Author's Notes: Ta da!!!!!!! * Sob * It's the last chapter...and what's
more, it's unbelievably short. And some of you might question some of the
events, but email me ([email protected]) and I'll gladly explain my
motives to you.
* Huggles her Lil' Zero muse for comfort * I can't believe I'm done writing this fic. Your reviews have made me continue where without support I would've stopped, and brightened my days. I wish to thank you all, for the time and effort it took to read and review this fic. They were all wonderful, and made me ecstatic with happiness.
To answer my lovely reviews!
Karebear: Eeep, no, not the Scary Warden Voice! Anything but that! ^_~
Celestra: Ahhh, Lani! *sob* I can't believe I'm wrapping this up...*sniff* I thought of you when writing parts of this chapter, you'll know which ones. I'm deathly afraid of the Pandanski-Rats. Ohhhh creepyness: I was watching the credits of mighty ducks...and the main character coach dude, is played by the same actor as Two-Bit in The Outsiders!!! I'M FRIKKIN SERIOUS! Lol, that surpised me. Connections, connections. Ahah. For the final time, in the words of the fantastic Kate: You Are My Hero. Deal With It.
ER: Yes, yes he is.
GriffinFox: Are you doing voodoo? Or are you actually stabbing Pendanski with pins...:S
Obsessed Elijah Fan: Ooops. Sorry about that. O_o Wounding readers isn't really what I had in mind...
Artemis-Chan of Redwing: That can be arranged....STANLEY! *Stanley comes running over*
Stanley- Yeah?
Kate- Hug Artemis-Chan, will you?
Stanley- Uh. Okay... *hug*
There you go! I hope you enjoyed! ^_^
Tears of Blood From My Eyes: Yupp, my fanfiction is right up there with drugs and alcohol. You know, addictive substances. O_O oh, you told me the last time I updated in my review. Look! It's on the review board! *points*
Legofrodopip: Okaaaaay. Remind me to never get on your bad side, alright? O_o
Lady Kyo: And wanting to read more is a bad thing? ^_~
Eldalie Lavinia: ...rabid prairie dogs? Sure, why not... Haha, well, I TRIED to make my story seem at least slightly believable....I dunno how well I did. :S
Burnin': Chocolate covered shrooms? Well, that's different. Yay! *shares Shrooms with Burnin's hobbit muses* Whee! ^_^ haahaha It's okay, I've bugged a lot of writers to update in my time coughstilldocough. I don't know what's happening over at that site, I've been so busy lately I've had no time to go there or the Posse board. *sob* It's tragic, I can tell you. -_- Wow, I'm proud of you, this is actually a fairly on-topic review! ^_^ Whee! Lol. ..er...You know, I'd laugh with you, but I have no idea what you're laughing about...:S Oh, I get it! *starts to laugh with burnin* I like how on it I am, ahah. ^_~ Uhhhh, sorry. I think I'm making multiple people sick. O_o Oops. Not really the intent. Lol, it's a perk! Haha. :P Thank you! ^_^ Oh, sorry, can I use your shovel magiggiger? Please? I'm going to assume you said yes, so thank you! Lol. ^_^
THE POSSE: (Ya know who ya are! :P) Thanks you guys for being there to help me all the way! You guys rock! (whee, look at little ol' me getting all sappy. XD) Keep on spreading the holes love, and party on.
Okay, now I'll get right to the story. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Holes.
~*~
Stanley opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was the world doing continuous loop-de-loops around his head. The second thing he noticed was the bone-piercing pain shooting through his abdomen. The third and final thing he noticed, was that Zero was bending over him, staring intently into his eyes.
"Hey...Zee."
Zero's face split into a wide grin. "Zee? You sure your not delirious, man?"
"Could be."
"How you feelin'? We kicked mom out after you passed out, we thought he was making you worse or something. But X-Ray figured the stitches probably helped, somehow, and so left them in. You were all pale, and barely breathing. Armpit came outta nowhere and said you weren't gunna make it unless you got blood, because you lost a whole bunch of it, I bet you've noticed. So Armpit said how he knew how to do a blood transfusion from being in a gang, so I volunteered, and that's why you have a bandage on your arm." Zero said quickly, all in one breath, and raised his arm to show a crude white bandage over the upper part of his arm. "Squid said somthin' about different kinds of blood, but we didn't know what kind you had, so we had to trust our luck. You-"
"Whoa." Stanley said, raising his eyebrows and holding up his hand a few inches. "And they say you don't talk. Jeez. Slow down a bit, Zero."
