Witness To The Truth
Disclaimer: Hey Arnold and all related characters are the properties of Nickelodeon and the guy who dreamed it all up. (Whats his name anyway? Damn my crappy memory)
Anyway, I apologise to anybody who was annoyed/upset/devastated by the untimely death of Brainy, sorry but it had to happen, anyway he was annoying.
Chapter Five
After Brainy's impromptu visit and his untimely death the house had become more than a little subdued, Helga jumped at the slightest sound, Jim and Mike seemed to argue constantly and Arnold had taken to shadowing Helga all the time. He had refused to even discuss what he and Brainy had talked about in the five minutes they were together, with the exception of saying that he learned of Captain Malone's death. A blanket of despondency seemed to have been dropped over the four adults, and even Jim couldn't lighten the mood, try as he might none of them could smile. Sunday afternoon found Arnold and Helga curled up together on the couch watching T.V, Arnold had his arm around her shoulders and she had rested her head on is chest. To anybody watching they looked like a couple, deeply in love, Helga knew though that things were going wrong and since Brainy had died it had gotten worse.
'Arnold.' She said in a small voice, Arnold glanced down at her,
'Hmm?' Looking up into his clear emerald eyes Helga asked,
'Do you think that he's going to find us?' There was no doubt as to who she was referring to and Arnold shook is head in a confident manner, all the time the words Brainy had whispered to him replaying in his mind.
Trust no one.
'I'm sure that you are perfectly safe with me to protect you.' Helga smiled slightly,
'And Jim and Mike?' Arnold seemed to consider this,
'Yeah, and Jim and Mike.'
Trust no one.
'Steel edge is crazy, and he won't give up.' Mike who had been washing the dishes up dropped one and Helga screamed, jumping up Arnold pulled his gun out,
'Whoa, sorry man, guess those plates were a little slippery.' Mike said sheepishly, Helga glared at him and put a hand on Arnold's arm,
'Put the gun down Arnold, I don't think he's any danger.' Arnold muttered something and slowly lowered his gun, Helga frowned,
'Did you say something?' Shaking his head Arnold grinned,
'Nah, just trying to get my heart beating slower.'
Trust no one.
'I think we need to find out whats happening out there.' Jim said shooting a dark look at Mike who sneered at him and said,
'Ya think!' Jim glared at Mike and said angrily,
'You know I'm getting really sick of you always arguing with me, and whats with the sarcasm? I don't see you saying anything constructive.'
'Yeah? Well maybe if I got a word in edgeways I could.' Mike said angrily,
'At least I'm sober enough to talk, if somebody broke in me and Arnold would be the only people able to do anything about it, the only thing you are capable of doing is throwing up and bitching about your ex wife. Well I got news for ya, nobody cares, get over it.' Mike yelled something incoherent and punched Jim who fell back into the table,
'Bastard!' He swore getting up and punching Mike in the stomach, Mike kneed him and was about to kick him in the side when Helga jumped between them.
'Stop it!' She screamed, turning she punched Mike and then turned again and punched Jim,
'You are behaving like children! The stress is getting to us all and its turning you both insane.' Jim stood up and looked guiltily at Mike,
'I shouldn't have said what I said, I'm sorry.' Mike nodded,
'Yeah, and I'm sorry as well, we should be working together not arguing like we are.' Helga nodded,
'There's ice over there, put some in a bowl and some in two bags then go and sit down.' Jim looked confused,
'Why in a bowl?' Helga held her hand to her chest,
'My hand hurts!' She moaned, Mike grinned and laughed,
'You have one hell of a punch.' Walking into the kitchen he put some ice in a bowl and filled it with cold water,
'Here, and thanks for calming us down.' Shrugging Helga stuck her hand in the water and sighed blissfully,
'Just try to keep your cool next time.' Arnold grinned and moved to stand near Helga,
'Helga have you ever considered joining the police force?' Shaking her head Helga flicked some water at him,
'Nah, I'll leave the criminal catching to the pros, I'll just investigate it afterwards.'
Trust no one.
Shuddering Arnold gazed out of the window; Helga followed his gaze,
'Are you sure six feet was deep enough?' Arnold smiled,
'I told you already, he's a good guy.' Helga shrugged,
'Was.' She corrected Arnold who sighed,
'Ever get the feeling that the good guys are being out numbered?' Helga nodded,
'All the time Arnoldo, all the time.'
'Arnoldo? That's a weird nickname.' Jim said as he pressed his bag of ice over his eye,
'I used to call him that in school, that and...'
