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| home = Calabasas, CA |
| home = [[Lyneboro, CT]] <br> formerly Calabasas, CA |
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| pob = Newport, RI |
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| residence = Rachel's home |
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| gender = Female |
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| parent(s)/guardian(s) = [[Leona]],<br /> |
| parent(s)/guardian(s) = [[Leona Mills]],<br /> Unnamed father (deceased) |
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| occupation = Agent of [[Homeland Security]],<br> former U.S. Marine Private,<br> former U.S. Marine Corporal |
| occupation = Police officer, <br> Member of [[LAWR]],<br> former Agent of [[Homeland Security]],<br> former U.S. Marine Private,<br> former U.S. Marine Corporal |
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| significant other = [[David Sullivan]] (deceased),<br |
| significant other = [[David Sullivan]] (deceased),<br> [[Volts]] |
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'''Rachel Mills''' is the daughter of [[Leona Mills]] and a former Marine. She worked with [[Building 26]], capturing [[Evolved humans|people like her]] until she eventually came to accept herself and her ability. She is an [[evolved human]] with the [[ability]] to [[Teleportation|teleport]]. |
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==About== |
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'''Rachel Mills''' is a former soldier in the United States Marine Corps whose career came to an abrupt end following [[The Private|a disturbing experience]] while serving in Iraq. Initially remaining with the USMC and recruited into [[Pinehearst]] as part of their super soldier program; Rachel was ultimately discharged from the USMC following Pinehearst's destruction. Since then, she has found work by joining the [[Department of Homeland Security]] and becoming a member of [[Danko's team|a team of soldiers]] under [[Danko]]'s command; hunting [[evolved humans]] at the behest of their superior; Senator [[Nathan Petrelli]]. This is ironic, as Rachel is an [[evolved human]] with the [[ability]] to [[Teleportation|teleport]]; a fact she currently keeps secret. |
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Rachel was in the United States Marine Corps whose career came to an abrupt end following [[The Private|a disturbing experience]] while serving in Iraq. Initially, Rachel retained her place in the USMC, at a lower rank, and accepted recruitment into [[Pinehearst]] as part of their super soldier program. Ultimately, Rachel's career in the USMC ended when Pinehearst was destroyed; which proved a traumatic event for her as, not only was she discharged from the service, but she unintentionally discovered her ability. Since then, Rachel found work by joining [[Building 26]]; a task force agency set up by the [[Department of Homeland Security]] to hunt down and imprison evolved humans, at the behest of Senator [[Nathan Petrelli]]. Rachel, hiding her ability, served as one of [[Emile Danko]]'s agents. |
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Initially, Rachel was uncertain of her abilities and her very identity, but experiences while a prisoner of [[Angela Petrelli]] (an old friend of her mother) ultimately convinced Rachel to accept who she was. To this end, Rachel joined [[LAWR]] and began working undercover inside the agency as LAWR's mole. This lasted until Rachel was forced to shoot and kill her partner and friend - Agent [[Jason Pierce]] - when he discovered her power; an act that set off a chain of events that led to her exposure and exile from Building 26. Rachel joined the fight against the U.S. Government until Building 26 was formally shut-down by [[The President]]; putting an end to the hunt for evolved humans. After defeating Jason's psychotic sister, [[Janey Pierce]], in a pitched battle, Rachel finally gained peace when she reunited with her mother. |
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==Character History== |
==Character History== |
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===[[Our Father]]=== |
===[[Episode:Our Father|Our Father]]=== |
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Rachel [[:Image:Marines David Rachel and Ryan.jpg|trains]] with the [[Arthur's soldiers|other recruits]] at [[Pinehearst Headquarters]] in [[Fort Lee]]. |
Rachel [[:Image:Marines David Rachel and Ryan.jpg|trains]] with the [[Arthur's soldiers|other recruits]] at [[Pinehearst Headquarters]] in [[Fort Lee]]. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 1]]=== |
===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 1]]=== |
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[[Image:Rachel Angela.JPG|thumb|right|Rachel is interrogated by [[Angela]].]] |
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Rachel is interrogated by [[Angela]] in an unknown [[Primatech]] facility in [[Tappen, NJ]] about the whereabouts of the [[genetic modification formula|formula]] and claims not to know about it. Twelve hours before, Rachel is talking with [[Ryan Hanover]] and [[David Sullivan]] when an explosion at Pinehearst causes the building to start collapsing. Rachel tries to help David move a beam that has fallen on top of him, but is unable to do so. She then walks over to search for something to pry the beam off David and winds up [[teleportation|teleporting]] back to him when an air duct begins to fall on top of her. Rachel pleads with David to ignore what happened and that it was nothing. |
Rachel is interrogated by [[Angela]] in an unknown [[Primatech]] facility in [[Tappen, NJ]] about the whereabouts of the [[genetic modification formula|formula]] and claims not to know about it. Twelve hours before, Rachel is talking with [[Ryan Hanover]] and [[David Sullivan]] when an explosion at Pinehearst causes the building to start collapsing. Rachel tries to help David move a beam that has fallen on top of him, but is unable to do so. She then walks over to search for something to pry the beam off David and winds up [[teleportation|teleporting]] back to him when an air duct begins to fall on top of her. Rachel pleads with David to ignore what happened and that it was nothing. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 3]]=== |
===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 3]]=== |
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Rachel is still being |
Rachel is still being interrogated by [[Angela Petrelli|Angela]]. Rachel continues to flash back, this time she recounts what happened when [[David Sullivan|David]] was injected with the serum. In Rachel's recollection, David keels over and leans on both hands while growling. Meanwhile, Rachel sits against the wall bracing her shoulder wound and [[Ryan Hanover|Ryan]] continues to point his gun at them. [[David's ability]] manifests and he attacks Ryan and then tries to attack Rachel. She [[teleport|teleports]] out of his path to the other side of the room. David turns and again charges at her super fast, but Rachel has grabbed a pair of scissors and uses them to stab David in the chest. |
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After Angela asks what she did with the remaining serum Rachel says she destroyed it, then she flashes back to finding a remaining syringe on the ground the cracking it in half Angela says she gave the wrong answer and leaves, Rachel then recalls that after destroying the syringe, she still had the vial of serum in her hands that had been inside the syringe. |
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After Angela asks what she did with the remaining serum Rachel says she destroyed it, then she flashes back to finding a remaining syringe on the ground then cracking it in half. Angela says she gave the wrong answer and leaves, Rachel then recalls that after destroying the syringe, she still had the vial of serum in her hands that had been inside the syringe. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 4]]=== |
===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 4]]=== |
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Still in the interrogation room, Rachel sees [[Carlos]] and [[Angela]] coming towards her. Angela continues to question Rachel about the [[serum]] and [[Teleportation|her abilities]], mentioning Rachel's mother, [[Leona]]. Rachel denies that she is [[Special (theme)|special]], but then has a flashback about how she got out of the Pinehearst lab - she used her ability. Even after the flashback, she denies her abilities, only for Angela to tell her that she doesn't believe her. |
Still in the interrogation room, Rachel sees [[Carlos (guard)|Carlos]] and [[Angela]] coming towards her. Angela continues to question Rachel about the [[serum]] and [[Teleportation|her abilities]], mentioning Rachel's mother, [[Leona]]. Rachel denies that she is [[Special (theme)|special]], but then has a flashback about how she got out of the Pinehearst lab - she used her ability. Even after the flashback, she denies her abilities, only for Angela to tell her that she doesn't believe her. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 5]]=== |
===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 5]]=== |
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[[Carlos]] and [[Angela]] approach Rachel, who is still tied down to a chair next to a conference table in the [[Tappen]] facility. Angela tells Rachel that she underestimated her and is letting her go; and Carlos removes her IV, saying that the effects should wear off in a few hours. Angela then commends Rachel for being a fighter like her, but Rachel replies that she's nothing like her and just wants to leave. Angela says that there's a car waiting for her outside. |
