Anna Kessler

* The Gate
* The Gate 2

**Anna Kessler** is a supporting character in The Gate and is the deuteragonist with a much bigger role in The Gate 2. She would assist John Collins in the destruction of the time gate during World War II and later the fight against the New World Order.

## Biography

Little to nothing is known about Anna and her early life, except that she has a Jewish heritage. At some point during World War II her family was captured by the Nazis but she was able to escape to Egypt with the help of the German resistance.

### First meeting with John

After John walks into a building, the lights are cut and Anna seemingly knocks him out. After John regains consciousness she apologizes and explains that this was done to prevent him alerting the Germans. She then explains her background and why she's here but then interrogates John on who he is, to which he, with little resistance, explains that he is from the future to stop the Nazis from acquiring knowledge of a time gate.

He comes to the conclusion that the Germans must be looking for the golden skulls needed to power the time gate, and a second time gate itself. Anna explains that the Germans started several new excavations in the area, but was unable to deduce why. Anna then tells John to plant dynamite inside of an outpost to prove that they are on the same side.

After John completes his task he meets with Anna again who is glad to see him, John explains that dozen of Germans came after him and that they will surely be discovered soon. Anna tells him to take the old sewer systems to escape the city and that she'll be staying to tie up some loose ends. However, Anna is shortly captured by the Nazis after John leaves due to their search for him.

### Second meeting with John

By the time she meets John for the second time they have both been placed inside of a train carriage containing chickens in cages and various crates. Anna wakes John up, who had been knocked out again by Nazi soldiers, and explains that she was captured inside her house while the Germans were looking for John. John also explains that he found nothing in the mine he was searching in and was knocked out soon afterwards. He asks where the train is headed but Anna doesn't know exactly, only that she heard the name 'La Rochelle'. John questions why they would be heading there but remembers that there is a U-Boat base there.

At some point after this, Anna was able to escape her capture with the help of an American secret agent called 'Bravo Six' and join the La Rochelle resistance. Anna then explains that the time gate is being stored on a ship called the Bismarck. She also tells him that Hitler himself is going to be on the ship overseeing the transportation personally. She then tells John the plan: tomorrow they will sneak him into the U-Boat base via the sewer system and he will then meet up with an informant. He will then blow up the time gate stored on the Bismarck and the Bismarck itself. John asks where he'll be sleeping for tonight and Anna suggests he should do so with her. The following day, John thanks Anna for the previous night and leaves the sewer system to get into the base.

### Apparent demise

During the 18 Months after John escaped the destruction of the Bismarck, Anna was able to travel to the modern day and find John's place of residence. One day she knocks on his door, much to John's surprise, and quickly tries to warn John that the time gate isn't what he thinks it is and that the people at the Central Intelligence Agency are not his friends. Immediately after she warns John to get out while he still can, she is shot by a nearby sniper and dies. John, extremely saddened by this, runs to his jeep to escape the soldiers coming after him.