Heroes Reborn

Hey, this is Claire.

Leave me a message and I'll call you back.

Hey, it's your dad.

I know it's been a few years since we've talked,

and... I don't know if you're still mad or...

I don't really know anything.

I just know...

I miss you.

I'm sure there's plenty of apologies to go around,

but to be honest with you, I'm not interested

in who was right or wrong anymore.

So much has changed since I saw you last.

I don't know whether those changes are good or bad,

but I really think

it has a chance to all work out.

And knowing how important you've been to all of this,

to so many people out there,

it's made me proud.

And I just wanted to call and tell you how excited I am

that we might be seeing each other.

When you look back at the things you've done,

the decisions you've made...

Whoa.

The last thing you want to feel

is regret, am I right?

I'll see you soon, Claire-bear.

...on little Odessa, Texas.

Headquarters of Primatech,

the global leaders of evo research.

The dream for peace between humans and evos

- has shattered in seconds. - Massive evidence...

- Odessa... -

A once thriving city in central Texas...

Why did this have to happen?

It was a despicable and cowardly act--

Reduced to a wasteland-- The are the seeds of hate

that we cannot let take root in our heart.

This horrific attacks are a grim reminder

of the hatred and contempt--

Bigotry that says another person is less than my equal,

less than human.

The local hospital here in Odessa is overwhelmed...

Listen, I wanted to trust those evos.

I wanted the summit to work.

This kind of thing happening in our United States.

We can't just let them get away with this.

Who did this, and why?

We have got to go and attack the enemy.

We face bullies and tyrants and terrorists with strength.

And so we are newly reminded that serious threats

to our way of life remain.

Make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this...

Claire!

To bring those who committed this vicious attack

to justice.

June 13th will certainly go down in history

as one of the worst terrorist attacks--

- Will hunt down and punish... - Claire!

- Those responsible. - Will be brought to justice.

Hunt them down and kill them. Kill 'em all!

Claire!

[yelling in French, dogs barking]

Don't see him, huh?

Move along, move along.

Next in line, please.

Hero Truther says in other countries,

they shoot people like us in the streets.

It's Canada, not North Korea.

You'll be safe. Canadians are nice.

That's what you said about people in Denver.

What is it?

They're swabbing.

Hold it right there!

What do we do?

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Coach Lewis?

Aw, jeez. You got to be kidding me.

Odessa, a once-thriving city

reduced to a desolate wasteland by a cowardly act...

- Password. - Of evil terrorism.

Cockroach?

Why Odessa?

It was the headquarters of Primatech,

a company steeped in secrecy.

Primatech opened its doors on June 13th

for what was to be a three-day summit.

People gathered from all around the world,

hoping to build a better future where humans and evos

could coexist in peace.

Within hours, an evil supremacist

named Mohinder Suresh claimed full responsibility

for the attacks.

Lies. All of it.

This is pathetic.

How the hell are we supposed to fight back

if we can't even organize?

We just got to get creative.

There's a guy in Los Angeles fighting back,

calls himself "El Vengador."

That dude in the Mexican wrestler costume--

that's a joke, right?

Is it? At least he's doing something.

I hear he's got a whole underground railroad out there,

fake IDs, fake blood samples--

it's a way to disappear.

One guy, so what?

Pretty soon, they'll send drones after us.

June 13th changed everything.

The public's scared to death of us.

Most of these incidents are isolated--

Tulsa, Cedar Rapids--

the vigilantes, a few bad apples--that's all.

If it was just vigilantes,

the government wouldn't be forcing us to register.

People don't get it.

It's not the government or the vigilantes

we should be worried about.

The ones really hunting us, they're in the shadows.

There's something else going on here.

And they're everywhere.

Oh, that's just great.

So what are we supposed to do with that,

chase ghosts?

My mom sleeps with a gun under her pillow,

when she sleeps at all.

And we use fake names most of the time.

I'm calling myself "Tommy" now.

No names, for God's sakes.

Now we're wanted in three states,

all because I can't control my power.

I came here tonight because I thought maybe

someone could give me a few tips,

help me out a little.

You came to the wrong place, my friend.

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I-I got to go.

My mom--

Sorry.

Hey, look out!

- I'm so sorry. - Come on.

I'm really sorry.

- It's lies, just lies. - You believe everything.

You can't have a revolution without casualties.

Resistance is our only answer,

- by any means possible. - Exactly.

We need to stop acting like victims here.

We're the ones with powers.

Suresh was right.

We are the future.

The future...

That's a good one.

On June 13th, my wife and I,

we brought our nine-year-old son Dennis to Odessa

to watch history being made.

It was a beautiful day. Sun was shining.

Summer heat was rising up off the ground.

Like everyone there, we believed in the cause.

We believed that the change

could come from that spot right then and there.

And then when I watched my--my boy die in my arms,

I realized that that just wasn't gonna happen.

You all seem like really nice folks.

You can't change who you are, what you are.

But these powers--

they're not natural.

They're not safe, and they cannot be trusted.

So as far as I'm concerned,

there's only one solution for that.

And what solution is that?

Run! They found us!