X stared down at his partner as he frantically tried to figure out what in the world he should do. He was afraid that anything that he tried would end up hurting her even worse, considering how fragile humans were and Elle's small size. He carefully eased her back onto the ground, carefully closing her eyes. He didn't want to have to look at them when they were like that, all huge and dark. He had never liked her eyes before with their little beady look but this was even worse.
He leaned over her and tentively pressed his lips against hers. He thought that might be the right thing to try with humans. He hesitantly blew into her mouth just a bit, terrified to use too much force for fear of hurting her. Her chest trembled a bit as he blew, but it wasn't enough. Not that he paid attention, but it seemed that human chests moved a bit more than that when they were breathing. He blew again, harder than before, and jumped back when he suddenly heard a loud pop. He stared down at her in horror, just knowing that he had killed her. Sure, she was annoying and hideous looking but he didn't want that.
Suddenly, Elle's body convulsed and she started to cough and throw up water. X reached down again and picked her up, holding her against him until the coughing stopped and he felt her chest trembling in a regular pattern. He quickly stood and hurried down the path with her in his arms. Agents Jay and Kay had to be around somewhere. They would know what to do for her.
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"Kero, be careful!" Madison called as the guardian beast swooped down on the Watery Card firing the icer wildly. It was even bigger than he was, making it impossible to aim it.
"Windy, bind Water!" Sakura called as she release the Windy Card. She didn't know what in the world Kero had or where he had got it but it was distracting Watery. As Windy wrapped itself around the other card, Sakura quickly used the wand to seal it again.
"Thanks, Kero," she said as he came flying over to her. "What's that thing you have?"
"No, idea, but can I keep it?" Kero asked. This was such a cool toy! If only he was a bit larger and could use it properly. Well, maybe when he got back to his true form.
"Hey, you!" Jay called as he ran up the path. "Stop right there!"
"Not them again," Sakura muttered as she summoned Fly and climbed onto her wand with Madison.
The girls had just gotten air born when Kay suddenly appeared in front of them, flying with the rockets in his shoes. "Going somewhere, girls?" he asked. "I'm going to have to ask you to come with..."
Kay's sentence was cut off as Kero rammed into him, knocking him out of the girls' path for a minute. Kay started to go after them again but just then X appeared on the path carrying Elle in his arms. Kay looked at the fleeing girls for a moment before deciding they could wait and heading back down. He just wondered why the dark haired girl had seemed so familiar to him.