Chapter Eleven
Morning slowly came. Layla woke them up at 12:00. She had a big smile on her face. She also had a bag with her. Everyone slowly got up. Fred was stil sleeping in the trees.
"What are we searching for?" Logan asked.
"I cannot say,'' Layla said,'' You'll know when you get there.''
Logan nodded and they made there way down the tunnel. When they got to where the end of the tunnel was, Layla set her bag down. She pulled out some weird things.
"These will help you,'' Layla said,'' For you Jean, a nice book,'' She handed Jean the book.'' For Scott; a knife, Logan; an axe, Kitty; gloves, Rogue; a drink, Gambit; a fruit, don't eat or drink them right now. Todd; a box and some arrows, Pietro; a flute, and Lance; a spear.''
"What about Kurt?" Logan asked, looking the axe over.
"He has what he needs,'' Layla said,'' He needs no more then what's in his heart. Now, here is a map.'' She handed the map to Logan.'' It should only take five days to get there and five days to get back, but it migh take two extra days to find the thing. May your quest be a nice one.''
Layla pointed to the door, muttered something in a different language, and the exist appeared. They slowly walked out and looked back. Layla smiled before the door closed. They quickly walked for about an hour before they came to the mountain. It was was bigger then before. It didn't even look like the mountain they saw. There were weird trees every where. If you looked hard, you could see a little spot that had no trees.
"Okay,'' Logan said looking at the map,'' The swamp should be around here. It should be west.''
Kurt took the compess out of his pocket and pointed to the west. They made there way through the trees. Every now and then you could here sounds. Rodue was walking close to Gambit. They came to a clearing. It was very muddy. Logan walked out there first. The mud almost went all the way up his legs.
"I'm not going in there,'' Pietro said,'' I'll ruin my new pants.''
"Why are you wearing new pants?" Kitty asked.
"I bought them for the trip that we were supposed to go on,'' Pietro said,'' But no. The jet had to break down, then just disapear.''
Scott shook his head and pushed Pietro in the mud. Pietro looked at his now ruined pants, then up at Scott, who was laughing. Pietro grabed a hand full of mud and through it at Scott. It hit Scott in the face.
"Enough,'' Logan yelled as everyone started to pick up some mud.'' We need to get out of here. Remember what the woman said? There are spirits here.''
They slowly started to walk across the swamp. They could here people speaking.
"What are they doing?" Someone whispered.
"Looks like they are passing through,'' Someone else whispered,'' But we should tell the leader.''
The voices disapeared. They kept on walking. They were nearly out when something went in front of them. They stopped and looked at it.
"What are you doing in my swamp?" It asked.
"Just need to pass,'' Logan said.
"No one can pass,'' It said,'' Not without giving us something first.''
"But we are trying to get something already,'' Kitty said.
"What do you want?" Logan asked.
"It's a drink that the spirits need to stay here,'' It said,'' If we don't get it, then we will have to leave and found another spot to go or we might pass on.''
Rodue thought for a moment, then said,'' Is it this drink?" She pulled the vial full of the drink out of her pocket.
The spirit looked it over, then said,'' Yes, it is. You must put it over there.'' The spirit pointed to what looked like a fountain.'' Just set it down on top.''
Rogue quickly walked over to the huge fountain. She couldn't reach the top, so she started to climb up. She was half way there when she nearly fell.
"Be careful,'' Gambit yelled.
Rogue found her footing and started to climb again. She put the vail on the top. She smiled to herself.' That wasn't hard,' Rogue thought. She started to climb back down, but lost her footing and fell. Luckily Gambit caught her.
"Told you to be careful,'' Gambit said walking back over to the others.
"You can put me down,'' Rogue said.
Gambit smiled and put her down. Some of the others were laughing.
"Good,'' The spirit said,'' Now you can pass, but you need to find a different way back.''
The spirit disapeared. They quickly walked on. They walked a little ways from the cave, before they started to shack the mud off.
"Sick,'' Pietro said.
"I wonder if there is any water near by,'' Logan said.
"No,'' Jean said,'' The only water is by the cave of light and that should be about a mile away.''
"That's where we are going,'' Logan said,'' Lets go.''
They began to walk again. Logan was in front, looking at the map. They would turn their direction sometimes, then turn back.
"Great,'' Todd sighed. Todd and Kurt were walking behind everyone else.'' Yo, this is going to take forever.''
"No it von't,'' Kurt said.
"How do you know?" Todd asked.
"I have a feeling that ve vill all get out of here,'' Kurt said,'' And find Kathy.''
It was going dark. They made it to the at 7:00.
"It got dark pretty fast,'' Lance said.
"We'll continue the quest tommorrow,'' Logan said,'' Tonite we'll sleep out side the cave. No one go in it.''
Everyone sat down. They sat down by a tree, Todd and Kurt sat down a little ways away from them.
"This should be a long nite,'' Todd said.
"It vill,'' Kurt agreed.
"Just think,'' Todd said,'' We could find Kathy any day. That would make you happy, right?"
"Ja,'' Kurt said,'' I miss her. I just hope she is alive vhen ve find her.''
The others were all sleeping now. Todd and Kurt looked at them, then looked back at eachother.
"Why don't we go on?" Todd asked.
"Vhat?" Kurt asked.
"Go on,'' Todd said,'' We could go on.''
"Ve need to stay vith the others,'' Kurt said.
"Think about it,'' Todd said,'' If we go on, you could be that much closer to finding Kathy. I mean she could be trapped out there, with no food or water.''
Kurt thought about it for a moment, then said,'' Okay, lets go.''
Todd and Kurt stood up and walked into the cave.' Must continue vith the quest,' Kurt thought,' Can't leave Kathy alone out here.'
They walked for about an hour, then Todd stopped.
"Lets take a brake,'' Todd said.
They sat on the ground. It was really light. They talked for awhile, before continuing on there way. They hoped that the others wouldn't be mad and that they would make it through this thing alone.