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'''Rachel Mills''' is the daughter of [[Leona Mills]] and a former |
'''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== |
==About== |
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Rachel was |
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. |
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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===[[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]]. |
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Rachel Mills is recruited by [[Pinehearst]] for their elite soldier program, and uses her [[teleportation|ability]] to escape when disaster strikes. However, she is taken prisoner and questioned by [[Angela Petrelli]] until sometime after Angela obtains a vial of the [[genetic modification formula]] Rachel has been hiding in a shoulder wound. Later, Rachel relives her experiences serving the USMC in [[Iraq]] while interviewing for a new job. Rachel gets her new job and becomes an agent in the [[Building 26]] organization. After the rest of a squad under her command is killed in combat, she is partnered with [[Jason Pierce]]. Also, she is blackmailed by [[Rebel]] into being a mole in the organization. Jason discovers Rachel's ability, and is shot dead by Rachel when confronting her. Rachel continues to work undercover with Rebel and [[LAWR]]'s help, but she is eventually found out and forced to flee. Finally, working on the outside as part of LAWR, Rachel is captured by Jason's sister, [[Janey Pierce]], and Building 26. [[Danko]] offers Rachel freedom in exchage for killing a woman who turns out to be [[Leona Mills|her mother]]. Rachel falsely believes she has taken her mother's life, and then again confronts Janey. After some fighting, her mother's friends almost take Janey's life, but Rachel rescues Janey and teleports her to safety. Later, Rachel is reunited with her mother and they leave together. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 1]]=== |
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[[Image:Rachel Angela.JPG|thumb|right|Rachel is interrogated by [[Angela]].]] |
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===[[The Civilian]]=== |
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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. |
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In [[The Civilian chapter summaries#Chapter 501|chapter 1 of The Civilian]], Rachel has begun living in [[Lyneboro, Connecticut]] and is trying to put her past behind her. Now working as a normal police officer, Rachel uses [[Teleportation|her power]] to save a [[Wilbur|cat]] from a tree. Upon seeing that [[Crazy Tom|a man]] is watching her, Rachel decides not to teleport down. She returns the cat and goes to the police station where she learns that something has happened to the spare room of her house. Rachel returns home and notes that a cable guy reffered to it as a Spartan residence. Rachel enjoys this as she thinks that the spartans were strong. She goes to the spare room and finds that the window has been broken. Looking out into the backyard, which is really a forest area, Rachel spots the same man from earlier watching her. He disappears behind a tree and Rachel rushes down to find him. She chases him into the trees and after watching him [[Illusion|camouflage]], she teleports to stop him. Crazy Tom reveals himself to her and tells her that [[Leona]] is waiting. |
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===[[Graphic Novel:Stuck in the Middle]]=== |
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Rachel goes to the diner where her mother is waiting and finds her alone in a cubicle. Rachel notices that Leona is reading a list of names but Leona quickly hides it before Rachel can see more. Trying to make small talk, Leona asks how Rachel has been. Rachel demands to know why Leona is in Lyneboro and continuously calls her "mom", which worries Leona, who has used [[Age transferal|her own power]] to make herself young. Leona tells Rachel that she would like to move in with her to try and mend their relationship and Rachel accepts her offer. |
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Rachel takes a shower at [[Pinehearst Headquarters|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. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 2]]=== |
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In [[The Civilian chapter summaries#Chapter 502|chapter 2 of The Civilian]], Rachel notices that [[Tim (The Civilian)|her neighbor]] is perving on her. She goes over to his house to get some answers and learns that [[Leona]] has been meeting with him for days. Rachel decides to go to work and is assigned to locate a [[Toby|missing boy]]. [[Chief Parker]] tells Rachel that the boy's brother, [[Cooper]], may be involved but that she is not to speak with him. Rachel finds out from Tim that Leona has taken a job at [[Mable]]'s diner, so she goes to find her. Rachel speaks with Leona about the boy, and is warned to stay away as someone in the town has manifested an [[ability]]. |
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Rachel helps [[David Sullivan]] to his feet as [[Ryan Hanover]] approaches, holding two doses of the [[genetic modification formula|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. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 3]]=== |
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Rachel goes to talk with the boy's father, [[Smokey]], and learns that Toby often hangs around in the woods. Smokey tells Rachel that he was last spotted there and she goes to look for him. She encounters a local gang, who are discussing Toby's situation. Rachel chases them deep into the woods and uses her marine training to beat a few up them up. She finds Toby's body near a river but before she can reach him, his brother shows up to stop her. He reveals that he has been protecting Toby, and that Rachel is in the middle of something dangerous. |
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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 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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In [[The Civilian chapter summaries#chapter 503|chapter 3 of The Civilian]], Rachel returns home after a run and sees an [[Marc|intruder]] in her home. She [[teleports]] and pins him to the floor. [[Tim (The Civilian)|Tim]] arrives but upon seeing Rachel attacking another man, he leaves. Rachel gets some information out of her intruder, including his name and why he is in her home. After her shower, Rachel is again approached by Tim, who is sporting a new confident attitude. Rachel guesses that Marc is behind it and finds out more about [[Health optimizing|his ability]]. |
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===[[Webisode:The Recruit, Part 4]]=== |
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Rachel apologizes to Tim about what happened and then goes to see [[Leona]]. Leona explains that Marc is there to search for his cousin [[Amber]]. [[Kelly]] then enters the diner and glares at Leona, worrying Rachel. After being reassured, Rachel makes her usual rounds around town including speaking with [[Smokey]] about his son [[Toby]]. Rachel returns to her office and looks in her inbox, finding a digital camera, set of keys and a report on obvious evolved human activities. As Rachel places the report away, [[Chief Parker]] takes it from her, stating that it is his. Rachel takes the camera to Tim and has him fix it, revealing the photos to be a battle between gangs in the local woods. Rachel returns the keys to the school where she finds that it fits one of the school’s lockers. Inside she finds a note indicating more gang war activity. From this note (and talking to some local gang members) Rachel stops at a fight at the park later that night. Before any fights can occur, [[Cooper]] appears and brings up more questions for Rachel. |
