Synopsis:
In the story It Takes A Village, we begin with the Haitian as a young boy in Haiti, in a small village that for years seemed to have been protected from the outside influence of Haitian President, Francois Duvalier, dictator of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. While other villages fell prey to his military police, the Tonton Macoutes, the village that The Haitian lived in as a boy seemed to be safe from everyone, with many of the boy’s friends telling him that his father, Guillame was the reason, claiming he had great powers. Indeed, when men would come to attack the village, the Haitian’s father would use his powers to cause them great horror. Alternatively, for those who lived in the village, he used his contesting power of transmitting great bliss and ecstasy to his people.On one particular day when a group of the Tonton Macoutes entered the village, Guillame used his powers as his son came close to watch as the men began to throw up. Suddenly however, Guillame’s powers failed, and he realized it was because of his son, lashing out at him angrily. Guillame was arrested and strung up for all to see, putting his failure to protect his village on display. No one dared to help him, understanding that his failure meant their gods, the Loa, who granted him powers had abandoned him. After being released, Guillame decided to make a sacrifice to the Loa, to have his powers returned, telling his son to be nowhere near him, his anger barely in check. Indeed, his powers worked and people began to feel his great bliss, but his son, feeling great pride that his father was back in power, got too close and again, the powers faded. Guillame beat his son, with the boy praying for death, but instead, the young Haitian’s powers went into overdrive and wiped the minds of all the villagers nearby them.
Guillame and his son left the village to find a sacred mountain, and the father told his son of the story of the crane and the snake, and how the snake longed for the wings so that he could fly as well, thinking the crane was not worthy of that gift. The snake eventually found a way to eat the crane, stealing his wings,and managed to start flying. However, the snake soon learned that he lost touch with the ground and had nowhere to go. Guillame explained that with his powers he could do so much but only used them to get the villagers high and sleep with their women, understanding he needed to make penance for his transgressions.
Guillame proceeded to attack his son, his goal to kill him. The boy understood, realizing that if his father’s peace meant that the boy had to die, he would gladly do so. He reached out to touch his father one last time and immediately accessed all of his memories, in turn revealing them to his father who had forgotten all of them. Guillame was shocked at the memories he had left behind, and gave his son a necklace with a helix symbol on it, telling him to go and help others find peace. A man named Thompson soon showed up, offering to help the boy and all others like him.
In Betty, our story opens in a high school, as a group of popular girls make fun of a girl they know named Betty, an overweight classmate with various piercings, an overactive case of acne, and on the far edges of teen society. Betty, in a bathroom stall, overhears the girls, and angrily imagines one of the girls with even worse zits than herself. Suddenly the girl starts screaming as she sees giant pimples appearing on her face as the girls rush out of the restroom.
Betty meets up with her only friend, Renee, who has a similar acne filled face with piercings, and while thinner, still suffers from the same bullying that Betty faces, even getting tripped in the lunchroom by the jocks. Ren commiserates with Betty, wishing they could get revenge, but content that usually jocks like that have overbearing fathers who make their lives hell. Hoping to help her friend, Betty makes one of the jocks see his father insulting him after their football practice, yelling at him for being a terrible son that he wishes died. The student has a mental breakdown, and ends up hospitalized as a result, his brain fried from the encounter.
The students discuss what happened and are shocked with various rumors going around. Betty makes the popular girls see her as a new pretty student that just moved to town, and gets into their inner circle. She starts a rumor with them that maybe it was one of those outcast students they make fun of all the time that hurt the jock. The other jocks get wind of the rumor and decide to attack Ren, deciding that he will be the scapegoat, beating him up. Ren manages to get away but ends up falling down a small cliff, ending up in the hospital. Betty pays him a visit and apologizes, explaining her power by making Ren see her as himself, but Ren panics and ends up dying from the shock.
