The Savage Lands
6:31 (6:31 am)
Day 2

"Wake up, sleepyhead! Rise n shine!"

Logan growled and rolled over. "Fivemoreminutesmum...."

"What?"

"I...said...fivemoreminutes...mum..."

Rogue started laughing. "Mum?"

Logan sat up and rubbed his eyes. "No...I'm not your mum, Rogue...wha...?"

"You said 'five more minutes mum'!"

Logan growled. "Did not! I did no such thing!"

"Did so."

"Did not."

"This could go on all morning. Let's eat and hit the road."

Logan started to get up when he noticed he wasn't wearing anything. "Oh...jeeze...Rogue...at least look the other way, will ya..."

Rogue blushed and turned around while he dressed.

"That's better. Now what's there to eat?"

"Fruit bars and boxed juice."

Logan looked mortified. "Not again! That stuff is not food!"

"Well it's all we've got, shugah. It'll have to do." Rogue handed him his ration.

They finished eating a little while later. "Shugah, did you see any streams or anything last night?"

"There's one a little while that way." Logan pointed behind him. "Why?"

"Ah need to wash up a bit 'fore we set out." Rogue picked up the blanket and headed out in the direction of the stream.

Logan sighed and stretched out beside the bag. He started fantasizing about making out with that redhead back at the school, but the image of Rogue kept popping into his head. His mind started to wander and he actually blushed a little at the things he was coming up with.

"No way," He growled to himself. "She's my friend---just my friend—I'm not—" He stopped and focused on his hearing. Where those screams? Yes, they were.

"LOGAN!" He sprang up and started running in the direction of the screams.

"Logan! Help! Someone! Help me!"

He stumbled down the stream banks and looked in astonishment at the sight that greeted him. Rogue was backing away from a giant ...a giant what? A dinosaur? Impossible. But that was the only way he could think of to describe this huge reptile-like creature. It was massive, at least ten meters long, with gigantic razor-sharp teeth and leathery skin, similar to a crocodile's. He blinked stupidly.

"Logan! Logan! Help me! Please."

"I...oh yeah..."

*snikt*

"Rogue...back away...slowly..."

Rogue whimpered.

"Rogue..." She started inching backwards.

With a sudden flick of it's tail the creature started to lunge after Rogue, but it stopped and turned its big head towards Logan as he growled.

"C'mon ugly, I seen worse things than you in my day." The dinosaur continued to stare at Logan.

"You're not the only one interested in her, Bub..." He growled in low tones.

The dinosaur chose that instant to attack, throwing itself at Logan with mouth wide and gaping. Logan shoved his fist into the big lizard's chest and popped his claws, making the creature whimper as he gutted it. A couple moments later and the dinosaur lay dead at his feet.

"Well," He said shakily. "I guess we shouldn've ruled big lizards out of the possible locals list."

Rogue ran to him and threw her arms around his neck.

"Shhh...don't cry..." He patted her back and held her to him as she collected herself.

"Ah have a new name for this place. The Savage Lands."

Logan grinned. "Sounds like a place for me."

Rogue raised her head. "Not for me. Ah'm dead scared of big lizards."

She pulled away and she suddenly realized she had nothing on.

"Logan! You could've been killed!"

He was too busy staring to hear her.

"Logan...Logan...Logan!"

He blushed and looked away. "Sorry, what was that?"

"What if our skin had touched? Ah could've killed you!"

"But you didn't."

"Still, shugah, Ah'm not taking no risks. Ah need you to slay ma dino's."

He grinned and turned his back. "Go on, get dressed, I'll stay on lookout."

"No peeking."

"I won't."