- "Target the family."
- ―Victoria Kord[src]
The Attack on the Reyes Household was an attack orchestrated by Victoria Kord to kidnap Jaime Reyes, ordering his family to be killed until Reyes was distracted fighting several Kord Industries soldiers, causing him to be kidnapped by Ignacio Carapax to seize his power on Pago Island.
Background[]
Jaime Reyes sees the scarab activate.
- "The universe has sent you a gift, Jaime. And you have to figure out what you’re going to do with it. Maybe this did all happen for a reason. Maybe it’s time that we get our own hero. And not just some foot up our ass."
- ―Rudy Reyes to Jaime Reyes[src]
The alien artifact known as Khaji-Da, stolen by Jenny Kord in a secure Kord Industries vault, later bonded with Jaime Reyes during a chance encounter, choosing him as its host in an irreversible fusion. Following the incident, Jaime became the target of Victoria Kord, the ruthless CEO of Kord Industries, who intended to use the Scarab’s technology to advance her Project OMAC, a militarized project designed to create super-soldiers and secure Kord’s dominance in the global weapons market. Victoria’s efforts to reclaim the Scarab escalated quickly, especially after Jaime and Jenny broke into Kord Tower and accessed Ted Kord’s hidden Blue Beetle technology, evading capture.
However, unbeknownst to the Reyes family, Kord Industries had placed trackers and surveillance systems that eventually pinpointed their location. Determined to retrieve Khaji-Da at any cost, and unwilling to wait for Jaime to surrender, Victoria authorized a covert paramilitary operation to extract the Scarab directly from the Reyes residence. The operation was led by Ignacio Carapax, her personal enforcer and prototype for the OMAC system, who was instructed to bring Jaime, showing no such concern for collateral damage.[1]
Battle[]
Jaime Reyes jumps off the cliff to activate Khaji-Da.
- "Look, don’t shoot. I don’t wanna hurt you guys."
- ―Jaime Reyes[src]
In the Kord Estate, Jaime sat down to reflect on the roof where he was found by Rudy Reyes, who comforted him, motivating him to be a hero, until he saw the Victoria Kord helicopter flying on them, deducting that he was going to his residence. Trying to activate his armor to fly and save his family, Jaime raised his arms without success, with Rudy telling him to force him to leave, giving the idea of jumping from the cliff to know that the beetle would always protect him, running to jump despite the concern of Rudy and Jenny, but activating the armor to fly home.
The Reyes are assaulted by Kord Industries soldiers.
In Reyes Household, Alberto and Milagro Reyes washed the dishes after dinner together and Nana received tea from Rocio Reyes, before feeling a tremor about the house and the light went out, discovering that several Kord Industries soldiers made an ambush to capture Jaime. To hide from the attack, the Reyes family hid in Jaime's room, but they were discovered and forced to evict their destroyed house, being threatened to kneel, while Alberto Reyes protected his family from the soldiers. Jaime arrived at his house and asked Khaji-Da the arsenal and attacked several soldiers by surprise, whom he knocked down from the air.
Jaime Reyes uses energy cannons against the Victoria Kord's soldiers.
Reyes apologized to his family for the delay while the soldiers attacked him, asking them not to shoot until they quickly realize their invulnerability to see that the shots did not reach him. To test Jaime, Victoria Kord gave the order to attack the family, so Jaime and Khaji-Da jumped to defend them with a shield, asking them to keep calm. While Khaji-Da was preparing to use his arsenal against the soldiers, Jaime asked for something not lethal, using energy cannons to stop them and asking his family to escape. After analyzing the threat, Khaji-Da and Reyes launched themselves to fight the soldiers, knocking them down without difficulty, activating wives to immobilize them.
Alberto Reyes falls to the ground in front of Milagro.
In the midst of the battle, the family fled the scene, but Milagro was shot down by a soldier, so Alberto went to save his daughter, however, he ended up being beaten with a weapon that left him on the ground, promising Milagro that everything would go well. Khaji-Da warned Jaime to help his father, stopping a soldier and asking Milagro to take him out of the combat area. Because of the entire situation and the blow he received, Reyes began to suffer from another heart attack, falling to the ground in front of Milagro and Jaime.
Alberto Reyes suffers a heart attack.
Seeing Victoria Kord's helicopter, Reyes in revenge prepared to tear it down, but when he saw with horror how his father suffered a heart attack, Jaime ran to help him, and Kord asked Carapax to shoot a technological claw to Reyes, leaving him unable to move, crying by his father while he was kidnapped by Ignacio Carapax to be taken to the helicopter. Alberto ended up fainting for his heart attack, worrying the family and Jenny Kord, who contacted an ambulance to help, but despite the efforts of the paramedics, Reyes succumbed to her heart attack, dying in the ambulance, causing great sadness in the family.[1]
Aftermath[]
Jenny Kord helps the Reyes family to save Jaime.
- "Tenemos que rescatar a Jaime, no tenemos tiempo para hundirnos en la tristeza y dejarnos vencer. Tenemos que rescatar a Jaime, porque eso es lo que hubiese querido su papá.[2]"
- ―Nana Reyes[src]
The attack devastated the Reyes family, both physically and emotionally. The Reyes family was forced into hiding, mourning the loss of their patriarch while preparing for retaliation. The attack ignited Nana Reyes to motivate a unified resolve among the remaining family members, Rocío, Milagro, and Rudy, to rescue Jaime and confront Victoria Kord directly. Despite their grief, they rallied around Jenny Kord, who vowed to honor her father's legacy and stop the misuse of alien technology.
Alberto Reyes inspires his son to become a hero.
No longer passive observers, the Reyes family took part in the later rescue mission to Pago Island, to help Jaime reclaim his agency and fulfill the Scarab’s purpose on his own terms. Meanwhile, Jaime was transported to Pago Island, where he was held captive as Kord Industries attempted to forcibly extract the Scarab. It was during this time that Jaime entered a near-death state and experienced a vision of his father, Alberto Reyes, who encouraged him to embrace his role and choose who he wanted to be, not as a weapon, but as a protector.
The Reyes family mourning for Alberto Reyes.
The family’s grief was transformed into action when Rudy, Nana, and Milagro, armed with Ted Kord’s old Blue Beetle tech, stormed Pago Island alongside Jenny, successfully rescuing Jaime. The memory of Alberto served as a guiding force for Jaime, pushing him to stand up against Victoria and Carapax, and to become Blue Beetle not by obligation, but by choice. The house itself was left in ruins, a symbol of the cost of the conflict. Yet in its destruction, the Reyes family found clarity, purpose, and unshakable unity. Jenny Kord, after taking over as CEO, revealed that their home would be repaired, stating that the company would learn from Edge Keys neighbors, which delighted the family.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Blue Beetle
- ↑ Translates from Spanish to: “We have to help Jaime. We don’t have time for self-pity. We must rescue Jaime. That’s what his father would have wanted.”