Elle's eyelids slowly fluttered open and she looked around the room for a minute trying to figure out where in the world she was. Definately not X's room. The bed wasn't nearly as comfortable as his, not to mention the fact that she was cold. Just then she remembered what they had done and realized that she was back in her body in the med lab.
'Now where is that alien?' she thought as she looked around for her partner but he had apparently pulled a disappearing act on her. How could he have vanished so fast? She didn't think she had been unconscious for more than a few seconds. She pulled herself up and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Her legs wobbled and threatened to collapse on her as she tried to stand, but she somehow managed to hold herself up.
Elle had just managed to detatch herself from all of the monitors and IVs and was staggering towards the door when it opened and Kay came in.
"Elle?" he cried when he saw her. He rushed to her side and scooped her into his arms, carrying her back to the bed. "What are you doing out of bed?" he asked as he tucked a blanket around her.
"I was going to see where in the world that idiot partner of mine vanished to. You know, I didn't think that I needed to tell him to wait right here until I woke up. I just assumed that he would figure that out on his own! That will teach me to never assume anything with that alien! So, where is he?" Elle demanded.
"Wait a minute," Kay said stopping her from asking further questions about X. "Elle, what's the last thing you remember before waking up in here? Do you remember being on the beach, hunting the Metan?"
"Of course. It grabbed me and drug me under the sand," Elle said. "X had to dig me out and give me CPR. I really ought to sign him up for a human first aid class. I had to walk him through the entire thing."
"X gave you CPR? How do you know that?" Kay asked her.
"Because I was there! I told you I had to walk him through the entire thing. I would have to be there to do that, wouldn't I?" She noticed the sceptically look on Kay's face. "Kay, I was there! I saw Jay take me from X and hold me in the the car on the way back so I could breathe better! I saw Zeeltor doing surgery to clear my lungs and I saw you and Jay sitting with me afterwards!"
"What happened after that?" Kay asked.
"I went down to X's room. I didn't really have any other place to go since he was the only one who could see or hear me. I made him let me in and then I evicted him from his bed."
"And you made him bring you videos and popcorn and ice cream?"
"Right. And pudding." Elle was glad that Kay seemed to believe what she was telling him now. "So, where is X? He was the one that got me back into my body. I'm surprised that he just left."
"How did he get you back into your body?" Kay asked.
"He took my body's hand and then he took my spirit's hand and kind of pushed us back together. Kay, what's going on? Where is X?"
"Elle, your heart stopped. The medics came in and they found X with you. They thought he did something."
"What?!! Are they as insane as Zed and Jay thought X was? He wasn't hurting me! He was helping me! Where is he!!!!"
"They took him down to holding. That was almost twelve hours ago." Kay informed her.
"WHAT?!! Well, go and get him!! Better yet," Elle muttered as she started to get up from the bed again, "I will go and get him!! And then I intend to have a few words with Zed and Jay!! Thinking X would hurt me!!! Honestly! He's annoying, not stupid!!"
"Elle, I think you better stay still. There's something that you need to know." Kay said as he eased her back onto the bed again. "I went to talk to X a few hours ago and.... He had torn up the blanket from the bed and used it to make a rope. He hung himself."
"No," Elle whispered as tears started to flow. This couldn't be happening. "No."
