Micah Sanders

Micah Sanders
Portrayed by	Noah Gray-Cabey
First appearance	Genesis
In-story stats
Known ability	Technopathy
Alias	MicahSanders500
Gender
Age	11
Date of birth	December 1995
Home	New Orleans, LA formerly Las Vegas, NV
Residence	The Dawsons' home formerly the Sanderses' home
Occupation	Elementary school student
Parents	Niki Sanders, D.L. Hawkins (deceased)
Grandparent	Paulette Hawkins (paternal grandmother) Hal Sanders (maternal grandfather)
Guardian	Nana Dawson
Other relatives	Great-aunt: Nana Dawson Aunt: Monica's mother Cousins: Monica Dawson Damon Dawson

Micah Sanders is the son of Niki Sanders and D.L. Hawkins. Micah is exceptionally intelligent and even built a new logic board for his computer. This knowledge of technology may have led to or been caused by his technopathy.

Character History

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Micah Sanders: Season One History.

Micah repairs his computer when his mother tells him to get his things and to leave with her. They go to his school so his mother can talk to his principal. When they leave, Niki drops him off at Tina's house where Micah waits a long time for her return. When Niki finally picks him up, she takes him home before taking him to the desert and eventually to his grandmother's house. He tells his mother he believes his father is innocent. Back at Tina's he reveals to Niki that he knows how she makes a living, and prefers it over what she is about to do.

When the two return home, D.L. arrives and fights with Jessica, taking Micah after he knocks her out. Driving away, the two meet Hiro and Ando while saving a woman. That night, Micah uses a broken payphone to call his mother, instead getting Jessica, until D.L. stops him. Micah persists that they should go back for Niki, but D.L. initially refuses until Micah tells him about Jessica. However, Jessica is already present and shots at D.L. who phases to survive. After Jessica hurts Micah, Niki regains control and turns herself in to the police.

Micah then begins living with his father. Soon, he visits Niki in jail and later takes money from an ATM for his father. Niki is soon released and the family is finally reunited.

However, soon a woman poses as his mother introducing him to Linderman, who wants Micah's help. Micah leaves with Linderman. He soon realizes that someone is impersonating his mother, and tries to escape. However, Candice uses her power to keep him confined. The next day, she uses him to cause Nathan Petrelli to win in the election. Micah complies and then is taken back to the room by Candice. A day later, Niki comes to his rescue and the two go find D.L. who is hurt near Mohinder and Molly. He uses his ability to activate a broken elevator allowing them to escape to Kirby Plaza where they witness the showdown, and finally the explosion. Two days later he chats with Hana about D.L.'s condition.

Kindred

Niki and Micah are at a cemetery in Las Vegas. The two are about to leave Las Vegas for a fresh start, but Micah says he doesn't want to leave his father behind. Niki promises that she will take Micah to see his dad anytime he wants. Micah, crying, runs over to his father's grave.

Later, in New Orleans, Micah is apprehensive about meeting his new family. Niki tells him not to use his powers, and that while she has to leave one more time, when she gets back, they'll be together. Niki and Micah approach a house and meet Nana.

The Kindness of Strangers

Now living with the Dawsons, Micah is rudely awakened by his cousin, Damon, who splashes water on his face. At breakfast, Monica and Damon argue about a pay-per-view wrestling match Damon wants to watch. After Monica leaves, Micah tells Damon that he thinks he knows how to get pay-per-view.

That night, Micah uses his ability to gain access to pay-per-view, so Damon can watch the wrestling. Monica enters, and begins to get angry, but Damon tells her that Micah is a genius and rigged the cable. Micah apologizes, and Monica reminds him that his mother asked her to look after him.

Fight or Flight

Monica finds Micah playing the piano, and Nana notes that it's wonderful to have a musician in the house again. Monica walks up to Micah explaining that no one has played the piano since her mom died. Micah apologizes for playing, but Monica tells him it's okay and sits next to him. Micah asks if she misses her mom, and he comments that he misses his too. Monica starts playing the piano with Micah, and Micah asks if she can play piano, but she tells him that she never learned. Suddenly, she finds herself playing fast and uncontrollably, then walks away frightened.

Monica has cut a few more rose tomatoes, and Micah tells her he thinks he knows what happened with the piano. He goes to the television and puts his hand on it, and it turns on and off, explaining how he rigged the pay-per-view. He tells her he thinks it runs in the family, since D.L. could walk through walls, and his mother is another story altogether. He shows her a 9th Wonders!, and points out St. Joan, the muscle mimic who can do whatever she sees. She shows him the tomatoes, and how she saw it on TV. Micah tells her that maybe they should test it out.

