Six years ago, Dinah Drake had taken over her old sensei's dojo following his death. Unfortunately, he had been the only thing preventing the local gangs from trying to get protection money out of them. With his death, she knew the day would come when they would come when they decided to make their move. On that day, she had warned that if they wanted anything out of the place, they would have to go through her. Underestimating her, they soon fell to her martial artistry. Sending them running, she warned that the dojo would be neutral ground, or she would come for them. Despite her success, though, one of her younger students had to withdraw from her instruction, worried that the gang would retaliate against him, given that he lived nearby them.