John Collins

**John Collins** was an agent sent by President Gerald Cunningham to help kill the Rebel Knights as a favor for Lord Dreylock. Collins only succeeded in fatally poisoning Molly Costello but he was unable to get all of the Rebel Knights. He was stabbed to death in battle by Molly's younger sister and fellow comrade, Cleo Costello.

He is played by actor Chad Michael Collins.

## Profile

John Collins worked as a henchman for newly-inaugurated President Gerald Cunningham in his administration. When Cunningham learned that a team of teenage alien fighters known as the Rebel Knights began fighting back against Lord Dreylock and his army, he sent Collins to Santo Domingo, California, where Dreylock had taken over the town, to kill the Rebel Knights. Like Cunningham, he had no empathy or compassion, and would be diagnosed as a psychopath by any therapist.

### Season 1

In *Outsiders*, John Collins shows up outside the doors while Rebel Knights Diesel Turner and Natalie Callaway share their first kiss, on the couch that Diesel moved to the lobby for Natalie. He shines his flashlight through the glass doors at them, and they break away from each other, startled by the movement from outside the school.

In *Saved*, Natalie and Diesel get off of the couch and come over to the door with their sidearms and Collins appears on the steps of Santo Domingo High. He tells them that his name is John Collins and he works with Mayor Jack Malone in his administration. They believe that he is as he says and he asks them to let him in as they lowered their guns. Collins is seen putting his hands down, presumably having been let in by Diesel and Natalie. The rest of the group are all coming over to see what has happened. They tell him that they are in desperate need of food and water and he radios in to get his team to turn the water back on in 'Sector 17'. When Diesel questioned him on how he got past Dreylock's tronics as they would've taken him out in a huff. Collins told him that he used water to take out the Tronics as they are robots. Natalie realizes that robots are like cellphones, as they are destroyed by water. Violet Adams goes on to tell Collins that he is lucky to survive his encounter with the Tronics as they were tough to beat. Barrett overhears their conversation and doesn't believe anything Collins is saying. He asks Collins about how he was still in town while every adult resident, minus the mayor, were removed off the planet earth, and Violet turns the topic of conversation to the plan to take out Dreylock and inform the country on what was going on in Santo Domingo. Collins doubts that government officials would help them out. Barrett replied that they need too as Earth has been invaded by alien for real. Entering the scene, Natalie asks about the amount of survivors. Collins replies that everyone at the plant died instantly from the blast, but that they had been able to evacuate some of the people from the Valley. He says that they had been finding small pockets of survivors, but they hadn't been able to form a list yet, since they had more pressing issues. He tells the group that they created a vaccine and that they wouldn't need gas masks outside if they took it. Barrett then asks why Collins would be wearing a hazmat suit if he had been carrying a cure in his pocket. Collins responds that he wasn't wearing it to protect himself from the from the toxins, he had been wearing it because he had been out in the smoke and ash for two full days, and Barrett seems skeptical, something Cleo agrees with 100%. The rest of the ground - Barrett excluded - trusts him completely. Someone comes through on Collins' radio and he turns away to answer. He tells the group that there has been a delay and that his team will need another half hour to secure a path to the High School, and that they should go pack their things. They worry that the delay may mean they wont be able to leave the school, and Collins reassures them that they are still going to be leaving. Zoe Parker walks into the office to find Collins admiring the radio that Barrett built. Collins asks her who's handy-work it was and she tells him that Barrett is the genius behind the creation. She then asks whether he may have seen someone outside before he got to the school; her boyfriend, LaShawn Devereux, who had had gone out to look for help in a make-shift hazmat suit and gas mask. He tells her that no he hadn't seen anyone, but he will definitely try to find information for her. She thanks him and leaves, and he watches her until she is out of sight. When the doors shuts behind Zoe, he looks back at Barrett's workstation and picks up a pad of paper with numbers lined down it - presumably the multiple frequencies Barrett had tried. Natalie tells Collins that she saw Barrett erasing Keller Chemical Plant files from one of the computers in the lab and Collins accompanies her back to the computers, and begins to check out what Barrett left of the computer. Collins walks back to the group after inspecting the computer, and tells them that Barrett is wanted by the FBI and is considered to be a flight risk. The group lets that sink in and Natalie asks whether it had to do with the computer files he had seen him erasing. He tells them that yes, it had to do with stealing information from Keller Chemical, and when Violet voices her concern about his involvement in the accident, Collins replies that he was likely involved. When the group questions him he pulls out his sleeve of shots and shows them the one missing slot, where Barrett had taken one of the syringes. The group assumes that would mean that he is trying to run because he’s worried about what will happen to him once he gets out of the Valley. Collins tells them to stay there and he will take care of Barrett, and then he will be right back. Grover Jones gets attacked by a ‘Freak’ and Collins shoots it in the head with his gun, perfect shot, through a window. Grover thanks him and Collins confirms that his name is Grover and then asks whether he has seen Barrett. Grover tells him that he knows where he is but when they go back into the science room where Barrett was with Mr. Oink, Barrett is gone. Collins leaves Barrett in the room and goes off down the hall. When Grover leaves the classroom he sees Barrett unconscious on the ground and when he approaches him, Grover is blitz attacked by Collins from behind. Grover and Barrett wake up tied up in a rom together, and they wonder why Collins would keep Grover alive. Cleo finds the boys and unties them. She revealed that she doesn't trust Collins due Collins heads back to the group and tells them that it’s time for them to start taking the shots, and asks who wants to go first. When Violet inquires about Grover’s whereabouts Collins shrugs her off saying Grover went to the bathroom, but she wasn't buying it. Natalie volunteers to go first, but Molly jumps at the last moment, with a feeling that the injection might harm Natalie's unborn baby and volunteers to take the injection and the episode ends with him sticking the needle into Molly's arm.

