Hello, this story was inspired by "Arnold's Flight" by Angel St. Mathew. Even though "Arnolds Flight" is Reign of Fire I thought about scenario and I thought about War of the Worlds. So there you go. Be forwarned that the following story includes character death, I not going to say who, becuase I don't wanna ruin the suspense. If you don't like War of the World then don't read on, if you don't that I have nothing to say to you.
Disclamer: I do not own Hey Arnold or War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds is owned by the H.G. Wells who worte the story in 1898. Just a little fun fact for you. Well on with the Story, hope you enjoy it as I did writing it. (A/N: Okay I know it knida obvious whoat least will survive, Oh sorry if this chapter is kinda short, but well see what happens later)
Hey Arnold "War of the Worlds"
No one would have believed, in the first decade of the twenty-first century that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's. No one gave a thought to the older worlds as a source of human danger. Yet across the gulf of space, on the planet Mars, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our earth with envious eyes, slowly and surely drawing their plans against us. Few voices were ever raised in warning as, with infinite complacency, men went to and fro over this globe, busy about their affairs…
It was nice autumn day in Hillwood as Arnold was making his way home. It has been 6 years since they left P.S. 118, and now everyone is in 10th grade at Hillwood High. As Arnold made his way home from school as strange storm started appearing over head. Then he remembered reports of thunderstorms that had been occurring all over, but he thought that this couldn't be possible, but with weather being unpredictable, he just shrugged it off.
Moments later as he came closer to his home, lightning started striking all over the place. One strike came close to hitting Arnold only a few feet away. Panicked, Arnold rushed home as fast his legs could take him. Arnold saw over the horizon of buildings that the lightning bolts seem to concentrate on a central point, but he would worry about that latter. Finally Arnold made to the house while the lightning still continued as he entered the boarding home, then his grandpa ran to him. "Hey short man we were worried about you, since those lightning strikes. Are you okay Arnold?" Catching his breath a moment then he was able to talk. "I fine grandpa, how is everyone here?" "A little frightened but no ones physically hurt." "Good." Arnold went to the couch to lie down after that ordeal.
Once the lightning stopped Arnold went to the window and saw a car stopped in the middle of the road, the driver obliviously stumped why his car suddenly stopped working, then heard his grandpa from the other room. "Hey the powers out, a transformer must of went out. Hold on I will get a couple flashlights and a radio to hear what's going on out there" His grandpa went to closet to pull out some stuff. As Phil tried to test if the batteries to see if they were good but the flashlight didn't work. "That's strange, must be bad batteries I got some new ones" He reached for a new pack, and out them in and tested the flashlight again. "Hmm that's odd" Arnold turn to his grandpa "What is it grandpa?" Phil still looking confused over the flashlight "These are new batteries, but they are not working." Arnold remembered the stranded car. "Grandpa I think you might want to see this" He gestured to the window.
Phil walked over to look out the window at the stranded car, and then walked outside. "Sir" Phil said to get the attention of the driver. The driver looked over. Then Phil continued "What seems to be wrong with your car?" The driver turned to the car that now had the hood up. "I don't know I was driving one moment then the next my car stalled." As Arnold sat by the window looking out he suddenly remembered about Helga and if she was okay. Helga and Arnold had only realized their feelings for each other a year ago and have been dating shortly after that. He wondered if Helga was okay after the lightning strikes. "Helga" he whispered to himself, and then ran out the door. Phil noticed him running. "Hey short man where you headed?" Arnold stopped and turned "Helga's I going to see if she is okay" "Okay, don't take too long" Phil waved too him not knowing it may be the last he will see him. With that, Arnold ran off toward Helga's house.
On his way he saw a crowd further down the street, he decided to check it out. He ran as fast he could then Gerald saw him and ran along his side. "Hey Arnold, where you going?" He looked to where the voice came from and saw Gerald catching up to him. "Hey Gerald, I going to check out what happened over there, hey isn't weird about the power going out?" "Yeah I was playing my DS when the power when out along with my DS." "Weird." Arnold said in agreement. They came to a large crowd formed around a huge crack in the road. Stinky, Sid and Harold were already there. "Hey guys" Gerald says as they see their friends. Most of the crowd had been on the opposite side of Arnold and Gerald. Stinky looked up. "Well howdy fellas" "Hey Stinky, Sid and Harold" Arnold says a little happy to see a familiar face. "Hey Arnold, how do you think this happened?" Sid asked confused at what just happened. "I don't know Sid, nothing like this has ever happened before" Just as he finishes his sentence cracks start to form from the hole.
The cracks start to spread out as the crowd heads away further in the opposite direction of Arnold. Arnold and Gerald turn back and turn past the range of the crack that is now creating a circle pattern. To Arnold's surprise, their friends are on the other side of the intersection. Just then, the ground begins to turn almost like a lid on a jar and starts turning. Both Arnold and Gerald watch in amazement as the piece of street continues to turn for a while longer, heavily damaging the builds at the intersection. The ground then up heaves and then drops leaving a gaping hole in the ground. Everyone just stands in awe of what just happened, just then something comes out of the hole that looks like some kind of tube and breaking off into a group of three at the end. It comes out and the end lands on parked car on the corner several yards from where Arnold is standing. Then two more just like it follows it. Everyone's eyes go wide with horror as something else emerges from the hole, what appears to be the main part of the craft. From what Arnold can tell it looks like the back, but he can't tell from the alien design.
From the across the hole Arnold and Gerald can see Stinky, Sid, and Harold go a little closer to it. "Hey maybe we should welcome it." he pulls out a white handkerchief and starts waving it around. "What are you doing Sid?" Harold asks confused as always. "I saying where friendly, its sign language." Sid continues to wave the white handkerchief. "Are you sure? That everyone understands that when you wave a white flag you wanna be friends." "Sure." Sid says reassuringly. "Hey we wanna be friends" Harold says fallowed by Stinky "Yeah I reckon we can be friends." Then the machine extends out four things that look like a weird kind of light pole, two on each side. Arnold sees this then gets a gut feeling something bad is going to happen, he wants to yell for them to get away. His mind sends the signal to yell, but his mouth stays closed out of fear of what that machine might do.
Sid, Stinky, and Harold continue to try to welcome the new arrives as the rest of the crowd watches on frightened of the machine. As Arnold and Gerald watch their friends from the other side continue to communicate with the machine, then like a flash of light the machine fires a few beams of energy at the three instantly incinerating them. "No" both Arnold and Gerald yell out in unison, Arnold and Gerald were in shock as the craft fired a few more shots hitting people, as they disappear in a cloud of ash and remnants of clothes flying off into the air. Then instinct kicks in to run away from the machine. Gerald glances back real quickly only to see people burn up into ashes one by one, dropping like flies. " Arnold what do we do know?" "Helga," "What?" "I need to see if she is okay and then get her and the others out of here." "But how? everything is out." "I don't know Gerald, but we have to" The two run to Helga's house hoping that she is there alive and safe.
So what did you think, I will post the next chapter As soon as I can, That is I get a least a few reviews, Hope Hope Hope. Oh please no flames.Please be kind
Oh If by some Miracle you've seen the 1953 version then you will reconize a certain scene. For those who don't the attempt to comunicate with the ship was in the 1953 version. Oh just one more thing for those who haven't seen the 1953 version and live in souther California, mainly in the L.A. County Area. The 1953 version focuses on that area.