note to reader: this is my second HEROES fan fiction, and I am very happy to finally get it posted! Everything associated or related to the TV Series HEROES is property of all those big shots that made this super awesome show. All original characters are from my imaginative mind. Enjoy!

(Alec Lions – New York City, New York – 5:30 AM)

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The young man that was once asleep shot out of bed. The annoying buzz of the alarm clock rang throughout the room. He looked around, quite disgruntled from the abrupt wake up, and eyed the irritating machine. Alec threw his covers off and turned off the alarm clock.

“I hate waking up this early,” he mumbled to himself.

Alec stood in the middle of his room. He yawned, using his hand to cover his mouth. The alarm clock read five thirty in the morning. Once again he mumbled under his breath at the inconvenience of waking up so early in the morning. Each arm went up and over his head as Alec stretched. He bent down and touched his toes and after that, he stretched his legs.

After his daily stretching, the young man went to his bed post and grabbed his towel. He opened his door and walked down to the bathroom. Alec passed by the large bay window of the apartment. It was still dark. But he knew that the sun was just waiting to peak its head over the sky and say ‘hello’ to the world.

The lights flicked on. Bright light temporarily blinded Alec’s eyes. He used his hand to shield the blinding brightness. His hand grabbed the shower knob and turned it to hot. After sitting down on the edge of the bath rim, he placed his hand underneath the slowly heating liquid. Alec gently placed his head against the wall for a quick nap.

Alec Lions was a senior. He was a strong, seventeen year old that knew how to handle himself. Not quite as muscular as the football players, but just cut enough to catch the eyes of the cute girls on campus. He wasn’t the most popular guy on campus either, but he was definitely liked by a lot of people. Alec was also a smart kid. He had a good grade point average, and finished the homework he was assigned; sometimes. Alec was also part of the track team. He was the fastest senior in the entire school district. And then some. Alec wasn’t always the fastest, though. He used to be in at least the top ten. But that all changed.

The heat of the water snapped him from the dream world, into the real world. After turning changing the faucet to the shower head, he undressed himself and stepped in.

“Another day,” he said to himself. “Another stupid day of school.”

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Alec walked down the sidewalk to his school; it was only a block away from the apartment complex that he lived in. He had his track jacket on. People were already filling the sidewalks. Everyone had somewhere to go. Pedestrians raised their hands for taxis. Walked down to the subway stations. Drove in the traffic. The loud roar of jet engines caused Alec to looked up. A person pushed Alec out of the way and called for a taxi that was close by.

Alec looked at the person and scoffed, “Jerk.”

Alec turned a corner and walked through the gates that led to the campus grounds. The school was empty; as it should have been. His feet made soft tapping noises as they connected to the concrete ground. As he walked to the football field, he noticed that some of his team mates had already arrived.

One of his team mates looked up from where he was standing, “Hey, Alec, over here!”

Alec nodded his head in acknowledgement and walked towards them. When he got to the group, he opened his hands gave each a firm handshake, “What’s up, Kyle? Nice to see you Justin. Hey Jarrod, what’s goin’ on?”

Kyle, the one who had initially called Alec over, shivered in his track jacket, “It’s pretty cold so early.”

“True that,” said Justin as he flipped his hood over his head.

Jarrod nodded, “Yeah, but hopefully the quick race will warm us up.”

Alec kept his hands in his pockets. He took this chance to take a glance around the football field. There were the Football players walking into the weight room during their zero periods. Alec’s eyes wondered over to the other side of the campus and eyed the water polo players. There was a girl he knew in water polo. He looked for her.

Justin nudged Alec, “Looking for Casey?”

“What?”

“She’s over there.”

Alec’s drew his attention to where his friend was pointing. Casey walked a couple of yards away with her water polo parka on to keep herself warm. He couldn’t help but raise his hand, “Casey!”

She turned to face him. A smile came across her face and she waved back. Alec smiled and came back to his conversation with his track friends. They all looked at him and shook their heads. He put his hands back into his pockets, “Shut up, guys. She’s my friend.”

Jarrod laughed, “Okay.”

Kyle began walking towards the track, “Guys, there’s coach.”

Alec took one more glance at Casey before jogging over to where the rest of the team was gathering. As each teammate saw him they gave him a nod of greetings and he returned the greet with a nod as well. The coach stood with his arms over his chest as the team assembled before him.

“Okay guys, today is the big track meet. We have – and I mean we have to win this one to take divisional. I think we can do it. No, I know we can do it! You guys have come close every season and this year is your year!”

Someone in the back yelled out, “Hell yeah!”

“Hell yeah!” he encouraged his team. “Every single one of you has to take it upon yourself to go out there and win. Now go practice your 100 meter dashes.”

The team yelled out in a loud uproar of victorious speech. They stood and lined up in their designated spots. Alec got up and slowly made his way to the starting line. The coach gently tapped him by the shoulder. He turned around, “Yeah, Coach Shay?”

“Alec, we both know that if any one deserves first place, it’s you.”

“Thanks, Coach.”

“I mean it, Alec. You’ve improved so much in your speed; heck, some people think that you’re doing steroids,” he gave a light chuckle. He quickly grabbed him by the arm, “You’re not doing steroids, are you?”

