"it's alright," Jay said as he reached out to touch her face but then pulled his hand away when she cringed as his fingertips brushed her skin. "I'm sorry. The doctor's going to give you something for the pain really soon."
Kay picked up the alphabet board from the counter where he had left it and carried it over to Elle. She cringed as he lifted her hand and put it on the board. Jay almost asked him to stop. It wasn't fair to cause her more pain when she had so little time but then he noticed Elle struggling through the pain and shaking to spell out something.
"What happened?" she slowly spelled. "Hurts. Why?"
"The poison from the bug's attacking your nerves. They went to get something for the pain." Kay told her.
"Antidote?" she spelled.
"They're still looking," Jay said. He wasn't sure if they were or not but he didn't want to tell Elle how bad things were. It would just be too cruel.
Just then the doctor came in again. He stopped in surprise for a moment when he saw that Elle was awake before continuing to her bedside and pulling out a large syringe. "This will let you sleep," he said as he started to inject the drugs into the IV.
"Suddenly Elle's hand jerked and she rapidly moved her fingers over the board spelling out, "NO! No drugs!"