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To see Claude's Heroes history see [[Claude Rains|here]].
===[[Godsend]]===
[[Peter]] sees a bearded man in his recurring [[Peter's dreams|visions]]. Later, while walking down a [[New York City]] street, he sees the same man nonchalantly picking through the property of others. Peter follows the man and yells to him. The thief is shocked [[invisibility|to be seen]]; he grabs Peter and the two tussle.
===[[The Fix]]===
[[Peter]] quickly informs Claude that he can "[[mimic|do what you can do]]", and Claude promptly wants nothing to do with Peter. He [[invisibility|disappears]] around the corner, and Peter fades back into sight. He then follows Claude to the [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop|rooftop]] of [[Charles Deveaux]]'s [[Charles Deveaux's apartment|building]], where the two fight a bit more and Claude threatens Peter for following him again.
Later, when Peter is running away from [[Nathan|his brother]] and [[Mohinder]], Claude shows up outside of [[Peter's apartment]] and helps him escape. The two then talk about Peter's [[power]] as an empath, and they go off to steal a cab.
===[[Distractions]]===
Claude continues to work with [[Peter]], trying to teach him to use his [[power]] consciously and not just as a reflex. Claude [[moral ambiguity|takes a purse]] from [[lady with a purse|a woman]] standing nearby and hands it to Peter. He leaves Peter to see if he can maintain his [[invisibility]] without Claude's help, but Peter fails his test. Claude, realizing that Peter is too attached to people, tells him that people are selfish, deceitful and gassy. Peter insists that at least Simone is different. To find out whether or not this is true, Claude and Peter follow [[Simone]] to the [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop|roof]] of her father's building. Claude uses Simone's intimacy with [[Isaac]] to taunt Peter, and they argue. Claude insists Peter [[flight|flies]], and he pushes Peter off the roof, causing him to crash into a taxi and impaling his chest on a piece of metal. However, he is saved by his absorbed power of regeneration. Claude tells Peter that he freed his mind and called out his power, but Peter believes that it was his recollection of Claire that brought out his powers. Unfortunately, he begins to overload, so Claude promptly punches Peter, knocking him out.
===[[Unexpected]]===
On [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop]], Claude attacks [[Peter]] with a pole; Peter eventually stops the blows, using [[telekinesis]]. Claude asks Peter which of his friends is telekinetic, and Peter realizes it's [[Sylar]]. Claude tells Peter that they may have a chance at stopping him from [[explosion|exploding]], then strikes him in the face with another pole and knocks him down.
As Peter and Claude discuss [[evolution]], [[Noah]] and [[the Haitian]] detect their [[invisibility]] with [[infrared goggles]]. Claude is struck by [[taser]] darts and collapses. Peter throws Claude off of the building before jumping after him and [[flight|flying]] them both to safety. Claude awakens in [[Peter's apartment]]. He shows Peter [[the mark]] on his neck, explaining that he's been hiding from [[Mr. Bennet]]'s [[company|organization]] for years, and vanishes.
===[[Company Man]]===
[[Image:Claude15yearsago.jpg|right|thumb|Claude in 1992]]
In 1991, Claude sits in on [[Mr. Bennet]]'s interview in [[Thompson's office]]. A clean-shaven Claude [[invisible|appears]] and is partnered with Bennet to work for [[the Company]].
In 1992, on the [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop|rooftop of the Deveaux building]], Claude and Mr. Bennet discuss what will happen to baby [[Claire]]. Claude waits with [[Thompson]] while Mr. Bennet and [[Mr. Nakamura]] have a conversation. After Mr. Nakamura and his [[Hiro|son]] leave Claude wishes Mr. Bennet a Happy Father's day in Japanese.
In 1999, Mr. Bennet and Claude drive together, and Claude asks about their next assignment. Mr. Bennet tells him they are "looking into a security breach"--Claude himself is the security breach. Claude laughs this off, and Mr. Bennet asks him if he's hiding [[Evolved Humans|one of them]]. Claude claims he is, and the [[wikipedia:vivisection|vivisections]] are starting to keep him up at night, and that Claire is "one of us". Claude confesses he was in Mr. Bennet's office when he was being told to kill him, but thinks Mr. Bennet is a better man than that. Claude gets out of the car, and stands on the side of [[Texas bridge|the bridge]]. He tells Mr. Bennet that he knows its not the first time he's been told to kill a man, but wants to know if its the first time he might have to kill a friend. Mr. Bennet levels a [[The Company's gun|gun]] at him, claiming if Claude tells him who he is hiding, "we can forget about the rest". Claude says he will not hunt his own people, and asks Mr. Bennet what he would do if it was [[Claire]] he was hiding. Claude tells Mr. Bennet that he has a choice. Mr. Bennet shoots Claude twice, and as Claude turns [[invisible]] and falls off the bridge, Bennet shoots him again.
