Chapter 6 - Questions? and MONKEY!

The forest was dark, so Arnold shone his torch through the dark wilderness. He now wished Gerald was with him. Then he noticed some rustling noises behind him and he looked around to see who it is.

"Who's there?" he asked. He was panting hard like someone was going to kill him. So he ran away!

"Stay away from me!" he shouted as he ran fast.

"Wait!" shouted a voice.

"Never!" said Arnold until, he smacked himself into a tree and got knocked out.

"Arnold? Arnold?" the voice asked in panic, "Are you OK?" as Arnold raised himself up, he noticed who it was.

"Helga?" he thundered, "What the heck, I thought someone was after me!"

"Gee Arnoldo I was just checking to see if you weren't sleep walking." snarled Helga crossly.

"Well look it's getting dark and who knows where we are at this time of night. So I guess we have to keep moving until we find a spot for the night." said Arnold and the two went off again.

BACK AT THE CAMP

Mr. Simmons woke up to take a toilet break, but just as he was about to go behind the trees, a motor can be heard and coming towards them were two big headlights. Mr. Simmons couldn't make out the the people driving, but they pulled and there were two Australian men.

"G'Day there mate, we're lost and thought that maybe we can crash here for the night?" asked the driver of the jeep.

"I don't mind, have you got a tent to set up...uh, mate?" Simmons asked trying to sound Australian.

"Nah, we got our jeep, night mate." said the passenger and the two men lied down in the boot of the jeep. But what Mr. Simmons haven't noticed that they were spies a well-known pirate.

"They're 'ere boss, they're just 30 miles west from your hide out. As soon as one of them return from something and head to sleep, I'll shine the jeeps lights to signal you." said the driver of the jeep.

"Excellent, now we'll get that boy and I'll kill him, kill him with no mercy!" chuckled La Sombra.

ONE HOUR LATER

Mr. Simmons have already returned from his bathroom break and was soundly asleep inside with Principal Wartz. Then gunshots were heard and shouting as well, all the students woke up and then coming into view were two more jeeps.

"Hello?" Mr. Simmons asked. As the two more jeeps pulled up, more men shouted and tackled Simmons, Wartz and grabbed a few students. They raved the tents and stole some of there goods. One even took Rhonda's jewels.

"Hey! That's mine." Rhonda thundered, "Give it back!"

"It's mine now." said spine chilling voice and there they saw La Sombra with a skull face.

"You Gringos spies thought you get away huh? Since that boys parents were missing they're tracking me down. Now you're my prisoners."

"This is irresponsible, I want a word with..." but before Wartz could finish his statement, one of them held a sharp pointy sword towards him. He soon smiled a fake smile and touched the sword realising how sharp it was and was soon quiet and went back to the group. Then Gerald shoved one of the henchmen's arms and he ran away.

"Hey get back here!" shouted of the men in his Australian accent.

"Leave him, he's nothing, now put these gringos into the jeep and let's get moving." so they did and they drove off.

MEANWHILE

Arnold and Helga were still wondering through the jungle, Arnold shone a torch onto the map. Helga was scared and worried.

"I hope we're not going to get eaten by man eating cougars." said Helga shivering.

"It's OK Helga, there wouldn't be a cougar for miles. Besides you got me by your side." Arnold said happily. That made Helga smile.

Later, they were out of the trees and spotted an old village. It was quiet and empty and there was not a living soul. The vegetable patch was demolished and squashed. But a hut was still up.

"We'll stop here for the night." said Arnold.

"What, I'm not living in some old dump." said Helga crossly.

"Suit yourself, there could be a cougar lurking about." smirked Arnold. Helga gulped and she rushed inside the hut.

Arnold turned on the light and inside were some things. There were beacons, cages, computers etc.

"I'll see if there some sheets lying about." said Helga.

"And I'll see if there any pillows about." said Arnold.

So Arnold and Helga were looking about, until, Arnold saw an photograph and there was a picture of a couple with a man with a thick black moustache and a hat. Then he noticed the baby in the picture...It was him, Arnold, when he was born.

"Huh!" gasped Arnold.

"What is it?" asked Helga.

"This picture, it's my parents and there friends Eduardo with me as a baby, Helga this is there home!" said Arnold.