Alec shook his head, “No, sir; I would never touch the stuff.”

“Good. Now get out there and show the rest of this team how a real track star runs!”

Alec patted his coach on the shoulder and jogged out to the starting line. He lined up next to Justin. Justin patted him on the back and crouched into his running position. Alec looked over to where Casey was. She was looking at him with her coach. Alec waved his hand and a wave came back. He smiled and bent down into his starting position.

The coach lined up on the sideline, “One! Two! Three! Go!”

Bodies shot off of the line and onto the track. Feet slammed against the ground and carried the bodies closer and closer to their goal. Alec looked at his teammates. They were going so slow to him. He looked at Justin to his left. He was so concentrated on the finishing. His eyes were intense. Alec looked to the teammate to his right. He was already panting.

Alec looked at the finish line that lay ahead. With just a thought, he increased his speed. His mind was on making his coach proud. To show him how fast he really was. He didn’t want to hold back. He left the runners behind him and finished the race. Alec looked back at the oncoming runners. They had barely even started.

Alec smiled. But the smile quickly disappeared as he realized what he had done. Coach Shay ran up to him, “Alec! That- that… that was amazing! Am I on crack ‘cause you looked like a blur?!”

The young man nervously rubbed the back of his head. The runners came up to the finish line, gasping for air. Alec looked at them. They tried so hard. He looked at Justin. His friend gave the thumbs up sign and fell on the floor exhausted.

Coach Shay poked him in the shoulder, “You were flying, man!” He took out the stop watch, “Your time was two minutes and- two minutes! This thing must be broken. You were going extremely fast. A lot faster than these guys.” He looked at the rest of the team, “I mean, you all did very well; it’s just that Alec is freakin’ fast.”

“Oh, thanks, coach,” Alec timidly said. “I, uh… gotta go to the bathroom. I’ll be back.”

Alec ran across the cement. He needed to get out of there. His mind raced with questions. He wondered if anybody realized that he was going faster than everyone else. Abnormally faster. He wondered if anyone would get curious. Alec ran past the pool where Casey was watching.

He looked at her face. She was concerned. Alec gave a weak smile and ran off into the bathrooms. He looked into the mirror. The reflection looked back, “What were you thinking? You want to get caught? You want to get thrown off of the team? You’re cheating! Don’t make it look so obvious.”

The reflection repeated the words. He looked into his face. Alec eyed the figure in the mirror. It was himself. He needed to take control. The faucet turned on and Alec placed his hands underneath the cool liquid. He splashed his face and placed both hands on the rim of the sink before lowering his head in contemplation.

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Casey waited by the bathroom door. Alec silently crept out like a scared mouse ready to be pounced by a predator. She followed behind him, “You got some fast feet, Alec,” she said.

Alec turned quickly turned around, “I- oh, it’s just you.”

“’Hi’ to you too; you look terrible.”

“Oh,” he laughed, “Thanks.”

“No, I mean… are you okay? You ran out of there pretty fast.”

Alec managed to let out a smile, “You have no idea.”

Casey still had her parka on, but the sun was now up around six thirty. She nudged him, “So… what was your time?”

Alec sighed and he lied, “It was like four something.”

“Wow, that’s fast.”

Alec smiled. He put his arm around her. He couldn’t help himself, “I’m a lot faster than that.”

Casey laughed. She gave him a hug, “I gotta go back to practice. I just wanted to see if you were okay.”

“Oh, well, I am now.”

“Aw, that’s sweet. I’ll see you later.”

“Oh wait,” Alec said, “Are you going to the track meet?”

Casey thought about it. She gave him a sweet look and then smiled, “Yeah, I’ll be there rooting for the fastest man alive.”

Alec laughed.

She went off as soon as they were approaching the pool. Alec watched her leave. After she disappeared underneath the water, he went back to the track field. His coach was waiting there. Coach Shay had his arms crossed and was watching the rest of the team sprint across.

Alec stood at his side and also crossed his arms, “You think we’ll win today?”

Coach Shay kept his eyes on the runners. He nodded his head, but never drew his attention off of his team, “I have no doubt in my mind that we will take divisional. No doubt in my mind.”

Alec sighed, “You’re expecting a lot out of me, aren’t you?”

“I expect a lot out of every individual on my team, Alec.”

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Alec brought his hands over his head and stretched. After he bent down and touched his toes, he stretched his legs. The race was going to begin in two minutes. As he stretched, Alec looked at all of the other runners. They too were preparing for the race ahead. Each one was running for one goal: first place. A first place that belonged to Alec. Alec couldn’t help but to smile.

“Everyone to your starting positions!” said the man over the announcer.

Alec looked at the people sitting in the stadium. He looked for a familiar face but did not see it. He disappointingly lined up with the rest of the runners. The stadium shook as the racers went into their starting positions. Alec breathed in. And breathed out. He was going to win this race. He was going to beat everyone there.

Alec smirked and got ready.

“On your mark… get set… go!”

He took off with a flash.

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Continued…

Thanks for reading. Chapter 1 and 2 were posted together, so don’t forget chapter 2. I will also be trying to update every Monday along with the actual HEROES episodes. I’m borrowing this from the very talented writer . Hope you enjoyed it and please review.