Having destroyed three of four Rutan craft encountered in the Sol system, Commander Churl pursues the fourth damaged craft down to Earth, accompanied by Lieutenant Stavv. The Rutan craft has crashed on a remote farmhouse, killing one woman when the roof collapsed and leaving a male dead from a surviving Rutan's attack. Leaving Stavv to retrieve information from the Rutan science ship, Churl pursues his hunt. He encounters a blind girl. Dismissive at first, the girl directs him to a barn which turns out to be empty. In a moment, Churl loses the girl and returns to the Rutan craft.