[[Carlos (guard)|Carlos]] and [[Angela]] approach Rachel, who is still tied down to a chair next to a conference table in the [[Tappen]] facility. Angela tells Rachel that she underestimated her and is letting her go; and Carlos removes her IV, saying that the effects should wear off in a few hours. Angela then commends Rachel for being a fighter like her, but Rachel replies that she's nothing like her and just wants to leave. Angela says that there's a car waiting for her outside. |
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Later, Rachel parks next to a [[gas station (II)|gas station]] restroom and heads inside. While staring at the mirror, Rachel recalls how at [[Pinehearst Headquarters|Pinehearst]], she had taken the vial of [[serum]] out of the syringe she broke and hid it inside her shoulder wound. Back in the present, Rachel removes the serum from her wound and redresses the bandage using her shirt to tie it up. |
Later, Rachel parks next to a [[gas station (II)|gas station]] restroom and heads inside. While staring at the mirror, Rachel recalls how at [[Pinehearst Headquarters|Pinehearst]], she had taken the vial of [[serum]] out of the syringe she broke and hid it inside her shoulder wound. Back in the present, Rachel removes the serum from her wound and redresses the bandage using her shirt to tie it up. |
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===[[Episode:Trust and Blood|Trust and Blood]]=== |
===[[Episode:Trust and Blood|Trust and Blood]]=== |
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Rachel is one of the Marines working for [[Nathan Petrelli]] at [[Building 26]]. She guards [[Tracy Strauss]] in the back of a truck when Nathan arrives to talk to Tracy. |
Rachel is one of the Marines working for [[Nathan Petrelli]] at [[Building 26]]. She guards a hooded [[Tracy Strauss]] in the back of a truck when Nathan arrives to talk to Tracy. |
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===[[Episode:Exposed|Exposed]]=== |
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Rachel and [[Jason Pierce|her partner]] watch the [[the Bennets' home (Costa Verde)|Bennets' house]] from a pool-cleaning van. The two eventually search the house, and [[Claire]] reminds Rachel that she's off limits. Rachel replies that a guy like [[Alex]] is just her type and that she's sure Claire is hiding him, but the two agents find nothing and [[Sandra]] tells them to leave. Later, Rachel and her partner take action when a car comes out of the Bennets' garage: they stop it, but find only Sandra and [[Lyle]] inside. They hear a loud noise from behind the house and pursue Claire and Alex. Rachel and Jason split up and Rachel checks a pool area, failing to spot that Alex and Claire are hiding [[Underwater breathing|under the water]]. Her partner then calls her on the radio, telling her he believes he has a lead. |
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According to NBC.com's [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/The-Recruit/Rachel-Mills/ character reference] for Rachel Mills, Rachel was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but grew up in Calabasas, California. She was raised solely by her mother, [[Leona]], until Rachel was twelve and Leona committed [[suicide]]. Rachel's grandparents then took her in, but they struggled with little money and Rachel wasn't able to gain many friends. After graduating from high school, Rachel joined the Marines following her grandfather's footsteps. After spending four years abroad between [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]], [[Pinehearst]] recruited Rachel for their top-secret operation. |
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===[[Episode:Shades of Gray|Shades of Gray]]=== |
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[[Image:The Recruit Rachel.jpg|thumb|right|Rachel appears in [http://www.hulu.com/watch/47827/heroes-the-recruit-rachel ''The Recruit: Rachel'']]] |
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An intercepted mobile message [http://www.hulu.com/watch/47827/heroes-the-recruit-rachel posted] on Hulu.com is a video message Rachel left for her friend, Amy, before she left for [[Pinehearst]]: |
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{{message|Hey, Amy! I'll be MIA for a couple weeks and I just wanted to give you the heads up before I'm off. I've been selected for this program. But after being [[Iraq War|stationed in Iraq]] for the past 16 months, it should be a breeze. Heck, the weather's nicer, pay's better, there's a lot of cute boys here. Anyway, I love you. Bye.|percent=70}} |
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[[Image:Puppetmaster rachel.jpg|thumb|right|Rachel is [[puppet master|controlled]] by [[Eric Doyle|Doyle]].]] |
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===[[Operation Bad Blood]]=== |
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The above Hulu.com message was later included amongst other video mail messages in chapter 5 of [[Operation Bad Blood]]. They are part of a video feed being reviewed for security messages by a technician in Pinehearst that the Pinehearst contracted player spots. Rachel's message to her friend, Amy, is viewable by clicking the "video feeds" link on the page. |
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She and [[Jason Pierce|her partner]] visibly follow Claire around until they get a tip on [[Eric Doyle]]'s location. Rachel manages to corner him, but he uses [[puppet master|his ability]] to force her to point her gun in the air. Rachel offers him a chance to surrender, but he just forces her to point her own gun at her own head. She is visibly scared and crying, but Eric, who claims to just want to go back to having a normal life, knocks her out and doesn't kill her. |
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[[Image:Rachel Mills in Operation Bad Blood.jpg|thumb|right|Rachel appears in ''{{nbl|Operation Bad Blood}}'']] |
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A second and final message from Rachel to her friend Amy is viewable by again clicking the "video feeds" link on the [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/iStory/chapters/205/UEgxNTAwMjAtZA== iStory page]: |
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{{message|Okay, this is it--my last message. Twelve hours to go and it's... it's really starting to sink in. It's a lot of pressure. But anyway, um, you're my best friend, Aimes, and don't forget that... unless you tell somebody about that thing. And if you tell somebody about that thing, then I will have to come hunt you down and take you out. Well, anyway, um, I love you and I'll call you when I get back.|percent=70}} |
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===[[Graphic Novel:Puppet with No Strings]]=== |
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Prior to meeting [[Claire]], [[Danko]] interrogates [[Eric Doyle|Doyle]] inside his [[Doyle's Marionette Theatre|theatre]]. [[Rachel]] and [[Jason Pierce]] stand with him, watching Danko's brutal form of questioning. After he receives the information he was looking for, Danko sets the theatre ablaze, trapping Doyle inside. On the way out, Rachel gets a message from [[Rebel]], telling her to go rescue Doyle. Stealthily, she [[teleports]] inside and frees Doyle from his bindings, before returning outside and meeting up with her fellow agents. |
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In [[The Private chapter summaries#Chapter 301|chapter 1 of The Private]], Rachel visits the remnants of the destroyed [[Pinehearst Headquarters]]. Later, when in a job interview, her [[interviewer|potential employer]] reviews her personnel file and mentions her many combat decorations she accumulated in her four years of service and excellent shooting accuracy even under the pressure of combat situations. To explain why she was discharged as a private, Rachel begins recalling her experiences from her last tour of duty in [[Iraq]] the previous summer. In Rachel's recollection, she is called Corporal Mills by her commanding officer, [[Barton]]. She begins to follow his orders to leave her Humvee and search a woman's car at a checkpoint in [[Ghanaf, Iraq]], when she hears an erratic beeping noise that she follows and finds a coded message. When she grabs the message, Rachel hears loud bangs coming from the checkpoint and sees that the rest of her unit has been disabled by gas canisters. |
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===[[Graphic Novel:Hanging By a Thread]]=== |
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Rachel turns and flees into an alley, where she runs into [[Ammar]], her unit's Iraqi translator. Together, Rachel and Ammar continue running away and find a hiding spot in a side alley down a side street. Rachel then spots two of their hazard suit-wearing pursuers pass by. One starts to tug off his gas mask, but the other gives him an order and the first man pulls it back on. However, before he does so, she sees that the man isn't Middle Eastern. Rachel also notes to herself that the order sounded very much like English. Rachel begins to analyze the message and her situation. She realizes that the message is in Morse code and the translation means she was bugged by Ammar. However, Rachel's realization comes too late and Ammar forces her out onto the street at gunpoint. They are quickly surrounded by men in hazard suits and one of the men places a smelly hood over her head. |
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Rachel Mills runs across a rooftop, chasing [[Howie Kaplan]], a target of [[Building 26]]. When they get to an opening, Howie uses his [[ability]] to [[Oil secretion|throw oil at Rachel's feet]], causing Rachel to slip and begin to fall towards the ground. Rachel, with no other choice, [[teleports]] back onto the rooftop and whacks Howie, but accidentally knocks him over the edge of the roof. She grabs onto his wrist, and starts interrogating Howie while he holds onto her for dear life. Suddenly, [[Rebel]] sends her a [[text message]] telling her that she's starting to act like [[Angela Petrelli]]. Rachel realizes that Rebel is right, and then has a flashback. |
