Sailing, Sailing…

"What a beautiful day for a sea cruise!" Todd hung onto the railings of the ship and took a deep breath. "Smell that ocean air! So invigorating! Doesn't it make you feel great to be alive? Come on Lance say it, I'm king of the world!"

"Shut up and let me die in peace…" Lance moaned as he was draped over the railing. Obviously he was very seasick.

"Come on Lance you look a lot better than you did yesterday," Todd remarked. "Of course you're still a light shade of green but personally I think that's a good thing."

"Why couldn't have we just simply teleported to wherever we're going?" Lance moaned.

"Because Lance Trinity is working on maintenance repair for the Mass Device," Wanda said as the other Misfits walked up to them.

"Not to mention we're studying oceanography in our science classes," Pietro said. "And besides we needed to get your mind off a certain X-Kitty."

"Who cares about Kitty when I'm gonna die!" Lance moaned. "A whole week trapped on this bucket of bolts!"

"Lance it's one of Brittany's dad's yachts," Althea said. "It's hardly the Flying Dutchman."

"It's not his fault Al," Fred told her. "Remember when the X-Geeks told us Magma gets sick when we're away from the land? Well maybe Lance is the same way."

"No I think it's because he's a wuss," Pietro snickered.

"Look who's talking," Wanda glared at him. "At least Lance doesn't scream like a little girl."

"I do not!" Pietro whined.

"Do so!" Wanda retorted.

"Do not!"

"Do so!" Wanda pinched his arm.

"OW! I'm telling!" Pietro snapped.

"I'm gonna die…" Lance moaned.

"You are not gonna die, so don't even try," Roadblock said as he and Shipwreck walked up to them. "Look there's the island over there." He pointed to an island in the distance. "So here's your dare. You seven are going to row to the island and survive off it for the next week."

"You're stranding us there?" Todd asked.

"We'll be here on the ship if anything serious happens which I doubt," Roadblock said.

"Yeah according to my chart this island is uninhabited anyway," Shipwreck said. "And according to geographic surveys the volcano seems to be dormant. We think."

"You think?" Todd yelped. "But what if it erupts yo?"

"Then you might want to stay close to the beach," Shipwreck said. "But the ship will be close by in case."

"You mean you guys are going to stay on board and drink a case of scotch," Althea said.

"That's not true!" Shipwreck glared at her.

"Yeah its tequila!" Polly flew around. "Break out the margaritas!"

"Shut up bird!" Shipwreck chased Polly around.

Soon the Misfits were paddling in three boats away from the ship towards the island. "Survival training my butt," Lance grumbled. "They just want to get drunk while we're gone!"

"Hey look at it this way," Todd said as the ship sailed away. "No adults! No rules!"

"No chance in hell we are going to survive this," Lance muttered.

"This will be fun!" Fred said as he paddled. "It'll be like playing Survivor!"

"Just do us all a favor Freddy and don't walk around naked huh?" Pietro chuckled. "Lance is sick enough!"

"Just shut up and keep paddling!" Lance snapped. "The sooner we get to dry land the better I'll feel!"

"Hey guys how big are the sharks around here?" Xi asked.

"I dunno why?" Pietro asked.

"I just saw something move over there…" Xi narrowed his eyes. "Something big."
"Ah you're imagining things…" Todd waved. "I hope."

"No there is something…" Althea started to say. Suddenly a huge fountain of water rushed up in front of them. They tried to paddle back but were blocked by another wave.

"Since when do waterspouts spurt out of nowhere?" Pietro yelled.

"Althea! Do something!" Wanda shouted.

"What do you think I'm trying to do here?" Althea snapped focusing her powers. She managed to create a huge wave for them to ride on. "Whatever's creating these things is strong! Really strong! This should help!"

"HOW IS THIS HELPING?" Lance shouted. Suddenly he was knocked from his boat by a rough shove of the wave.

"LANCE!" Wanda shouted as something dragged Lance away.

"I'll get him!" Fred grabbed an oar to try to reach Lance but he accidentally knocked Althea unconscious with it. "Oops."

"This is gonna hurt," Todd gulped before the water and the land rushed up to meet him.

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Somehow Lance managed to be carried away by a riptide of some sort. He used all his strength to keep his head above water. Then as mysteriously as the pull had come, it went, enabling him to make it to the island. Lance gasped as his body washed up on the beach. He lay there panting. The last thing he saw before he passed out was the figure of a girl about his age standing over him, and then blackness.