Well everyone, I'm officially back. Yep, I'm finally back once again, and I'm back with Scene 5 of Act 2 of this brand-new musical production story of mine. In this scene, Arnold, Gerald, and Helga all will go through several booby traps to try and find the Green Eyed People. This scene will have many scenes with close calls, action scenes, and secret passageways. However, once they get past these very dangerous booby traps, they'll be one step closer to finding Arnold's long lost parents. And that will be one sweet and long awaited family reunion when that finally happens in this show. Well, what on Earth are we all just sitting around and waiting for? Let's all begin Scene 6 of Act 2 of this brand new musical production story of mine!
Narrator (climbs down the left side of the waterfall on the rocky mountainside on a climbing harness and rope): Meanwhile back in San Lorenzo, Helga, Arnold, and Gerald finally followed the map long enough until they came across a waterfall. (climbs back up the rocky mountainside and disappears from view)
(Arnold, Gerald, and Helga all enter stage left, and approach the waterfall setting...)
Gerald: So how do we get past this waterfall?
Arnold (surveys the map): Okay, my guess is that we're...I don't know.
(Suddenly, the amulet from earlier in the show glows a bright green light while it's underneath Arnold's shirt. Both Gerald and Helga notice this...)
Helga: Hey, Football Head, your shirt is glowing!
Arnold: What? (takes out the glowing amulet) Because it's next to the map? (Arnold uses the amulet to reveal hidden markings on the map) Look! It's a key! There's a hidden path behind the waterfall!
(Arnold, Helga, and Gerald all walk through the waterfall. As they do, the entire set changes to look like a brick covered in vines. This wall is positioned about a foot away from the now-gone waterfall set...)
Helga:Are you sure you're even reading that map right?
Arnold: I'm positive.
Helga (looks through the amulet and a drawing of a giant eyeball on the map): Oh, sure. So there should be some sort of giant eyeball here? You got us lost, Football Head!
Gerald (walks over to the wall and removes some vines): Did I hear someone mention a giant eyeball?
Helga: Arnold, fork over the map.
Arnold (says nothing and hands over the map to Helga)
Helga (looks at the map through the amulet to see two red markings on the giant eyeballs): Oh, for crying out loud! (pushes the hidden stone buttons on the wall as the map instructs) Okay so, now what?
(Suddenly, a entire section of the wall opens up like a massive door. As this happens, some suspenseful music begins to play in the background...)
Arnold: Good thinking, Helga! You're brilliant! (gets map back from Helga)
Helga (lovingly): Oh! (back to normal) Well, at least one of us can read! (the doors close suddenly behind her, Gerald, and Arnold) Aaaaaaah!
(The entire wall goes up, and the rest of the set changes to what looks like a tiled-covered floor and a wall covered in vines, and some tiny holes in the stone wall. The entire set is about another foot away from where the vine-covered wall set was a few seconds ago...)
Helga (steps on a stone tile, which sinks down a few inches)
Arnold: Helga, look out! Booby trap! (jumps over pushes Helga out of the way, just as a rubber dart flies out of a hole in the stone wall)
Helga (gets back up, standing in front of the path of tiles): Did I say it was okay to touch me?!
Gerald: Oh, boy.
Arnold (gets back up and looks at map through the amulet again): Oh my gosh! This shows us which tiles to avoid. Forward, forward, forward, left, forward...(begins to step on the correct tiles)
Helga and Gerald (following Arnold): Forward, left, forward, right...(gets closer to the other side)
Arnold Maybe we're supposed to...Oof!
(Helga and Gerald bump into Arnold, setting off another one of the rubber arrows, which they narrowly avoid as Arnold tackles Helga and Gerald out of the way...)
Helga (takes Arnold's journal and whacks him with it): That's for almost getting us killed!
Arnold (grabs the journal back from Helga): Hey, chill out Helga. We could've got spiked by that arrow if it wasn't for me!
(Arnold, Helga, and Gerald all exit stage right. As they do, the entire set changes to look like another pathway with a booby trap. As the set changes, a hidden trapdoor in the stage opens up, making it look like a hidden pit in the new setting. This hole in the stage is covered by a set of vines that will come off in a few seconds. Arnold, Helga, and Gerald all enter stage right...)
Arnold (stops Helga and Gerald from walking into the new booby trap) Hold it! It says there's some kind of false floor here. Follow my lead...(grabs a rope out of his book bag and tosses one end over a branch in the center of the new setting)
Gerald: Where did you get that rope, Arnold?
Arnold: Well, my grandma made me take it. She told me it was "useful" in a jungle setting, and boy, she was right. (grabs onto other end of the rope) Here I go...(swings across the pile of vines covering the pit below) There! (swings the rope back over to the other side)
Helga: I got it...(grabs onto the other end of the rope) This should be a piece of cake. (swings over the vine-covered pit and to the other side): AAAAAAHHHHHH! (makes it to the other side, landing there) Phew, I made it! (swings rope back over to the other side)
Gerald: My turn! (grabs onto the rope) Here I go...(swings over the vine-covered pit)
(Suddenly, the vines all fall down into the trapdoor, revealing the booby trap's pit of the set...)
Gerald: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! (makes it over to the other side) Woah, that was a close one!
Arnold (puts an arm on Gerald's shoulder): Are you okay, buddy?
Gerald: Well, you bet.
Arnold: Come on, let's continue...
(Arnold, Gerald, and Helga all exit stage left. As they do, the trapdoor closes and the entire set changes to look like another set that looks like the end of a tunnel with a massive stone wall at the very end of it, which is all on the right of the stage. As the set transition finishes, Helga, Gerald, and Arnold all enter stage left...)
Gerald: Alright, now what?
Helga: Yeah...now what?! There's nothing here!
Arnold (looks down at the journal and up at the wall again): Well...it looks like we have to hug the wall.
Helga: Weeeeeird...(leans against the wall)
Gerald (leans against the wall)
Arnold (closes the journal and also leans against the wall)
(The entire wall suddenly goes up, revealing another passageway on the other side of it...)
Arnold (points to revealed passageway): This way!
(Arnold, Helga, and Gerald all exit the tunnel set, exiting stage right once again. As they do, the entire set changes to look like the setting of the first wall covered in vines once again. Lasombra, along with Henchman 1, Henchman 2, Flunky Guard, River Pirate 1, River Pirate 2, and a few other River Pirates, all enter stage left, approaching the massive vine-covered wall. As the set transition completes, the suspenseful music stops playing in the background...)
Well, its now all over, everyone. Scene 5 of Act 2 of this brand-new musical production story of mine is now over. It looks like Arnold, Gerald, and Helga made it past all of the really dangerous and deadly booby traps. This scene of the show really did have plenty of action and close calls included in it. But now that its all over, Scene 6 of Act 2 of this musical show can begin. Scene 6 will have Lasombra, the Flunky Guard, Henchman 1, Henchman 2, River Pirate 1, River Pirate 2, and a few other pirates involved. What will they be doing, you ask? Well, you'll find out soon enough. But until then, its time for us all to move on to Scene 6 of Act 2 of this brand-new musical production story of mine!