This take place the morning after the hunt!
A BUG IN HIS EAR
Gilligan hide in the bushes as Kincaid ran into the clearing gun at the ready. He held his breath and didn't even move as bugs flew around his face. As Kincaid turned and ran in the opposite direction Gilligan brushed away a few bugs that landed near his ear, jumped out of the bush and ran in the opposite direction.
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The morning after the hunt the Skipper awoke to the sun poking through the window. He was leaning against one of the poles the hammocks were tied to with Gilligan sleeping in his arms and the others sleeping around them. The others groaned as they were beginning to wake up. He felt Gilligan beginning to stir as well and looked down at him and watched as he scrunch up his face and groaned.
"William Little Buddy what's wrong?" Skipper asked rubbing his shoulder.
"It hurts!" He groaned and his breath hitched as if he were about to cry.
"Where does it hurt Will?" The Professor asked rubbing Will's shoulder.
"My ear!" Will groaned with his hand on his left ear."
"Hmmm, you probably have an ear infection or water in there!" The Professor replied. "Did you hide in any wet areas?"
"Ugh a couple ponds, the stream, and then there was the water trough!" He replied as both the Skipper and Professor winced at that last part. "But it feel like something is crawling in there!"
Everyone raised their eyebrows at that and looked at each other and the Skipper winced and looked at the Professor and nodded. The Professor's eyes widened.
"Let's take you to the supply hut and take a look!" The Professor replied stretching as he got up.
In the supply hut Gilligan sat on the table as the Professor brought out the doctor's tool bag that had washed ashore about a month ago that was filled with new examination tools. He got out an ear scope that lit up, turned it on, stuck it in Gilligan's ear.
The Professor expected to see a build-up of wax but what he saw was little black bug crawling up and down. Gilligan winced as the bug moved around.
"Well do you see anything?" Will asked grimacing and squeezed Jonas' hand.
"Will I don't want you to panic but you have a bug in your ear!" Roy replied as everyone gasped.
"How do we get it out?" Will asked whispering.
"Jonas did you ever see something like this in Guadalcanal?" The Professor asked rubbing Will's shoulder.
"Yes we had a few of these actually!" Jonas replied. "It's real easy! All we have to do is lay him down flat with that ear facing up. Then we fill the ear with oil, alcohol, or water. We wait a few minutes until the bug stops moving. Then we flush the bug out with water and it'll float right out. Then we have to see if it's still intact because some of the parts might still be inside and they might cause an infection."
"Okay then let's get started!" The Professor replied as Gilligan laid down flat on the table.
The Professor used a syringe to slowly pour peroxide and water in Gilligan's ear. He winced and moaned while the Skipper rubbed his back.
"Will let us know when the bug stops moving!" The Professor replied.
For a few minutes Gilligan winced and gasped and squeezed the Skipper's hand.
"It stopped!" Will replied softly.
The Professor then grabbed another syringe then slowly dripped water into his ear and watched as his ear overflowed. After about a minute a small black beetle appeared. The Professor picked it up with a cloth and looked at it with a magnifying glass.
"Looks like the bug is intact so we don't have to worry!" The Professor replied as he placed the bug in a jar and put it on one of the tables. "Now I'll just clean out you ear!"
The Professor made Gilligan sit back up and hold a cloth to his ear so it could drain. Once that was done he looked in his ear again to see if there was any damage.
"I don't see any damaging affects!" The Professor said as he put the tools away. "How are you feeling?"
"Okay I guess!" Will replied sniffling.
"Oh everything's going to be okay Will!" The Skipper replied as everyone gathered around and hugged him.
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A month later as Mrs. Howell and the girls neared the Skipper and Gilligan's hut they heard something they never thought they'd hear again, Gilligan laughing. They entered the hut and saw Gilligan laughing along with the others.
"What's going on?" Ginger asked as tears welled in her eyes.
"We just heard on the radio that Kincaid went berserk after a shooting competition and had to be institutionalized!" Skipper replied laughing practically in tears.
Gilligan was laughing as the Professor hugged him and Mr. Howell patted him on the shoulder.
The girls laughed and tears welled in their eyes as they all gathered around and hugged a laughing Gilligan.
A/N: Since they have been on the island for three years and in light of what has happened they are calling each other by their first names.
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