2009
January
Niki, D.L., Micah and Cam live in Niagara Falls, NY, where she works at a book store and her family is finally together and happy.
Can I Be a Ninja? —> Micah wants to use his gift to be a hero, but Niki reminds him of the dangers.
Girls Night In —> Niki and her friend Kitty catch up.
Brainz Over Brawn —> Cass comes to visit, still struggling with her lasting ability and addiction, and Micah comes home from school black and blue from interrupting a fight. While Cass and Niki advise him, Cass uses her Almost Doctor skills.
Heartbeats —> Staying the weekend, Cass wakes up in the middle of the night screaming. Niki consoles her friend, tries to take her mind off the nightmares, and shares her own reasons for understanding what Cass is going through.
Pants on the Ground —> Niki has had enough when Micah gets hurt at school again. She takes things into her own hands, literally, intimidating the bullies into good behaviour — which works, but doesn't go over so well with Micah.
April
The Sanders-Hawkins-Reynolds family use their particular talents to help people AND have a normal life — kind of.
The Incredibles —> Busted. D.L. catches Micah sneaking around and he's forced to tell his mom and dad about his covert heroics. While D.L. eventually agrees they should be heroes together, Niki still has reservations about putting her family in harm's way to help others and speaks with D.L. in private.
August
2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- September 3rd
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- Martyrs and Demons —> Niki uses up two of her three wishes when she approaches James on her own, wondering if he can find Nathan since he found Peter. He explains his talent for knowing how the world works — and about her; she shares some things never meant to leave the room.
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- September 7th
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- The Burdens We Are Fit For —> Niki and Sophie have a conversation on the nature of the abilities they've been given.
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- September 11th
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- The Importance of Family —> Niki tells Cam about the house they're moving to — a happy moment that is interruped by a surprise when Micah is contacted by Cam's parents, who are on their way to the US.
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- September 12th
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- Arrivals and Departures —> Niki, Micah and Cam wait for Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds at the airport. Cam's reunion with his parents is dampened when their real identities are flagged and airport security surrounds them. After his father's failed attempt at using Niki for leverage, the pair are arrested. Niki promises to take care of their son.
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- September 15th
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- The Right to Bear Arms —> Niki and Peter run into each other — a chance meeting at the wrong place in the wrong time that sets off a whirlwind of events, starting with Niki getting shot and heading to the ER, where they meet Dr. Christa Morris.
- Code Red —> Niki's doctor is as special and she and Peter are. When Dr. Morris decides to show them a neat trick, all hell breaks loose. Niki and Peter find themselves in opposite bodies and Niki must fight for control of Peter's numerous, powerful abilities as the hospital room bursts into chaos.
- Lessons in Empathy —> Under the Company's safe supervision, Peter teaches Niki how to use his abilities and avoid disaster. Niki uses a close source of inspiration to heal her leg.
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- September 18th
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- Use What You Have —> When Niki is given a change of Peter's clothes (and, no doubt, a shower), she encounters Agent Wolfe again and is asked some … uncomfortable questions and invited to Meryl and Benjamin's wedding.
- Full Circle Healing —> Niki manages to use Peter's invisibility to get them unseen into Christa's hospital room, where she's able to heal the doctor with Peter's support. Lesson learned, Christa puts them back in their rightful bodies.
- Scarred Reflection —> Literally being in each other's shoes for a couple of days prompts Niki to confess to Peter why she has to go — and so, at his apartment, she tells him about her confusing relationship with his self from four years in the future. And for more reasons than that, it's time for Niki to move on and move away.
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"All of this… this crazy stuff that happens around… you, everyone, this city, I'm just done, Peter. I've tried. So, I'm… I'm gonna go be happy."
- September 21st
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- Here We Are —> Niki and her family pack their things to start anew in a new city.
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- August 7th
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- Peaches and Scheme —> Niki stops by Jack's bar to see if he's heard any news on Peter and unexpectedly finds him being domestic. Though Jack has no news of Peter being alive, he also has no news of him being dead. Niki volunteers to help Jack hit up some of his street contacts for info and, over cake, inadvertantly gets into a conversation about complicated family — something they have in common.
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- August 9th
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- To The End —> Niki and Jack, after exhausting most of Jack's contacts, track down a man named Jim with the hope that he might have the resources to find any hint of Peter.
- Mutually Beneficial —> When they later stop at the market, Jack expresses his appreciation to Niki for helping him get around in the past few days, and offers her a job.
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- August 14th
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- There Once Was A Man From Nantucket —> An envelope containing some intriguing information arrives at the Den. Niki and Jack prepare to go to MA to follow a lead about Peter's whereabouts.
- Strange Things Going on These Days —> Niki gets reacquainted with Kitty on her way back to the Den when they share a taxi, but apparently, Kitty wasn't the only one who recognized Ms. Sanders: the cab driver had some words of warning.
- Bestest Friends Foreverest —> Niki, Jack and Trina share a long, tiring car ride. For seven hours. Jack's girlfriend decides to resent his new valet.
- Gratitude Enough —> Jack and Niki find that the John Doe in the Nantucket hospital really is Peter — in a coma. They meet the doctors and the lady who's been paying his medical bills.
- Ember of Hope —> Niki calls Kory to tell her the news, but is met with less enthusiasm than she expected.
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- August 15th
- August 17th
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- Overloaded —> Kory, along with Sophie, arrive and do what they can for Peter. Niki leaves as something seems to go wrong in their attempts.
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- August 23rd
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- For a Song —> Back home a couple days after Peter was transported back to NYC, Jack shows Niki the Brighton Beach house he wants to live in and enlists her help with. It's … a bit of a fixer-upper.
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- August 24th
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- The Way It Should Be —> Niki's birthday. D.L. makes it perfect.
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- August 27th
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- Welcome to Thunderdome —> When Jack brings news of Peter waking up, she heads over; but she's skeptical of a good thing when Jack explains, evasively, about how he woke the man up. Waiting for Peter to wake up (from a more natural sleep), they watch a movie.
- Wrong Time —> Peter wakes up. Niki's past with his future self makes things difficult — and confusing. She explains a little without saying much and distances herself from the present man, too.
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- July 2nd
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- Live Wires —> Niki and Gabriel touch on possibly destructive plans.
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- July 4th
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- This World of Ours —> Niki finds herself talking earnestly when she visits Kory for the first time since finding out about Future Peter's death. She learns that he left her some kind of goodbye note. Kory suggests contacting a certain teleporter to hurry the rescue of Cass.
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- July 5th
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- Reset —> Niki and D.L. meet to talk about rescuing Cass (and destroying Pinehearst), but that's not the only thing on their minds. Destiny? Fate? Arranged circumstance? Familiarity? Niki tries to salvage some semblance of normal; they both just want their family back together. That means reuniting for the last time (whatever that means).
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- July 6th
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- Escape From Sunny Hill —> After landing in L.A. the traditional way after all (by plane), Niki and D.L. use some old school tactics along with those fancy special abilities in their attempt to spring Cass from the institution Pinehearst has been keeping her in.
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- July 12th
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- Phase One —> While Gabriel takes his path, Niki and D.L. rely on the power of phasing and their questionable background to get them in and out of Pinehearst Research — with formula test subjects in tow. In their wake, the building burns. Last resort.
- Return to Bat Country —> With Cass's old labs the only place Niki could think of bringing the freed experiments (and Cass who's already set up there), she struggles to take care of them and calls Kory to send for "Dr. Awesome". Instead, Peter, of the present day and newly free himself, is the one to come help.
- Faultlines —> Niki is more or less cornered, unintentionally, by well-meaning Peter in the storage room. To his confusion, she has a hard time sharing space with him.
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- July 13th
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- Does This Mean the World's Saved? —> Niki gets an alarming call from Cam who tells her, a mile a minute, about a crazy man attacking people in Kory's apartment before being killed. Knowing it had to be Arthur, she rushes over.
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- July 17th
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- Show and Tell —> When Niki tries to live up to the "no secrets" rule she and D.L. laid down and gets the chance to explain what she's done and why, their relationship is put to the test. It holds. Some things just can't be broken.
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- July 23rd
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- Damned If You Do... —> In Brooklyn, Niki spots the Den and stops in to see how Jack is after his most recent bout of trouble; they reflect, and when Niki thinks Peter might be able to help Jack, but there's no answer, she calls Kory who is of the pessimistic (but maybe realistic) notion that Peter is dead. Niki and Jack realize they both know the Petrellis.
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- July 30th
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- Crossed Paths —> When Niki gets out of the apartment for awhile, she's one of several connected people who cross paths in Central Park.
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- June 2nd
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- Putting The Jack Back in Jackson —> Niki runs into Jack for the first time in awhile at Club DnA's when she ducks in, not sure if she's being followed or not. They both know a little something about forgetting, remembering, and mourning. The atmosphere of the club triggers a memory of Gina's time there and Niki is caught temporarily replaying her restored memories. Jack gives her a ride home. So to speak.
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- June 5th
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- Karma On Speed Dial —> Jack calls in a favour that leads Niki to Chinatown. She gives him clothes and doesn't ask why he needs them.
- Dog Eat Dog World —> On here way back from doing Jack a favour, Niki encounters a young man by the name of Merrick in some trouble with a gang — which he handles himself, leaving her with a dent in her new(ish) car. That's okay; she helps him inside a restaurant and doesn't ask about that, either.
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- June 29th
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- Bad Dreams —> After weeks of being listlessly unable to find where Cass and Nathan have independently disappeared to, Niki is woken up in the middle of the night after a dream about Kory crying in an alley covered in blood. Unnerved and unable to reach her, she goes to Kory's apartment and runs into Sophie, who has had the same dream. Some CSI: Heroes action leads them to the alley from the dream, where they find blood and Kory's cell phone.
- Carrying On —> Niki and Sophie return to Kory's apartment in the hopes that she'll come home; she does, as do others who were awoken by the same alarming dream. Kory is a mess. She delivers the news that Peter from the future is dead.
- The Kids Aren't Alright —> With the knowledge of Future Peter's death still raw, Niki takes a time out after leaving Kory's. Gabriel, who makes a point to say he's not Sylar anymore, happens along. An impromptu eulogy to the man who died leads into a dark twist for this pair of near strangers. If you want something done right…
- Light Hides Dark —> Cam comes back after checking on Kory and finds Niki packing for a trip: she knows where Cass is.
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- The 3rd
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- Greener Pastures —> Niki takes Nathan out of the apartment that's been his only view for weeks while he's been locked away. She tells him what Pinehearst — and Logan — have been up to.
