CHAPTER 2

Half an hour was passed and still nothing!

-- Do you think someone know we are trapped here? -- Bobby

-- Sure they knows, the others will be waiting for us and we have also played the alarm -- Scott

-- So why nobody is coming ? -- Bobby

-- Perhaps... they do not know -- Ororo

Now the boys were all seated on the elevator floor, everyone on different walls: only Ororo and Scott were touching. Ororo was panicking and Scott had approached the girl to calm her.

-- It could be a fire and it's that reason because we don't hear nobody... because everyone is already out -- Bobby

-- Oh please, shut up! -- Logan

-- People trapped in elevators during a fire have no chance to survive – Bobby

-- But there's no fire here. Relax! -- Logan

At this point Ororo was crying and Logan could not withhold a smile seeing the imperturbable Scott Summers tighten his friend.

Without warnig the light began shaking and after a few moments they were completely in the dark

-- Oh my God...!!! -- Ororo

-- Relax, it will return in a second -- Hank

-- I've told you: there's a fire! -- Bobby

-- It's only the electricity -- Hank

Bobby was not helping at all and Scott was not talking and this meant he was scared to death... as always in the dark, gift of the months in which he had been blind, after the appearance of his mutant power, when nobody knew how containing his optic blast.

Hank was deciding if he had to go to Scott when felt Logan raising and heading towards the wall Ororo and Scott were sharing.

Logan was not particularly friendly, expecialy with Cyclops, but in the months he had been at the institute he had learned to know a bit the boys and now he was percieving pure terror from the leader of the X-men.

-- Ro, I'm coming towards you... don't be scared if you feel touching -- Logan

He reached the wall and sitting down felt Ororo's dressed and Scott's coat; he took the Ororo's hand trying to not touch Summers who didn't love showing his weaknesses to Logan.

-- Boys, we have just to wait -- Hank

And they waited for what seemed an eternity.

-- I can't stand this -- Bobby

Hank decided he had to invent something... a distraction.

-- We can do a game -- Hank

-- Oh mother, you can't be serious -- Logan

-- Of course I'm serious. In situations like these you can discover extraordinary things about people who are with you -- Hank

-- I don't understand. -- Bobby

-- Practically everyone tells something important and that the others don't know at condition that at the end of the critical situation, everyone forgets what has been said - Hank

To Logan it seemed crazy but the situation was becoming heavy for Ororo and he couldn't think at a different solution.

-- it's no so bad, I think we can try -- Logan

-- So, it's ok ? -- Hank

Everyone accepted except Scott who was still in silence.

-- Ehi boss, what do you think ? -- Logan

Scott was just too scared to speak but before his fears came always the group and, at the moment, distract Ororo was the priority

-- Ok, but I want to be the last one -- Scott

-- No problem. Who wants to begin? - Hank