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 (deceased), D.L. Hawkins (deceased)
Grandparents	Paulette Hawkins (paternal grandmother, deceased) Hal Sanders (maternal grandfather)
Guardian	Nana Dawson
Other relatives	Great-aunt: Nana Dawson Aunts: Jessica Sanders Tracy Strauss Barbara Cousins: Monica's mother 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 ability of 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.

Season Two

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

Niki and Micah leave Las Vegas, where Niki brings Micah to live in New Orleans. 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. Micah has some troubles with his cousin Damon, who wants to watch a wresting match on pay-per-view. 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.

Later, Micah finds that Monica plays the piano very fast, though she only saw Micah playing the same notes for a few minutes. 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 also special. He shows her a 9th Wonders!, and points out St. Joan, the muscle mimic who can do whatever she sees. Micah tells her that maybe they should test it out, and after duplicating double-dutch and kung-fu, the two keep their abilities a secret.

Micah sees his mother, Niki, for the first time since coming to New Orleans. 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. Damon explains to Micah that it was stolen. 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, then 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. Micah tells Niki that Monica has been captured by a street gang. They leave to go help her. They follow a GPS signal emitted by Monica's cell phone to find her location at a burning warehouse. Niki helps Monica escape with Micah's backpack, but Micah and Monica watch the building explode with Niki still inside.

One of Us, One of Them

Micah finds a woman who looks exactly like his mother near her coffin. At first he thinks that she is his mother, but then thinks otherwise. He tells Tracy all about his mother, about her super strength and asks if she has powers too. He tells her about his power to talk to machines. He puts his power to good use to look up information about both Niki and Tracy, then sends Tracy off with a hug.

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. It should be noted in Tim Kring's commentary that Noah was simply ad-libbing.(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)
• According to a deleted scene on Heroes: The Complete Second Season, Micah's birthday is December 5.
• Micah took his mothers last name as opposed to the common taking of ones fathers.

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.