"Well, what do you want me to do now?" X asked as Elle examined her body as best she could in her transparent state. "Should you even be here? You aren't dead anymore."
"I don't know what's going on," Elle murmered as she looked down worriedly. Her color wasn't good at all. There was still a blue tinge around her lips. She wasn't happy with her labored breathing either. Who knows how much sand she had inhaled and what sort of damage it could be doing to her lungs? "I need you to pick me up and get me over to Jay and Kay. We have to get back to headquarters now!"
"Fine," X grumbled as he gathered Elle's body into his arms and started off with Elle following right beside him to keep an eye on her condition. "Did you know that you're very heavy?"
"Did you know that when I wake up, I'm going to kill you?" Elle said sweetly as she looked at herself. "Be careful! Support my head! I can't breathe right like that!" He was letting her head sag back, blocking her airway again.
"Fine. Is this better?" X asked as he adjusted his hold so Elle's head was resting against his shoulder.
"Much better," Elle said just as Jay and Kay came over a rise. The two agents rushed over when they saw Elle still and silent in X's arms.
"What happened to her?" Jay asked as he looked at X suspiciously. Everyone knew that he and Elle didn't get along at all. He quickly reached out and took her from him, holding her close.
"Well, at least someone who might know what to do has me now," Elle muttered as she moved to Jay's side so she could keep watching herself. "I do not like how I'm breathing."
"I don't like anything about you," X muttered causing Jay and Kay to look at him curiously. "The Metan got her and pulled her under the sand. She's making a rather big fuss about getting her back to headquarters. I really don't see the rush. She only looks a little bit worse than usual."
"Oh, you are so dead!" Elle cried as she glared at her partner before turning to Jay and Kay. "Guys, listen to me! You really need to get me back to headquarters and into the medical lab pronto!" Just then she realized that the two men hadn't reacted to her presence at all. "Jay? Kay?" She walked back in forth in front of them. They didn't even blink.
"I don't think they can see you," X said.
"Who are you talking to?" Jay asked.
"Agent Elle. She's standing right in front of you. She claims she's having some sort of near death experience or something although I don't see how that's possible since she isn't dead."
"Right," Jay muttered. Just their luck. The alien had lost it.
"Let's get her back to headquarters. A containment crew's on the way to handle the prisoners," Kay said as they started for the LTD.
Jay carefully laid Elle down in the back seat and then slid in beside her, holding her head and shoulders against his chest to try to help her breathe better. Elle slipped in on the other side of her body and stared down saddly at it. She just hoped that there was something they could do once they got her home.
