Rachel Mills
| Rachel Mills | |
|---|---|
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| Portrayed by | Taylor Cole |
| First appearance | Our Father |
| In-story stats | |
| Known ability | Teleportation |
| Gender | |
| Place of birth | Newport, Rhode Island |
| Home | Calabasas, California |
| Residence | Rachel Mills's home |
| Occupation | US Marine Private |
| Parents | Leona Mills (deceased), Absent father |
| Other relatives | Amy |
Rachel Mills is a Private in the United States Marine Corps recruited by Pinehearst as part of their super soldier program. She is an evolved human with the ability to teleport.
Character History
Rachel trains with the other recruits at Pinehearst Headquarters in Fort Lee.
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.
While Rachel takes a shower at Pinehearst, she hears a crashing sound. She then leaves the shower and wraps herself in a towel. Spotting Ryan walking by, Rachel asks him about the noise, saying that it sounded like someone fell or something.
An intercepted mobile message posted on Hulu.com is a video message Rachel left for a loved one, Amy, before she left to Pinehearst. In the message, Rachel comments about having been selected for a program and that she will be MIA for a couple weeks. Rachel notes that she had been stationed in Iraq for the past 16 months, but that this is where she should be; the weather is nicer, the pay is better, and there's a lot of cute boys.
According to NBC.com's webisode character reference for Rachel Mills, she was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but raised in Calabasas, California. Her father was absent in her youth, so Leona Mills raised her daughter until she was 12 - at which point Leona committed suicide. Rachel then moved in with her grandparents, struggling through her teenage years with little money and few friends. Wearing her heart on her sleeve, it became evident that Rachel's emotions were both her strongest suit and her biggest flaw. After graduating high school, Rachel went into the Marines, following in her grandfather's footsteps. In 2008, after four years abroad between Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pinehearst Corporation recruited Rachel as one of 50 marines chosen for a top-secret operation.
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).
Notes
- The video message of Rachel on Hulu.com was posted on December 9, 2008, and entitled The Recruit: Rachel.
- Rachel holds the rank of Private.