"And where do you think you're going?" the nurse asked as Jay and Kay started back towards the treatment room. "Don't you have paperwork to fill out?"
Jay frowned at the mention of the paperwork. How could the nurse think about something so unimportant as that when Elle was laying back there dying or.... He couldn't even bring himself to think about the other posibilities. Kay pushed past the nurse and headed towards the treatment room with Jay right behind him.
Kay stopped just outside the treatment room and motioned for Jay to stay there as well. There was a team of doctors and nurses gathered around Elle frantically working on her. They couldn't even see the blonde agent due to the people around her. The one thing they saw too well, however was the heart monitor she was hooked to and its flatline.
"No," Jay whispered as he stared in horror at the monitor. How could this be happening? It was just a snake, an ordinary little earth snake. They had faced man eating bugs and deadly aliens before and everything had been fine. How could one ordinary snake kill her within fifteen minutes? He started to move forward but Kay put a hand on his shoulder and restrained him.
"Let the doctors do their job, Slick," Kay said as he pulled his partner back.
The two agents stood their silently, watching for what seemed like hours as the medical personel worked to revive her. "Come on, Elle," Jay whispered. He couldn't take his eyes off of that monitor and that awful line. Why wasn't she coming around? He glanced over at his partner who was standing there stone faced watching the doctors work. Jay heard a crackling noise and he caught sight of Elle's limp hand for a moment as her body jerked on the table. He had never seen skin that pale before.
The lead doctor looked up at the monitor. It was still flatline. "I'm calling it," he said. "Time of death, Two forty."