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Peter vs. Sylar

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WARNING: Peter vs. Sylar is a fan creation, and should not be considered canon.

Peter vs. Sylar
Sylar and Peter face off

Peter and Sylar have had many confrontations.

1 About
2 Power comparison
3 Memorable Quotes
4 Notes
5 Gallery

About

Round one (Homecoming)

Peter tries to hold Sylar off while Claire escapes. Sylar telekinetically rips doors off of nearby lockers and hurls them at Peter, which Peter Deflects then follows Claire out onto the stone bleachers. Peter tells Claire to get to the stadium because Sylar doesn't want to be seen. After Claire leaves, Peter and Sylar struggle at the top of the bleachers, and both men fall off the back of the bleachers to the ground below. Claire returns to find Peter regenerating his wounds, resetting his broken bones. He sends her away for help, and the police arrive. Seeing him apparently unhurt and covered in blood, they arrest him.

Results: Tie, both captured.

Round two (Parasite and .07%)

Peter later visits Mohinder's apartment, with nowhere else to go. However, he finds his entry impeded by a chair, and the place is dark. Peter calls out for Mohinder repeatedly, but gets no response. However, he feels some drops of liquid coming down from above. Horrified to see it is blood, he looks up, to see a bloody, but alive, Mohinder. He whispers hoarsely "Sylar". Then, Sylar himself appears before Peter, and Sylar announces his recognition of Peter. He also realizes that Peter is "like him", so he wants to see how. He then pushes Peter against a wall, and begins cutting off the top half of Peter's head.

As Sylar attempts to slice Peter's skull, he notices it quickly regenerating. Peter then uses telekinesis himself to throw Sylar into a glass fronted bookcase, breaking his concentration. When Sylar gets back up, Peter turns invisible, and Sylar expresses his interest gaining that ability. Unable to see Peter, Sylar uses telekinesis to throw shards of glass in all directions. One shard penetrates the back of Peter's head, killing him. As Sylar prepares to take Peter's brain, Mohinder hits him with the board containing the map. Sylar is knocked unconscious.

Results: Peter dead, Sylar unconscious.

Bonus Round (Five Years Gone)

Future Peter vs Future Sylar

During a ceremony commemorating the explosion, Sylar learns from Matt that Peter is trying to free Hiro so he can change the "past", and the Haitian is down. Sylar immediately flies to the Homeland Security holding facility, shocking all those at the ceremony. At the facility, Sylar phases through the door Peter was using to hold off his enemies, presumably having acquired the power from D.L. Hawkins. With Peter separated from the others as well as realizing that the Nathan before him is not his brother, Sylar reveals his true form. The two rivals then face each other in an epic showdown the outcome of which is not known.

Results: unknown.

Intermission (Landslide)

At Kirby Plaza, unbeknownst to Peter, Mr. Bennet, Ted and Claire, who are devising a plan to stop the bomb, Sylar is lurking around a corner eavesdropping on their conversation. Peter hears Sylar planning an attack on Ted and realizes that that Sylar is stalking them. Before they can formulate a plan, FBI agents ambush and arrest Ted. Peter grabs Claire and makes them both disappear.

Round three (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

The first two people to arrive at the Kirby Plaza are Mr. Bennet and Peter. They are looking for Sylar whom according to Molly, was already there. Peter suggests that Sylar's hiding in plain sight, but when Peter turns his head, Sylar sneaks up behind Bennet and telekinetically crashes him into a wall. Peter faces Sylar and Sylar chokes Peter with telekinesis, saying that he doesn't want Peter to take all the glory. Matt walks up to Sylar and shoots four bullets at Sylar, but Sylar quickly stops them in mid-air and shoots them into Matt's chest. At that very moment, Micah, Molly, Niki, and Mohinder run out of the Kirby Plaza building with a wounded D.L. Mohinder rushes to Matt to try and help him.

While choking Peter, Sylar moves a traffic meter into his hand and hits Peter with it. Niki, knowing she can help, runs up to Sylar and snatches the traffic meter from him, giving him a whack in the stomach. Micah calls for his mother, saying that dad could use her help, and Peter tells her to go back to her family. Peter then goes to Sylar and punches him in his face while using enhanced strength, leaving his face dripping with blood. Peter's hands begin to glow and Sylar looks at him, laughing.

