QUOTE (flyboynathan @ Dec 6 2008, 05:58 PM)

But according to the comic, it's always been the case that Hiro would teleport Claire out of there. However, I've always thought that Elle was supposed to be Noah's mom, but that the future was changed and Noah no longer exists.
Perhaps. But when Future Peter came back from the future, he sent Parkman to Africa and that began the chain of events that led Parkman to seek out Daphne, which led to Hiro helping Parkman go to Kansas, which led to Hiro ending up in the comic book store.
My theory is a little different, though, and it's that Noah is actually Elle's and Adam's son. Assuming the Company had been using Adam as the catalyst for their formula, the Company may have foreseen that Adam was going to escape or just felt he was a liability so they tried to create a new catalyst. Remember when Adam said he made a mistake 6 years ago and was still paying for it in Season Two? Perhaps that is when the Company started doing so.