First let my give props to:

DarthRoden: Hey thanks for the review. I love your stories and I hope I can be as good as you someday. Your a heck of a good writer and I say keep up the good stroies. Oh I got the opening monolouge form the original screen play, but I have the book lying around somewhere in a box. We just moved into a new house etc. Well Thank you again. and May the Force be with you.

Well here is another Chapter in the story "Invasion". Enjoy.

Hey Arnold "War of the Worlds"

Chapter 2

Arnold and Gerald continued running not having time to fully take in what just happened. After a few minutes and turning down a few streets, they came too Helga's home. Arnold breathed a sigh of relief that this area hasn't been attacked…yet. They finally came up to it and ran of the small stoop to knock on the door. Big Bob came to door. "What? Who is it?" "Relax Mr. Pataki it's just me Arnold and Gerald." "Oh, its you, well what you just standing there for come in." With that Arnold and Gerald were lead inside. Helga came running to Arnold jumped into his arms. "Well I glad to see you're alright Helga, but would you mind, I can't breath." "Oh sorry." Helga let go. " Arnold I have been so worried about you, what with the freak thunderstorm and all." The Arnold snapped out of his trance to what just happened moments earlier, he put his hands on her shoulders. "Helga listen to me we have to get out of here, to somewhere safe." Now looking worried and heart pounding "What Arnold, what's going on?" Arnold didn't answer just yet, instead turn to Big Bob. "Mr. Pataki, by any chance do have emergency supplies that can help?" Big Bob looked at him confused. "Yeah there the garage, why?" "We have to get out of here, if we don't…" Arnold couldn't bear the thought of what might happened it made him sick to his stomach to think about it.

Helga now sounding more worried with a little panic setting in. "What will happen if we don't?" "Listen you just have to trust me, now Mr. Pataki, can you help us?" "Sure it just so happens I have a bunker in the mountains for an emergency, we can stay there until whatever's happening just blows over." "Good, now we should get going, I will answer your questions Helga once we're safely away." he looks at with a reassuring smile that everything will be alright, but even he had trouble believing that every thing will be okay. The one guy who always looked on the bright side no matter what the situation, felt uncertainty for the first time. Without wasting too much time Helga's family not including Olga because she was out of state at that moment, along with Arnold and Gerald got into Big Bobs hum-vee, with all the necessary supplies. Big Bob turned the key for starting the car only the car didn't start, not even a sound. "What how is the battery dead?" Arnold suddenly remembered the stalled cars he saw. "Mr. Pataki, that thunderstorm must have sent out an EMP, do you have anything of back up?" (A/N: E.M.P. Electro Magnetic Pulse) Big Bob thought for a moment then he realized he had something just incase of some kind of EMP hit. "Yes I have some back up batteries and a radio." Gerald spoke up. "But will they still work?" "They should I have them in a Faraday Cage with RF Shielding." With that Big Bob got of the car to get the extra battery.

He stopped at a large metal box, and pulled out a spare car battery and went to work installing it. A few minutes later the battery was installed and the car started up this time. He also grabbed a radio and a few flashlights from the metal box. Without hesitation Big Bob floored it through the garage door, breaking it right off. Arnold pointed out the last know area where the tripod was last at, so they headed in the opposite direction. As Bob drove he had to swerve around cars and people to get out of the city, but it wasn't easy people were panicking around them and trying to stop them to get a ride. Gerald suddenly remembered Phoebe and wondered if she was alright. "Mr. Pataki" Gerald yelled out in panic. "We need to get Phoebe." Big Bob looked at him through the rear view mirror. "Alright." That was all he said before making a hard right toward Phoebe's house.

