The youngest daughter in her family, she was 6 years old when she was told to hide in the closet when an intruder was heard in her home. Obeying, she watched in horror from an open crack as the intruder strangled her father to death, stabbed her mother and beat to death her two older sisters. Having spotted her, the intruder dragged her out of the closet kicking and screaming, ready to snap her small neck. At that time however, her 14 year old brother came home from baseball practice and

From there, the police were called. Malta and her brother, Marit, were taken into custody and placed in a foster home. Once all had settled down with the placement of the two, their new family proved to be abusive in an emotional sense. Their new brothers and sisters ignored them, and even hated them when their parents attempted to show them any affection. This made Marit and Malta learn to stick together. Three years in their foster family's custody built to a point where their foster siblings had had enough. They cornered the 9 year old Malta, cutting her hair down to the scalp, kicking her while she was down and calling her filthy names. Years of dealing with the trauma of watching her parents and sisters be killed caused her to snap in that moment. She fought back, pushing down the youngest of her foster siblings who was just a year older than herself and strangling him. While the foster siblings did their best to pull her off, it was to no avail. He would have died had Marit not come in at the last second and pull Malta off.

In the end, it was decided that since Marit was 17, they would leave the foster family to fend for themselves and nothing more was said about the incident. Now living on their own, Marit dropped out of school just before graduating to take up work to support himself and Malta in their one bedroom apartment in the city by Malta's school. As her hair regrew, Marit decided that she should carry a weapon considering their past. Though he had noted Malta's show of violence back with their foster family, he had noted that it had been self defense and trusted her with weapons. At all times now, Malta carries a knife attached to her leg under her skirt.

Marit and Malta's past has dictated their relationship to be closer than the average brother and sister. Marit has proven to become far too overprotective of Malta almost to the point of abuse in itself. Malta, however, having no other person in her life quite so important to her, has never seen it this way and clings to her brother when out in public.

Marit has become leader of a street gang and now deals drugs which highly helps with his income, which is best since he got fired from his crappy minimum wage job and became desperate. Now he's able to spoil his little sister with frequent trips out to eat and new clothing. They've been able to upgrade to a very nice high class apartment in a skyscraper and Malta, being the obedient little sister in his care, has never questioned how they were able to afford it. He has also been able to help pay for Malta's schooling so she can afford to go to the high school who's fate is about to take a turn for the worst. Their life has become phenomenal, but the weight of the past still sits on their shoulders.

Marit and Malta, being as close as they are, have strained sexual tension between them that neither have stepped up to pursue. Their shared trauma, experiences, and borderline psychosis issues has made them far closer than a brother and sister ever should be. And while both are aware, neither has said anything on the subject. It remains a dark tension that is only increasing by the day.