Waking up with a start Shadow looked throughout the room around him. Having no memory of how he had gotten there, he started to panic. Trying to lift his arms he noticed he was strapped to a table. After a few minutes of work he managed to free one arm, and then the other. He was in a small, dark room littered with medical equipment and papers. Reaching down he picked up one of the pieces of paper to read it but it was written in some sort of medical code. Stepping out of the bed it felt like he hadn't walked in years. This thought struck a cord with him and he tried to think back to the last time he had walked. Pulling a blank he tried to think back to anything at all. His mind was empty.
Out of nowhere a voice, cool and collected, told him he had to go. Searching around the room for the source of the voice, he noticed for the first time the illustration on the ceiling. A massive red eye stared back at him. The red paint, (It was paint, right?), seemed to blend into the wall and make the eye spin. Transfixed on the painting a loud explosion snapped Shadow back to reality. Exiting the room he looked out into the hallway, he was underground from the looks of things, and started looking for an exit. Another massive explosion rocked the foundation of the building as Shadow started to run for the exit. Finally finding it Shadow made it outside just in time as the building imploded into itself.
Looking at the flames Shadow could have swore he saw a dark figure, human and yet somehow not, staring back at him. The figure let out a horrible laugh and dissolved back into the smoke. Shadow ran. Running through the forest he wove through the trees in order to escape his invisible pursuer. Colliding into something he fell down on his back.
"Hey, are you okay?", the man asked, holding out his hand.
Shadow tentatively took the man's hand and stood up.
"Welcome to the village Hidden in Sound."