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Rachel recalls that Angela had forced her to embrace her ability, not letting her deny it and driving her to the brink. Eventually, when Rachel used her ability to escape Angela's grasp, she had let her go. Influenced by this, Rachel decides to let Howie go as well. [[Jason Pierce]] and a [[masked agent]] come running, and Rachel realizes that she must not let them witness what she is about to do. She deliberately throws herself over the edge, and then teleports [[Ability extension|both her and Howie]] to the ground. Howie realizes that Rachel is "[[evolved|special]]" too, and Rachel tells him that he should get away fast. Howie thanks her, and Rebel instructs Rachel to go back and make up an excuse. |
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In [[The Private chapter summaries#Chapter 302|chapter 2 of The Private]], Rachel takes a break from her story when the interviewer leaves temporarily to fetch some coffee. When he returns with his cup and asks Rachel if she wants some, she declines and continues her story when prompted to. Rachel notes that next, her captors dump her in a muddy pit and she realizes her captors had taken some of her blood some time before then. She then waits by herself there for about 12 hours until a rope ladder is lowered to her and she climbs up. Rachel follows two men and a women to a mess hall where she is interrogated by an Arabic man who introduces himself as [[Harry]]. She tells Harry that her people will come for her, and learns from him that she is in [[Iran]] and that there is an Iranian army medical facility in the nearby village. When Harry then asks her about her mother, Rachel just stays silent and learns that she has been under surveillance from an unknown party for some time. She is then taken back to her pit and finds she now has company inside it. |
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===[[Graphic Novel:Exodus]]=== |
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The man sharing Rachel's pit, [[Jim]], and Rachel introduce themselves to each other. Jim asks if they said why they brought her there, and Rachel must decide how to respond. She chooses to comment on Jim's appearance and gets Jim to open up about how he came to be there. Rachel's conversation with Jim is interrupted when [[Ammar]] arrives above their pit. When Ammar informs her that her captors plan to kill her, she asks for his help. |
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Rachel is at a [[shooting range]] in [[Building 26]] when [[Danko]] enters with agents that hold her. Danko shows her a message sent to [[Janey]] from her brother [[Jason Pierce]] explaining that if anything happened to him to report Rachel. As the agents prepare to take her away she [[Teleportation|teleports]] into the hallway and runs to the room filled with [[evolved human]] prisoners. She searches for [[Eric Doyle]] and when she finds him releases two more evolved humans that were in the next beds before the agents return. [[Mary Krause]] is shot dead straight away while the bullets [[Granulation|turn to sand]] when they touch [[Gordon Hovey]]. Gordon then touches an agent and turns him into sand. Rachel then teleports herself, Gordon and Eric through Building 26 to the roof where a helicopter is waiting. As the shooter shoots at them Eric hides behind Gordon and Rachel teleports onto the helicopter pushing the shooters off and then holding a gun to the [[Helicopter pilot|pilot]], forcing him to take them away. When they land in a field Rachel walks with Eric and mentions her life with Building 26 is over. |
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==[[Heroes Evolutions]]== |
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Rachel pauses telling the story when the interviewer makes a note, and she asks him what interested him. When the interviewer replies that Rachel seems to have a Type E personality based on her responses, Rachel asks if that is the best type and why she gets the feeling that how she tells the story is more important than the story itself. The interviewer doesn't answer Rachel, but instead notes that Ammar has a proposal for Rachel and asks Rachel to continue the story, which she does. |
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''For a complete summary of Rachel's history in the iStory and Heroes Evolutions, see '''[[Rachel Mills/Heroes Evolutions|Rachel Mills: Heroes Evolutions History]]'''.'' |
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According to NBC.com's [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/The-Recruit/Rachel-Mills/ character reference] for Rachel Mills, Rachel was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but grew up in Calabasas, California. She was raised solely by her mother, [[Leona]], until Rachel was twelve and Leona committed [[suicide]]. Rachel's grandparents then took her in, but they struggled with little money and Rachel wasn't able to gain many friends. After graduating from high school, Rachel joined the Marines following her grandfather's footsteps. After spending four years abroad between [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]], [[Pinehearst]] recruited Rachel for their top-secret operation. |
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In Rachel's continued recollection, Rachel listens to Ammar's proposal for them to use his motorcycle and make a one to two days drive on a road that the U.S. military is watching. She replies that it sounds like his plan is to get them blown up by a Predator drone, but Ammar says that she will signal to her people that they are escaped prisoners when they get close. Rachel then asks Ammar about bringing Jim. She learns that Ammar does not think he should come and that Jim thinks they should jump Ammar and take his motorcycle. |
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After Ammar comes back that night and helps them get out, Rachel knocks Ammar out with her fist and whispers to Jim that she thought that would feel more satisfying. Looking back, Rachel spots their pit in a fenced-off clearing behind them and sees other pits half-dug nearby. Jim and Rachel spot Ammar's motorcycle between two low storage buildings and hop on. Rachel holds to Jim as he drives them away from the camp. They drive for a couple minutes, then pull off and climb to the top of a nearby hill to check for pursuit. Reaching the top of the hill, Rachel says that she's thirsty and they've got quite a drive ahead of them, noting that it felt like their captors had taken her hundreds of miles. She then turns around to find four desert fighters have suddenly materialized behind them. Rachel tells them not to shoot in Arabic, raising her hands; but discovers that they are U.S. Special Forces that have been monitoring the facility Rachel and Jim escaped from. Two hours later, Rachel is briefed with Jim by the Special Forces lieutenant. She learns that the Special Forces squad has received orders to destroy the prison camp, and that they will claim that they are rescuing Rachel and Jim if there is any political fallout. |
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In [[The Private chapter summaries#Chapter 303|chapter 3 of The Private]], Rachel pauses her story to note that what she is going to say next is not what the official account says, and affirms to her interviewer that she is giving him the truth. Rachel then continues his story, saying she talks more with [[Sam (The Private)|Sam]], the Special Forces lieutenant, who warns Rachel and Jim that the Iranian forces will likely come quickly when the charges go off so to be prepared to run. |
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Rachel then watches with Jim from a rocky hill as the Special Forces squad sneaks down to the compound. Rachel spots someone leaving a hidden door around the corner from the front entrance, and asks Jim to warn the squad. However, it is too late and Rachel watches as the squad disappears in a white flash and chest-rattling boom. Rachel takes off running toward the facility, reaching Sam's body. Rachel refuses to leave without finishing the mission, and instructs Jim to return to their came and try to radio for help. Rachel spots the guy in the lab coat that had left the building earlier and runs after him. She finds that the door is just an outline in the building's metal siding, so she pulls it open and steps through it into a small, dark room. |
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Once inside, Rachel spots the man trying to use the inside door, and takes his pistol from him. In order to find where the files are stored, Rachel takes the man hostage. She points the gun to the man's head and learns that he can speak English. Rachel then asks him what the place is, but doesn't get a straight answer from him so she asks him to show her around, pressing him through the inner door. |
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Once inside, they find the next room also dark, as though the power is out. Even though she is wearing a mask, Rachel smells an overpowering odor of rot and chemicals. Rachel gets her hostage to take her inside the main office. She finds it has a small desk, low ceiling and dozens of filing cabinets. Files are open on the desk, along with piles of photographs, and Rachel studies them to make sense of things. Rachel notes that the images show what used to be people, but all of them had either been been deformed, contorted, enlarged, reduced, or discolored. To Rachel, some of them appear blackened and torn by some kind of internal explosion. Rachel asks what happened, but only learns that they had problems. She asks him if there are people alive in the building, and he notes that they are not people. |
