Late at night, there was a strange, eerily beautiful glow in the back yard, with a chilling, enthralling music coming from it. It wasn't apparent from the mansion what it was... though it was more than tempting to take a closer look.

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Riruki cameout clutching Hina to her chest to see what it was. She was still in "protect Mansion" mode because she was an Xman now. She peered up at the light.

"What is it?" a voice asked from behind her. It was Ruby whose hand was tucked into Jamal's.

"I don't know" Riruki answered. "It is quite strange, you should get back inside where it is safe." she warned.

"No way and miss the action?" jamal grinned. He didn't knwo where Daria was but if she was here she wouldm ake both him and Ruby go back to bed. He was taking as much advantage of it as possible.

Raphael had left the kitchen and Fade without the slightest intention of going to bed, even if he had recommended it for her. He was not tired. He needed to think and decided the garden would be the best spot to quietly stare at the sky and do so. Though as he left the mansion he immediately took notice of the chilling and enthralling music, and a soft glow. His curiosity was tinged at the odd music and so he made his way towards it, and inevitable towards Riruki and company.

"What's going on out here?" He asked as he came up behind them. "Do any of you know?"

Eleki had gotten woken up from her bed with the munchies. She rolled out of bed and put on something a little more decent for the crisp night air, then made her way over to the kitchen, leaving her precious walking stick behind. It's only a short trip, she assured herself. On the way back from the kitchen she was chewing a good-sized cookie when she heard something, or at least she thought she heard something. She stopped walking and swallowed, listening hard. There was music, playing from outside, in the direction of the gardens. She wondered what was going on. She went back to her cookie-eating as she made her way down to the doorway and went outside. There were a few people out there already.
"What is making that music?" she asked, reaching out to tap one of them on the shoulder, reassuring herself that they were actually people.

Skoliro had been exploring the mansion ground, what a boring place. So far the only different thing was the erie music he heard. The grounds were barren and treeless, defiantly not his norm. He had gotten some animals to fly with for the sake of dieing of boredom. Glancing down at the ground he noticed something strange. Finally he thought to himself, something to do. He flew and closer to get a better look. Some others had surrounded it and he laughed to himself, thinking Humans are such ignorant creatures, they gather at the sight of something strange when they should run and hide. Skoliro touched down and looked around at the others, waiting for something to happen.

If he was waiting for something to happen, he wasn't disappointed. As they neared the light, all of them discovered, to their dismay, that they couldn't stop. It was as if something was drawing them in, closer and closer... and the closer they came, the more they realized that they honestly were all right with that. They wanted to get closer... yes... closer was definitely better...

Raphael looked at the others and found them moving, just as he was. Drawn inexplicably towards this 'strange phenomenon'. The thought that it might possibly be a trap to capture the whole lot of them only vaguely entered his mind. He had been drawn like this before, even though the detail that he had also felt unexplainably joyful escaped him, and figured it was the same sort of thing going on.

"Anybody else got the feeling something... desirable... is near that point?" He asked, almost without having to confirm the answer as they were all moving with him towards it.

Skoliro felt himself being drawn to the light and tried to resist. But the glow was hypnotizing and he got closer, and closer. He called to his bats but they stayed away, they knew better.

Well I guess were going on a field trip, huh chaps?

In this state of shock and fear he forgot his ascent and it shined through. Damn those Brits for this.

And again... everything seemed to happen in a surreal manner. As they came closer to the source of the sound and light, far past the edge of the grounds, they didn't think anything of the people they passed. Only when those people took aim and fired their tranquilizer darts at the gathered mutants did the music stop and reality set in.

Riruki screamed as one hit her in the side. She reached for it to grab it and yank it out but wasn't fast enough. Her eyes gre blurry and her ears rang loudly, a burning sensation shot through her back. She fell to her knees before collapsing.

"OH no!" Ruby yelled darting forth to help but was shot in the neck and fell to the floor with a heavy thump.

"Ruby!" Jamal yelled rushing to her and picking her up. He looked around but couldn't find the culprits in the dark night. And before he had time to drag her away he too was hit in the shoulder and rolled over into a forced slumber.

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Suddenly, Wizard awoke from his bed in the mansion with a sense of urgency. He was late for something. He wasn't sure what, but he had to get there. He jumped out of bed, and didn't bother changing. He walked out of his room, and outside of the mansion. He walked well beyond the grounds of the mansion, and wasn't sure why he was there, but he knew it was important, and he had to be there.

As he came closer, he saw many people lying about the ground, obviously knocked out. But he didn't try to leave. He just walked closer. Then suddenly, he felt a sting in his neck. "Darn bees," he said, swatting at whatever was. Then he realized. He was in trouble.

He was blacked out within seconds.

Skoliro finally broke free and turned to see a dart heading strait for him. He called to the bats but the wouldn't come. He dodged it but then another came. He was struck and suddenly felt sleepy. That was not his usual, usually he just meditated. He fell to the ground and with-in seconds was out.

Raphael blinked a couple times as his head cleared, though the pain of a dart striking him brought him to focus much faster than anything else. He looked idly down at the dart sticking out of him, and winced as a second landed near it, then looked about him, watching the others drop as they fell under the prick of the tranquilizer. He fixed his gaze on the nearest man with a rifle and charged, and only as a third dart struck him did he begin to feel the effects of the enhanced tranquilizers. He had never before been put under, or rather, never before been successfully put under and found the sensations coursing through him interesting. The way the world seemed to become sluggish and everything blurred. How sound seemed to slur, then everything going quiet. He found the blurring ball of color that was a man's face, the man he had charged, and took a swing at him. His fist heavy, weighted by the dregs of the drug that was in the darts pulled his arm down, and the rest of his body followed, collapsing at the feet of his attacker, as the world faded to black.