Death of A Baby-sitter
By Arnoldnhelga4eva
Disclaimer: I don't own Hey Arnold
Hey, here's the last chapter. Sorry it took so long, but I've been really busy. I'm even busy during the summer so my goal is to update on or more stories once every two weeks, or more often. So here's the last installment of this story. I hope you enjoy.
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Chapter 5: She's Dead?
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'Get away from me dad, stay the hell away from me." Helga said, backing up frantically. Bob laughed unheartily.
'All I wanted was for you to come with me,' he said as his entire face showed in the light. He ahd a scar on his left cheek, and his face had been clearly unshaven for a while. He advanced toward her with a crude smile playing on his face.
'The court order says you can't come within 100 feet of me!' Helga screamed at him in panic.
Bob shook his head, 'Do you really think I'd listen to those windbags? It's a bunch of crock written on a stinkin' piece of paper. It's bullshit!' He yelled back, still advancing on her.
Helga kept backing up with every step he took forward. 'Why do you want to kill me!?!? What do you want with me!?' Bob smiled as Helga ran into the wall of the house. She was stuck, she couldn't go back any further. Bob pinned her against the house and stuck the knife at her throat. He leaned over and whispered in her ear, and pressed the knife into her throat, staining the steel with a little blood.
'Because you're so vulnerable,' he whispered. She continued to shake as tears streamed down her cheek. He was killing her, torturing her every last minute before she died. She tried to swallow the lump in her throat, but felt it impossible.
Bob smiled and kissed her cold cheek. 'Goodbye Helga.' He said wickedly
Before he could make another move, he was knocked over by someone. Helga collapsed onto the ground, convulsing and breathing, trying to get herself straight again. Arnold picked up her wrecked form and started to whisk her away.
'Hurry Helga! The police will be here soon,' he said as they ran. She couldn't run though. She was in too much shock. She tripped as he tried to help her up. Finally she got up, but Arnold felt a sharp pain and now he fell. Helga gasped when she heard a horrible cry come from the lips of her beloved, and kneeled down to him. A gnarly hand reached down, and pulled the knife out of Arnold's arm, slowly so he would feel the pain. Arnold winced and clutched his wound that was drenching his shirt crimson as Helga looked up, looked her father in the eye.
'You bastard,' she screamed. He smiled and tut tutted her, waving the knife hypnotically in her face. She could see Arnold's blood still on the knife, mixed with her own. It was so revolting that she wanted to throw up, though it didn't even phase Big Bob.
'You're forgetting who has the knife my dear.' Bob smiled sickly.
Arnold looked up for the first time, and saw who the man really was.
'Big.Bob.P-Pataki?' Arnold stammered. Bob switched his gaze over to Arnold, leaving Helga alone for a minute. With a smile, Bob kicked Arnold in the stomach as Arnold let out a loud groan in pain.
'No! Leave him alone!' Helga yelled as she charged after her father, tugging at his hair, trying to distract him so Arnold could escape. Big Bob was too strong for Helga. He pushed her backwards, and she hit a tree, becoming unconscious. Bob thought he had finally killed her. He smiled wickedly, as Arnold looked at her, tears forming in his eyes. As Bob laughed, Arnold got up all the strength he could muster, and pulled the knife from the hand of the serpent, and plunged it in his heart like a knight fighting a dragon. Bob clenched his chest as he wavered a few moments, then finally fell to his death. Arnold began to feel light headed as he touched the wound on his arm. His knees buckled beneath him, and he tried crawling over to Helga, falling on top of her unmoving form. He could faintly hear sirens in the back ground as darkness soon claimed him.
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His eyes burned as he tried to open them reluctantly. Everything he saw was a big giant blur. His hands felt warm, and he could feel someone stroking the back of his palm rhythmically. He looked over to the person, and there was Helga, in a hospital gown, stroking his hand. He smiled and tightened his fingers, grasping her hand in his. She gasped, and looked down at him. He was finally awake.
'Hey,' she said as a tear slipped down her beautiful cheek, 'thanks for saving me.' He nodded and motioned for her to come closer to him. He kissed her lightly, and pulled back.
'You saved Danny, Helga,' he said, 'that was a very noble thing to do.'
She smiled. 'Yeah, well I had to. Plus, I can't help lovin the kid. He's so full of life and he reminds me of--' she stopped and clamped her hand over her mouth. It was too late, but she realized what had left her mouth. He looked into her deep blue eyes and found her answer. He reached up and kissed her again and she gave in.
'Just friends, eh?' Mrs. Silverain asked from the door. Helga jerked back and stared at her client with wide eyes.
