Hey! I'm back with another fic. This time it's about Squid. I wasn't going
to make it about him but he was the only one who fit the character.
Anyways, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Holes. The only things that I own are the things that you don't recognize.
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Squid's eyes flickered open. He looked around. He was in a small room with white walls except for one which was made of glass. The last thing he remembered was being at Caveman's house celebrating the Sploosh commercial.
He got up from the bed he was laying in and went over to the glass. He put a hand on it and rested his head against it. A nurse walked by pushing a cart with food on it and looked at him.
"Alan! You're finally up!" she said. "I'll be right back with your breakfast." She pushed the cart away. Squid went back and sat down on the bed. /Where am I?/ he thought. The nurse came back in and put his food on his bed.
"Here are your pills." She said as she handed him a Dixie cup which had the pills in them.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"You're at the Houston Texas Psychiatric Center. Now take your pills."
"Where's D-tent?" he asked. She looked at him confused. "Zigzag, X-ray, Armpit, Magnet, Caveman, and Zero?" She looked at him just as confused.
"There isn't anyone here by those name's dear." She said. He sighed.
"Hold on, I know this." He said, trying to remember their real names. "Ricky, Rex, Theodore, Jose, Stanley, and..... Hector!" he said. "And why am I here?"
"Alan," she sighed. She had to go through this every day with him. She put a comforting hand on his knee. "You're here because you've been imagining things and you think they're real. They become real in you mind and wreak havoc on your brain. All those boys are real but you barely know them. They're different boys in this ward; in fact, Ricky is in the next room. You've been here for about two years." He looked at her in shock.
He couldn't believe it; he didn't want to believe it. It was so real. "Are you saying I never went to Camp Green Lake, never had to dig holes, never met Mr. Sir, Mr. Pandanski, or the Warden, never had the nickname Squid?" Tears were welling up in his eyes. The nurse looked at him sadly and shook her head.
"Now take your pills dear." She said. He was too shocked to refuse. He took them absentmindedly. "Now eat your breakfast and I'll be back later to escort you outside so you can get some fresh air." She exited.
He couldn't believe it. Everything was in his head. He glanced at his food and pushed it away. He wasn't hungry after finding out all that information. He just sat there with his head in his hands resting on his knees.
After about an hour, the nurse came back. She noticed that he only ate the bread.
"Alan, you barely ate anything. Are you not hungry?" he glanced at her and shook his head. "Okay. Get your coat. We're going outside with the other boys."
As they walked through the hall, he glanced at some of the boys that were still in their rooms. As they went past one room, he stopped and looked at the boy. He looked oddly familiar. The boy was kind of short though you couldn't tell since he was sitting on the bed. His elbows rested on his knees and was looking down at the floor. His bushy, brown hair was covering his eyes. Squid looked at his hands. They were twitching violently. Then he realized who it was. It was Twitch. Squid looked at him in amazement.
Slowly Twitch looked up at him. He smiled waved and said "Hey Alan." Squid couldn't hear it but made out what he said be reading his lips.
"Come on Alan." Squid looked at the nurse. He glanced back at Twitch, who was looking back down at the floor again, and started walking.
They got to a door, which the nurse had to unlock like a locker door. When she opened it, a cool breeze welcomed him. He buttoned his unbuttoned coat and started to walk around. He turned a corner and saw them, D-tent.
"Man, they were right outside my window. I saw them. It was a UFO I'm telling you! The aliens are out to get me!" Zigzag said. They were all crowded on top of a picnic table. X-ray, Armpit, and Magnet were sitting on the bench part and Caveman and Zero were sitting on the table part. Zigzag was in front of them telling the story.
"Man, there ain't no such thing as aliens." Said X-ray. "Now what IS real is the monster that's under my bed. Now that thing's scary." They all started talking about what was real and what wasn't. Squid just stared at them amazed. These weren't the people that he met in Camp Green Lake. It couldn't be. He ran up to Zigzag and started shaking him by the shoulders.
"Zig, that's really you right? Zigzag I met at Camp Green Lake? Zigzag, my best friend Zigzag?" Zigzag stared at him.
"Alan, calm down man. It's me, Ricky. There is no Zigzag here." Ha said. "You or I have never been to Camp Green Lake or whatever that place was called. I'm not even sure if it's real, is it?" he looked at the guys and they shrugged.
"No! It was real!" Squid said. "You, you, you, you, you, and you were there." He said pointing to each boy. "We had to dig a hole every day. We were in D-tent together. Don't you guys remember?" The boys stared at him.
"We were never there man." Magnet said. Squid sat down on the table next to Zero.
"You OK man?" Zero asked. Squid didn't say anything. He just sat there thinking things over. Finally he looked up at him and said "I don't know."
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Back inside the building, Squid's parents were sitting in the visitor's area. Dr. Pandanski came in and sat down on the opposite side of the table.
"Alan will be out shortly." He said. "There's just something I would like to discuss with you. Alan has been here since he was 13 so that would make two years correct?" Squid's parents, John and Linda, nodded. "Well since then we have made little progress with him. And when I mean little, I mean little." He looked down at Squid's file for a moment then looked back up. "As his doctor, I think there is a very slim chance for him to ever get back to normal. I thought bout this and then talked to the administration and they agreed with me. If you want to take him home you can. If you think there may be a chance for him here, he's still welcome." John took off his glasses and leaned back in his chair. He looked at his wife.
"What are we going to do Linda?" he asked.
"Let Alan decide." She said.
"I'll go get him." said Dr. Pandanski. He got up and left.
