbed Olivia and then... I was Olivia. And..."

Izzy sucked in a shaky breath and her eyes rolled for a minute. Olivia managed to yelp out "Breathe" before Izzy passed out. And Isabella took a few more breaths, the illusion ability still unstable as she did. "What the hell do you mean an ability?"

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-13 10:45 am UTC (link)

"An ability." He muttered, "Its the only way to explain how two people become one person." In his mind, anyhow. In his time he'd met a lot of people with a lot of different abilities; he remembered how he got stuck in the body of an inmate at Level 5 named Jesse Murphy. He had tried to convince his cellmate, Noah Bennet, that he was actually Peter Petrelli, not Jesse Murphy. The only way he'd been able to escape was when time apparently froze, and his future self pulled him from Jesse's body.

"Yes, yes, I remember Brad." The crazy jock that nearly killed himself two years ago when he crashed his luxury vehicle into a highway median because he was too drunk to control it. That was Brad, if Peter remembered correctly.

"Okay, first things first, I need both of you to relax. I can't separate you both if you are in hysterics, it doesn't work like that." He took the girls hand, thumb gliding soothingly over soft skin. "I need you to not talk. You need to be still, close your eyes, and relax completely." He sat quietly as he attempted to get the girls to relax, but they were out of control. Peter remembered his first time waking up in someone else's body, and how frustrating and scary it was.

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thegirlyousee
2009-03-13 06:59 pm UTC (link)

Isabella thought he was absolutely insane. Something had to be wrong with him if he thought he had some idea of what was actually going on. There was something absurd about this that no one could explain. Especially not geeky little Peter Petrelli. There was no way in Hell that Isabella was calming down. This was the perfect time to panic. There wasn't a more appropriate reaction to this! Panic was the right emotion to be feeling.

"Are you insane? What the hell is an ability? How did I get in Olivia's body? What the hell do you know about it?" Izzy paused, eyes wide and jerking away from Peter. "Did you do this? Is this your fault?"

A moment or two later, Liv managed to get a hold of herself. She was having trouble holding on to her own body. And with Isabella panicking it was harder and harder to come through. But Olivia managed to reach out again, grabbing Peter's hand. "She's not calming down," clearly Olivia's voice. "Peter it's getting harder and harder to control my own body. Help, please?"

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-14 11:00 am UTC (link)

He sighed as she jerked away, wide-eyed and giving Peter a look something akin to what Nathan had given him when Peter said he could fly. He jumped off a roof a couple days after that; he found out his brother could fly but he definitely could not.

"None of this is my fault, I wouldn't do this to someone." He tried to reason with her, "I know a lot about it, actually, but I don't think its the right time to explain exactly how much I know about it right now. Izzy, I need you to relax or else I'm not going to be able to help you."

He gave a small squeeze to the hand that grabs his a moment later, hearing Olivia's voice again. "I know its hard, I know it is, but if she doesn't calm down I'm not going to be able to pull you free. It sounds strange, I know, but this happened to me once, too. I woke up in someone else's body far away from home and very confused. I don't need you in control per say, but I need Izzy to calm down and close her eyes and let you come through. And I can't sedate her or anything because then you won't be able to separate yourself."

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thegirlyousee
2009-03-14 12:47 pm UTC (link)

Olivia took a few calming breaths. Maybe if she was breathing, it would calm Izzy down. Sometimes she wondered if the oxygen to her sister's brain just stopped during a panic attack. Now she knew it did. She could feel it. She was feeling woozy... Or maybe that was a concussion from slamming her head against the brick. Either way they could both benefit from some calm. Olivia wanted to do whatever she could to help before Izzy got control of the body again.

Which was only a few seconds. "How did it happen to you? What's going on?" Izzy was very likely not going to calm down without some answers. Or at least that was what she was telling herself. Olivia's breathing had calmed her down a little bit. She wasn't jerking away from Peter anymore. And at least she wasn't yelling anymore. She was just scared. She just didn't know how to manage her fear.

