CHAPTER 5: I HATE SUPRISES!

Ok now where were we? Ah yes, Helga's setting her big date with someone special! Well I'll continue, and this is a good chapter! And where the suspense comes in, after you read this, you'll understand why I didn't show what Arnold was doing in the last chapter. And I'm kinda getting discouraged, does anyone still like my fanfic?

Helga finally drove to Tina Park and reread the note over and over looking around to see Arnold, dozens of couples walked by them, but no Arnold. She mumbled, "He just wouldn't do this to me, he wouldn't go back on his word" After 5 minutes she saw Arnold walk across the gate, she waved at him to see if he'd see her, he didn't even notice her, he just walked right past the park. She was depressed and stared at the ground drooping when there was wheezing over her neck, she socked him like always but instead of breaking she gave him a black eye, but that didn't matter. Brainy looked up from the ground at Helga and sighed wanted a helping hand; she lowered her hand and helped him up, she giggled and sat down at the bench. But Brainy knew she wasn't happy, "what's the matter Helga? You look great but you don't seem it." [O did I mention he talks more now?] Helga handed him the note.

While them 2 were talking Rhonda had just arrived at the park and all settled in a bush safely observing Helga without her knowing; when they saw her with Brainy Sheena squealed, "BRAINY'S HER DATE?!-" Before she could continue Nadine shut her up, "quiet!" Phoebe knew though Brainy liked Helga he wouldn't be here with such an entrance, and then she saw Arnold heading home, "huh?" Everyone turned Phoebe's direction and saw him walking, "but isn't he supposed to be-?" Lila jerked her head and asked them all "we're going the wrong way; we better get Arnolds word from this." They all nodded and creeping towards Arnolds house. While crawling Rhonda's keys dropped out. Minutes later they knocked on his front door Arnold answered with Gerald, Harold, and Sid playing on the kitchen table, "Phoebe, Rhonda, Lila, Sheena, and Nadine? What are you all doing here, oh let me guess, Gerald invited you guys?" he turned back yelling at Gerald "Hey Gerald! Why didn't you tell me you invited the girls?" Gerald was shuffling the cards over there "I didn't!" Jessica tapped Arnold on the shoulder "We didn't come here to stay; we came to talk to you." All the girls nodded.

Arnold stood there confused "come on in" He moved himself over and bowed, but they all just stood there. Sid looked over grabbing the cards and shuffling "HEY ARNOLD! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THAT YOU HAD MORE THAN 1 DATE?" He chuckled at his own comment. Sheena rolled her ayes and turned back to Arnold "We can't stay; we just wanted to know if you have this kind of paper. And if you had any plans tonight." Jessica handed him a piece of torn gel paper. Gerald walked over hugging Phoebe and a peck on the cheek, "Hi babe" They chatted while everyone else was busy. Arnold scratched his head and shrugged "I didn't have any plans today; except for we just have our weekly card game. Nothing out of the ordinary." Nadine and Sheena gasped and hoped that Arnold wouldn't say the next words in a no. Arnold examined the piece of paper and shook his head. "Nope, never had this paper, only borrow it from Jessica which I don't think I have, well not this week at least." Rhonda, Lila and Phoebe looked at each other concerned "UH OH this can't happen!" Every one of the girls gasped looking at each other. Arnold stared at them as if he was missing something. "Ok, there's something going on here. What is it?"

Phoebe stopped talking to Gerald and explained what happened to Helga swiftly "Earlier today at approximately 1 pm yesterday afternoon in Ms. Mary Carols class, Helga had received a mysterious note which Lila showed hanging from off her desk. I well, accidentally read the note, or... Purposely, and it read that you were planning to explain something to Helga tonight at Tina Park 20 minutes ago. And we all have her prepared for tonight but its all fiction." They all stared at Phoebe absentminded and confused. "Huh?" Arnold lifted his jaw and looked to see if anyone else to explain. Jessica stood up from his stoop and started talking. "It's a long story but to make it short, Helga got a note from earlier saying that you wanted to tell her something important at like 20 minutes ago and she's over there now waiting for you to show up. We fixed her up good"- Lila shut her mouth before she could continue "he doesn't know about that!" She murmured. Arnold raised an eyebrow and turned around to the rest "so what you're saying is, Helga's being set up by someone and she thinks I'm supposed to meet her? Uh oh..." Everyone grew wide- eyed. "HELGA!" They started running toward the park but Arnold stopped and told the guys he'd be back, they wanted to tag along and did.