Hiro teleports back from Yamagato Industries where he left Ando after rescuing him from Sylar. Hiro arrives at Kirby Plaza behind Sylar. He calls his name and quickly runs up to him, impaling him with Ando's sword. Sylar falls on the ground wounded. Hiro walks up to Peter and Peter says that he can stop him from exploding by killing him, but before Hiro can do anything, Sylar, at the mercy of his death, throws Hiro across Kirby Plaza. Before Hiro crashes into the building behind him, he teleports away. Sylar remains on the ground and sees images of his previous victims as he taps into precognition, then his eyes go white.

Just then, Claire arrives. She goes to her father, takes his gun from him, and walks up to a glowing Peter, pointing the gun at him. Peter commands her to shoot him, telling her that she's the only one who can. Claire wants Peter to tell her that there is another way, but Peter instructs her to shoot him, telling her that there is no other way. Suddenly, Nathan flies in between Peter and Claire and lowers Claire's gun, telling her that the future isn't written in stone. Peter tells Nathan that he took Ted's power and that he can't control it and he can't do anything. Nathan tells Peter that he's not leaving him and that he can't let everyone else die. He tells Peter that he saved the cheerleader, so they could save the world. Nathan grabs Peter and flies him up into the atmosphere where Peter finally explodes in a bright light as everyone watches the sky.

Results: Sylar severely wounded, Peter exploded.

Power comparison

Peter is actually an empathic mimic who duplicates the powers of others.

Sylar's original power is intuitive aptitude — a superhuman ability to determine exactly how things work.

Powers	Peter has duplicated	Source	Sylar has acquired	Source
Cryokinesis			Yes	Unknown
Lightning	Yes	Elle (Four Months Later...)
Enhanced hearing			Yes	Dale Smither (Unexpected)
Enhanced memory			Yes	Charlie Andrews (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
Enhanced strength	Yes	Niki Sanders (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
Flight	Yes	Nathan Petrelli (Genesis)
Induced radioactivity	Yes	Ted Sprague (The Hard Part)	Yes	Ted Sprague (Landslide)
Invisibility	Yes	Claude (Godsend)
Liquefaction			Yes	Zane Taylor (Run!)
Phasing	Yes	D.L. Hawkins (Lizards)
Precognition	Yes	Isaac Mendez (Don't Look Back)	Yes	Isaac Mendez (.07%)
Rapid cell regeneration	Yes	Claire Bennet (Homecoming)
Space-time manipulation	Yes	Future Hiro (Unexpected)
Telekinesis	Yes	Sylar (Unexpected)	Yes	Brian Davis (Six Months Ago)
Telepathy	Yes	Matt Parkman (Fallout)
Additional powers obtained in an alternative future
Powers	Future Peter duplicated	Source	Future Sylar acquired	Source
Electromagnetism	Yes	Agent (Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 1)
Enhanced speed	Yes	Agent (Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 1)
Flight			Yes	Nathan Petrelli (Five Years Gone)
Illusion			Yes	Candice Willmer (Five Years Gone)
Phasing			Yes	D.L. Hawkins (Five Years Gone)
Pyrokinesis	Yes	presumably Meredith Gordon (Five Years Gone)
Rapid cellular regeneration			Yes	Claire Bennet (Five Years Gone)

Powers Peter Mimicked

Peter can duplicate the abilities of others evolved humans; after he has acquired the ability, he does not need to be in the person's presence. To date, Peter has conclusively duplicated the abilities of:

Flight from Nathan Petrelli. (Genesis)
Precognition from Isaac Mendez. (Don't Look Back)
Rapid cell regeneration from Claire Bennet. (Homecoming)
Telepathy from Matt Parkman. (Fallout)
Invisibility from Claude Rains. (Godsend)
Telekinesis from Sylar. (Unexpected)
Space-time manipulation from Future Hiro Nakamura. (Unexpected)
- Peter appears to be immune to Future Hiro and Hiro's effects. Peter was able to communicate with Future Hiro and is at this point the only person Future Hiro has visited and spoken to. (Collision, Hiros) Whether this was Peter's or Hiro's doing is unclear. The same scenario occurs when Peter is in Primatech Research and time completely stops. Both Peter and Hiro are surprised to find each other, indicating the unfrozen Peter was not Hiro's doing, but Peter's. (Truth & Consequences)
- Peter slowed and then stopped time when attacked with taser darts.
- Peter has moved himself and another person through time and space. (The Line)
Induced radioactivity from Ted Sprague. (The Hard Part)
Super strength from Niki Sanders. (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
Lightning from Elle Bishop. (Four Months Later...)
Phasing from D.L. Hawkins. (Lizards)

