Chapter Eighteen
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' It's 7:00. Time to go.''
Everyone turned to Logan.
"We need to get some sleep for once,'' Scott said.
"You can sleep when we get down the mountain,'' Logan said,'' Now get up.''
Jean went over to Kurt, who was stil sleeping.
"Kurt,'' Jean whispered,'' Time to go. Get up.''
Kurt opened his eyes alittle.
"It's 6:00,'' Kurt moaned,'' School don't start for another hour.''
Jean stared at Kurt for awhile. Kurt closed his eyes and went back to sleep. Logan walked over to them.
"Is his fever down?" Logan asked.
"Just alittle,'' Jean said,'' It's not down far enough. He stil can't walk, so you'll need to carry him. He might start talking crazy.''
"Is that bad?" Logan asked picking up Kurt.
"Well no, not really,'' Jean said,'' He might say one of his secrets. Sometimes it's funny.''
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' Time to go.''
"But my cut needs to be looked at,'' Lance said,'' It's green and swollen.''
"My leg is like, purple and swollen,'' Kitty said.
"Pietro can carry you, Kitty,'' Logan said and Pietro picked up Kitty.'' And you can walk with a cut on your hand. Now lets go.''
They started walking in silence.
"The trail looks different,'' Scott said,'' Are we going the right way?"
"Ya,'' Todd said running over to a tree.'' I used one of my arrows to draw a picture in a tree and here it is.''
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' We are going straight and hopefully get to whatever it was we passed.''
They walked down straight for about an hour.
"Did we always go straight?" Kitty asked.
"Yes,'' Logan said,'' We turned sometimes at the buttom. Don't forget we need to find another way around the spirits.''
"How is Kurt doing?" Jean asked looking down at Kurt, who had his eyes just a little bit opened.
"Test on Monday,'' Kurt muttered,'' Got to study.''
"It's summer,'' Todd said, confused,'' How can he have a test on Monday. What day is it anyway?"
"He's dilusional,'' Jean said,'' He'll be saying crazy things until he's better.''
"I'm going to be late for class,'' Kurt groaned.
They walked in silence until they came back to the ditch. They stoped and sat down about five feet away from the ditch.
"Stupid mountain,'' Todd said.
"I think it's kind of cool,'' Pietro said and everyone stared at him.'' In its own way, I mean.''
"There is nothing cool about this place,'' Rogue said,'' It's practicly a death trap for mutants. I bet the government made this island and are going to put all the mutants on it.''
"Nice theory,'' Gambit said,'' Dey are doing a good job at it. It would take awhile t'ough and dey wouldn't wait t'at long just to kill mutants.''
"He's right,'' Logan said,'' They would probably bomb the island.''
"Vould you be quiet,'' Kurt whispered and Logan looked at him.'' I'm trying to study for the test on Tuesday.''
"There is no test on Tuesday,'' Logan said.
"Okay teacher,'' Kurt whispered,'' I'll get the work into you by Friday.''
Some of the others were laughing. Logan looked over at Jean, who was trying not to laugh.
"Sorry,'' Jean laughed,'' But that was funny.''
"Dd Kitty cook today?" Kurt moaned,'' Not her cookies, I'll eat later, vhen they throw it avay.''
"Hey,'' Kitty yelled, as everyone else laughed,'' My cooking isn't that bad. I only added salt to make it taste better. I didn't know you weren't supposed to add salt to cookies.''
"There was salt in those cookies?" Lance asked, his face went pale.'' I ate over half of them.''
"Gross,'' Scott muttered
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' Lets go.''
They stood up and began to go down the ditch. Logan almost triped. Kurt was muttering something about bad grades. Logan shook his head. Pietro triped, but luckily Scott grabed the back of his shirt, so he didn't roll down the hill, but Pietro was carrying Kitty, who rolled down the hill; again. The others ran down to her.
"You okay?" Lance asked.
"Fine,'' Kitty said standing up.'' My leg hurts even more now.''
"Stupid,'' Lance muttered looking over at Pietro.
"Sorry,'' Pietro whispered.
Lance picked up Kitty, ignoring the pain in his arm.
"Come on,'' Logan said,'' It will take awhile getting up this thing. It looks much steeper then when we came down.''
They began to walk up it. They walked in silence for about an hour.
"We are not even half way up this,'' Scott said.
"We'll take a brake here,'' Logan said.
Everyone sat down, making sure they wouldn't roll backwards.
"Does anyone else feel like, we should of left the thing?" Kitty asked.
"I do, sometimes,'' Gambit said,'' It's like we were not suposed to take it.''
"We will ask her why she wants it before we give it to her,'' Logan said,'' And we will ask for at least a few days of fun.''
"That would be nice,'' Pietro said running a hand through his hair,'' My hair is so greasy. Almost as greasy as Todds.''
"Hey,'' Todd said,'' My hair is always greasy. No matter what I do to it.''
"We are only staying here for a few minutes,'' Logan said.
Kurt snaped his eyes opened. He looked around. Logan was holding the back of his shirt, so he didn't roll down the hiil.
"Vhere are ve?" Kurt asked and everyone looked at him.
"We are in the ditch,'' Jean said, going over and feeling Kurts forehead.'' Your fever is gone. That's weird. I checked it about ten minutes ago and you were burning up.''
"I heard a voice inside my head,'' Kurt said,'' I think it vas Kathy. Did you find her?"
"No,'' Logan sighed,'' I think she ditched the quest. She really had nothing holding her back from not doing it.''
"Yes she did,'' Scott said,'' That lady could put a spell back on the necklase.''
"Not if Kathy swam off the island,'' Jean said,'' In the book, it said that if the necklase is taken at least a mile away from the island, it will lose its power and the the person will be able to take it off. She must of swam off the island.''
"Lucky her,'' Kurt sighed,'' As long as she is safe, then I'm happy.''
"But,'' Jean said,'' How could she of talked to you? She can't use her telepathy from a mile away. She would have to use cerebro, which she is not strong enough to use. This is weird.''
"It's probably that woman,'' Scott said,'' She could of put a spell on Kurt, then taken it off.''
"Okay,'' Logan said,'' Lets go.''
They stood up. It took Kurt awhile, before he could walk. They walked up the ditch in silence. It took them about an hour and a half to get up it. It was getting dark.
"How can it get dark so fast?" Scott asked,'' It has only been a couple of hours.''
"This happens when people are in hurrys,'' Jean said,'' There is less sun for them to travel, so the days will get shorter.''
"Set up camp,'' Logan groaned.
They set up camp and almost everyone went to sleep in about ten minutes. Kurt sat up, looking at the sky. Rogue was watching him carefully. She went over and sat down by him.
"You okay?" Rogue asked.
"Ja,'' Kurt whisperd,'' I vas just thinking, vhat vill happen vhen ve get off the island.''
"I know I'm taking a bath,'' Rogue muttered.
Kurt shook his head and went to sleep. Rogue looked up at the sky. She saw something, like a jet pass over the island, but she just ignored it and went to sleep.