When Kitty came to, she found herself lying on beach looking up at a clear blue sky. Yawning, the slender brunette stretched and sat up. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep on the plane and nothing else. Dusting herself off, she turned to her right and saw Storm sitting sullenly on beach, staring distantly out at the ocean.

“Hey Ororo,” Kitty greeted enthusiastically as she walked over to her friend. “I thought I told you to wake me up when we reached Cairo?”

Storm sighed and stood up, she smiled sadly at Kitty and placed a hand supportively on her shoulder. “Kitty, we never arrived in Cairo.”

“Say what?” Kitty mutters slowly. She must have misheard Storm, if they weren’t in Cairo, then where were they?

“Kitty, while we were in flight over the pacific, the X-Jet ran out of fuel and we had to abandon it. I flew us away while the plane plummeted to the bottom of the sea. I flew around until I found this island, it’s the only one I could find and I’m afraid to leave it because I might not be able to get back. I have no idea where we are or how we’re going to get home.”

“Why didn’t you wake me up?”

Storm shrugged. “Honestly, you looked so cute while you were asleep, I didn’t have the heart to wake you up.”

Kitty stared at her friend for a second in shock, then burst out into laugher. Storm joined her and together they laughed hysterically on the lonely beach. Wiping the tears from her eyes, Kitty smiled at her long time friend. If she had to be trapped on an island with anyone, there was no one better then Storm. No one else could be so informal, yet carry themselves with such a majestic presence as Storm did. There was something about Storm that screamed prestige, yet she acted so kind and down to earth. She really was an amazing woman.

“Kitty you’re blushing,” Storm politely commented and Kitty turned around quickly to hid her embarrassment. What was she doing, they were trapped on an island and she was acting like some rookie X-men. She had been in a lot of rougher spot then this, and so had Storm. The secret was to stay calm, not overreact and think things through rationally. What they needed to do was to find shelter and see if there was anyone else on the island, hopefully someone with a way to contact the outside world. Lots of super villains had secret hideouts on islands; maybe there was one on this island?

Forcing any humor out, Kitty became series and turned back to Storm with a somber expression. They could laugh later. They had work to do. “Okay, you check the skyline and I’ll check the ground. We’ll meet back here in and hour to go over what we find. If you run into any danger send a lighting bolt down and I’ll come.”

“Um Kitty,” Storm slowly said, trying not to smile at her dictatorial friend. “While you were asleep I found some people and they offered to take us to their village when you woke up.”

“Oh, okay.” Kitty stared at Storm, her blush quickly returning. Great, she had made an ass out of herself again.

“Before we go, I think I should tell you something. The natives that I found were a little bit on the strange side. I just want you to brace yourself before you meet them,” Storm said as she took the lead. Kitty nodded to what she had been told even though she didn’t completely understand it. What did Storm mean when she said the natives were strange?