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- The 16th
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- Batcave or Belfry? —> Niki visits Kory's apartment after frantic text messages and learns about Bus Guy and who else is on Future Peter's List. It doesn't quite go as well as Kory hoped, but the two women are determined to get the ball rolling on taking down Pinehearst. Niki tells her not to trust Charlotte, explains Cass and Gene's roles at Pinehearst and gets a good look at who's on the List in question.
- Expect the Unexpected —> Niki tries to give Gene a heads up about what might go down at Pinehearst; unexpectedly, Jaden is there. Hilarity ensues. Niki and Gene come to a sort of understanding.
- A Little More Serious —> Concerned for Cass, Niki drops by and finds Lachlan instead, who she warns. He says he'll try to keep Cass away from work. She also tells him about the "list" he's apparently on.
- It's Technology —> Niki and Micah prepare to kick it into high gear.
- Caught —> …but Arthur Petrelli is already onto Cass, which means Niki is in for it. She's found out. Arthur steals her power.
- Emotional Backlash —> Just kidding! Close call. Future Peter to the rescue, just like he said he'd be. Another aspect of the future he knows is changed when Niki keeps her strength.
- A Roof Away —> Niki and Peter of 2012 collect their thoughts after the emotional, whirlwind escape from Arthur.
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- The 24th
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- Spite for Respite —> Cam hasn't been in school since he, Niki and Micah have been staying in the safehouse that is Peter's temporary residence in the Deveaux Building. Niki talks to Lee about why that is so that Cam can get his work. All things considered, it goes okay.
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- The 26th
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- They'll Live —> Niki checks in with D.L., who she hasn't spoken to for … a long time, in order to make sure he's alright. Somehow the conversation leads to D.L. preparing to go find Cass. And I-love-yous.
- Distractions —> Kory and Niki talk about what's going to happen next; D.L. joins in, and when tensions and frustrations run high, Niki expresses it at Kory. That night, estranged husband and wife share a … vivid dream. (Coincidence?!)
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- The 27th
- The 28th
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- The Myth of Us —> 2012 Peter. Plans, honesty, goodbyes. Almost everything is bigger, and almost nothing is harder.
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- The 31st
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- Now or Never —> Niki serves as support (physically and otherwise) as Future Peter tries to fix Logan and Nathan by first clearing his memories, which was the first step to her own "integration". It goes a little wrong.
- The Meaning of Quiet —> Future Peter, having passed out after mind-wiping Nathan, is taken out of the woods by Niki; Kory calls in some favours and swoops in to help the sleeping man who never sleeps.
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- The 6th
- The 11th
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- Here and Now —> After not appearing for longer than usual, Future Peter visits Niki at the home she lives at with her family, minus D.L.; he stops time to be with her.
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- The 12th
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- Dismal —> Niki stops in at the familiar Therapy on a dismal whim. So has D.L.; they talk, and it's nothing but painful for both of them.
- Pet Project —> On leaving the club, something rather unexpected happens: Noah, injured, shouts at Niki and D.L. to catch Mr. Muggles who has been stolen by some thugs. And… they do, resulting in some impromptu teamwork between the estranged husband and wife who also realize they've both had some kind of contact with Mr. Bennet. Mr. Muggles gets home safely.
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- The 15th
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- Finally —> Niki, Heidi and Peter from the future enact their plan to take down Logan and save Nathan. It was supposed to be simple: "Jessica" lures him with the bait of killing Peter, knock him out. But a few people have plans within the plan all their own.
- Forever —> When Nathan reemerges, Niki butts heads with Heidi and tries to remind everyone why they're there.
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- The 16th
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- Time to Go —> After Niki and 2012 Peter go to present day Peter's apartment to clean up following Logan/Nathan's capture, the tensions that have been building come to a boiling point. A complicated and already doomed relationship snaps for all the wrong reasons.
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- The 20th
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- World-Saving Secrets —> Cam comes upon Niki having a rough morning and happens to ask her a few questions in light of his visit from Kory, learning that she's been a part of taking down Pinehearst for some time. Niki finds out Peter had something to do with Kory's visit.
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- The 24th
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- The Sum of Their Parts —> Niki visits Nathan, still restrained in her Tribeca apartment. Two people with a lot in common share notes. She gives him some freedom — and incidentally, lets Logan loose as well.
- No Winners —> Logan attacks Niki in a vicious attempt to escape. It doesn't work, even though he hurts her in the process. As Logan reflects on his purpose, Niki reveals empathy for a person who's caused so much damage but who reminds her of what she is. When Nathan transitions back, he's handcuffed back up… but with promises of more freedom. Maybe Logan is losing.
- Damage Repair —> More hurt than she let on from being stabbed with a knife by Logan, and determined to get home as soon as possible without worrying her family, Niki goes to Cass for help. While the woman is understandably distrustful, she does let Niki in and give her basic medical attention. Niki confesses that she had tricked Cass by pretending to be Jessica and Cass reveals that she's been working to slow down work on the formula at Pinehearst. Trust might be sketchy, but they're on the same side.
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- The 27th
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- Superpowers Aren't Cool, Stay In School —> Niki has a meeting with Cam's teacher, Mr. Jones. All things considered, it goes pretty well. They both have his best interests at heart.
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- The 28th
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- Pull Together —> Niki lets Kory in on her "undercover" role at Pinehearst, and even more reluctantly reveals that Micah is involved as well. At least Peter's List means there are more people to help out.
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- The 2nd
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- Trusted Few —> Niki and Peter catch up after her stay at the Company and talk more about Logan.
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- The 4th
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- Access Denied —> After trying to see if she could get behind one of Pinehearst's locked doors, Niki encounters Gene again and learns that he played a part in the rescue from the desert in Nevada. He … offers to help her get past the security into the restricted lab.
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- The 5th
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- The Devil You Think You Know —> Cam calls Niki in a panic when his new foster parents witness him using his ability; she rescues him from an "exorcism".
- Breaking Home —> Niki takes Cam home. D.L. trades shifts with someone in order to stay home with the boys while Niki goes to Pinehearst. The tension is only getting worse.
- Access Granted —> Better late than never, Niki finds meets with Gene at the labs. He works his technological know-how to get them past the security system. He also insists Niki abide by his "contingency plan" and threatens her family, which buys him no points. They find out some of what Pinehearst is working on behind-the-scenes.
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- The 7th
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- Not Good Enough —> Niki visits Heidi's motel room hideaway to tell her that they have to move in on their plans regarding Logan soon.
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- The 8th
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- When the Light of Day Comes —> Niki shows a more vulnerable side as she and D.L. talk about family and the future.
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- The 11th
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- Please Leave a Message —> When Niki goes looking for Peter at his apartment, she finds Gabriel Gray and Elle Bishop instead.
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- The 12th
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- Liability —> Bennet calls. Niki finds out he put Peter away in Company lock-up, and basically, if she doesn't want to go to the same place, she has to keep working for him. She passes on what information she knows about Pinehearst's projects and has more added to her plate.
- Allies By Proxy —> Niki seeks out Kory at the Secret Lair and finds out she's been helping Peter help Nathan.
- Hero Villain Spy —> Hiro investigates Pinehearst on a mission — which Niki gets in the way of and pretends to manhandle the time traveller to keep up her cover for the security cameras. The pretending only goes so far; after she finds out what he's looking for in Pinehearst — "healing blood" — she punches him in the face. Sorry, Hiro. It was for a good reason!
- Fixer Upper —> Niki tends to Hiro, swaps information, and gains an ally.
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- The 17th
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- Stolen Time —> Niki meets Peter Petrelli from the future at a bar, where she's slipped into drinking again. Her message from the time traveller: "You're not alone."
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- The 18th
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- At First Sight —> Niki opens her door to find someone who looks exactly like her. She's not inclined, at first, to believe Tracy is a real person.
- Operating Systems —> Niki gets Micah to look up Tracy Strauss. They discover that the two women have nearly identical birth certificates, parents excepted. As if Niki didn't have enough on her plate already. She also lets Micah in on a secret about Pinehearst and hesitantly enlists her son's help.
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- The 20th
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- Every Second Counts —> When Niki seems to have second guesses about what she's doing with Peter — from the future — she finds her place in keeping him grounded. He's not alone, either.
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- The 21st
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- Consider It Done —> Niki — rather, "Jessica" — meets Logan at the airport after he returns from abroad on business and brings him up-to-date on her version of what he's missed. Next up: kill Peter, or so she offers.
- The Price of Playing Pinehearst —> Niki tries to find out more about what goes on in the labs by talking to Cass. She ends up throwing more of a bad light on Pinehearst for Cass by playing the villain. Gene interrupts and Niki tells him she needs to talk.
- Synchronize —> Niki and Future Peter, who, of course, she's not actually planning to kill, cement their trust and form a plan of action.
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- The 24th
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- Thou Aren't God —> When Niki and Charlotte run into each other at Pinehearst, things get heated as their points of view conflict. Charlotte remains loyal to Pinehearst and Niki realizes her friend is a risk.
- Techno Heroics —> Micah finds more information about Pinehearst and encourages his mom to let him help more.
- Time Is Running Out —> 2012 Peter and Niki from this place in time can't last forever. They know that. It's not fair, but it's still real.
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- The 25th
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- Dysfunction Is Overrated —> Niki meets with Gene outside of Pinehearst to try to make things clearer and more honest. It only half works. She gives him a number to call.
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- The 27th
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- I'd Be Really Sad to See Your Body in a Landfill —> Niki passes information from Pinehearst onto Noah and manages to bring up her possible sister.
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- The 28th
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- Truth and Identity —> Niki brings Heidi papers for a new identity to match an altered appearance, and lets the truth slip about why they can't be friends.
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- The 29th
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- Stage Set —> Hiro and Ando get the location of Claire's blood from Niki and encounter Future Peter.
- Circle of Reliance —> After Hiro and Ando see themselves out, Niki questions Peter and finds out what happened to Hiro's father. She also confronts Peter about part of her own possible future and relies on him, in part, to change it.
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- The 31st
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- Doesn't Conquer —> An exhausted Niki is honest with D.L.. Love, it seems, does not conquer all. He leaves.
- Help Without Hurt —> Tracy stops by with information that Niki herself had also found: the likelihood that, somehow, they're sisters. Both determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, the lookalikes plan to find someone who may know the answers they're looking for — without anyone getting hurt.
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- The 5th
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- The Bad People —> While leaving a note for "Nathan", Niki discovers an intruder: Peter Petrelli, trying to snoop around Pinehearst. He tries to tell her that everything is not as it should be. Conflicted, she escorts him off the premises but does not turn him in.
