Hey Arnold: Whatever happens in New York

Breaking free

It's been three days since Helga has been gone and Arnold still won't give up looking for her. The police are trying their hardest to search for her,but all leads keep ending up at a dead end. Meanwhile the rest of the class is still trying to enjoy their trip as Arnold stresses out. Gerald is trying to support him,but things are getting hard."And here is the newest piece of art featured in our museum!"An employee says. The students 'oooh' and 'aah' at the site."Where could Helga be?! She couldn't be home because she would've been called me,even if it was against the rules!"Arnold says,rubbing his head. Gerald's last nerve is set off. He drags Arnold, into the bathroom by his arm and slams the door shut behind him."You're driving me crazy!"he exclaims. Arnold looks at Gerald shocked. He rarely ever lost his cool,especially with him."Look I understand how worried you must be,and trust me,I apologize for your girlfriend being kidnapped,but I can't take it! You won't stop talking about it and it's driving everyone crazy and me insane! You need to stop thinking about it,we're going to find her!"he shouts breathlessly. Arnold just stand there quiet taking everything in."I'm sorry...."he whispers. A loud groan is made along with a fart and a toilet flushes. An overweight old man with a white beard and a cowboy hat with boots walks out the bathroom and walks past the two boys without a single glance. When the door shuts Gerald asks"Did he just walk out the bathroom without washing his hands?" "Did he just flood the toilet?"Arnold asks as poop and water flows out one of the stalls."Let's get out of here!"Gerald says and they both head out laughing. "That was just so random,what is some cowboy old man doing pooping in an art museum bathroom?"Gerald laughs."I don't know!"Arnold laughs back. Gerald smiles,knowing he helped his best friend,even is it was a little."Gerald! Arnold!" Phoebe rushes up to both boys who towered over her."The police called us with another lead. That said it has a 75 to 80 percent chance of working out! That's really high considering the situation we're in! I think we should go with them tonight!"She suggests."Okay."both boys say in unison."Good because they wanted us to come with them." Phoebe grins. The trio continue the rest of the day,excited to finally be able to find their missing friend.
Helga sits alone in the warehouse,planning her escape.'It's been three days,I think I've grown on to blondie.'she thinks to herself,even though she was a blonde herself. She plans out the details precisely from beginning to end. It took all day,but she really had nothing else to do besides taking care of the bruises the brunette gave her. She knew soon the brunette would want to start...doing things to her..and she was not ready for that,so she had to get out."Oh Arnold my love!"she says aloud,voice echoing."I will never take another moment with you for granted,as soon as i get out of here I will confess my feelings and mean it! It will not be another 'heat of the moment'! I promise to always love you and be my true self!"she exclaims and sighs. She lays back on the stone cold floor,chains making her wrists uncomfortable.'I gotta get these off!'she thinks as the warehouse doors open. She sits up to see the blonde,Daniel,carrying a food and water bucket. He lands it in front of her;chicken and rice."I'm sorry m-my partner has to beat you up a-again t-tonight."he says."Oh it's quite alright."Helga replies politely and chews her food. Daniel starts to walk out."Could you please do me a favor?"she asks. He turns around."Could you take these chains off my wrists? They're quite uncomfortable."she says."I-I don't think I c-can do that. J-James may get mad a-at me."he explains.'So that's his name.'Helga thinks to herself."Please? I promise I won't try to escape."she pleads. He hesitates for a bit."Cross your heart?"he asks."Cross my heart."she says crossing one finger across her chest. He takes a key out his back pocket and unlocks her chains."Don't tell James."he whispers and runs out,shutting the door behind him.'It's starting to get dark now,I should get going.'Helga thinks and rushes over to the boxes. She pushes each one in place,but there was one small problem. Each of the boxes were empty so if she took heavy steps,the boxes would collapse."You can do this Helga old girl."she says to herself. She climbs up the first and largest box."Fly like a butterfly,sting like a bee."
Around five,both classes headed to the police station. Everyone followed the lead and searched for Helga wherever they could. Now, there were heading closer to the docks."This is it Gerald,I think we're going to find Helga!"Arnold exclaims. Gerald smiles and rolls his eyes."You say that every time buddy. But I really do think we'll find her."Gerald says. Arnold smiles at him and continues looking."You people stay back,we're going to search beyond here,we don't want anyone getting hurt."A police officer orders as him along with two other cops go on to the docks."Wait why?!"Arnold calls out."It's alright Arnold,they know what they're doing."Mr. Simmons exclaims to him."Oh,I hope we find her!"Phoebe says and hugs close to Gerald. He blushes. Both classes head to the cafe that was across the street to wait."Hello Arnold,I ever so need to talk to you!"Lila exclaims and drags him to the side of the cafe in a dark alley."Listen,I'm sorry for bothering you the other day,but I have to tell you something ever so important!"Lila explains. Arnold crosses his arms and eyes her."What exactly is it?" "I-I...love you Arnold! I'm sorry if I was being a bother,but I can't help my feelings! I love you so much Arnold!"she exclaims,throwing herself onto him. He quickly takes her off of me."Lila,I know you don't love me. You're just doing that so Helga won't be able to have me,but guess what? I love her and I'm not going to let some brat break us apart. You never liked me Lila,you have always used me and broken my heart. Well now the tables have turned. I don't wish any bad upon you,but please leave me alone. If you don't, I'll be forced to make this a serious situation."Arnold replies without any feeling and walks back inside before Lila has a say."But..but.."she stutters,shocked by how he found out her plan,but she really did love him. She leans against the brick wall and cries hard,hoping not to ring Helga ever again.
