Chapter Seven
Nearly everyone was awake when the sun was up. Fred started the fire. Nearly everyone was sitting around the fire.
"Boring,'' Kitty sighed,'' I want to swim.''
"But you can't,'' Lance said.
"I know that,'' Kitty muttered.
"Has anyone seen Kurt?" Logan asked coming out of the shelter.
"He was walking along the beach,'' Todd said,'' He said he needed some time alone.''
"That's not a good idea,'' Jean said,'' The creatures might get him.''
"He said he wasn't going to far,'' Pietro said.
Everyone sat around, eating some bananas that were in the shelter. It was almost 12:00 now and Kurt stil didn't come back.
"I think we should look for him,'' Logan said.
They got up and walked down the beach. They walked half way down the beach when they headed into the forest. They went up the moutain to the cliff. Kurt was sitting over the cliff, reading Kathys book. They looked at him for awhile, not saying anything.
"Kurt,'' Jean said,'' What are you doing?"
Kurt looked behind him, before saying,'' Just reading alittle.'' He turnned back to the book.
"Come on Kurt,'' Logan said.
"I vant to stay here,'' Kurt said.
"You can read back at the beach,'' Scott said.
"I'm not going to read that long,'' Kurt whispered.
"You aren't going to do it?" Kitty asked.
Kurt sighed. He closed the book, stood up, and said,'' Goodbye.'' Then he jumped off the edge. Everyone walked over to the edge. They stood there for awhile, before heading back. When they got back to the beach they sat down, not saying anything. Some of them had tears in their eyes.
"I can't believe he did that,'' Todd said.
"He couldn't of survived that fall,'' Jean said,'' We've lost two people now. Why did he do it?''
"He did it, because he was sad that Kathy did it,'' Logan said,'' He will be happy in heaven and if Kathy died, then he is with her again.''
Everyone was silent. It was 7:00. No one wanted to talk. It had only been six days and they had lost two people. Rogue broke down and cryed on Gambits shoulder. Gambit was trying to confort her, but she wouldn't stop. Kitty and Lance were sitting in the shelter. The brotherhood really didn't like the x-men, but they didn't expect any of them to die. They were beginning to wonder who would die next.
Thoughts
Pietro,' I hope I don't die. I'm too hot to die.'
Lance,' I don't care if I die. I just hope Kitty will survive. I would do anything to help her.'
Fred,' I'm hungry.'
Todd,' He must of really loved her to do that.'
Kitty,' I hope Lance is alright with all of this.'
Scott,' Need to get off this island.'
Jean,' I wonder what everyone else is thinking. I wish I had my power back.'
Rogue,' Kurt was my half brother and now he's gone. The only family I could trust, the only family that loved me.'
Gambit,' I really hope that Rogue will be fine.'
Logan,' Great. I suck at being leader. Six days and already two people have killed themselves. I should just let Scott take over.'
End of thoughts
It was nearly dark. Everyone went into the shelter, but no one slept that night. Everyone stayed up thinking. No one said anything.
The Next Day
Lance, Kitty, Scott, Pietro, Fred, and Jean fell asleep when the sun came up. The others left the shelter and started a fire. Not one said anything for about an hour.
"What do we do now?" Rogue asked. She had red eyes.
"Well,'' Logan said,'' I just don't know. I can't do this anymore.''
"Don't say t'at,'' Gambit said,'' We need to be strong. We have three weeks left, before dey find out t'at we are missing.''
"I'm thinking of letting Scott take over,'' Logan said.
"He'll have us all killed within two days, Logan,'' Rogue said.
"We've lost two people in one week,'' Logan yelled,'' How many more are going to die? If two people die a week, then only four peolpe will be left at the end. This is crazy. I'm thinking of just going and jumpping off that edge myself.''
"Logan,'' Jean yelled as she came out of the shelter,'' Don't go crazy on us right now. We need you. You're a good leader. You just need to be a little more confident.''
"How can I be,'' Logan yelled, tears coming to his eyes,'' My one daughter died and her boyfriend just died. How can I have confidents after that? I didn't even get to spend that long with Kathy. I was hoping that this trip would be good. I could spend more time with her, but no.''
