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Amnesia
By Sanoon

Chapter 6: The Dark Room

The nurse walked into Dibs room with his morning meal. Nothing much; just a bowl of Poop cereal and a pint of milk. Dib glanced over to her. "Good morning Dib," the nurse said as she laid the tray down on the table next to his bed.

"Good morning," Dib replied, sitting up from his bed.

"How are you feeling this morning?" The nurse asked.

"Fine…I guess," Dib replied as he looked at the food she brought for him.

"That's good," the nurse replied. "You'll be leaving today around noon, so make sure you're ready by then."

"I'm leaving?" Dib asked. "Who's taking me to my home?"

"Don't worry, your father is coming in to pick you up," the nurse said as she opened the box of cereal and poured it into the bowl.

When the nurse finished preparing the bowl of cereal, she handed it to Dib. "Thanks," Dib said as he took the cereal. The nurse nodded her head and left the room. Dib stared at his cereal. Small pieces of chocolate chunks were floating in the milk. Dib glanced at the small cereal box and read the name aloud. "Poop cereal. Why would anybody name their product 'Poop'?"

Dib grabbed the spoon and took a deep breath, and hesitantly took a bite of the cereal. Dib sighed in relief and, after a few seconds, took another bite. 'Okay, it's good,' Dib thought to himself. Dib looked around for a clock. The nurse said that he would be leaving around noon, and he didn't know what time it was. He quickly found a clock hanging off of the far wall. It read, 11:23. Dib still had 37 minutes left before he would get to go home. 'I wonder what my house is like?' Dib asked himself mentally as he finished his cereal.

The same nurse as before came into his room again just as he finished his breakfast. She was carrying some clothes. They looked strangely familiar. "Are you done?" She asked with a smile on her face.

"Yes," Dib replied, smiling back at her.

Good," the nurse said as she placed the clothes on the end of Dib's bed. "These are your clothes. Your dad should be here in half an hour." Dib nodded his head as the nurse took the tray and left the room.

Dib climbed out of bed, and would've almost fallen over if he didn't grab the table for support. He had been lying down for who knows how long. 'I hope I'm not always this weak,' Dib thought to himself as he stood up straight. His legs felt weak, but their strength was returning. Dib walked along the bed and grabbed his neatly folded clothes, but stopped when he saw something. It wasn't something in the room, but a vision…a memory.

It was a black room, or just dark, but he remembered feeling clothes. Clothes with fabric similar to what Dib was currently holding in his hand. Dib thought for a moment, trying to discover what the memory meant, or if it had any meaning.

After a few minutes of fruitless thinking, he took the clothes and slowly headed into the bathroom to change. It was a small bathroom, but there was still plenty of room for a single person to change. Dib didn't have that much difficulty changing. Mostly because Dib's strength had returned to normal, or what Dib thought might be normal.

When he finished changing, he had 15 minutes before his dad would arrive. The nurse came by again, and Dib asked her if he could wait in the lobby. She said yes, so they both headed down to the main lobby. Dib thanked the nurse, from which she smiled and thanked him before leaving. It wasn't very busy that morning. Not many people were wandering through the hospital's halls, except for the occasional nurse or doctor.

Dib looked at the clock on the receptionist's desk. 12:12. 'Where is he?' Dib asked himself as he continued to sit in the padded chair in the lobby. Dib continued to try to think what that dark room meant, if it meant anything at all. It was the first memory of his forgotten past that he had, so there had to be some importance to it. Even though his mind was racing only to find fruitless results, he kept his eyes on the glass entrance doors of the hospital.

12:30. Nothing. Dib had started to pace the floor, anxiously awaiting his father's arrival. 12:50. Dib had taken his seat back in the padded chair and grabbed a magazine to read.

1:30. Dib had read all of the magazines. They weren't even that interesting, but he read them to see if they would remind him of anything about his past. His attempts were in vein, because nothing about his past was learned. Although Dib did now know how to cook over 100 snacks and how to decorate your house properly. Dib sighed and slumped in his chair. 'What's taking dad so long? Did he forget?'

1:45. The girl that was in his room yesterday, his sister…Gaz, came though the front doors. Dib saw her, and his body shivered. He didn't know why though. She glanced over at Dib as she walked over to the receptionist desk. Gaz gave the receptionist a video pad that displayed Prof. Membrane on it. The receptionist pressed the play button, and it told her that Dib could be released from the hospital and that the fees were already paid for. Gaz grabbed the recording, and turned to leave the hospital.

Dib had already jumped off of his chair, and ran over to his sister. "Hi Gaz," Dib greeted happily as she left the hospital's main entrance. Gaz's only response was a quiet growl. "Where's dad? Why didn't he come to pick me up?" Dib asked.

"He's busy with his latest project," Gaz responded quite angrily. Dib stared at her for a few minutes as she led them down the sidewalk to their house.

"So, where do we live?" Dib questioned after a while of silence. He had so many questions to ask. She must obviously know a lot about him, being his sister and all.

"On the other side of town," Gaz answered. Dib waited for her to say anything else, but she remained silent.

"So, what does dad do anyway?"

"Listen Dib," Gaz growled quickly as she stopped to turn to Dib. Dib jumped because of her sudden outburst, and stared at her. "I haven't been able to play my Gameslave 2 since your accident, and dad said I could when I get you home. I don't have the patience to answer your stupid questions. Now just be quiet Dib." Gaz stared as Dib for a second, and then turned to continue walking home.

Dib just stared at his sister. Now he knew why he got the chills when she first walked into the hospital. Dib decided to remain silent for the rest of the walk home.


Another chapter done with. Thanks for reading, and seriously, review please. I won't post the next chapter till I have a minimum of 4 reviews for this. And the same will go for all of the next chapters. I just want to know what you guys think of this.
Poop cereal…now that's breakfast cereal!
Wow, we're finally out of the hospital.