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- The 6th
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- Spin —> Niki gets a late call to come to a specific alley in Manhattan, where she picks up Nathan after he was stabbed in the back by his wife — literally. During the drive to New Jersey, Logan explains that Heidi is basically crazy; Niki, remembering Peter's words, brings him up and gets a similar spin. She seems, however, to put her trust in the Senator over his brother — for now.
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- The 7th
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- Niki attends a work-related biotechnology convention in Las Vegas in which Pinehearst — and thus Senator Petrelli — are a part of.
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- The 8th
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- The Looking Glass —> The last official night of the biotech convention. Niki goes the extra mile for the Senator.
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- The 9th
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- Convention Clash —> On her way back from Logan's hotel room, Niki runs into Gene and has a weird little encounter with the Pinehearst employee. As she tries to enter her room, she's chloroformed, dragged out of the hotel, and tossed into the back of an SUV by two unknown men.
- Extermination —> When she wakes up, Niki gives her captors a little more trouble than they expected, knocking most of them out. She then finds herself in the middle of the desert with two strangers (Namir and Samantha). They commandeer the SUV and make a break for it while being shot at by a helicopter. Holy action movie much? Niki suspects their attackers to be related to the ones who took her before.
- The Desert Escape —> Niki, Namir and Samantha make their escape from the desert by combining their efforts to foil their attackers before a police helicopter arrives to take them back and try to sort out the mess. Niki returns to Vegas to leave for NJ.
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- The 11th
- Teleporter = Kidnapper —> While speaking with a doctor and Cass at Pinehearst, the biotech firm goes under attack by the Company. Arthur recruits Niki as an impromptu bodyguard; Peter appears and the Petrellis disappear, leaving behind two confused women.
- The 12th
- The 14th
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- Something's Going On —> Charlotte learns that there's something more than strictly professional going on between Niki and "Nathan".
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- The 15th
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- Everything Changes —> Peter confronts Niki outside of Pinehearst. When she decides to hear him out, he offers her a miracle — and she takes it. His healing ability mends the damage and she gets her memory back. In the process, she regained all of Jessica's memories, thoughts, motivations, and the two basically merge. Peter tells her more about Logan and she decides to use her proximity to him to their advantage.
- Façades —> Logan meets with Niki, who admits that Peter healed her — and subsequently poses as Jessica to strike up a more upfront (ha) working relationship.
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- The 16th
- The 17th
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- Catching the Bus Out of State —> Niki and Peter talk in secret about Logan, who is also the topic of importance after Peter teleports Niki to a hotel in Florida to meet with Heidi.
- Sub Rosa —> Niki, Peter and Heidi talk.
- No Saviours, No Prisoners —> When Niki goes to see Micah, she finds D.L. instead — suddenly a free man. Their reunion is not perfect. In the spirit of not keeping secrets, she explains some of what's been going on in her life since he's been gone, but maybe she shouldn't have. The future is unstable for the Sanders-Hawkins family. Again.
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- The 20th
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- Trust Issues —> Showing up at Mohinder's apartment, Niki demands the serum that was aimed at severing the link between her and her split personalities (that resulted in her former memory loss). Thinking it's not safe to explain her intentions with it, she has a hard time convincing him to hand even some of it over, but he does … or so she's led to believe.
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- The 23rd
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- Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? —> Niki stops to make sure a little girl gets home safely, unaware that her detour allows two Company agents to track her down.
- Caught Underground —> Church and Benjamin corner Niki in a subway station to talk, but when they seem to know altogether too much about her recent activities and drop the name Pinehearst, she lashes out in trying to escape their questioning. They eventually take her down with their combined abilities.
- Bad Guys —> Niki finds herself in a Level 4 Company cell being interrogated by her former friend, Benjamin, as well as Church. An uncooperative guest this time around, she gives them the bare minimum in information, trying to protect her various cover stories. Benjamin induces insomnia and she's thrown into a cycle of nearly sleeping and being forced wide awake.
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- The 24th
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- A Weak Human Emotion —> Niki gets visitor to her cell: Meryl, who doesn't want to interrogate her, but instead wants to talk about their friend Benjamin who isn't acting like himself. The Company agent gives her a sleeping pill to battle the insomnia.
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- The 25th
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- Lose-Lose —> The man in the horn-rimmed glasses is willing to come to a win-win arrangement, but neither Niki nor Noah make it easy on one another to get there. Niki confesses her double-crossing role with Nathan and Pinehearst and lets it slip that Nathan isn't himself — but their ideas on how to "help" clash, and Niki is left in lock-up for another night.
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- The 26th
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- Sorry About the Insomnia —> Inspired by Meryl, Benjamin stops by Niki's cell, slightly more personable — but still not quite the person she used to know.
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- The 27th
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- Niki is released from Company holding by Noah — but not scot-free. There's a clause.
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- The 28th
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- A Secret Truth --> Niki, posing as Jessica, pays Logan a visit after her impromptu vacation. She gives him all of some of the "serum" she got from Mohinder to destroy … and starts asking a few questions. His answers look toward changing the world. With her at his side at the top.
- Can't Touch This —> D.L. and Niki … exist.
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Niki goes to visit Suresh to receive the last round of serum for her personality disorder, she's met with the news that it may, in fact, do more harm than good. What happens next turns her life inside-out in a whole new way: when the lab is attacked, she's injected with the remainder of the substance and her memory is altered … forever? The events that follow — waking up imprisoned alongside Nathan with no memory of who she is, being taken in by Pinehearst — take her into a new life with some unexpected twists and turns as she struggles to reconcile her past.
- The 2nd
- Just Imagine —> The serum being given to Niki by Mohinder seems to be working: she's no one but herself when she looks in the mirror these days, despite a few bouts of forgetfulness blamed on side effects of the experimental substance. Niki extends an offer of help to Nathan in the hope that the same serum can work as a preventative measure for him.
- Before You Know It —> Niki and Micah enjoy a moment of being normal over ice cream. Although Micah still talks about seeing his dad again, they confirm that they're going to be okay. Niki all but promises that she'll be home early after her appointment with Dr. Suresh.
- Phenomenal —> Niki and Nathan pay Mohinder a visit at his labs. Mohinder warns Niki over the side effects of the serum and cautions her to consider another course of action. Before any course of action can truly be decided, armed men burst into the loft and overtake all three of them, despite their best efforts to fight back. In the confusion following Nathan's attempt to fly he and Niki to safety, one of the men grabs the syringe of Mohinder's serum instead of their tranquilizer, and Niki ends up injected with it after all. She loses consciousness.
- Who We Are —> In a cell somewhere in New York, Niki is restrained at the behest of a mysterious doctor. With her world in blackness, she can't know that nothing will be the same for her when she wakes up.
A New Beginning
- The 3rd
- Fighting Without Moving —> Niki wakes up and finds herself in a medical room shared with Nathan, strapped to an examining chair. That's not the most worrying part: she has no memory of how she got there — or who she is. She's subject to the tests of Pierce, an unethical doctor who speaks of them being "special". He also informs her that she's experienced recent brain damage, but denies having anything to do with it. After witnessing Nathan being given a spinal tap without anesthesia, she breaks free of her restraints when she's threatened with the same — and everything erupts into chaos when she's injected with curare, armed men arrive and an unexpected party appears, literally out of nowhere, to take Niki and Nathan away from their captors.
- Finale/Prelude —> Mariska and Charlotte teleport Niki and Nathan to Pinehearst Research. The mostly paralyzed Niki falls out of consciousness again after witnessing some kind of detonator erupt inside of the politician. They're both whisked into quick medical care.
- The 4th
- Warm Welcome —> On waking, Niki watches Nathan while he recovers and wonders how they're connected. Charlotte pays her a visit with friendly words and offers of food all the way from Paris. Niki finds out that she's at a biotechnical company called Pinehearst in New Jersey and thanks the randomly appearing young woman for being a warm welcome.
- The 5th
- On the Precipice / Water Under the Bridge —> Linderman was once a threatening name to Niki Sanders, but now he's as new as every other face she meets, but he seems to know her. When he visits her at Pinehearst, she doesn't realize that she witnessed his death, once upon a time; that she was a part of it. He extends an offer for her to become a part of Pinehearst, and for now, she accepts it.
- The 7th
- The 12th
- Beautiful Friendship —> Niki finally finds Nathan awake — or rather, Logan, not that she knows the difference. Besides the mysterious "Linderman," he's the only connection to her former life that she's met face to face; she takes some comfort in knowing that she has another ally. What she doesn't realize is that he leads her slightly to believe they're better friends than they were. He warns her that the world may be against them for being different.
- The 14th
- Into Your Hideout —> Kory find Niki in her dreams, only to discover she's not like she used to be. Kory reveals images from Niki's existence before: Micah, Cam, the life in which she was a devoted mother with people who rely on her. It shakes her dreaming self to the core. Though she tries to run from the reality at first, she ultimately doesn't want to turn her back entirely on who she used to be if there are children involved. Kory vows to find her. Niki is conflicted. She does not, however, remember the dream.
- The 16th
- One —> Niki moves in with Charlotte at her flat in SoHo. After shopping for necessities (like, say, clothes), she happens to come across one of her very few belongings she had on her before coming to Pinehearst: her wedding ring. She prompts Charlotte to confirm that she's married and has a child — thus coincidentally learning the same thing she did in her sleep nights before unknowingly. Similarly conflicted, she needs to be alone for a while in her new bedroom.
- The 19th
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- Not Tonight —> Niki makes the decision to look into her past, but not before Charlotte takes her out on the town for one night of freedom. They go to the Fly By Night where Randall recognizes her from a bookstore. Not realizing that in her past drinking was a bad idea, a lot of it goes on.
- When a few club-goers make Charlotte uncomfortable, she disappears — along with Niki and Randall. They wind up in Disneyland. Let this be a lesson: don't drink and teleport, kids.
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- The 20th
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- Getting There —> Niki receives a call from Nathan Petrelli (or who she believes to be Nathan Petrelli). Logan picks her up in the evening and they go to an expensive dinner — an attempt to get to know her again? Niki opens up about her view on her former life, and Logan seems to be there for her.
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- The 21st
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- Niki reads her file.
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- The 22nd
- Desperately Seeking Sanders —> In an attempt to dig deeper into her past, Niki solicits the help of Gene at Pinehearst to work some computer magic. What she finds is a young man — who recognizes her, no less — with serious baggage and socially inept reactions to her ask for help. …but he does her the favour anyway.
- The 23rd
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- Identity Explosion —> Niki receives a folder for Gene on everything he could find — and is unsettled to discover documents such as felony charges against her once upon a time, learning that she once once jailed for serious violent crimes. Charlotte, who knew about Niki's past, tries to explain that a split personality sharing the name of her sister committed those crimes. Niki agrees to visit Dr. Suresh and Charlotte reminds her to do what she feels is right.
