The Great Search
By Arnoldnhelga4eva
Disclaimer: I don't own HA.
Hey, I'm back with this story!!:D I was watching the episodes that I got on tape the other day, and an idea just came out of the blue, but its been a long time since I last updated, so some things have changed. If I had time, I'd go back and change them, but there is only apprx. After this chapter, two chapters left. Then the only unfinished story I have is What Will Come of Pretending. Puppiescute has given me some good ideas, but I haven't found the motivation to write it, so if anyone else can help me out, that would be great. Okay, so the long anticipated (I'm glad I got some reviews for this story since I last updated) chapter 13.
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Chapter 13: Beating around the Bush
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'mom! Dad! She disappeared!' Arnold shouted frantically.
Stella looked up, 'Helga did?'
'Yeah, she's gone! She just disappeared!'
Miles stood up, 'Don't worry son, we'll search for her. And in the meantime, we'll search for Eduardo.'
Arnold looked at his father very confused, "Dad, Eduardo's the reason Helga and I are stuck out here. And I'll bet he's the one who kidnapped Helga!'
Stella and Miles looked at one another for a minute with worried faces. Stella turned back toward her son, 'Arnold, sweetie. I think you should sit down. We need to tell you something.'
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Helga's eyes darted around the room in fear. Whoever it was that brought her here had not tied her up, but instead thrown her in a room, a very dark room. Her eyes had not yet adjusted to the pitch black that surrounded her.
Where was Arnold? That question alone scared her. What if they had kidnapped him too, and tortured him, or.killed him.
Helga started to cry, at the thought of losing her beloved, her protector, her only reason for living. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she could almost make out another form of something adjacent from her in the hut. The figure moved toward her, and an arm reached out, and touched her own. She gasped, when she felt the cold hands touch her warm skin. How could anybody be so cold in the jungle?
'So you aren't an illusion,' the man said, with a heavy Spanish accent, 'I thought you weren't real.'
Helga looked at the man with a scared expression, 'W-who are you?' she asked uneasily.
The man took her hand in his and gave it a weak shake, 'I am very sorry for being so rude. My name is Eduardo. I am a messenger of the green-eyed people.'
Helga sat there with her mouth agape. She didn't speak for a very long time until, 'B-but that's impossible. You can't be Eduardo, he's the reason why I'm' stuck in the jungle.' Helga could hear the man sigh.
'Actually, the man who claims he is Eduardo, is fake. He is working for the mysterious, La Sombra. He is-'
'Woah woah woah, wait a minute. You're saying that the man that tried to kill me and Arnold, wasn't Eduardo?'
'No, I have no intentions of the kind. It was the work of La Sombra. When Miles and Stella left their son, Arnold with his grandparents because La Sombra pretended to be me, and lured them into an awful trap.'
'Wait wait, tell me the whole story.'
Eduardo took in a deep breath, and let it out, 'Okay, I will tell you everything. You do know Arnold, right?' Helga said that she did so he continued.
'It all began when Miles and Stella met. They had gone on an excursion through the jungle, to the highest point when they slid down the ledge, and plunged into the river. The river swept them away, but my people, the green- eyedes saw what good people Miles and Stella were, so they saved them, although Miles nor Stella every actually saw the green-eyed people. Miles and Stella vowed to return the favor back to the green-eyed people one day.' Helga was listening intently as she soaked in every word Eduardo, the real Eduardo said.
'Yes, Miles and Stella are wonderful people, so they seeked my assistance in some way of repaying the green-eyed people, so I told them about "el corazon."'
'That means, the heart, right?' Helga interjected.
Eduardo nodded, 'Yes, it is a sacred relic of the green-eyed people. La Sombra had stolen it from them in an evil attempt to gain power. Anyway, Miles and Stella returned the ancient artifact to the green-eyed people, but La Sombra promised the m that he would get them back. That was when I came into his plan.
'After Miles and Stella returned to America, La Sombra captured me so that I could not stop him from capturing Miles and Stella. He got one of his men to change their appearance so they would look like me, and went back to Hillwood and made up the story that the green eyeds were in trouble again. Eventually that man convinced them to come, and captured them after their plane landed.'
'How do you know all of this?' Helga asked.
'Miles and Stella were kept in this hut for a little while, until La Sombra transferred them somewhere else. I worry that they might not be alive anymore.
'Actually, they are. They're with Arnold right now,' Helga said. Even though it was dark, she could almost see Eduardo smile.
'Oh good, I'm glad they have been reunited. The green-eyed people must have rescued them. I'm sure its been hard for Arnold being separated form his parents for so long.'