Jean finally got annoyed and slapped Logan. He was quiet the rest of the time. Everyone was up now.
"You okay, Logan?" Kitty asked sitting on Lances lap.
"No,'' Logan said.
"Don't worry,'' Scott said,'' We'll get out of here alive.''
"Ya,'' Jean said,'' I mean, Kathy was driven crazy, because of those necklases, and Kurt was sad and just killed himself, because he couldn't live without Kathy. None of us are going to kill ourselves just because of that.''
"How do you know?" Logan asked.
"Now is not the time,'' Pietro said.
"We are out of food,'' Fred said,'' And Kurt and Kathy were the only two that knew where to get the food.''
"We're just going to have to look,'' Logan said snapping back into leader mode.'' Okay, we'll need to split up, Jean your with Scott, Rogue your with Gambit, Kitty your with Lance, Todd your with Pietro, and Fred is with me.''
Everyone nodded and went in different directions.
Rogue and Gambit
They walked into the forest, not saying anything for ten minutes.
"We've searched this whole island already,'' Rogue said,'' There is nothing.''
"Don't say that, chere,'' Gamibt said.
"Don't call me chere,'' Rogue said.
They walked alittle bit more in silence.
"I've never seen dis part before,'' Gambit said.
"Never have I,'' Rogue said. They entered a clearing. There was a small river. They looked up it and there was a very pretty water fall.
"Wow.''
There was a cave near the water fall. They slowly walked into it. The walls of the cave were light. They didn't say anything for awhile.
"It's perfect,'' Gambit whispered, looking at Rogue.
"It's wonderful,'' Rogue said looking at Gambit.
There eyes meet. They stared at each other for awhile, before they kissed.
Lance and Kitty
They walked in silence the whole time. They looked for nearly two hours, before deciding to head back.
"Why won't you talk to me?'' Lance asked.
"I'm not in a talking mood,'' Kitty said.
"Why not?" Lance asked.
"Would you want to walk around in a scary place,'' Kitty said,'' With killer creatures, and lots of stuff that can kill you?"
"I'm doing that.''
"Well I want to do it in silence.''
They continued walking back to the shelter.
Jean and Scott
They slowly walked along, looking in each tree they passed.
"I wonder what happened to all the food,'' Scott said.
"Food don't last long here,'' Jean said,'' It likes to move from place to place.''
"Did you read that from the book?"
"Yes.''
"You need to be more careful. You could of saved Kathy, which would of saved Kurt, if you just told us first.''
"I'm sorry, I just keep forgetting stuff. How was I supposed to know that the book was real?"
They walked in silence the rest of the time.
Todd and Pietro
"Yo, this is so stupid,'' Todd said.
"Why are we listening to him any way?" Pietro asked.
"Because we want to get off this island alive.''
"Can't believe I'm taking orders from an X-geek.''
They talked about what they could be doing right now if they were back in Bayville.
Fred and Logan
"Hungry,'' Fred said,'' Hungry, hungry, hun..''
"SHUT UP,'' Logan shouted.
"Sorry,'' Fred said,'' I'm just so hungry.''
"I know.''
"Look, some coconuts.''
Fred pointed to a tree. Logan quickly climbed up and grabbed them all. He dropped them down toe Fred, who caught each one. Logan climbed down, took some from Fred, and they began to walk back to the beach in silence. When they got there Lance, Kitty, Jean, Scott, Todd, and Pietro were sitting down by the fire. They sat down too and handed everyone a coconut. Logan looked around.
"Where is Rogue and Gambit?" Logan asked.
"Probably stil looking,'' Lance said trying to bust open the cocnut.
Everyone was silent while they ate. It was nearly seven when Rogue and Gambit came back.
"What took you so long?" Logan asked as they sat down. He handed them each a coconut.
"Found a very cool cave,'' Rogue said,'' It was really light.''
"You didn't go in it, did you?" Jean asked and they both nodded.'' Just be lucky that cave is only light. Nothing bad about it. Just a really nice cave.''
It was getting dark and everyone went into the shelter. Soon everyone was asleep. Hoping that they would survive and get off this crazy island and Rogue and Gambit were hoping that Jean was right about the cave.