Here's the second chapter/episode, depicting 'Eugene's Bike'... well, okay, it'll show some SCENES from the episode, but I'm mainly going to keep it around Rhonda! Enjoy!
Two days later, after the play had ended, I was feeling relaxed as my friends and I arrived at school a little earlier than usual. I don't know why we always like showing up early on some days, yet we ride the bus on other days. Maybe it's just we have a few things to talk about... in that case, we held a little small book club between me, Nadine and Phoebe. Today's particular book interested me the most because I was a huge fan of the genre as a little kid, though I wouldn't show that side to anyone except for my closest friends, which were Nadine and Phoebe at the moment.
"What do you think of this one, Rhonda?" Phoebe asked as I closed the latest James Bond book I had.
"I love it!" I smiled. "The right amount of action, the right amount of seriousness, and a good amount of Bond..."
"James Bond?" Nadine and Phoebe smirked, knowing my love for these books.
I sigh a bit. "Yeah... he's no Arnold, but reading about James Bond gives me a bit of thrills in my life!"
"Any spy thriller or spy comedy you read gives you thrills." Phoebe giggled a bit.
"I know, but sometimes, reading these books..." I sigh. "You can almost get lost in them..."
"Speaking of Arnold, here he comes." Phoebe said as she pointed over to where Arnold and Gerald were walking over.
I noticed that Arnold was in that cute little trance again as he was walking. I couldn't help but wonder what he was imagining now. Anyway, Gerald snapped him out of it as Arnold was now following Gerald, crossing the street to school.
It was then I looked around at the geeks that were in. I had to groan. Ugh, when did they come? Well, I try my best to ignore the geeks as I turned to Nadine and Phoebe, "I can never understand why Arnold would hang with both the geeks and the popular populace. I never get that."
"But Rhonda, I'm a geek, and you like me." Phoebe said, as if hurt.
Feeling bad for the little timid girl, I hugged her, saying, "Phoebe, you're one of my friends. Remember the life debt we had?"
Phoebe smiled. "I remember. You were in the first grade, you fell down on a prickly bush and you were bleeding a bit."
Nadine shuddered a bit. "Oh my, I was never a fan of blood."
"Fortunately, you were there to help me out, bandaged me up and everything." I smiled. "I think you helped me carry my books, even though you didn't need to."
"Yeah, but I wanted to." Phoebe gave a little grin. "It was the least I can do."
I laughed a bit, hugging my shy friend. "Oh, you really are a sweet girl, Phoebe. How you like a guy like Gerald, I will never know."
"Gerald's not... too bad, Rhonda." Phoebe said, blushing a bit when we heard the sounds of a bike.
We turned our attention and saw, much to our surprise, Eugene, on a nice, shiny new bicycle.
"Holy... cow." I whispered as Eugene started showing off.
"I agree, Rhonda. That is..." Nadine started.
"One cool bike." Gerald finished as nearly everyone gathered to see Eugene getting off his bike. "What did you do, rob a bike store?"
"No." Eugene said as he took off his glasses (one frame fell off of it) and put them in his pocket. "It's Flag Day and my family exchanges gift. All my life, I've wanted a bike like this!"
"Here we go..." I whispered to Nadine and Phoebe, knowing that this was going to be one of those 'big dream' moments from Eugene. Still, he does have a cool bike. But, knowing Eugene, he'll probably have an accident. He is known to me, after all, as 'Bad Luck Charm'. Everywhere he goes, he's always met with bad luck.
Eugene continued his speech. "Look at it, look at it you guys! Shiny red frame with little specks and metallic stuff in the paint, lots of gears so I don't have to pump hard when I'm going up a hill, big thick tires so I can run over glass. It's the one thing I've wanted more than anything else."
Eugene them jumped up a bench as if it was a soapbox. "More than incredible wealth, more than world peace! It's my dream bike, you guys, my dream bike, and I finally got it."
Eugene then got off the bench as he went towards his new bike. "There's just one thing it needs to make it perfect."
We watched in interest as Eugene seemed to pull out a baseball card and clipped it on the tire. Everybody applauded, impressed. I applaud too, though I know Eugene. In a few seconds, something bad was going to happen to that bike.
The bell rang as I put my book away. "Come on, we better get to class."
"Right." Nadine and Phoebe nodded as we all started to walk towards the school, getting ready for today...
When everyone, including myself, heard the sound of bikes tilting. We turned around fast, just in time to see Eugene's bike going flying straight into the road. Yep, I knew it. Bad Luck Eugene gets bad luck again...