'Yeah, it has. Every October 5th, he shuts everyone out and hides in his room, or on his roof. Before we knew that it was the anniversary of the day his parents disappeared, we teased him about not wanting to do anything, but eventually people left him alone.'
'I see, but you said that Miles and Stella are on safe grounds?'
'Yeah, unless they've been captured again by what's his name?'
'La Sombra?'
'Yeah, what's that mean anyway?'
'It means, "The Shadow" in Spanish. The green-eyed people name him that because of his mysterious ways around these jungles. Wherever he goes, he is always shadowed. They say that nobody has every seen his face after he was kicked out of the green-eyed village. He learned to hate all humans, especially the green-eyed people. He knew about el corazon when he lived in the village. It is a sacred relic of the green-eyed people that has the power to control the universe. When the planets align, the keeper of el corazon has complete control of everything on the earth. Some call it, el corazon del mundo. That means, the heart of the earth.'
'Oh, so that's why La Sombra wants el corazon, to kill all human life off earth.'
'No,' a mysterious figure in black said as the door to the hut opened, letting in a blinding light, 'When those pesky doo gooders tell me where el corazon is, I will control all humans, and they will serve me. The world will be mine, and the green-eyed people will vanish.' The deep voice cackled a very evil laugh as Helga ran toward him, trying to push him down. Her plan only backfired. He didn't even budge. Instead, he pushed her back, sending her flying to the other side of the hut.
La Sombra laughed, 'I'm surprised you haven't tried to escape yet. You won't be able to anyway. These walls are made of cement and twigs, so don't even try. Besides, both of you are too weak to try going under,' La Sombra laughed again.
Helga staggered to sit up, as Eduardo helped her, 'Where's Arnold?' she asked wearily.
Even though he was silhouetted by the light, she could see La Sombra smile, 'Oh, your little boyfriend? Don't worry, he's going to be of great help to me. If it weren't for his parents writing that letter, and my fake Eduardo coming to get him, I would never get what is truly mine, el corazon. But you, you got in the way of my plans. But it wasn't hard kidnapping you. You're weak though, Helga is it?' he said spitely. Helga was about to try a tackle on him again, but restrained herself this time.
'Y-you're not going to kill them, are you?' Eduardo asked uncertainly.
'Not if they follow all my directions,' La Sombra looked behind him, and then back at the two, 'I will be back after I find el corazon. Don't move.' La Sombra said with a wicked gleam and then he left, closing the door behind him. Helga could only stare after the place where La Sombra last stood, and she cried.
'We're all gonna die!' 'she shrieked.
Eduardo ignored her comment, and scratched his head as a smile grew across his face, 'Helga, he DID say that we are not strong enough to get out, but that is not true.'
Helga stopped crying and looked in his direction, 'Huh?'
'Yes, he said we are both weak, but you are not. And with both our strength put together, we can get out.'
'So what are you saying?' Helga asked skeptically.
'You're a girl who doesn't mind getting her nails dirty, right?'
'Yeah, so--oh, I see.'
Eduardo nodded, even though he knew she couldn't see, 'Yeah, we will tunnel under. Get ready to see light again Helga.' Eduardo said with a smile as they both started digging a hole, with their bare hands.
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'Where are we going now?' Arnold asked his parents. After they told him all about La Sombra, and how they didn't tell him at first to keep him out of the whole mess, they set off again.
'We have to hurry son. We have to make it to the green-eyed's shrine before La Sombra.'
'But what does La Sombra want with el corazon?' Arnold asked as they ran.
'He want's world domination, and we have to get to it and destroy it before he destroys the world.' Miles said.
Arnold looked up ahead and could see a big shrine, with some sort of caring of an eye in the middle.
Stella held out her hand to Arnold, 'Your father and I couldn't get in here alone, you need to be with us for this to work.'
'Yes,' Miles interjected, 'Because the green-eyed people know you too, and we must go as a group into the land of the green-eyed people.' Miles climbed up and took his son and fire's hands. Almost immediately, a big cloud of smoke swirled around them and continued to travel upward, as a bright green light shone above them. Like an elevator, Arnold could feel himself being lifted by some force. It was both terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Arnold closed his eyes, but could feel himself getting sucked up and up and up, until they stopped.
Arnold opened his eyes and looked around him. Instantly, he was amazed by the sight, the land of the green-eyed people.
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Well once I got my motivation back, it didn't take long to finish it. Chapter 14 will be up next weekend. Until then, R/R and
C ya l8ter!
