Peter Petrelli - Alternate Futures

Alternate Futures

• In the alternate future of "Five Years Gone", it is revealed that Peter was the bomb that destroyed New York City. The rest of the world believes that it was Sylar who had exploded. In this alternate future, Peter resides in Las Vegas with Niki Sanders, with whom he is now romantically involved. He has a very prominent scar across his face, although it is never revealed how he acquired it. When he rescues Ando and "future Hiro" from Matt Parkman, he stops time and teleports them both away, subsequently telling Ando what happened to him after the explosion. He subsequently aids Hiro in infiltrating the building where his past self is being held captive, only to be confronted by Sylar, who reveals that he has been posing as Nathan for an undefined amount of time. Furiously denying Sylar's claims that Nathan betrayed the Heroes before Sylar replaced him, Peter and Sylar clash, Hiro and Ando returning to their original time as their battle shakes the building. This version of Peter has also gained a variety of powers, including pyrokinesis, enhanced strength and speed, and electric manipulation, though the latter two are only seen within the official graphic novels.
• In the alternate future of "The Second Coming", Peter (with the same scar across his face as the "Five Years Gone" timeline) is running from something and enters a warehouse, where he encounters a black haired, much darker Claire, armed with a handgun, obviously planning to kill him. Peter begs for his life, but Claire merely says "I'm sorry, Peter. I always loved you," and fires. Peter stops time just as she does so, avoids the bullet, takes the gun out of her hand, and then teleports into the past and shoots Nathan. He possesses at least two abilities the present Peter does not have: a form of illusion casting to make himself look like present Peter and a form of body possession to hide his younger self in the body of Level 5 inmate Jesse Murphy, with Peter's being the dominant consciousness. After realizing that his actions have triggered a "butterfly effect" that he cannot predict- including Sylar taking Claire's power and the breakout at Level 5-, this Peter "extracts" his younger self from Jesse's body, taking him to the future to explain his actions. Future Peter subsequently tells his past self to find Sylar, whose power of intuitive aptitude will allow Peter to predict the long term consequences of his time traveling actions, before he is shot dead by Future Claire, the presence of the Haitian negating his ability to heal.