Zero was staring at him with wide eyes.
"What?" Stanley asked, confused, shifting slightly at the pain in his belly.
"Your...better."
Stanley blinked, and thought this over. He sure didn't FEEL like he was better. But after actually thinking about it for a few seconds Stanley realized he was better. A lot. Maybe not compared to healthy-Stanley, but certainly a step up then he had been a few hours ago...last night...yesterday....
"How long have I been asleep?"
Zero brushed some of his curls out of his face, and shifted his hands on the side of Stanley's cot. "Two days."
"Wow..." Stanley stared at the canvas tent above him as it slowly completed another turn.
"Yeah. Feel like digging a hole?"
"You're kidding, right?"
Zero shrugged. "I like to dig holes."
"Bull."
Zero smirked. "I'm serious, man!"
"Whatever, Zee, whatever."
Their lively conversation was interrupted as Magnet walked into the tent whistling. He stopped in shock as he saw Stanley awake and talking to Zero, and stared at him for a second. Then he turned and ran out of the tent.
"Okaaay."
Their unspoken wonderings were answered as they heard Magnet shouting to the other boys outside. Zero and Stanley heard the sound of many feet pounding on packed dirt, then they broke their way into the tent.
"CAVEMAN!"
"Hey, guys."
"We thought you were a goner, kid."
"Welcome back, Neanderthal."
"You were dead for sure!"
"Si, we were scared, man."
"I guess we tricked the lizards this time."
Everyone turned and stared at Zigzag.
"What?" He asked, completely clueless. D-Tent turned back to Stanley.
"How you feelin'? You look a hell lot better." Squid asked, pushing Stanley back down in a horizontal position on his cot. He pressed his hand to Stanley's forehead and looked surprised. "Man, you get better quick."
"Thanks," Stanley drawled sarcastically, he grinned at his friends though. "I feel way better, compared to what I felt before."
"I'll bet." X-Ray snorted, patting Stanley on the back. "You should 'a seen Mom's face today, Man. Bright red mark on his face. You really socked him good."
"Hey, you'll be digging holes like the rest of us again, soon." Zigzag smiled.
"He can't wait," Magnet said, rolling his eyes.
"Give it time, you'll be good as new in no time at all. You're a fighter, right?" X-Ray asked, saying right like it was a rhetorical question and deserved no argument.
Stanley looked up at his friends smiling around him, and knew things could only get better.
"Right," Stanley agreed.
~*~
EPILOGUE
----------------
"Alright, commercials over, all you kids back in the pool so us adults can have a good relaxing cup of coffee." Stanley Yelnats the third said, smiling proudly.
"Ahh, a cup of coffee would really hit the spot right about now." Clyde Livingston said with a contented sigh and patted his stomach. His wife leaned over and gave him a slight shove, laughing as he grinned at her.
"See you later...mom." Hector Zeroni said awkwardly, a blush lighting up his face as his mother ruffled his hair fondly.
"C'mon, Zero!" Squid yelled from the door, and Zero nodded, grabbing his towel from the coffee table. Stanley Yelnats the fourth pulled him gently by the arm towards the door, away from his long-lost mother.
"Wait!" Mrs. Yelnats yelled to the boys suddenly. The D-Tenters at the door turned towards her curiously.
"Stanley, honey, what's that on your stomach?" She asked, her eyes wide with worry.
Her shirtless son looked down at the 8-inch wide scar just above his belly button and swimming trunks.
"Oh." Stanley said, pausing. Then he looked up at the rest of the boys and his frown turned into a quick grin. They look curiously back at him, unsure of what he was going to say.
"The tent door slammed into it!"
~*~
Author's Note: So? Did you like it? Did you hate it? Please review and tell me what you thought!
And once more thank you to all you awesome readers. You guys make writing worth writing.
