AAOOOSC! #10

Chapter 16: "Corn! Chicken! Rice!"

A knock comes from the door located in the hospital wing. Patrick, who is laying on the hospital bed on the same side of the door, slowly cranes his head to look at the where the knocking is coming from.

"Come in," he croaks out.

The door opens slowly and Sidney comes tumbling in backwards. In his hands are numerous stuffed animals in his hands. "Kaner!" he shouts from behind the animals.

"Sid?" Patrick makes a concerned look.

"I brought you presents!" Sidney makes his way toward Patrick's bed, swaying from side to side. Once at the edge of the bed, he dumps all the plush toys on top of Patrick's blanket-covered legs.

Sidney straights up with a huge smile. "There we goes! More for you!"

Patrick gazes down at the plush toys, then around his room: There are hundreds of stuffed animals surrounding the rectangular room and him. He turns back to Sidney. "Well, this is radical. Thanks, man, for the thousandth time."

"No problem! I just want you to get comfy."

Patrick slowly pulls out Bubby Jr. from under his blanket. "I am already."

Sidney smiles hugely with a closed mouth, and skips out of the room.

Patrick gradually lays his head back against the pillow. He sighs and stares up the ceiling.

Then another knock is heard from his left.

"Come in," he says gruffly again.

The door opens and a huge teddy bear, about six feet tall, enters the room.

Patrick's eyes grow wide. "What in the waves is that?"

"It's a giant teddy bear!" Sidney's voice booms from behind the massive plush toy.

When it gets to the edge of the bed, the giant plush toy leans over and lands across the bed with its head and legs hanging off from the edge.

Sidney reappears by the teddy bear's feet; he dusts his hands. "Hah, there."

Patrick stares down at the teddy bear's back. "Wow, that's one gnarly teddy bear, man."

"I knew you'll like it! Here." With all of his might, Sidney readjusts the teddy bear so that it is laying right next to Patrick.

"Thanks man...again," Patrick tells him.

"You are veeeerrrryy welcome! Do you want any dinner? It's being served right now!"

"Ugh, no thanks, dude." Patrick shakes his head. "I'm not hungry. I wanna go to sleep."

"Alright, go beddy-beddy bye-bye!" Sidney waves at him as he is exiting the stuffed animal-filled room. "Good night!"

"'Night, Sid." Patrick smiles lazily at him.

With one final smile, Sidney exits the room.

In the hallway, he bounces down the main room, where the rest of the GHP and their newly recruited member, Carter the ninja, are having dinner.

"Corn! Chicken! Rice!" Carter exclaims as he gazes down at the pots of food from his head. "Oh, I love this!" He grabs the plate that is in front of him begins serving himself.

Sidney sits down next to Bubby and Jonathan with a smile.

Antti looks at him from the end of the table. "How is Patrick?"

Sidney turns to him. "He's doing quite well-- But no worries, he's comfy with all the stuffed animals he has!"

"Which is like ten thousand," Jonathan mutters with a roll of his eyes as he eats a chicken leg.