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In order to find out more about the facilities records, Rachel orders her hostage to find her file. Rachel tells him her name and he produces a file folder with her name on it from the last filing cabinet. However, Rachel finds that the folder is empty. Rachel tells her hostage that they will see about the facility taking many women, and then she feels the rumbling of trucks getting close outside. |
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In [[The Private chapter summaries#Chapter 304|chapter 4 of The Private]], Rachel chooses to investigate weird moaning she hears coming from the medical ward so that she can rescue a girl that sounds like she is in distress. On a far table, under a dim construction light, Rachel spots her laying in a tangle of wires and tubes. As Rachel gets closer, she can see that her "table" was a tray, half-full of a blue-ish chemical that is being pumped in through a tube like a garden hose. Her arms and legs were swollen, bulging, as if full of liquid. The girl has IVs in both arms with her eyes half-open. Rachel notes that she seems unconscious, and then pauses her story to calm herself from the fresh memories. |
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When Rachel is asked to again continue her story, she does so intermittently, pausing after recalling each next segment, as it is painful to her. Continuing, Rachel explains that she freed the girl, but the girl attacked her and was very powerful. Rachel agrees with the interviewer that the girl's reaction is not what she expected, and speculates that whatever the facility was doing had changed her in addition to making her afraid. When the interviewer points out that Rachel did survive, Rachel replies that the girl would have killed her, but the men outside came in and the girl turned on them. When that happened, Rachel took the opportunity to run away. |
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When the interviewer then stops Rachel from saying more, she asks why he wants to stop when she hasn't said how she escaped. Rachel then listens as the interviewer completes her story for her. He says Rachel found Jim on the hill, and then they made their way toward the border. However, on the way, they were met by a helicopter hired by Jim's employer. |
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Rachel questions how the interviewer knows that, noting that information wasn't in the official account. She then listens as the interview details the official account: that they crossed the Iraq-Iran border, attacked an Iranian army convoy and were captured. This caused a stir in the local media, and the U.S. government demoted Rachel to Private, punishing her to hush the situation. Rachel responds that the real story is crazy, but they have to believe her, and learns from the interviewer that they do. She then sees Jim walk into the office and join them. |
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As the memories of what happened in Iran come flooding back to Rachel, she asks Jim if he was working for these guys. Rachel learns from Jim that he wasn't working for them when he was in Iran, and that he just started. Jim continues that he told his new employers their story, and they were very interested. |
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When the interviewer leaves the room temporarily, Rachel asks Jim if he isn't still working for Jeremy Woo, noting that Jim had said Jeremy was pretty persuasive. She learns from Jim that Jeremy is dead and some of the details related to his death. |
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Rachel then asks if Jim said he worked for a paper company, but isn't able to get anything out of him about that company. She then recalls the empty file with her name on it she found in the facility in Iran, and tells Jim she only needs to know from him what he knows about it. She adds she feels like she might have been singled out. However, she only gets a warning from Jim not to ever bring up the file again, and especially not in the place they are now. Rachel then presses him again for what he knows, but Jim refuses to tell her and says it is for her own good that she doesn't know. |
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When the interviewer returns and Jim leaves, Rachel thanks the interviewer for recognizing that her experience in the Middle East may prove valuable and notes that most people just call her a liar. When he then asks Rachel how she explains what she found in the facility in Iran, Rachel admits she can't explain it and all she has gained is questions. She is then told by the interviewer that they are going to help her and they would like her to to join their team. |
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Rachel congratulates herself on making the team, not realizing how much she needed that. She is then surprised to learn from him that training begins in twenty minutes, and that she needs to make any desired calls now as she will be unreachable until after her first mission. She asks when that mission will begin, and learns from him it will start in a number of days. Rachel is then instructed by the interviewer to stand in front of the camera and repeat after him. |
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Rachel thinks now that this is when her new war began. |
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===[[The Agent]]=== |
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In [[The Agent chapter summaries#chapter 401|chapter 1 of The Agent]], Rachel believes she has been hired by a professional paramilitary organization, but soon finds herself in the middle of a secret war between the government and not-so-ordinary citizens. Rachel continues to encounter [[Jim]], who is now a fellow agent, while working for this organization. She thinks Jim seems protective of her, but knows that Jim knows much more than he will admit to her. |
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It is now the end of the day, and Rachel feels empty and drained. She wishes to herself that [[Gibson]] was with her, then looks at the [[Tracy Strauss|woman]] they captured. She notices that the woman is scared, and thinks that she should be. Rachel then recalls to herself how the day began. |
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Rachel's recollection begins with Rachel participating in a training exercise in a gutted office building surrounded by woods. As Rachel gets close to her target, she holds her breath. Rachel then moves into the shadows of a hallway. |
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While following her target, Rachel notes to herself that the agent training is brutal, intense, and bizarre. Rachel recalls being in shape in the Marines, but being part of this organization is a different experience. The trainees are taught a thousand ways to take down a target, wearing all sorts of protective gear and in odd conditions, often with various handicaps. |
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When target stops briefly and scans the area, Rachel hides again before he can spot her. He kneels down and pulls a grill from the wall, and Rachel realizes they had found his stash. She then steps out from hiding and shoots him twice in the head. |
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The agents screams in pain, and says that one shot in the shoulder would have been fine. Rachel replies that doing that wouldn't be good practice, and then the other trainees start coming out of the woods. Rachel is then congratulated by her trainer, [[Moore]], and the other trainees for breaking the course record. |
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Rachel notes to herself that most of her fellow recruits were very competitive and hated her as of a few days ago, but that she has been turning around their opinions by being better than them. Rachel offers to give one fellow trainee, [[Gibson]], him some tips to help him on the course, but he declines in favor of hearing about Iran again. |
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Pausing her recollection, Rachel notes that Gibson's eyes told her that he had never been out in the field. However, his eyes also made him the best shot in their training group. She guesses he thought he was just playing a video game and feels sorry for him. Rachel also notes that he should be standing next to her right now as she promised him, but that things didn't go as planned. |
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Continuing, Rachel recalls that they get a call about the [[Flight 195 crash|plane crash]]. They are briefed that the plane carried federal detainees, and their instructions are to recon and contain them. The recruits then all pile into black-painted helicopters that immediately take off. Everyone is given live ammunition, and the trainees appear happy to get a reprieve from the deep-assessment training they had been getting for the last forty-eight hours. |
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When they land, Rachel is told to report to [[Danko]] for orders. She recognizes Danko's name--she had been compared to him in training. Rachel locates Danko when he is talking with [[Nathan Petrelli|Senator Petrelli]] and listens to their conversation. While the arguing continues, Rachel turns her attention on a girl, the senator's daughter, that Danko points to. She notes her blond hair and that she appears to be a teenager. Rachel also notes the girl is scratched up and very upset. Several agents stand around her, and her hands are tied behind her back. Then Rachel looks at the crater where the plane had been, and ponders what she is capable of. |