'Don't say it Helga.' Arnold said with a groan, grinning Helga said,
'Football head. I bullied him mercilessly, he hated me.' Arnold stuck his tongue out,
'After that I still do.' Pouting Helga wrapped her arms around his neck,
'Arnold you know how to break a girls heart don't ya?' Grinning he ruffled her hair,
'Stop pouting, I told you in high school that pouting wouldn't work.' Smirking Helga said coyly,
'True, but it still worked.'
'So come on, you can't have totally hated each other during school.' Mike said as they ate dinner that night.
'You're right, I didn't hate him at all. Well occasionally I did.' Arnold looked at her in surprise,
'You didn't?' Shaking her head Helga said with a laugh,
'Nah, I was a stupid kid who couldn't handle being nice to people and took all my pent up aggressions out on the person who tried to help me most. You. You were always nice to me, and I couldn't handle it, plus I had a reputation as being the toughest kid in the school, which I wasn't going to drop.' Arnold looked slightly stunned,
'You actually liked me?' Helga coloured a little and laughed to hide her embarrassment.
'Hello news flash Arnold, everybody liked you.' Grinning she said,
'Well, except Lila. She just liked you, not liked you liked you. I honestly thought that by now you two would be married and would have two kids a dog and a house with a white picket fence.' Chuckling Arnold shook his head,
'We dated for about two weeks but her incessant niceness got on my nerves, I would have loved for her to have said 'Oh shove off you little prat.' But no I got swamped with her 'ever so nice' crap, it drove me daft.' Laughing Helga shook her head,
'You have changed since high school haven't you? Who would have thought that you of all people would want somebody less perky and more punchy.' Jim raised an eyebrow and Helga gave him a look that would shatter glass,
'Don't even say it.' Jim gave her a look of faux innocence,
'Say what?' Scowling Helga flicked a bean at him,
'Just don't say it.' Smirking Jim glanced at Mike who was watching Arnold and Helga with amusement,
'You owe me twenty bucks.' Mike raised an eyebrow,
'I do? I don't remember. Why is that?' Jim opened his mouth then glanced at Helga and the heavily armed Arnold,
'Never mind I was just messing with your head.' Mike grinned and Jim chuckled nervously,
'So anyway, I bet you two always avoided each other right?' Helga smirked and shook her head,
'Nah, we had this teacher right? Mr Simmons, he always insisted that we work together, I have no idea why, so no matter what the project it was nearly always me and Arnold, we made a good team though.' Arnold grinned,
'I got a lot of A's thanks to brain box Pataki.' Helga rolled her eyes,
'Me the brain box, I don't think so, you were always top of the class with Phoebe. You two always made sure me and Gerald were right there with you. I mean who was it who got Torvold to pass Math? Not me that's for sure.' Arnold smiled self consciously,
'You were almost top of the class for the spelling bee, you made a mistake though and I beat you.' Helga blushed; the humiliation of that tournament was still fresh in her memory,
'Big Bob was so pissed off at me. He nearly disowned me.' Laughing Helga looked down at her plate bitterly,
'I haven't spoken to that jerk since he divorced Miriam, although Olga tells me she talks to him all the time.' Arnold shrugged sympathetically,
'You always hated Olga didn't you?' Anger flared through her body,
'Why they hell shouldn't I? Everyday of my fucking life I got told how much better Olga was than me, Bob couldn't remember my name and Miriam was too pissed to know the time of day. Whenever Olga was around she was little Mary sunshine and I was the kid who wasn't a boy. Every day I got reminded by all the trophies and pictures and crap of Olga's lying round the house that she was wanted and I wasn't, is it any wonder I hate her? She tried to make up for the fact I wasn't noticed by smothering me in 'Baby sisters' and all the fun we could have together but I know that she just saw me as the ugly little kid with a bad temper.' Standing up Helga picked her plate up and slammed it into the sink,
'I'm going to my room!' She said as she walked passed them and into her bedroom, slamming the door as she went,
'She was ugly?' Mike finally said after a moment of stunned silence.
'Not really, but years of neglect from her parents made her believe she was. She was kinda cute really, I always liked her, even when we argued.' Arnold said as he stood up,
'Okay, I'm going in there, if I'm not back in half an hour send in the cops.' Determinedly Arnold knocked on the door,
'Helga can I come in?'
'Leave me alone Arnold, I don't want to talk to you.' Rolling his eyes Arnold grabbed the door handle and pushed, surprisingly it was unlocked and he fell forwards as he went in.
'Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?' Helga asked from where she was sat on her bed, Arnold sighed and sat next to her,
'Yeah, but what kind of friend would I be if I listened?' Smiling slightly she held up the picture she was looking at, it was taken when Helga was nine, Olga, Miriam and Bob were standing together they were smiling and looking like a proper family. Helga was off to the side, for once the usual scowl didn't adorn her face, instead she had a look of sadness and longing that Arnold had never seen before.
'This was taken the Christmas before Olga went off to teach Eskimos. See Arnold a perfect family, mom, dad and the perfect child, we were more alike than anybody ever knew, we were both parentless.' Arnold sighed, he hadn't realised the extent of Bob's neglect,
'I'm sorry, you know maybe one day when all this is behind us we can go an look for my parents.' Helga looked up and Arnold saw a spark of interest in her eyes,
'You really think they are still alive?' Nodding Arnold said quietly,
'It's the only thing that keeps me going each day.'
'You owe me twenty bucks.' Jim said when he was sure Arnold was gone,
'I know I know, but I didn't want to piss Helga off anymore than she already was.' Mike said cringing slightly as he felt the bruise around his jaw,
'True, very true, listen how about you just restock my beer supply sometime.' Mike nodded,
'My pleasure buddy.'
'Arnold I have a small confession to make.' Helga said shyly,
'Yeah?' Helga took a deep breath and let it out slowly,
'When we were younger I kinda had a crush on you. That was the main reason that I used to bully you and I was so nasty to you, I'm really sorry.' Smiling Arnold pulled Helga into a hug and kissed her forehead,
'You were such a cute kid I never let it get to me. Which gives me another reason to keep you alive.' Helga raised her head slightly,
'Really? What?' Grinning Arnold ruffled her hair,
'I wanna find out more about your crush.' Blushing scarlet Helga threw a pillow at him, laughing Arnold ducked and blowing her a kiss ran out of the room. Sighing Helga flopped back onto the bed,
'Stupid football headed love god.' She mumbled before falling asleep.
'So you escaped alive.' Jim said with a grin, Arnold nodded and walked into the living room, all of a sudden he felt a lot more protective of her, maybe it was the confession she had made or maybe it was the confession he had yet to make. Either way he was determined to keep her alive.
Ooooh, the football headed love god makes Helga go weak at the knees. I hope you guys appreciate how fast I am getting these chapters up, at this rate it will be finished within a few weeks. Then I can do a sequel. Anyway, review please. Let me know what you think, pretty please with sugar on top.
Disclaimer: Hey Arnold and all related characters are the properties of Nickelodeon and the guy who dreamed it all up. (Whats his name anyway? Damn my crappy memory)
Anyway, I apologise to anybody who was annoyed/upset/devastated by the untimely death of Brainy, sorry but it had to happen, anyway he was annoying.
Chapter Five
After Brainy's impromptu visit and his untimely death the house had become more than a little subdued, Helga jumped at the slightest sound, Jim and Mike seemed to argue constantly and Arnold had taken to shadowing Helga all the time. He had refused to even discuss what he and Brainy had talked about in the five minutes they were together, with the exception of saying that he learned of Captain Malone's death. A blanket of despondency seemed to have been dropped over the four adults, and even Jim couldn't lighten the mood, try as he might none of them could smile. Sunday afternoon found Arnold and Helga curled up together on the couch watching T.V, Arnold had his arm around her shoulders and she had rested her head on is chest. To anybody watching they looked like a couple, deeply in love, Helga knew though that things were going wrong and since Brainy had died it had gotten worse.
'Arnold.' She said in a small voice, Arnold glanced down at her,
'Hmm?' Looking up into his clear emerald eyes Helga asked,
'Do you think that he's going to find us?' There was no doubt as to who she was referring to and Arnold shook is head in a confident manner, all the time the words Brainy had whispered to him replaying in his mind.
Trust no one.
'I'm sure that you are perfectly safe with me to protect you.' Helga smiled slightly,
'And Jim and Mike?' Arnold seemed to consider this,
'Yeah, and Jim and Mike.'
Trust no one.
'Steel edge is crazy, and he won't give up.' Mike who had been washing the dishes up dropped one and Helga screamed, jumping up Arnold pulled his gun out,
'Whoa, sorry man, guess those plates were a little slippery.' Mike said sheepishly, Helga glared at him and put a hand on Arnold's arm,
'Put the gun down Arnold, I don't think he's any danger.' Arnold muttered something and slowly lowered his gun, Helga frowned,
'Did you say something?' Shaking his head Arnold grinned,
'Nah, just trying to get my heart beating slower.'
Trust no one.
'I think we need to find out whats happening out there.' Jim said shooting a dark look at Mike who sneered at him and said,
'Ya think!' Jim glared at Mike and said angrily,
'You know I'm getting really sick of you always arguing with me, and whats with the sarcasm? I don't see you saying anything constructive.'