Though it wasn't technically his fault, Arnold was the one who tilted the bikes. Granted, he didn't know what happened until it was too late, and the bike would have been fine... if it didn't get run over by a street sweeper.
Eugene witnessed the whole thing as he ran over towards his now-ruined bike, falling to his knees. "M-my bike..."
"I'm really sorry, Eugene." Arnold said, feeling bad. "I-I don't know what to say."
"My bike..." Eugene said, reality starting to sink in.
"I think it's history, Eugene." Gerald stated the obvious.
"My bike." Eugene cried as he picked up the horn from his now ruined bike.
"It was an accident, Eugene." Arnold tried to defend himself, but to no avail. "I'm really, really sorry."
"Cover your ears." I whispered to Phoebe and Nadine as we all did the same.
Sure enough, Eugene let out an ear-piercing scream that can be heard all around Hillwood City.
In school, Nadine, Phoebe and I were working on a little school project as we still heard Eugene's begging and tantrums from outside.
"Poor Eugene." Nadine sighed. "He had one thing in his grasp, and he lost it all."
"You had to expect it, though." I sighed. "Eugene has always been the one that's stuck with all the bad luck. Arnold just happened to speed it up, albeit on accident."
"I know, but if you just had a material possession you always wanted get fallen into your lap, only to be taken away from you, it would probably devastate you too." Phoebe pointed out.
"Yeah, but I probably wouldn't have thrown a tantrum like Eugene did." I said as I looked over my problems. "Anyway, let's just focus on our work. Eugene'll calm down... eventually."
And so, me, Nadine and Phoebe decided to keep working and studying for a bit. Eugene did eventually calm down as he came into the classroom, but you can tell he was REALLY devastated. We kept up our school day for the rest of the day.
I never did like rain, but fortunately, I was lucky enough to bring along my umbrella. I hated getting my good suits wet. As I opened up my umbrella and walked outside, I looked back to notice Arnold was going near the school dumpster and grabbing the ruins of Eugene's bike. Curious as to what he was doing, I decided to go over to him.
"Hey Arnold. What's going on?" I asked, curiously as I laughed a bit, referencing our last talk together. "You must REALLY love dumpsters."
Arnold laughed a bit before turning his attention to the bike. "Hey there, Rhonda. You know what happened with Eugene's bike?" Arnold said as he blew the dust off the ruined bike. "I felt bad for what I did, and I want to rebuild the bike to the way it was... I want to make up for what happened."
"Oh, Arnold, you're a good guy." I smiled. "I think Eugene would be happy you fixed his bike for him..."
"Yeah, just don't tell him I'm doing this. I want it to be a surprise." Arnold said.
"All right, I won't. Anyway, I'll let you get back to fixing the bike. Good luck." I said as I decided to walk off, my last thought being, "Heaven knows you'll need it..."
About two days later, it was the start of a Sunday today. Aside from what to wear and what I want to do, I just felt like spending a day, diving deep into my spy book. I smiled as I flipped the first page. I sighed, wondering what it would be like... in the world of spies, crawling around, doing some reconnaissance work... I kept reading, almost as if I had a dream sequence...
A black shadow loomed around as a young girl in raven black hair, a white stylish spy outfit, and red lipstick was seen strutting inside the building. That girl is me, Rhonda Lloyd, Double Zero Ten.
I leaned towards the inside of the building as I heard a song playing.
You're always undercover, there's no one you can trust,
When you're an awesome secret spy, danger is a must!
Around each corner, there's something lyin' in wait!
There's a feeling that danger lies ahead, is it on the streets or around the gate?
You always have to work alone, when you're a fearless spy!
There's just you, your trenchcoat, and your .357 magnum lead tie!
"Double Zero Ten, Commander P will see you now." A male voice called.
I looked up to see the man with the big nose behind the desk. I smiled. "Thank you, Sidney."
I walked upstairs to the office of Commander P. I opened the door to see Commander P at work. The shy, timid glasses wearing girl looked up as she started to become serious. "Double Zero Ten, good to see you're well."
"I feel good, Commander P. Timid as always, I see." I noted.
"It's not easy when you have a lot of paperwork." Commander P sighed. "Okay, here is your mission. Lately, all of our spies have been disappearing off the face of the earth. We suspect your old enemy Curlfinger."
I glared at the sound of the name. "Curlfinger... what is he up to, I wonder?"