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Suddenly, Rachel feels a burst of air and another [[Daphne|blond girl]] appears, and then both the new girl and the senator's daughter disappear. Next, Rachel hears people say that Claire has disappeared, and pieces together that Claire is the senator's daughter's name. |
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Shortly thereafter, Rachel receives orders from Danko to pick three men and follow the main search party. He adds that if that party gets into trouble, her squad is to ignore everything else and capture Claire by any means possible. Rachel asks what if they can't capture her, and he instructs her to shoot her in the back of the skull. |
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When Danko leaves, Rachel allows Gibson to join her and tells him to stay close to her, and that he should keep his head down to stay okay. Following the main search party, they find a group of the escaped detainees including the senator's daughter next to the smashed tail of the plane. Rachel watches as agent in charge of the main search party prepares an ambush and then the [[Daphne|fast girl]] stands up. She next sees Gibson open fire, taking down the fast girl and Claire, and then pause his firing. Then, before Rachel can realize it, Gibson turns and shoots everyone else in their party except for Rachel and points his gun at her. Rachel just watches as Danko saves her by shooting Gibson dead and then pulls out a tie and takes Claire prisoner. |
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Rachel pauses her recollection again, and looks down at the blond woman's face. The woman appears dirty, tired and terrified to Rachel, and Rachel notes to herself that now they just need to stop the rest before more good men die. |
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In [[The Agent chapter summaries#chapter 402|chapter 2 of The Agent]], Rachel has become an accepted and respected member of a [[Danko's team|secret new government unit]]. After the [[Flight 195|plane crash]], Rachel promised fellow trainee, [[Gibson]], that she would protect him, but fugitives that [[Claire]] released killed him. Now, Rachel's deepest secret begins to haunt her. |
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Rachel wakes up and finds herself sitting in a metal chair in a [[Pinehearst Headquarters|Pinehearst lab]]. She has taken a bullet and blood runs down her arm. A spotlight is pointed in her face, and she can only make out the outline of her interrogator's body. Then, Rachel sees a blue IV dripping into her arm and the interrogator shuffles forward. Rachel addresses the interrogator as [[Angela Petrelli|Petrelli]], but realizes it is the girl that almost killed her in the [[Biological warfare compound|desert lab]]. Rachel notices the girl's stained skin, swollen arms and legs, and unfocused eyes, and that fluid is dripping from the girl's veins onto the floor. |
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Rachel dodges the girl's blue hands, rolls over the table in front of her, and rushes out the door. As she reaches the exit, Rachel hears behind her the girl's bare feet slapping the tile, snapping her limbs inhumanly fast. |
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Suddenly, Rachel arrives in a funeral home. She notices lots of chairs in the room, and everyone there is tall and wearing black. Thinking the girl is still after her and that the casket will protect her, Rachel starts walking up the aisle. As Rachel approaches the casket, no one seems to notice her. When she reaches the casket, Rachel finds it closed and tries to open it. She succeeds in raising it an inch a few times, but it always drops back shut as if something is holding it closed. Rachel then whispers, "Please, Mom", and a blue arm snakes out and grabs her wrist. |
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Rachel screams no and wakes up on the floor of her room, realizing she is back to the nightmare that is her life and that she has [[teleportation|teleported]] out of bed. She also notices that it looks like dawn, that her body is soaked with sweat, and that she is shivering uncontrollably. She then lowers her head into her arms and groans, when she hears someone call for her from the doorway. |
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After quickly snatching her gun from her desk drawer, Rachel a man enter her room she guesses is one of [[Danko]]'s men. He claims to be her new partner, but she keeps her gun pointed at him. When he mentions she he didn't knock because he heard yelling, Rachel explains that she just had a dream and asks him to come back later. However, he says he can't leave, and notes Danko sent him with another file for Rachel about the "special project". Rachel then lowers her gun. |
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Two hours after Rachel's partner leaves, Rachel reflects on not asking for his name. She thinks that it was too soon, and recalls the recent deaths she has experienced: [[Gibson]]; [[David Sullivan|David]], at Pinehearst; Eric, the young Special Forces officer; and tough old [[Barton]], in [[Ghanaf, Iraq|Ghanaf]]. Rachel also adds her mother to that list, since it has only been weeks since she learned why she killed herself, and notes they all died because of powers. |
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Rachel then turns her attention to Danko's file. She notes to herself that Danko has had her searching through some old websites, stuff that used to be run by people with abilities. They were just trying to understand more about how they think when Rachel found the first message. When Rachel reported it, Danko instructed Rachel to keep the project off the grid as he thinks there might be a security breach. Rachel was also informed that when Danko's analysts started looking at the websites, bursts transmissions began leaving the government firewall. |
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In [[Operation Bad Blood]], a message from Rachel is available to view. In it, she leaves a message for her friend Amy and tells her about her life at [[Pinehearst]]. |
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After turning on her computer, Rachel begins going through a new target list of about a dozen websites Danko has given her to look at. She finds that the first website is a kind of message board, and spots a few images with bar codes or something that she wants to check out. Rachel copies them to her computer and attaches them to an email to a [[Volts|hacker buddy]] who can sort those things out and let her know about anything interesting. After a while, Rachel narrows the list down to three other websites that give her a weird feeling. |
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After the fall of Pinehearst, Rachel tries to get another job. She remembers her time as a [[The Private|Private]] and recalls how she was betrayed by [[Ammar]]. After learning that she has been monitored for some time, Rachel managed to escape with the help of [[Jim]] and [[Sam]]. When Sam was killed, Rachel vowed to finish the mission and infiltrated the medical facility that Ammar talked about. She took a hostage and learned that the medical facility had been experimenting on people. Upon finding a [[Compound prisoner|prisoner]], Rachel decided to free everyone in the facility. She started by trying to free the trappped prisoner but she was instead attacked by the girl. When officers came to capture the girl, Rachel fled. In her current job interview, Rachel learns that she has gotten the job. |
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Rachel opens Site 1, [[votepetrelli.com|Senator Petrelli's website]], and finds a hidden message looking her in the face after some searching. She wonders aloud who "[[Rebel]]" is. |
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In [[The Agent]], Rachel begins her job as an agent for [[Building 26]]. One of her first missions is to monitor [[Claire Bennet]] following the fall of [[Flight 195]]. When Claire escapes, Rachel witnesses first hand how dangerous [[Evolved humans|people]] with [[abilities]] can be when [[Matt Parkman]] [[Telepathy|gets inside the head]] of her friend. One night, Rachel is contacted by [[Rebel]], who claims that he knows about her [[Teleportation|power]]. He blackmails her into working for him, which causes Rachel a lot of stress. She and [[Jason Pierce]], her new partner, are sent to capture [[Alex Woolsly]], but encounter some difficulties with the locals. They fail in this mission and are then sent after [[Eric Doyle]], who also manages to slip away to them thanks to Claire. After another failed mission, Rachel and Jason eat at a diner and Jason reveals that he knows about Rachel's power. When [[Janey Pierce]] comes in and they try to capture Rachel, everyone in the diner suddenly goes [[Neurocognitive deficit|brain dead]] and a [[Anna Korolenko|teenage girl]] enters. Rachel kills Jason and then allies herself with Rebel and [[LAWR]]. |
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Site 2 is "[[lasvegasniki.com|Las Vegas Niki]]", which Rachel notes to herself is like a creepy tomb since [[Niki Sanders|Niki]] is dead. Rachel searches this second website for a while, but finds another hidden message in plain sight just when she is about to push on. She writes "ALEX" in the file and underlines it twice, thinking that it is something she has to tell Danko about. |
