Derek Rayne ND

Derek Rayne

After season four (television series, Sci-Fi Channel), the virtual series (P:TL New Destinies) discovers Derek had survived the House explosion and has been trapped in Hell being tortured by demons in an attempt to break his spirit and finally destroy The Legacy.

Nick Boyle, the head of SF Security and having been given the House's Precept ring by Derek before the explosion, works on rebuilding the House. It is after the Head of IA, Skylar Madison, and he, discover Derek hadn't perished in the explosion, and work together to get him back home.

It takes Derek a little more than a couple of years to heal from the physical wounds and psychiatric scars from his treatment in Hell. It took multiple psychic visits before he even realized that the one that finds him in hell wasn't an attempted from Hell to further torture him.

Once he gets to the point he feels ready to try to work in the Legacy again, Derek goes on a test field assignment with Skylar Madison; his first case being part of a Hunter team that tracks down a serial killer that ends up being a skinwalker.

It is after this case is completed he feels ready to retake his position as Precept, but he has to be cleared by a Tribunal first - and does. The Tribunal then makes a motion to have an election for a new Head Precept; and perhaps with a renewed feeling of hope due to his survival and return, he is elected. (note: his being trapped in hell is withheld with his team's full support; due to feeling that not all within the Legacy would truly believe what they knew; Derek had survived and wasn't darkside. He even has the support of Head IA).