Betty, angrier than ever, gets her revenge on the school by making the entire student body see themselves with hideous boils on their bodies, burned limbs, and melting body parts. As quickly as the panic started, it all ends as the illusion fades away, w]everyone not understanding what happened. Elsewhere, Betty decides to start life anew for herself, coming up with a new appearance for others to see her s, and a new name, the name Candice.
In Golden Handshake, Claude Raines, working with his partner Haram, is hot on the trail of Fusor, a special who has the ability to drain water from organic entities, effectively killing them. Haram failed to bring in Fusor years ago and is now finally close to bringing him in. Unfortunately, their plan goes south as Fusor’s female hostage turns out to be an accomplice and tries to murder Haram, pushing him into the ocean waters. Claude lets Fusor go so that he can save his partner, and the two continue on their search for the man.
Eventually they catch up to him in Paris, with Haram managing to shoot him, but realizing that Fusor was already dead, completely dehydrated. The pair realize that the woman was the actual special with Fusor being the accomplice that she decided to finally get rid of. Haram chases the woman down, shooting at her and causing a great disturbance in the streets. Eventually Haram catches up with her in a field, while Claude finds himself trapped under a tree. The woman holds Haram at gunpoint, but Claude turns invisible and manages to throw a branch at the woman, momentarily stunning her. Haram grabs the woman’s hands and places them on her face, causing her power to dehydrate her and turn her to dust.
Claude returns to the company and wants to see Haram, but is informed he retired and can’t speak to him as he is introduced to his new partner, Noah Bennet.
In Heroism Is Found In The Heart, Ando finds himself trying to impress Mr Nakamura’s daughter, Kimiko, by regaling her with the tales of his heroic adventures with Hiro, but it’s to no avail as Ando is oblivious to her lack of interest. When a local motorcycle gang shows up, led by Fumio, a man who has always wanted Kimiko for himself, Ando goes into hero mode, telling Kimiko that he will protect her but he ends up tripping into a fountain as Kimiko uses martial arts to protect herself and knocking a biker off their vehicle. She thanks Ando for distracting the driver as they both get on the bike, Kimiko driving away with the other bikers in pursuit. Ando accidentally drops a helmet which knocks off another biker, with Kimiko complimenting Ando on his attack. As they are soon surrounded by the gang however, Ando tells Kimiko he will protect her with his life. The gang leader sees Ando, realizing he is someone else than who he had originally thought, and the bikers drive away. High above, Mr Nakamura watches, commending Ando for having his day in the sun.
In Blackout, Mohinder thinks about his mission to find people with powers and help them, leading him to a hospital where a man is dying but no one knows why. Mohinder talks with the hospital administrator but he is not interested in his pseudo science, and rejects him, turning around to give a hug to a suited man carrying a briefcase stamped with the Primatech Paper Company logo. Mohinder talks with the dying man and seeing his chart, realizes he has the same symptoms as his sister Shanti, and basing his decision on how he helped Molly, gives the man his blood. Unfortunately it doesn’t work, however Mohinder realizes that while the man is sleeping he periodically emits a large surge of electricity, causing disruptions to the entire hospital and their ability to care for their patients properly. The man doesn’t want to be saved, upset that his inability to control his power has hurt and killed so many people at the hospital. Mohinder wants to get the man off the grid to help him but the Primatech representative shows you again and tried to stop them. Mohinder refuses to let the man be used as a weapon but the rep holds him at gunpoint. Luckily the dying man suddenly unleashes his power and stuns the rep, allowing them to escape. The man’s power ends up shorting out the car, leading the man to contemplate ending his own life to prevent further problems but Mohinder sets him up in a remote cabin without any electric devices around, leaving the man to finally find peace as he sits, happily reading a copy of Activating Evolution.
Maya y Alejandro depicts the sheriff of a small town in Mexico investigating the death of a number of locals whose bodies seem filled with a thick black liquid. His search leads him to a boy who saw two people, a man and a woman, who possibly were responsible for the deaths. Elsewhere the two people in question are hitchhiking to America, reading Activating Evolution, hoping to find the author for his help.
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