'Yeah? Well maybe if I got a word in edgeways I could.' Mike said angrily,
'At least I'm sober enough to talk, if somebody broke in me and Arnold would be the only people able to do anything about it, the only thing you are capable of doing is throwing up and bitching about your ex wife. Well I got news for ya, nobody cares, get over it.' Mike yelled something incoherent and punched Jim who fell back into the table,
'Bastard!' He swore getting up and punching Mike in the stomach, Mike kneed him and was about to kick him in the side when Helga jumped between them.
'Stop it!' She screamed, turning she punched Mike and then turned again and punched Jim,
'You are behaving like children! The stress is getting to us all and its turning you both insane.' Jim stood up and looked guiltily at Mike,
'I shouldn't have said what I said, I'm sorry.' Mike nodded,
'Yeah, and I'm sorry as well, we should be working together not arguing like we are.' Helga nodded,
'There's ice over there, put some in a bowl and some in two bags then go and sit down.' Jim looked confused,
'Why in a bowl?' Helga held her hand to her chest,
'My hand hurts!' She moaned, Mike grinned and laughed,
'You have one hell of a punch.' Walking into the kitchen he put some ice in a bowl and filled it with cold water,
'Here, and thanks for calming us down.' Shrugging Helga stuck her hand in the water and sighed blissfully,
'Just try to keep your cool next time.' Arnold grinned and moved to stand near Helga,
'Helga have you ever considered joining the police force?' Shaking her head Helga flicked some water at him,
'Nah, I'll leave the criminal catching to the pros, I'll just investigate it afterwards.'
Trust no one.
Shuddering Arnold gazed out of the window; Helga followed his gaze,
'Are you sure six feet was deep enough?' Arnold smiled,
'I told you already, he's a good guy.' Helga shrugged,
'Was.' She corrected Arnold who sighed,
'Ever get the feeling that the good guys are being out numbered?' Helga nodded,
'All the time Arnoldo, all the time.'
'Arnoldo? That's a weird nickname.' Jim said as he pressed his bag of ice over his eye,
'I used to call him that in school, that and...'
'Don't say it Helga.' Arnold said with a groan, grinning Helga said,
'Football head. I bullied him mercilessly, he hated me.' Arnold stuck his tongue out,
'After that I still do.' Pouting Helga wrapped her arms around his neck,
'Arnold you know how to break a girls heart don't ya?' Grinning he ruffled her hair,
'Stop pouting, I told you in high school that pouting wouldn't work.' Smirking Helga said coyly,
'True, but it still worked.'
'So come on, you can't have totally hated each other during school.' Mike said as they ate dinner that night.
'You're right, I didn't hate him at all. Well occasionally I did.' Arnold looked at her in surprise,
'You didn't?' Shaking her head Helga said with a laugh,
'Nah, I was a stupid kid who couldn't handle being nice to people and took all my pent up aggressions out on the person who tried to help me most. You. You were always nice to me, and I couldn't handle it, plus I had a reputation as being the toughest kid in the school, which I wasn't going to drop.' Arnold looked slightly stunned,
'You actually liked me?' Helga coloured a little and laughed to hide her embarrassment.
