Hey, welcome back! First of all, I want you to know, that if you think you know the whole plot already, then you're wrong. The story will have a sudden plot twist or two.

Also, you may have realized that until now, most of the story have been happening at nights. There is a simple reason for that. First of all, it's dark, weird things always happen in the dark, and second, things that hunt in the dark do so, because it's easier to hide in the dark. In other words, most of the action happens at that time. I could, of cause, describe the daytime more too, but then the chapters would get way too long, and you would get feed up with a lot of unimportant filler things. This one happens in the daytime, and daytime only, enjoy :)

P.S this is possibly my longest chapter so far :D Leave a review.

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Sam's POV:

I thought this was supposed to be a vacation, I guess I was wrong, cause running through a jungle in pouring rain while an angry mob of Monkeys are about to outpace and ambush you isn't what I would claim as "vacation worthy".

I could tell you why I'm running for my life right here and now, and spare you the long explanation, but I'll give you the pleasure of a long story instead...

Day four: Things are getting serious

08:00am

Scott is giving orders, and the team is listening…

"Alright guys, vacation's over. Last night we lost our whole supply of food and water.
This means, that those pancakes you all looked forward to this morning no longer exists, and won't be a part of your life's again for a long period of time. This also means that we have to find food and liquid on our own. Since I can't risk sending you all out there alone, i'm splitting us into three groups: Sam, Tabitha, Rahne and Jubilee, you're gonna find food. Ray, Roberto, Bobby and Amara, you're gonna find water. Rogue, Kitty, Kurt, and Evan, you guys are with me and Jean. We have to set up some traps, and hopefully catch whatever it is that's playing around with us." Everyone looked at each other, before gathering together in said groups.

"Wait, why do you guys always get all the fun?" Tabby asked disappointed.

"Because Tabitha, we're used to this kind of situations and therefore are more experienced. And I want you all to understand that this isn't about having fun, this is serious business, from now on there's only hard work to look forward to."

"So you mean our vacation, or 'team building trip' now is a boot camp? Of cause, we couldn't expect any less from our boring leader anyway… " Ray stated annoyed.

"Yes, you can call this a boot camp, because you're probably one of the few here that are guaranteed to get their butt kicked. In addition, that was what Logan wanted this to be, I just gave you a couple of days to settle in before the real fun started. Do you have a problem with this Berzerker?" Scott asked while moving closer to him. They looked coldly at each other, before Ray gave up, and stepped away.

"I thought not. Now get whatever you need and get out there."

"But what exactly do we need?" Bobby asked, making everyone confused again, and making Scott face palm himself. They had been having survival training at the institute more than once, but apparently, no one had learned anything from it.

"Bobby, all you have to do is gather drinkable water. You can get this by making water filters." Scott stated as if it was totally obvious.

"Yeah and how do you want us to do that?" Asked Amara.

"Take a plastic bag, but Charcoal in the bottom, then sand, rocks, sand and rocks. When that's done, you hang it in trees and wait till it starts raining."

"Great, now how do we know what to eat and what not to?" Sam asked next.

"First of all, don't take any kinds of mushrooms. Second, don't eat any berries if they're having bright colors like white or yellow. Avoid plants with thorns. Avoid brightly colored insects. Avoid insects that are extremely pungent, and don't eat hairy critters or bugs that bite or sting. You know what, don't eat any of the food you find until I've seen it. Remember, things as bamboo shoots are eatable too. Any other questions?"

… Everyone was quiet, hungry and tired, but quiet.

"Listen, I know this seems unfair, but I know we can get through this. And we aren't totally screwed, since you talked Logan into taking a porta potty as a necessity, and we aren't sleeping in the open, we still got the tents. This could all be far worse than it is, so keep your heads up, and enjoy all the great experience you're gathering."

"So, getting a knife through your hand, swimming in a lake filled with piranhas and almost getting killed by a jaguar, and not having any food isn't bad enough?" Kurt asked.

"I'm not saying this isn't bad Kurt, but it could be worse, it could be raining…"

As he said that, thunder could be heard, and black clouds began to block the sun.

"… Well guess this made things easier for some of you… Have fun" Scott slowly put on a black bag back filled up with rope, and made a hand gesture that said get going. Then they all went different directions. They now had missions to fulfill, and they weren't gonna fail… To badly…

The super important life or death mission

"Isn't that a bit, I don't know, over the top. I mean, I guess it is important, but still…" Amara wasn't as excited as Bobby was, so naming this a life or death mission seems a bit… Over the top.

"Come on, it's a great name! What do you say Ray, isn't it a great name?" Bobby asked.

"It's fine I guess. but can we get back to the actual mission? What are we gonna do with the piranhas?"

They were standing at the river in pouring rain, unsure what to do. They had talked about staying at the camp, where they had been setting up homemade water filters to gather the rain water, but as they had no idea how long it would be raining, they realized that they had to gather water in other ways too. Now they stood there, trying to think up ideas on how to get it without getting bitten by evil fishes with razor sharp teeth.

"We could maybe, get Ray to electrify the water? Then he might kill the piranhas." Bobby came up with the first idea.

"No, that's like murder! Roberto, what do you think? You haven't said a word the whole way." Amara asked, wanting someone else's point of view.

"I'm not sure, but I know that electrifying the water isn't the answer. Maybe if we just, I don't know… Wait I got it! Piranhas eats meat, right? Maybe if we could get our hands in some meat, we could throw it in the water, and while they're busy eating, we can get our hands in the water without getting bitten." Roberto looked proud of himself, and it was in fact a good idea, but the others seemed to be in doubt.

