Marina popped her neck, closing her eyes to try and think the more acceptable third option to her problem. She only spent a few moments before giving up; there really only was one option. She'd have to walk back to the shady gas station and hope that they had a working phone. She moved to turn off her car, and as soon as the headlights turned off, she saw it. A strange, bright light in the distance. She wasn't facing east, or it could have been the sun. The light grew, and it looked like it was headed straight for Marina. Her first rational thought was that it was a meteor, burning up in the atmosphere, but she couldn't see anything besides the near blinding white light. As it got closer, Marina had the thought that she should get out of her car and run, but there was no time.<br/><br/>The light landed a few yards in front of her car, and Marina was a bit surprised that the jolt she had braced for had not come. It really was just light, there was no rock or metal anywhere. Before Marina could think of another theory, the light began to move. "Maybe I should have gotten a coffee back at the gas station, I'm pretty sure mirages don't look like this." She said softly. The next logical theory was destroyed, as the sun was only beginning to peak out from the horizon to her left, and she knew it couldn't be a mirage.<br/><br/>As the light began to take a different form, Marina rethought the mirage theory. Instead of a bundle of white nothing, it know seemed to be sprouting limbs. Marina unconsciously leaned forward, trying to discern what exactly the light was turning into. It took a moment to see its shape fully, but once she did, it was almost as confusing as the initial ball of light itself. It was a man. He was hunched over, but slowly he began to stretch and uncurl his body into a natural standing position. Marina blinked, wondering again if it was just her sleepless brain playing tricks on her. The eyes that opened were bright white, but they slowly gained a more natural color, and she watched as the man opened and closed his mouth, as if he had just regained feeling after a dentist's visit. Marina watched as he scanned his surroundings before spotting her Chevy.<br/><br/>"Earth girl?" Okay,  now she was most definitely hallucinating, or dreaming, or something. Dreaming was pretty likely, considering his voice sounded much like that of a main love interest from a cheesy romantic comedy, deep and exotic. Marina listened as the man continued speaking, only sprouting more nonsense. 'Mother Universe' and 'summoning'. The more she listened to him speak, the more she thought that he was some kind of escaped mental patient, or perhaps a lost hiker who had spent too long in the desert alone.<br/><br/>She opened her car door, but stayed behind it, her hand still on the side. She still didn't know exactly what was happening, and needed some kind of escape plan. Hiding in a locked car seemed like a better idea than trying to outrun a strange man who seemed to appear out of a glowing ball of light. "My name is Marina." She said, deciding that politely answering his question was the best first step. "Do you need help, sir? There's a gas station just down the road." She gestured to the road, hoping that the man would be shocked out of whatever mindset he was in, talking about being 'hers to command.'