Suddenly X heard footsteps and looked up just as Jay came into the bedroom. Apparently, he forgot to close the door when he had heard Elle crying.
"What do you want?" he demanded as her glared at Jay. How could Jay be stupid enough to believe that he would actually hurt his partner?
"Zed wants to see you in his office now," Jay couldn't wait until this alien was gone for good. Just then he noticed what X was doing. "What are you doing hugging empty space like that?"
"I was trying to calm Elle down! You can tell Zed that I'll come and see him after my PARTNER stops crying!" X said as he got up and quickly shoved Jay out the door. He stalked back into the bedroom muttering about humans and their lack of common sense.
At least it seemed like Elle was calming down a bit. She wasn't crying as hard anyway. He sat down beside her again and wrapped his arms around in what would have been a hug if she had been solid. "I'm willing to try fighting, but you know they aren't going to believe me, especially after they find out why I was fired. Isn't there some way we could wake you up? They would have to believe you."
"There's no way to reverse a coma that I..... Wait a minute! You!" Elle cried as something occured to her.
"Don't mention that name around me!" X moaned.
"No, not Agent U, you!" Elle said as she pointed at him. "I can't fix this myself but maybe you can. There has to be a reason that you can see me when no one else can!"
"Bad karma, perhaps?" X asked with a chuckle.
"Oh, be quiet," Elle muttered. She was starting to get excited about her idea. "Let's go down to the infirmary. Maybe whatever is causing you to be able to see me can be used to wake me up somehow!"
******
X quietly slipped into the infirmary followed by his ghostly partner and tiptoed over to Elle's bed. "What now?" he asked as he stared down at her unmoving body.
"I...." Now that they were here, Elle wasn't really sure what she wanted to do. "Try touching me. Just take my hand and see if anything happens."
"Holding a human's hand. How embarrassing," X muttered as he reached out and took her hand in his. As he touched her, the monitors she was hooked to started to beep eratically. "Are you sure we should be doing this? That doesn't sound good!"
"It will be alright. Now, try touching me with your other hand," Elle said as she held out her hand to him.
X reached out and was shocked when he came into contact with something. Elle didn't feel totally solid, she was more of the consistancy of Jello, but he could definately feel her. "I feel you," he whispered in astonishment.
"Push us together now!" Elle eagerly told him. She couldn't wait to get into her body.
X reached out, raising Elle's head and shoulders with one hand. The monitors' beeping became even more erratic but he ignored it. As soon as Elle was back where she belonged, everything would be fine. He pulled her forward, bringing her into contact with her body again. As soon as they touched, the ghostly Elle disappeared. X looked down eagerly expecting her to have her eyes open but to his surprise, her condition hadn't changed at all. Just then, the monitors begin to emit a shrill whine. He looked up and his face became a mask of horror when he saw the flat line on them.