At a park, Micah and Monica go to see skateboarders and basketball players, but Monica suggests double-dutching since she was never good at it. Using her ability, she watches a girl jump rope, then jumps in.

Monica flips through channels, and watches kung fu, replicating Bruce Lee's motions. Micah watches her do flips and kicks. She wonders what it all means, and Micah tells her that they're special. She wonders why God gave them the gifts, and then tells Micah that it's their secret. After Micah leaves the room, Monica then goes to answer a knock on the door and finds Mohinder. He tells her that he has answers to her questions.

Four Months Ago...

It's Micah's 11th birthday and his mother and father are singing, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", to him. Niki is semi-sedated by her pills and D.L. is hugging him warmly. The birthday cake is made like a 9th Wonders comic book cover, St. Joan issue. Micah tells his parents that his birthday wish is that they can be like the Fantastic Four, minus one. D.L. then tells him he has a new job, one that will make him proud. Afterwards, he takes Micah boating and Niki stays home.

After the L.A. club scene where D.L. is shot, Micah is shown at his funeral, holding the medal of valor his father was given for rescuing the six-year-old girl. Damon asks if he can play with it, only to be reprimanded by Monica.

Truth & Consequences

Micah sees his mother, Niki, for the first time since coming to New Orleans to live with Nana and his cousins, Monica and Damon. Niki explains that she has a virus, but that is it not contagious and that Doctor Suresh is doing everything he can to find a cure for her. Micah decides to give her something that will give her hope, his deceased father D.L.'s medal, and goes to find his backpack only to find it is gone. Later, Damon explains to Micah that it was stolen. Micah is furious and attacks Damon. Later, Micah is approached late at night by Monica who says she will get the backpack. Monica and Micah sneak out to the house where Micah's backpack is and after watching a video of a break in on the iPod Bob gave her, Monica breaks in and finds the backpack. However, the house is broken into and they find Monica, throwing her into the back of a van. Scared, Micah runs, leaving her there with them.

Powerless

At the Dawsons' home Micah tells Niki that Monica has been captured by a street gang. He tries to convince Niki to use her super strength to rescue Monica, but Niki tells him she doesn't have her strength anymore because of the virus. They leave anyway to go help her.

Micah and Niki follow a GPS signal emitted by Monica's cell phone to find her location at an abandoned warehouse. When they arrive, Niki beats up the gang member and enters the burning warehouse. Niki helps Monica escape with Micah's backpack, but Niki isn't so lucky. Micah and Monica watch the building explode with Niki still inside.

Evolved Human Abilities

Micah has the ability to manipulate electronic and/or mechanical items. He can manipulate technology whether broken or working. Though his ability to build new technology is unknown, he did say he had created a new motherboard for his computer that he received from his grandfather, Hal Sanders.

Equipment

• 9th Wonders!--collection of comic books by Isaac Mendez that Micah enjoys reading
• Laptop computer--given to Micah by his grandfather, Hal Sanders
• Money--stolen by Micah from an ATM and given to his father

Notes

• In the unaired pilot, Micah is seen talking on the phone with the ticket sales office of a train station about a trip taking "a couple of hours". It is unclear where he is planning to go or why (he did offer to buy the tickets when he arrived at the station) because he is interrupted by Tina and is forced to hang up. Later, Micah has run off, along with $300 from Tina's purse. (In His Own Image)
• Micah is currently one of the youngest characters known to have demonstrated a superhuman power, along with Sanjog Iyer and Molly Walker.
• Noah Gray-Cabey is 11 years old, which is also Micah's age. Hal Sanders, who hadn't met Micah before, said the laptop was "amortized over ten birthdays". (Six Months Ago)
• In a possible future timeline, Micah was killed during the explosion in New York City. (Five Years Gone)

Trivia

• While talking to Candice, Micah says he has a cousin who overeats and is very fat. (Landslide)
• Much like his late aunt Jessica, Micah appears to have a talent for playing the piano. (Fight or Flight)

See Also

• For other uses of Micah, see Micah (disambig).
• For articles related to Micah, see Related Articles:Micah.
• For images of Micah, see Images of Micah Sanders.
• For other members of the Hawkins family, see Hawkins (disambig).
• For other members of the Sanders family, see Sanders (disambig).

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Micah Sanders for fan-created theories and other speculation.