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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]]=== |
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The next morning, Rachel is confronted by Tim. Behind him, Marc concentrates and gives Tim confidence, also making Rachel feel weak and ill. Determined to beat it, Rachel asks Tim out on a date but is turned down after she suggests Skydiving. Rachel then goes to meet Marc and Leona at the diner. |
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[[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. |
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In [[The Civilian chapter summaries#chapter 504|chapter 4 of The Civilian]], Rachel has a nightmare regarding her time as an agent. In it, she is speaking to [[Claire Bennet]]; reliving the time she came looking for [[Alex Woolsly]]. Claire tells her to look at what she has done and Rachel sees Alex’s dead body at her feet. She wakes up terrified, and after telling [[Leona]], she becomes annoyed when her mother speculates that an [[evolved human]] may be behind her dreams. |
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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 [[Leona|mother]]. Rachel says that she hopes to see her again one day, and Angela says that will be up to [[God]]. |
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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. |
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===[[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 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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===[[Episode:Shades of Gray|Shades of Gray]]=== |
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[[Image:Puppetmaster rachel.jpg|thumb|right|Rachel is [[puppet master|controlled]] by [[Eric Doyle|Doyle]].]] |
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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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===[[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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===[[Graphic Novel:Hanging By a Thread]]=== |
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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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===[[Graphic Novel:Exodus]]=== |
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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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''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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Continuing her search for Amber, Rachel finds Alex Woolsly in the local park. Alex runs from her but after she reveals [[Teleportation|her ability]], Rachel is deemed trustworthy. She and Alex talk to each other and Alex tells her that a former Company agent named [[Mensen]] is looking for evolved humans. Rachel goes to the park and confronts Mensen, who flees. While in the park, she finally finds Amber and reunites her with her family. Rachel then goes to investigate a disturbance between some bikers and the local teens and learns that the bikers have found some bodies. |
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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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In [[The Civilian chapter summaries#chapter 505|chapter 5 of The Civilian]], Rachel once again has a nightmare about her time as an agent. In this nightmare, she remembers killing her former partner [[Jason Pierce]]. Rachel awakens and remembers that she is at the massive gravesite that the bikers uncovered. Rachel inspects some of the bodies and sees that they have been electrocuted. She then speaks with [[Leona]], who tells Rachel that she should not be haunting herself with the murders. Leona reveals that she has been taping Rachel while she has been sleeping, in order to show her the severity of her nightmares. |
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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 returns home and falls asleep on her bed. She has yet another dream, this time featuring [[Claire Bennet]]. As her nightmare progresses, Rachel begs Claire for forgiveness. She awakens and finds the actual Claire Bennet sitting with her in her room. Claire explains that Leona called her in to speak with Rachel and that she forgives her. Rachel decides to look at the photos from the camera and eventually discovers a photo of [[Cooper]] taking orders from [[Kelly]]. Rachel, Claire and Claire’s friend [[Store]] head to town hall and find [[Chief Parker]] dead, having been [[Electric manipulation|electrocuted]] by Cooper. Rachel warns Kelly not to go through with her plan and, as the city gangs arrive in the town, Kelly listens to Rachel and stops the attack. |
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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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Later, Leona explains everything to Rachel, who is pleased that she has finally gotten over her villainous past as an agent. |
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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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===[[Faction Zero chapter summaries|Faction Zero]]=== |
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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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In [[Faction Zero chapter summaries#chapter 601|chapter 1 of Faction Zero]] Rachel goes to [[Costa Verde]] to get [[Claire]]'s help. She enters [[Sam's Comics]] and talks with Claire about former company agent [[Mensen]] who is apparently in town looking for her. [[Sandra Bennet]] enters the store and Claire has Rachel pretend to talk to her boss, [[Vic]]. Vic asks Rachel what [[Teleportation|her power]] is, throwing her off guard. This question is not literal as he then asks if she has [[telekinesis]] or [[telepathy]]. Rachel comments on both the "personalities" applied with the powers, stunning Vic who admits that he thinks she is hot. Claire agrees to trick Mensen and exits the shop and talks with him outside. As he is about to attack her, Rachel grabs him from behind and they begin to interrogate him. Before he can reveal any valuable information, he is shot by an unknown assassin. |
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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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Because Claire helped her, Rachel is forced to help one of her old targets, [[Eric Lee Harrison]], trick his family into thinking he is engaged to her. |
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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." |
* 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]]. |
* 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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* At the time of the Pinehearst explosion in [[2007]], Rachel was at least 23 years old. In |
* 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).