Authors notes: Here is where the adventure will finally begin. I'm sorry it took so long.

Robert stayed awake the entire night. Whenever he heard so much as a twig snap he would ready his switchblade, but he would move easily so he wouldn't wake Rogue. She slept with her head on Robert's shoulder all night.

When the sun had finally risen he gently shook her. "Rogue, wake up."

Rogue opened her eyes slowly. She sat up and robbed her eyes. As soon as she was awake Robert started waking up the others. John was the most difficult one to waken. After shaking him more than once Robert gave him a little slap in the face.

After they were all awake Phil took out some sort of map. Evan walked up to him and asked, "What's that?"

Phil did not take his eyes of the paper. He said, "it's a map we stole from Morganist during or last encounter with him. We soon figured out that he was striking in this town, but we weren't entirely sure until about a few days ago. This map should lead us to his castle."

Kurt rubbed his neck and said, "can we get some breakfast before we start this mission?"

Robert said, "no, we don't have time. We go right now."

The four boys wasted no time. Phil lead the way as his brothers followed with their eyes looking at every tree and every bush. They still believed that some of Morganist's men were lurking around. So they kept their guard. The four X-men walked behind them nervously.

After many hours they finally entered a very large clearing. It was strange to the four X-men because they had never noticed it before.

The four brothers began to circle the clearing. Eventually Phil stopped them. "Hold it I think this is where we'll find the door."

Robert looked over to Troy and asked, "how long until the sun sets?"

Troy looked at his watch and said, "about four hours."

Kitty then said, "four hours, what are we gonna do for four hours?"

"We wait" John said.

The four brothers faced the place where they believed the door would appear. They stood side by side with their hands behind their backs. During the entire four hours they stood watching. Never taking their eyes of the spot. Never blinking. They did not want to take any chances of missing the door.

After a long time Kitty yelled out, "I'm going crazy here! When's this door gonna show up?"

In order to calm Kitty Robert asked, "Troy, how much longer till sun set?"

Troy looked at his watch and said, "ten seconds." Rogue turned and watched the sun as Troy counted every second. The sun became lower and lower. "Five, four, three, two, one."

They all were silent. After a few more seconds a bright light shown from where they all were looking. Soon they saw the figure of a door. It was black with strange markings all over it.

Robert wasted no time. He quickly turned the large and strangely shaped knob and opened the door. The four brothers and the four X-Men ran into the castle of Morganist.

When they entered the door the X-men gasped at what they saw. Morganist had already spoiled the land inside the invisible wall. The grass was brown and gave off the smell of decay. The air seemed very stale. The four mutants almost had trouble breathing at first.

Phil took out the map again and began saying some thing in a weird tongue. Rogue asked, "what are you saying?"

Phil said, "during our encounters with Morganist Troy and I have been trying our best to learn his language. We almost know every word."

Kurt asked, "how many encounters have you had with him."

Troy answered for his brother, "four, counting this one."

Rogue then asked, "What are you doing Phil?"

"I'm trying to find out where the secret entrance to his castle is," said Phil. "It should be around where his catacombs are."

"Catacombs?" Evan asked.

Robert said, "it's the place where he puts all the people he's killed."

Phil read the words again and then said, "It say here to find the stone that drips of blood. There you will open the secret entrance with your own blood."

Kitty shuddered after that statement. Then all of them began looking around the outer wall very carefully. They did not want to get spotted.

Rogue felt along one wall with a gloved hand. She then noticed small hole in the wall. She poked her finger inside. When she took it out she saw a red liquid drip from it. She called to the others, "guys, come here. This wall's bleeding."

The others quickly ran over to her. Kitty turned away when she saw the blood dripping.

Rogue asked, "how do we open it?"

Robert remembered what Phil had read. He said, "we open it with our own blood."

He took out his switchblade and cut his pointer finger on his left hand. He then put it in the hole where the blood dripped. As he moved his finger around the hole he soon felt a small bump that felt the same shape as his cut. He aligned his cut with the bump and pushed down. A rumbling noise was heard as a part of the wall began to move. It opened a large hole in the wall.

When Rogue saw the wall open she immediately ran inside. Robert tried to stop her, but it was too late. When she entered the hole what she saw made her scream in dread. The other mutants followed her in and did the same.

All around them were dead bodies. All were decaying and slightly mutilated. Every where they looked was a horrid figure. The smell of rotting flesh filled the air.

Robert and his brothers walked in. Strangely all the dead bodies did not bother them. Robert said, "I tried to tell you not to just run in like that. I knew you wouldn't like what you would see."

The four mutants were silent. They just stared at the terrible site. As a surprise to every one, Rogue was the first person to run out of the tomb. The other X-men quickly followed.

The four brothers could here them cough and gag outside. The brothers looked sadly at each other. John said, "I knew they couldn't handle this."

Robert looked towards him and said, "yes they can. They just need to get used to this quickly," and he walked out to console them. His brothers followed

When they got outside they saw the X-Men trying to forget the dead bodies. Robert looked over to Rogue and noticed she looked kind of sick. He walked over to her and said, "are you all right?"

Rogue looked at him shamefully and said, "I threw up."

Robert said, "that's not a problem. Come on we got to get in there."

Kitty came up behind him and said, "could you give us a minute? It's really creepy in there. We just need some time to adjust to this."

Robert walked over to her and put his face in hers. He said, "we don't have time for you to get in there when you're ready. We're gonna need you in there. You better get used to those bodies fast because when we get in there you'll be seeing a lot of killing. So either you suck it up and go in there now, or none of you are going in there at all."

Then his brothers and he went back into the catacombs. The four mutants looked at each other. They soon thought of their friends in Morganist's clutches. So they all took a deep breath and went uneasily into the tomb.