"Hm, I wondered how you were born with that football head of yours football head." chuckled Helga. Arnold frowned. Helga laughed nervously. "Look I found some sheets, so we'll be OK for the night, they were in the cupboard and there were pillows there too." said Helga. Arnold thanked her and soon they went to sleep.

As they were sleeping, Arnold could hear someone outside, he got his torch and shone it outside. There coming towards him was Gerald!

"Gerald?" Arnold said in surprise. "What happened?" he asked.

"There...were men...six of them...Australian ones...skull man...skullll mannnn." he said and ran out of breath. Gerald have ran non-stop. Helga rushed out and saw Gerald as well. He was covered with scratches and bruises all from the running. They carried him inside the hut and fed Gerald some water.

"These men just came out of nowhere, they think we're spies because of some boy's parents, they took away everyone even Mr. Simmons and Principal Wartz." said Gerald.

"We have to go rescue them!" said Helga.

"No we can't! It's too risky and plus we don't know where the skull man have taken them and we don't know where his hideout is." said Arnold. "But Arnold, there our friends, they need us! What should we do?" asked Gerald. Arnold was then in panic mode.

"I-I-I-I DON'T KNOW!" he shouted, "I want to find my parents and now I have to find my friends, what would we do, I don't know where his hideout is and we don't know who this 'skull man' is! and we're just kids, we don't know how strong they'll be?" said Arnold and he raced outside to time for himself. Gerald then later came towards.

"Arnold, I know why you came here, to find your parents. And you're right about that skull man, you never know what he may have in stores, just like that Scheck character, we never knew that document was not going to be there. But we saved the neighbourhood with help from Murray." said Gerald, "Tomorrow, we find your parents!" Gerald shouted and he, Arnold and even Helga, who was standing from the door, cheered in delight.

AT THE HIDEOUT

The gang drove to the entrance, it was at the volcano, near to where Arnold was born. Inside was a thrown, treasure and everything else. "Sir, what would we do with the prisoners?" asked one of the henchmen.

"Throw them into the cell!" La Sombra shouted and so the henchmen did. "I demand a fair trail!" snapped Phoebe.

"SHUT UP!" shouted La Sombra. There was nothing they could do, they just waited and hoped.

THE NEXT MORNING

The sun was shining through a cloudy day, Arnold, Helga and Gerald manage to have something for them for their breakfast and so they went to find Arnold's parents.

MEANWHILE BACK THE CAMP

Harold woke up with his Wally doll. As he woke up, he saw that nobody was there.

"Hello?, Is anyone up yet?" Harold asked.

"Golly, it as quiet as a cricket not cricketing." said Stinky.

"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!" shouted Sid. But no reply.

"So what should we do?" asked Sid, "We can't stay here, we have to see more of San Lorenzo."

"I say we go and find them!" said Harold.

"Wouldn't that be a bit risky?" Stinky asked.

"I'm the boss and I say we're doing it!" protested Harold.

"OK, I guess." said Sid. So that's what they did.

In the middle of the jungle, Harold's stomach was rumbling. "I'm so hungry I could eat..." then on the ground, he could see a banana!

"Alright food!" cheered Harold. But Sid stopped him.

"Wait! Didn't you remember what Mr. Simmons says, everything in this jungle is full of...POISON! That tree could be full of it, that rock could be full of it, EVERY PIECE OF THING WOULD BE POISON AND WE WOULD DIE!" said Sid, who was going through one of his crazy paranoid obsessions.

"Oh that's just Mr. Simmons talking." said Harold, but as he was about to pick it up, a monkey came down and grabbed it!

"Hey give that back you stupid monkey!" said Harold crossly. The monkey smiled and waved the banana at him and he ran away.

"Come back here!" shouted Harold and him, Sid and Stinky rushed away through the forest to catch it. The monkey soon went inside another piece of forest.

"Ha! Got you!" shouted Harold and the three of them walked into the forest. The banana was there on a piece of rock.

"Harold don't touch it!" said Sid.

"Will you shut up Sid!" snapped Harold. "You're mine!" he said with devious and lust for hunger face. But then a monkey jumped down and was giving Harold an angry look. Then he screeched and as the three of them look up into the tree, there they saw more and more monkeys!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!' they all shouted and rushed out of the little forest. Harold pushed Sid on the head and so the three of them rushed away as fast as they can to get away from monkeys as soon as possible.

"MOMMY HELP!" shouted Harold.

E.O.C - 6