Chapter Fourteen
"WAKE UP,'' Logan yelled,'' It's dawn. Now lets go.''
They all looked at Logan, who was ready to go. They got up. Rogue was leaning aganst a tree, half asleep. Gambit walked over to her.
"You okay?" Gambit asked.
"Yes,'' Rogue said,'' Just tired.''
"I'll carry you,'' Gambit said picking her up.'' You can sleep.''
"Thanks,'' Rogue said, closing her eyes.
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' Lets go.''
They began to walk into the forest. It was stil a little dark. No one said anything for nearly two hours. They came to a river. It was about twenty feet wide.
"It must go all the way around the mountain,'' Kitty said,'' Is that possible?"
"On this island,'' Jean said,'' Yes it is.''
"Well,'' Pietro said,'' Logan can't throw us acrossed this.''
"I won't need you,'' Logan said,'' The water doesn't look that deep. We'll walk across.''
Logan jumped into the water. The water was up to his neck. He quickly got out.
"Cold?" Lance asked.
"Very,'' Logan said,'' But we need to get acrossed anyway, so come on.''
They all got in the water. Everyone; except Logan, Pietro, Lance, Gambit, Jean, and Scott; had to swim. Logan kept a hold of Kurts shirt.
"Help,'' Todd said,'' The water is too deep.''
Pietro grabed his arm. Kitty was more like skiping acrossed. She would got under the water for a second, then bounce an inch ahead of where she was. Gamibt triped and droped Rogue in the water. She came up shacking her head. She looked at Gambit.
"What happened?" Rogue asked, looking around.'' Why are we in the middle of a river?"
Gambit picked her up and began to walk again.
"Just getting arcossed de river,'' Gambit said.
Logan was the first one acrossed. He helped Kurt out of the water. Soon everyone was out.
"Come on,'' Logan said.
"But Logan,'' Scott said,'' Everyone is wet. We'll freeze.''
"We need to continue,'' Logan snaped.
"What is wrong with you?" Scott snaped back.
"Nothing,'' Logan yelled,'' I just want to get this quest done.''
"That's not it,'' Scott said,'' You want to find Kathy. Don't you?"
"YES,'' Logan shouted,'' I WANT HER BACK, OKAY. SHE IS MY DAUGHTER. WOULD YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTER TO BE OUT THERE?''
"No,'' Scott said,'' I wouldn't, but you got to slow down. We can't all keep up.''
"Then stay behind,'' Logan snarled,'' Be that way. I'm going on, anyone can come if they want.''
Logan began to walk into the forest. Everyone quickly followed. Kurt ran up to Logan.
"You okay?" Kurt asked.
"How can I be okay,'' Logan asked,'' She's out there. I know it.''
Everyone was trying to keep up with Logan. Gambit was almost running. He was stil carrying Rogue.
"You can put me down,'' Rogue said.
Gamibt stopped and set her down. They ran to catch up. They came to another clearing. It was made of nothing, but rock. The sun was shining bright on it. The was a line, where the sun stopped. Logan took a step over it and pulled his foot back in.
"It's hot,'' Logan said looking at his shoe,'' It burnt my shoe.''
"Will have to wait until night,'' Jean said.
"It's 5:00,'' Logan said,'' Three hours until it gets dark.''
Kurt took out a match and through it over the line. It caught on fire before it hit the ground. Kurt was looking at the clearing. He kept throwing things, that would catch on fire or melt before they hit the ground. He took out a piece of paper and put half of it over the line. That half was burnt in a second, but the fire didn't go over the line.
"It can't go over,'' Kurt whispered.
"What?" Logan asked.
"The fire,'' Kurt said,'' Can't go over the line.''
"How odd,'' Logan said walking away.
Roue was sitting on Gambits lap.
"So,'' Roue said,'' You do know that we can't date, when we get off this island.''
"Why not?" Gambit asked.
"Because of my power,'' Rogue said,'' We couldn't do what we are doing now.''
"Den lets mak it last,'' Gambit whispered, before kissing Rogue.
Some of the people were watching.
"Get a room,'' Pietro said.
Gambit and Rogue looked at him, then started talking. Kurt was stil trying to find a way acrossed the thing. He had burned nearly all the blank papers from Kathys diary.' Kathys lighter is made of the same metal as her claws,' Kurt thought. He took out the lighter and put half of it over the line. Nothing happened to it. Kurt pulled it back and touched it. It was cold. He put it back over the line. He put his hand on the part that was in the sun. The lighter was cold, but his hand was slowly getting hot. He pulled his hand and lighter back over.' That must be how Kathy got acrossed.'
"Find out anything interesting?" Jean asked.
"Ja,'' Kurt said,'' The metal of the lighter doesn't get hot, but stays cold.''
"How nice,'' Scott said,'' Only one more hour.''
Kurt kept putting the lighter ove the line. Soon it was almost dark. Logan steped over the line. It wasn't that hot.
"Come on,'' Logan said.
The others quickly followed. They had to jump from rock to rock. Lance triped and cut his knee. Logan helped him up. They had to be careful now that it was dark.
"This way,'' Kurt said,'' Vatch out for the bump.''
'How do you know where everything is?" Todd asked.
"Because I can see in the dark,'' Kurt said.
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' Lets take a brake.''
Everyone sat down.
"I wonder why this place is so hot,'' Kitty said.
"It reminds me of Steves power,'' Scott said,'' Melting things.''
"What happened to him?" Jean asked.
"He didn't want to come on this trip,'' Pietro said,'' So he left in the morning, so Mystique just left without waiting for him. Lucky if you ask me. I wish I would of left with him.''
"I wish you would of too,'' Scott muttered.
"Come on,'' Logan said, before anyone could say anything else.
They started walking again. They walked for an hour in silence.
''How wide is this?" Lance asked.
"Very wide,'' Jean said,'' But we are almost there.''
"STOP,'' Pietro shouted and everyone stoped.'' My foot is stuck.''
Kurt walked over to Pietro and looked at his foot.
"It's stuck in tight,'' Kurt muttered.'' Try to pull it out.''
"I tried,'' Pietro said trying to pull it out again.
Kurt stuck his tail down into the crack.
"What are you doing?" Pietro asked,'' Stop. That tickles.''
Pietro pulled his foot out of the crack and Kurt walked back over to Logan. They continued to walk.
"What did you do?" Logan asked.
"I tickled his foot,'' Kurt said.
Soon they were to the woods again. They went about tweny feet into the forest and sat down.
"This is where we will camp'' Logan said,'' Day four is over. Tomorrow we should be close to the top.''
"Logan,'' Kitty said,'' I'm hungry.''
"there is nothing I can do about that,'' Logan said,'' There is no food around here and it's the middle of the night. Go to sleep.''
Soon nearly everyone was asleep. Todd, Kurt, and Rogue were stil awake. Todd and Kurt were talking.
"Go to sleep,'' Rouge snaped.
Todd and Kurt shut up and went to sleep. Rogue was asleep about ten minutes later.