"Made it!"Helga whispers to herself. She managed to stack all the boxes,lightly step on each,and break open the vent and she climbed inside. Helga closes her eyes and imagines the warehouse along with the vents. She decides to keep crawling forward until a gunshot shoots her in the shin. She screams."You think you can run away that easily?!"James exclaims."No,no sweetie. No one ever leave James Cardinal's grasp!" He shoots again like crazy with a machine gun. Meanwhile Daniel lays outside on the concrete with gunshots in his arm and leg. He a manages o call the police."911,what's your emergency?"a lady asks."H-help I've been shot twice! I-I think h-he's going to go k-kill Her!"he stutters."Could you please explain where you are?"the lady asks."I d-don't have time for that! We're dying! I thought you were 911,come help!"he shouts."Yes,police and ambulance are on their way I promise."the lady says over the phone. Daniel sighs,but is crying from pain.'Im sick of James being mean and hurting me!'he thinks to himself.
Helga is frantically crawling vent to vent trying to avoid gunshots,loosing her focus of where she's at.'Now how am I gonna escape?!'she thinks to herself. The gunshot sounds are getting distant. She sighs with relief.'But that still doesn't explain where I am.'she thinks to herself. She quietly crawls through the vents just as she did when she was nine. The gunshot wound was really getting to her she stopped to look at it. Though it was dark,she managed to see it. It wasn't stuck in her,but it was sticking out. She didn't know whether she should've pulled it out or not,but she decided to. She continues crawling,her leg bleeding. Then she sees a vent that has cool air blasting through it.'Freedom!'screams through her mind as she crawls faster to it. It was definitely a vent to the outside. The gunshots are back and closer then ever."Oh no you don't! I will get that money for killing you!"James shouts. More buckets graze her legs,but none shooting into her as that last lucky bullet. Soon she hears a helicopter from above and some men marching."We've got you surrounded!Come out with your hands up!"A policeman says through a megaphone. Helga explodes with excitement as she shouts "Help! I'm here! Help!" Wrong move. James shoots right into her shoulder. Helga screams and collapses in front of the vent. She looks out helplessly at the police outside the warehouse.'I'm...here...'she thinks. He breaths getting smaller and smaller.
Many police officers runs past the cafe."I think we should go there!"Arnold exclaims. Gerald and Phoebe hesitate at first,bit they soon convince everyone to go to the docks. They make it behind the many police officers and watch while Arnold tries his best to make it through the crowd."What's going on in there?"Mr. Simmons asks."There's a mad serial killer rapist in there! We think your friend is his hostage. Arnold's ear perk up that this and true panic sets in his heart."Helga!"he screams and runs past all police officers as he sees her fall from a high vent.
Helga manages to wake herself back up and with small breaths,she pushes open the old vent cage and makes a big decision.'Jump to a near death with already many wounds,or face being captured by that mad man again?'she thinks. She's then dragged back by James who happened to come after her."Gotcha!"I'm going to get that money!"he shouts and drags her back. Helga kicks and struggles against him trying to get away. Then finally she kicks him in that face with all her might using her good leg. He's stunned for five seconds and gains a bloody nose. Helga is halfway out the vent when he grabs her foot again."Noo!"she screams and kicks her foot. She finally drops out the vent and lands hard onto the floor,enough to kill her. Maybe it was a blessing,maybe the adrenaline;but hate writing it was, Helga manages to get up and run with a limp to Arnold who was screaming out her name. Lila then runs up being him and hugs him tight"Arnold!" "I told you I don't love you,stay away!"he shouts and pushes her back so far she lands into a police officer's arms."Why hello,I'm Lila!"she flirts with the twenty year old man. He smiles and rolls his eyes,knowing he was too old for her."Hello."he replies. Both Arnold and Helga scream out each others name like they would never be able to again and hug each other tight."I missed you,it was terrible!"Helga gasps through her sobs and tears. Arnold cries holding her tight."I though I lost you,I'll never let you go again!"he hold her snug in his arms,protecting her from harms way. "Noo!" James exclaims."If I can't have her,no one can!"he points the gun to Helga,but then stops to think. He turns it on himself. He sighs."Okay..."and shoots himself in the mouth. He drops to the ground and police gather around to get him. Helga looks on horrified until an ambulance takes her from Arnold and to the hospital for emergency care.
Not really sure how, but the next day Arnold wakes up unharmed and in his hotel bed,sadly alone. After he takes a shower and gets dressed,Gerald comes in."You okay?"he asks. Arnold nods his head quietly."Well she's okay. All you need to worry about is telling her your feelings."he says. Arnold nods his head once again."You can see her too I think."Gerald adds on."Yea,I'm planning on doing that today. Anyway I just want to be alone buddy."Arnold explains. Gerald nods his head and both boys do their handshake. Before shutting the door,Gerald says"Go get em tiger!" Arnold, rolls his eyes and smiles."Okay."he whispers quietly to himself. He sits and thinks. He needed to tell her soon. It was now or never. He was breaking free.
Author's notes:
Will any of you go to my spring ball with me? Lol, just kidding. I told you this chapter would take a while to update because I had to take my last two finals. Finally I'm free! But seriously I don't have a date to my spring ball and I'm kinda disappointed in that,but enough to about my life,I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I enjoyed making it... So anyways, like,comment,follow, and ARNOLDXHELGA FOREVER!!! ~Brooklyndiva02