As soon as they arrived at headquarters, Jay gathered Elle up and hurried over to the medics, who had just arrived with a stretcher.

"What happened?" Zed demanded as they followed the stretcher down to the medical lab. He looked at X suspiciously. Surely what he was thinking was wrong.

"The human couldn't handle one little Metan by herself. It yanked her under the sand," X said in an unconcerned tone. He really didn't know why all of these humans were getting so upset.

Just then Dr. Zeeltor came in. "How is she?" Kay asked.

"She's going to be alright, right?" Jay said.

"Oh, my, no! She needs immediate surgery to clear her lungs. Very nasty, all of that sand," Zeeltor said with a chuckle as he turned and left the room again.

"Surgery? I do not like the sound of that!" Elle muttered as she headed down the hall after Zeeltor. "Wait! I want to talk to you!"

*****

X was sound asleep when he heard shouting outside of his room.

"Open this door!!" Elle screamed.

"Why don't you be a good ghost and go away?" X grumbled as he pulled himself out of bed and headed for the door. What did she want this time? He had done what she had asked. She was getting medical treatment. What more did she want? These humans were never satisfied. He opened the door and Elle stormed in.

"Well, I'm in a coma and I would like to thank you for all of your concern!" she shouted as she glared at him. "You couldn't even bother to stay five minutes! Jay and Kay are still down there with me!"

"Good. Why don't you go and bother them. I was trying to get some sleep here."

"Two reasons! Number one, they can't see me! number two, some idiot shut the door to the medical lab and I can't get in! Apparently whoever said spirits could walk through walls was an idiot! A relative of yours, perhaps?" Elle said.

"Whatever," X grumbled. "Now did you want something? I want to go back to bed."

"Bed's the problem. I'll be borrowing yours tonight," Elle said with a smile as she walked past him and through the open door into the bed room.

"You will not! Sleep in your own room!" X shouted as he stormed in after her. Elle was sitting on the bed testing it for softness as best as she could in her state.

"I would if I could get to my own bed but unfortunately I can't and I'm not about to sleep in the hallway," Elle said as she laid back.

"Get off of my bed!" X demanded as he went over and grabbed at her but her hands passed right through her.

"The only positive thing about this. Goodnight, X," Elle said with a smile. "Don't forget to turn the lights out on your way out."

"X?" Elle called a few minutes later.

"What do you want now?" X grumbled. "You stoled my bed! Do you want my pajamas now?"

"Absolutely not!" Elle called with a frown as a quesy feeling washed over her at the thought of her partner in his pajamas. Not something she wanted to think about. "I just can't touch the blankets to cover up. It's kind of cold. Can you come and tuck me in?"

"Tuck you in?" X grumbled as he stormed in and pulled the blankets up, pushing them down firmly around her shoulders. "Why did I ever come to this planet? Now are you happy?"

"Yes," Elle murmered as her eyelids started to slip shut. "Don't get so upset, X. We'll probably wake up tommorrow and find out this was all a nightmare."