Alena

Alena
Portrayed by	Katherine Boecher
First appearance	Turn and Face the Strange
In-story stats
Known ability	None
Gender
Home	Washington, DC
Residences	Red-brick home in Washington, DC
Occupation	Escort
Significant other	Jakob Pradasa

Alena is the love of Jakob Pradasa's life.

Character History

Turn and Face the Strange

Matt Parkman watches from a car as Emile Danko leaves his office. Using telepathy, Matt incites paranoia in Danko and suggests that Danko should run to the person closest to him, as they are in danger. Danko immediately hails a taxicab and heads to Alena's home.

With Matt watching from a distance, Danko greets a surprised Alena with a hug. Danko asks her if everything is alright as he peeks inside to check; Alena answers him by pulling him through the door after her. In his car, Matt draws his gun from the glove compartment.

After some time has passed, Alena walks Danko outside while Matt, who is now hiding around the corner of the front porch, listens in. Alena calls Danko "Jakob" and tells him she's glad to see him, in Russian. Danko teases her about not practicing English in front of him, like she promised, and she tells him she'll practice for him, but only him. Danko and Alena then hold each other as Alena inquires about his early departure. Danko tells her that it was last minute and that he has to fly back to Chicago. A car then arrives to Danko away. After stating he has to go, Danko notices Alena's sadness and asks her to smile. He promises to be back in Washington before she knows it, which makes Alena smile. They kiss and Danko makes his way to the car while Alena heads back inside.

Alena is doing the dishes while Matt breaks into her house and aims at a gun at her. He struggles with the morality of the situation before lowering his gun and turning around to leave. Alena lets out a surprised gasp as she notices him. She demands to know how he got into her house. At a loss for words, Matt apologizes and tells her it was a bad idea. Alena is in disbelief as she believes Matt was sent by the escort service. She tells him that she told them to send her no more but they never listen. Surprised at the revelation, Matt asks if "the man that was just here" is a client. Alena corrects him, calling Danko "Jakob Pradassa". She then asks how Matt knows about him, prompting Matt to use his telepathy to push into her mind the idea that he and Jakob are work partners and that Matt was asked to meet him at Alena's house. Alena is happy to finally meet one of "Jakob's" friends, and asks Matt to take a seat.

Matt looks at a picture of Alena and Danko as Alena pours him some tea. Matt asks how long Alena's been seeing her beau. She admits she's been seeing him for almost a year, but is hesitant to say how they met. Matt then asks if Danko talks about his work. He's surprised when Alena says he works as a schoolbook salesperson, selling to people all over the world. She then admits it sounds boring, prompting Matt to say that Danko's sales calls keep him travelling. Alena then tells Matt that it isn't just his job keeping him away; it's also his family. His curiousity piqued, Matt inquires as to what Danko has said about this family. When Alena tells him that Danko said he has a wife and two sons and that once those sons were grown they'd be together, Matt is in disbelief. Alena mistakes the purpose for the disbelief and reaffirms her faith in Danko's motives by stating that she didn't have a very good life and that Danko was a blessing. When Alena says that Danko loves her, Matt tells her "the sick thing is, he probably does. But he does not deserve you." Matt then tells her that Jakob is a lie and she needs to get away from him now, but she refuses to believe him. Matt then tells her that he is going to show her everything about Jakob.

Alena knocks on Danko's door. He wonders how she found him, while she asks what he's doing living in DC. Matt steps up behind her with his gun drawn, revealing that he brought her to Danko. He orders them into the apartment and uses his power to force Danko to tell Alena the truth about who he is and what he did to Daphne. Alena asks Danko why he lied and Danko tells her he knew she could never love someone who does what he does. Matt realizes that Danko really does care for Alena and so aims his gun at her, intending to make Danko suffer the way he has. Danko tells Matt to go ahead because nothing could ever matter to him more than killing Matt and all of his friends. Matt apologizes to Alena and says that Danko must pay for what he's done, but he can't go through with it and drops the gun, crying. Danko picks up a gun and aims it at Matt. Alena begs him not to shoot Matt, but he does. Hiro stops time before the bullet strikes Matt and pushes him out of the room on a desk chair. When time begins again, Alena calls Danko a monster and tells him to stay away from her.

Danko tries calling Alena to apologize. He tells her that Jakob isn't a lie, it's who he wants to be. Alena ignores his call and gets into a taxicab.

See Also

• For other uses of Alena, see Alena (disambig).