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- The 25th
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- Looking Out —> Niki is sent by Pinehearst to Seville Medical Center, where she's to escort a new member of the Pinehearst medical staff into a private lab (BCL) that's in some danger of infiltration. That person is Cass Aldric who is surprised to find Niki waiting for her, just as Niki is surprised to discover past ties to Cass.
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- The 26th
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- How Not to Spend Your Evening —> Armed with her personnel file and the more in-depth files from Gene, Niki drives to Queens to visit the home of Monica Dawson — her own home, where her son lives. At the last minute, she drives past. She keeps driving until she winds up at the least likely place: a bar on the outskirts of Queens where she takes a time out to collect her thoughts. She's recognized by Felix and meets Bekah, two other outsiders in a bar full of bikers … who take offense to their being there and try to haul them out. They succeed, but not before Niki throws one of them down the bar.
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- The 27th
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- Light of Day —> After waking up with a headache (getting knocked down by a crack to the head will do that to you), Niki talks to Charlotte over coffee and regales her with the tale of her less-than-stellar evening. She confesses accessing her strength.
- An Army Behind Me —> Charlotte brings Mohinder to meet with Niki at Pinehearst. Although the geneticist doesn't tell her much she hadn't already figured out, he seems dedicated to sticking out what he purportedly started, which could mean working with the doctors at Pinehearst for Niki's sake.
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- The 28th
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- Blind Date —> Pinehearst assigns Niki, based on her special … skills, another security assignment, this one more permanent. Neither her nor the person she's supposed to protect know who's who until Niki shows up in Nathan's (Logan's) office. Surprise, have a hot blonde security guard disguised as a Schedule Coordinator. Niki also asks Logan if he knew about the "things she's done" in her life before and he says yes. This serves to make her trust him more.
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- The 30th
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- We All Need Security —> Niki brings a firearm home; Charlotte is unsettled my Niki's new job. Then, with Charlotte's support, Niki goes to confront her past head-on by visiting her family. No one is home. She has a near-breakdown when the reality hits her and Charlotte reassures her. Then she waits, wandering the house from one end to the other — taking in the small details, wondering what they mean, trying to find clues about the life she used to lead.
- Pictures of You —> Micah and Cam come home and find Niki, after nearly a month. The reunion is bittersweet, given that Niki has no recollection of her son and even less knowledge of the foster child. As it turns out, though, her maternal instincts are well intact.
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2007
- 2007 Timeline Summary
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- Earlier...
February, 2007
As Niki arrives in New York and tries to make it to the Company for a cure for her split personalities, a new personality by the name of Gina emerges and makes it difficult for her to get help. After being taken in by Company agents, she undergoes a mysterious form of treatment that she has little recollection of. For better or worse, D.L. takes her away from the facility to be reunited with Micah and start a new life for themselves.
March, 2007
Niki and D.L. are blackmailed by the Company. The reappearance of an altero ego she was supposed to have made peace with is suddenly in the game again, a twist that forces Niki to reevaluate her treatment and confront the very Company who promised to help her with Jessica. Jessica manipulates events behind the scenes as Niki rediscovers some familiar faces and starts working at Enlightenment Books.
April, 2007
Niki has an all-too-familiar struggle against her alter ego while trying to work at the bookstore. With Jessica's plans to keep her and Micah secure in the long-term being slowly laid down, what will happen to the normal life Niki's trying to make for herself?
May, 2007
As trust issues work fissures into Niki, D.L. and Micah's family life, everything spirals out of control when Niki finds herself unable to overcome Jessica, who reigns with violence and manipulation as she designs to heist a casino. The first step in a grand plan is cut down in Vegas when an act of heroism by D.L. puts Niki in control again, just in time for her life to be turned upside-down.
June, 2007
Mourning the loss of D.L., Niki finds that she has some friends in people she's met in New York, such as Peter, Cass, and Benjamin — those who believe in her ability to be strong and good in the face of her struggles even after the horrible things her alter ego has done, in some cases, to them.
July, 2007
Niki tries to find ways to deal with her unique problems that have gone on too long.
August, 2007
What do you do when something you thought was true may have been a lie that changes everything?
September, 2007
Niki's attempts to get help force her constant struggle to become even more constant. Circumstances collide to bring her face-to-face with the ghost from the past she's been hunting down (D.L.). Another face from the past resurfaces, who she may have more in common with than she thought (Nathan).
October, 2007
For all intents and purposes, D.L. has come back from death — what's meant to be a storybook ending proves, instead, to be tumultuous. In the midst of people like Peter Petrelli telling Niki about the terrible things that must be stopped in the future, Niki gets swept up in the machinations of Level 5 escapees that would cause that danger. But in getting too close for comfort to prophecy, she finds Cam, a boy with a missing family and the ability to create ice and takes him in.
Meanwhile, she tries different roads in her struggle to keep her split personalities under control, including self-medicating with Haitian pills and various prescription meds, with near-devastating results that land her in the hospital at the risk of losing D.L. and getting in trouble with Child Protective Services.
November, 2007
Just when Niki's family, plus one in the form of the boy she's grown fond of (Cam), makes another effort to stick together, a split second lapse in judgment on her part tears apart what could have been happy. Niki gives in to her other half when presented with the threat of having her son taken away at the hands of social services, a social worker winds up dead and a spiral of blame, guilt and tough decisions marks the month of November. While Niki finds refuge with Peter, D.L. becomes the hero and sacrifices everything he has to protect his family, turning himself in for the murder he didn't commit.
The fact that D.L. has decided to do his time in jail for Niki despite being able to walk out any time doesn't sit well with Micah — or Niki, but that's just the way it has to be. While her family adjusts to living without D.L. … again, and she continues to do all she can for Micah and Cam, she finds an apparent cure for her brand of mental fracture thanks to Mohinder, with a serum that targets the part of her brain responsible for Jessica. What's a few moments of forgetfulness if it'll mend her two halves? It's not the only mad science going around, as a strain of the Shanti virus attacks a few people Niki knows, namely the Petrellis, and finally Cam, but a cure is found.
December, 2007
Niki works a job at a strip club to make sure she has enough to support Micah and Cam, where she manages to run into a few unexpected faces. She gets the second injection of the serum that already seems to be banishing her alternate personalities. Thanks to Jack and Felix, she goes to present an offer to make things a little easier for D.L., but he's made his choice. There's no going back. And there's no going forward. He tells Niki to move on.
A few hints are given through the pages of a comic book and an out-of-sorts Peter about a future that could have been with he and Niki.
- The 2nd
- The Shape of Things —> Niki gets the second injection at Mohinder's lab and tells him his serum is already banishing her alternate personalities.
- Niki gets a job that she can work nights at in order to make sure she can pay her, Micah and Cam's share of expenses.
- The 3rd
- No Harm, No Foul —> Running into Jack at the grocery store may not have been in Niki's plans for the day, but it gives them a chance to make some kind of amends after their last encounter.
- The 8th
- Adventures On Ice —> To celebrate his feeling better, and an afternoon off school, Niki takes Cam to a skating rink. There, she meets Felicity and catches up with Benjamin, but doesn't so much remember the latter. A side effect of Mohinder's serum?
- Got Pinched —> Jack got picked up by the feds for the incident in the alley and was forced to mention Niki's name; however, the authorities are apparently willing to protect her, and who is she supposed to contact but Agent Felix Ivanov.
- 9th Wanderers —> Niki visits The Secret Lair to pick up some Christmas presents; instead, she finds Hiro Nakamura and discovers that she's in 9th Wonders!.
- Comic Book Heroes —> Niki's offer to lend Hiro Micah's copies of 9th Wonders! brings them both to her home in Queens, where Hiro meets Monica and Cam, eager heroes-to-be.
- The 9th
- A Future In Print —> When Niki discovers another copy of the comic book lying around and mentions to Hiro that he may want it, he teleports with her to Peter's apartment. While Hiro shows Peter the video of the missing Kaito, the most shocking bit of news for Niki comes when they investigate the special "Hiro in the Future" issue of 9th Wonders! she brought from home. In a possible future timeline in which she knows Hiro, the prophetic comic shows a future version of herself and a future version of Peter kissing.
- The 10th
- Seriously Sci-Fi —> Niki tells Micah about Hiro's visit, questions him about the uncannily realistic comic books and realizes that he, obviously, understands more about things like time travel and alternate futures than she does.
- The 16th
- A Very Interesting Life —> Niki finally calls Felix who, as part of his deal with Jack offers her the possibility of helping D.L. get a better lot in life for his prison term. She won't thank him until she has something to thank him for.
- The 17th
- Minds of the Future —> When the kids are home from school because of the weather, Niki questions Cam about the Activating Evolution book in his bag and learns that Mr. Church and Felicity know about his powers; Micah asks about a technology camp for kids held by a company called Redwood.
- The 18th
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- End of the Road —> Niki visits D.L. in prison with offers to help his case. But he's made his choice. There's no going back. And there's no going forward… not together. They do what they have to — to move on. Nothing will ever be the same between the husband and wife. Visiting hours are over.
- Me 'n' You —> Niki tells Micah that he won't be visiting his father again.
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- The 21st
- Holiday Gifts —> Niki helps Cam with some Christmas shopping, and they're both thankful he's around for the holidays with the Sanders family.
- The 22nd
- Get Off (Of Me) --> Church takes Benjamin out for a bit of loosening up and they wind up at Niki's place of work. When Benjamin sees his friend stripping on stage, he goes mildly insane takes issue with it. Afterward, Niki takes issue with Church for unrelated reasons.
- Back Room Acquaintances —> Niki takes Church to the back room — that is, to discuss a certain student and what he can do. It's like a parent-teacher meeting, only with less clothing.
- The 24th - Christmas Eve
- Had to Get Out —> While working an early shift, Niki has an even more unexpected, and unintended, visitor — Peter, not exactly acting his normal self. That is, he's drunk and disheveled. What Niki doesn't know is that he's a replication due to accidentally using Jaden's power. They get to talking about the future that could have been and kiss — briefly.
- The 25th - Christmas Day
- Niki spends Christmas with her family at home — without D.L., but they make the best of the holiday.
- The 26th
- Gift of Choice —> Niki visits Benjamin, armed with a Christmas present and justifications for what she does to pay the bills.
- Get Off the Damned, Dirty Bus —> Riding the bus home for a change, Niki, along with everyone else on that particular bus, encounters a man who attempts to detonate a bomb in order to kill one person in particular; a stranger to Niki. Not so much a stranger is Church, who, ordering everyone off, somehow takes care of the situation.