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-18 11:22 am UTC (link)

He sighed a little, pushing her body gently back down onto the gurney; one couldn't relax if they were laying down. He contemplated getting into her head to calm her, but he wasn't really that good at that ability yet. He didn't know when exactly in the last year that his abilities evolved into something akin to his deceased fathers, though he caused no harm to the other person when he borrowed their power, now able to adapt it and keep it for himself. Essentially like Sylar and his father, only without the murdering.

"I'm not actually sure how it happened." he admitted, "I just... woke up in someone else's body. I found out later my future self put me in that man's body and..." He looked down to Olivia for a moment and shook his head. "It's incredibly confusing, really. Let's just concentrate on relaxing, okay?" And what would help them relax? He bit his lip. "Returning all the unwanted Christmas presents?" Stupid question, he thought, but it might distract them enough to calm them. Maybe.

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thegirlyousee
2009-03-19 04:28 pm UTC (link)

While Olivia had minimal control of the body, she was fine with letting Peter move her around. Even Izzy was trying to relax if only to get this over with and be herself again. But that was only a temporary feeling. Laying down, Olivia relaxed herself so much that she completely lost control of her body. And when Peter started in about this happening to him thanks to a future version of himself, Izzy was just finished.

Jumping up to her feet, Izzy pushed passed Peter. "You're insane. You're crazy. I'm getting the hell out of here. Fuck this. I don't need you." Izzy was not sticking around to hear what other loony toons kind of thing he was going to say next. If Olivia couldn't figure it out, Olivia being the smartest person Izzy knew, what made him think he was any different?

The jumping had brought Olivia right out of her calm. She didn't have the ability to stop her sister. She tried, very hard, but her body was not her own anymore. The best she could do was jerk one arm backward and use her voice for a split second. "Peter! Stop her! Grab me!"

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-22 11:19 am UTC (link)

He was up and out of the back of the ambulance before he even heard Olivia; he couldn't let them leave in this condition. He didn't know how they'd ever manage to separate themselves on their own.

Slender fingers grasping the others wrist, he focused all of his energy on reaching for Olivia and pulling her free from Izzy's body. It took a couple seconds, but in a moment he stumbled back, almost losing his footing and falling to the pavement, but he managed to stabilize himself. He gave a small, crooked smile when he saw two girls now in front of him instead of just one, straightening up a little.

"Are you alright?" He asked, turning to Olivia for a moment, able to easily pick the twins out now, ignoring the strange looks he was getting from Izzy.

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thegirlyousee
2009-03-22 01:15 pm UTC (link)

Olivia was doing her best to yank away from Izzy as she ran. She had no control over her physical body. But all she could think is just that she did not want to be her sister anymore. Well, that and she wanted to stay with Peter. Thinking about it now she couldn't remember why they hadn't seen each other in so long.

And then suddenly, Olivia was falling back against Peter. Isabella lost her balance and crashed to the sidewalk in front of her. Without even realizing it, Olivia kept one hand holding onto Peter and moved toward her sister. Izzy didn't look hurt, just very frightened. "Izzy, baby, are you okay? Sissy?"

"Olivia, we're going home." Isabella stood up, brushing off her pants. As demanding as her voice sounded, she still looked as frightened as ever. She actually took a couple steps back from them. "Liv, let's go."

But Liv wasn't moving. She stood still beside Peter, a small internal debate going through her head. Curiosity won over, knowing she could go home and talk to her sister later. "Izzy, I'm staying. I'll be home later. I want to stay with Peter."

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pete_petrelli
2009-03-23 01:25 pm UTC (link)

He caught Olivia and steadied her, his hand resting on the small of her back as he watched the two sisters interact. He hadn't the slightest idea why Izzy was so terrified of him; or at least she looked like she was. Peter was harmless. Sure, his ability had evolved in the past year, and he was much more powerful then he could have imagined, but he would never use his abilities to harm someone. That just wasn't him.

He looked to Olivia when she told her sister she chose to stay with him, then back at Izzy for a moment. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to hurt you." He told her, teeth coming down on his bottom lip worrying the skin.

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