Arnoldnhelga4eva
PS I love constructive criticism, but no flames please.:D
By Arnoldnhelga4eva
Disclaimer: I don't own HA.
Hey, I'm back with this story!!:D I was watching the episodes that I got on tape the other day, and an idea just came out of the blue, but its been a long time since I last updated, so some things have changed. If I had time, I'd go back and change them, but there is only apprx. After this chapter, two chapters left. Then the only unfinished story I have is What Will Come of Pretending. Puppiescute has given me some good ideas, but I haven't found the motivation to write it, so if anyone else can help me out, that would be great. Okay, so the long anticipated (I'm glad I got some reviews for this story since I last updated) chapter 13.
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Chapter 13: Beating around the Bush
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'mom! Dad! She disappeared!' Arnold shouted frantically.
Stella looked up, 'Helga did?'
'Yeah, she's gone! She just disappeared!'
Miles stood up, 'Don't worry son, we'll search for her. And in the meantime, we'll search for Eduardo.'
Arnold looked at his father very confused, "Dad, Eduardo's the reason Helga and I are stuck out here. And I'll bet he's the one who kidnapped Helga!'
Stella and Miles looked at one another for a minute with worried faces. Stella turned back toward her son, 'Arnold, sweetie. I think you should sit down. We need to tell you something.'
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Helga's eyes darted around the room in fear. Whoever it was that brought her here had not tied her up, but instead thrown her in a room, a very dark room. Her eyes had not yet adjusted to the pitch black that surrounded her.
Where was Arnold? That question alone scared her. What if they had kidnapped him too, and tortured him, or.killed him.
Helga started to cry, at the thought of losing her beloved, her protector, her only reason for living. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she could almost make out another form of something adjacent from her in the hut. The figure moved toward her, and an arm reached out, and touched her own. She gasped, when she felt the cold hands touch her warm skin. How could anybody be so cold in the jungle?
'So you aren't an illusion,' the man said, with a heavy Spanish accent, 'I thought you weren't real.'
Helga looked at the man with a scared expression, 'W-who are you?' she asked uneasily.
The man took her hand in his and gave it a weak shake, 'I am very sorry for being so rude. My name is Eduardo. I am a messenger of the green-eyed people.'
Helga sat there with her mouth agape. She didn't speak for a very long time until, 'B-but that's impossible. You can't be Eduardo, he's the reason why I'm' stuck in the jungle.' Helga could hear the man sigh.
'Actually, the man who claims he is Eduardo, is fake. He is working for the mysterious, La Sombra. He is-'
'Woah woah woah, wait a minute. You're saying that the man that tried to kill me and Arnold, wasn't Eduardo?'
'No, I have no intentions of the kind. It was the work of La Sombra. When Miles and Stella left their son, Arnold with his grandparents because La Sombra pretended to be me, and lured them into an awful trap.'
'Wait wait, tell me the whole story.'
Eduardo took in a deep breath, and let it out, 'Okay, I will tell you everything. You do know Arnold, right?' Helga said that she did so he continued.
'It all began when Miles and Stella met. They had gone on an excursion through the jungle, to the highest point when they slid down the ledge, and plunged into the river. The river swept them away, but my people, the green- eyedes saw what good people Miles and Stella were, so they saved them, although Miles nor Stella every actually saw the green-eyed people. Miles and Stella vowed to return the favor back to the green-eyed people one day.' Helga was listening intently as she soaked in every word Eduardo, the real Eduardo said.
'Yes, Miles and Stella are wonderful people, so they seeked my assistance in some way of repaying the green-eyed people, so I told them about "el corazon."'
'That means, the heart, right?' Helga interjected.
Eduardo nodded, 'Yes, it is a sacred relic of the green-eyed people. La Sombra had stolen it from them in an evil attempt to gain power. Anyway, Miles and Stella returned the ancient artifact to the green-eyed people, but La Sombra promised the m that he would get them back. That was when I came into his plan.
'After Miles and Stella returned to America, La Sombra captured me so that I could not stop him from capturing Miles and Stella. He got one of his men to change their appearance so they would look like me, and went back to Hillwood and made up the story that the green eyeds were in trouble again. Eventually that man convinced them to come, and captured them after their plane landed.'
'How do you know all of this?' Helga asked.
'Miles and Stella were kept in this hut for a little while, until La Sombra transferred them somewhere else. I worry that they might not be alive anymore.
'Actually, they are. They're with Arnold right now,' Helga said. Even though it was dark, she could almost see Eduardo smile.
'Oh good, I'm glad they have been reunited. The green-eyed people must have rescued them. I'm sure its been hard for Arnold being separated form his parents for so long.'
