Chapter Five
The sun was up all the way when anyone came out of the shelter. Kurt stayed in the shelter. Logan made a fire, while Scott, Jean, Pietro, and Fred went to find some food. Everyone was silent while they worked. When they were done they sat around the fire.
"How is Kurt doing?" Todd asked.
"He'll be better in a few days,'' Jean said.
"Never thought I'd see the day when all of us would be sitting and having a conversation,'' Pietro said.
"Gambit, do you want to go for a walk,'' Rogue asked.
"Ya,'' Geambit said.
They got up and started walking along the beach. They were silent for awhile.
"I t'ink dis is going to be a very long month,'' Gambit said.
"I'm beginning to wonder if any of us are going to survive,'' Rogue sighed.
"Don't say t'at,'' Gambit said putting an arm around Rogue.'' We'll get of dis island alive.''
"I hope so.''
Back at the camp. Not one person was talking. It had been nearly an hour since Rogue and Gambit left. Jean went into the shelter to give Kurt some food, but Kurt didn't take it, so Jean left him alone.
"If Kathy did survive,'' Todd said,'' Would she come back here or swim to, god knows where for help?"
"If she did survive,'' Logan said,'' She probably wouldn't come back here and she wouldn't make it half way to anywhere.''
"Can we please stop talking about it,'' Kitty said.
"What if Charles never finds us,'' Lance said,'' We'll be trapped here and most likely die.''
"STOP IT,'' Kitty shouted getting up and running along the beach.
"She'll come back,'' Scott said,'' Why do you have to scare her all the time?"
"Sorry,'' Lance said,'' I'm just trying to get her back.''
Lance got up and ran in the direction Kitty ran.
"I'm going to check on Kurt,'' Logan said going into the shelter. Kurt was sitting in the corner.'' You okay?"
"No,'' Kurt whispered looking at Logan with his now red eyes.
"I know how you're feeling,'' Logan said sitting down next to Kurt,'' She was my daughter and I really didn't get to spend that much time with her.''
"But I spent nearly every day vith her,'' Kurt whispered,'' I loved her.''
"I know you did.''
Kurt buryed his face in his knee's and began to cry again. Logan just patted his back, not knowing what to say. So he left the boy alone.' Poor kid,' Logan thought,' Wish there was something I could do.'
"How is he?" Jean asked.
"Crying,'' Logan said sitting down again.
Gambit and Rogue came back five minutes later. They sat down next to Jean and Scott. Rogue had her head on Gambits shoulder.
"Have fun?" Fred asked.
"Ya,'' Rogue sighed looking at the shelter, where you could here a small sob.'' Stil crying.''
"Poor kid,'' Logan whispered.
"Why aren't you sad?" Pietro asked and everyone looked at Logan.
"I am,'' Logan said,'' But I didn't know her that much, like Kurt did.''
"Lets just stop talking about it,'' Jean said,'' She's gone. Nothing is going to change that.''
Everyone was silent for nearly two hours. They justed listened to the small sobs coming from the shelter.
"I'm going for a swim,'' Todd said getting up,'' Anyone else want to come?"
"I'll go,'' Jean said getting up.
"Me too,'' Scott said getting up as well.
The three of them headed for the water, but a huge wave knocked them backwards. It hit the others too. Everyone stood up and looked at the water. The fire was out and the wood was wet, so they would need to go get some more.
"What just happened?" Scott said shivering and holding his shoulders.
"I just remembered,'' Jean said,'' If someone stays on the island too long they can't leave by water. They can't even go in the water. That means no more swimming.''
"You tell us now?" Pietro nearly yelled,'' We need more firewood. Lucky it didn't hit the shelter. I would hate to have to build that by hand.''
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' Everyone go get some dry clothes on.''
Everyone went back into the shelter, just as Kitty and Lance came back. They were holding hands. They went into the shelter with the others.
"What happened?" Lance asked looking at everyone.
"Jean just happened to remember that we can't leave by water,'' Todd snapped.
"I wanted to go for a swim too,'' Kitty said.
"Just get into some dry clothes,'' Logan yelled grabbing his bag from the corner.
Everyone was silent while they changed into some dry clothes. The wind was blowing, not that hard. No one went back outside. It might ran later and they didn't want to get another pair of clothes wet. Concidering that they didn't have that much clothes to wear.
"Great,'' Pietro said,'' Just what we need. A storm.''
"Will the roof leak?" Kitty asked.
"I made sure to put lots of branches on it,'' Jean said,'' Maybe. I hope it don't though.''
Kurt was sitting in the corner with one of Kathys blanket that she brought from the jet.
"Where did you get that blanket?" Scott asked.
"Kathy found it in the jet,'' Kurt whispered.
"We should of stayed at the jet,'' Jean said,'' There are lots of blankets under the back seats.''
"We'll go get them tommorrow,'' Logan said,'' Right now ain't a good time.''
Soon it began to ran. No one was really sleeping. Kurt was to sleep in an hour, after crying. Some of the brotherhood members moved to the right side and some of the x-men moved to the left side. Everyone, except Logan, was sleeping by 2:00. The branches of the roof were slowly blowing away.' They might need to fix that tommorrow as well,' Logan thought, before falling to sleep.