Nadine sat in the chair beside Arnold looking at the ground
nervously. There was a sense of dread in the pit of her stomach and she
couldn't quite place why. There was something wrong. Her eyes traveled
around the waiting room, trying to place where the danger was coming from.
Seeing nothing that seemed threatening, she pulled out a magazine she
purchased from the lobby about insects.
Helga looked to Nadine with hooded blue eyes. She, too, felt danger nearby. Arnold felt nothing, but could tell, from the way both girls would shift in their chairs that they were troubled. Arnold slipped his arms around both girls and hugged them gently. "You two okay? You look nervous and tense. You both even feel tense.." Helga felt a flush building in her cheeks at the simple comment and she permitted herself to be pulled closer to Arnold.
"I'm all right. Just wary." Nadine allowed herself to nod in agreement, no longer listening. Her eyes glazed over as she started to feel lightheaded.
"I think I need to lie down..." She sighed as she slumped in her chair. Helga and Arnold looked to Nadine with nervous eyes.
"Is she okay?" Helga nodded to Arnold as he slipped her arm around Nadine and pulled her against him, so she was leaning against him. "Poor girl... She's been through so much already..." Helga frowned slightly at the innocent move Arnold made to pull Nadine closer to him. She nodded, nonetheless and shifted to sit closer to him.
"Let the girl sleep." She said innocently. "She's been to Hell and back." Arnold nodded and smiled at her. "What? Can't I say anything nice without you goin' all mushy on me, Foot-ball Head?!" His smile turned to a frown.
"Sorry Helga."
"And you should be." He rolled his eyes and sighed heavily.
"Whatever you say Helga." She folded her arms across her chest and looked away from him. Phoebe stepped out into the waiting room, her arm looped through Gerald's.
"My father will be all right. We have to get Arnie-and soon." Gerald nodded, agreeing with Phoebe. Helga bowed her head in acknowledgement, agreeing with them both. "We'll start tomorrow night. We'll do a buddy system-everyone stay by a phone. If anything odd happens call the other party and we'll be fine. Got it?" They nodded. "Good." Arnold grinned faintly at the others.
"Let's kick some ass!" He hissed and put his arm around Helga's shoulders and hugged her to him. Helga felt her eyes widen and she tensed slightly, but made not other movements to stop him. Phoebe bit her lower lip to keep from giggling as Gerald shook his head. "Oh, er. Sorry Helga." He said, releasing her. Her cheeks flushed as she stood.
"It's fine. Let's do this."
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The next day came and went. Soon two weeks had passed by with no occurrences. The group began to let their guard down. Everyone began to feel the worst was over, but it had only just begun. They began to do their own things, ignoring the small, insignificant signs that trouble lurked just around the corner.
One day after school Nadine headed home, a little tense and nervous. She had a strange feeling that things were not quite right. She went inside the house and grabbed the phone carrying it with her as she made her way into the kitchen, going for a drink of lemonade. She took out a large glass and poured it in then pulled it to her lips. Before she could sip the phone rang, startling Nadine and making her drop the full glass of lemonade onto the floor, the glass shattering into many small pieces. Sighing, she reached over and answered the phone as she began to clean up the glass. "Hello?" She asked softly as she mopped up the liquid. "Hello?" She asked again as the silence followed.
"Nadine? It's Rhonda... Listen, I need you to come over NOW."
"Rhonda I'm a bit busy, cleaning this glass. If you could only wait a few minutes..."
"There is no time Nadine! There's someone in my house and I'm scared to try and leave! I need your help I think-Oh God! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The line went dead.
"Rhonda? Rhonda don't scare me like this! Oh, God..." She grabbed her cell phone and raced out of the house and towards her best friend's house at full speed. She got there in 3 minutes, panting. She could not see Rhonda anywhere, but the front door, always shut to be sure no "disgusting" insects got in, stood wide open. She slowly walked in, her eyes alert, her finger ready to push the button to call Helga's phone number. "Rhonda? Rhonda are you here?" Nadine slowly made her way to the room and stopped in her tracks. Her breath escaped her in pants as her eyes widened in horror. "NO! RHONDA!" She screamed and flung herself at the carcass of her best friend.
