Chapter Eight

Everyone was waking up. The sun was not out yet, even though it was 8:00. No one left the shelter.

"Why is it stil dark?" Logan asked.

"Jean,'' Scott said,'' Is there something you would like to tell us?"

"Well,'' Jean said,'' There is said to be a day of darkness.''

"What about the cave?" Rogue asked.

"We can't go in there,'' Jean said,'' Only people in love can find it and that would leave out most of us.''

Rogue and Gambit looked at each other, then back at Jean.

"Anyt'ing else?'' Gambit asked.

"Not that I know of,'' Jean said,'' But I will remember something. I just know it.''

"What about food?" Fred asked.

"We don't have any flash lights,'' Kitty said,'' Kurt had one, but he must of took it with him.''

"I just heard something,'' Lance said.

Everyone went silent. Something was moving outside of the shelter.

"Hey,'' Kitty said turnning on a flash light,'' I found it.''

"Everyone in the middle,'' Logan said.

Everyone went to the middle. Kitty gave the flash light to Logan, who put it in the middle of the X. Everyone was quiet. The noise was all around the shelter. Just then the flash light went dead.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,'' Kitty screamed.'' Something has my leg.''

The flash light came back on, Kitty was gone. Logan looked around. The noise around the shelter was disapearing. Lance quickly grabbed the flash light and ran out of the shelter. He ran after the noise, but before he could get half way to the forest, something grabbed him. He dropped the flash light, and the person carryed him away. Logan ran out of the shelter, he picked up the flash light. There was no noise. Logan sighed, and went back into the shelter.

"Where are they?" Scott asked.

"I don't know,'' Logan said,'' The creatures must of took them.''

"What are we going to do?" Todd asked.

"What do they do?" Logan asked,'' That's the real question. If Jean wouldn't of skipped the chapter, we might know.''

"I said I was sorry,'' Jean whined.

"What are we going to do?" Pietro asked.

"We need to look for them,'' Logan said. Logan left the shelter. The others followed behind him.'' Stay together.''

They slowly made there way into the forest. The only sound was their foot steps. They walked for about five hours, without finding a single thing. They searched the whole island. They even searched the mountain top. It was almost 10:00. They were not going to give up.

"Logan,'' Rogue said,'' Can we please stop?"

"Okay,'' Logan said leaning agonst the tree.

He watched everyone else sit down. His eyes had been used to the dark for some time. The flash light had died about an hour ago, so they were holding hands to not lose each other. They were in a small openning. Everyone was sitting down.

"Are we ever going to find them?" Todd asked.

"We just need to wait until morning,'' Logan said,'' The light should be back by then, right?"

"Ya,'' Jean said,'' It's dark a whole day once a month. So we'll be fine for the rest of the time here.''

Not one of them fell asleep. They were too afraid that the creatures would come and get them and they hoped that Kitty and Lance were fine.

The Next Day

The sun slowly came up. Everyone was rubbing there eyes. There eyes were going to have to get used to the sun again. They slowly started to walk again. They only had probably an hour of sleep. Gambit was carrying Rogue.

"Where are we going this time?" Rogue asked.

"We've searched every where,'' Fred said,'' And we haven't ate anything all day.''

"What about the side of the cliff?" Pietro asked,'' There could be a cave on the side.''

"I really don't want to go there,'' Logan whispered.'' We'll go and check it out.''

They quickly walked up the moutain. They walked to the side of the cliff.

"How are we supposed to check?" Todd asked.

Everyone looked down, then at Logan.

"I just remembered,'' Jean said and everyone looked at her,'' Todd, you had the necklase on. You will stil have your powers. If you put on the necklase for more then two or three hours then you will have your powers for a week or less, try.'' Todd hopped about ten feet in the air.'' Good, you can climb down.''

Todd slowly went over the edge. Everone was watching him very carefully. He climbed to the bottom of the cliff. He had to stay on the wall. The water looked too deep for him to swim.' I should of taken swimming lessons when I had the chance,' Todd thought. He searched the wall and found nothing. There was just a little hole in the wall. He looked in it to see about ten weird creatures. In a corner there was Kitty, Lance, and Kurt.'He survived,' Todd thought,' The others will be happy.' He quickly climbed back up the wall.

"Found them,'' Todd said as he stood up,'' Kurt is alive. They have him with Kitty and Lance.''

"He survived,'' Rogue said,'' That's good.''

"Okay,'' Logan said,'' Todd, you need to lower us down there.''

"How am I supposed to do that?" Todd asked.

"With your tongue,'' Pietro said.

Todd looked shocked. He slowly let out his tongue and Pietro grabbed it.' EW, I'm touching his tongue,' Pietro thought. He went down, then Scott, Jean, Gambit, and Rogue. Logan and Fred were going to stay Todd had tears in his eyes when he put his tongue back.' That hurt,' Todd thought.

Todd climbed down the wall and into the hole. Everyone was fighting. Todd kicked one of them off of Pietros back. They really weren't that big. They were only about three feet tall. It didn't take that long to knock them all out. They quickly untied Lance, Kitty, and Kurt.

"How are we going to get out?" Kitty asked.

"Todd,'' Logan said,'' Climb up and let out your tongue, so we can climb it.''

Todd rolled his eyes and climbed back up the cliff. He let out his tongue. Pietro climbed up first, then Kitty, Lance, Kurt, Jean, Scott, Rogue, and Gambit. Todd slowly put his tongue back. He was crying. It was about 6:00 now. They started to walk down the mountain.

Thoughts

Todd,' My tongue hurts. I won't be able to talk for a least two days.'

Kitty,' I'm hungry. I bet everyone else is too.'

Lance,' That was so scary. Thank god they weren't going to kill us.'

Logan,' I can't believe Kurts alive.'

Fred,' I need food. I wonder if Kurt can find some.'

Jean,' I'm glad we found them. I hope I didn't forget anything.'

Scott,' I hope Jean didn't forget anything.'

Gambit,' I'm tired. Only one hour of sleep.'

Rogue,' I'm so glad that Gambit is carrying me. I can sleep on the way back to the beach.

Pietro,' I toched his tongue. I need a nice long bath.'

Kurt,' I can't believe they caught me. I vas so close and they caught me. They pulled me in the cave, tied me up, and gave me some food. I vish they vould of let me go.'

End of thoughts

They slowly walked back to the shelter. Rogue fell asleep. Gambit was humming. Logan had his arm around Kurt and talking to him. It took only three hours to get back to the shelter. It was about 9:00 No one said anything. Everyone was tired, so they went to bed.