Zula grew up in harsh conditions in a currently unknown district. She describes her early life as "survival". At some point, when Zula was eighteen, Colonial Marines were occupying the area, with a squadron managing a crowd. As one marine deals with a citizen, Zula sneaks up behind him and steals the handgun from his holster. Whilst another marine spots this and plans to shoot her, the latter stops him and queries "how hard she'll fight for it". Zula managed to avoid the marines for eighteen hours until she was finally caught by the previous marine, who convinced her that she should join them. Zula accepts and gives him back his gun, holding the trigger guard with her middle-finger and pointing it at him.