Micah Sanders

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Micah Sanders
Micah Sanders, as seen in a promotional image.
Portrayed by	Noah Gray-Cabey
First appearance	"Genesis"
Statistics
Superpower(s)	Unspecified technology-related power
Gender	Male
Age	10^{[citation needed]}
Parent(s)	Niki Sanders (mother), D.L. Hawkins (father)

Micah Sanders is a fictional character on the NBC television series Heroes, portrayed by Noah Gray-Cabey. Micah is the son of Niki Sanders and D.L. Hawkins. He is ten years old and a child prodigy, capable of rebuilding the motherboard for his own computer.

[edit] Character history

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

About six months before most of the series' events, or around April 24, 2006, Micah met his maternal grandfather Hal. Hal seemed like a nice man at first, giving Micah a personal computer and such. However, Hal became enraged when he found Micah taking the laptop apart. Micah's parents came and promptly kicked Hal out.

During the next six months, Micah's father was arrested on charges of theft and murder. Micah was enrolled in a very expensive school to encourage his gifts, but had to leave the school because his mother could not afford the tuition. Micah and Niki had to go on the run because Niki couldn't repay a debt borrowed from a loan shark named Mr. Linderman. As Niki attempted to deal with her predicament, she occasionally left Micah with her friend Tina. Although aware that his mother earned money as a webcam stripper, Micah expressed concerns about Niki aiding Linderman in the episode "Collision". Niki was to meet a client in person, and Micah knew it could potentially be dangerous for Niki to have physical contact with customers.

After Niki's business with Linderman was concluded, the fact that Micah's father had recently escaped became an issue. Micah believed D.L. to be innocent of the charges leveled against him, but Niki was not so sure. Eventually, police placed Niki's home on heavy guard, but D.L. still managed to find a way in. In "Better Halves", D.L. revealed his presence to Niki and Micah, and Micah's parents reconciled for a time. During a conversation the next day, Micah asked his father how he escaped from jail. His father said that he had a secret, and Micah told his father that Niki has a secret as well. Sometime later, Micah ran into his parents' bedroom to find them fighting fiercely, with his father's hand phased into Niki's abdomen. As Niki collapsed, D.L. picked up Micah and ran out of the room.

As they drove away from Niki, Micah grew angry with his father for running away, feeling that the good guys always stay to help and that only bad guys run away. D.L. insisted that he is not a bad guy. On the road, they found a woman in trapped in a burning car. While Micah stayed behind with Ando Masahashi, D.L. and Ando's friend Hiro Nakamura freed the woman before the car exploded. Micah was proud of his father's heroism, though they left just as police were about to arrive.

That night, Micah and D.L. stopped at a motel. Micah snuck out to call his mother, and found a nearby pay phone that was broken. By touching it and concentrating, Micah temporarily repaired the phone and made his call. His mother's alternate personality, Jessica, answers, and although Micah realized this quickly, he still told her where he and his father were staying. He hung up just as D.L. arrived. When D.L. asked him what he's doing, Micah insisted that he was just messing around. The out of order sign on the phone and D.L.'s own inspection of it seemed to satisfy him.

Eventually, Micah tells his dad that his mom is "sick", and that she seemed oblivious to having an alternate personality. He urged his father to go back to Niki and help her. After admitting that he told Jessica where they were, his father rushed him into the car. A shot rang out just as D.L. was getting into the car. D.L. was shot in the shoulder in "Fallout". D.L. and Micah tried to avoid being hit by another shot, then ran into a nearby forest. They stop and D.L. takes off his jacket, then they begin to walk backwards so heir footprints will be misleading. They find an abandoned warehouse, and Micah watches as his father phases his hand through the door and unlocks it. Micah helps his father bandage the wound, but D.L. passes out, worrying Micah. It is implied that either Micah pulled his father into the warehouse or D.L. eventually awoke. Micah begins to call out for his mom. Jessica arrives a few moments later, a gun in the waistband of her pants, happy to see Micah. As Jessica enter the warehouse, a fight ensued between D.L. and her. Micah tried to stop Jessica, but was inadvertently pushed into a rock wall by her. As Micah began to cry out in pain, fighting ceased and Niki regained control of her body. As the family then reconciled short and walked back to the diner where D.L. was shot, Micah sat down. Micah then began to check his leg, which had been hurt when he had been pushed into the wall. D.L. goes to check on him and tells him they were heading for a hotel. Meanwhile, Niki realized she, or rather, Jessica, was too dangerous. When D.L. and Micah looked back up, Niki was across the street, asking a police officer to arrest her for murder.

[edit] Powers and abilities

Micah has an advanced intellect beyond most children his age. In "Genesis" he remarks that he rebuilt the motherboard for his computer the night before the events of the episode take place. In "Nothing to Hide", Micah is able to temporarily repair a damaged pay phone simply by placing his hand on it. After being interrupted in his call by his father, the phone no longer worked.