Thanks.
~Eh, Man ]--------D
-KATE
November 11, 2003
* Huggles her Lil' Zero muse for comfort * I can't believe I'm done writing this fic. Your reviews have made me continue where without support I would've stopped, and brightened my days. I wish to thank you all, for the time and effort it took to read and review this fic. They were all wonderful, and made me ecstatic with happiness.
To answer my lovely reviews!
Karebear: Eeep, no, not the Scary Warden Voice! Anything but that! ^_~
Celestra: Ahhh, Lani! *sob* I can't believe I'm wrapping this up...*sniff* I thought of you when writing parts of this chapter, you'll know which ones. I'm deathly afraid of the Pandanski-Rats. Ohhhh creepyness: I was watching the credits of mighty ducks...and the main character coach dude, is played by the same actor as Two-Bit in The Outsiders!!! I'M FRIKKIN SERIOUS! Lol, that surpised me. Connections, connections. Ahah. For the final time, in the words of the fantastic Kate: You Are My Hero. Deal With It.
ER: Yes, yes he is.
GriffinFox: Are you doing voodoo? Or are you actually stabbing Pendanski with pins...:S
Obsessed Elijah Fan: Ooops. Sorry about that. O_o Wounding readers isn't really what I had in mind...
Artemis-Chan of Redwing: That can be arranged....STANLEY! *Stanley comes running over*
Stanley- Yeah?
Kate- Hug Artemis-Chan, will you?
Stanley- Uh. Okay... *hug*
There you go! I hope you enjoyed! ^_^
Tears of Blood From My Eyes: Yupp, my fanfiction is right up there with drugs and alcohol. You know, addictive substances. O_O oh, you told me the last time I updated in my review. Look! It's on the review board! *points*
Legofrodopip: Okaaaaay. Remind me to never get on your bad side, alright? O_o
Lady Kyo: And wanting to read more is a bad thing? ^_~
Eldalie Lavinia: ...rabid prairie dogs? Sure, why not... Haha, well, I TRIED to make my story seem at least slightly believable....I dunno how well I did. :S
Burnin': Chocolate covered shrooms? Well, that's different. Yay! *shares Shrooms with Burnin's hobbit muses* Whee! ^_^ haahaha It's okay, I've bugged a lot of writers to update in my time coughstilldocough. I don't know what's happening over at that site, I've been so busy lately I've had no time to go there or the Posse board. *sob* It's tragic, I can tell you. -_- Wow, I'm proud of you, this is actually a fairly on-topic review! ^_^ Whee! Lol. ..er...You know, I'd laugh with you, but I have no idea what you're laughing about...:S Oh, I get it! *starts to laugh with burnin* I like how on it I am, ahah. ^_~ Uhhhh, sorry. I think I'm making multiple people sick. O_o Oops. Not really the intent. Lol, it's a perk! Haha. :P Thank you! ^_^ Oh, sorry, can I use your shovel magiggiger? Please? I'm going to assume you said yes, so thank you! Lol. ^_^
THE POSSE: (Ya know who ya are! :P) Thanks you guys for being there to help me all the way! You guys rock! (whee, look at little ol' me getting all sappy. XD) Keep on spreading the holes love, and party on.
Okay, now I'll get right to the story. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Holes.
~*~
Stanley opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was the world doing continuous loop-de-loops around his head. The second thing he noticed was the bone-piercing pain shooting through his abdomen. The third and final thing he noticed, was that Zero was bending over him, staring intently into his eyes.
"Hey...Zee."
Zero's face split into a wide grin. "Zee? You sure your not delirious, man?"
"Could be."
"How you feelin'? We kicked mom out after you passed out, we thought he was making you worse or something. But X-Ray figured the stitches probably helped, somehow, and so left them in. You were all pale, and barely breathing. Armpit came outta nowhere and said you weren't gunna make it unless you got blood, because you lost a whole bunch of it, I bet you've noticed. So Armpit said how he knew how to do a blood transfusion from being in a gang, so I volunteered, and that's why you have a bandage on your arm." Zero said quickly, all in one breath, and raised his arm to show a crude white bandage over the upper part of his arm. "Squid said somthin' about different kinds of blood, but we didn't know what kind you had, so we had to trust our luck. You-"
"Whoa." Stanley said, raising his eyebrows and holding up his hand a few inches. "And they say you don't talk. Jeez. Slow down a bit, Zero."