===[[Graphic Novel:Hell's Angel]]===
Claude takes [[Mr. Bennet]] on a "[[bag and tag]]" mission. He leaves Mr. Bennet to guard the hallway and enters [[Meredith's apartment|the apartment]], he turns [[invisible]] to avoid detection. Shortly after he enters there is an [[pyrokinesis|explosion]] inside the apartment. When Mr. Bennet enters he finds Claude on the ground and his clothes are on fire. Claude tells Mr. Bennet that [[Meredith|their target]] has blown up and to get the [[Claire|baby]] from the next room. Claude and Mr. Bennet escape the [[fire (1992)|fire]] with the baby. Mr. Bennet asks if Claude can change a diaper. Claude says he can't, but that he could use a change of underpants for himself.
===[[Graphic Novel:Golden Handshake, Part 1]]===
In [[1990]], Claude and his first partner, [[Haram]], are in [[Côte d'Azur harbor]] to capture [[Rollo Fusor]]. On a bridge crossing the harbor, Claude tries to calm Haram down and reminds him to follow their plan. Claude [[invisibility|sneaks]] on board [[Rollo Fusor's yacht]] while Haram negotiates with Rollo Fusor for the release of two people he believes are held hostage.
===[[Graphic Novel:Golden Handshake, Part 2]]===
Claude helps [[Haram]] out of a [[Côte d'Azur harbor]], then detaches [[Pizet]]'s [[dehydrate]]d arm from Haram's handcuffs. [[The Company]] tracks [[Rollo Fusor]] to [[Paris, France]], and Claude and Haram go there to capture Fusor and his [[Rollo Fusor's accomplice|accomplice]]. Using binoculars, they spot Rollo Fusor, his accomplice, and what they think may be their [[Fusor's last victim|next victim]]. Claude becomes [[invisible]], and the two agents storm the [[Paris hotel|hotel]] room where their targets are located, only to learn that Rollo Fusor and the Frenchman are both dead and [[dehydrate]]d, and the lady [[Rollo Fusor's accomplice|accomplice]] is missing. Claude and Haram determine that the lady accomplice must have had the [[dehydration|power]] all along, and that Fusor really worked for her.
===[[Graphic Novel:Golden Handshake, Part 3]]===
Claude follows [[Haram]] to the roof to pursue the lady [[Rollo Fusor's accomplice|accomplice]]. She spots them and they track her from roof to roof, down a ladder and into a [[Paris park]]. In the park, Claude tries to get Haram to work with him as a team, but they appear to lose her and can only find a couple kissing under the moonlight. Then, just when they think they've lost her for good, Haram finds her fresh tracks in the grass. However, she responds by tipping over a tree that knocks Haram over and pins Claude to the ground. The lady quickly grabs Haram by the throat before he can free his partner.
===[[Graphic Novel:Golden Handshake, Part 4]]===
Still at the [[Paris park]] and trapped under a fallen tree, Claude turns [[invisible]] and hits [[Rollo Fusor's accomplice]] with a stick, forcing her to release [[Haram]]. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Haram grabs her by the arms and forces her to self-[[dehydrate]] into a pile of dust. Having finished their mission, Claude convinces [[Haram]] to agree to continue as his partner for another six months when police arrive to the park.
Later, Claude arrives at the entrance lobby of Primatech to turn in his report on [[Fusor]]'s case, when he is surprised to learn from the [[Primatech secretary|secretary]] that [[Mr. Bennet]], Claude's trainee, has already been made his new partner. Claude rejects the idea, stating [[Haram]] gave his word to stay on for six months; Claude asks to speak to Haram, but the secretary insists it's impossible to speak with Haram because he's "retired". The secretary then holds the door open to [[Thompson's office]], saying that [[Thompson]] is waiting to speak with Mr. Bennet and Claude.
===[[The Line]]===
[[Ivan]] mentions that he trained Claude to be an agent of [[the Company]].
===[[Graphic Novel:Sum Quod Sum, Part 1]]===
[[Elle]] tracks Claude through [[London]], seeking to obtain control of her ability. As she's waiting for the right time to approach him, he aggressively asks her why she's following him. When Elle asks for help, Claude, still believing Elle to have ties with [[the Company]], runs off before she can explain that she's no longer with them. The rain allows Elle to chase him, but she loses control of [[lightning|her power]]. The water on the ground conducts and intensifies the electricity, and both Claude and Elle are rendered unconscious.