- The 27th
- Just Business —> Lachlan is added to the list of people who accidentally run into Niki at work, along with Jack, whose reaction doesn't have him running out the door like the former. They catch up, Niki explaining to Jack about D.L.'s situation.
Just when Niki's family, plus one in the form of the boy she's grown fond of (Cam), makes another effort to stick together, a split second lapse in judgment on her part tears apart what could have been happy. Niki gives in to her other half when presented with the threat of having her son taken away at the hands of social services, a social worker winds up dead and a spiral of blame, guilt and tough decisions marks the month of November. While Niki finds refuge with Peter, D.L. becomes the hero and sacrifices everything he has to protect his family, turning himself in for the murder he didn't commit.
The fact that D.L. has decided to do his time in jail for Niki despite being able to walk out any time doesn't sit well with Micah — or Niki, but that's just the way it has to be. While her family adjusts to living without D.L. … again, and she continues to do all she can for Micah and Cam, she finds an apparent cure for her brand of mental fracture thanks to Mohinder, with a serum that targets the part of her brain responsible for Jessica. What's a few moments of forgetfulness if it'll mend her two halves? It's not the only mad science going around, as a strain of the Shanti virus attacks a few people Niki knows, namely the Petrellis, and finally Cam, but a cure is found.
- The 4th
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- Bullies Before Breakfast —> When Cam doesn't want to go to school, Niki finds out the reason and reassures him everything will be okay with some mean (and potentially dangerous) kids at school.
- Repeat Offenders —> Isis, from Child Protective Services, returns after Niki's hospitalization due to near OD made it to her file. The bomb is dropped: she informs Niki and D.L. that Micah will be taken into protective custody, and Cam will be removed from the home. D.L. takes off. Niki, faced with the impossible thought of losing her son, snaps, giving in to her other side for the few seconds it takes to snap Isis's neck. After seeing the reality of what she's done, she gets Micah and Cam (who were in Micah's bedroom) to go to the car.
- The Aftermath Asylum —> Niki calls in for refuge while trying to deal with the body of the poor well-meaning social worker. The lucky receiver of this phone call is the one reliable person Niki knows can't die on her: Peter Petrelli.
- Refuge —> Niki takes Micah and Cam to Peter's apartment, where she admits to Peter that she slipped and let the social worker be murdered. Before she leaves the children with Peter (to go take care of the situation in the basement at home), she gets a sudden touch of frost when he takes on Cam's ability.
- Pizza for Power —> After Niki cleans up her mess, she returns to Peter, Micah and Cam and witnesses Peter using her son's ability on the computer. In trade for letting them stay, she gives Peter two new powers, it seems.
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- The 6th
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- Breaking News —> As she gets ready to leave Peter's apartment, Niki catches a news story on TV showing D.L. turning himself in for the murder of Isis Thigpen. When she says to Cam that she knows D.L. didn't do it, she's forced to explain that D.L. is "protecting someone else" and that "it was an accident" after Cam guesses her powers went off on Isis by mistake. She leaves in a hurry with Cam and Micah to get them to Monica's so she can go to the police station.
- No Happy Ending —> Niki visits D.L., whose selfless decision to stay behind bars protects Niki from being convicted of murder. It's an emotional goodbye of sorts as they both understand how it has to be from now on.
- We'll Make It Work —> Niki tells Micah and Monica that D.L. is in jail after turning himself in for a crime. She later confesses to Monica that it was her and not D.L. who is responsible, finally letting her in on some secrets that have been kept.
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- The 10th
- Waiting For You —> Mohinder gets back to Niki (albeit slightly too late) with hope for a solution.
- The 11th
- The 14th
- Assurances —> Cam has another run-in with some rough kids at school; Niki assures him, again, that it's going to be okay.
- The Safe Places —> Niki and Kory meet officially when Cam introduces them at the Secret Lair comic shop, and Niki looks for reassurance that Cam's self-proclaimed "big sister" is as good a person as he makes her out to be, in the event that she can't take care of him anymore. Lee, Cam's teacher, also stops by.
- The 17th
- The Best Shot at Normal —> Niki agrees to be Mohinder's experiment if it'll get her life under control for good. She receives the first injection of a serum that will hopefully suppress the part of her mind responsible for the emergence of her alternate personalities. Step one includes falling unconscious.
- Coherency Check —> When Niki stirs a few hours later, feeling one-hundred percent, Mohinder insists on keeping an eye on her health by driving her to pick up Cam, Micah and, in his case, Molly.
- The 18th
- Office 192 —> Niki visits Cam's school in an attempt to smooth over the troubles he's having with some rough students, but it's harder than it sounds, as Mr. Jones and Mr. Church can attest to.
- The 20th
- Accidental Proximity —> Niki and Mariska run into each other in their shared neighbourhood — literally. Niki has a lapse of memory over how exactly that happened, but eventually recognizes Mariska and helps her bring groceries home where she briefly encounters Felix.
- The 21st
- And Getting Better —> Niki and Micah spend time together, interrupted only by an intermission wherein Niki seems to mysteriously lose about twenty minutes of time in the kitchen; they make plans to visit D.L. in prison.
- The 22nd
- Two Wrongs, Two Rights —> Niki, Micah, and Monica go to Sing Sing Prison to see D.L.. He tells his son how it is to make sure he understands how long a road this will be. Monica shares family photos to make it a little easier.
- The 23rd
- Cold Fever —> Niki wakes up to an ice cold house to find Cam sick with a fever and expects it to be the Shanti virus.
- The 24th
- The Youngest Victim —> When she calls for medical guidance, Niki's fear is pretty much confirmed by Cass.
- One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure —> When Niki brings Cam in to stay at Bat Country Labs, she gets an unexpected surprise in Seville Medical: a guard with a gunshot wound. Leaving Cam with Cass, Niki investigates, only to discover that heavily armed men have broken in to steal samples of the Shanti virus strain from the hospital. She's joined by Lee, who makes things worse by drawing attention to them, as well as Samantha and Namir. Niki manages to knock one of the men back just as the thieves are accosted by their own flashbomb and make a break for it when all of the noise gets too loud for comfort.
- The 30th
- Balancing Your Rack —> Niki's responsibility to Cam has her lingering around Bat Country on a late, late, late night when Nathan happens by. They somehow come to the conclusion that playing Scrabble is a sane idea to pass the time. It's not.
For all intents and purposes, D.L. has come back from death — what's meant to be a storybook ending proves, instead, to be tumultuous. In the midst of people like Peter Petrelli telling Niki about the terrible things that must be stopped in the future, Niki gets swept up in the machinations of Level 5 escapees that would cause that danger. But in getting too close for comfort to prophecy, she finds Cam, a boy with a missing family and the ability to create ice and takes him in.
Meanwhile, she tries different roads in her struggle to keep her split personalities under control, including self-medicating with Haitian pills and various prescription meds, with near-devastating results that land her in the hospital at the risk of losing D.L. and getting in trouble with Child Protective Services.
- The 1st
- The 2nd
- History Repeating —> Peter and Elena (who she learns to be Peter's girlfriend) drop by — with news that the future, again, might spell bad news, this time for Niki and Micah specifically at the hands of a woman who escaped from the Company. Niki gets somewhat involved in the talk of what to do about the dangerous escapees… and suspects Peter is taking it into his own hands.
- The 5th
- It's All About the Benjamins —> Niki goes to Benjamin for help to the order of $10,000 that needs squared away under the table before she does things the right way.
- The 7th
- Different Breeds of Stalkers —> At a park in Queens, Niki runs into someone who recognizes her from the internet for the first time in awhile (Kasey); happens to encounter Agent Ivanov again, which does little for her suspicion; and gets some teacher-like advice from Lee.
- The 8th
- Zombies Now? —> Videogames with Micah! A bit of cute normality.
- Oh Cursed Spite —> Niki, along with Kitty, Sharon, and other customers at a Walgreens pharmacy, gets the honour of meeting Mandy, the acid queen from the vision Peter warned her about. Niki fails to help the man the Level 5 escapee brutally murders, and nearly gets trapped under a fallen shelf, but gets out mostly harm-free herself. She stays at the scene of the crime to give the police information.
- Post-Fight Introductions —> Niki and Sharon share unusual introductions in the bathroom of a restaurant after the horrors at the pharmacy.
- The 12th
- Spat —> When Niki happens to mention she thinks someone might be following her (which might be true, although the blame is misplaced), it sparks an argument between her and D.L. that runs a little deeper than D.L. wanting to punch out a fed. In short, Niki has learned to protect herself. Alone.
- Like Air —> D.L., trying to find his place, gets out of the house; Niki isn't sure she can promise Micah he'll come back.
- Breathing Room —> … but he does.
- The 14th
- Carry On —> Niki unexpectedly runs into a sick Nathan Petrelli at Cass's labs. After the initial confusion of why the other was there, the tables are turned from their last encounter: she's given guidance. It's revealed that she started taking medication to deal with her alternate personalities, and she's encouraged to rely on herself by Nathan.
- The 15th
- Safety Net —> But with advice and desperate reality warring, she does what she feels she has to: she gets in contact with Mohinder Suresh.
- The 16th
- Farewell, My Ragtime Gal —> Niki gets a worrying text message from Micah and rushes to Central Park — just following the screams and mayhem, he's not hard to find. Mandy and Jeremiah are causing carnage. She takes Micah and leads another boy, Cam, to safety.
- Life in the ER —> After the events at Central Park, Niki takes the boys to the hospital to get Cam looked after, discovers that his parents are missing and that lives in a shelter, and lets him stay with them temporarily. She also meets Aidan in the waiting room.
- The 20th
- Plus One —> Niki and Micah, having welcomed Cam into their home, show their hospitality by offering their help.
- Cold Hard Facts —> … And help comes in the form of techno-sleuthing by Micah, who discovers Cam's parents are wanted by the FBI on some serious charges. He finds their possible location, too, and they learn a little more about their houseguest, his family … and his ability to freeze things.
- The 21st
- Moral Centralia —> Niki continues to be resigned to help herself despite the consequences… alone.
- The 22nd
- Placement and Protection —> A worker from Family Services named Isis pays a visit to check in on Cam, subsequently looking into how well Niki can care for him while he's temporarily under her care. Isis finds a plethora of medications of Niki's, which draws questions, especially given her history. Cam is ultimately allowed to stay until placement is found for him.
- The 23rd
- I Was Never There —> Niki and Felix have a low-key encounter in Queens, where they both live. Niki suffers the consequences of her medication-mixing on her way to the corner store. It seems like less of a stalker situation, but Felix becomes cryptic when Niki tells him she saw him, and saw him disappear, at the drugstore incident. Cam comes along on his way back and tells Niki he met Lachlan.
