"Elle?" Kay whispered as he reached out, gently stroking her uninjured cheek, trying to get her to look at him, to respond in some way. It had been two days since she had learned about the damage to her face and ever since, she had just laid there, staring straight up at the ceiling, tears pouring from her eyes. He had never seen someone cry so much.
"Any change?" Zed asked as he came in followed by Jay. He had given up on making Kay go to his room to get some rest, but at least he had succeeded in making him take a few catnaps on the bed that had been moved into the room and placed right next to Elle. Zed just hoped he had got enough rest so they wouldn't have two sick agents on their hands.
"She won't even look at me, won't look at anyone," Kay murmured as he looked up at his two friends. "I'm not even sure if she knows that anyone's here with her." Kay wasn't about to budge from Elle's bedside though, not while there was a slim chance she knew he was there, knew that he was trying to lend her the support and strength she needed to recover.
"Elle?" Jay said as he came around to the other side of the bed. The teddy bear he had got Elle at the hospital had somehow fallen to the floor. he reached down and picked it up, carefully tucking it into the bed beside her again. "Don't want to loose your little friend do you?"
As the bear's soft fur brushed her skin, something happened to Elle, the expressionless mask that had covered her face changing to one of total anguish and heartbreak. "Why?" she whispered, her voice a weak croak that forced the three men to lean close to hear her. "Why did you do this to me? Why did you make me a monster? I want to die."