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I woke up, groaning as I felt myself being restrained... and looking right at Nadine's face. "Nadine, how long was I out?"
"Thirty minutes." Nadine sighed.
"We got caught, didn't we?" I asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." I heard Phoebe from nearby as I turned my head to look at her face.
"Where are we, anyway?" I asked.
"We're in a room, each of us tied up, hanging over a pit of acid." Phoebe explained.
"What?" I said in shock as I looked down to see boiling acid. "That fake Scheck can't be serious about killing us... just to get a deed!"
"Yeah... he's very desperate. I'm scared to see how the real Scheck would have reacted... if he was still around." Nadine sighed.
"Well... that's all right. Arnold, Gerald, Tucker, Lorenzo and Lila are still out there!" I smiled.
"I wouldn't count on us saving you." I heard Lila's voice.
I then turned my head to the left to see Lila tied up next to me as she sighed. "We got caught, like, twenty minutes ago."
"Sorry." Tucker said as I realized he's tied up to Nadine.
"Let me guess... Lila's tied up with Lorenzo, Tucker's tied up with Nadine, Gerald's tied up with Phoebe, and I'm tied up with..." I started.
"You guessed it." I heard Arnold's voice from behind me.
"Well, well, seems like all of you are awake."
We all turned our heads to see the fake Scheck walking around, drinking from that cup filled with black stuff. He sipped from it as he said, "I guess I can get myself started, then. Do you really still think you can get the document? It's pointless. Do you know that there are cameras everywhere? Did you think I wouldn't notice any of you breaking in? After you three ran in and not only destroyed my security, but also a couple of my machines AND stole one of my projects..."
"Wait, when did that happen?" I asked. "We didn't steal your project."
That was when I heard a growl coming from Phoebe's backpack. I turned to see the baby dinosaur popping out of the ropes, looking around. Phoebe chuckled nervously as Lila, Gerald, Tucker, Lorenzo and Arnold stared wide-eyed.
"Is that a-" Gerald asked.
"Sorry! I wanted to take it home!" Phoebe said. "It was so cute!"
"YOU STOLE THEIR DINOSAUR?" I said in shock.
"It was harmless!" Phoebe argued.
"It has teeth, should I be worried?" Gerald said in concern.
"ANYWAY!" the fake Scheck growled as we turned back to him. "I figured someone would be coming for the deed... I'm just lucky I've sent it with one of my employees... I'm going to board the train with it and by the time we leave, I'll give the order to bulldoze the town. After all, I have to take that New Amsterdam Limited to make new plans around the world."
"What did you do with the REAL Scheck?" I asked.
"Nothing that concerns you, but he was in the way of the real plan. He figured that if anyone would look for the document and they were persistent... he'd burn it in front of their faces, but come on! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! So, I left Alphonse Perrier Du Von Scheck for dead, getting me with the deed." Scheck said.
"Who are you?" Arnold frowned. "Really, who are you?"
"Oh, Arnold... you and your group should know... I've been with you in the same grade." The fake Scheck smirked as he started to shake a bit.
"What the..." Nadine examined the drink. "You know, maybe it's me... but is that oil you're drinking? You're a robot?"
"Of course... controlled by me, of course." The fake Scheck said as the doors on his body started to open to reveal...
"Oh my God!" We all said.
Sitting on the inside was... that yellow shirted kid with the glasses. He started breathing as he gave a smirk.
"BRAINY!" Almost everyone said in shock.
"Brainy?" I heard Helga say in shock.
"Kid I don't know the name of!" I said in shock.
Everyone looked at me as Lorenzo said, "Seriously?"
"That's right!" That kid laughed. "But it's the new, improved Brainy!"
The kid drank from the glass as his breathing seemingly was getting normal. "Because once this neighborhood gets torned down, everything around the world will be part of my new futuristic world! It's a shame you kids won't be able to witness it... especially to the one I like..."
The kid then turned to me as he frowned. "It's a shame really... I would have enjoyed being behind you in another timeline... but I guess that's how the cookie crumbles, huh..." He whispered to me in my ear. "Helga G. Pataki?"
I heard Helga audibly gasp in my mind. Arnold then shook his head in denial. "But... but... you can't be the bad guy, Brainy! I never knew you to be... this vile person!"
"Well, I've got all the information I need... if you live, I'll be going on that train." The kid smiled as he pushed a button. "Until then..." We then felt ourselves being lowered. "I bid you... adieu."
That breathing-problem kid then closed the doors to that robotic Scheck as he laughed. "At least you get to see the neighborhood in whole before you get dipped."
As the kid controlling the fake Scheck robot closed the doors and left, we looked down. I groaned.
"I can't believe this, man." Gerald looked down. "We're caught, we just got the biggest mind screw of the century... I can't tell if it's Brainy being the bad guy, or the fact we have a dinosaur with us... and worst of all, we're going to die in a pit of acid."
"I didn't think we were going to go this way." Nadine said.
"Arnold, please tell me you have some sort of magic to work this?" I asked.