Rhonda's once-beautiful raven hair was coated in blood, her eyes were wide open in horror. Her dress full of cuts and blood. Nadine sobbed as she shook her head, her tears falling over Rhonda's dress. Nadine's eyes shifted as a faint movement caught her eyes. A shadow appeared to be standing in the doorway. Trembling, while trying to pretend she did not see the shadows, Nadine pushed the send button, dialing Helga's number. Whipping around, she saw Arnie standing, staring at her through narrowed eyes, a knife gleaming in the dim light of the closed-curtained room. Panicking, Nadine realized there was no way out.
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Helga had brushed her hair out and was getting ready to hit the showers when she heard her phone ringing. Curious, she made her way to the phone and answered it. "Hello?" She asked, sighing. "C'mon. If you're gonna call me the least you could do is talk!" Then she listened more intently to the phone and heard ragged breathing.
"Don't come any closer, Arnie..." She distinctly heard Nadine say. "You can't get away with this. You're going to lose. Please, just leave me alone... Let me go!"
"I can't." Helga heard the reply. "You came here, it's your own fault you must die." Helga's eyes widened as she stood, holding the phone.
"N-Nadine?" She called again. No one replied to her.
"Please. You must let me go. Y-You killed Rhonda! You killed her! Get away from me! Get away!" She screamed and dropped the phone.
"Nadine? Nadine! Can you hear me?" It was silent for a few long heartbeats, and Helga's heart began to pound in her ears. Then she heard the phone be picked up and brought to someone's ear. "Nadine?" She asked again, voice trembling and cracking.
"She had to die. She came here herself. She had to die." Came Arnie's voice on the other line. The phone clicked and Helga let out a sob and hung the phone up, calling Arnold.
Author's note: Getting tired of these huh? Sorry this was so intense and sorry it was so dramatic. I just wanted to get the story going and this was the best way to do it. I hope you all like it. I hope you all can read it since I've changed it to R. o.O Take care! Love ya'll, thanks for reviewing!
~*CT*~
Helga looked to Nadine with hooded blue eyes. She, too, felt danger nearby. Arnold felt nothing, but could tell, from the way both girls would shift in their chairs that they were troubled. Arnold slipped his arms around both girls and hugged them gently. "You two okay? You look nervous and tense. You both even feel tense.." Helga felt a flush building in her cheeks at the simple comment and she permitted herself to be pulled closer to Arnold.
"I'm all right. Just wary." Nadine allowed herself to nod in agreement, no longer listening. Her eyes glazed over as she started to feel lightheaded.
"I think I need to lie down..." She sighed as she slumped in her chair. Helga and Arnold looked to Nadine with nervous eyes.
"Is she okay?" Helga nodded to Arnold as he slipped her arm around Nadine and pulled her against him, so she was leaning against him. "Poor girl... She's been through so much already..." Helga frowned slightly at the innocent move Arnold made to pull Nadine closer to him. She nodded, nonetheless and shifted to sit closer to him.
"Let the girl sleep." She said innocently. "She's been to Hell and back." Arnold nodded and smiled at her. "What? Can't I say anything nice without you goin' all mushy on me, Foot-ball Head?!" His smile turned to a frown.
"Sorry Helga."
"And you should be." He rolled his eyes and sighed heavily.
"Whatever you say Helga." She folded her arms across her chest and looked away from him. Phoebe stepped out into the waiting room, her arm looped through Gerald's.
"My father will be all right. We have to get Arnie-and soon." Gerald nodded, agreeing with Phoebe. Helga bowed her head in acknowledgement, agreeing with them both. "We'll start tomorrow night. We'll do a buddy system-everyone stay by a phone. If anything odd happens call the other party and we'll be fine. Got it?" They nodded. "Good." Arnold grinned faintly at the others.
