Sudden Change In Weather

"Where are you going?" Toad asked Wanda, as he saw her walking away from the group.

            "Check out this cave!" Wanda grinned, as she stood in front of a large cave.

            Toad looked up at John, raising his eyebrow, and they both walked towards her. They looked into the mouth of the cave, "Oh, I wouldn't go in there. There's no light!" Toad cautiously warned her.

            "Got ya covered, mate!" John grinned, taking out a lighter out of his pocket.

            "Don't burn anything down, John!" Elizabeth smiled, walking to stand behind them.

            "Hey, you guys, we're not supposed to stray from the trail!" Scott warned, as he stood with the rest of the group.

            The curious mutants didn't listen; John lit his lighter, and held his hand under it, creating a ball of flames from the lighter. He held it into the air, and looked at Wanda, grinning coyly. Wanda shook her head, slightly smiling, as she walked into the cave, following him. Toad and Elizabeth looked at each other, and shrugged, and followed them into the cave. Jean looked up at them, "Guys! Wait!" She called, as she ran after them.

            Scott flinched at the sudden sound of thunder. "Huh?" He grunted, as he looked up.

            The clouds began to hover over the sky. "You've never heard of summer showers, Shades?" Pietro asked him, as he rushed towards the cave.

            "Oh oh. I think it's gonna rain pretty soon." Rogue sighed, as she walked towards the cave.

            The others followed, to find shelter inside the cave. Elizabeth knelt onto the ground, placing her backpack in front of her. "It's about time we took a rest!" Tabitha complained, as she walked into the cave.

            Tabitha let herself drop onto the dirt ground, sprawling her arms and legs out. "Good god, we've been walking forever! I can't take much more of this nature crap!" Evan complained, as he walked into the cave, following the others of his trail group.

            "John, light a fire for some light." Pietro said, as he gathered some wood from outside.

            He placed a pile in the center of the cave. John knelt in front of the pile of wood, and lit the lighter again. He gathered the fire into his hand, and threw the ball of flame towards the wood. He then moved his hands up, manipulating the fire to grow slightly larger, for enough light. "Really, John, just make sure none of us catch on fire, okay?" Amanda warned, as she placed her backpack on the ground.

            Scott stood at the mouth of the cave, staring up towards the sky. "That's so odd." He sighed, seeing the clouds becoming slightly darker.

            Jean stood next to him, "Well, the news did warn of a thunder storm coming through. But they said it shouldn't be a big one. It'll probably last for a couple of hours. But the thing is, is that the stupid counselors refused to listen!" She said, raising her voice with frustration at her last sentence.

            "I know, those stupid nature freaks!" Kurt agreed. He then placed his hand on his hip, waving his other hand in the air, mocking the counselors, "Oh, nature this, hug this tree, kiss this slug!" He mocked. "I'm so sick of those counselors already!" He snapped, throwing his arms down at his sides.

            Rogue looked at him suspiciously, "Kiss this slug?"

            Kurt looked at his foster sister, "Yeah! Didn't you see that note?"

            Rogue lifted her lip in disgust, "Uh, no!" She snapped. She then laughed, "Did you do it?"

            Amanda rolled her eyes, "God I hope not!"

            Kurt shook his head, sticking out his tongue in disgust, "Ew! No way!"

            Taryn sat down in front of the fire, beginning to shiver, rubbing her arms. Ray stood next to her, handing her his sweatshirt, "Here you go." He offered.

            She looked up at him, and took the shirt smiling, "Thanks, Ray."

            The occupants flinched, as they heard a loud sound of thunder rumbling throughout the sky, followed by a sudden downpour of rain. "Great." Scott sighed.

            Wanda sat in front of the fire. She opened her backpack, and took out a deck of cards, "Anyone up for some gin?" She grinned.

            Gambit immediately sat next to her, "I am!" He grinned.

            Pietro looked at Elizabeth, and grinned, "Hey, Betsy, how about we practice our scene of our skit?" He grinned.

            Elizabeth looked at him, and smiled. "Uh, maybe later." She shyly answered him.

            Wanda began shuffling the cards, smirking at her brother. Pietro looked at her, raising an eyebrow, "What's so funny?"

            Wanda shrugged, "Nothing."

            Gambit took the cards from her, "I'll cut and deal." He smirked.

            Rogue sat in between them, joining the game. "I'm starving!" Evan complained, as he sat in front of the fire.

            Kitty grinned, and opened her backpack. "I've got chips, I was nice enough to make sandwiches for everyone, and I stole some sodas from like, the kitchen during our little punishment last night!" Kitty smiled, as she took out the food.

            "You are the straight bomb, girl!" Evan grinned, grabbing a soda and sandwich.

            Lance sat next to Kitty, and they looked at each other, and smiled. Kitty took a sandwich and offered it to him. "Want one?" She smiled at him.

            Lance took the sandwich, and unwrapped the wrapper. He took a bite of his sandwich. With his free arm, he wrapped it around Kitty's shoulder, and they looked out towards the mouth of the cave, watching the rain pour outside. "This is kinda nice, you know?" Kitty said to everyone.

            "I guess. But what if those counselor's start worrying about us?" Scott asked, as he sat down on the dirt ground in front of the fire.

            "Hey, this is their fault! They should have listened to that damn news report!" Evan hissed, engulfing his sandwich.

            "He's got a point." Jean said, sitting on the other side of Scott.

            Amara walked towards the darkness of the cave, curiously. She swung her backpack from her back, to open the zipper. She unzipped the backpack, and took out her flashlight. She zipped up her backpack, and swung it to her back. She clicked on the flashlight, and focused it in front of her. She saw another pathway leading further into the cave. "Amara, where are you going?" Bobby asked, walking towards her.

            Amara looked at him, "I wonder what's all in there?" She curiously said.

            She walked towards the mouth in front of her, with Bobby quickly following her. "Don't go far!" Jean called.

            "Alright!" Amara called behind her.

*~*~*~*

            "Wow!" Amara gushed, staring at a lagoon in front of her.

            Bobby stood next to her, staring at the lagoon. "Wanna jump in?" He smiled.

            Amara lifted her lip, shaking her head, "No way! Who knows what's in there!"

            Bobby dropped his backpack behind him and took off his shirt, "Oh come on, Amara! Be adventurous for once!" He said, dropping his shirt to the ground.

            "Oh, Bobby! Come on! Get real!" Amara snapped, placing her free hand to her hip.

            Bobby grinned, and walked towards the lagoon. He looked into it, "Hey, bring that flashlight over here." He told her.

            Amara raised her eyebrow as he turned to look at her. "I'm not your little assistant, Iceman!" She snapped at him.

            Bobby sighed, "Sorry. Amara, can you please come over here with the flashlight?" He apologized, correcting himself.

            Amara eased, "That's better."

            She then walked towards him, and flashed the light, searching the lagoon. Bobby's eyes searched with the light. "I don't see anything harmful to us." He said.

            He grabbed her arm, "Come on!" He insisted.

            Amara snatched her arm away from him, "No, Bobby! What clothing do you plan on changing into, when you get wet?" She asked, trying to bring him to reality.

            Bobby frowned, and looked back at the lagoon. "You're no fun."

            He turned around, and walked to his shirt and back pack. He put his shirt back over his body, and grabbed his backpack. "Come on, Amara. Obviously there's nothing else better here." He coldly told her, as he walked back to where they came from.

            Amara frowned, and sighed, as she followed him.