Arnold sighed. "I'm afraid I have none. It just... it just doesn't make sense to me. I've seen Brainy before, he's a nice kid. A bit creepy at times, but he's still a nice kid. He wouldn't try to kill us!"
"Arnold, sometimes there are things that we don't understand..." Tucker sighed. "But we're just going to have to bare with it..."
We all sighed... as Tucker looked over. "So... you and Lila are a thing, huh?"
"Yeah..." Lorenzo sighed.
"We've been going out for a... couple of months." Lila nodded.
"Wow... and you kept that relationship secret for that long!" Tucker said. "I'd feel bad for the person who would keep something as secret as love for years."
"Yeah... Tucker, I know I don't get a chance to say this... but I always thought you were cute." Nadine said.
"I had a feeling." Tucker said. "Honestly, Nadine, you're a very cute girl, too. I'm grateful you're in my life. We have a lot of things in common."
"Yeah... I can remember all the good times we've spent together." Nadine sighed.
"Uh... since we're doing this now..." Gerald blushed. "Phoebe, I... I..."
Phoebe giggled. "It's okay, Gerald. I knew."
Gerald smiled a bit. "I guess we both did."
"Guys... since we're all going to die anyway, and there's no way out, I may as well say something, Rhonda, I'm sorry ahead of time if you don't return it." Arnold sighed.
"Huh?" We all turned.
"Well... ever since kindergarten, I've had a huge crush on Rhonda Wellington Lloyd." Arnold explained.
"Wait, what?" Gerald said in shock.
"We knew." Lorenzo and Lila said.
"I had a suspicion, but I didn't want to say anything." Tucker said.
"You have a crush on Rhonda?" Phoebe said in fake surprise, pretending to not know.
"Our Rhonda?" Nadine said, also in fake surprise.
"Yeah... our Rhonda... I was just so afraid that the truth would come out that I'd never see her again... so I thought I'd just remain friends with her, even if she found someone else... Rhonda, I'm sorry this is all coming out of nowhere, but..."
"It may not be as nowhere as you think." I sighed... as Arnold stared in confusion. "Arnold, you may not believe this, but... I have a crush on you too."
"WHAT?" Arnold said in shock.
"Wait... what?" Gerald said.
"Is this going to be Lorenzo and Lila again, because I just recovered from that out-of-nowhere talk!" Tucker frowned. "From Lorenzo's mother, at that!"
"Shut it, this could get good." Lorenzo and Lila said.
Phoebe and Nadine chose not to say anything as they gave smirks.
"Yeah... I've been in love with you since kindergarten as well, but I was afraid of how my parents and everyone in my higher class would react." I sighed. "It wasn't until about a month or so ago that I learned that my parents didn't care if I dated you or not... they like you Arnold! They trust you with their well being. But I've tried so hard to tell you about it, but something always distracted me or you got distracted by something else. I was afraid you'd want to remain friends, but... after seeing this, I'm glad to know you returned my feelings."
Arnold practically said nothing for a mere moment. I sighed. "I'm sorry if I wasted-"
"Rhonda... I wish I could kiss you right now." Arnold said in shock.
"Wait, wait, wait, let me get this straight!" Gerald frowned. "There's too many surprises for me to take in! Okay, first, Lorenzo and Lila going out! Okay, that's a little harmless, nothing too big. Next, we learn that Future Tech is breeding dinosaurs!"
"He's cute." Phoebe chirped as the dinosaur gave a small roar.
"Then, we learn BRAINY, a little kid, somehow managed to run a big company and is planning on taking over the world. And now, my best buddy Arnold and rich girl Rhonda... turn out to love each other!" Gerald frowned. "What's next? A person happens to be following Rhonda and us, and is now stepping into action to save us?"
All of a sudden, the cranes holding our ropes stopped just as we were near the edge of the pit.
"Huh." Gerald said as we looked up.
"Curly! He's still there!" I said.
"Wait, Curly's here too?" Gerald frowned. "I'm completely lost!"
"Curly, Caroline!" I smiled as we were lifted back to the floor quickly. "I am so glad you came back for..."
...Curly didn't have blonde hair... and he's not taller than us... and he doesn't have a white shirt with a black vest on... wait a minute...
"OLGA?" We all said in shock.
Olga gave a chuckle, nervously. "Uh... hi. Finally found the button to lift you back up... sorry I took so long, they should really label these things."
My eyes widened. Was Olga the one following us this whole time? Why? And if so... does Olga KNOW about... that whole thing? Did she even see Curly and Caroline's partners, or were they distracted by everyone else.
It was not until after Olga untied me and Arnold out of the ropes... as I smiled and hugged Olga. "You're the greatest..."
"Hey..." Olga gave a warm smile. "You're the greatest group of kids I'd ever had the best time of my life with... I never leave a kid behind."
I smiled. That Olga Pataki... she always knew when to be here...
That's chapter eight of 'Oh Rhonda: The Movie Fanfiction' AKA Arc 5! How do you like it? Hooray, Arnold and Rhonda finally confessed! Isn't that neat? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks! And don't forget to check out/add tropes to the TVTropes page.