Chapter Nineteen
"Wake up,'' Scott said,'' Time to go.''
"Are you kidding?" Pietro asked.
"No,'' Scott said,'' Logan is gone. He must of went ahead. We must catch up.''
"He went ahead?" Jean asked,'' But, we were suposed to stay together.''
"We must catch up,'' Kurt said.
They quickly started running down the mountain.
"He can't go passed that one part,'' Jean said.
They ran for about an hour and finally came to the place, but Logan wasn't there.
"He must of gone in the middle of the night,'' Scott said.
"Now vhat? " Kurt asked.
"We are going to have to wait,'' Jean sighed.
"There must be a way acrossed,'' Todd said.
"How about I push you?'' Kurt asked.
"Not funny,'' Todd said.
"He's right,'' Scott said,'' There must be a way acrossed.''
Scott put his foot over, but put it right back. His shoe was melted.
"No,'' Jean said,'' There is no way across.''
"What are we going to do?" Rogue asked,'' We can't stay here. Logan will be all the way down the mountain by then.''
"He stil needs to find a way passed the spirits,'' Jean said.
"He can't of gone that far,'' Pietro said,'' It took us five days to get up here. She gave us five days to get back. There must be a reason why.''
"Maybe the trail is harder to go down,'' Scott suggested.
"That's it,'' Jean said,'' The trail gets harder, so everyone I finally figured how to get passed this. We just run as fast as we can acrossed.''
Everyone stared at Jean as if she was crazy. Jean just smiled at them.
"You joking, right?" Lance asked.
"No,'' Jean said,'' Why would I be joking. I figured it out. See we only put our foot over and let it sit there for a few seconds. That's how it get hot. We must keep on running. Anyone want to go first?"
No one said anything for awhile.
Thoughts
Scott: Jean has lost it.
Todd: I'm not running acrossed that.
Lance: I have to carry Kitty. I'd rather wait until night.
Pietro: She wants us to run acrossed this. My skin might burn.
Gambit: Well are going to die.
Rogue: I'm already hot enough.
Kurt: It don't sound that crazy. It might work.
Kitty: I can't run and Jean knows that
Jean: They think I'm crazy.
End of thoughts
"I'll run first,'' Kurt said.
"Are you sure?" Jean asked,'' We could always wait until night, but by then Logan will be too far ahead.''
"I'll do it,'' Kurt said stepping forward.
"Just remember,'' Jean said,'' Keep runing, don't stop or you'll die.''
Kurt nodded.
"Good luck,'' Nearly everyone said.
Kurt sighed and ran out into the hot sun. He didn't stop running. It wasn't that hot.' It works,' Kurt thought. Jean turned to the others.
"Told you,'' Jean said, watching as Kurt disapeared from view.'' Lets go.''
"But,'' Lance said,'' I have to carry Kitty. I might trip.''
"Just keep your eyes on the where you're walking,'' Jean said,'' Don't stop, just keep running. You can do it.''
Lance nodded and held on to Kitty tighter.
"One, two, three,'' Jean yelled.
They began to run acrossed. Lance held Kitty as tight as he could, keeping his eyes on the ground.' You can do it,' Lance thought,' Don't give up.'
"No stopping,'' Jean yelled,'' Not even for a second.''
"This is going to take awhile,'' Pietro said,'' How long before we get to the end?"
"It took us about an hour to get up,'' Jean said,'' We are running down hill, so about a half an hour.''
"I can't run that long,'' Todd said,'' I can barely run for five minutes.''
"I feel bad for Kurt,'' Gambit said,'' Running alone.''
"He will get there before we do,'' Jean said,'' So he will get a break.''
"What do you mean he'll get a break?" Lance asked.
"We are not stopping for a rest,'' Jean said,'' Unless you want to lose Logan.''
"How about just for a minute?" Pietro asked.
"Maybe,'' Scott said, looking at Jean.'' We do need a break. Don't be like Logan and push us.''
They ran in silence for awhile.
"I see the end,'' Lance said, sweat running down his face.'' This place is stil hot.''
They ran in silence until they came to the end. They sat down. Kurt was sleeping in the shade.
"Looks like he got some rest,'' Todd said, then yelled.'' Wake up.''
Kurt jumped up and looked at everyone.
"Vhat took you so long?" Kurt asked,'' I've been vaiting for about twenty minutes.''
"We left right after you,'' Scott said,'' How did you get here so fast?"
"I fell down the hill,'' Kurt said,'' I vas quite fun.''
"You rolled down the hill,'' Jean said,'' Why didn't I think of that.''
"Don't worry Jean,'' Scott said,'' You'll start to remember everything when we get back.''
"The sun is going down,'' Kitty said,'' But it's can't have been that long.''
"We must continue,'' Jean said standing up. No one moved.'' We must continue.''
"We need to rest,'' Scott said,'' We can't go on tonite. You are beginning to be like Logan. Are you feeling alright?''
"I'm fine,'' Jean said,'' Never better.''
"So,'' Pietro said,'' Are we staying here?''
"We must continue,'' Jean said again and everyone stared at her.
"I think we should tiw her up,'' Todd muttered.
"We are not going on,'' Scott said standing up and putting a hand on Jeans shoulder.'' It's almost dark, so just sit down and relax.''
"But,'' Jean said,'' We must catch up.''
"Why?" Scott asked,'' Why must we catch up?"
Jean stood there for a few seconds, deep in thought.
"I have no idea,'' Jean said sitting down. Scott sat down next to her.'' I just want to catch up to him. We need him. He is the leader.''
"I can be the leader,'' Scott said,'' I was the leader for awhile.''
"Okay,'' Jean sighed,'' We'll wait until moring.''
The sun was all the way down now. No one said anything, they just went to sleep, hoping that Logan was okay.