A minute later, they arrived to see Phoebe running out crying. Without a word Phoebe jumped in the car, still crying. Gerald hugged her to comfort her. "What happened Phoebe?" Phoebe looked up, she stopped crying but a few tears ran down her face. "M…my…my…par-" Gerald cover her lips with a finger "Sshhh it's alright, just rest and you can explain later." Phoebe started to calm down a little. Helga turned to Arnold confused. "Okay Arnold what's happening?" Arnold let out a heavy sigh. "Okay, I don't what exactly happened, just what I saw. There was the huge machine that had three legs like a tripod-" Phoebe started crying again at the vary mention of those machines. Then she spoke up. "Those m…ma…machines, those tripods they-" Phoebe broke off at the memory of what happened. Helga looked at Phoebe then at Arnold who continued talking. "Well it came out of the street, and-" Helga was now getting upset. "What?" "The machine fired some kind of weapon, I never seen anything like it." Arnold stared into space then snapped out. "Well we were behind it, but we saw Stinky, Sid and Harold on the other side facing the front of the machine and-" Arnold broke off again at the painful memory, Helga started to figure were the story was going, with fear building up. "Well Stinky, Sid, Harold were…" Arnold drifted off, trying to hold back the tears. Helga looked at Gerald puzzled. "I don't know, but the closest word I can think of is…v…va…vaporized…" Gerald tried to be strong, but only now was Gerald was processing what happened and it hurt to think about their friends that are now gone and only hoped that more wouldn't join them. Helga couldn't believe what she was hearing, it was like a bad dream.

As the car continued down the road dodging stalled cars and Pedestrians, then as they pass up another street the tripod emerges from the buildings as they pass. Helga got her first glimpse of the machine that was now behind them and screamed at the sight of the machine shooting at the people below it. Bob saw it the rear view mirror and went as fast as he could with all the obstacles in his way. The tripod seemed to follow them as a wake of death and destruction lay behind it. Their were a few near misses to the car as he swerved to dodge the fire. Then out of nowhere another tripod came around in front of them so Bob turn down a street that was before the other tripod. As they turned they hear what sounded like a deafening foghorn sound from the other one just before it opened fire on the people.

Big Bob soon realized they weren't going to lose them anytime soon. So he made a decision that he didn't want to make lightly, but the tripods were on there trail and showing no sign of giving up. Bob turn down an alley way and stopped a few feet in. "Dad what are you doing?" Bob turned around not wanting to say what he had to say, hoping that this was just some bad dream and he would wake up, warm in his bed. "Helga." He said softly "Yes dad?" He finally got her name right, shame it would be the first and indeed the last time. "Don't cry Helga, just do what I say. You and your friends get out of the car, I will create a diversion so you can make a run for it. Here" He handed her the map to the bunker, Helga started crying. "Helga please understand, take your friends to the bunker, and if and when this thing blows over you can live a full life." Tears begin to fall from her eyes, he brushed away the tear running down her face "But dad I can't-" "Yes you can Helga you're a Pataki. Your strong you can do this, now get out while you still can." Arnold grabbed the supplies and got out with Phoebe and Gerald.

"No more tears Helga I have to do this, so that you may have a chance to live a full life" Helga slowly got out knowing she couldn't win the argument. "Oh Helga." she stopped. "I want you to know that I love you and tell Arnold that I'm glad to have him as a son and that he will keep you safe. He's a good kid Helga, you made a wise choice in choosing him. Now go Helga before it's too late." He turned to Miriam. "You to Miriam." She just stayed there. "Go Miriam." She looked at him. "I'm not leaving you Bob. If I die I want to spend my last moments with the man I love." Time was ticking and Bob knew it. He turned to Helga, she just nodded. "Okay Miriam, just hang on." he looked at Helga one more time. "Please don't let my effort be in vain." Then he handed her an envelope. "Bye Helga, I love you." "I love you too, both of you." The car suddenly went into reverse back out onto the street and speed off leading the tripods away. Helga then saw the two tripods pass by, then she ran to the corner peeking her head out to see the car drive off down the road. The tripod in front fired and all see saw was a fireball, but couldn't tell what it was.

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I will get out the next chapter as soon as I can.Thanks for reading and see you next chapter.