'Yeah, it has. Every October 5th, he shuts everyone out and hides in his room, or on his roof. Before we knew that it was the anniversary of the day his parents disappeared, we teased him about not wanting to do anything, but eventually people left him alone.'
'I see, but you said that Miles and Stella are on safe grounds?'
'Yeah, unless they've been captured again by what's his name?'
'La Sombra?'
'Yeah, what's that mean anyway?'
'It means, "The Shadow" in Spanish. The green-eyed people name him that because of his mysterious ways around these jungles. Wherever he goes, he is always shadowed. They say that nobody has every seen his face after he was kicked out of the green-eyed village. He learned to hate all humans, especially the green-eyed people. He knew about el corazon when he lived in the village. It is a sacred relic of the green-eyed people that has the power to control the universe. When the planets align, the keeper of el corazon has complete control of everything on the earth. Some call it, el corazon del mundo. That means, the heart of the earth.'
'Oh, so that's why La Sombra wants el corazon, to kill all human life off earth.'
'No,' a mysterious figure in black said as the door to the hut opened, letting in a blinding light, 'When those pesky doo gooders tell me where el corazon is, I will control all humans, and they will serve me. The world will be mine, and the green-eyed people will vanish.' The deep voice cackled a very evil laugh as Helga ran toward him, trying to push him down. Her plan only backfired. He didn't even budge. Instead, he pushed her back, sending her flying to the other side of the hut.
La Sombra laughed, 'I'm surprised you haven't tried to escape yet. You won't be able to anyway. These walls are made of cement and twigs, so don't even try. Besides, both of you are too weak to try going under,' La Sombra laughed again.
Helga staggered to sit up, as Eduardo helped her, 'Where's Arnold?' she asked wearily.
Even though he was silhouetted by the light, she could see La Sombra smile, 'Oh, your little boyfriend? Don't worry, he's going to be of great help to me. If it weren't for his parents writing that letter, and my fake Eduardo coming to get him, I would never get what is truly mine, el corazon. But you, you got in the way of my plans. But it wasn't hard kidnapping you. You're weak though, Helga is it?' he said spitely. Helga was about to try a tackle on him again, but restrained herself this time.
'Y-you're not going to kill them, are you?' Eduardo asked uncertainly.
'Not if they follow all my directions,' La Sombra looked behind him, and then back at the two, 'I will be back after I find el corazon. Don't move.' La Sombra said with a wicked gleam and then he left, closing the door behind him. Helga could only stare after the place where La Sombra last stood, and she cried.
'We're all gonna die!' 'she shrieked.
Eduardo ignored her comment, and scratched his head as a smile grew across his face, 'Helga, he DID say that we are not strong enough to get out, but that is not true.'
Helga stopped crying and looked in his direction, 'Huh?'
'Yes, he said we are both weak, but you are not. And with both our strength put together, we can get out.'
'So what are you saying?' Helga asked skeptically.
'You're a girl who doesn't mind getting her nails dirty, right?'
'Yeah, so--oh, I see.'
Eduardo nodded, even though he knew she couldn't see, 'Yeah, we will tunnel under. Get ready to see light again Helga.' Eduardo said with a smile as they both started digging a hole, with their bare hands.
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'Where are we going now?' Arnold asked his parents. After they told him all about La Sombra, and how they didn't tell him at first to keep him out of the whole mess, they set off again.
'We have to hurry son. We have to make it to the green-eyed's shrine before La Sombra.'
'But what does La Sombra want with el corazon?' Arnold asked as they ran.
'He want's world domination, and we have to get to it and destroy it before he destroys the world.' Miles said.
Arnold looked up ahead and could see a big shrine, with some sort of caring of an eye in the middle.
Stella held out her hand to Arnold, 'Your father and I couldn't get in here alone, you need to be with us for this to work.'
'Yes,' Miles interjected, 'Because the green-eyed people know you too, and we must go as a group into the land of the green-eyed people.' Miles climbed up and took his son and fire's hands. Almost immediately, a big cloud of smoke swirled around them and continued to travel upward, as a bright green light shone above them. Like an elevator, Arnold could feel himself being lifted by some force. It was both terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Arnold closed his eyes, but could feel himself getting sucked up and up and up, until they stopped.
Arnold opened his eyes and looked around him. Instantly, he was amazed by the sight, the land of the green-eyed people.
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Well once I got my motivation back, it didn't take long to finish it. Chapter 14 will be up next weekend. Until then, R/R and
C ya l8ter!
Arnoldnhelga4eva
PS I love constructive criticism, but no flames please.:D