Title: All Along the Watchtower Author: : speccygeekgrrl Pairings: Arthur Petrelli/Daniel Linderman, Maury Parkman/Bob Bishop, Charles Deveaux/Angela (pre-Petrelli), Adam Monroe/Kaito Nakamura... for smoothing out the rough bits and making it more readable! ♥ Sub-note: Written for 2008 heroes_exchange for boombangbing . ( no one acts alone )

Angela unlocked the door to her mansion and tried to turn on the lights.   They wouldn’t go on.   She sighed slightly.   “Hello, Gabriel,” she said.   “I wondered how long it would be before you...as intelligent as I expected,” she said. Sylar got up to leave.   “Aren’t you even going to ask about your parents?” she asked. “I’ll be back,” he said, and disappeared out into the darkness.

Angela was never a normal child.   When other little girls were playing endless games of cat’s cradle and having tea parties with imaginary friends, Angela preferred to spend her time watching.   The...crying for herself.   She knew she was a monster, and she knew that she would remain so.   Children never really change, after all.   And the horrible truth was, she couldn’t honestly say she cared.