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Chapter 16: Heading to Alkali Lake

I woke up with sunshine over my face. It felt warm and soothing somehow. I lifted up my head to see Rogue sleeping beside me along with Bobby on the other side. They were snoring a little and Rogue had a smile across her face. I wondered what made her so happy.

I sat up and stretched a little and it felt as if I slept hard as stone the whole time. I put my hand through my hair trying to make it straight, and all I got was tangles. I looked around the tent trying to find a brush and soon saw a brush near by and I got up to get it. Once I took the brush, I had trouble combing through my hair, but soon I fixed the tangles after a few tries.

I put the brush on the floor and looked to see what time it was. There was an alarm clock by Bobby and the time was eight o'clock exactly. I never got up this early before except on school days.

I heard some movement outside, and I grew suspicious and went out too. I looked over to see Jean enter the jet with nervousness. I got confused of why she would go in there, so I quietly followed her in.

The jet remained open and I peaked inside to see Jean over at the pilot's seat, or whatever you called it, and start messing with the controls. I took a step up the stairs, which led inside the jet, and crept closer to see better on what Jean was up to.

Once I was a few feet away from Jean, I crouched behind a chair and saw Jean stop messing with the controls and look out the window calmly. I soon saw the jet come back to life and I wondered if Jean just fixed it, but there was more that she did. She somehow messed with the controls with her mind without touching them, and I saw a small grin across Jeans face.

I was getting nervous and scared a little, so I couldn't help but yell over to Jean.

"Jean! What are you doing?" I say.

I saw Jean jump up a bit making herself startled of me and the controls stopped working and there was a dead silence. Jean looked behind her trying to see whom had called her name and I stepped out from behind the chair with her a bit surprised to see me, but then she calmed down a bit.

"Oh, it's only you." Jean let out a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, but what were you doing here anyway?" I repeated.

"I was trying to fix the jet by using my powers, and somehow it worked." Jean answered.

I looked at her not really believing her at all. If she was trying to fix the jet, why was she sneaking around early in the morning?

I was about to answer back, but soon I heard someone climb up the jet and it happened to be Wolverine while I stepped back a little from fear.

"What are you guys up too? Ain't gonna leave us here stranded are you?" Wolverine joked.

I turned to see Jean laugh a little and I smiled too thinking how foolish I had been about Jean.

"No Logan. I just fixed the jet and Debra just seemed to follow me here." Jean explained.

Wolverine looked at me and my smile vanished, and I saw him smirk a little enjoying the fact that I was afraid of him.

I started to get angry with him and I wanted to wipe that smirk off his face, but soon Storm came in the jet also.

"Hey, jet got fixed?" Storm said.

This time I answered before Jean could, "Yeah."

"Good, at least we'll arrive at Alkali Lake early." Storm said.

Wait, we were heading to Alkali Lake? No way! I can't stand to get back in that base again.

"We're heading to Alkali Lake? Why?" I say.

Storm looked at me with an expression meaning how ignorant I was, but Jean answered anyway.

"Yes, the professor and Scott are captured at the base and so are six of our students." Jean answered.

It soon occurred to me why Scott and the professor were missing and I didn't like the fact to know that they were being held at Alkali Lake. Just why couldn't it be anywhere else but there? I thought.

After a while, Magneto and Mystique appeared along with Rogue, Bobby, and John.

"It appears that the jet is already fixed. Perhaps we should leave right at this moment." Magneto said.

The X-Men looked at him meanly, except for me, and I was getting annoyed that they treated Magneto like that.

"We have to get our supplies first." Storm answered.

Magneto frowned and he sat at the back of the jet waiting when we would leave.

Storm told us to go and pack up our belongings, and I followed Rogue and Bobby to where they were headed.

We came to a stop over at our tent, and Rogue went in to get all the supplies. She came out with three sleeping bags, a brush and an alarm clock.

"Here, go give this to Storm, she'll know where to put this." Rogue asked me to do.

So I grabbed the supplies from her and headed towards the jet, while Rogue and Bobby were folding up the tent as quickly as they could.

Once I started up the steps to the jet, I had some trouble and Storm appeared in front of me, taking away the supplies and putting it somewhere.

I headed back to my tent, and it seemed that Rogue and Bobby were done with folding up the tent, and were heading towards the jet. I walked to them helping carry the tent.

Once we were in the jet, Storm and Jean took the tent away from us, and we went to find a chair to sit on. I looked towards John to see him flick his lighter, occurring to me that he helped us with nothing. And Wolverine was sitting on a chair trying to put on his seat belt.

I didn't want to sit near him, so I went to the back of the jet, while Bobby and Rogue headed towards the front.

After a while, everyone was in the jet preparing to put on their seat belt. Jean and Storm were the one driving the jet, and I felt uneasy somehow to know Jean was flying it.

Soon the jet started to lift off the ground while John moved out of his chair to sit by Magneto.

I ignored him and sat comfortably in my chair not even worrying that I was going to head towards my doom.

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