05. And when at last I find you/Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you/Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me/Oh, you know, I will
I will.
[I Will – The Beatles]

It was hard, talking to Swati about what was happening in America to her foster fathers and to other people like them who were "special". Not only because of how it made Molly feel every time she thought about it but because Swati didn't believe her at first. No one from the government had come after the girls, or Sanjyong, or anyone else in India who may have had abilities. Not like they had in Japan or London. She wasn't sure why. Maybe Nathan Petrelli didn't have the same arrangement with India's government that he had with other places. Or maybe he just didn't think that Molly was a big enough threat to chase after. But for whatever reason, it made Molly relieved. She and her friends in India were safe, for the time being at least.

At the same time, she also felt guilty. She and her friends in India were safe, while Micah, Matt, Mohinder and others like them in America and other places around the world were not.

Finally Molly was able to convince Swati of the gravity of what was going on. Then came the next hurdle: convincing Swati to join Rebel and their cause. It was the perfect plan - Molly could use her powers to find people that Petrelli was hunting, and Swati could use her ability to get them to a safe place instantly. But planning and execution were two different things, and Molly couldn't blame Swati for being reluctant. After all, they would be risking capture by the agents themselves.

Eventually Swati agreed to help Molly and Rebel. Molly was so excited, she couldn't wait to e-mail Micah to let him know that Rebel had one more team members. So instead, using a combination of her clairvoyance and Swati's "opening", she decided to give him the good news in person.

Molly had to admit, seeing the expression on Micah's face when she and Swati had walked into the base headquarters for "Rebel" was priceless.

Muse: Molly Walker
Word count: 332

That was easier than I thought.

Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Her name was Swati Rangarajan.

Molly wasn't that great at meeting new people. At her school in New York it had taken her a couple weeks to finally talk to some of her fellow classmates, and that was only when she let herself be drawn into their conversations. School in Madras had been harder; there were a lot of questions about her relation to Mrs. Suresh and why she was living in India rather than the United States.

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13. Every couple nights or so y'know/You pop into my dreams/I just can't get rid of you
Like you got rid of me/Oh but I send my best/Cause God knows you've seen my worst
[‘Fair’ – Ben Folds Five]

"Do you have a crush on me, or are you just bored?"

The boy with the soccer ball seems more taken aback by the question itself than the fact that Molly is speaking to him. But he recovers quickly, the serene 'I know something you don't' expression slipping back into place. "You know that's not why I'm here."

Molly sighs in aggravation. "Then why are you here?" Instead of answering directly, the boy looks down the hallway to where her classmate is standing. "Her?"

He nods. "You know what you have to do. She needs someone who understands."

"Well, why can't you talk to her?" His only response is that same enigmatic smile. "It's not exactly a cakewalk, you know. How am I supposed to start the conversation - 'Hi, my name is Molly and I think you have a power like I do'?"

The boy merely smiles. "You'll know how to begin when the time comes. Just trust yourself."

His final words, "trust yourself" are still ringing in Molly's head when she wakes up from the dream. She realizes how right he is. This is something she can't put off any longer.

Muse: Molly Walker
Word count: 193

19. Please speak softly, for they will hear us/And they'll find out why we don't trust them
Speak up dear cause I cannot hear you/I need to know why we don't trust them
[‘Conspiracy’ - Paramore]

OOC: [warning: this post contains spoilers from episode 3.20 Cold Snap, as well as unconfirmed canon theories about Molly Walker]

It had seemed like a good idea at the time.

Mohinder and Matt didn't know, but Molly had been e-mailing back and forth with Micah Sanders since she had moved to Chennai. At first it had just been a way to alleviate the boredom and loneliness she felt at being a foreign girl in a strange and unfamiliar country, as well as being a sympathetic ear for Micah who had recently become an orphan himself. Later in life, Molly would credit those conversations as one of the only reasons she stayed sane during her time in India.

