Chapter Ten
Helga Loses her Hope
It was finally morning after an incredible night. Helga was waking up inside her tent, "Phoebe…" she was whispering, she opened her eyes a little, and suddenly saw a snake looking for something inside her bag pack, "Snake…" she wasn't putting attention, she was just waking up forgetting what happen the last day. "Snake?" she asked her self, she turned and cleaned her eyes with her hands to see if she was seeing correctly. "Snake!" and there was the ugly creature. She screamed like when she saw the rats in that day when her friend and she got stuck inside the subway.
"Did you heard something?" Arnold asked Gerald. Arnold was picking up his tent, and Gerald was on the floor eating beans from a cane. "No." Gerald answered.
Back to Helga, "How did the snake get inside my bag pack? I mean it was close." Helga looked around the tent; she finally saw a hole, big enough for a snake to fit. "Miriam." She knew how irresponsible her alcoholic mom is. Helga saw another snake hanging form a stick of a tree, then another, then another, then another, then a lot. "HERD OF SNAKES!" She yelled. She ran the faster she could, and then she stopped, because she was about to fall in a cliff; there it was in front of her. She bent down slowly to the floor, wow it was high, she was about to walk backward, but then she saw it. It couldn't be, it wasn't true, but sadly it was: Phoebe's bag pack hanging from a stick down the cliff.
Harold got out of the tent where Stinky and Sid where tiredly sleeping. Harold didn't understood why they were so tire, he had sleep very well, except for the part when he had to wake up in the middle of the night, because some how a sock was inside his mouth. Harold rubbed his, and then his stomach growled, he was hungry, and apparently the chocolate from last night wasn't enough. He looked around, but how he was going to find something inside of a cave? Then suddenly from somewhere there were bananas, like some kind of miracle, but except that they were moving? He didn't know what it was, but he knew the bananas went over to inside the cave, and he was hungry, so he gets to went get the bananas. When he finally got a banana from the bunch, he was about to bite it, when he notes the angry monkey in front; looking at him. "UUAAUAA!" It started yelling and moving around like crazy, Harold was scare, and then saw its ugly sharpie teeth, only one last thing to do, RUN. "GUYS! GUYS! A MEAN ANGRY MONKEY!" Harold yelled, Stinky and Sid saw Harold running out, and then they saw the angry monkey behind him, they fright out ran with Harold leaving everything behind.
They ran until Harold tripped, "AauuH! Watch it!" Rhonda cried, She clean her eyes and saw Harold on the floor, Stinky and Sid standing there looking surprise at her. "You guys, I'm lost… I'm SAVE!" Rhonda said, finally she was happy, but she didn't they were lost, as her.
Mr. Simmons woke up from his dark dream, he heard someone crying, "They didn't came," he woke up as sooner he remember what had happen the day before. "Miss Olga? What happen?" Mr. Simmons asked worried. "They didn't come," Olga cried, not giving him a clear answered. "Where is the class?" Mr. Simmons asked, but Olga didn't answered, the only thing she was saying was "They didn't come." Mr. Simmons was losing hope that she was going to answered. If he was worry before, now it was worse than worry.
"Phoebe!" Helga yelled down the cliff hoping that her friend was still there, "Pheebs… I…I ki….I kill you." Helga said crying. "I told you, man, we were going backwards." Helga heard Gerald talking, "I know" then she heard Arnold answering, she turned to see where their voices were coming from. She ran toward them," Arnold I finally found you!" she said excited, but Arnold wasn't that excited like she was, he was surprise to see her, "You see Arn…" Helga was going to explain him every thing, but Arnold didn't let her talk, "Helga! What are you doing here! Go back with the class," he wasn't really thinking, he didn't want her with them for her safety, "but Arnold, I have to tell you something," Helga tried, "I know, I know, you love me and you are just trying to help me, but this time I don't need you, so go back with the class, and stop getting in my business." Arnold told her. She couldn't believe this jerk, where the sweet Arnold she knew? "It wasn't that you jerk, and I hate you!" Helga yelled him so hard, that she was crying.
After Helga yelled at Arnold, she ran away, he was feeling bad for her, what he have done? Was it a mistake? What was he thinking? "Oh man, I never saw Helga G. Pataki crying before," Gerald said confused, "You have to tell me was going on between you and Helga, because there is this gossip around about you and Helga." Arnold wasn't clearly listening to Gerald, finally he understood what he felt for Helga, the other girls he used to like was for their appearance, Helga G. Pataki have stole his heart, but how? How can it be possible? "O.O what gossip?" Arnold confused finally asked Gerald, "You know there is this gossip that you and Helga are dating in secret." Gerald answered, Arnold was in shock, but he also was kind of embarrassing the fact that his classmates thought that about him. Was so notable that he and Helga were been nice to each other? But it wasn't a bad idea to be boyfriends in secret, just for Helga because if it was for him he wanted to show the love he had for that girl. "And I'm staring to think is true after you said that she loves you," teased him holding his laugh, "And the nackles she gave you…" he continue the parts that he was suspicious. "Did I ever tell you what happen in the FTi building, when I found Helga?" Arnold interrupted Gerald. "No" Gerald answered shaking his head, what that have to do with that idea Helga and him like each other? Arnold started explaining while they were walking again.
Helga was crying as never before, Arnold hated her, her best friend was dead, and her family, well, her mom is an alcoholic, and her dad only cared about money and her sister Miss perfect. There was no reason to live for, she saw the cliff thoughtful, and there was it for Helga G. Pataki? She got close to the cliff, and looked down the cliff. She should do it?