As a criminal, Zareth used her natural camouflage abilities to live life as a master thief. She was eventually caught and imprisoned on SAR TOP. Nestov, a fellow Desserian and prisoner who escaped to Earth from SAR TOP, referred to Zareth as 'a legend'. After her escape among with over 200 other criminals, Zareth began working for Zin - who planned to steal an ancient Egyptian artifact that contained an alien map (identical to the one that Raahm and Saahm where originally trying to get to sell to Zin, before both Orsusians were captured). When the Enixian criminal Vesser tried to get Nestov to hire various supplies for the theft, he was ambushed by Cole/Daggon (who Nestov was working with as a mole in Zin's operations) - with Cole taking his life force.