Theory:Niki Sanders

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Theory	Citations	Notes
The Company (or Bob) did something with Niki/Jessica so she'll do everything Mohinder tells her to do.	None.	+ There are other evolved humans who are slavish to someone who works for the company. - The "slavish" actions were because of Eden McCain's power of persuasion, however she committed suicide in Fallout and there have been no other confirmed cases of this power. • The Haitian is kind of slavish to Mr. Bennet.
The Company (or Bob) somehow created Gina.	None	+ In the dark future, Niki did not have any problems with additional multiple personalities surfacing. - Gina herself tells Niki how she came about (the trip to LA years ago). • Gina could have been lying to Niki. - Jessica and Gina are just a disability (Multiple personality disorder) that causes Niki's brain to emotionally divide itself to think in more ways than one, hence the different personalities. - Gina existed before Niki interacted with the Company.
Despite the events of Powerless, Niki is still alive.	None.	+ We never actually see a body -only the explosion of the building Niki was in. It is entirely possible that she managed to escape somehow. + The explosion of Peter led viewers to believe that both Peter and his brother, Nathan, were dead at the end of Volume 1. It's possible a similar bait-and-switch occurred here. - The previews suggested that two Heroes would "fall". Nathan was one and Niki seems to be the other. + The same sort of prediction was made when Noah was shot. This may mean that Niki is down, but not completely out. It also could easily have referred to Maya getting shot. - Not even Niki could have survived that explosion, as she had no exit and it happened almost immediately after Monica went out. + Tim Kring said in an interview regarding Volume 3, that Niki's fate was "up in the air and will be determined when we come back after the (Writer's Guild) strike."
Niki is responsible for the outbreak of the Shanti Virus, which leads to the deserted New York that we see in The Line and Out of Time.	None.	+ In Powerless, Niki explodes (most likely) along with the building, releasing her blood, and ultimately, the Shanti Virus. + When Hiro teleports back into the past, at the first attempt of the release of the Shanti Virus, Victoria Pratt tells Kaito that if just a small amount of the Strain 138 were released, it would be an epidemic. - Victoria only specifies Strain 138, not any other strain. + If the virus could mutate in a matter of weeks, pointed out by Mohinder, it could easily mutate into a more deadlier state."