===[[Graphic Novel:Sum Quod Sum, Part 2]]===
Claude awakens in Trafalgar Square and [[Lee]] and [[Abigail]] help him up, Claude tells them to bring [[Elle]] along as well. Claude talks to Elle about [[lightning|her ability]] and agrees to help her control it. The two go to a showing of ''Hamlet'' at the [[Globe Theatre]]. There, Claude tells Elle to forgive [[Bob|her father]].
After Elle accidentally uses her power and electrifies Abigail and Lee, she decides to leave. Claude tries to get her to stay, but to no avail.
===[[Graphic Novel:Comrades, Part 1]]===
In December 1998, [[Noah Bennet]] and [[Claude]] go to [[Moscow]] on a [[bag and tag]] mission, hunting an [[evolved human]] known as [[the Russian]], who seems to be the patriarch of a criminal family. They meet up with [[Ivan Spektor]] and chase the Russian through a subway station and onto a train, but when Claude suddenly [[invisibility|rematerializes]] in front of him, the Russian uses his [[age shifting|age shifting ability]] to alter his appearance. When they finally catch up with the Russian, he age-shifts into a child. Claude says that Noah cannot shoot a young boy, and Noah hesitates.
===[[Graphic Novel:Comrades, Part 2]]===
[[Noah Bennet|Noah]]'s hesitation gives [[the Russian]] time to escape, and Claude, [[Ivan]] and Noah leave the [[Moscow]] subway. As they head for a large marketplace on a hunch of Noah's, Claude expresses his belief that the Russian is not really a killer, but Noah is doubtful. Claude spots the Russian, still in his child form, and lies to Noah to try to help him get away, but Ivan spots him and calls out, in an attempt to make the Russian [[age shifting|age-shift]] again into an adult body. The Russian pulls a knife on Ivan but Noah shoots him dead. Noah later realizes that Claude's willingness to help a fellow [[evolved human]] escape made the [[Company]] distrust him and eventually led to Noah being ordered to [[Episode:Company Man|shoot Claude]].
===[[User:Gabriel Bishop/Cockney Heroes/Season One#Hidden in the Darkness|Hidden in the Darkness]]===
===[[User:Gabriel Bishop/Cockney Heroes/Season One#Hidden in the Darkness|Hidden in the Darkness]]===
Claude's case file (file: C024; password: CRnop07in) at primatechpaper.com contains Claude's personal history:
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Using the identity "Claude Rains," the agent began working with the Company in the mid-1980s. Trained by Ivan Spektor, Rains was initially paired with Agent Haran, but Haran retired due to mental instability after a psychologically traumatic case involving Rollo Fusor. Shortly after, Rains was paired with rookie Company agent Noah Bennet in 1991. The two remained partners for eight years.
Rains' growing disdain for Company protocols and systemic unwillingness to follow orders -- ultimately including a refusal to conduct operations against people with abilities -- resulted in a termination order, assigned to Agent Bennet after the Company confirmed evidence that Rains was harboring a special (subject's identity remains unknown). Rains was severely wounded during the termination attempt but escaped.
[Paragraph Omitted: Classified]
Most recently, unconfirmed reports from civilian interviews place Claude in London, England. The subject is generally aversive to violence and human contact, but agents are advised to report all unscheduled contacts.
The case file also contains a psychological history:
Rains' defining psychological characteristic is a chronic avoidant personality disorder, exhibited by a pervasive distaste for human contact and antisocial behaviors when contact is initiated without his consent.
The apparent absence of typical accompanying anxiety disorders, as well as documentation of subject's comparative openness toward a number of people with abilities, suggests that Rains' disorder stems from or has been exacerbated by long-term, systemic repression of negative feelings toward his primary social group: namely, the Company.
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While these circumstances made the subject receptive to the Company's recruitment process, they also left him highly susceptible to excessive empathy with Company targets, resulting in cognitive dissonance, repression, and eventually, reconciliation through rejection of his Company identity. The long-term psychological effects on the subject are not known and should be considered an analysis priority if he is placed in custody.
Claude has the ability to become invisible, and has been living with the power for at least 15 years. He uses the power to his advantage, stealing from others. Upon contact, Claude's ability allows him to extend his invisibility to other objects. For instance, the pole he uses to hit Peter turns invisible upon contact. It also seems that he can see other invisible people, and vice-versa. (Unexpected)
According to his assignment tracker file at primatechpaper.com, Claude's control index is 90%. His data analysis shows his biological level at 40, cerebral at 30, elemental at 25, and temporal/spatial at 75.
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