"Nobody knows." Commander P said as she gave me a folder, containing the mission details. "You are to infiltrate Curlfinger's new casino and meet up with fellow mole Arnoldo."
I blushed a bit at the name, but shook it off as I said, "Understood, Commander P."
"From here, he will help you with the mission. Meet up with Curlfinger, get in good with him until he reveals the location of the spies." Commander P issued.
"Read you loud and clear." I said as I got up.
"Good luck, Double Zero Ten." Commander Phoebe saluted.
I kept reading as I smiled. "This is such a good book..."
I closely looked outside my window and noticed that today was a beautiful day out. I smiled a bit. Hey, why spend the day indoors reading my book. I can always do it outdoors too.
Here I was, near the bridge of the towns as I decided to sit down there and resume with my book. I smiled as I kept reading, going back to a little dream sequence I was having.
Inside the casino, I walked inside alongside my friend and crush in the spy business, Arnoldo, AKA Double Zero Thirty. Arnoldo nodded towards me as we both went inside. "Come along, Double Zero Ten. Curlfinger is expecting us."
I nodded as I followed Double Zero Thirty towards a table where Curlfinger, a geeky-like character with a blue suit and a monacle on his glasses, was sitting. Curlfinger could only give a smirk as I glared at the man.
"Ah, Double Zero Ten, so we meet again." Curlfinger laughed.
"Only too soon..." I muttered. "I thought I got rid of you last time."
"You'd be surprised how much I can fool the police." Curlfinger smiled. "And I see you brought company. I'm hurt, Rhonda. I thought from the way you chased me, I thought you'd like me."
I reacted in disgust. "The only reason I chase you is so you get brought up by justice!"
Arnoldo frowned as he glared at Curlfinger. "Give it up, Curlfinger. We know you have an explosive device that would be enough to kill the entire world."
"Oh really? Do you have proof?" Curlfinger asked.
"I might." Arnoldo said.
"In that case, I'm afraid I must exterminate you." Curlfinger said as he pulled out a remote and pushed a button, much to my horrified surprise.
Arnoldo was sent down below as he started to fall.
"Arnoldo!" I screeched as Curlfinger suddenly grabbed me and put a cloth over my face... as I went unconscious.
I woke up later on strapped into a rocket in his base. I glared at Curlfinger near the controls as I yelled, "What are you going to do to me!"
"You? Nothing yet." Curlfinger smirked. "I'm just going to send you where the other spies are... to the moon! And once you're on there, I will fire a cannon to blow up the moon with every spy in there! However, to me, you are special."
"Special how?" I spat in disgust.
"I could let you go... if you agree to become my wife!" Curlfigner gave a smirk.
I glared. "I shall NEVER be your wife, you sick pervert!"
"Have it your way." Curlfinger shrugged as he was about to push a button.
I worried as I tried to search for a device to get me out of this. Either I find a device, or a miracle would occur. All of a sudden, me and Curlfinger heard a splash. We turned and gasped as I smiled, "I-it's you!"
I sigh happily as I closed the book. "Man, this is really good."
I looked up to see that night had fallen. I yelped. How long was I out? Well, either way, I knew I had to get home.
As I was on my home, I suddenly noticed that Arnold and Eugene were there, talking to each other. Having a crush on Arnold, and curious on what he was doing, I decided to lean in for a closer look, listening in at what was going on. I couldn't make out what Eugene and Arnold were saying, but it seemed that Eugene was just happy, as if he spent the day with Arnold. For some reason, I noticed that Eugene was covered up in bandages. Arnold gave a little smile to Eugene as the bus came over. Eugene walked in as Arnold watched him go inside. Arnold then winced a bit. The bus doors must have closed on Eugene's foot or something as it drove off. A baseball card then was blown over to Arnold's feet as he picked it up.
"Hey, Eugene!" Arnold called out, but the bus was already driving off. He shrugged. "Eh, I'll give it to you tomorrow."
Arnold then pocketed the card as he started to walk off.
I smiled a bit. I didn't know what happened with Eugene or Arnold today, but whatever they did, it must have been pretty enjoyable.
I decided to head on home as I pocketed my novel. I didn't want to have my parents worry.
And there is the third chapter! How do you like it? I think I'll have something like the spy novel thing for Rhonda whenever she's (or since she's replacing Helga) not focused heavily on an actual episode of Hey Arnold.
This song is sort of a parody of the spy song from the 'Double Oh Orson' episodes from the US Acres cartoons, which in turn is from Garfield and Friends. Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!