Now Helga was back along the park shivering in the cold looking at the ground wondering if Arnolds ever going to show up. Out of somewhere, a voice came over by the gate. "Hey Helga over here by the gate!" Helga jumped up looking around "Arnold? Where are you, come on out football head! I won't bite you." She laughed while getting up from the bench, and waited for a response looking at both gates, she saw a dark figure she couldn't quite make out. "Um... I can't, I can't talk here too public." Helga raised her eyebrow, and looked around; there was no one in sight. "What are you talking about; the park is empty but us!" There was silence; she could only hear the crickets in the park. "Arnold?" She looked back where Arnold was, he wasn't there anymore. There were footsteps, sounding closer and closer, she repeated "Arnold??" She started to back up a little. All of a sudden... something grabbed her by the waist and picked her off the ground. Helga was hanging over who she though was Arnolds shoulder.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Helga desperately started kicking her legs and pounding on his back. Then she noticed this wasn't Arnold! Even though whoever this was wearing a ski mask, he or she didn't have a football shaped head, whoever this was: he was very tall, deep voice, and well, mysterious. [me- doi! Don't ask why I put that] "You aren't my Arnold! LET ME DOWN!!! OR- or... I'll throw old Betsy at ya!" She shook her fist but he chuckled and kept on running dropping a paper on the floor. "Whatever, a fist doesn't scare me." [Oops, I think I gave a hint!] He ran towards Rhonda's Chevy and jumped in as getting some keys out that looked like Rhonda's..... They were Rhonda's! "Where'd you get those keys?!" Helga tried snatching them but he took them and started up the car. "A little brat dropped them" You could tell he was smirking by the way he turned to Helga. Helga followed her instincts and tried to scream at the top of her lungs for help but the kidnapper wrapped his hand around her lips. "SHUT IT!" Helga stared in horror at him as he drove at 60 mph skimming the road. Her bow flew out of her hair and watched as it swooshed in the air landing in the middle of the road... PLEASE... I don't want this to happen. I hope this is just another dream... she pinched herself and opened her eyes ok this is life... What did I do to deserve this!!! It could've been Lila but... no... I WANT TO GO HOME! PLEASE!!! I promise I won't give my parents a bad attitude. She prayed to herself wanting to go home and get out of this whole mess. Who is he and what does he wasn't from me? She bit his hand away from her mouth and spit, "What do you want from me?!" He turned around sounding angry, "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU SHUT UP!" he smacked Helga against the window that made her pass out, she yelped and collapsed against her seat with a red mark on her left cheek.

Arnold and the others rushed toward the park hoping they weren't too late. "Come on! We don't have much time!!! The worst could've already happened!!!" Phoebe exclaimed while running beside Arnold. Seconds later they arrived where Helga was, she wasn't there, or Brainy. "Where are they?" Jessica exclaimed. Lila looked over by the south gate, "her car is still there." Sheena looked at the other side of the lot "Rhonda where'd u park your car?" Rhonda looked at her worried, "um... over there by the gate why?" she pointed to the north gate, she looked over not to see her car "PATAKI!!!!" Rhonda glared at where her car is, "OOH I'm gonna get her so bad!" Lila stopped her before she made things worse "Rhonda we have a big case right now, please don't get mad at Helga, I'm ever so certain she had nothing to do with your car."

Sid looked around, "You said Brainy was here, where is he now?" Phoebe thought about it, "I guess he left, I wouldn't stay this late up" Harold looked and cuddled himself on the ground holding his Wally doll, "I don't know about you guys but I'm going to sleep back at Arnolds, its 11 and I want to go to bed!" Gerald looked around and yawned "That'd be nice and you have a point, but she has been nice to us and I'm gonna pay her back!" Arnold smiled at Gerald while scanning the ground and bench. Harold shrugged and walked off. Arnold kneeled on the ground talking to them all, "I'm with Gerald! Though Helga has annoyed me and been a pain before, she has changed and I don't think she's got rewarded her so we have to do anything we can to find her." He looked down accidentally releasing a tear "Please be ok..." He sighed and saw a piece of paper on the bench. "Hey, what's this?" Everyone turned around and surrounded the bench "mmmm.... I love that smell..." Sid sniffed the bench where Helga was sitting. Rhonda pushed him "stay with the program Sid!" Phoebe studied the letter "I wonder who it's from, I hope it's from Helga. I hope it says that she left home..." Lila walked up "well let's read it!" They all huddled up around Arnold as he read aloud "To whoever receives this letter,

