I had dealt with the meeting. I had dealt with being left behind. Then I dealt with boredom. I even dealt with the humiliation of apologizing to Rogue. Then I dealt with the loss of my money as we played cards out of boredom. Bobby wasn't happy with me at all, still. Rogue had claimed that she had forgiven me, so she was playing with us.
"So, is it true? Do you like that blue weirdo?" John asked, trying to distract me from the current hand.
"What blue weirdo?" I asked, annoyingly, as I gave a dark look at Rogue.
"Don't play stupid." Bobby snorted from over where he was. Apparently, these kids needed something better to talk about. I was the current hot topic of gossip.
"She's not pretending." Dil commented, trying to come to my defense. Then thought about it for a moment after everyone had dissolved into laughter at me.
"Thanks, Dil." I said wryly.
"I didn't mean it that way…" He began, but John interjected again.
"Stop changing the subject." He had just won the current hand and was shuffling the cards. "Do you like the blue guy or not?" He cut my current deterrent off, so I chose another.
"I don't understand why you guys are so prejudiced against blue people." I shrugged as I began to pick up my cards. "After all, they're human too. Oh, wait. No, they aren't."
"Sounds like she likes him to me." Rogue said in a sing-songy voice.
"Where did this random rumor come from anyway?" I asked, frowning at my cards, because I didn't want to get into a big hairy thing with Rogue again.
"Well, John said that you were hitting on him before dinner. And then Bobby noticed that you were whispering to him after dinner." Rogue cocked her head, thoughtfully, "And then he disappeared after that."
"Listen, it's like this." I said, commandingly, "I thought that it wasn't fair. Chi had her minion. Toad, remember? And I wanted one too. He is in the process of becoming my secret spy." I laughed evilly.
"But, didn't you say that he was cute?" Dil asked, concentrating on his cards. I would have glared daggers at him, but he wouldn't raise his eyes to mine. I was about to say something snide and rude, but it was at that moment that Chi chose to awaken.
"Uunngh…" She groaned, complaining about cramps from being left on the ground for most of the flight. But she didn't know that. She was unconscious at the time. "What day is it?"
"Dunno." Dil shrugged, glad to get the attention back off of him. "Everyone left a while ago. They said to stay here."
"Although they didn't say what to do if they all got killed…" I muttered beneath my breath.
"Did Magneto-sama say so?" She asked, defiantly in question. She would not be bossed around by those nosy X-men, even if they did randomly knock her out.
"Nope." I shrugged, "Therefore, you are not legally bound." I yawned, kicking the pile of cards over. "But if you're going, I get to go too. I have to take care of my dear little sister, you know."
"And of course, we need a big, strong male for supervision. What would happen if we needed a spider killed or something?" She looked over the group. Of course, it was only for looks.
"Dil it is." I nodded. She grabbed his arm and drug him to his feet, knocking the cards from his hand.
"Chi, they said to stay here." Bobby totally ignoring me. Like telling her would do anything. She rolled her eyes like she was being addressed by an idiot.
"If Magneto-sama didn't say it, I didn't hear it. Just like I don't hear the words that are coming out of your mouth." She yanked Dil's arm. "Let's blow this joint."
"Somehow, that statement bothers me." Dil muttered, unheard by all. And we took off.
"Hey, look at the lake." I said, looking at the lake. We had somehow ended up on the brim of it. "By the way, does anyone know where we're going?"
"At least you guys were awake when they were saying how to get in." Chi shrugged. "I guess that leaves it up to you, Dil."
"What?" He protested. After all, he just wanted to follow the rules and get back in the jet. Besides, it was cold out here and none of us had coats. I thought about it for a moment.
"I think I can get us in…" I said, thoughtfully surveying the dam.
"Does anyone feel like drowning?" Dil asked wryly. I smacked him on the back of the head with an anime hammer. It was the only way I could reach his head, after all. He was just a bit taller than I.
