| Sonny Baredo grew up outside Pittsburgh with a normal suburban life until the emergence of his mutant powers occurred at the age of fourteen. Unknowingly, his mutant powers killed his entire family, even his dog, on the same day. The mutant Professor Charles Xavier and his students, the heroes known as the X-Men, sought out Baredo to offer him a chance to join them and learn how to control his powers. Baredo was sent to a foster home while Xavier tried to negotiate his release. |
| Instead, Baredo was kidnapped by the super villain team Factor Three, bringing him to their headquarters in Mt. Charteris, Colorado, which was shielded from Xavier. Ogre, the scientifically minded member of Factor Three, spent the next few years studying Baredo as his powers developed to greater levels. When Baredo's full powers emerged at age eighteen, Ogre determined he was too dangerous to try to control. He placed him in cryogenic state and vowed to protect the boy in the hopes of redeeming his role in exacerbating his powers. Baredo remained in suspended animation until he was awoken by Techno. |
