Dark Matters (originally on a mobile app and nbc.com)
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A prequel to the series Heroes Reborn, which takes place five years after the end of Heroes. "Dark Matters" consists of six webisodes that were released via an app in July 2015, two months before the premiere of "Heroes Reborn." (They were later made available on NBC.com on August 10.) The first webisode (or "chapter") begins with a fake internet commercial for a company called Renautas, which is interrupted by a pirate transmission from someone called Hero_Truther, whose identity is hidden (though I immediately guessed who he was, and in webisode six I learned I was right). He tells us about how the world learned of the existence of evolved humans five years ago, and how these "EVOs" have been treated ever since. It starts out hopefully enough, with people around the world making videos of themselves doing extraordinary things (inspired by Claire Bennet). But then things started going badly... it's unclear to me exactly what all the news flashes were about, but there were disasters and riots and things, I guess. And EVOs are now required to be registered... and a lot of "normal" humans seem to have deep distrust for them. (Which reminds me of "X-Men," and any number of other things.) Then the scene switches to a sister and brother, Phoebe and Quentin Frady. (I'm a bit confused about the timeline, because Hero_Truther's message was playing on Phoebe's computer, but then the words "2 years ago" appear in front of Phoebe, so... I'm guessing the entire episode is set two years before the upcoming TV series, but if that's the case, I don't get why that wouldn't have been made clear earlier. But it's also possible I'm wrong, and the start of the episode was set in the present.) Phoebe gets Quentin to film her doing some shadow manipulation. He's excited to learn that his sister is an EVO, which is a bit odd, because one would expect him to be concerned for her safety, considering public opinion and all.
In chapter two, Phoebe starts college, where she befriends her roommate, Aly (who is cool with Phoebe being an EVO). Meanwhile, Phoebe begins learning there are more facets to her power. In chapter three (one year ago), Phoebe is recruited by Renautas, though Quentin doesn't trust the company. In chapter four, Primatech (aka "The Company" from the original series) hosts a summit in Odessa, TX (home of Claire Bennet and her father Noah, aka HRG). A major disaster happens, which increases the public's distrust of EVOs. And Phoebe goes missing, as well as being one of the people blamed for the disaster (which Quentin wants to disprove). In chapter five (9 months ago), Quentin reaches out to Hero_Truther for help in proving his sister's innocence. This leads to Quentin infiltrating Renautas, which he believes is just a new cover for Primatech. But Aly becomes increasingly disturbed by Quentin's obsession with conspiracies. In chapter six (3 weeks ago), Quentin meets Hero_Truther in person, to deliver a flash drive of information he had downloaded from Renautas's computers. But things don't go as planned, and Hero_Truther tells Quentin to find Noah Bennet, who had left Primatech after the disaster in Odessa, and is now living elsewhere under the name Ted Barnes. So, that's where "Heroes Reborn" will pick up....
See also Damen Peak