Powers to which Peter has been Exposed

Other evolved humans have been within Peter's proximity, exposing him to their abilities. These abilities Peter has not yet exhibited:

Persuasion (from Eden McCain in Collision)
Intuitive aptitude (from Sylar in Homecoming)
Freezing (from Sylar in Homecoming)
Enhanced memory (from Sylar in Homecoming)
Mental manipulation (from the Haitian in Unexpected)
Melting (from Sylar in Parasite)
Enhanced hearing (from Sylar in Parasite)
Clairvoyance (from Molly Walker in How to Stop an Exploding Man)
Technopathy (from Micah Sanders in How to Stop an Exploding Man)
Alchemy (from Bob Bishop in Four Months Ago...)

Powers Future Peter Mimicked

By 2011 in the Dark Future, Peter has acquired additional evolved human abilities; after he has acquired the ability, he does not need to be in the person's presence. His known abilities at this time include the following:

Flight from Nathan Petrelli. (Genesis)
Precognition from Isaac Mendez. (Don't Look Back)
Rapid cell regeneration from Claire Bennet. (Homecoming)
Telepathy from Matt Parkman. (Fallout)
Invisibility from Claude Rains. (Godsend)
Telekinesis from Sylar. (Unexpected)
Space-time manipulation from Future Hiro Nakamura. (Collision)
Pyrokinesis from Meredith Gordon. (Five Years Gone)
Induced radioactivity, from Ted Sprague. (The Hard Part)
Electromagnetism, from one of the guards. (Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 2)
Enhanced speed, from one of the guards. (Graphic Novel:Walls, Part 2)

Powers Exposed

By 2011 in the Dark Future, other evolved humans have been within Peter's proximity, exposing him to their abilities. These abilities Peter has not yet exhibited:

Enhanced memory from Future Sylar. (Five Years Gone)
Illusion from Future Sylar. (Five Years Gone)
Phasing from Future Sylar. (Five Years Gone)
Super strength from Future Niki Sanders. (Five Years Gone)

Powers Acquired by Sylar

Sylar has acquired a number of powers. In order, Sylar has acquired:

Telekinesis from Brian Davis. (Six Months Ago)
Freezing from an unknown victim. (First seen in Don't Look Back)
Enhanced memory from Charlie Andrews. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
Melting from Zane Taylor. (Run!)
Enhanced hearing from Dale Smither. (Unexpected)
Precognition from Isaac Mendez. (.07%)
Induced radioactivity from Ted Sprague. (Landslide)

Powers Acquired by Future Sylar

By 2011 in the Dark Future, Sylar has acquired additional powers. His known powers at this time include the following:

Telekinesis from Brian Davis. (Six Months Ago)
Freezing from an unknown victim. (used in Don't Look Back, Road Kill and Five Years Gone)
Enhanced memory from Charlie Andrews. (stolen in Seven Minutes to Midnight, used in Road Kill)
Melting from Zane Taylor. (Run!)
Enhanced hearing from Dale Smither. (Unexpected)
Illusion from Candice Willmer (Five Years Gone)
Flight from Nathan Petrelli (Five Years Gone)
Phasing from D.L. Hawkins (Five Years Gone)
Rapid cellular regeneration from Claire Bennet (Five Years Gone)

Memorable Quotes

"You're like me, aren't you? I'd like to see how that works."

- Sylar (to Peter) (Parasite)

"The last time I fought Sylar, he killed me"

- Peter, to Claire (Landslide)

"What took you so long?"

- Sylar (to Peter) (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

"Haven't I killed you before?"

"Didn't take."

- Sylar, Peter (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

"Turns out you're the villain, Peter. I'm the hero."

- Sylar (to Peter) (How to Stop an Exploding Man)

Notes

In an interview, Tim Kring elaborated on the similarities and differences between Peter and Sylar's powers, calling them "two halves of a similar coin". "Both are able to absorb people’s powers, but in two very different ways. Peter’s is based on his empathy and his ability to connect with people and when he’s around them. Sylar actually has to take your brain and do something with it."

Gallery

After Homecoming, Peter and Sylar lie down together.	Peter mimics invisibility and disappears before Sylar's eyes.	Peter mimics telekinesis to hurl Sylar across Mohinder's apartment.	Sylar telekinetically pins both Peter and Mohinder to the wall and ceiling of Mohinder's apartment.
Sylar paints a standoff with Peter at Kiяby Plaza.	Peter and Sylar face off at Kirby Plaza.	Sylar telekinetically grabs Peter by his neck.