Zero was staring at him with wide eyes.
"What?" Stanley asked, confused, shifting slightly at the pain in his belly.
"Your...better."
Stanley blinked, and thought this over. He sure didn't FEEL like he was better. But after actually thinking about it for a few seconds Stanley realized he was better. A lot. Maybe not compared to healthy-Stanley, but certainly a step up then he had been a few hours ago...last night...yesterday....
"How long have I been asleep?"
Zero brushed some of his curls out of his face, and shifted his hands on the side of Stanley's cot. "Two days."
"Wow..." Stanley stared at the canvas tent above him as it slowly completed another turn.
"Yeah. Feel like digging a hole?"
"You're kidding, right?"
Zero shrugged. "I like to dig holes."
"Bull."
Zero smirked. "I'm serious, man!"
"Whatever, Zee, whatever."
Their lively conversation was interrupted as Magnet walked into the tent whistling. He stopped in shock as he saw Stanley awake and talking to Zero, and stared at him for a second. Then he turned and ran out of the tent.
"Okaaay."
Their unspoken wonderings were answered as they heard Magnet shouting to the other boys outside. Zero and Stanley heard the sound of many feet pounding on packed dirt, then they broke their way into the tent.
"CAVEMAN!"
"Hey, guys."
"We thought you were a goner, kid."
"Welcome back, Neanderthal."
"You were dead for sure!"
"Si, we were scared, man."
"I guess we tricked the lizards this time."
Everyone turned and stared at Zigzag.
"What?" He asked, completely clueless. D-Tent turned back to Stanley.
"How you feelin'? You look a hell lot better." Squid asked, pushing Stanley back down in a horizontal position on his cot. He pressed his hand to Stanley's forehead and looked surprised. "Man, you get better quick."
"Thanks," Stanley drawled sarcastically, he grinned at his friends though. "I feel way better, compared to what I felt before."
"I'll bet." X-Ray snorted, patting Stanley on the back. "You should 'a seen Mom's face today, Man. Bright red mark on his face. You really socked him good."
"Hey, you'll be digging holes like the rest of us again, soon." Zigzag smiled.
"He can't wait," Magnet said, rolling his eyes.
"Give it time, you'll be good as new in no time at all. You're a fighter, right?" X-Ray asked, saying right like it was a rhetorical question and deserved no argument.
Stanley looked up at his friends smiling around him, and knew things could only get better.
"Right," Stanley agreed.
~*~
EPILOGUE
----------------
"Alright, commercials over, all you kids back in the pool so us adults can have a good relaxing cup of coffee." Stanley Yelnats the third said, smiling proudly.
"Ahh, a cup of coffee would really hit the spot right about now." Clyde Livingston said with a contented sigh and patted his stomach. His wife leaned over and gave him a slight shove, laughing as he grinned at her.
"See you later...mom." Hector Zeroni said awkwardly, a blush lighting up his face as his mother ruffled his hair fondly.
"C'mon, Zero!" Squid yelled from the door, and Zero nodded, grabbing his towel from the coffee table. Stanley Yelnats the fourth pulled him gently by the arm towards the door, away from his long-lost mother.
"Wait!" Mrs. Yelnats yelled to the boys suddenly. The D-Tenters at the door turned towards her curiously.
"Stanley, honey, what's that on your stomach?" She asked, her eyes wide with worry.
Her shirtless son looked down at the 8-inch wide scar just above his belly button and swimming trunks.
"Oh." Stanley said, pausing. Then he looked up at the rest of the boys and his frown turned into a quick grin. They look curiously back at him, unsure of what he was going to say.
"The tent door slammed into it!"
~*~
Author's Note: So? Did you like it? Did you hate it? Please review and tell me what you thought!
And once more thank you to all you awesome readers. You guys make writing worth writing.
Thanks.
~Eh, Man ]--------D
-KATE
November 11, 2003