- The 24th
- Where Did the Day Go? —> After having slept most of the day away, Niki gets a call from Peter, who had done the same. He tells her the people from the dream have been captured.
- The 26th
- At Least It's Not a Mountain Lion —> Lachlan calls to arrange to train the dog to watch out for Cam.
- 99 Problems —> Feeling the effects of mixing one too many medications in her attempts to suppress her alternate personalities, Niki stumbles into the way of a drug dealer who just finished a transaction with Jack in Queens. When the creep starts to be pushy, Jack takes him down. Niki has to rest in the alley for a minute. Jack walks her home and has the pleasure of meeting D.L.; both men get the wrong idea and come to blows. D.L. disappears.
- The 27th
- Maybe Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day —> Soon after, Niki passes out in the bathroom; an hour later, D.L. comes back and finds her there. Cam wakes up and calls 911.
- The Last Piece —> D.L., Micah and Cam go to see Niki in the early hours of the morning after she's been stabilized. Although the adults tell Micah say that everything is going to be okay, their tune changes once they're alone. D.L. lays the truth out on the table and makes Niki realize she's been trying so hard to get better that she's been missing everything else.
- The 31st
- Vote Petroljelly —> Back at home, Niki brings Micah and Cam a bit of normality (or is it the other way around?) by taking them trick-or-treating on Halloween, then to a community center where D.L. appears to lighten things up with his costume. (Niki dresses as Wonder Woman thanks to Micah.) They meet an … interesting little girl named Kennis.
Niki's attempts to get help force her constant struggle to become even more constant. Circumstances collide to bring her face-to-face with the ghost from the past she's been hunting down (D.L.). Another face from the past resurfaces, who she may have more in common with than she thought (Nathan).
- The 3rd
- Preventative Measures —> Niki calls Ramon Gomez on a recommendation from Peter for telepathic preventative measures against Jessica.
- Splinter —> Niki decides to put her trust in Ramon and Cass — trust that Ramon will be able to mind control her, trust that Cass can tranquilize her in time should they stir Jessica. Everyone's well-meaning attempts to help (and be helped) are shaken when Jessica overcomes the telepath's will and breaks loose with ease. Surprise, surprise.
- A Time To Wake And a Time To Sleep —> With some urging from Ramon, Niki takes control and injects herself with Cass's tranquilizer before she can do any more harm.
- The 4th
- Been A While —> As she prepares for a brief trip to Vegas, Niki gets a surprise when a familiar face shows up at her door: Tina.
- The 14th
- Meanwhile... —> Vegas, as it turns out, fails to provide any answers or solace, except in the form of alcohol. Way to go. Niki runs into Desmond (literally) and lets him buy her a meaningless drink at the Casino Royale, only to be one-upped by Jessica when something becomes not quite right.
- Run Through —> When Peter calls and says the words "He's alive." in regards to D.L. over the phone, Niki is jolted back into control — at the wheel of a car that's about to crash. She can't stop it. She can't stop the trident from a Vegas sign that aims to impale her, either.
- Life After Death —> A ghost to the rescue… or in this case, a very much alive husband. D.L., not so dead after all, it would seem, comes to Niki's rescue by phasing her away from the accident. They're reunited, but questions remain.
- The 15th
- A Perfect Dream —> The morning after, Niki and D.L. try to look at the future.
- The 17th
- Good News Phone Call —> Niki belatedly gets in touch with Peter to assure him she's not dead, and neither is D.L..
- Good News Phone Call 2 —> The sequel in which Niki calls Monica to assure him she's not dead, and neither is D.L..
- The 20th
- Niki goes back to New York by plane, having been away from Micah for too long, expecting D.L. to be close behind.
- Home for Hope —> Niki's return to New York is met by a relieved Monica, who's told about D.L.'s timely heroics, Peter's lack of keeping secrets, and various forms of trouble on the horizon. Niki vows to help Monica's family in New Orleans with (… stolen) money, and Monica gets more good news, this time in the form of a scholarship to NYU.
- Sudden Interest —> Having arrived back home at a weird hour, Niki goes to Micah's school to surprise him; she gets a surprise instead when she's approached by Nathan Petrelli outside the school grounds, who, for some reason, wants to know about Jessica.
- The 22nd
- Switch to Decaf —> At Common Grounds, Niki finds out about Peter's arrest in the newspaper, helps Joule cool down an angry customer, recognizes Felix as FBI, and meets Benjamin again. Paranoia runs high.
- God Helps Those —> Niki meets Nathan on the Deveaux rooftop in trying to prevent a future that sounds too much like hers.
- The 26th
- To Change Everything —> For the first time since before his trip to the future, Peter pays Niki a visit and gets an ally in the effort to stop a terrible things he saw there.
What do you do when something you thought was true may have been a lie that changes everything?
- The 22nd
- Out of Town, Out of Time —> Niki finds out that Peter's sudden disappearance is due to the fact that he time-travelled to the future. What the hell?
- The 23rd
- Fuzzy —> Two men, presumably from the FBI, show up at Niki's door with news, threats and accusations. What happens in Vegas really doesn't always stay there, it seems. Someone thinks D.L. Hawkins may still be at large.
- The 24th
- Niki's birthday.
- The 25th
- Have You Seen This Girl? —> Looking for Cass at Enlightenment Books, Niki is given a missing person flyer from Mariska who is looking for her daughter.
- The 31st
- The Weird Parts —> Niki tells Monica about the men who came to the house (Fuzzy) and that she may go to Vegas for a few days after Micah's school starts.
Niki tries to find ways to deal with her unique problems that have gone on too long.
- The 4th
- Mocha, Coffee, Espresso —> Niki gets some help with the unexpected puppy on the 4th of July at Lachlan's.
- The 7th
- Sway —> Peter and Niki meet — unexpectedly — at a park and have a long conversation about how much they have in common, the Company, Linderman, and helping each other. Peter comes up with a plan to help Niki with her unique problems.
- The 9th
- Leave Me Cold —> Once, Mara told Niki she wanted to help her; now, Niki calls her to make good on the detective's word.
- The 14th
- Drug Runner —> And Mara pulls through, giving Niki pills from the Company, presumably, or at least hopefully, the variety she tried near the beginning of the year — the ones she poured out. (She doesn't take them; they're a back-up plan.)
- Forgotten Phonecall —> Niki tells Peter about the meds. They plan to meet at Cass's clinic in a few days' time.
- The 15th
- Misplaced Trust —> The day after receiving word from Benjamin that he couldn't talk (literally) for awhile, Niki sees him by a subway station. When she tries to confide in him, he tells her it's not safe, that he's been tagged, and she's left a little… alienated.
- Help and the Not-So-Helpless —> As she sends messages back and forth with Benjamin after he took off, Niki seeks haven in a coffee shop. She's tired of being asked if she's okay and snaps at well-meaning strangers. Oops.
- The 17th
- Up Against Walls —> Niki goes to "Bat Country Labs" to meet with Peter, Cass and Lachlan and, maybe, get help; instead, she comes upon Lachlan attacking Peter after the Petrelli delivered a message regarding Lachlan's sister, who was taken by the Company. Niki separates them and calls Mohinder for answers, but gets none.
- The 18th
- Another Plan —> Niki has dinner with Peter, to talk about their plans.
- Has her memories of Up Against Walls erased from her memory.
- The 20th
- Could Believe —> Peter tries to communicate with Niki's split personalities in a well-meaning attempt to save her from herself. He has some trouble but tries anyway. Everyone needs someone to believe in them.
- The 26th
- Don't Trust Mohinder —> When Peter discovers that Niki doesn't remember calling Mohinder recently (the events of Up Against Walls), Niki is told that her memory was tampered with. Peter also gives her a way to contact Ramon, a telepath he hopes can help her suppress her alternate personalities.
- The 29th
- Violent Sentiments —> On her way to visit Jack at the Den of Iniquity, Niki happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when she comes across a man (Vasili) viciously beating another man in the alley beside the bar. She finds herself intervening — which leads to violence. After a man by the name of Felix unexpectedly shows up, Vasili leaves, and the man gives Niki a business card… from the FBI.
Mourning the loss of D.L., Niki finds that she has some friends in people she's met in New York, such as Peter, Cass, and Benjamin — those who believe in her ability to be strong and good in the face of her struggles even after the horrible things her alter ego has done, in some cases, to them.
- The 1st
- Awkwaaaard! —> On the first day of June, Niki meets Heidi Petrelli, Nathan Petrelli's wife, of all people, at the private school their sons apparently all go to. Awkward. When Heidi is just so nice and clues in that she's going through something terrible, she tries to help.
- The 9th
- The Lucky Unlucky Ones —> Niki meets Peter again for the first time since Jessica tore him a new one more than a month earlier. When he tells her he doesn't blame her, she insists that he should; he says he understands having something inside you that you can't control. He also helps along the healing of the injuries she sustained in Las Vegas, events that she doesn't quite explain. They exchange phone numbers to help each other out if they have to.
- The 10th
- Den of Awkward Moments —> Niki visits the Den of Iniquity to see Jack but doesn't stay long once she runs into Mara.
- The 16th
- Drive-By Storm —> On her way to drop by Enlightenment Books to talk to Cass, Niki happens upon a drug dealer getting into a fight with a young man, Dorian, in the East Village. When things escalate and there's a drive-by shooting, a sudden wind strikes up with Evelyn at the eye of the storm. Niki tells the teenager to go into the alley while she tries to stop Dorian from doing something she feels he would regret: killing someone. Namely, the dealer, even if he is scum. Ultimately, no one dies, but Dorian does pass out. Niki makes sure everyone is okay before walking Evelyn to the subway. Enlightenment Books… can wait.
- The 23rd
- Friends That Emo Together... —> Niki and Benjamin run into each other (surprise, surprise!) and catch up… aside from a few secrets. Benjamin talks about his ex-wife and finds out about D.L; Niki reluctantly asks him for a favour that involves the laundering of illegal funds. What are friends for?
- The 26th
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie —> While Niki is travelling on the train with Benjamin, they're confronted by Lachlan, who doesn't understand that it was Jessica who attacked Cass. Benjamin (who is accosted by Lachlan for different reasons) tries to stand up for her. She tries to apologize. It doesn't really work. There's shouting. People start dropping when Benjamin attempts to use his ability and he and Niki get off at the next stop while Lachlan tends to his sister Megan.
- Dirty Money —> After the incident on the subway, Niki and Benjamin talk business briefly… but before that, she tries to explain why Lachlan said the things he did. As always, Benjamin is unbelievably understanding. She reveals her idea to launder money through a legitimate business (by going back to what used to pay the bills: lasvegasniki.com.)