"You do realize that we have to actually kill something to get the meat right? And I'm not a killer." Amara stated, looking at him as if he was insane.

"You are if that's your only chance to survive. Just at least think about it."

"Nope, this is getting boring. I'm going in." Ray stated. He took the cooking pot and went in. It went fine, he got the water, and everything seemed fine. He was on his way out of the dangerous water, when his luck turned. One of the little demons had stuck its sharp teeth deep down his leg. He wanted to yell out in chock and pain, but he knew better than that, so instead, he just got slowly out of the water. The others of cause, didn't know about it yet.

"See, that wasn't so hard. You know, this would have been taking so much longer if we agreed on your idea." Stated Bobby. Of cause he changed his mind when Ray finally got up. Following Rob's idea might at least have been safer.

The demon fish was still stuck on his bare leg, and blood was starting to flow, so Bobby hurried to his side to help getting it off. When it was half-dead, he slowly opened its mouth, and threw it back in the water.

Ray had gotten himself a deep flesh wound that needed to get cleaned fast. Amara got the whole distillation system ready, and started to warm up the water. She knew it could wait till they came back, but the large pot was already heavy enough as it was, and she had this strange idea, that cleaning the water would make it easier to carry around. No one seemed to give her any doubt.

"Sit still and don't move an inch okay?" Roberto had a hold on him, making sure he wouldn't make any sudden movements while he tried to clean the wound with a leaf.

"I know mom! Geez, you make it sound like I'm dying or something! Aw, be careful with that thing will yah!"

"The water is now over 100 C! It's boiling!"

"Great! Do you want me to cool it down when it's done?"

"Yeah, that would be a good idea." Bobby sat down besides Amara and let his hands close enough to the pot to cool it down slowly. They looked at each other with a faint smile, before Ray ruined the moment with a loud yell. Amara got up and moved closer to Ray, letting a glare out of Bobby.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine. Just let me help you with this." She slowly sat down beside him, and pulled a cloth out of her pocket. She pressed the already wet cloth on the bleeding wound, making him tremble slightly. She saw that, and let a hand on his shoulder.

Roberto had run off to find something that was able to hold the cloth in place, and came back with a liana. Amara tied the cloth firmly, while Ray kept yelling up.

Bobby wasn't jealous, far from it. He knew she had a big heart, so the fact that she seemed to be flirting with someone who wasn't him didn't have to mean anything. Right?

"We have to get back to the camp. He needs to get some clean bandage on before an infection occurs. Here, let me help you up."

Ray got up with help from Amara and Roberto. He let a hand around each shoulder. Bobby put the now drinkable water in the blue bag pack, and soon they were on their way back.

The mission for food

"God damn you Tabby, why do you have to be so reckless?" Sam asked as he, and the rest of the group ran the fastest they could through the woods.

The mission had vent well. They had found eatable Bamboo, plants, heck even insects, but of cause, Tabitha was determined to get some fruit too, so when she saw a tree of bananas, she didn't consider that the monkeys guarding it would get mad. Now she knew better than to steal from a monkey.

"Hey, at least they aren't faster than we are! Aw, hey, you ugly butt sniffer, that wasn't nice!"

The monkeys had begun to throw rocks at them, not the big heavy kind, but it still hurt like hell.

"Tabby, give them back their bananas, and they might stop!" Rahne yelled.

"No way, these are mine!" She yelled back, as she began to throw small orange bombs at the monkeys. They didn't stop chasing them however, so the group kept running.

The mission that prevents you from getting eaten

Until now, about four traps was done, and yet five more needed to be set up. It was still raining, making it that much harder. Kitty's hands had blisters on blisters, Kurt had gotten his tail entangled in a rope or two, Evan was complaining about mosquito bites, and Rogue still had the weird feeling of being watched. Only Scott and Jean still worked on trap number five, when a sudden loud scream could be heard not far away…

"Help! Somebody, get me down from here!"

"Sam, get your foot out of my mouth!"

"What did I ever do to deserve this?!"

It was the sound of yelling teens…

"Seems like our traps works just fine." Evan stated with clear amusement, leaving a smirk on everyone's faces.

"You know what isn't fun? We have to set it up again." Kitty said which released a group groan.

"Well then let's get it over with..." Jean said, as he finished the trap.

"Right, you guys can go ahead, then I'll stay here and, um, keep an eye on the trap, to make sure no one gets trapped in it?" Kurt said, still trying to get his tail untangled.

"You need help with that fuzzy?" Kitty asked as she sat down beside him.

"No!" She looked at him in disbelieve. She then began to tie up the knots.

They ran in the direction of the yelling as soon as his tail was free, and got a bit of a surprise. Apparently, the group had managed to get stuck in a net trap, with monkeys all around them, one of them pulling a raspberry at Tabby, who desperately tried to get Jubilee off her stomach, while Rahne tried to bite her way out. That wasn't the real surprise though…

"Finally you guys came, now get us out of this stupid net!" Sam yelled.

Minutes later, they were all sitting safely on the ground, monkeys gone, and a bag still filled with food. No bananas though.

"Who in the world makes such large traps? But, I have to admit, it's nicely well made." Sam said in awe.

"Yeah, it sure is, just one problem though. This isn't our creation…"

So, someone else made the trap, i wonder who that is... Leave a review, they make my days a bit brighter than they already is :) If you have questions, your welcome to leave a review with said question. In other words: Want this story to continue? Leave a review, or recommend it to someone you know.

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