Rufus Zeno

Rufus Zeno
A investigator who says that he can help Patricia find Joy. Patricia first sees him out the window during Drama class, and then meets him in the woods several times. He shows Patricia some pictures of hieroglyphics and asks if she recognizes any of them. She recognizes the picture of the Eye Of Horus as Nina's necklace. Not much is known about him yet, except that his fake name is Rene Zeldman, and it is likely that he knows about the Joy secret. He is known to the members of Victor's group as "the betrayer", indicating that he was once a member. Rufus, Victor, and Sarah all knew each other as children. He was kidnapped by Victor and taken to the hospital, where he was kept until Patricia helped him escape. He arranges to meet Joy at the play. After the play, when in the woods with Patricia, Joy doesn't show up, Rufus gets angry, and kidnaps Patricia in a locked car. It is revealed he is lying about helping Patricia. He wants to find Joy to get the treasure for himself. Later when Nina and Amber go out to look for Patricia, they get locked in the warehouse by Rufus. Luckily Fabian rescues them then they all rescue Patricia by following Ms. Andrews to where she was meeting Rufus. (She intended to trade the elixir for Patricia.)They retreved her just in time, but Rufus escaped. He resurfaced later after Sarah's funeral and was last seen paying off Jerome for information on Sibuna's actions. In the season 1 finale episode, Rufus traps the Sibuna club in a classroom demanding the chosen one (thought to be Joy) and the elixier, if his demands are not met he would set loose a very dangerous insect. In the end Sibuna escapes and throws the bugs into the room with Rufus, they lock the door and run to the house. When back in the cellar Nina assembles the Cup of Ankh (she was the chosen one) and Rufus soon finds them. He gets the cup and the elixiir (Fabian gives him fake), he drinks and Alfie fakes dying, Rufus fled and got away thinking he had eternal life. This most likely, along with the other events in the season finale, leads to a season 2, with all the loose ends not tied up.