But then Micah began to talk about other things, about a government plan to capture people with powers, round them up like cattle. He told her about both Matt and Mohinder being captured. And together, they came up with a plan. Molly would use her powers to track down evolved humans, and with his powers Micah could set up a network to help them assume new identities.

They called it "Rebel".

And, for a while, it worked. From two different continents they were able to save many of their fellow specials from the clutches of Nathan Petrelli's hunters. It made Molly feel a bit better about her current situation. When she and Matt and Mohinder were finally reunited, she couldn't wait to tell them about the part she had played.

Then Micah started to branch out, attempting to rescue evolved humans that had already been captured. He started with Tracy. Molly played her usual role, locating Tracy and giving her location to Micah before wishing him luck. Then came the hard part, going about her daily routine while waiting for word from Micah that he had succeeded, or worse, failed.

Unfortunately it's failure that Molly finds herself reading about, hours later. About how Tracy was used as bait in a trap for Rebel; he'd been expecting a trap, but never thought Tracy would be part of it. Of how she helped him escape, sacrificing herself to keep him from being captured.

Micah assures Molly that neither Danko or his men know that Micah Sanders and Rebel are one and the same. But that doesn't make her feel much better. She tells him so in her e-mail, telling Micah that next time he might not be so lucky. She almost suggests that they quit, at least temporarily, until the heat is off.

But she thinks of Mohinder, of Matt, still fugitives. She thinks of the other evolved humans who are still out there, in hiding. She thinks of the girl at school she's dreamed about.

If there's no Rebel, who will help them?

Muse: Molly Walker
Fandom: Heroes
Word count: 439

12. Won't you take me by the hand/take me somewhere new
I don’t know who you are/but I... I'm with you
[‘I’m With You’ – Avril Lavigne]

Molly's been having odd dreams lately.

They're not bad ones, like the nightmares she had of Sylar after her parents died or the ones of Maury Parkman watching her. And they're not like the dreams she has sometimes of her, Mohinder and Matt living together in India like the family she wishes they still were. They're just...different.

There's a girl in them, around her age or maybe younger. Molly recognizes her as a student at the school she attends in Chennai but doesn't know her name. She sees her standing in the hallway at school, staring at Molly; there are other students around them but they're all blurred, like they don't matter. No words are spoken in the dream. No monsters or roaches come suddenly popping out of the classroom doors threatening to devour her or the other girl. It's just Molly and the girl, staring at each other.

Somehow Molly knows this girl is special, like her. It's almost like how she knows where Matt and Mohinder are whenever she tries looking for them. This unknown girl has a power, but just like her name Molly doesn't know what it is. And every time Molly wakes up knowing that she has to find this girl and let her know that she isn't alone. Someone needs to tell her that it's okay to be special.

And, for some reason, Molly feels she is that person.

Muse; Molly Walker
Word count: 235

01. My hope is on the horizon.//Every face, it's your eyes I can see.
I plead, I pray through each night and day,//Our embrace is only a dream.
[‘This Lullaby’ – Queens of the Stone Age]

It's been the one thing that's kept her optimistic her whole time spent in Chennai - Mohinder's promise at the airport that he would join her soon.

Every night, before she goes to sleep, Molly looks for Mohinder and for Matt, to see if they are any closer to India. But every time her internal map shows that they are still in the United States, still in New York and with no plans to reunite their little family.

Why? Why aren't they coming? Don't they realize how much Molly misses them? How much she needs them? Mrs. Suresh is really nice, like the grandmother that Molly had never known. She bought Molly her first sari, tells her stories about Mohinder when he was a little boy and sings the same lullabies that Mohinder sang when Molly woke up from dreaming about the Nightmare Man.

But she isn't Matt, who picked her up from school everyday and who shared pizza with her when his attempts at cooking didn't turn out the way he'd hoped. She isn't Mohinder, who filled the apartment with the smell of Indian cooking and at the airport promised that they'd be together again, as soon as he had helped Maya.

So every night, Molly looks for her two fathers and waits for the day that they'll be a family again.

Muse: Molly Walker
Fandom: Heroes
Word count: 223