Jan just smiled. 'I'm just kidding, but I wanted to thank you both for risking your lives to save Danny. Arnold, if you weren't there, I--' she couldn't even finish her sentence as tears fell from her eyes. Arnold could see Danny hiding behind Mrs. Silverain.
'Do you know who the man was though, Mrs. Silverain?' Helga asked. Jan scrunched up her face. All they had told her was that his name was Bob. Jan shook her head and Helga took a deep breath.
This was harder for her to say than she thought it would be. 'He-he was my father, and he was out to kill me.' Jan gasped, looking faint. She felt around and found a chair to sit down on. She sat down, still with the look of shock on her face.
'S-so, y-you mean.' she tried saying, but her lips were paralyzed and she couldn't form coherent words. Helga sighed and sat down next to Mrs. Silverain to tell her the story. Arnold looked over toward the door at Danny. Arnold smiled, which made Daniel smile. He walked over to Arnold and looked up at him.
'Thanks for saving me and Helga,' Danny said softly.
Arnold smiled and ruffled Danny's hair. 'No problem.' Arnold said. He noticed Danny no longer had his stuffed Hippo, but then again Bob ripped it in half in the backyard. When Arnold got out of the hospital, he would buy Danny a new stuffed hippo. Danny looked up at Arnold again with tears in his eyes.
'Her daddy is so much like mine,' Danny said and tried to sniff back a few tears. He ran over to Arnold and hugged him tightly. Arnold patted the small boy on the back and looked over at Helga and Jan. They too were hugging. Arnold caught Helga's eye for a moment and she smiled at him. It was then that he knew she would be okay. Everything would turn out fine. He was back to looking on the bright side, and she would be okay; he would be okay. Danny was okay. Baby-sitting can be torture, and this time it was, literally. Arnold sighed and watched the clouds fly quickly by in the sky, knowing it was a sign that this world was now a safer place.
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Okay, that's it, that's the end. What did you think? I want to know, especially since this was my last chapter. Well, onto a new story. Soon, I should start posting my next story, There is No Justice. Then I have another story finished too. Anyway it goes, I'm not done. There's still Where We're From too. That's a long one. Anyway, have a great summer. School is out!!!!
C ya l8ter!
Arnoldnhelga4eva
By Arnoldnhelga4eva
Disclaimer: I don't own Hey Arnold
Hey, here's the last chapter. Sorry it took so long, but I've been really busy. I'm even busy during the summer so my goal is to update on or more stories once every two weeks, or more often. So here's the last installment of this story. I hope you enjoy.
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Chapter 5: She's Dead?
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'Get away from me dad, stay the hell away from me." Helga said, backing up frantically. Bob laughed unheartily.
'All I wanted was for you to come with me,' he said as his entire face showed in the light. He ahd a scar on his left cheek, and his face had been clearly unshaven for a while. He advanced toward her with a crude smile playing on his face.
'The court order says you can't come within 100 feet of me!' Helga screamed at him in panic.
Bob shook his head, 'Do you really think I'd listen to those windbags? It's a bunch of crock written on a stinkin' piece of paper. It's bullshit!' He yelled back, still advancing on her.
Helga kept backing up with every step he took forward. 'Why do you want to kill me!?!? What do you want with me!?' Bob smiled as Helga ran into the wall of the house. She was stuck, she couldn't go back any further. Bob pinned her against the house and stuck the knife at her throat. He leaned over and whispered in her ear, and pressed the knife into her throat, staining the steel with a little blood.
'Because you're so vulnerable,' he whispered. She continued to shake as tears streamed down her cheek. He was killing her, torturing her every last minute before she died. She tried to swallow the lump in her throat, but felt it impossible.
Bob smiled and kissed her cold cheek. 'Goodbye Helga.' He said wickedly
Before he could make another move, he was knocked over by someone. Helga collapsed onto the ground, convulsing and breathing, trying to get herself straight again. Arnold picked up her wrecked form and started to whisk her away.
'Hurry Helga! The police will be here soon,' he said as they ran. She couldn't run though. She was in too much shock. She tripped as he tried to help her up. Finally she got up, but Arnold felt a sharp pain and now he fell. Helga gasped when she heard a horrible cry come from the lips of her beloved, and kneeled down to him. A gnarly hand reached down, and pulled the knife out of Arnold's arm, slowly so he would feel the pain. Arnold winced and clutched his wound that was drenching his shirt crimson as Helga looked up, looked her father in the eye.