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How'd you like it? I was originally going to make this about Zigzag but since he already suffers from acute paranoia I decided not to. I wanted a not so crazy person. Anyways, read&review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Holes. The only things that I own are the things that you don't recognize.
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Squid's eyes flickered open. He looked around. He was in a small room with white walls except for one which was made of glass. The last thing he remembered was being at Caveman's house celebrating the Sploosh commercial.
He got up from the bed he was laying in and went over to the glass. He put a hand on it and rested his head against it. A nurse walked by pushing a cart with food on it and looked at him.
"Alan! You're finally up!" she said. "I'll be right back with your breakfast." She pushed the cart away. Squid went back and sat down on the bed. /Where am I?/ he thought. The nurse came back in and put his food on his bed.
"Here are your pills." She said as she handed him a Dixie cup which had the pills in them.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"You're at the Houston Texas Psychiatric Center. Now take your pills."
"Where's D-tent?" he asked. She looked at him confused. "Zigzag, X-ray, Armpit, Magnet, Caveman, and Zero?" She looked at him just as confused.
"There isn't anyone here by those name's dear." She said. He sighed.
"Hold on, I know this." He said, trying to remember their real names. "Ricky, Rex, Theodore, Jose, Stanley, and..... Hector!" he said. "And why am I here?"
"Alan," she sighed. She had to go through this every day with him. She put a comforting hand on his knee. "You're here because you've been imagining things and you think they're real. They become real in you mind and wreak havoc on your brain. All those boys are real but you barely know them. They're different boys in this ward; in fact, Ricky is in the next room. You've been here for about two years." He looked at her in shock.
He couldn't believe it; he didn't want to believe it. It was so real. "Are you saying I never went to Camp Green Lake, never had to dig holes, never met Mr. Sir, Mr. Pandanski, or the Warden, never had the nickname Squid?" Tears were welling up in his eyes. The nurse looked at him sadly and shook her head.
"Now take your pills dear." She said. He was too shocked to refuse. He took them absentmindedly. "Now eat your breakfast and I'll be back later to escort you outside so you can get some fresh air." She exited.
He couldn't believe it. Everything was in his head. He glanced at his food and pushed it away. He wasn't hungry after finding out all that information. He just sat there with his head in his hands resting on his knees.
After about an hour, the nurse came back. She noticed that he only ate the bread.
"Alan, you barely ate anything. Are you not hungry?" he glanced at her and shook his head. "Okay. Get your coat. We're going outside with the other boys."
As they walked through the hall, he glanced at some of the boys that were still in their rooms. As they went past one room, he stopped and looked at the boy. He looked oddly familiar. The boy was kind of short though you couldn't tell since he was sitting on the bed. His elbows rested on his knees and was looking down at the floor. His bushy, brown hair was covering his eyes. Squid looked at his hands. They were twitching violently. Then he realized who it was. It was Twitch. Squid looked at him in amazement.
Slowly Twitch looked up at him. He smiled waved and said "Hey Alan." Squid couldn't hear it but made out what he said be reading his lips.
"Come on Alan." Squid looked at the nurse. He glanced back at Twitch, who was looking back down at the floor again, and started walking.
They got to a door, which the nurse had to unlock like a locker door. When she opened it, a cool breeze welcomed him. He buttoned his unbuttoned coat and started to walk around. He turned a corner and saw them, D-tent.
"Man, they were right outside my window. I saw them. It was a UFO I'm telling you! The aliens are out to get me!" Zigzag said. They were all crowded on top of a picnic table. X-ray, Armpit, and Magnet were sitting on the bench part and Caveman and Zero were sitting on the table part. Zigzag was in front of them telling the story.
"Man, there ain't no such thing as aliens." Said X-ray. "Now what IS real is the monster that's under my bed. Now that thing's scary." They all started talking about what was real and what wasn't. Squid just stared at them amazed. These weren't the people that he met in Camp Green Lake. It couldn't be. He ran up to Zigzag and started shaking him by the shoulders.
"Zig, that's really you right? Zigzag I met at Camp Green Lake? Zigzag, my best friend Zigzag?" Zigzag stared at him.
"Alan, calm down man. It's me, Ricky. There is no Zigzag here." Ha said. "You or I have never been to Camp Green Lake or whatever that place was called. I'm not even sure if it's real, is it?" he looked at the guys and they shrugged.
"No! It was real!" Squid said. "You, you, you, you, you, and you were there." He said pointing to each boy. "We had to dig a hole every day. We were in D-tent together. Don't you guys remember?" The boys stared at him.
"We were never there man." Magnet said. Squid sat down on the table next to Zero.
"You OK man?" Zero asked. Squid didn't say anything. He just sat there thinking things over. Finally he looked up at him and said "I don't know."
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Back inside the building, Squid's parents were sitting in the visitor's area. Dr. Pandanski came in and sat down on the opposite side of the table.
"Alan will be out shortly." He said. "There's just something I would like to discuss with you. Alan has been here since he was 13 so that would make two years correct?" Squid's parents, John and Linda, nodded. "Well since then we have made little progress with him. And when I mean little, I mean little." He looked down at Squid's file for a moment then looked back up. "As his doctor, I think there is a very slim chance for him to ever get back to normal. I thought bout this and then talked to the administration and they agreed with me. If you want to take him home you can. If you think there may be a chance for him here, he's still welcome." John took off his glasses and leaned back in his chair. He looked at his wife.
"What are we going to do Linda?" he asked.
"Let Alan decide." She said.
"I'll go get him." said Dr. Pandanski. He got up and left.
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How'd you like it? I was originally going to make this about Zigzag but since he already suffers from acute paranoia I decided not to. I wanted a not so crazy person. Anyways, read&review!