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Here is the story, my friends. Read on...
Kerri finished her story, and looked up at the people listening.
"What happened to Michelle?" Rogue asked.
"She talked to me occasionally, but not much," Kerri explained, "She was afraid of him."
"Did you make the voice up?" Bobby asked.
"No," Kerri said, annoyed, "Can I leave now? I need to be… alone."
Logan nodded, "Sure, kid," he turned to Rogue and Bobby, "You two should go get some sleep."
They stood, and walked toward their sleeping classmates, talking softly.
Logan turned back to Kerri, and… she was gone.
Rahne led the group through the trees, while talking to Roberto who still carried Aaron, who was still unconscious, but seemed to be doing better. And that made Shawn happier.
Rahne was telling Roberto how she ended up at the island, "…And they took me here! Storm found me and…"
Toad tripped over a root. Shawn laughed.
"It's not funny!" Toad yelled angrily.
"Yes, it is!" Shawn protested.
Toad got up, grumbling about manners.
"You, manners?" Shawn laughed again.
Toad glared at him.
Roberto sighed, and called back to them, "Shawn, stop being cruel."
"Me? Cruel?" Shawn asked innocently, "I'm NEVER cruel. Except sometimes on Tuesdays of every leap year."
"Are we there yet?" Toad asked, "Or even almost there? I'm tired of walking. And I'm being abused."
Shawn grinned evilly at Toad. And ran into a tree.
Toad laughed.
"See? It IS funny!!" Shawn said triumphantly.
"Would you two stop arguing?" Rahne asked, annoyed, We're getting close, okay?"
"Good," Toad mumbled.
"At least none of us got lost!" Shawn said brightly, "All six of us are here!"
"Six?" Roberto asked.
"Yeah! Me, you, Frogger ("It's Toad!"), Aaron, wolf-girl ("Rahne!"), and um… her!" Shawn pointed to a girl with long, slightly frizzy dirty-blond hair, "I don't remember your name…"
"I never gave it to you," the girl said.
Roberto stared at her, "Who are you?"
"Alison Lewis," the girl replied, "I've been following you for the good part of an hour," then she added, "You were too busy declaring war on each other to notice. At all."
"Why were you following us?" Rahne asked.
"You seemed to be heading to a certain place. And if there's somewhere worth going to on this god-forsaken rock, I want to be there."
"You could have asked," Roberto pointed out.
"That wouldn't have been nearly as much fun," Alison shrugged, "Who are you guys?"
"We're the X-Men!" Shawn said proudly.
"The what?"
"I'm not with the X-Men! I'm part of the Brotherhood," Toad protested.
"Actually, we're not, either," Roberto said, "We came to find the X-Men."
"What's the difference between the X-Men and the Brotherhood?"
"The Brotherhood are misguided, and the X-Men believe that humans and mutants can live together in peace," Roberto said.
"I'm plenty guided!" Toad said angrily.
"Sure you are," Shawn said.
"It's nice that you're all one big, happy group with a dumb name, but what are your names?" Alison asked, unimpressed, "I told you mine."
"I'm Shawn Kerr," Shawn said, and pointed to Aaron, "He's Aaron."
"Looks like he got hit with one of those photon things," Alison remarked.
"Yeah, how'd you know, Al?" Shawn asked, surprised.
"I'm going to just conveniently forget you just called me 'Al'," Alison said, "And not answer your question while I'm at it."
"I'm Roberto Da Costa," Roberto introduced himself.
"Rahne Sinclair."
"Toad."
"Toad? Your mother named you after an amphibian?" Alison raised her eyebrows.
"No!" Toad glared at her, "Todd Tolensky."
"Oh," Alison shrugged, "Where are you going?"
"To find the X-Men," Toad grumbled, "We already said that."
Shawn flashed a grin and shouted, pointing in the wrong direction, "Onward!"
Kurt was surprised to see some of his fellow classmates emerge from the trees around them.
"Whoa, dude, where'd you guys come from?" Allen asked.
"I'm from Scotland," Rahne offered.
"Dude, really?" Allen looked surprised, "I didn't know that."
"Like, isn't it obvious?" Kitty asked, "No offense or anything, Rahne."
Rahne shrugged.
"Are they part of your happy family, too?" Alison asked, "What, do you guys live in a mansion?"
"Yes," Toad said unhappily, "We Brotherhood live in a boarding house… It's not fair…"
"Get a job; earn some money," Kurt said, "It's not that hard."