'You bastard,' she screamed. He smiled and tut tutted her, waving the knife hypnotically in her face. She could see Arnold's blood still on the knife, mixed with her own. It was so revolting that she wanted to throw up, though it didn't even phase Big Bob.
'You're forgetting who has the knife my dear.' Bob smiled sickly.
Arnold looked up for the first time, and saw who the man really was.
'Big.Bob.P-Pataki?' Arnold stammered. Bob switched his gaze over to Arnold, leaving Helga alone for a minute. With a smile, Bob kicked Arnold in the stomach as Arnold let out a loud groan in pain.
'No! Leave him alone!' Helga yelled as she charged after her father, tugging at his hair, trying to distract him so Arnold could escape. Big Bob was too strong for Helga. He pushed her backwards, and she hit a tree, becoming unconscious. Bob thought he had finally killed her. He smiled wickedly, as Arnold looked at her, tears forming in his eyes. As Bob laughed, Arnold got up all the strength he could muster, and pulled the knife from the hand of the serpent, and plunged it in his heart like a knight fighting a dragon. Bob clenched his chest as he wavered a few moments, then finally fell to his death. Arnold began to feel light headed as he touched the wound on his arm. His knees buckled beneath him, and he tried crawling over to Helga, falling on top of her unmoving form. He could faintly hear sirens in the back ground as darkness soon claimed him.
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His eyes burned as he tried to open them reluctantly. Everything he saw was a big giant blur. His hands felt warm, and he could feel someone stroking the back of his palm rhythmically. He looked over to the person, and there was Helga, in a hospital gown, stroking his hand. He smiled and tightened his fingers, grasping her hand in his. She gasped, and looked down at him. He was finally awake.
'Hey,' she said as a tear slipped down her beautiful cheek, 'thanks for saving me.' He nodded and motioned for her to come closer to him. He kissed her lightly, and pulled back.
'You saved Danny, Helga,' he said, 'that was a very noble thing to do.'
She smiled. 'Yeah, well I had to. Plus, I can't help lovin the kid. He's so full of life and he reminds me of--' she stopped and clamped her hand over her mouth. It was too late, but she realized what had left her mouth. He looked into her deep blue eyes and found her answer. He reached up and kissed her again and she gave in.
'Just friends, eh?' Mrs. Silverain asked from the door. Helga jerked back and stared at her client with wide eyes.
Jan just smiled. 'I'm just kidding, but I wanted to thank you both for risking your lives to save Danny. Arnold, if you weren't there, I--' she couldn't even finish her sentence as tears fell from her eyes. Arnold could see Danny hiding behind Mrs. Silverain.
'Do you know who the man was though, Mrs. Silverain?' Helga asked. Jan scrunched up her face. All they had told her was that his name was Bob. Jan shook her head and Helga took a deep breath.
This was harder for her to say than she thought it would be. 'He-he was my father, and he was out to kill me.' Jan gasped, looking faint. She felt around and found a chair to sit down on. She sat down, still with the look of shock on her face.
'S-so, y-you mean.' she tried saying, but her lips were paralyzed and she couldn't form coherent words. Helga sighed and sat down next to Mrs. Silverain to tell her the story. Arnold looked over toward the door at Danny. Arnold smiled, which made Daniel smile. He walked over to Arnold and looked up at him.
'Thanks for saving me and Helga,' Danny said softly.
Arnold smiled and ruffled Danny's hair. 'No problem.' Arnold said. He noticed Danny no longer had his stuffed Hippo, but then again Bob ripped it in half in the backyard. When Arnold got out of the hospital, he would buy Danny a new stuffed hippo. Danny looked up at Arnold again with tears in his eyes.
'Her daddy is so much like mine,' Danny said and tried to sniff back a few tears. He ran over to Arnold and hugged him tightly. Arnold patted the small boy on the back and looked over at Helga and Jan. They too were hugging. Arnold caught Helga's eye for a moment and she smiled at him. It was then that he knew she would be okay. Everything would turn out fine. He was back to looking on the bright side, and she would be okay; he would be okay. Danny was okay. Baby-sitting can be torture, and this time it was, literally. Arnold sighed and watched the clouds fly quickly by in the sky, knowing it was a sign that this world was now a safer place.
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Okay, that's it, that's the end. What did you think? I want to know, especially since this was my last chapter. Well, onto a new story. Soon, I should start posting my next story, There is No Justice. Then I have another story finished too. Anyway it goes, I'm not done. There's still Where We're From too. That's a long one. Anyway, have a great summer. School is out!!!!
C ya l8ter!
Arnoldnhelga4eva
