Elle came out of the bathroom a little while later with her hair wrapped in a towel and wearing a bathrobe over her nightgown. At least that was one good thing she had got out of her farce of a wedding. Agent V in costumes had bought her the most beautiful white silk and lace nightgown for the honeymmon. It was just too bad that she didn't have anyone to show it off for.
X was sitting on the bed, looking down at a book with a frown on his face as he slowly flipped the pages, Elle noticed. "What's that?" she asked him, glad that he had brought along reading material to occupy himself with. Maybe he wouldn't bother her!
"Gift from Agent Jay," X muttered as he looked up at his bride for a moment before returning to staring at the pictures. He had no idea what the humans in the book were supposed to be doing. Actually, he had no idea that humans were able to twist their bodies into positions like that. Maybe there was some hope for their species after all.
"Really? That was nice of him," Elle said. Except for the room, Jay did seem to be getting quiet a bit right lately and she supposed that the jacuzzi made up for the problem with the bed. So very relaxing.
"You're a doctor, right?" X asked as he looked up again and motioned for her to come over. "Could you tell me what in the world these humans are doing?" He pointed to one of the pictures as Elle came over and looked over his shoulder at the book. "These humans right there."
Elle stared down in shock at the picture and at the humans twisted into impossible positions making..... She was going to kill Jay when she got home! what was he thinking, giving X a copy if the Kama Sutra?!
"Oh, and there's something pretty odd here too," X continued as he flipped the pages a bit and pointed out an illustration. "I had no idea that humans could move like that. I thought the only species that could bend that far was the Tharaxians. So, what are they doing?"
X looked up when Elle didn't answer him and saw her staring at the book with a look of horror on her face. He shook his head, not knowing exactly what was disturbing her so much. The pictures weren't that bad even if they were of humans. Maybe she didn't know what they were doing either and was afraid to admit it. He quickly flipped back to the front of the book. There was an easy picture there that she could surely figure out. He didn't want to embarrass her on their wedding night by making her admit she didn't know what the people in the book were doing. "What's this one?"
Elle shook her head as she looked down. The room was suddenly spinning, tilting wildly out of control. Her legs felt like rubber and she tried to grasp the bed to steady herself but her fingers didn't seem to be working and she found herself falling, crumpling into a heap at X's feet as blackness overwhelmed her.