Lance grinned, "No one will hire him unless he showers. And you know how hard that is."
"I take a shower once a month!" Toad protested.
"That's just nasty," Alison commented.
Toad glared at her.
"I see that you've successfully made Toad hate your guts!" Kurt said, holding out his hand, "Good job! I'm Kurt Wagner."
Alison shook his hand, "Alison Lewis."
"Well, Rahne found the others," Roberto explained, "So we're heading that way."
"Oh, good!" Kitty said, yawning, "It's, like, totally boring here."
Rahne gestured for them to follow her, and continued leading them on.
Jubilee pouted. When she told Wolvie she wasn't tired, she didn't mean she wanted to keep watch. What was there to watch here, anyway? Bobby snoring? Fascinating.
"I mean, really," Jubilee continued out loud, "I didn't need to know Blob drools in his sleep. And although Sam's nightly confession that he's terrified of weasels was quite interesting, I didn't need to hear a detailed description why."
"Weasels?" someone asked, "What's so scary about weasels?"
Jubilee jumped, "Who's out there?" she asked, peering into the dark. Then she lit up some of her 'fireworks', the flickering colors providing a circle of light.
"Maybe it's their ability to weasel out of things," Shawn suggested, walking closer.
"Oh, it's you," Jubilee said.
"Me," Shawn shrugged, "And Aaron, and Roberto, and Tadpole ("Toad!"), and… um…("Rahne.") and Rooney, and Al…"
"I am not amused," Alison looked at him, annoyed.
Jubilee gestured around her, "Welcome to Camp WonderBore!"
Pietro looked up suddenly, as he noticed a bright, flickering light near the forest's edge.
"Heyeveryonelookit!" he said quickly.
"What?" Scott asked, drowsily.
Pietro ignored Scott and asked, "Should I go check it out?"
Without waiting for an answer, he took off towards the light. Seconds later, he was back.
"What is it?" Scott asked.
"Just half of your mansion, snoozing," Pietro said, "Wanna go?"
Jubilee looked surprised when she saw the professor and her teachers approach them.
"Whoa, where'd you guys come from?" she asked.
"We saw lights," Pietro explained.
"My 'works?" Jubilee face-palmed, "Wolvie told me that they'd attract attention. I forgot."
"I believe were the only ones who saw them," Xavier told her.
"Didn't you want us to find you?" Scott asked.
"Well, everyone but you," Jubilee said.
"What?" Scott exclaimed.
"I was afraid you would ask me if I did my homework," she said.
"Well, did you?" Scott asked.
Jubilee turned and deliberately stepped on Bobby.
He looked up at her, blinking, "What was that for?"
"Did I do my homework?" Jubilee asked.
"Jubilee, I told you before we came here," Bobby said, "I'm not going to do your homework. Oh, hi, Professor."
Xavier smiled, "Hello, Bobby."
Scott frowned, "You're getting other students to do your homework for you?"
"Scott, although this is a problem," Xavier said, "We have more important things to discuss," he turned to Jubilee, "Where is Logan?"
"Wolvie's over there," Jubilee said, "He said he was going to sleep, but I think he just said that to make me leave him alone," she paused, biting her lip, "Am I that totally annoying to deal with?"
The teachers walked over to where Jubilee had pointed.
"Hey, aren't you going to answer my question?" Jubilee called after them.
"You're going to wake everyone up," Bobby said, "Aren't you satisfied with just me?"
"Nope," Jubilee said absently.
Shawn patted his brother on the back, "Good idea, bro. Sleeping sounds good to me, too."
Alison raised her eyebrows, "You do realize he's been unconscious this whole time, don't you?"
It wasn't evident whether Shawn had heard her or not, as he laid down, and, smiling, closed his eyes.
"Okay…" Alison said, "But he is right. I feel like I'm dead, and I bet you guys do, too."
Roberto laid Aaron down by his brother, and went to find a soft spot of ground to lie down on. Rahne watched him leave.
"Good plan not following him," Alison said, "It'd be bad form, and I'd get a not-so-good impression," she laid down, and winced, "I doubt there's an inch here that's comfortable."
Rahne raised her eyebrows, then followed suit.
As the rest of the group settled down to sleep, Pietro watched them. He sighed, bored already.
Jean jumped as he was suddenly next to her.
"I have an idea," Pietro said, gesturing for her to follow him.
Looking confused, Jean walked with him as he led her away from the trees.
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