"I'm ready," Elle whispered as she got up from the bed, depositing the crystal on the bedside table as she stood. "Let's get this over with."
"Here," Kay said as he pressed the crystal back into her hands as he wrapped an arm around her and started to lead her to the door. "I think under the circumstances, X would want you to have it."
"I would say that I'll never forget him but I'm about to," Elle wept as she buried her face in Kay's shoulder. "Stupid alien. Why did he have to do that? I miss him so much!"
"It's never easy loosing a partner," Kay said as he wrapped his arms around her, hugging her.
"It just isn't fair," Elle sobbed. "We had finally gotten things worked out. I thought that when I woke up we were going to be a real team, like partners should be. Why did he have to die?" She clung to Kay as tears poured down her cheeks, soaking the front of his jacket. "Please. Let's just get this over with. I can't stand it anymore!"
Just then they heard the door open and a second later Jay called, "Elle? Kay?"
"Go away! I hate you! I never want to see you again!" Elle screamed when she heard Jay's voice. She looked up at Kay with a pleading expression. "Make him go away! Please make him go away!"
"Slick, I think that you better get out of here now," Kay called. "Elle really doesn't want to see you."
"No can do," Jay said as he appeared in the bedroom doorway, cautiously poking his head in to see if Elle might be armed with anything before coming in the rest of the way. "Zed sent me to get her. There's a little problem down in the infirmary. Seems that X isn't as dead as we thought he was. He's in suspended animation or something. Of course it took Zeeltor ten hours to get around to checking and telling us that! That alien is mental!!"v "He's.... he's alive?" Elle whispered as she turned to face Jay. It still hurt to look at him after what he had done but.... If he would just be right!
"He's in bad shape though. Zed wants you down there now," Jay said.
Elle didn't wait for Jay to finish talking. She pushed her way past him and rushed out of the room. Luckily her legs were a bit more stable now so she could move faster. X had to be alright. 'Just hold on,' she thought as she hurried through the halls. 'I'm coming!'
