Golly, I have VERY intelligent readers! I like that in people. :D :D :D

Kryten: She's hoping it doesn't come to that, but then again, we don't know what bizarro-Helga is doing.

Rosali Leon Huamani: No te preocupes, esta historia es A&H.

acosta perez jose ramiro: She has to get help because the one person who could solve this in less than an hour is simply out of her reach. And friendship.

DeepVoice'06: I hope you don't mind this somewhat short chapter. 1. "Same" time is relative, given that Helga went back in time. 2. "Similar" dreams, from the way Arnold described his, but yes, the same theme. 3. Yes, that was part of the inspiration. Even Miles and Stella feel that something isn't right. 4. Yes, she has to make things happen. 5. Insane? Let's hope not. 6. She doesn't even know IF she's going to be able to return. 7. Not sure if she can actually meet her counterpart, we'll have to wait and see. 8. Lila has always been annoying. 9. Or maybe her informer is helping her. 10. Call it a "shoutout" to the awesome production team.

Inudaughter Returns: Well, you're going to see that now.

JayDogg187: It helped that she had a full stomach and a good night's sleep. Oh yes, it spans across universes. And we will see her next move now.

Pistal9189: Don't break your phone there, lol. She's hoping it doesn't get to that point. And we'll see later on what her plan will be. Glad you're excited about this story!

Another cut scene, this time with Helga. Short chapter, but not as short as the others.

1011 – NEITHER FROM HERE NOR FROM THERE

Forty-five minutes later, the black pick-up truck drove down a Hillwood street, slowed down, and parked in front of Slausen's Ice Cream Parlour. The driver got out and went inside to get something to eat, so he never noticed the disguised girl climb out of his truck and walk away.

Looking back at Slausen's—Boy, am I glad this still exists here!—and then at the street signs, she knew where to go.

With a full stomach and in full strength now, she powerwalked to "this" universe's Safehouse.

Fifteen minutes later, she was in what was obviously a junkyard, at the entrance of the Safehouse, that is, the right half of the cab of a green pick-up truck. It was basically the same from what she remembered; maybe some doors and panels had different colours, but as long as it kept out the wind and rain and snow, it would have to do.

This might have to be my home for a while, she pondered. Or maybe even Mighty Pete, if it still exists here…

Waiting for her at the main entrance was her "boyfriend", who seemed a bit uneasy at having to be here. However, he didn't recognise her, not even when she walked right up to him.

"Good day, ma'am," he greeted her with a dismissive smile and turned his attention back to the street. He was obviously waiting for a white blonde girl with blue eyes.

"Crimeny! It's ME, 'Steven'!"

He did a double take at her and squinted. "Huh? Helga?"

She shook her head, "Sheesh, those girls really know how to do a makeover! But yes, it's me, the girl who replaced your girlfriend, okay? Now, does this place need a key or a secret knock to go inside or what?"

Still shocked, the boy replied, "Oh…no…not at all. Ah'll open up f'r yew. Ah was mighty worried when yewr sister put out that second TV alert, but Ah'm glad yew're okay, even if yew're not exactly 'mah' Helga."

"I'm…glad to hear that," she replied, surprised that he still felt some affection for her, even if he knew she wasn't his girlfriend.

He opened the cab door and let her go inside first. Once she did, he also climbed inside and locked the door.

The inside of the Safehouse was also basically the same as she remembered it: several "rooms" divided by junked cars, old doors, and broken appliances. An old blue couch and recliner served as furniture.

As they walked into the depths of her new "home", she asked, "Did you get the info?"

"Yup." He handed her a paper with street names and times. "But Ah don't know why yew need Jolly Olly Man's schedule."

She sat on the right of the couch and dropped her purse on her left. "Let's just say that I hope that he's still speeding after three months."

"Huh?"

She shook her head. "Never mind that. Look, 'Steven'," she looked at him as he sat on the left side. "I don't know how long I'm going to be here. In fact, I'm not sure if I arrived in 'this universe' one day ago or three months ago. The thing is that I'm going to need a place to stay, and I can't stay with Phoebe or any of the girls because if I do, eventually their parents are going to catch on and turn me in to Olga. And Olga can't know I'm here, otherwise she's going to stop any attempts I make to try to return to 'my' world, or worse, she'll send me to a funny farm, in the cell right next to Curly. Hopefully, this disguise—and a bit of cleverness on my part—gave her the slip, and now she won't know where to look for me."

The boy rubbed his chin. "Wow, yew're even more clever than th' Helga Ah knew, but Ah wonder juss' how 'n earth did yewr sister know yew had gone t' Arnie's…"

"Me too. I might be more clever than 'your' Helga, but for some reason, Olga is also smarter and more resourceful here than what I remember. But look, that's not important now." She sat up and turned to him. "In a while, it will be twenty-four hours since I woke up at the hospital. It's likely—not a sure thing now—just likely that I'm going to disappear, like that man from…um…Endora? Pandora?" She still couldn't get the name right.

"Andorra," he corrected.

"Ugh, right. Anyway, if I do indeed disappear," she grabbed the purse and pulled out the notebook. "Give this to Torvald. This is from 'this' universe, so it's not going to disappear with me, like all of that man's stuff did when he got sent back to his world. It should give Torvald plenty of material for his national and international legends. By the way…" She then put the notebook back inside the purse and pulled out the clothes the boy had lent her yesterday. "Here are your clothes back. And thanks. I didn't have time to wash them, so…sorry." She handed them to him and began analysing the ice cream man's driving route and schedule, though she thought for a moment how she was going to give Lila her dress back.

Stinky took his clothes, looked at her reading the sheet and asked. "So why do yew need his schedule?"

She didn't look up. "Like I said, I have the feeling that I did not appear here yesterday, but I might have appeared here three months ago, either right before or right after 'your' Helga got hit. If that's so, then I have an idea on how to get back but…um…" She huffed and looked away, slapping the sheet on her knee, somewhat nervous. "It's…it's going to be a mite dangerous to try." She turned to him again. "That's why I'm going to need your help, and Torvald's and Harold's and Wolfgang's and Ludwig's. We're going to have to do a bit more research about parallel universes and how a person can travel from one to another, and hopefully we will find a method that will be way safer than what I have in mind. And if this takes us several days, I'm going to need food, water, and a place to shower."

"But Helga…darlin'," he almost said "luv". "Why do yew think yew appeared here three months ago n' not yesterday? Wouldn't yew have gone back th' day right after th' accident?"

"That I don't know," she shook her head. "As to why I didn't return right away, I honestly don't know that, either. There's a lot we don't know about parallel universes and all their quirks, and that's why my experiment will be the last one we will try because it's the most dangerous. In the meantime, we're going to return to the library and get every single book about parallel universes, whether it's science or science fiction. Their theories about going from one universe to another may sound crazy—maybe more crazy, maybe less crazy than the theory I have of how I got here—but one of them just might be right."

She stood, took a deep breath, and grabbed her purse. "You with me in this, 'Steven'?"

He smiled, stood, and held her hand. "All th' way, darlin'."

The girl nodded. "Then let's go. And call the guys when we get there. We're going to need a lot more eyes reading all those books."

"Let's go, then."

The disguised girl and the tall boy left the Safehouse and walked toward Hillwood Public Library.