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Rachel meets up with Anna at a fugitive hideout and together they meet [[Abe]]. When a large squad of agents shows up, Rachel makes her decision and teleports outside. She then single-handedly takes down most of the agents and she exposes herself as an evolved human. Rachel's sacrifice provides the others with enough time to escape, which they do. Rachel then returns to Building 26 and against all odds she manages to temporarily avoid [[Danko]]'s wrath. This doesn't last, and Danko tries to capture her, prompting Rachel to escape with [[Gordon Hovey]] and Eric Doyle. Rachel tries to find Anna at the circus but is unable to, only finding zombified and old people. Rachel is captured by Janey and given the mission to kill [[Linda Niles]] by Danko, a mission that she accepts in exchange for Anna's safety. Upon learning that Linda is in fact her mother, Rachel is attacked by Janey and the two women have a show down. Rachel does not kill Janey, but instead teleports her to an unknown location. After returning, Rebel reunites Rachel with Leona. |
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Site 3 is "[[Hana's website|HG]]", which Rachel notes to herself is a very intense website. Rachel learns from the website that the woman, "HG", waged an ability-related campaign for a while, coordinating with a number of others through the website. Rachel has trouble parsing the sheer wall of information at first, and takes a break after a few minutes of writing down names and places. A minute later, Rachel walks back to her computer with drink in hand and from a distance, far enough back that she can't read text, sees that she has been thinking too hard. She whispers aloud that she is going to shut down the messenger. |
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In [[The Civilian]], Rachel tries to lead a quiet life in [[Lyneboro]]. When her mother shows up and begins living with her, strange things begin happening in the town. After failing to recover [[Toby|a missing boy]], Rachel begins helping some of Leona's old fugitives track down lost family members. Rachel then uncovers a dangerous gang war that is going on and vows to stop it before innocent people get hurt. As her investigation deepens, Rachel's nightmares become more and more vivid, causing her much grief. On the night of the gang war, Rachel reunites with Claire and apologizes for her mistakes as an agent. Together, Rachel, Claire and [[Store]] stop [[Kelly]] and save the town. |
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Just as Rachel finishes looking at the websites, her phone buzzes. Rachel checks the caller ID, sees that it says "UNKNOWN", and figures it must be her hacker buddy, Volts. She rolls her eyes and answers the phone while writing another note on the file for Danko. |
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In [[Faction Zero]], Rachel arrives at [[Costa Verde]] with the belief that Claire is in danger. Claire helps her find [[Mensen]] but he is killed before he can tell them anything important. More former agents show up with revenge on their minds and Rachel helps Claire protect former fugitives from them. After gaining some more information on the new faction, Rachel heads to their base and discovers that it is a group full of people with abilities. When [[Micah]] arrives to help them, Rachel and Claire go to investigate a family of [[Fire breathing|fire breathers]]. Rachel becomes increasingly distant and after [[Eric Thompson, Jr.]] and [[Wildman]] escape, she leaves Costa Verde and follows the fire breathers to a carnival. After witnessing [[Sabine]] have her child, Rachel leaves. |
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Rachel asks Volts "what's up", and comments that it is practically lunch time. She tells him that she loves him too, and threatens to break his legs if he forces her to drive over there to find out what the bar code said. She then listens as Volts tells her. Rachel realizes from the message that they know who she is. When the power suddenly goes out, she tells Volts she will call him back, but finds that her cell phone connection has been cut off. Rachel tries to call Danko's office, but gets an "All circuits are busy" message. She then grabs her gun off the bed, tucks Danko's file under her arms and prepares to leave her room when her phone buzzes with a text message from [[Rebel]]. A video file sent along with the message shows Rachel using her [[teleportation|ability]] at [[Pinehearst Headquarters|Pinehearst]]. In additional text messages, Rebel warns Rachel not to tell Danko what she just found out. Rachel thinks of how she is now in another horrible situation, and how she hates Rebel as much as herself. She then gets another text that Rebel needs her to do something. |
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==[[Evolved Human]] [[Teleportation|Abilities]]== |
==[[Evolved Human]] [[Teleportation|Abilities]]== |
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Rachel discovers she possesses the ability to [[teleportation|teleport herself across certain distances]]. It is unknown what her range is, but apparently she can activate her ability subconsciously (as it first manifested when she was in danger of being crushed; and her ability sent her to safety). |
Rachel discovers she possesses the ability to [[teleportation|teleport herself across certain distances]]. It is unknown what her range is, but apparently she can activate her ability subconsciously (as it first manifested when she was in danger of being crushed; and her ability sent her to safety). However, her range doesn't seem to allow her to travel everywhere like the teleportation aspect of [[space-time manipulation]] as she needed [[Ando]] to [[supercharging|supercharge]] her to travel from [[Costa Verde]] to Florida. |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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* According to the [http://spoilertv-heroes.blogspot.com/2008/09/webisode-4-8-casting-call.html casting call], Rachel is in her 20s. She is described as "ex-military, beautiful, athletic build, and mysteriously troubled." |
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* The [http://www.hulu.com/watch/47827/heroes-the-recruit-rachel video message] of Rachel on Hulu.com was posted on December 9, 2008, and entitled ''The Recruit: Rachel''. It was later added to a [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/iStory/chapters/205/UEgxNTAwMjAtZA== video feed] included in chapter 5 of [[Operation Bad Blood]]. Chapter 5 was released on December 10, 2008, but the video feed was not posted until December 17, 2008. |
* The [http://www.hulu.com/watch/47827/heroes-the-recruit-rachel video message] of Rachel on Hulu.com was posted on December 9, 2008, and entitled ''The Recruit: Rachel''. It was later added to a [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/iStory/chapters/205/UEgxNTAwMjAtZA== video feed] included in chapter 5 of [[Operation Bad Blood]]. Chapter 5 was released on December 10, 2008, but the video feed was not posted until December 17, 2008. |
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* Rachel currently holds the rank of Private in the U.S. Marines. In the iStory, [[The Private]], Rachel was called Corporal Mills during her last tour in [[Iraq]] during the [[2006|previous summer]]. Whether Rachel was a Lance Corporal or Corporal at that time is unknown. |
* Rachel currently holds the rank of Private in the U.S. Marines. In the iStory, [[The Private]], Rachel was called Corporal Mills during her last tour in [[Iraq]] during the [[2006|previous summer]]. Whether Rachel was a Lance Corporal or Corporal at that time is unknown, however Marines normally do not refer to a Lance Corporal as a Corporal. This reduction in rank would have had to come from disciplinary actions towards her either way. (U.S. Marines ranks proceed from Private to Private First Class, Lance Corporal and then Corporal.) |
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* Although the episodes indicate the Pinehearst program Rachel was part of began and ended in 2007, Rachel's character reference at NBC.com refers to the year as 2008. |
* Although the episodes indicate the Pinehearst program Rachel was part of began and ended in 2007, Rachel's character reference at NBC.com refers to the year as 2008. |
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* In [[Interview:The Recruit|an interview]], writers [[Jim Martin]] and [[Timm Keppler]] confirmed that Rachel's power is, indeed, natural. It was [[ability heredity|inherited]] from [[Leona|her mother]]. |
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* It is not completely clear yet whether her ability is natural, or [[genetic modification formula|synthetic]]. |
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* At the time of the Pinehearst explosion in [[2007]], Rachel was at least 23 years old. In [[Interview:The Recruit|an interview]], writers [[Jim Martin]] and [[Timm Keppler]] said that Rachel's father died in 1983. Rachel was obviously conceived some time before that, and born in 1984 or prior. |
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Latest revision as of 12:43, 22 August 2017
| Rachel Mills | |
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| Portrayed by | Taylor Cole |
| First appearance | Our Father |
| In-story stats | |
| Known ability | Teleportation |
| Nickname | Rach |
| Gender | |
| Place of birth | Newport, RI |
| Home | Lyneboro, CT formerly Calabasas, CA |
| Residence | Rachel's home |
| Occupations | Police officer, Member of LAWR, former Agent of Homeland Security, former U.S. Marine Private, former U.S. Marine Corporal |
| Significant others | David Sullivan (deceased), Volts |
| Parents | Leona Mills, Unnamed father (deceased) |
Rachel Mills is the daughter of Leona Mills and a former Marine. She worked with Building 26, capturing people like her until she eventually came to accept herself and her ability. She is an evolved human with the ability to teleport.