I bet you came here to look for your Helga, right Arnold, Phoebe, Lila? Well she's left with me! Unless you give me something, like a lot of Benjamin's... BY THIS DAY IN 1 MONTH! If you don't, you won't see your precious Helga again, trust me. DON'T YOU DARE REPORT ME or I'll be after you and you won't like it. Meet me when you have the money at the alley by Slaucens at this TIME! Which is, 11:30 pm. See ya sucker! Thanks for the car!"

Everyone gasped, "I knew we were to late." Jessica said while looking at the ground sobbing. Phoebe stood there shot staying there and collapsed on the bench crying "WHY HER?! WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO HELGA! SHE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS!!" She yelled furiously at herself burying her face into her arms until her contacts came out. "Calm down babe!" Gerald ran over wiping tears from Phoebe's eyes, "We all know that Helga didn't deserve this. But it just happened. It's not her fault or yours, it's some jerks fault." He opened his arms as Phoebe cuddled in laying her head against his chest sobbing "Thanks Gerald" She gave him a peck on the cheek and smiled but still tearing and put an extra pair of contacts on.

Rhonda watched Gerald and Phoebe having their moment smiling looking at someone else... then remembered about her car and ran where it had been parked by the gate. Arnold followed her for any clues, Rhonda looked at an oil stain on the ground "I may be grounded but daddy can buy me a new car." Arnold saw something a couple of yards away and started running toward it is it another note? Everyone started running after him saying "did he find a clue? What the heck?" Lila ran fastest till she was paces behind. Phoebe got up worried and ran past Arnold to the item on the ground. "What is it?" They all caught up and looked shocked but hopeful at the thing on the ground, a bow, Phoebe kneeled next to the bow, "Helga's bow..." She picked it up as Arnold put his hand on her shoulder, "At least know where Helga went." Phoebe looked down and nodded but had a serious face, "I have the possibility of locating Helga but just this piece of evidence, but it would take a while, and I need the cars license plate number." She looked at the bow and handed it to Arnold, "What's this for?" he held it in his hand staring at Phoebe in confusion. She smiled at him and explained while thinking of Helga would want with the bow." I know she would want you to have this besides, she is your friend; I know you'll treat this right." She smiled and walked over hugging Gerald. Arnold looked up at Phoebe and said gratefully, "Thanks, this means a lot to me; I mean you're her best friend but u gave it to me." Lila looked at her watch "Its almost midnight, I'm ever so certain this would be a time to go home." Rhonda looked at her watch, OMG! My dad is gonna kill me for being late and losing the car!!!" Phoebe took out some keys, "whoever can drive, can drive Helga's car. I always carry an extra pair." Gerald grabbed the keys and winked at Phoebe "hop in, we wont take too long to Rhonda's" Everyone jumped and as they rode to everybody's homes and dropped them off, listening to "Are you happy now?".

Minutes after the ride nobody was in the car except for Arnold, Gerald, Sid, and Phoebe. Gerald stopped at Phoebe's house as Arnold shouted "last stop!" and politely opened the door. Phoebe started to walk away, stopped and turned around. "Can I stay with you guys tonight? Cause my parents are supposed to be out for the rest of the week, I just have to notify Helga's parents about her disappearance and I'll could." They all nodded as Arnold got out of the car, maybe u should give the car back to Helga's parents." Everyone else stayed in, "we'll wait here!" Arnold got back in as Gerald turned on the car "nope, Gerald's gonna drop Sid and me back at my house then he'll be back before you know it. Right Gerald?" Gerald gazed at Phoebe dreamily "uh huh...." He blew a kiss on to Phoebe's cheek [I'm not sure what it's called how they do that.] as he drove away, Phoebe waved blushing and running to Helga's house.

END OF 5TH CHAPTER Me- I FINISHED CHAPTER 5 YAY!! wipes a sweat and bows I was running out of ideas for this chapter. Well I'm gonna post the next chapter as soon as I finish chapter 6.... Since I'm out of ideas, this'll take a while.... -- any ideas? RR!! I'll post the best related idea... for a future chapter! Or chapter 6, cause I haven't started yet