The episode begins on the subway where future Hiro Nakamura meets Peter Petrelli, and tells him that he has to save the cheerleader, Claire Bennett. He leaves with the advice “Be the one we need”.

Peter tells an incredulous Mohinder what happened with Hiro, but Mohinder walks away unimpressed.

Claire is in the hospital after the crash where she sees a broken up Brody on a gurney. She opens up to Noah and tells him about Brody’s attempted rape, and admits that she lied to him.

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When we return to Heroes, cop Matt Parkman has been captured by Noah Bennett and his sinister friend. Hiro and Ando are in Las Vegas, and Niki Saunders and her son Micah are there also, paying a visit to loan shark Lindermann.

Claire Bennett is in hospital, and as the camera pans back, we discover chest skin has been completely stripped away and she’s on the autopsy table. The coroner removes the stick that’s pierced Claire’s brain and she starts to rejuvinate again. When the coroner’s back is turned, she slips out of the room.

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