About
Rachel was in the United States Marine Corps whose career came to an abrupt end following a disturbing experience while serving in Iraq. Initially, Rachel retained her place in the USMC, at a lower rank, and accepted recruitment into Pinehearst as part of their super soldier program. Ultimately, Rachel's career in the USMC ended when Pinehearst was destroyed; which proved a traumatic event for her as, not only was she discharged from the service, but she unintentionally discovered her ability. Since then, Rachel found work by joining Building 26; a task force agency set up by the Department of Homeland Security to hunt down and imprison evolved humans, at the behest of Senator Nathan Petrelli. Rachel, hiding her ability, served as one of Emile Danko's agents.
Initially, Rachel was uncertain of her abilities and her very identity, but experiences while a prisoner of Angela Petrelli (an old friend of her mother) ultimately convinced Rachel to accept who she was. To this end, Rachel joined LAWR and began working undercover inside the agency as LAWR's mole. This lasted until Rachel was forced to shoot and kill her partner and friend - Agent Jason Pierce - when he discovered her power; an act that set off a chain of events that led to her exposure and exile from Building 26. Rachel joined the fight against the U.S. Government until Building 26 was formally shut-down by The President; putting an end to the hunt for evolved humans. After defeating Jason's psychotic sister, Janey Pierce, in a pitched battle, Rachel finally gained peace when she reunited with her mother.
Character History
Our Father
Rachel trains with the other recruits at Pinehearst Headquarters in Fort Lee.
Webisode:The Recruit, Part 1
Rachel is interrogated by Angela in an unknown Primatech facility in Tappen, NJ about the whereabouts of the formula and claims not to know about it. Twelve hours before, Rachel is talking with Ryan Hanover and David Sullivan when an explosion at Pinehearst causes the building to start collapsing. Rachel tries to help David move a beam that has fallen on top of him, but is unable to do so. She then walks over to search for something to pry the beam off David and winds up teleporting back to him when an air duct begins to fall on top of her. Rachel pleads with David to ignore what happened and that it was nothing.
Graphic Novel:Stuck in the Middle
Rachel takes a shower at Pinehearst, and remains unaware that Ryan Hanover has stumbled upon a miniature peep-hole, and is watching her, leering at her naked body while thinking about what kind of a person she is (privately, he considers her "a bitch"). Suddenly, Rachel hears a crashing sound, and leaves the shower wrapped in a towel. Rachel spots Ryan walking by, and asks him about the noise, saying that it sounded like someone fell or something. Ryan denies he heard anything.
Webisode:The Recruit, Part 2
Rachel helps David Sullivan to his feet as Ryan Hanover approaches, holding two doses of the synthetic formula. When she asks him where the third is, he tells her he injected himself in hopes of surviving a large wound he suffered during the explosion. When David starts to collapse, she steals a dose from Ryan, who draws a gun and orders her to give it back. She injects David and is shot in the shoulder by Ryan. They both look up as David's synthetic ability begins to manifest.
Webisode:The Recruit, Part 3
Rachel is still being interrogated by Angela. Rachel continues to flash back, this time she recounts what happened when David was injected with the serum. In Rachel's recollection, David keels over and leans on both hands while growling. Meanwhile, Rachel sits against the wall bracing her shoulder wound and Ryan continues to point his gun at them. David's ability manifests and he attacks Ryan and then tries to attack Rachel. She teleports out of his path to the other side of the room. David turns and again charges at her super fast, but Rachel has grabbed a pair of scissors and uses them to stab David in the chest.
After Angela asks what she did with the remaining serum Rachel says she destroyed it, then she flashes back to finding a remaining syringe on the ground then cracking it in half. Angela says she gave the wrong answer and leaves, Rachel then recalls that after destroying the syringe, she still had the vial of serum in her hands that had been inside the syringe.
Webisode:The Recruit, Part 4
Still in the interrogation room, Rachel sees Carlos and Angela coming towards her. Angela continues to question Rachel about the serum and her abilities, mentioning Rachel's mother, Leona. Rachel denies that she is special, but then has a flashback about how she got out of the Pinehearst lab - she used her ability. Even after the flashback, she denies her abilities, only for Angela to tell her that she doesn't believe her.
Webisode:The Recruit, Part 5
Carlos and Angela approach Rachel, who is still tied down to a chair next to a conference table in the Tappen facility. Angela tells Rachel that she underestimated her and is letting her go; and Carlos removes her IV, saying that the effects should wear off in a few hours. Angela then commends Rachel for being a fighter like her, but Rachel replies that she's nothing like her and just wants to leave. Angela says that there's a car waiting for her outside.
Later, Rachel parks next to a gas station restroom and heads inside. While staring at the mirror, Rachel recalls how at Pinehearst, she had taken the vial of serum out of the syringe she broke and hid it inside her shoulder wound. Back in the present, Rachel removes the serum from her wound and redresses the bandage using her shirt to tie it up.
Rachel then leaves the restroom and finds Angela and Carlos waiting for her on opposite sides of her car, blocking her escape. Rachel asks why Angela let her go if she knew Rachel had it all along, and Angela replies she wanted to give Rachel the opportunity to face herself and learn if she could be trusted. Rachel then says that she just wanted to find a cure, but Angela says that her ability is an integral part of her, like the loss of her mother. Rachel says that she hopes to see her again one day, and Angela says that will be up to God.
After giving Angela the serum, Rachel asks them what else they want and she says that they want to help her and Carlos places a covering over her head and drags her around the corner into the gas station's garage.
Trust and Blood
Rachel is one of the Marines working for Nathan Petrelli at Building 26. She guards a hooded Tracy Strauss in the back of a truck when Nathan arrives to talk to Tracy.
Exposed
Rachel and her partner watch the Bennets' house from a pool-cleaning van. The two eventually search the house, and Claire reminds Rachel that she's off limits. Rachel replies that a guy like Alex is just her type and that she's sure Claire is hiding him, but the two agents find nothing and Sandra tells them to leave. Later, Rachel and her partner take action when a car comes out of the Bennets' garage: they stop it, but find only Sandra and Lyle inside. They hear a loud noise from behind the house and pursue Claire and Alex. Rachel and Jason split up and Rachel checks a pool area, failing to spot that Alex and Claire are hiding under the water. Her partner then calls her on the radio, telling her he believes he has a lead.
Shades of Gray
She and her partner visibly follow Claire around until they get a tip on Eric Doyle's location. Rachel manages to corner him, but he uses his ability to force her to point her gun in the air. Rachel offers him a chance to surrender, but he just forces her to point her own gun at her own head. She is visibly scared and crying, but Eric, who claims to just want to go back to having a normal life, knocks her out and doesn't kill her.
Graphic Novel:Puppet with No Strings
Prior to meeting Claire, Danko interrogates Doyle inside his theatre. Rachel and Jason Pierce stand with him, watching Danko's brutal form of questioning. After he receives the information he was looking for, Danko sets the theatre ablaze, trapping Doyle inside. On the way out, Rachel gets a message from Rebel, telling her to go rescue Doyle. Stealthily, she teleports inside and frees Doyle from his bindings, before returning outside and meeting up with her fellow agents.
Graphic Novel:Hanging By a Thread
Rachel Mills runs across a rooftop, chasing Howie Kaplan, a target of Building 26. When they get to an opening, Howie uses his ability to throw oil at Rachel's feet, causing Rachel to slip and begin to fall towards the ground. Rachel, with no other choice, teleports back onto the rooftop and whacks Howie, but accidentally knocks him over the edge of the roof. She grabs onto his wrist, and starts interrogating Howie while he holds onto her for dear life. Suddenly, Rebel sends her a text message telling her that she's starting to act like Angela Petrelli. Rachel realizes that Rebel is right, and then has a flashback.