In Sacrifice, Collins is about to inject Natalie next after injecting Molly when Violet gets a weird look on her face. Collins asks her what’s wrong and then is hit over the head by Grover, accompanied by Barrett and Cleo, who know that the syringe is actually filled with deadly poison. Barrett duct tapes Collins to one of the support beams in the lobby hallway and the group questions him about the poison that Molly has already been injected with. He sticks with his story that it is a vaccine and that guinea pigs are very weak; Mr. Oink’s death isn’t evidence. Until Cleo, determined to help her sister, says that if it really is a cure Collins wouldn’t mind being injected with it. When Diesel sticks the needle into his neck, however, he tells him to stop and changes his story. He tells them that he doesn’t know what type of poison it is, but that he can help Molly, they just have to let him go to his vehicle outside and bring back another hazmat suit for her, and he can take her for help. They don’t take the bait to let him go, saying that they can’t trust him and when he says that Molly will die, Cleo, ready to pound him, says he better be straight-up truthful of his propose was or she shoots him. Grover snatches the gun away from Cleo and Barrett takes out out of the room. They leave Diesel to guard Collins and Diesel and Barrett go to search through his stuff. Grover berates Cleo for her actions. Cleo explains that she is worried about Molly as she is her only family member around as her parents are far away from Earth and is unaware if they are all right. In tears, Cleo fears of losing her sister. Natalie hugs Cleo, comforting her and promises her that they will find a way to save Molly. Collins baits Diesel talking about Molly dying and that a good friend would be with her, and while Diesel is trying to block out the words that deep down he believes, Collins pulls out a little blade and begins to saw at the duct tape. While going through his bag, Violet, Grover, and Barrett find he doesn't have any identification nor any afication with any government officials. Even without an identification, they that he isn’t with the government. Grover also finds a note that reads: ELIMINATE THE REBEL KNIGHTS. He quickly realizes that Collins was only sent by Dreylock to take out the group. He races to warn the others. Collins, still sawing at the duct tape, keeps baiting Diesel, saying that he was planning on killing Natalie for what she knew and didn't expect Molly to interfere because of her gut-feeling, calling her a true Rebel Knight. Diesel finally snaps and approaches Collins threatening to shoot him before the poison does and when Collins again bring up Molly dying, Diesel steps closer and points the gun at his head. Just then, the duct tape is sawed completely through and Collins swipes Diesels feet out from under him. They fight and Diesel gets a shot off and it grazes Collins’ knee. Collins obtains the gun and Diesel runs, getting shot in the side mid-step. When Grover and Violet go to check up on them, Grover is saved from having to explain what he found in Collins’ bag by both Diesel and Collins being gone from their designated spot in the hall, and the smears of blood in their places. They find Diesel, who had the piece of mind to go for the hazmat suit, even with the blast wound and get him up into a nurse's office to fix him up.

### Season 4

In season 4, the Rebel Knights learned a shocking revelation involving their deceased enemy John Collins. Senator George Holt from Los Angeles revealed to Cassie and Caitlyn Flores, who were in D.C. to find out why President Gerald Cunningham eliminated the Earth Defense Force Act before the alien invasion, that Collins was one of Cunningham's agents and henchman. He recognized Collins from Cunningham's Press Conferences. Cassie and Caitlyn reported the revelation back to their fellow knights back in Santo Domingo. Rebel Knight leader Grover Jones theorized that Cunningham knew that the Rebel Knights would derail his plan of being a long-running president by taking out ever one of Dreylock's army and Dreylock himself. So he sent Collins to take out all of the knights as a favor for Dreylock. However, Collins was killed in battle and the situation resulted in the death of fellow Rebel Knight Molly Costello. Grover revealed this to Molly's sister, Cleo, another Rebel Knight, which left her in shock. It was revealed that Cleo hated Cunningham and believed that the moment he ran for president to eliminate women's rights and she hated him even more now that she had learn he was partly responsible for her sister's death and the alien invasion that occurred in her town.