[h3][Center][color=E610B8]Tales of Genosha: Echo[/color][/center][/h3][hr]

It's towards the end of the night, Echo's at the tiki bar, Veil is off doing something with Spark Plug, the others aren't really around at the moment. Echo will feel a sharp pressure in his head. Everyone becomes motionless. This is then followed by the voice of a young man - [i]Help![/i] And then, everything is back to normal. People are moving and talking like nothing had happened at all. As if Echo had imagined the entire thing. 

Echo sat alone at the bar, watching as the others went about their things for the evening. Some splintering off to go mingle with others while others simply went to go do other things or be alone. He looked at his sister talking to Soark Olug at a distance, holding his drink in hand and taking a sip before gripping the cup tightly. He placed the cup onto the counter, reaching up to massage his temples when a sudden pain overcame him. He closed his eyes briefly, opening them up only to see the world frozen in time. Everyone was motionless as Harry's eyes darted from side to side, shooting wide open as he heard a cry for help in the back of his head. Just as soon as the voice finished everyone began to move and talk once again as if nothing had even happened. Harry looked at his drink on the counter, stood from his chair, and made his way out of the Tiki Bar. [i][color=E610B8]"I...Who are you? How can I help?"[/color][/i] He thought to himself, wondering if the voice could hear him.

Outside of the Tiki Bar, a few mutants were loitering and chatting - they looked like college aged kids, ripe with hormones and a lack of parental supervision. They weren't looking at Echo or paying any attention to him, just laughing and talking about a ghost story. Supposedly, from what Echo would be able to catch, Genosha was haunted by an ancient demon called the Patchwork Man. The Patchwork Man  made people do things they wouldn't otherwise, turning you into a demon, a shadow of your former self. 

One of the kids stopped suddenly, their eyes turning bright blue as they turned and stared at Echo. [b]"Free me,"[/b] the kid said. 

The glow then appeared in another person's eyes. [b]"He's going to kill me."[/b]

There was an odd sense of normality in being in a place that had local legends. He'd heard so many growing up that it was almost comforting. He'd tried to act casual as he waited for a response, only to have it come from one of the kids outside, and then another. Harry was beginning to get a little creeped out. He took a step back, away from the kids, before he reminded himself someone needed his help. Someone just said their life was in danger. He took two steps forward, looking at the last kid who spoke with a stern and concerned look.[Color=E610B8]"Who's going to kill you? Where are you? How can I help?"[/color] He felt as if he was out of his mind. A part of him wondering if this is how Casper felt all of the time. But he knew what he saw, and his heart was already starting to quicken.

The kid startled, seemingly completely back to normal. Aside from the fact that he had a third eye in the middle of his head, he could've been just an ordinary college student, probably with gripes and complaints about their professors and midterms and the upcoming football games. He wasn't wearing a costume or anything like that, just normal, ordinary clothes. "Wh-what? Someone's going to kill me?!" he asked, all three eyes widening. 

A rabbit burst into view and then went off at a run. 

Harry watched as the rabbit burst past them, taking a half step towards ita before halting for a brief moment to turn and look at the kids. For a split second it appeared as if he had two heads, before finally another him fully emerged and Harry went bounding off to chase the rabbit while Barry stayed behind. "Sorry didn't mean to scare you, just a game of telepathic tag is all but I seemed to of missed them by a second. Anyways I've got a rabbit to follow before I lose this game." Barry explained, hoping the kids would just think it's some new mutant game. He went running after Harry, the bright clothing much easier to spot than a single rabbit, as he tried to catch up to him while Harry continued the chase. [Color=E610B8]"I really hope that I'm supposed to be following you because if not then I'm just wasting more time."[/color]

The rabbit was leading Harry further and further, until vanishing into a hole in the ground outside of a gigantic building in the middle of the island, one they had passed by the previous day - Hellfire Manor. The hole seemed to grow by itself, until it was large enough for a mutant to slip on through, as if beckoning Echo down. 

Harry's pace slowed down as he saw the building starting to come into view. Whatever this was, it couldn't be good news. Someone, a telepath, was screaming for help and it was coming from beneath the Hellfire Manor. He was about to consider his luck gone as the rabbit disappeared beneath the building, cursing that he didn't have a mutation to help him follow suit, until finally the hole began to widen and make room for him to follow. [Color=E610B8]"Oh Harry, what have you gotten yourself into?"[/color] He looked around left and right to make sure no one else could see him, then looked towards Barry. [Color=E610B8]"Ok, keep watch and if you hear me scream from down there then go get Veil and the others."[/color] Harry took a breath before crawling down into the hole, searching for the rabbit as he followed the tunnel down, wondering what he was doing. 

The tunnel turned from earthen to steel relatively quickly. With the emphasis on organic engineering on Krakoa, the tunnel was likely built by the man obsessed with metal - Magneto. The tunnel was incredibly cramped, barely big enough for Echo - and the reason why became apparent quickly. It wasn't really a tunnel - it was a vent that he was crawling through. At the end of the vent, Echo would be able to see down into a sterile looking room. The room was void of furniture or anything of interest, aside from what looked like a gigantic egg shaped pod - almost like an alien craft.