Rachel recalls that Angela had forced her to embrace her ability, not letting her deny it and driving her to the brink. Eventually, when Rachel used her ability to escape Angela's grasp, she had let her go. Influenced by this, Rachel decides to let Howie go as well. Jason Pierce and a masked agent come running, and Rachel realizes that she must not let them witness what she is about to do. She deliberately throws herself over the edge, and then teleports both her and Howie to the ground. Howie realizes that Rachel is "special" too, and Rachel tells him that he should get away fast. Howie thanks her, and Rebel instructs Rachel to go back and make up an excuse.
Graphic Novel:Exodus
Rachel is at a shooting range in Building 26 when Danko enters with agents that hold her. Danko shows her a message sent to Janey from her brother Jason Pierce explaining that if anything happened to him to report Rachel. As the agents prepare to take her away she teleports into the hallway and runs to the room filled with evolved human prisoners. She searches for Eric Doyle and when she finds him releases two more evolved humans that were in the next beds before the agents return. Mary Krause is shot dead straight away while the bullets turn to sand when they touch Gordon Hovey. Gordon then touches an agent and turns him into sand. Rachel then teleports herself, Gordon and Eric through Building 26 to the roof where a helicopter is waiting. As the shooter shoots at them Eric hides behind Gordon and Rachel teleports onto the helicopter pushing the shooters off and then holding a gun to the pilot, forcing him to take them away. When they land in a field Rachel walks with Eric and mentions her life with Building 26 is over.
Heroes Evolutions
For a complete summary of Rachel's history in the iStory and Heroes Evolutions, see Rachel Mills: Heroes Evolutions History.
According to NBC.com's character reference for Rachel Mills, Rachel was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but grew up in Calabasas, California. She was raised solely by her mother, Leona, until Rachel was twelve and Leona committed suicide. Rachel's grandparents then took her in, but they struggled with little money and Rachel wasn't able to gain many friends. After graduating from high school, Rachel joined the Marines following her grandfather's footsteps. After spending four years abroad between Iraq and Afghanistan, Pinehearst recruited Rachel for their top-secret operation.
In Operation Bad Blood, a message from Rachel is available to view. In it, she leaves a message for her friend Amy and tells her about her life at Pinehearst.
After the fall of Pinehearst, Rachel tries to get another job. She remembers her time as a Private and recalls how she was betrayed by Ammar. After learning that she has been monitored for some time, Rachel managed to escape with the help of Jim and Sam. When Sam was killed, Rachel vowed to finish the mission and infiltrated the medical facility that Ammar talked about. She took a hostage and learned that the medical facility had been experimenting on people. Upon finding a prisoner, Rachel decided to free everyone in the facility. She started by trying to free the trappped prisoner but she was instead attacked by the girl. When officers came to capture the girl, Rachel fled. In her current job interview, Rachel learns that she has gotten the job.
In The Agent, Rachel begins her job as an agent for Building 26. One of her first missions is to monitor Claire Bennet following the fall of Flight 195. When Claire escapes, Rachel witnesses first hand how dangerous people with abilities can be when Matt Parkman gets inside the head of her friend. One night, Rachel is contacted by Rebel, who claims that he knows about her power. He blackmails her into working for him, which causes Rachel a lot of stress. She and Jason Pierce, her new partner, are sent to capture Alex Woolsly, but encounter some difficulties with the locals. They fail in this mission and are then sent after Eric Doyle, who also manages to slip away to them thanks to Claire. After another failed mission, Rachel and Jason eat at a diner and Jason reveals that he knows about Rachel's power. When Janey Pierce comes in and they try to capture Rachel, everyone in the diner suddenly goes brain dead and a teenage girl enters. Rachel kills Jason and then allies herself with Rebel and LAWR.
Rachel meets up with Anna at a fugitive hideout and together they meet Abe. When a large squad of agents shows up, Rachel makes her decision and teleports outside. She then single-handedly takes down most of the agents and she exposes herself as an evolved human. Rachel's sacrifice provides the others with enough time to escape, which they do. Rachel then returns to Building 26 and against all odds she manages to temporarily avoid Danko's wrath. This doesn't last, and Danko tries to capture her, prompting Rachel to escape with Gordon Hovey and Eric Doyle. Rachel tries to find Anna at the circus but is unable to, only finding zombified and old people. Rachel is captured by Janey and given the mission to kill Linda Niles by Danko, a mission that she accepts in exchange for Anna's safety. Upon learning that Linda is in fact her mother, Rachel is attacked by Janey and the two women have a show down. Rachel does not kill Janey, but instead teleports her to an unknown location. After returning, Rebel reunites Rachel with Leona.
In The Civilian, Rachel tries to lead a quiet life in Lyneboro. When her mother shows up and begins living with her, strange things begin happening in the town. After failing to recover a missing boy, Rachel begins helping some of Leona's old fugitives track down lost family members. Rachel then uncovers a dangerous gang war that is going on and vows to stop it before innocent people get hurt. As her investigation deepens, Rachel's nightmares become more and more vivid, causing her much grief. On the night of the gang war, Rachel reunites with Claire and apologizes for her mistakes as an agent. Together, Rachel, Claire and Store stop Kelly and save the town.
In Faction Zero, Rachel arrives at Costa Verde with the belief that Claire is in danger. Claire helps her find Mensen but he is killed before he can tell them anything important. More former agents show up with revenge on their minds and Rachel helps Claire protect former fugitives from them. After gaining some more information on the new faction, Rachel heads to their base and discovers that it is a group full of people with abilities. When Micah arrives to help them, Rachel and Claire go to investigate a family of fire breathers. Rachel becomes increasingly distant and after Eric Thompson, Jr. and Wildman escape, she leaves Costa Verde and follows the fire breathers to a carnival. After witnessing Sabine have her child, Rachel leaves.
Evolved Human Abilities
Rachel discovers she possesses the ability to teleport herself across certain distances. It is unknown what her range is, but apparently she can activate her ability subconsciously (as it first manifested when she was in danger of being crushed; and her ability sent her to safety). However, her range doesn't seem to allow her to travel everywhere like the teleportation aspect of space-time manipulation as she needed Ando to supercharge her to travel from Costa Verde to Florida.
Notes
- According to the casting call, Rachel is in her 20s. She is described as "ex-military, beautiful, athletic build, and mysteriously troubled."
- The video message of Rachel on Hulu.com was posted on December 9, 2008, and entitled The Recruit: Rachel. It was later added to a video feed included in chapter 5 of Operation Bad Blood. Chapter 5 was released on December 10, 2008, but the video feed was not posted until December 17, 2008.
- Rachel currently holds the rank of Private in the U.S. Marines. In the iStory, The Private, Rachel was called Corporal Mills during her last tour in Iraq during the previous summer. Whether Rachel was a Lance Corporal or Corporal at that time is unknown, however Marines normally do not refer to a Lance Corporal as a Corporal. This reduction in rank would have had to come from disciplinary actions towards her either way. (U.S. Marines ranks proceed from Private to Private First Class, Lance Corporal and then Corporal.)
- Although the episodes indicate the Pinehearst program Rachel was part of began and ended in 2007, Rachel's character reference at NBC.com refers to the year as 2008.
- In an interview, writers Jim Martin and Timm Keppler confirmed that Rachel's power is, indeed, natural. It was inherited from her mother.
- At the time of the Pinehearst explosion in 2007, Rachel was at least 23 years old. In an interview, writers Jim Martin and Timm Keppler said that Rachel's father died in 1983. Rachel was obviously conceived some time before that, and born in 1984 or prior.
See Also
- For other uses of Rachel, see Rachel (disambig).