- The 27th
- Take Two In Apologies —> Niki goes to Cass's apartment to apologize; she meets an angry Lachlan again, but Cass willing to hear her out calms down the situation and they all go inside, where Niki explains her situation.
- The 30th
- You Shouldn't Be Alone —> The tables are turned again when Lachlan shows up at Niki's door with apologies and gifts — in the form of a rose in sugar water (a reference to Give Her Some Sugar) and a puppy!
As trust issues work fissures into Niki, D.L. and Micah's family life, everything spirals out of control when Niki finds herself unable to overcome Jessica, who reigns with violence and manipulation as she designs to heist a casino. The first step in a grand plan is cut down in Vegas when an act of heroism by D.L. puts Niki in control again, just in time for her life to be turned upside-down.
- The 3rd
- Kids Say the Darndest Things —> When Niki draws the connection between the artist of Micah's favourite comic book and the creator of the paintings once belonging to the Linderman Group that she and D.L. stole for the Company a few months ago, she's unaware that Micah found the photographs from before the heist. That same afternoon, a phone call to D.L. leaves her wondering what "work" he's up to; Micah, wondering the same thing, finds out using GPS and the computer and things spiral out of control for a few minutes when he snaps, fed up with the secrets in his family. Niki manages to calm him down, but isn't so sure she believes herself when she says she trusts D.L..
- Time Out, Cash In —> Later that night, D.L. comes home - late - and Niki doesn't get very far with answers, and what she hears, she doesn't like. 'Involved in something that could put her and Micah in danger'? Before she can find out more, Jessica intervenes with a plan. A plan that involves D.L., Vegas, and a whole lot of money in their pockets — none of which Niki is aware of.
- The 5th
- Niki is out, and Jessica is in: Jessica shows up at Enlightenment Books, quits and knocks out Cass.is interrupted by Peter and kills him (Something Else - thankfully for him, he regenerates - is confronted by Elle at her own home and saved by Micah's quick thinking (Early Morning Revenge), lures Jack into the Vegas plans (Queen of Spades), is told by Bob not to kill Elle and vice versa (Claws In), but gets violent at the Den of Iniquity (Why Can't We Be Friends)…
- The 11th
- The 16th
- What's Family For? —> Jessica lets Niki in on her plans now that they're in motion, and Niki lets her find the briefcase of money that will get them to Vegas. Jessica convinces Monica to come along to look after Micah.
- Certain Capabilities —> Jessica reels in Gwen in place of Jack, who no longer felt any of it was a good idea, for the Las Vegas plans.
- The 18th
- Ante Up —> Jessica, D.L. and Gwen (with Monica looking after Micah) go to Las Vegas. They hit up the Casino Royale next to the King's Hotel on the strip.
- Deal —> It goes smoothly … until it doesn't. When it goes wrong, it goes very wrong.
- House Wins —> D.L. tries to distract the security long enough for Jessica to escape with over half the contents of the casino's vault, but they're onto her; he jumps in the line of gunfire and gets shot trying to save her — or rather, his wife. Niki overtakes Jessica and rushes to his side, but is stopped by security and she watches him more or less die, helpless. Out of options, she's forced to run and is shot in the process. Gunfire causes a nearby tanker to explode as she escapes, forced to leave D.L.
- The 19th
- Left and Leaving —> Niki meets Gwen in the desert outside of Las Vegas later on where cars have been left to leave the state in, and so Gwen can take her share. Now, she's left with a hell of a lot of illegal money, a rock, and a hard place.
- Beginning of the End —> Micah learns of his father's death. Blaming Jessica, he calls her out and gives her what she deserves.
- Monica helps Niki with her minor gunshot wounds.
- The 20th-26th
- Mother and son then hit the road and stay traveling around Nevada until a couple of days before D.L.'s funeral, when they stay with family.
- The 28th
- Let Me Help You —> Mara shows up in Las Vegas after Micah's call to Molly leaves the young girl shaken and pleading to Mohinder to help during Mara's check-up. She offers to help Niki outside of the Company and the police department and, though Niki is reluctant, Mara potentially winds up in over her head.
- You Can Stand Up Against Me —> Niki and Micah attend D.L.'s funeral. Niki shows Micah an important window into the past (her sister's grave). Meanwhile, they have a visitor: Mohinder, who then offers his condolences and help as well.
- The 29th
- The family, minus one, returns to New York to start again.
Niki has an all-too-familiar struggle against her alter ego while trying to work at the bookstore. With Jessica's plans to keep her and Micah secure in the long-term being slowly laid down, what will happen to the normal life Niki's trying to make for herself?
- The 1st
- Pigs Don't Fly —> Niki keeps trying to be a good employee of the weird bookstore.
- The 5th
- Give Her Some Sugar —> Gives Lachlan advice and encouragement over his relationship with Cass.
- The 6th
- Tunnel Vision —> Jessica, en route from, presumably, Kirby Plaza (mysterious!) in a car with the driver Stuart, gets caught in the crossfire between a gang war. In trying to get the hell out of there, she comes across Cass, Randall, and Benjamin, and with some pleading from Niki, offers them a way out — but they're too well-meaning and stay behind to help Ling and people trapped in cars and such. Niki seems to lose any semblance of control over Jessica, who leaves. Also, she takes Stuart's revolver with her. (Niki later apologizes to Cass.)
- The 13th
- The Revolver —> Stuart comes to Enlightenment Books to retrieve his gun(and the book he ordered); when Niki doesn't have the former, she recognizes Jessica's involvement. Stuart spills that he works for the same place as her: Primatech.
- Do Over —> Niki encounters Jack in Brooklyn and suffers another case of meeting someone Jessica knows more than she does. When Jack realizes her confusion, they share some truths — like that Niki is not always in control, and about Jack's unique tricks. They also share some bourbon, which marks Niki's (knowledgeable) first sip of alcohol for a very long time. Thanks, Jack. Trivia: she was in the neighbourhood that night for an AA meeting.
- The 19th
- Wishing You Weren't Here Again —> To Micah's delight, they run into Gene and his robotic contraption in Central Park; Gene opens up about what it's like to be a smart kid like Micah, and Niki seems to sympathize for her son's sake, but when Micah becomes unexpectedly spooked, they leave. Micah later tells his mom about what's hidden inside Gene's toy.
- The 20th
- Spats, Puppies and Robots —> Niki and D.L. have another disagreement about their work situation; namely, that she is and he isn't. This happens at Enlightenment Books, during which D.L. is introduced to Cass, Alyssa and Peter; later, Gene shows up and Niki tells him she thinks his "toy" is dangerous and to stay away from Micah.
- Jessica tells Niki she's going to show her what she's up to. Niki breaks a mirror at the store. Alyssa overhears part of their conversation about the Company.
- The 27th
- Dangerous Line of Work —> Cass tells Niki the watered down version of what happened to Enlightenment after she finds it somewhat destroyed inside. Working in a bookstore is a more dangerous line of work than she thought. Without exactly delving deeply into the subject on a personal level, they talk about genetics a la Activating Evolution and Cass draws a Punnett Square for Niki to show what can happen when two evolved parents have a child.
Niki and D.L. are blackmailed by the Company. The reappearance of an altero ego she was supposed to have made peace with is suddenly in the game again, a twist that forces Niki to reevaluate her treatment and confront the very Company who promised to help her with Jessica. Jessica manipulates events behind the scenes as Niki rediscovers some familiar faces and starts working at Enlightenment Books.
- Stalk It Like You Mean It —> Unbeknownst to her, Niki is followed by D.L. while she makes a quick, and innocuous, stop in Brooklyn, where she runs into Benjamin for the bazmillionth time.
- Real Truths —> Later, at Monica's, D.L. confronts Niki (after she forces him to) and they come to terms with her trustworthiness or lack thereof. She tells him about Gina's existence for the first time.
- It Sure Beats Rehab —> Niki job-hunts and enjoys the normal aspects of life for awhile.
- Sorry for the Inconvenience —> She's caught in a subway car when it has a malfunction, but not before running into Rose and Cass.
- Don't Tell —> When Niki shares a taxi with Claudine, who had been in the subway with her, she realizes that Primatech Research is the company whose hospital she was in - and broke out of - and pleads with the girl to not tell anyone she saw her. It seems to work.
- Trading Sanity —> …but Anders shows up at Monica's door a couple of days later with a deal for Niki and D.L: steal the Mendez paintings back in exchange for continued help for Niki's disorder without a permanent hospital stay. Also? Money and a promise to leave them, especially Micah, alone. It remained to be seen which parts were bluffs, at that point.
- The Heist —> Having agreed to the deal reluctantly (but desperately), Niki accompanies D.L. to the apartment the paintings are in and proceeds to go to Sydney Ransom's loft under the guise of a new neighbour to distract her while the goods are stolen. Things get a little interesting when Sydney skims her memories and threatens her, prompting Jessica to appear for the first time since November. Ultimately, the job is a success.
- Niki and D.L. purchase a car with the cash they earn from the painting heist.
- Avengers Assemble —> Niki and D.L. are tracked down by Drake (and his reluctant accomplice Elena), who wants to thank Niki and tell her she's a hero, but she'll have none of it. He also mentions the events that he thinks will destroy New York (as seen in the paintings).
- Junior Heroes —> Niki and Micah run into Mohinder and Molly at The Secret Lair, a comic book shop. While the kids reunite after their shared experience at Kirby Plaza in November, Mohinder lets Niki know that Sylar is free.
- What. —> At Central Park, Niki draws attention by doing bsolutely nothing and meets Jack, Lachlan and Jaden, the latter of whom tries to convince her to marry him. (He fails.) She also sees the Symbol as drawn by Jack on a bench, and runs into Elena again in passing.
- Chick Flick —> Monica offers to see about getting Niki a job at her place of work, Madison Ave. Bistro, and Niki thanks her yet again for letting her family stay at her house.
- Kicking Ass Through Better Orgasms —> Later that night, Jessica pays a visit to the Den of Iniquity. While she tries to glean information out of Jack about his mysterious art in Central Park, she gets into a fight with Candy and Ling. Miraculously, no one is seriously injured. This time.
- Help Wanted —> Niki sees a Help Wanted sign at Enlightenment Books and drops in, finding out that the owner is no other than Cass. She lands her first real job in NYC, even though it's a small one: Niki signs on to become an unlikely employee of the store part-time.
- Unlucky Few —> Along with a few others, Niki is witness to the murder of a woman (so to speak; she came onto the scene too late, only after it had already happened) by three men. Timing is a strange thing: it's over the body of the victim, on St. Patrick's Day, no less, that she meets up with Hiro and they recognize each other from Kirby Plaza. Niki then tries to assist the authorities by describing the suspects.
