X finished braiding the sheets into a thick rope and started to work on the noose. He didn't want the rope to be too thin and break before the job was done. Oh, how he wished Elle was there. She was a doctor. She would know how to do this thing right.
He attached one end of the rope to the room's lighting fixture, standing on the bed to do so. He hoped that the drop from the bed would be enough to end things quickly. That was the only comfort he could take from what happened to Elle. At least it was over for her fast. One moment she was there and the next she was.... He begin to sob again as he thought about that. It just wasn't fair. Sure Elle was annoying and hideous looking but.... Why couldn't it have been him instead?
He tested the weight of the rope carefully. The fixture seemed sturdy enough to hold him. As he fastened the rope around his neck, he idly wondered what would happen once it was all over. Would Elle be there waiting for him and if she was, would she ever forgive him for killing her? What if they didn't even end up in the same place? Surely fate couldn't be that cruel, to force her to be alone forever when he wanted to join her so badly.
He stepped off of the bed. Felt the noose tightening around his neck. Bright spots flew past his eyes before his vision started to dim. Just before everything went black, he thought he saw something, a familiar figure, standing there. 'Elle,' he thought as it finally ended.
A few minutes later, Kay came into the holding area and after waving the guards away, stepped into X's cell. There was no light in the room and he looked up to see what was wrong. That was when he saw X, hanging from the lighting fixture by a thick rope, his eyes closed and his face an ugly dark green color.
