An abandon building in San Francisco holds a unique secret. What's so unique about this condemned building? Ask the homeless. They, for a few bucks, will talk about voices, loud noises, and the occasional mourning.

Entering a doorway, it goes black. Continuing, a room with black walls appears. Not a decrepitude room, but a livable room. The black walls obscure the actually true size of this room. A kitchen, living room and a bedroom can be found if one cares, or allowed to look.

Detecting a loud boom, one could run, but for curiosity, and getting this story going, one follows the repeating boom to its source. As it grows louder, in the distance, a form can be seen. In fact, many shapes can be seen. As the objects become clearer, it turns out to be a young woman standing on a floating rock surrounded by many floating rocks.

With her eyes closed, she's searching for someone.

"Damn it, Rath," she thought, "Cloaking your life-force again."

Normally she used to detect only things of magic, however of late she learned to detect life-force. Detecting a fly's life-force was a walk in the park compared to trying to detect a very tricky opponent. This little trick she hasn't mastered yet. Now she must figure a way to find him.

Opening her eyes with her palms opened, starts swinging her arms. Sending smaller multiple energy blasts into several of rocks big enough to hide behind. Using smaller energy blasts instead of bigger blasts prevented her from tiring out quicker.

From her right, an energy shot came towards her. Defecting off her black shield, it hit a rock instead. Her eyes stared into the direction that energy shot came from. Still couldn't see him.

"Must drive him into the open, Raven," she reasoned.

Sending waves of energy blasts into the rocks, she detected movement out of the corner of her left eye. Turning, she shot at the approaching figure. It went right through him. It was his after image. Boy, he was tricky. Why else did she love him? Again, she turned. Same results just another after image. He could keep throwing these at her. She was just playing his strategy. She should be driving him instead of him driving her.

Under her feet, hands busted through the rock. Grabbing her ankles, she was thrown straight towards a rock. Teleporting, she materialized into a fist.

Going backwards, "That was his plan," she realized.

Having one last card to play, she closed her eyes. Crossing her arms across her chest, she concentrated. Blackness covered her. Going bright, black energy burst from her. It pulverized everything around her.

"Desperate?" she heard inside her head.

Opening her eyes and landing into Rath's arms, "What else did I have to lose?" she answered without moving her lips.

"What did you have to lose?"

Opening her eyes, she saw like dust replaced the rocks. No longer floating, Rath let her down.

"You own me dinner," she said walking away.

"You lose and I have to pay," he remarked, "Where's the logic in that?"

"Woman's logic," she answered fading into the blackness.

On the out skirts of Earth's solar system, a spaceship was heading straight for Earth with no intentions of making friends.