Chapter 1: Murders in Garnier

By: PittsBurghFuzz

Since the 1800's, the Garnier Opera House has rumored to be home of the legendary figure, the Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom has been blamed for several accidents in the old venue, including a large chandelier crash, and the abduction of a sixteen year old singer. Very few have seen his face, and the descriptions have varied drastically. The description that most people go with is that his face is like that of a "death's head". Supposedly, his weapon of choice is the punjab lasso, which coined the phrase, "Keep your hand at the level of your eyes." The myth of the Phantom, or "Opera Ghost", had a decrease of belief roughly around 1881. However, during the 20th century, there were scattered Phantom sightings and attacks. This caused few resurgences of the belief of the Phantom, and small investigations, but no results. Most recently, in the year 2010, an attack occurred. A man in his forties went down the cellars of the Opera House. The next morning, his body was found hanging from Box Five.

The next morning, it was all over the news, and caused great shock. Professor Charles Xavier was using Cerebro at the moment, and senses a mutant in Paris. Xavier could not believe what Cerebro found. Xavier telepathically told the X-Men to meet him in the meeting room.