The Quest

Chapter 16: A Tragic Decision

Ah, the sea... so fascinating. So wonderful. Here, we see Bikini Bottom, teeming with life. Home to one of my favorite creatures, SpongeBob. Of course he's working again you silly.

"SpongeBob, me boy!" Mr. Krabs said, scuttling towards SpongeBob.

"Yes, Mr. Krabs?"

"Take the day off! There are no customers coming in because of the weather! And no customers means no money! And no mo-

"Thanks, Mr. Krabs..." SpongeBob walked out of the Krusty Krab. It had begun to rain. Dark clouds were slowly approaching. "Better get home before the thunderstorm!" SpongeBob said.

SpongeBob had finally arrived back at his house. He unlocked the door, and walked in. He was disappointed that he couldn't do his job for the rest of the day, but he had to take advantage of it. He sat down and started to watch JeepersMedia.

After a couple of hours, SpongeBob was tired. The work day, although shortened, still tired him out quite a bit. He decided to feed Gary and go back to bed.

Usually, SpongeBob woke up to his boat alarm. But today was different.

He woke up to screaming outside.

He looked out his window, and saw that there were a bunch of things coming down from the surface, similar to the hooks that he and Patrick had seen before. But this was different. Green fluid was going everywhere, and SpongeBob knew that he wouldn't be safe in his own house. He would have to go to Patrick's so that they would both be fully protected from the strange pipes.

As he ran towards Patrick's house, the pipes put out even more green fluid. He noticed tons of orbs coming down from the sky.

"We gotta stop those pipes from destroying Bikini Bottom!" Squirrel exclaimed. He frantically chose which button to press, and the others did the same.

"Everyone, quick, draw back!" Honyakusha ordered on the monitor.

The squadron then left Bikini Bottom at a lightning fast speed. SpongeBob went into Patrick's rock house.

"What's going on, SpongeBob?!"

"I don't know either, Patrick!"

It seemed like they were safe underneath the rock. However, the rock was shortly torn off its hinges by the pressure indifference. The two were left without cover, so they ran like crazy.

Patrick wandered towards the green fluid.

"PATRICK, NO!"

Patrick ate the green fluid. He stood there for a minute. SpongeBob was running around in circles, unsure what to do when all of a sudden, Patrick began to talk.

"I only serve GabeN. Whoever you are... I WILL EXTERMINATE YOU!" Patrick yelled.

Patrick began running at full speed towards SpongeBob, and SpongeBob was running and yelling. What was wrong with Patrick? What was going to happen to him and the rest of Bikini Bottom?

SpongeBob ran into the Krusty Krab, hoping to find Mr. Krabs. But he never found Mr. Krabs.

He knew it.

He was cornered.

He tried as hard as he could to escape, but he knew it.

This was his fate.

He was going to die.

He let himself get converted by Patrick.

Every citizen of Bikini Bottom had been converted by the pipes, or by each other. They were sent off on large Valve carrier ships, back to the HQ.

The only citizen that hadn't been converted was Sandy, thanks to her protective dome. But that wouldn't last long. She was experimenting on Mountain Dew.

"FIRE!"

A gigantic cannonball penetrated the dome surrounding Sandy's house, and Valve soldiers rushed in, commanded by someone. Her bunker door then exploded, and many Valve soldiers rushed in through the door to her lab.

She was shot with a special Valve rifle, and knocked out.

The Valve soldiers then rummaged through her lab and stole a top secret Dew experiment that she was working on. It would prove to be a great asset to Valve.

"We got it," one of the soldiers said. "General Wood Irony, we have secured the specimen.'

"Excellent, bring her in. She will prove to be very useful to us in the near future," said General Wood Irony. A man in a mech covered with various math symbols walked through the door.

They then dragged Sandy off, put her on a ship, and left Bikini Bottom. They headed back to the HQ.