Death of A Baby-Sitter

By Arnoldnhelga4eva

Disclaimer: I don't own Hey Arnold.

Hey, long time since I updated this story, so I thought you guys hopefully wanted to see the fourth chapter, so here it is.

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Chapter 4: He Wants Her Dead

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A couple seconds later the lights came back on.

'C'mon Helga, it was only a short power out. It's okay.' She told herself before she walked over to Arnold.

'Do you know why the power went out?' he asked.

'N-no,' she said a little shakily. Contrary to his usual denseness, he caught onto her uneasiness.

'Hey Helga, what's wrong? I'm sure it was just the power company.' She thought for a moment No, it hadn't been. The lights outside were still on if her memory served her correctly. When the power went out, the lights in the other houses remained on.

'No,' she said more panicky,' It wasn't. The other houses didn't have a power splurge.' He looked at her with fear in his eyes.

'D-do you think it's.?' before he could finish, the lights went out again. Helga screamed but a hand clamped over her mouth.

'Helga, shhh,' came Arnold's voice. She calmed down a little bit,' We can't let the guy know where we are. Let's go get Danny, and we'll go into a room where it's safe. We'll call the police again.' He released her from him

'They won't believe me!' she yelled in a whisper.

'I'll call them, then they'll know it's not a joke if two people are this freaked out. Let's go get Danny.' Helga nodded and reached around until she came to a cupboard. She felt around inside until cold metal came in contact with her skin.

'Ureka,' she whispered pulling the flashlight from the cupboard. She turned it on and there was a sudden illumination from the flashlight, 'C'mon, let's go.' She motioned for Arnold to follow her and he complied. They walked up the stairs.

'You go get Danny and I'll go into his mom's room to call 911.' Helga nodded and handed Arnold the flashlight once she reached Danny's door. A little uneasily, she continued into the room to luckily find him asleep.

'Wake up Danny,' she shook him lightly like she had before and slowly he awoke, groaning and stretching; rubbing his eyes from sleep.

'W-what?' he asked not fully awake.

'C'mon, we're going to your mom's room again.' She picked up the small boy and he grabbed his hippo before they left the room. He clutched onto her for dear life while Helga followed the light coming from Mrs. Silverrain's room. She walked in and closed the door behind her. There was a distraut Arnold sitting on the bed, staring at the wall as if it was the most fascinating thin he'd ever seen. She let Danny go from her arms and he laid on the ground, asleep again.

'A-Arnold?' she said a little scared,' Why didn't you call the police?' he looked over at her with a shocked look on his face

'The line's dead.' He said with no emotion.

'Wh-wh-what do you mean the line's dead?' she asked him in an extremely panicked voice. He looked back over at the phone with the same aloof look.

'H-Helga, we need to get out of here--now.' He was serious. Whoever this was that was scaring them wasn't just playing games, he was serious He didn't want someone to come out--alive.

'A-all right--come on Danny.Danny? Danny!?' Helga started panicking and running around the room searching for him. Arnold got up to help her. They searched high, and low, but he was no where to be seen. Suddenly the phone rang again, scaring them to death *(no pun intended)* Hadn't the phone line just been dead a few minutes ago? This person was just trying to mess with their minds. With a shaky arm, Arnold reached over and picked up the receiver, and Helga put her ear next to the receiver so she could listen too.

'H-hello?' Arnold said in a shaky voice.

'I have the boy.' A distinctly familiar voice said. It sounded like.like deep voice, but Helga was right here. Someone was using a voice box.

'Give him back!' Helga yelled at the creep. A sick laugh was heard from the man, and they could hear Danny in the background. It was obvious that whoever this was had his hand around Danny's mouth. Helga's face flushed of its color and cold beads of sweat formed on her body. The person on the other line laughed again, in the same sick tone that made Arnold's stomach turn, making him want to throw up.

'Oh I'll give him back Helga. All I want is you.' Helga gasped and Arnold was shocked. What could this man possibly want with Helga?

'W-what?' she asked, not really wanting to know the answer.

'You heard me. Come into the backyard alone. I'll let Danny go, but you have to come with me.' Her heart was racing now. Whoever this was wanted her dead. She was breathing hard, almost hyperventilating. Arnold grew mad with a passion. This guy wasn't about to hurt Helga, or Danny.

'Listen you creep, whoever you are, the police are going to catch you, so to make it easy on yourself, don't do anything you'll regret.' Arnold yelled. The phone was silent for a moment; they thought the man had abandoned, then he spoke again.

'By the tree.' And then he hung up. Arnold quickly dialed 911, but before he could get to a dispatcher, the line went dead again. Arnold slammed the phone on the pad and walked to the window with his head in his hand. Helga stood behind him.

'I'm going out there,' she said. Arnold turned around.

'But-but what if he kills you?' He asked her frantically, grabbing her shoulders and shaking her slightly. She glared at him a little.

'I have to,' she said, 'He's MY responsibility, I have to save him!' Arnold nodded and looked down, still holding onto her shoulders. He looked back up at her.

'Well, if you don't come back, then.' and then he kissed her. It was a simple, yet meaningful kiss. She gave in and kissed him back, until she pulled back.

'I'll be back, I promise,' she said before she ran downstairs. Would she be back? She hoped so, but a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach told her that might not happen. Arnold followed her and stood in the kitchen as Helga walked onto the porch and down the steps into the grass. Which tree was this man talking about? There was a hell of a lot of trees here! She walked by, looking around her observantly when Danny ran out from behind one of the trees.

'Helga!' He yelled as he ran into her arms sobbing, 'Helga it's the man from my dream!' Helga gasped. This man hadn't come in his dream, it was real. This man was real.

'Danny, run. Go inside,' she whispered to him, 'Arnold is waiting there. Both of you go to the neighbors and call the police, as fast as you can.' Danny sobbed even harder.

'But what about you Helga?'

'She's coming with me,' a very familiar voice said in the dark. She couldn't see him now.

'Run Danny,' she said, as he ran into his home. Helga turned back to look this man in the eye. What the hell did he want with her?

'Why are you here, what do you want!?' she asked as calmly as possible. The man chuckled and stepped out into the darkness. She could see him, but his face was still shrouded in darkness. The man carried Danny's stuffed hippo in his left hand, and a knife in the right hand. Helga gasped as the man slit the hippo in two. That wasn't a very promising sign.

'Your little boyfriend and the little boy you're baby-sitting can't help you now,' he said as he slowly came closer to her. She backed up with every step he took forward.

'W-why not!? Arnold and Danny are smart. They'll get me out of here, and you'll be in jail!' She could see the shadow of the man's head shake as he laughed.

'Oh Helga, you're even more stupid than I thought you were. Olga always did so much better than you. I even begged you to come, but you didn't.' Helga scrunched up her face, trying ot remember where she ahd heard it before. She couldn't think. She was too afraid for her life.

'I-I don't know what you're talking abou--'

'And you think Alfred and Danny are going to save you? Hah! That orphan boy won't get near a phone before you're dead!' Helga gasped. She knew exactly who it was now, but why!?

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Okay, the next chapter will be up soon. Hey, did you know that R.L. Stine works for Nickelodeon? He was one of the writers for an old show, Ureka's Castle, or something like that. I read it in the little thing at the end of one of his books that tells about the author. I thought that was cool.

I thought Helga should be all motherly over Danny. I also picture her as pretty freaked out because she always panics in bad situations.

Anyway, I'll post, soon hopefully. I hope you enjoyed my chapter. There's only one chapter left of this, and then I'll start posting a new story, called There Is No Justice. Please r/r.

C ya l8ter!

Arnoldnhelga4eva