Chapter Nine
It was just bearly getting light outside. Everyone was waking up. They had about nine hours of sleep. Jean was sitting in the corner, thinking.' I know I forgot something,' Jean thought,' A tunnel, but what is it? I should of brought the book. I was thinking about it and forgot. I'm forgetting alot of things. That's not like me.'
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' We need to start a fire. How do you start a fire?"
"Take two sticks,'' Pietro said picking up two sticks,'' And rub them together.'' Pietro rubbed the two sticks together. Kurt watched.'' It takes awhile.''
Kurt grabbed the sticks and through them, pulled a lighter out of his pocked and handed it to Logan. Logan looked at the lighter. The letters K.B were on both sides of it. He looked at Kurt.
"Where did you get this?" Logan asked.
"Found it in the little cave,'' Kurt said,'' Must of fell out of Kathys pocket.''
"I'm hungry,'' Fred whined.
"Your always hungry,'' Lance yelled,'' If this island had lots of food on it, it would be gone in about one day.''
"That's enough,'' Logan said,'' We need to find food, but we are not splitting up.''
Everyone got up and slowly walked into the forest. Logan walked next to Kurt, so he didn't try anything stupid. They walked for two hours in silence.
"There is no food on this island,'' Todd said.
"There is always food on this island,'' Jean said then she stopped.' The tunnel has lots of food in it,' Jean thought,' But there is something else.'
"What is it?" Scott asked.
"There is a tunnel,'' Jean said,'' With lots of food in it.''
"Where?" Lance, Kitty, Pietro, Fred, Scott, Todd, Rogue, and Gambit asked.
"Somewhere,'' Jean said,'' On the east side of the island.''
"Which way is east?" Logan asked.
Kurt pulled out a compess out of his pocket. Everyone stared at him.
"Where did you get that?" Scott asked.
"From Kathys bag,'' Kurt said.
"I'm beginning to wonder if Kathy knew we were going to get stuck on this island,'' Pietro said,'' I mean, the flash light, the lighter, and now a compess. What else did she bring?"
"East is that vay,'' Kurt pointed in the direction and everyone started walking that way.
They walked for about an hour, before they came to a small cliff. There it was, the tunnel. They slowly walked over to it. Not one of them went in. They were waitting for Jean to say something. Everyone was staring at her.
"There is nothing wrong with the tunnel,'' Jean said.
They slowly walked in. They walked down the tunnel for one minutes. They looked back. It was very dark in the tunnel. They slowly continued walking. Kurt pulled out a flash light and turnned it on. No one asked where he got the flash light. They walked for about an hour, before they came to what looked like a room. In a corner there were banana trees. In the other there were coconut trees. Everyone ran to what tree they wanted. They got what they want and sat in the middle of the room.
"We should stay here,'' Scott said.
"Ya,'' Gambit said,'' It's better t'en de shelter.''
"There is something wrong with this tunnel,'' Jean said,'' I just can't remember.''
"When did you read that book?" Rogue asked.
"The day before we left,'' Jean said,'' The professor said that I would like it and I did. It is a very good book.''
"We better leave,'' Logan said.
Everyone got up and started to walk back down the tunnel. They walked for an hour. When they reached the exist, it was blocked. Kurt pointed the flash light at the exist. It looked like the way out was never there. It was just a wall. Everyone looked at Jean.
"Now I remember,'' Jean said,'' It's a tunnel that has no exist. There is no way out, but that's not the worst part.''
"What is it?" Logan asked.
"There is supposed to be a monster of some sort in here,'' Jean said,'' It can talk. It is the only one who can get out of the cave. There is only one way to talk to it and that's nearly inpossible.''
"What do we need to do?" Fred asked.
"We need to give it something that would interest it,'' Jean said,'' And the only thing we have is a flash light, lighter, and compess. Those don't interest it. Maybe there might be something we have.''
"Lets go back to the room,'' Logan said.
Everyone walked back to the room. Logan looked at his watch. It was only five. Everyone sat down in the middle of the room.
"So Jean,'' Todd said,'' Tell us about this monster.''
"Okay,'' Jean said,'' It can be anything. The book said the monster might be dead, but the cave was shut, so it must be alive. The monster is the one who made the necklases and gave them to the island people. Yes they were normal people. This was a normal island. Anyway, it's the one who controls the necklases. It has all of them. The necklases contect to make a letter. I think it was an M, but who knows. No one knows what the monster looks like. It could be human and it can take the shape of anything. It could be watching us right now.''
"Okay Jean,'' Logan said,'' I think that is enough for now. What does it like?"
"I don't know,'' Jean said,'' It was on the chapter I skipped.''
"Great,'' Logan muttered.
Thoughts
Jean,' This is going to be rough.'
Logan,' Maybe it would like my watch, but I need that.'
Todd,' I wonder if I stil have my power.'
Pietro,' I need a bath. My hair is getting greasy.'
Lance,' This is a nice place. To bad it has a monster in it.'
Kitty,' This place is like, filthy. I need a shower.'
Kurt,' Monster. I'm going to kill it. It's the one vho controls the necklases. It's the one vho killed Kathy.''
Scott,' I would be such a better leader.'
Rogue,' Boring. We can take it. It could be small like those little creatures. I wonder how they took out two of our x-men.'
Gambit,' I hope we get out of here.'
Fred,' Lots of food.'
End of thoughts
"So,'' Logan said,'' It controled the necklases.''
"Yes,'' Jean said,'' You know, the monster could be a human playing a sick game.''
'I thought she would say it could be Kathy,' Logan thougt. He looked at his watch. It was 9:00. Slowly everyone went to sleep. No one noticed that something was watching them. Slowly the thing went back into the darkness of the hole in the side. They didn't seem to notice the hole in the wall.
A/N: Please review. I need ideas. What should the creature be? Will it let them out? What should the gift be?