- Much Ado About Jessica —> Before her first day of work at Enlightenment Books, Niki and D.L. have some disagreements about money (namely, how they're going to get it), and D.L. suggests that Niki reasons with Jessica instead of being at the whim of the Company.
- The View Is to Die For —> As it turns out, there's something very awry with the "treatment" Niki was supposedly getting at the hands of the Company, because Jessica appears at Parkview Estates (after getting the owners of a certain apartment out of the way) to meet Anders and to be paid, and says she'll serve them "for the right price". She gets into a violent misunderstanding with the Company agent, however, which ultimately results in the both of them plummetting out of the twelfth story window.
- Swan Dive —> Niki gains control — in mid-air, where she would have fallen to her death if it wasn't for Peter who does the heroic rescue thing. Anders is not so lucky. Once they recognize each other and meet officially, Peter and Niki go back to the Parkview apartment where Niki finds evidence of Jessica and the briefcase of extra payment, which she takes before she and Peter sneak out before the police arrive.
- A Long Day Getting Longer —> Since she doesn't want to risk the hospital, Peter takes Niki to the Petrelli Mansion to patch up her minor cuts and frostbite (thanks to Anders's cryokinesis). This well-meaning but possibly bad idea culminates in "bad" when Nathan walks in. The reunion is short-lived, but Peter clues in that she's "that woman from Las Vegas".
- It's Not Over —> When she gets home from the Petrellis, she and D.L. decide to confront the Company.
- Intervention —> When they do, the the outcome is not what they expected: Bob gives them a hefty sum of money, a clean-up of the earlier crime scene, and his word to leave them alone so long as they… well, behave. However, Niki is also told that their treatment of her split personality was experimental and there was a chance it could fail, especially if she was holding on to Jessica.
- It Seemed Like the Thing to Do —> Finds out through Benjamin that Cass knows about the Company hospital and realizes her father is a doctor there; she also learns more about what's going on with Sylar. And when Benjamin mentions how Anders hasn't been around for awhile (they shared the same building)? She looks around his apartment, but finds nothing to indicate he's been there, and assumes Jessica killed him after all.
- Chance Meetings Amongst Crazies —> Jessica, after having some sort of meeting with an unknown person in Central Park, encounters Nathan, Jack and less familiarly, Viola.
- Just a Painting —> Meets Mara, and what began as a casual bout of random smalltalk turns more serious when the photographs of the Isaac Mendez paintings are discovered in her purse. She reluctantly lets Mara examine one that she thinks she might be in, and both women leave, rattled.
- Shaking Things Up —> During a work day at Enlightenment Books, Niki encounters Peter again and, while the store is crowded with customers, a bookshelf starts to shake and cause confusion. Just another day, right?
As Niki arrives in New York and tries to make it to the Company for a cure for her split personalities, a new personality by the name of Gina emerges and makes it difficult for her to get help. After being taken in by Company agents, she undergoes a mysterious form of treatment that she has little recollection of. For better or worse, D.L. takes her away from the facility to be reunited with Micah and start a new life for themselves.
- While Niki suffers some familiar bouts of blacking out in NYC, making it difficult to continue her journey, a new personality by the name of Gina emerges.
- An Unlikely Guardian Angel —> Benjamin runs into Gina outside of the nightclub DnA's, where she almost gets hit by a car because she's so under the influence. Realizing that she's high on drugs, he tries to help her somehow, but she dismisses his concerns - and eventually passes out. When she reawakens, it's a very distraught Niki.
- Shelter —> Benjamin insists on giving her somewhere to stay for the night. She meets his daughter Rose.
- Splitting the Fault —> Niki tries to find her car; she briefly recognizes Claire. It's amazing, the people you meet in New York without realizing it — Sydney and Mara are also present, but she doesn't meet them in earnest until months later.
- Get Down in the Floor —> While she's a bank on 4th street, still waylaid in her attempts to get to Hartsdale because of the lack of her car and everything in it, it's robbed. To her surprise, she sees that Hailien appears to have the same ability as her husband, D.L, when the girl traps a robber in the floor. Niki does her part to help by throwing a gunman against the wall after he threatens the customers, particularly Cass. Danny and his SWAT team burst in to find most of the robbers taken care of and then question the witnesses, including Niki. She doesn't tell them about Hailien's ability.
- Directions —> A day later, she finds herself disoriented and with her car back from the impound lot, presumably thanks to Gina. After an argument with this new alter-ego, she encounters Cass again and learns that her father, Dr. Aldric, is a doctor in Hartsdale; Cass gives her directions and they make plans to meet up again one day when Niki is out of the hospital.
- Higher Than Thou —> Although it seemed like Niki was finally on her way to the Company hospital this time, Angie finds Gina at Club DnA's a couple of days later, partying it up. Attempts to persuade her to let Niki get help fail, and the Company is alerted that she's off her meds.
- Room Service —> After another night with Gina in control, Niki is found at the Marriott by Anders and Angie, with a man who had presumably ODed. Niki goes with them willingly, but Gina tries to get away. It doesn't work, and Niki is finally taken to the Company hospital in Hartsdale. Benjamin is also taken on the same day.
- Combustion - The Escape —> A mere couple of days later, as she's just beginning her treatment for Multiple Personality Disorder, and things are starting to look up, a pyrokinetic woman who was in the cells escapes, rocking the building with an explosion of fire. Niki, along with Benjamin, help get some of the other patients out while Angie and Michael try to stop "Kellie". They don't. The Company building is ultimately destroyed.
- Transferred to a small, private hospital outside of the city in a wing segregated by the Company in light of the Hartsdale incident, Niki undergoes treatment and, doctors say, starts to make progress.
- When You're Being Treated Like a Criminal —> At one point, she and Benjamin procure the cell phones of guards and call their families.
- The Internet Is Really, Really Great —> Niki and Benjamin talk about … the internet.
- Another span of treatment goes on - along with mixed messages from employees of the Company on what, exactly, they want of her (Caring Is Scaring, One Big Happy Family, D. Lish Morning).
- For Better or Worse —> Niki gets a surprise visit from D.L., who travelled all the way from Las Vegas to New York to take her out of the hospital. She insists on staying to get the help she needs, but eventually gives in and sneak out of the hospital together.
- Worse —> D.L. explains that they can't go back home because they lost the house, and he lost his job, then pulled a criminal one. Niki makes him promise not to go back into the business and they decide to make a new life for themselves. Niki is reunited with Micah for the first time since January.
- Jumper —> Niki and D.L. encounter some other people with abilities when a man threatens to drop his wife off of a roof in Greenwich Village. They, along with Drake and Benjamin, come to the woman's aid; as Drake saves the wife, Niki stops him from crashing to the street too.
- October-November 2006: The events of Season One. See also: history.
- December 2006: Depressed, Niki pours the pills that Bob gave her down the sink in late December; she gets into an argument with D.L. and explains that she needs to go to the Company's hospital in New York, insisting she has to go alone.
- January 2007:
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- Leaves notes for D.L. and Micah and departs for New York by car.
- Roadside Assistance —> On her way into the city, she has car troubles, and meets a helpful stranger named Benjamin who gets her back on track.
- Arrives in New York City on her way to Hartsdale.
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Possible Futures
In the future Peter of 2012 came back from, Niki helps to run a shelter for the homeless and addicts to the ability-enhancing drug that was leaked out of Pinehearst. She runs a support group for the addicts and is in a relationship with Peter, though has to leave her to go back to the past wher he meets her present day self and ultimately can't return.
Of Strength —> Together, people struggling with addiction try to find their inner strength. And non-present drug dealers who would threaten their recovery? They get some threats for themselves.
Curse and Blessing —> Two people go head-to-head over a dangerous conflict of opinion.
Open Wounds —> After Thanatos, Peter teleports home with newly reopened wounds.
Transmissions From Sanctum Somnus —> A day in the life of a woman who exists mainly in dreams now. The Muse checks in on Niki, who is frustrated about the drug dealers honing on her shelter. It's not fair.
In this possible future, Niki seems more Jessica than herself and works at a club called S*Y*N as a dancer — but it's a cover, as she runs a large crime sydicate in a corrupt NYC that's falling to pieces as those with abilities come out on top.
The Cats Who Came Back —> In the alley behind S*Y*N, "Niki" ignores Benjamin's attempts to talk to her and disappears inside. Felix recognizes her briefly two years after they met in an alley.
Bad Wolf —> Jessica calls out the President of the United States for who he really is — that is, not exactly Nathan Petrelli. Takes one to know one indeed. Hello, Logan. They agree on certain documents.
Playing Mommy —> The Syndicate uses a very warped Molly Walker for profit; Jessica and Molly have an unnerving relationship.
A Bit Died Up —> The Syndicate doesn't have an Employee Improvement program. Jessica deals with some failures in the basement… and seems a little more insane than usual when she thinks she's hearing things.
Revelations —> You know that feeling you get when you think someone's watching over your shoulder? When you think you catch sight of a shape out of the corner of your eye? Sometimes, it's a ghost from the past. And this time, it's all too real. It's D.L. Hawkins. Psyche.
Dead and Gone —> Kate gets the pleasure of spending a few minutes with Jessica, asks a lot of questions, and gets threatened.
A Matter of Ego —> Jessica shows up at the President's New York quarters, the bearer of bad news and business.
Forgive Me —> When Logan calls a meeting with Jessica in an unusual location, she's met by Nathan instead, who thinks it's a good idea to shoot her in the stomach and leave her for dead.
Here to Help —> Luckily — for her — fate, or something laughing at it, brings Peter Petrelli from the past to the ruins of his family's home, where Jessica lays dying. Thinking she's Niki, he heals her. Unsure that he can really change the future — her present — and uncertain as to whether or not she wants him to, she gives him a message for Niki.
Be A Good Girl —> Jessica decides it's time to make good on her deal with the President and seeks out his whereabouts from Molly, but of course, it's not that simple.
Closer —> Peter finds his way to S*Y*N to escape, but still can't seem to stop talking about saving everyone, including Niki.
Poltergeists —> After Peter follows Jessica upstairs to headquarters, D.L. appears, shattering the notion that he's dead. Again. Lines between the right side and the wrong side are blurred and everyone gets hurt — especially Jessica.
Goodbye, Nicole —> … is nothing what it seems? D.L. says goodbye.
In one possible future in which Peter's nuclear explosion was blamed on Sylar and killed Micah, Niki works at a strip club in Vegas using the name Jessica after being broken out of prison by Peter. She's with him in that timeline; he walked out when he tried to help Hiro fix the past, a parallel that would, in ways, appear in other timelines and present day.