"Let's kick some ass!" He hissed and put his arm around Helga's shoulders and hugged her to him. Helga felt her eyes widen and she tensed slightly, but made not other movements to stop him. Phoebe bit her lower lip to keep from giggling as Gerald shook his head. "Oh, er. Sorry Helga." He said, releasing her. Her cheeks flushed as she stood.
"It's fine. Let's do this."
~*~*~*~*~
The next day came and went. Soon two weeks had passed by with no occurrences. The group began to let their guard down. Everyone began to feel the worst was over, but it had only just begun. They began to do their own things, ignoring the small, insignificant signs that trouble lurked just around the corner.
One day after school Nadine headed home, a little tense and nervous. She had a strange feeling that things were not quite right. She went inside the house and grabbed the phone carrying it with her as she made her way into the kitchen, going for a drink of lemonade. She took out a large glass and poured it in then pulled it to her lips. Before she could sip the phone rang, startling Nadine and making her drop the full glass of lemonade onto the floor, the glass shattering into many small pieces. Sighing, she reached over and answered the phone as she began to clean up the glass. "Hello?" She asked softly as she mopped up the liquid. "Hello?" She asked again as the silence followed.
"Nadine? It's Rhonda... Listen, I need you to come over NOW."
"Rhonda I'm a bit busy, cleaning this glass. If you could only wait a few minutes..."
"There is no time Nadine! There's someone in my house and I'm scared to try and leave! I need your help I think-Oh God! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The line went dead.
"Rhonda? Rhonda don't scare me like this! Oh, God..." She grabbed her cell phone and raced out of the house and towards her best friend's house at full speed. She got there in 3 minutes, panting. She could not see Rhonda anywhere, but the front door, always shut to be sure no "disgusting" insects got in, stood wide open. She slowly walked in, her eyes alert, her finger ready to push the button to call Helga's phone number. "Rhonda? Rhonda are you here?" Nadine slowly made her way to the room and stopped in her tracks. Her breath escaped her in pants as her eyes widened in horror. "NO! RHONDA!" She screamed and flung herself at the carcass of her best friend.
Rhonda's once-beautiful raven hair was coated in blood, her eyes were wide open in horror. Her dress full of cuts and blood. Nadine sobbed as she shook her head, her tears falling over Rhonda's dress. Nadine's eyes shifted as a faint movement caught her eyes. A shadow appeared to be standing in the doorway. Trembling, while trying to pretend she did not see the shadows, Nadine pushed the send button, dialing Helga's number. Whipping around, she saw Arnie standing, staring at her through narrowed eyes, a knife gleaming in the dim light of the closed-curtained room. Panicking, Nadine realized there was no way out.
~*~*~*~*~
Helga had brushed her hair out and was getting ready to hit the showers when she heard her phone ringing. Curious, she made her way to the phone and answered it. "Hello?" She asked, sighing. "C'mon. If you're gonna call me the least you could do is talk!" Then she listened more intently to the phone and heard ragged breathing.
"Don't come any closer, Arnie..." She distinctly heard Nadine say. "You can't get away with this. You're going to lose. Please, just leave me alone... Let me go!"
"I can't." Helga heard the reply. "You came here, it's your own fault you must die." Helga's eyes widened as she stood, holding the phone.
"N-Nadine?" She called again. No one replied to her.
"Please. You must let me go. Y-You killed Rhonda! You killed her! Get away from me! Get away!" She screamed and dropped the phone.
"Nadine? Nadine! Can you hear me?" It was silent for a few long heartbeats, and Helga's heart began to pound in her ears. Then she heard the phone be picked up and brought to someone's ear. "Nadine?" She asked again, voice trembling and cracking.
"She had to die. She came here herself. She had to die." Came Arnie's voice on the other line. The phone clicked and Helga let out a sob and hung the phone up, calling Arnold.
Author's note: Getting tired of these huh? Sorry this was so intense and sorry it was so dramatic. I just wanted to get the story going and this was the best way to do it. I hope you all like it. I hope you all can read it since I've changed it to R. o.O Take care! Love ya'll, thanks for reviewing!
~*CT*~