'Hello news flash Arnold, everybody liked you.' Grinning she said,
'Well, except Lila. She just liked you, not liked you liked you. I honestly thought that by now you two would be married and would have two kids a dog and a house with a white picket fence.' Chuckling Arnold shook his head,
'We dated for about two weeks but her incessant niceness got on my nerves, I would have loved for her to have said 'Oh shove off you little prat.' But no I got swamped with her 'ever so nice' crap, it drove me daft.' Laughing Helga shook her head,
'You have changed since high school haven't you? Who would have thought that you of all people would want somebody less perky and more punchy.' Jim raised an eyebrow and Helga gave him a look that would shatter glass,
'Don't even say it.' Jim gave her a look of faux innocence,
'Say what?' Scowling Helga flicked a bean at him,
'Just don't say it.' Smirking Jim glanced at Mike who was watching Arnold and Helga with amusement,
'You owe me twenty bucks.' Mike raised an eyebrow,
'I do? I don't remember. Why is that?' Jim opened his mouth then glanced at Helga and the heavily armed Arnold,
'Never mind I was just messing with your head.' Mike grinned and Jim chuckled nervously,
'So anyway, I bet you two always avoided each other right?' Helga smirked and shook her head,
'Nah, we had this teacher right? Mr Simmons, he always insisted that we work together, I have no idea why, so no matter what the project it was nearly always me and Arnold, we made a good team though.' Arnold grinned,
'I got a lot of A's thanks to brain box Pataki.' Helga rolled her eyes,
'Me the brain box, I don't think so, you were always top of the class with Phoebe. You two always made sure me and Gerald were right there with you. I mean who was it who got Torvold to pass Math? Not me that's for sure.' Arnold smiled self consciously,
'You were almost top of the class for the spelling bee, you made a mistake though and I beat you.' Helga blushed; the humiliation of that tournament was still fresh in her memory,
'Big Bob was so pissed off at me. He nearly disowned me.' Laughing Helga looked down at her plate bitterly,
'I haven't spoken to that jerk since he divorced Miriam, although Olga tells me she talks to him all the time.' Arnold shrugged sympathetically,
'You always hated Olga didn't you?' Anger flared through her body,
'Why they hell shouldn't I? Everyday of my fucking life I got told how much better Olga was than me, Bob couldn't remember my name and Miriam was too pissed to know the time of day. Whenever Olga was around she was little Mary sunshine and I was the kid who wasn't a boy. Every day I got reminded by all the trophies and pictures and crap of Olga's lying round the house that she was wanted and I wasn't, is it any wonder I hate her? She tried to make up for the fact I wasn't noticed by smothering me in 'Baby sisters' and all the fun we could have together but I know that she just saw me as the ugly little kid with a bad temper.' Standing up Helga picked her plate up and slammed it into the sink,
'I'm going to my room!' She said as she walked passed them and into her bedroom, slamming the door as she went,
'She was ugly?' Mike finally said after a moment of stunned silence.
'Not really, but years of neglect from her parents made her believe she was. She was kinda cute really, I always liked her, even when we argued.' Arnold said as he stood up,
'Okay, I'm going in there, if I'm not back in half an hour send in the cops.' Determinedly Arnold knocked on the door,
'Helga can I come in?'
'Leave me alone Arnold, I don't want to talk to you.' Rolling his eyes Arnold grabbed the door handle and pushed, surprisingly it was unlocked and he fell forwards as he went in.
'Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?' Helga asked from where she was sat on her bed, Arnold sighed and sat next to her,
'Yeah, but what kind of friend would I be if I listened?' Smiling slightly she held up the picture she was looking at, it was taken when Helga was nine, Olga, Miriam and Bob were standing together they were smiling and looking like a proper family. Helga was off to the side, for once the usual scowl didn't adorn her face, instead she had a look of sadness and longing that Arnold had never seen before.
'This was taken the Christmas before Olga went off to teach Eskimos. See Arnold a perfect family, mom, dad and the perfect child, we were more alike than anybody ever knew, we were both parentless.' Arnold sighed, he hadn't realised the extent of Bob's neglect,
'I'm sorry, you know maybe one day when all this is behind us we can go an look for my parents.' Helga looked up and Arnold saw a spark of interest in her eyes,
'You really think they are still alive?' Nodding Arnold said quietly,
'It's the only thing that keeps me going each day.'
'You owe me twenty bucks.' Jim said when he was sure Arnold was gone,
'I know I know, but I didn't want to piss Helga off anymore than she already was.' Mike said cringing slightly as he felt the bruise around his jaw,
'True, very true, listen how about you just restock my beer supply sometime.' Mike nodded,
'My pleasure buddy.'
'Arnold I have a small confession to make.' Helga said shyly,
'Yeah?' Helga took a deep breath and let it out slowly,
'When we were younger I kinda had a crush on you. That was the main reason that I used to bully you and I was so nasty to you, I'm really sorry.' Smiling Arnold pulled Helga into a hug and kissed her forehead,
'You were such a cute kid I never let it get to me. Which gives me another reason to keep you alive.' Helga raised her head slightly,
'Really? What?' Grinning Arnold ruffled her hair,
'I wanna find out more about your crush.' Blushing scarlet Helga threw a pillow at him, laughing Arnold ducked and blowing her a kiss ran out of the room. Sighing Helga flopped back onto the bed,
'Stupid football headed love god.' She mumbled before falling asleep.
'So you escaped alive.' Jim said with a grin, Arnold nodded and walked into the living room, all of a sudden he felt a lot more protective of her, maybe it was the confession she had made or maybe it was the confession he had yet to make. Either way he was determined to keep her alive.
Ooooh, the football headed love god makes Helga go weak at the knees. I hope you guys appreciate how fast I am getting these chapters up, at this rate it will be finished within a few weeks. Then I can do a sequel. Anyway, review please. Let me know what you think, pretty please with sugar on top.