Chapter Twenty-five
Everyone slowly got up as soon as the sun was about half way up. They walked up the mountain as fast as they could. The darkness was gone, but they didn't know for how long. They had lost two people yesturday and they stil had four more days to go. They walked in silence. They had passed the cave of light, ran through the hot spot, and ran through the cave of spiders. They were surprized that there was no more spiders in the cave, but they ignored it and continued. After about five minutes of walking they stoped.
"We have traveled far," Jean said," Not much longer now."
"We stil need to go passed the cliff," Kitty said," The river, that hot spot that can melt almost anything, and the ditch."
"A very long way," Pietro said," Is there anyway we can go faster?"
"No," Jean said," There is no way."
They walked for about in silence until they came to the clif. They were lucky to see that their bridge was stil up. They walked one by one acrossed, except for Kitty, who was being carried by Pietro. As soon as everyone was acrossed they continued.
"Now what?" Rogue asked, as they came to the black river.
"We either swim through it," Jean said," Or make a bridge, which would take longer."
"Lets just swim," Jean said," No matter if we get sick. We'll need to get the inscription to the top."
Just then the water went clear. Everyone stared at it, then at Jean, who was deep in thought.
"I just remembered," Jean said, and everyone groaned," The water will clear in a few days."
"Thanks for tell us," Pietro said, jumping in with Kitty.
Everyone followed him. The sky was growing darker, but they kept on moving. They got out of the water and continued in silence. It was dark now, so Rogue went in front, and held the ball out in front of her.
"We need to keep going," Jean said.
Just then something surrounded Jean, who screamed. The shadow was gone and so was Jean. The others looked at each other and quickly started to run. They ran passed the hot spot, which was not hot anymore. They kept on running, until they came to the ditch.
"There in no way we can get passed this," Rogue said," We might trip down it."
Just then the shadow surrounded Pietro, but it was Kitty who screamed. When the shadow was gone, so was Kitty. Pietro looked at his hands, then at the others. They quickly ran down the ditch. Todd and Pietro rolled down the ditch. When they were at the buttom, they waitted for the others. When they got there, they started climbing the ditch.
Thoughts
Pietro: She was in my hands, and the thing took her. It could of took me, but no. I'm so lucky.
Todd: Yo, that was weird. It will probably go after Rogue and Gambit next.
Rogue: It will come after us next. I hope we get to the top in time.
Gambit: If de t'ing comes after us, den I'll protect Rogue no matter what.
End of thoughts
When they were at the top of the ditch, they started to run, but had to stop five minutes later. They sat down in a circle. Rogue put the ball in the middle. They were not going to sleep, again. They were really tired. Pietro and Todd were sleeping in about ten minutes. Rogue fell asleep in Gambits arms about five minutes later. He was leaning against a tree. He was asleep in about a half an hour. They were hoping that the shadow would not get them when they were sleeping.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I've been busy updating other storys. I'll try to update sooner. Please review.